John Atom
@jmhimara.bsky.social
Scientist. Film enthusiast. Writer. Reviewer. Fascinated with classic SF. Former contributor of http://vcinemashow.com and http://sffreviews.com. Co-host of the Heroic Purgatory podcast: @heroicpurgatory.bsky.social
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The film selected for the 2025 #HeroicPurgatory Halloween special is John Carpenter's Halloween (1978).
@jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social discuss slasher genre standards, themes of women vs patriarchy and sequels!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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@jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social discuss slasher genre standards, themes of women vs patriarchy and sequels!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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Special - Halloween (1978)
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October 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The film selected for the 2025 #HeroicPurgatory Halloween special is John Carpenter's Halloween (1978).
@jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social discuss slasher genre standards, themes of women vs patriarchy and sequels!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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@jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social discuss slasher genre standards, themes of women vs patriarchy and sequels!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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The #HeroicPirgatroy podcast took a bit of a break over the summer because Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social was in Japan for Osaka Asian Film Festival's Expo edition / #OAFF2025.
Stay tuned for a podcast special with director interviews and views on upcoming and award-winning Asian films!
Stay tuned for a podcast special with director interviews and views on upcoming and award-winning Asian films!
September 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The #HeroicPirgatroy podcast took a bit of a break over the summer because Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social was in Japan for Osaka Asian Film Festival's Expo edition / #OAFF2025.
Stay tuned for a podcast special with director interviews and views on upcoming and award-winning Asian films!
Stay tuned for a podcast special with director interviews and views on upcoming and award-winning Asian films!
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For episode 8 of season 5, which is dedicated to historical martial arts films, #HeroicPurgatory’s John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social return to Jackie Chan’s body of work with an episode dedicated to Project A (1983).
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S5E8 - Project A (1983)
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July 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For episode 8 of season 5, which is dedicated to historical martial arts films, #HeroicPurgatory’s John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social return to Jackie Chan’s body of work with an episode dedicated to Project A (1983).
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Witness the Qing invasion of Joseon-era Korea alongside John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social as the boys takes on Kim Han-min’s historical actioner THE WAR OF THE ARROWS for Season 5 episode 7 of #HeroicPurgatory
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S5E7 - War of the Arrows
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July 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Witness the Qing invasion of Joseon-era Korea alongside John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social as the boys takes on Kim Han-min’s historical actioner THE WAR OF THE ARROWS for Season 5 episode 7 of #HeroicPurgatory
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John @jmhimara.bsky.social l and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social ky.social are joined by Jack Eason @jackeason.bsky.social ocial of Optimism Vaccine to discuss Hideo Gosha's 1965 nihilistic chanbara THE SWORD OF THE BEAST for #HeroicPurgatory.
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S5E6 - The Sword of the Beast (with guest Jack Eason)
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July 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
John @jmhimara.bsky.social l and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social ky.social are joined by Jack Eason @jackeason.bsky.social ocial of Optimism Vaccine to discuss Hideo Gosha's 1965 nihilistic chanbara THE SWORD OF THE BEAST for #HeroicPurgatory.
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Continuing their Wuxia wanderings, John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social drop by Dragon Gate Inn, the 1967 movie directed by King Hu, and also pay a visit to Raymond Lee's 1992 remake, New Dragon Gate Inn, for #HeroicPurgatory.
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S5E5 - Dragon Inn
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June 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Continuing their Wuxia wanderings, John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social drop by Dragon Gate Inn, the 1967 movie directed by King Hu, and also pay a visit to Raymond Lee's 1992 remake, New Dragon Gate Inn, for #HeroicPurgatory.
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Missing Child Videotape ミッシング・チャイルド・ビデオテープ, by director Ryota Kondo, is light on scares but big on chills due to its rich horror atmosphere borrowed from venerable forebears, [Nippon Connection 2025]
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Missing Child Videotape ミッシング・チャイルド・ビデオテープ Director: Ryota Kondo [Nippon Connection 2025]
Missing Child Videotape ミッシング・チャイルド・ビデオテープ, by director: Ryota Kondo, is light on scares but big on chills due to its rich horror atmosphere borrowed from venerable forebears. [Nippon Connection 20…
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May 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Missing Child Videotape ミッシング・チャイルド・ビデオテープ, by director Ryota Kondo, is light on scares but big on chills due to its rich horror atmosphere borrowed from venerable forebears, [Nippon Connection 2025]
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After "The Seed of the Sacred Fig", another Iranian film made in similar circumstances, was snubbed last year, I'm happy to see the jury reward courageous and bold filmmaking.
