Tag: Focus Features
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Nightbitch, Flow, Y2K, That Christmas – 518
Amy Adams rips into motherhood in Nightbitch. You’ll absolutely want to go with the beautifully animated Flow. Kyle Mooney’s Y2K will send you tripping down memory lane. That Christmas is a sweet holiday blast. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Nightbitch A woman (Amy Adams) pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon…
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Venom: The Last Dance, Anora, Conclave – 499
Here’s hoping the title for Venom: The Last Dance is a promise… Sean Baker continues his exploration of the overlooked members of society with Anora. Finally Conclave can consider us a convert. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Venom: The Last Dance In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest…
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Piece by Piece, Bad Genius – 495
Get to know Pharrell like you’ve never seen him before (aka as a LEGO minifig!) and his prolific impact on music in Piece by Piece. Also Bad Genius makes cheating on the SATs look pretty good. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Piece By Piece PIECE BY PIECE is a unique cinematic experience that invites audiences…
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Joan Chen for DìDi (弟弟) – 469
Legendary actress Joan Chen is here to talk about her new film DìDi (弟弟), relating to raising her own daughters, and contextualizing success. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about DìDi (弟弟) In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach…
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Trap, DìDi – 468
M. Night Shyamalan tries to foil us into seeing Trap. DìDi is a perfectly put together coming of age film. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Trap A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event. Written and directed by M. Night…
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Fly Me to the Moon, Sunny, Touch – 461
Can the new romcom Fly Me to the Moon achieve liftoff? Sunny explores what it means to be human. Touch is a love story through the ages. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Fly Me to the Moon Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, “Fly Me to the Moon” is a sharp, stylish comedy-drama set against…
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The Bikeriders, Thelma, America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders – 453
The summer of the threesome (ok foursome if you count the motorcycle) continues with The Bikeriders. Looking for a nonagenarian led action comedy? Look no further than Thelma. Get a frighteningly candid look at the world of America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Bikeriders THE BIKERIDERS follows the rise…
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Drive-Away Dolls and Avatar: The Last Airbender – 415
Drive-Away Dolls fails to get us into gear, while the latest live action take on Avatar: The Last Airbender manages to finally heat things up. Listen on Apple Podcasts
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Review: Lisa Frankenstein and Suncoast
Two coming of age tales of young women, (both featuring their own forms of morbidity) with Lisa Frankenstein and Suncoast. Listen on Apple Podcasts
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Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Tetris, A Thousand and One, Rye Lane, and The Big Door Prize
Will Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves roll a Natural 20 at the box office? Is Tetris a brick or a keeper? Plus two slices of very different lives with A Thousand and One and Rye Lane. Finally an existential crisis in the form of The Big Door Prize. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about…