Category: Review

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once, Pachinko

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    Michelle Yeoh’s performance is everything we ever thought we wanted from her and things we didn’t even know we wanted from her in Everything Everywhere All at Once which is ultimately a story of family wrapped in a spectacular maximalist package. Pachinko also covers the story of a family through many branches and generations in…

  • Deep Water, Human Resources

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    There is nothing erotic or thrilling about Ben Affleck and Ana De Armas’ Deep Water. Meanwhile Human Resources is indeed Big Mouth meets The Office and it works! Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Deep Water Based on the celebrated novel by famed mystery writer Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley), “Deep Water” takes us…

  • Turning Red, The Adam Project, Fresh

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    Pixar’s latest film Turning Red is a spectacularly specific delight about young adulthood. However The Adam Project from Ryan Reynolds seems unsure if it wants to grow up, and Fresh explores the horrors of modern dating for women. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Turning Red Young actress Rosalie Chiang lends her voice to Mei…

  • The Batman (Spoiler Free), After Yang, Our Flag Means Death

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    Time to find out if Robert Pattinson sparkles in The Batman (in a spoiler free review). Also After Yang asks us “what it means to be alive?” and “what does it mean to be Asian?” Finally Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby take to the comedy high seas in Our Flag Means Death. Listen on Apple…

  • Cyrano, Studio 666

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    Two very different musical movies this week with Peter Dinklage as Cyrano and the Foo Fighters b-horror film Studio 666. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Cyrano In the tradition of the classic MGM movies that celebrate romance lyrically and visually, award winning director Joe Wright orchestrates a gifted ensemble of actors performing the big-screen…

  • Uncharted, Severance

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    Fans of the video game Uncharted are probably going to have a very different experience than the uninitiated. Also Apple TV+’s Severance takes setting work / life boundaries to the extreme. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Uncharted Street-smart Nathan Drake is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan to recover a fortune amassed…

  • Death on the Nile, Marry Me, I Want You Back, Blacklight

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    Poirot is back and as dated as ever with Death on the Nile. Then there are two “romantic comedies” in times for Valentine’s Day with J.Lo’s Marry Me and Charlie Day and Jenny Slate’s I Want You Back. Finally Liam Neeson has his latest anemic attempt at action with Blacklight. Listen on Apple Podcasts. More…

  • Moonfall, Book of Love, Pam & Tommy

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    We know Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall is going to be bad, but is it GOOD bad or BAD bad? Same goes for the cookie cutter story Book of Love. Finally Pam & Tommy is here and we have complicated feelings on it. Listen on Apple Podcasts. More about Moonfall In Moonfall, a mysterious force knocks the…

  • GameStop: Rise of the Players, The Afterparty, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

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    Unfortunately unless you were part of the ride, GameStop: Rise of the Players might leave you more confused than when you started watching. Also this week brings a pair of whodunit satires with The Afterparty on Apple TV+ and the cumbersomely titled The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the…

  • The King’s Daughter, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock

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    What is The King’s Daughter? How did it get Julie Andrews to narrate!? Where in the mermaid hell did it come from?! Find out! Also Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock is here to continue Jim Henson’s legacy with poise and positivity. Listen on Apple Podcasts. More about The King’s Daughter Known as The Sun…