Tag: Apple TV+

  • Review: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Spoiler Free) and Spirited

    We don’t envy the expectations Black Panther: Wakanda Forever had to live up to. Meanwhile Spirited is a Christmas musical, but is it one for the ages? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: In Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to…

  • Review: Armageddon Time, My Policeman, Causeway, and Decision to Leave

    A roller coaster of a ride this week with a lot of lows but culminating in a high: Armageddon Time, My Policeman, Causeway, and Decision to Leave. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Armageddon Time: From acclaimed filmmaker James Gray, ARMAGEDDON TIME is a deeply personal story on the strength of family, the complexity of…

  • Beast, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Bad Sisters – 239

    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…

  • Bullet Train, The Sandman, Luck – 235

    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…

  • Thor: Love and Thunder, The Sea Beast, Black Bird – 224

    Thor: Love and Thunder, The Sea Beast, Black Bird – 224

    Thor: Love and Thunder once again helps prove Taika Waititi is the GOAT in this spoiler free review. Netflix takes to the open ocean with the animated The Sea Beast. Taron Egerton heads to the big house in Apple TV+’s Black Bird. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Thor: Love and Thunder In Marvel Studios’…

  • Lightyear, Spiderhead, Good Luck to You Leo Grande, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Brian and Charles – 218

    Lightyear heads to infinity but doesn’t push beyond a very basic story. Spiderhead is a web of hot mess. Emma Thompson gives her Emma Thompson best in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. Cha Cha Real Smooth is a smooth and safe choice. Finally there’s the eccentric genuineness of Brian and Charles. Listen on Apple…

  • Top Gun: Maverick, Prehistoric Planet – 210

    Tom Cruise undeniably knows how to make a quintessential summer blockbuster and does so with “Top Gun: Maverick.” Also who can resist Sir David Attenborough and Dinosaurs in “Prehistoric Planet.” Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Top Gun: Maverick After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick”…

  • Under the Banner of Heaven, Shining Girls – 202

    Crime, crime, and crime is the theme of the week with Under the Banner of Heaven (adapted from the Jon Krakauer book) and Shining Girls. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Under the Banner of Heaven As Detective Jeb Pyre investigates the murder of Brenda Wright Lafferty and her baby daughter in a suburb in…

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once, Pachinko – 189

    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…

  • Uncharted, Severance – 177

    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…