Eddie Pasa
Eddie is a member of the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) and the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS). Since starting in 2010 at The Rogers Revue, Eddie has written for Reel Film News (now defunct), co-founded DC Filmdom, and writes occasionally for Gunaxin. When not reviewing movies, he's spending time with his wife and children, repeat-viewing favorites on Blu-Ray, working for rebranding agency Mekanic, or playing acoustic shows and DJing across the DC/MD/VA area. Special thanks go to Jenn Carlson, Moira and Ari Pasa, Viki Nova at City Dock Digital in Annapolis, Mike Parsons, Philip Van Der Vossen, and Dean Rogers.
Posts by Eddie Pasa
The solemn and pensive After Yang resounds with sadness and grief; yet it is a celebration of loved ones passed on. We mourn because of the hole they leave in our lives, but they are also the cause of healing and renewal. Based on the short story “Saying Goodbye to Yang” by Alexander Weinstein, director/screenwriter […]
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Real talk: You can’t write about a movie titled No Exit that features a group of strangers forced to be in one room and immersing themselves into the circumstances that brought them there without at least acknowledging the obvious similarities to Jean-Paul Sartre’s 1944 play. Sure, it’s the easy route, especially seeing how this movie’s […]
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For the first two-thirds of The Cursed, we are abjectly throttled and abused, subjected to witnessing acts of horror and befoulment to the point of numbness. This film does not hesitate in getting straight to the point with shocking gore and dismemberments; one such grisly incident paves the way for the rest of the story […]
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I Want You Back is another collection of romantic comedy cliches given enough spark by its leads to make viewers at least stay until the end, even though the film follows the rom-com playbook to the letter. There really isn’t much innovation in this cinematic pantheon, is there? The “Someone loses their significant other and […]
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There’s a familiarity in the notes which Marry Me hits. It’s a movie that seems like it’s been done before, especially with its “superstar meets and falls in love with a regular person” modus operandi. But there’s a vein of genuineness that runs through this movie like a river giving life to the barren land […]
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Speaking as a Filipino-American, it’s always wonderful to see us represented in the things we consume, and we’re insanely proud of it. No matter if it’s in literature, music, film, television, or seeing a restaurant bearing the Filipino flag while we drive here in America – we always stop and check it out. In recent […]
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Official Closing Night Film selection for the 2022 Mammoth Film Festival. Low-budget films usually have one North Star guiding them through production, post-production, distribution, and exhibition: Make your limited resources count and make it look good. The Abandon is no different, spending 95% of its running time sealed in a room with no doors or […]
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The whole of Sundown is spent observing the odd actions of an Englishman named Neil (Tim Roth) as he saunters through downtown Acapulco, looking and acting like a beach bum while staying in a low-rent hotel across the street from the beach. This would be fine, were it not for the opening scenes which show […]
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Okay. Y’all remember the NBC television series The Good Place by Michael Schur, which featured a group of misfits rallying around one of their own as their leader, shepherded by an older man who knew more about what was going on than they did? And through multiple lifetimes of hard knocks and lessons, they become […]
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The ultimate in low-budget filmmaking and the ultimate in storytelling, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (Japanese title: Droste no hate de bokura) absolutely shellacks most major productions with a simple, low-key conceit and absolutely wows with its execution. The movie adheres to its own rules – until an appropriate time – and boasts a lively spirit […]
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