TV’s D. Morris
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Contributor to Eisner Award winning The Beat. Cinema Dual’s third wheel. Halloween franchise apologist. Paddington enthusiast. Watches movies. Reads comics. Quietly Queer.
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Nakadai famously worked with Kurosawa, especially in those later years. But he also made films with a murderer’s row of Japanese cinematic giants. Some included Kihachi Okamoto, Masaki Kobayashi, and even Isao Takahata.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Nakadai famously worked with Kurosawa, especially in those later years. But he also made films with a murderer’s row of Japanese cinematic giants. Some included Kihachi Okamoto, Masaki Kobayashi, and even Isao Takahata.
He was frequently cast opposite Toshiro Mifune. Mifune is one of the greats but honestly, it was genius to cast Nakadai against him. Truly their conflicts were the cinematic equivalent of the immovable object meeting the unstoppable force.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
He was frequently cast opposite Toshiro Mifune. Mifune is one of the greats but honestly, it was genius to cast Nakadai against him. Truly their conflicts were the cinematic equivalent of the immovable object meeting the unstoppable force.”
Undoubtedly, Nakadai is one of my all time favorite actors. Sword of Doom is a master class in how to portray a completely amoral entity. His Ryunosuke Tsukue is pure evil, barely human, and utterly magnetic.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Undoubtedly, Nakadai is one of my all time favorite actors. Sword of Doom is a master class in how to portray a completely amoral entity. His Ryunosuke Tsukue is pure evil, barely human, and utterly magnetic.
Tatsuya Nakadai passed away at 92. 92 is a very full life but dear lord, it still feels like a huge loss.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Tatsuya Nakadai passed away at 92. 92 is a very full life but dear lord, it still feels like a huge loss.
Quote with your favourite film and album from the year you were born
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Quote with your favourite film and album from the year you were born
If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
Honestly this has been a great week of movie watching
October 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Honestly this has been a great week of movie watching
Catching up on Hooptober viewing!
October 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Catching up on Hooptober viewing!
Who's your favorite Jedi? (Wrong answers only)
September 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Who's your favorite Jedi? (Wrong answers only)
Drop something blue
September 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Drop something blue
Very excited these bad boys are coming to my house today. This, Hellboy, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Grant Morrison-era JLA were my high school superhero Four Horsemen.
September 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Very excited these bad boys are coming to my house today. This, Hellboy, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Grant Morrison-era JLA were my high school superhero Four Horsemen.
This afternoon’s line up are all three A Better Tomorrow films. Chow Yun-fat lighting a cigarette with a $100 and saying with total conviction “I believe I am God”. No way this guy wasn’t gonna be a megastar after this movie.
September 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This afternoon’s line up are all three A Better Tomorrow films. Chow Yun-fat lighting a cigarette with a $100 and saying with total conviction “I believe I am God”. No way this guy wasn’t gonna be a megastar after this movie.
No new pictures, where are you mentally?
September 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
No new pictures, where are you mentally?
I’ve goofed around with Kirby pencils in my free time lately to get back in the art groove. Here’s my digital inks, colors, and Dark Throne inspired logo for The Demon #1.
August 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I’ve goofed around with Kirby pencils in my free time lately to get back in the art groove. Here’s my digital inks, colors, and Dark Throne inspired logo for The Demon #1.
Perfect albums from when I was sixteen
July 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Perfect albums from when I was sixteen
It’s crazy to me we got this and Jonathan Lethem’s Omega the Unknown (drawn Farel Dalrymple and Gary Panter!!!) within a few years of each other. It’s a shame the current Marvel isn’t bothering to take these kinds of risks.
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It’s crazy to me we got this and Jonathan Lethem’s Omega the Unknown (drawn Farel Dalrymple and Gary Panter!!!) within a few years of each other. It’s a shame the current Marvel isn’t bothering to take these kinds of risks.
Reread this over the weekend and was glad that it remains one of the key texts of 00s Marvel for me. Crazy that this exists at all but glad it does. Disappointed this isn’t a key backlist title for them and honestly a shame it’s not in print.
July 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Reread this over the weekend and was glad that it remains one of the key texts of 00s Marvel for me. Crazy that this exists at all but glad it does. Disappointed this isn’t a key backlist title for them and honestly a shame it’s not in print.
About to see the World’s Finest (bowl cut)
July 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
About to see the World’s Finest (bowl cut)
My reader’s ballot for the NYT Best Movies of the 21st Century so far.
June 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My reader’s ballot for the NYT Best Movies of the 21st Century so far.
Words with threatening auras
June 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Words with threatening auras
Four favorites of 2022 so far
June 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Four favorites of 2022 so far