Tag: Movie
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The Running Man, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t – 614
Edgar Wright takes on Stephen King’s (sadly) still relevant The Running Man. The Horsemen return in Now You See Me: Now You Don’t but do we wish the franchise was a disappearing act instead? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Running Man In a near-future society, The Running Man is the top-rated show on television—a deadly competition where contestants, known…
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Bugonia, Hedda – 610
Buckle up for the bonkers and brilliant ride that is Bugonia. Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson try to update Hedda – but does their big swing pay off? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Bugonia From visionary director Yorgos Lanthimos comes BUGONIA, an explosive psychological thriller that offers a pitch-black comic window into our modern age…
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – 608
Jeremy Allen White tries to step into the shoes of The Boss in Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere. Rose Byrne gives a brilliant and stress inducing performance in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere From 20th Century Studios, “Deliver Me from Nowhere” chronicles the…
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Madeleine McGraw for Black Phone 2
Black Phone 2 star Madeleine McGraw is here to chat about the toughest parts of making the film, the supernatural, and what roles she’d like to take on next. Interview contains mild spoilers. More about Black Phone 2 Four years ago, 13-year-old Finn killed his abductor and escaped, becoming the sole survivor of The Grabber.…
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Good Fortune – 606
Keanu Reeves gives a divine performance in the new comedy Good Fortune, but is the film as a whole a slam dunk? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Good Fortune In Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut, GOOD FORTUNE, a well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel (Keanu Reeves) observes a struggling gig worker, Arj (Aziz Ansari), who is…
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TRON: Ares, Roofman, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Boots – 604
TRON: Ares is gobbledygook that fails to add anything meaningful to the franchise (except maybe a great soundtrack). Roofman is a criminally fun tie at the movies (but more fluff than anything else). Kiss of the Spider Woman gets bogged down in its own attempted grandeur. Boots is a brilliant balance of themes and tones.…
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The Smashing Machine, The Lost Bus – 602
The Smashing Machine is a slightly disjointed but overall serviceable sports biopic. The Lost Bus succeeds at the macro storytelling but goes astray in the purported main conceit. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Smashing Machine The story of legendary mixed martial arts & UFC fighter Mark Kerr. More about The Lost Bus From…
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Kenji Tanigaki for The Furious – 600
Director Kenji Tanigaki is here to chat about bringing his relentless and entertaining thriller, The Furious, to life. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Furious In a small Southeast Asian country, skilled martial artist Wang Wei’s daughter Rainy is abducted by a child trafficking ring. Wang Wei sets out on a rampage, confronting both…
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One Battle After Another, All of You, Eleanor the Great – 599
Paul Thomas Anderson is in fighting form with One Battle After Another. Brett Goldstein brings the romance to All of You. Eleanor the Great is anything but impressive. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about One Battle After Another Washed-up revolutionary Bob (DiCaprio) exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant…
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HIM, Gen V Season 2, Swiped, Rebel Royals – 597
Unfortunately HIM has a great premise but spirals out in the end. Gen V does not suffer from a sophomore slump. We’re swiping left on the Bumble / Tinder cofounder biopic Swiped. Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story is borderline propaganda for the subjects but a fascinating watch. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about HIM…