Author: THEDHK
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Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Peacemaker, Cheer Season 2 – 164
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania is relentlessly zany and we’re not sure who it’s for. Peacemaker is committed to chaotic absurdity and Cheer Season 2 on Netflix takes place in a much darker world than season 1, but does it retain it’s joy? Listen on Apple Podcasts. More about Hotel Transylvania: Transformania Drac and the Pack are…
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The 355, Drive My Car, Parallel Mothers – 162
The year is off to a rocky start with the spy thriller The 355. Thankfully there are some awards contenders from 2021 that are seeing a wider release including Drive My Car and Pedro Almodovar’s Parallel Mothers. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The 355 A dream team of formidable female stars come together in…
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Don’t Look Up, The King’s Man, The Lost Daughter, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Beanie Mania, Single’s Inferno – 160
Awards deadlines approach so it’s a supersized episode for the last reviews of 2021! Don’t Look Up, The Lost Daughter, and The Tragedy of Macbeth are all vying hard for accolades. The King’s Man doesn’t seem to be vying for anything (including logic). As for some lighter fare there’s also the Beanie Baby documentary Beanie…
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The Matrix Resurrections, Being the Ricardos, Sing 2 – 158
Time to enter The Matrix Resurrections but are some things better left dead? Plus Aaron Sorkin delivers his take on I Love Lucy with Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos. Finally in other sequel news Sing 2 is a bonkers film that we’re not sure who it’s for? Listen on Apple Podcasts…
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Spider-Man: No Way Home, Nightmare Alley – 156
The long awaited Spider-Man: No Way Home is here but does the web slinger live up to the hype? Also Guillermo Del Toro heads to the carnival with his cast of acting legends in Nightmare Alley. You can also listen on Apple Podcasts. More about Spider-Man: No Way Home For the first time in the…
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Directors Clare Knight and Harry Cripps for Back to the Outback – 154
Welcome directors Clare Knight and Harry Cripps for their new animated Australian adventure, Back to the Outback. We discuss moving from editorial or writing to directing, common misconceptions, and spooky creatures. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Back to the Outback A ragtag group of the world’s deadliest creatures – and one cute but utterly…
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West Side Story, Red Rocket – 153
Steven Spielberg takes his shot at West Side Story but is it really a story that needed retelling? Also Sean Baker once again turns his cinematic eye to overlooked communities and wholly formed characters in Red Rocket. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about West Side Story WEST SIDE STORY is produced and directed by Steven…
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Director Debbie Lum for Try Harder! – 151
Welcome documentarian Debbie Lum to chat about her new film Try Harder!, college admissions, high school superlatives, and the ongoing process of Asian-American Pacific Islander representation on screen. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Try Harder! San Francisco’s Lowell High, one of the best public schools in the country, draws high achievers–nearly 70% Asian Americans–from…
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The Power of the Dog, Wolf, Try Harder! – 150
Jane Campion brings us Benedict Cumberbatch in chaps in The Power of the Dog. George MacKay channels his inner canis lupus in Wolf. Finally get ready to relive your college admissions trauma through the students of Lowell High in the incredibly watchable Try Harder!. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Power of the Dog…