Breaking News: The Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival was awarded to the Iranian drama “Un Simple Accident” by Jafar Panahi.
Iranian Movie Shot in Secret Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
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May 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
After "The Seed of the Sacred Fig", another Iranian film made in similar circumstances, was snubbed last year, I'm happy to see the jury reward courageous and bold filmmaking.
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Breaking News: George Wendt, a six-time Emmy nominee for his role as the beer-chugging everyman Norm Peterson on “Cheers,” is dead at 76. nyti.ms/3ZuGwrN
May 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Breaking News: George Wendt, a six-time Emmy nominee for his role as the beer-chugging everyman Norm Peterson on “Cheers,” is dead at 76. nyti.ms/3ZuGwrN
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I was wary about a remake to Akira Kurosawa film but this review has sold it to me.
"[Spike] Lee has taken “High and Low” to new highs, delivering a soul-searching genre movie that entertains while also sounding the alarm about where the culture could be headed."
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"[Spike] Lee has taken “High and Low” to new highs, delivering a soul-searching genre movie that entertains while also sounding the alarm about where the culture could be headed."
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‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Review: Spike Lee’s Kurosawa-Inspired Kidnapping Drama Isn’t So Much a Remake as a Manifesto
Denzel Washington plays a music mogul who faces a series of big moral choices in a film whose sensational third act justifies remaking Akira Kurosawa.
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May 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I was wary about a remake to Akira Kurosawa film but this review has sold it to me.
"[Spike] Lee has taken “High and Low” to new highs, delivering a soul-searching genre movie that entertains while also sounding the alarm about where the culture could be headed."
variety.com/2025/film/re...
"[Spike] Lee has taken “High and Low” to new highs, delivering a soul-searching genre movie that entertains while also sounding the alarm about where the culture could be headed."
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This episode of #HeroicPurgatory features John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social examining Zhang Yimou's 2002 wuxia film, Hero.
Zhang's first wuxia, this is a visually sumptuous and epic tale of assassins and the forging of a nation.
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Zhang's first wuxia, this is a visually sumptuous and epic tale of assassins and the forging of a nation.
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S5E4 - Hero (2002)
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May 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This episode of #HeroicPurgatory features John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social examining Zhang Yimou's 2002 wuxia film, Hero.
Zhang's first wuxia, this is a visually sumptuous and epic tale of assassins and the forging of a nation.
www.heroic-purgatory.com/2025/05/s5e4...
Zhang's first wuxia, this is a visually sumptuous and epic tale of assassins and the forging of a nation.
www.heroic-purgatory.com/2025/05/s5e4...
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In a double-bill, John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social cover 13 Assassins via the 1963 Eiichi Kudo black-and-white original and the 2010 Takashi Miike action-packed and bawdy remake.
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#HeroicPurgatory
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S5E3 - 13 Assassins
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May 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
In a double-bill, John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social cover 13 Assassins via the 1963 Eiichi Kudo black-and-white original and the 2010 Takashi Miike action-packed and bawdy remake.
#HeroicPurgatory
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#HeroicPurgatory
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John @jmhimara.bsky.social, Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social, and Paul Quinn of hangulcelluloid.com go to Korea, 1978, for the film Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do 말죽거리 잔혹사 (2004), the Yoo Ha high school romance action drama.
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S5E2 - Once Upon a Time in High School
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April 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
John @jmhimara.bsky.social, Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social, and Paul Quinn of hangulcelluloid.com go to Korea, 1978, for the film Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do 말죽거리 잔혹사 (2004), the Yoo Ha high school romance action drama.
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Season 5 of #HeroicPurgatory focuses on historical martial arts films and it kicks off with Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury (1972).
@jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social discuss the historical and cultural backdrop, action, acting, and more here:
www.heroic-purgatory.com/2025/04/s5e1...
@jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social discuss the historical and cultural backdrop, action, acting, and more here:
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S5E1 - Fist of Fury
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April 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Season 5 of #HeroicPurgatory focuses on historical martial arts films and it kicks off with Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury (1972).
@jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social discuss the historical and cultural backdrop, action, acting, and more here:
www.heroic-purgatory.com/2025/04/s5e1...
@jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social discuss the historical and cultural backdrop, action, acting, and more here:
www.heroic-purgatory.com/2025/04/s5e1...
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In a tribute episode to David Lynch, #HeroicPurgatory's @jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social celebrate the life and works of the filmmaker, musician, and artist, and talk about what he and his works meant to them and wider cinema culture.
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Special - Remembering David Lynch
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February 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In a tribute episode to David Lynch, #HeroicPurgatory's @jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social celebrate the life and works of the filmmaker, musician, and artist, and talk about what he and his works meant to them and wider cinema culture.
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Hello 2025!
But not so fast! In this special, John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social talk about their favourite films of 2024 and cover social dramas, dystopian sci-fi, arthouse indies, documentary, body horror, and lots of beavers...
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But not so fast! In this special, John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social talk about their favourite films of 2024 and cover social dramas, dystopian sci-fi, arthouse indies, documentary, body horror, and lots of beavers...
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Special - Best of 2024
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February 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hello 2025!
But not so fast! In this special, John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social talk about their favourite films of 2024 and cover social dramas, dystopian sci-fi, arthouse indies, documentary, body horror, and lots of beavers...
www.heroic-purgatory.com/2025/02/spec...
But not so fast! In this special, John @jmhimara.bsky.social and Jason @filmnohito.bsky.social talk about their favourite films of 2024 and cover social dramas, dystopian sci-fi, arthouse indies, documentary, body horror, and lots of beavers...
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Season 4 of #HeroicPurgatory covered female action heroes. As it ends, @jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social head to Texas for a story about ethnicity, identity, and fraught family history in John Sayles' 1996 neo-noir western Lone Star
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Special - Lone Star (1996)
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December 16, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Season 4 of #HeroicPurgatory covered female action heroes. As it ends, @jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social head to Texas for a story about ethnicity, identity, and fraught family history in John Sayles' 1996 neo-noir western Lone Star
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We didn’t understand you’re supposed to pay to send screeners to critics (an eblast quote to just one group was $13k… have to budget that next time).
It’s widely available on the internet! We prefer Kanopy, you just need a library card and it’s free. U still have a library card… RIGHT?!
It’s widely available on the internet! We prefer Kanopy, you just need a library card and it’s free. U still have a library card… RIGHT?!
December 4, 2024 at 3:32 AM
We didn’t understand you’re supposed to pay to send screeners to critics (an eblast quote to just one group was $13k… have to budget that next time).
It’s widely available on the internet! We prefer Kanopy, you just need a library card and it’s free. U still have a library card… RIGHT?!
It’s widely available on the internet! We prefer Kanopy, you just need a library card and it’s free. U still have a library card… RIGHT?!
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Hello, beastly boys and ghastly ghouls!
For Halloween, #HeroicPurgatory's @jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social unearth Roger Corman's THE RAVEN, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM and further flesh-creeping Edgar Allan Poe films featuring Vincent Price
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For Halloween, #HeroicPurgatory's @jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social unearth Roger Corman's THE RAVEN, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM and further flesh-creeping Edgar Allan Poe films featuring Vincent Price
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Special - The Corman Poe Cycle
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October 31, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Hello, beastly boys and ghastly ghouls!
For Halloween, #HeroicPurgatory's @jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social unearth Roger Corman's THE RAVEN, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM and further flesh-creeping Edgar Allan Poe films featuring Vincent Price
www.heroic-purgatory.com/2024/10/spec...
For Halloween, #HeroicPurgatory's @jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social unearth Roger Corman's THE RAVEN, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM and further flesh-creeping Edgar Allan Poe films featuring Vincent Price
www.heroic-purgatory.com/2024/10/spec...
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Staying with the female action heroes theme of #HeroicPrugatory's season 4, @jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social take on Ridley Scott's 1979 science-fiction horror ALIEN, which features fan favourite Ellen Ripley and atmospheric sets and aliens
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Special - Alien (1979)
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October 4, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Staying with the female action heroes theme of #HeroicPrugatory's season 4, @jmhimara.bsky.social and @filmnohito.bsky.social take on Ridley Scott's 1979 science-fiction horror ALIEN, which features fan favourite Ellen Ripley and atmospheric sets and aliens
www.heroic-purgatory.com/2024/10/spec...
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