Tag: Movie
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Barbie – 347
We’re doing the first half of Barbieheimer by focusing on our dear Barbara Millicent Roberts in Barbie. Listen on Apple Podcasts
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, The Afterparty Season 2 – 343
Tom Cruise is back for his seventh outing as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, a film with a title almost as long as the runtime. Apple TV+’s brilliant genre hopping comedy The Afterparty returns for a season two. Listen on Apple Podcasts
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Joy Ride, Earth Mama, The Out-Laws – 340
Joy Ride is a raucous and emotional trip. Tia Nomore in Earth Mama delivers a seismic performance to be reckoned with. The Out-Laws squandering that much talent should be criminal. Listen on Apple Podcasts
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Nimona, The Bear Season 2 – 334
A much beleaguered hero Nimona finally shifts her way onto the big (or streaming) screen. We say “yes chef” to season 2 of The Bear but be aware it returns with a slightly different flavor profile. Listen on Apple Podcasts
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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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Elemental, The Flash, Extraction 2 – 326
Pixar’s latest is Elemental but it might be too elementary for its own good. The Flash comes with a bevy of issues but could be a good time. Chris Hemsworth returns to Netflix with the forgettable Extraction 2. Listen on Apple Podcasts
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Never Have I Ever Season 4, Jury Duty – 324
We had less than maximal fun at Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. We also closed the books on Never Have I Ever and justice was served on Jury Duty. Listen on Apple Podcasts
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – 322
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has us well wrapped up in its web of artistry, humor, and action. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse (2018, Best Animated Film, Spider-Man™: Into The Spider-Verse). After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time,…
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The Little Mermaid, American Born Chinese, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, Drops of God, MerPeople – 320
Two themes for this week: AAPI Heritage Month and MerMonth? Find out if the new “live action” The Little Mermaid makes a splash. American Born Chinese is one of the best adaptations we’ve seen in a long time. Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai pays homage to the original, while still finding it’s own voice. Drops…
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Review: Lật Mặt 6: Tấm Vé Định Mệnh (Face Off 6: The Ticket of Destiny)
The latest film in the increasingly popular Vietnamese “Lật Mặt” series, “Lật Mặt 6: Tấm Vé Định Mệnh” (“Face Off 6: The Ticket of Destiny”) takes Mark Twain’s musing that “Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth” and turns it into a feature length film. When a longtime group of friends abruptly…