Tag: Movie

  • Blink Twice, Greedy People – 479

    Blink Twice, Greedy People – 479

    Is the new Zoë Kravitz directed thriller Blink Twice worth a deeper look? Plus can you get on the side of Greedy People? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Blink Twice When tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) meets cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) at his fundraising gala, sparks fly. He invites her to join…

  • Rob Yescombe for Jackpot! – 477

    Rob Yescombe for Jackpot! – 477

    Screenwriter Rob Yescombe drops by to chat going from games to feature films, iconic interview horror stories, and his new film Jackpot!. We also lament the casting for some of his unreleased Star Wars games from LucasArts, swap interview horror stories, and figure out the best possible use for a lottery payout.  Listen on Apple…

  • Alien: Romulus, Jackpot!, Skincare – 476

    Alien: Romulus, Jackpot!, Skincare – 476

    We’re bursting at the seams after having seen Alien: Romulus and feel lucky about Jackpot!. Plus is Skincare able to be more than skin deep? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Alien: Romulus “Alien: Romulus” takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young…

  • Borderlands, The Instigators, The Influencer – 473

    Borderlands, The Instigators, The Influencer – 473

    Borderlands is an entertainment desert. The Instigators is criminally intolerable. Thankfully The Influencer is a captivating social experiment. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Borderlands Lilith (Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing…

  • Joan Chen for DìDi (弟弟) – 469

    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…

  • Trap, DìDi – 468

    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…

  • Kevin Durand, Owen Teague for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

    Kevin Durand, Owen Teague for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

    We’re monkeying around with Kevin Durand and Owen Teague at San Diego Comic-Con for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. More about Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the…

  • Deadpool & Wolverine, Time Bandits, The Decameron – 466

    Deadpool & Wolverine, Time Bandits, The Decameron – 466

    Starting with Deadpool & Wolverine, the theme of the week is “not necessarily for everyone, but definitely for us.” Also the new Time Bandits series and The Decameron. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Deadpool & Wolverine Shawn Levy directs “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams,…

  • Flula Borg for My Spy the Eternal City

    Flula Borg for My Spy the Eternal City

    Flula Borg is embracing his villain era in My Spy the Eternal City, drawing from classic movie villains, and dreaming of Twinkies. More about My Spy the Eternal City The eagerly awaited follow-up to 2020’s action comedy, My Spy The Eternal City reunites a beloved cast led by Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman in a…

  • Twisters, My Spy the Eternal City – 464

    Twisters, My Spy the Eternal City – 464

    Double the sequels this week with the action blockbuster Twisters and the action “comedy” My Spy the Eternal City. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Twisters “Twisters” storms into theaters this week and is a quintessential summer blockbuster. A loose sequel to the 1996 film “Twister” the new version stars Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones.…