Finally! Jim feels something from a Pedro Almodovar film. Rather than spend an entire episode talking about his ambivalence towards a film, Jim uses this third and final entry into Almodovar month to talk about what resonated with him about the perverse love story that is Matador (SPOILER ALERT: it wasn't the unexplained, convenient psychic visions).

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You know what? Maybe Pedro Almodovar isn't really Jim's thing. That's what he's thinking, at least, after he struggles to connect with something - ANYTHING - that would help him make sense of a film that never fully condemns home invasion and kidnapping while simultaneously also never really allowing anyone to laugh at it. Does Almodovar want to have his bound cake and eat it through a gagged mouth too?!?

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In this episodes of I Do Movies Badly, Jim dips his toes into the Almodovar water with his Oscar-winning comedy All About My Mother and hypothesizes why he didn't like it more. Could it be cultural differences? A failure for the film to fully commit to neither comedy nor drama? Is our host just woefully underexposed to female cinema? You won't know unless you listen!

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If March came in like a lion and out like a lamb, then I Do Movies Badly is coming in like a lion that mated with a dinosaur and is riding a tank and will go out like a...something else. Basically, cool stuff is happening in April beginning with this introduction to the films of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar as recommended by Daniel Walber of Nonfics.com! Listen as Jim and Daniel discuss the themes of Hollywood, women and homosexuality that shine through in the Almodovar films that Daniel (non-linearly) recommends: All About My Mother (1999), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989) and Matador (1986). Come for the Almodovar, stay for the targets about Rainer Werner Fassbender and Don't Look Now!

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When Jim makes promises, he comes through on them, so for those of you who doubted his sincerity when he said he would be doing a bonus episode on Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights to  make up for his hiatus, shame on you! 

Wrapping up Wong Kar Wai "month" here on IDMB with Wong Kar Wai's first English language film, which features all the visual flair we've come to know and love, but lacks the heart and insight into that ephemeral concept called love. 

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After a lengthy hiatus, Jim is back at doing movies badly along with an apology for and explanation as to why he seemingly disappeared off the face of the Earth. After that, he picks up with the discussion of 2046, a film that, perhaps more so than any previous Wong Kar Wai film, really seems to understand the repercussions of lost love and self-deception. 

Good news, everyone! To make up for the long delay (and to ensure that he keeps the publishing schedule even for April), there will be a bonus episode next week of Wong Kar Wai's English language feature, My Blueberry Nights! 

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How are you doing? Good? That's because you haven't watched a Wong Kar Wai film recently. In this episode of I Do Movies Badly Jim perhaps gets a little too personal as he discusses 1997's Happy Together a film that, despite its title, isn't a great pick me up.

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In this episode, Jim struggles to string coherent thoughts together as he attempts (poorly) to make sense of Wong Kar Wai's Fallen Angels, a film that, despite its jumping back and forth between tone and narratives, manages to loudly declare a voice of a confident filmmaker. Please ignore the inescapable presence of an adorable dog in the background.

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Happy New Year! What does IDMB have in store for you for 2015? Tangents! Oh, and also a discussion with Gavin Mevius from KGBcast about Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai. In between random excursions into discussions about Dario Argento, Brad Anderson and how upset Jim makes French people, these two gents discuss the sombre yet beautiful and often non-linear ways of Wong Kar Wai before Gavin recommends three titles: Fallen Angels (1995), Happy Together (1997), and 2046 (2004).

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In this episode of IDMB, Jim wraps up his discussion of Joe Dante with Looney Tunes: Back in Action, an interesting film that blends the juvenile humor of cartoons with the acerbic wit of a man whose vision was greatly hampered by the studio funding him. After the discussion, Jim gives his thoughts on what makes Joe Dante an important filmmaker and wishes everyone a happy and healthy 2015!

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