Category: Review

  • Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (Spoiler Free)

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    While Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a slight improvement over previous entries into the franchise, it’s not good enough as a film to overlook the fact that it’s supporting She Who Must Not Be Named. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful…

  • Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, All the Old Knives, and Cow

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    It’s time for Sonic the Hedgehog 2, All the Old Knives, and Cow. 2/3 of this week features films we don’t think live up to their potential. One of these things is not like the others… Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Sonic the Hedgehog 2: After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to…

  • Review: Morbius and The Bubble

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    Yes, Morbius is bad, and its greatest crime is being boring. We had slightly higher hopes for Judd Apatow’s latest film, The Bubble, but it lacked heart and consistent humor – in spite of what is usually a very talented cast and crew. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Morbius: One of the most compelling…

  • Review: Everything Everywhere All at Once and 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…

  • Review: Deep Water and 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…

  • Review: Turning Red, The Adam Project, and 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…

  • Review: The Batman (Spoiler Free), After Yang, and 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…

  • Review: Cyrano and 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…

  • Review: Uncharted and 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…

  • Review: Death on the Nile, Marry Me, I Want You Back, and 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…