Category: Streaming
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Outside the Wire, WandaVision (Spoiler Free) – 48
Netflix is bringing us a movie a week in 2021 but if Outside the Wire is any indication that might not be a good thing. Also the highly stylized WandaVision hits Disney+. Plus One Night In Miami… and Promising Young Woman are now available to stream! Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Outside the Wire…
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Pieces of a Woman, Fatale – 46
January always brings a lull in the quality of films but the Vanessa Kirby led Pieces of a Woman and the Hilary Swank thriller Fatale do not bode well for our 2021 viewing prospects. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Pieces of a Woman Martha and Sean are a Boston couple on the verge of…
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Tenet, Wolfwalkers, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, The Forty-Year-Old Version – 44
On the first day of 2021 let’s take an opportunity to watch some films that you may have missed (or weren’t available to you yet) in 2020! Enjoy a spoiler free review of Tenet, the animated Wolfwalkers, the painfully honest Never Rarely Sometimes Always, and the self realized The Forty-Year-Old Version. Listen on Apple Podcasters…
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Soul, Wonder Woman 1984, Sylvie’s Love, The Midnight Sky, and News of the World (Spoiler Free) – 41
Feeling overwhelmed by your sudden bevy of holiday viewing choices? Never fear! We’re here to guide you through your options (and suggested viewing order) all in a spoiler free way! Let’s prepare for Soul, Wonder Woman 1984, Sylvie’s Love, The Midnight Sky, and News of the World! Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Soul What…
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I’m Your Woman, Wild Mountain Thyme, The Prom, Let Them All Talk – 36
Several misguided or outright boring films up for review this week with I’m Your Woman, Wild Mountain Thyme, and the Meryl Streep double feature of The Prom, and Let Them All Talk. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about I’m Your Woman Suburban housewife Jean (Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) lives a seemingly easy life,…
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Happiest Season, We Are the Champions, The Croods: A New Age, Uncle Frank , Superintelligence, Hillbilly Elegy – 31
A holiday weekend in the US brings a smorgasbord of viewing offerings but like with any feast some are delicious and some will leave you with indigestion. Happiest Season, We Are the Champions, The Croods: A New Age, Uncle Frank, Superintelligence, and Hillbilly Elegy are all up for review – but which will fill your…
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The Personal History of David Copperfield, The Last Vermeer, Princess Switch: Switched Again – 29
David Copperfield is far from magic (yes we know it’s a different David Copperfield). In spite of a stellar cast Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield fails to make the Dickens classic widely watchable. Guy Pearce tries to give an artistic rendering of a World War 2 art crime thriller in The Last…
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Let Him Go, Holidate – 24
More reviews this week: You should absolutely not go to Let Him Go and unfortunately you also probably shouldn’t make a date with Holidate on Netflix (which feels like it was sponsored by a mall lobbyist group). Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Let Him Go Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George…
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Come Play, The Queen’s Gambit – 21
The only scary thing about Come Play is how bad it is. Thankfully there’s The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix to keep our interests pinned. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Come Play Newcomer Azhy Robertson stars as Oliver, a lonely young boy who feels different from everyone else. Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace…