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March 10, 2014 by Mark Tapio Kines
The Wind Rises 2013 | Hayao Miyazaki By Mark Tapio Kines First, a confession: I have never been a fan of Japanese animation. It’s a stylistic thing. I...
Mark Tapio Kines is a film director, writer, producer and owner of Cassava Films.
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The Wind Rises 2013 | Hayao Miyazaki By Mark Tapio Kines First, a confession: I have never been a fan of Japanese animation. It’s a stylistic thing. I...
Frozen 2013 | Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee By Mark Tapio Kines I am, it appears, the last person on Earth to see Frozen. I initially avoided it because it just...
12 Years a Slave 2013 | Steve McQueen By Mark Tapio Kines With 12 Years a Slave already touted as 2013’s Best Picture Oscar frontrunner just days after...
I’m not sure whether to describe this film as “The Matrix by way of Toy Story” or as “Toy Story by way of The Matrix“. Either...
Her 2013 | Spike Jonze By Mark Tapio Kines Her is the story of a lonely Los Angeles man (Joaquin Phoenix) who purchases a Siri-like operating system...
The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 | Martin Scorsese By Mark Tapio Kines There are lots of reasons why I should not have liked The Wolf of Wall Street: It’s...