Alan Ng

The Last Hot Lick

By Alan Ng | December 2020

I love a film that sneaks up on you from behind, and that’s what we have in Mahalia Cohen’s The Last Hot Lick….

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I love a film that sneaks up on you from behind, and that's what we have in Mahalia Cohen's The Last Hot Lick. It's the story of Jack (Jaime Leopold), an...

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The age-old debate of nature versus nurture poses this question: is destiny ordained by our genetic make-up or our crappy parents? In James Kerwin and...

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I have great respect for therapists. What they do is not easy, and results over time are rarely in their hands. There was a moment in time when I...

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One of the most influential activists in the world today is 17-year-old Greta Thunberg. Her dramatic and emotional speech at the 2019 UN Climate Action...

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NEW TO NETFLIX! Clearly, there is a glut of action films. So, how do filmmakers make their movies stand out from the pack? They either change the style of...

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NEW ON AMAZON PRIME! In the late 1950s, Rock Hudson and a litany of the hottest starlets fell in-and-out of love in the post-war/pre-rock setting of an...

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To say that Taylor Morden and Zeke Kamm's The Last Blockbuster is a nostalgia documentary is a gross understatement. If you've ever stepped foot in a...

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An interesting question is raised in Christina Lande's Ivo about whether human beings roam in packs, just like dogs do. The short film tells the story of...

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What's the difference between a home-cooked dinner and a Michelin-star feast? A home-cooked meal is made with very little money and lots of heart. That's...

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I say it time and again, "If you're going to tell a story that's been told many times before, freshen it up." If you do something different and you'll...

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