Category: Movie
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Review: Don’t Worry Darling, The Woman King, and Dahmer
The Don’t Worry Darling press tour gets its own review this week (because let’s be honest it was more interesting than the film itself). Viola Davis reigns supreme in The Woman King and Evan Peters creeps masterfully in Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on Netflix. Listen on Apple Podcasts: More about Don’t Worry…
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Review: See How They Run and God’s Country
See How They Run is a whodunnit that has us asking “whoitfor?” and Thandiwe Newton gives a powerful performance in (the oversaturated with symbolism) God’s Country. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about See How They Run: In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an…
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Review – Disney’s Pinocchio (2022)
We are begging Robert Zemeckis to stop doing films that have a CG protagonist. Disney’s remake of Pinocchio is here to give you unintentional nightmares, and features yet another Tom Hanks bad accent performance. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Pinocchio: Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis directs this live action and CGI retelling of the…
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Review: Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Don’t let the style fool you, Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul has depths. We’re not sure we can say the same for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power YET, we’re just not sure how many ages to give it a chance for. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Honk for Jesus,…
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Three Thousand Years of Longing, Breaking, and Funny Pages
Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton leave us with more longing than satisfaction in George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing. John Boyega shines in the painful film Breaking. Funny Pages fails to turn our interest. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Three Thousand Years of Longing: Dr Alithea Binnie is an academic – content with…
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Review: Beast, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Spoiler Free), and Bad Sisters
Idris Elba’s latest film Beast gets more of a “woof” from us than a roar of approval. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is here to smash up our MCU expectations. Bad Sisters is family drama (and comedy) with a deadly twist Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Beast: Recently widowed Dr. Nate Daniels and his two…
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Review: Mack & Rita, Day Shift, Emily the Criminal, and A League of Their Own
Even Diane Keaton can’t save Mack & Rita (aka 30 going on 70). Jamie Foxx is in another Netflix paint by numbers movie of the week, Day Shift. Aubrey Plaza steals the show in Emily the Criminal. Finally the series adaptation of A League of Their Own is at least a triple, if not a…
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Review: Bullet Train, The Sandman, and Luck
You might be dodging a bullet by skipping Bullet Train. Neil Gaiman‘s The Sandman is an adaptation we want to see more of. Finally the new animated film Luck is cursed in the story department. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Bullet Train: Ladybug is an unlucky assassin who’s determined to do his job peacefully…
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Review: Vengeance and My Old School
Listen on Apple Podcasts B.J Novak makes his feature directorial debut with Vengeance and still seems to be channeling Ryan the Temp (which is not a good thing here). Meanwhile Alan Cumming stars in the documentary My Old School about a fascinating Scottish mini-scandal. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Vengeance: Ben Manalowtiz is an…
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Review: Nope (Spoiler Free) and The Gray Man
Jordan Peele is back and still scaring the bajzeesus out of us (but not in the way you’d expect) with Nope. Plus the Russo Brothers team up with an all star cast for a film that pales in comparison to their talents with The Gray Man. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Nope: Caretakers at…