Tag: Focus Features
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Past Lives, Asteroid City, I’m A Virgo – 328
Celine Song’s Past Lives is a beautiful contemplative look at identity, expectation, and what could have been. Meanwhile Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City has us more spaced out than over the moon. Finally Boots Riley returns to Oakland in a giant way with I’m a Virgo. Listen on Apple Podcasts
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Polite Society, Peter Pan & Wendy – 310
Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society is more like delight society with a refreshing and surprising original story and action packed fun. Meanwhile in Peter Pan & Wendy most of the fun and magic has been sucked out of the dreary umpteenth retelling of J.M Barrie’s tale. 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…
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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…
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Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – 243
Don’t let the style fool you, Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul has depths. We’re not sure we can say the same for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power YET, we’re just not sure how many ages to give it a chance for. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Honk for Jesus,…
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Vengeance, My Old School – 232
B.J Novak makes his feature directorial debut with Vengeance and still seems to be channeling Ryan the Temp (which is not a good thing here). Meanwhile Alan Cumming stars in the documentary My Old School about a fascinating Scottish mini-scandal. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Vengeance Ben Manalowtiz is an aspiring New York podcaster…
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Where the Crawdads Sing, Persuasion, Don’t Make Me Go, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris – 227
An abundance of adaptations this week with Where the Crawdads Sing, Jane Austen’s Persuasion, John Cho in Don’t Make Me Go (the solo non-adaptation of the week), and the attempting to be fashion forward Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Where the Crawdads Sing From the best-selling novel comes a…
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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…
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Downton Abbey: A New Era, Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers, The Valet – 208
There’s not much new about Downton Abbey: A New Era but that’s not unexpected. What was unanticipated was how delightful Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers is. Finally there’s the Eugenio Derbez vehicle The Valet. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Downton Abbey: A New Era From award-winning creator Julian Fellowes comes the motion picture event…
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The Northman, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, The Bad Guys, White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch – 199
Robert Eggers brings us his Viking epic The Northman. Nic Cage reaches peak Nic Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Crime doesn’t pay in the new animated film The Bad Guys. Speaking of criminal, there’s also the new documentary White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch. Listen on Apple Podcasts…