Category: Review
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The Smashing Machine, The Lost Bus – 602
The Smashing Machine is a slightly disjointed but overall serviceable sports biopic. The Lost Bus succeeds at the macro storytelling but goes astray in the purported main conceit. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Smashing Machine The story of legendary mixed martial arts & UFC fighter Mark Kerr. More about The Lost Bus From…
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One Battle After Another, All of You, Eleanor the Great – 599
Paul Thomas Anderson is in fighting form with One Battle After Another. Brett Goldstein brings the romance to All of You. Eleanor the Great is anything but impressive. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about One Battle After Another Washed-up revolutionary Bob (DiCaprio) exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant…
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HIM, Gen V Season 2, Swiped, Rebel Royals – 597
Unfortunately HIM has a great premise but spirals out in the end. Gen V does not suffer from a sophomore slump. We’re swiping left on the Bumble / Tinder cofounder biopic Swiped. Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story is borderline propaganda for the subjects but a fascinating watch. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about HIM…
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TIFF 2025
It was our pleasure to attend TIFF 2025 for the 50th iteration of the festival. We saw 20 films at the Toronto International Film Festival (and again a special thanks to the TIFF and Rotten Tomatoes Grant Program for helping us participate). We weren’t able to screen everything there, but here’s a glimpse at what…
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The Long Walk, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Spinal Tap 2 – 596
Stephen King’s The Long Walk proves as timely a film adaptation as there could be. Also two films made as (perhaps unnecessary) fan service with Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale and Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Long Walk From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen…
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Twinless, The Threesome, The Paper – 595
We’re seeing double with Twinless and triple with The Threesome. Can The Paper cement itself as more than just a spinoff of The Office? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Twinless In Twinless, two young men meet in a twin support group and form an unlikely friendship. Roman (Dylan O’Brien) and Dennis (James Sweeney) both search for solace…
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The Roses, The Thursday Murder Club – 594
A pair of adaptations is up for review this week, both with all star casts: The Roses and The Thursday Murder Club. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Roses Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed…
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Ne Zha 2, Honey Don’t, Eden, Eenie Meanie, Long Story Short – 591
A jam packed week (for better and for mostly worse) with the animated epic Ne Zha 2, the Margaret Qualley led Honey Don’t, Ron Howard’s the trouble in paradise catastrophe – Eden, the crime thriller Eenie Meanie, and finally the brilliant and heartfelt Long Story Short. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Ne Zha 2…
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Nobody 2, Americana – 589
Bob Odenkirk continues his action streak with the entertaining (but slightly mindless) Nobody 2. Americana proves to be a bigger mess than it’s worth. Halsey gives a strong performance but it’s not enough to save the film. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Nobody 2 Sometimes the most dangerous place for a dad is a…
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Weapons, Sketch – 586
Not kidding when we say Zach Cregger’s Weapons made us not sleep for a week. Sketch is a cute and wholesome tale tackling shockingly deep emotions. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Weapons When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community…