Tag: Movie
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Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (Spoiler Free)
While Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a slight improvement over previous entries into the franchise, it’s not good enough as a film to overlook the fact that it’s supporting She Who Must Not Be Named. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful…
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Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, All the Old Knives, and Cow
It’s time for Sonic the Hedgehog 2, All the Old Knives, and Cow. 2/3 of this week features films we don’t think live up to their potential. One of these things is not like the others… Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Sonic the Hedgehog 2: After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to…
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Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu Interview: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Welcome Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu to discuss Everything Everywhere All at Once, emotionally challenging scenes, expectations growing up, and AAPI representation on film. You can find our interview with directing duo DANIELS here. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Everything Everywhere All at Once Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert,…
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Directors Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) Interview: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Welcome DANIELS (aka Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) to talk about Everything Everywhere All at Once, purpose, parental expectations, unethical attention extraction, and eau de filmmaking. Recorded before the San Francisco premiere of the film. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Everything Everywhere All at Once : Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known…
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Review: Morbius and The Bubble
Yes, Morbius is bad, and its greatest crime is being boring. We had slightly higher hopes for Judd Apatow’s latest film, The Bubble, but it lacked heart and consistent humor – in spite of what is usually a very talented cast and crew. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Morbius: One of the most compelling…
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Review: Everything Everywhere All at Once and Pachinko
Michelle Yeoh’s performance is everything we ever thought we wanted from her and things we didn’t even know we wanted from her in Everything Everywhere All at Once which is ultimately a story of family wrapped in a spectacular maximalist package. Pachinko also covers the story of a family through many branches and generations in…
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Review: Deep Water and Human Resources
There is nothing erotic or thrilling about Ben Affleck and Ana De Armas’ Deep Water. Meanwhile Human Resources is indeed Big Mouth meets The Office and it works! Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Deep Water: Based on the celebrated novel by famed mystery writer Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley), “Deep Water” takes us…
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Director/Writer Domee Shi and Producer Lindsey Collins Interview: Turning Red
Welcome Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins to talk about first crushes, embarrassing teenage stories, complicated family dynamics, and of course their new Pixar film: Turning Red. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Turning Red Young actress Rosalie Chiang lends her voice to Mei Lee, a 13-year-old who suddenly “poofs” into a giant red panda when…
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Review: Turning Red, The Adam Project, and Fresh
Pixar’s latest film Turning Red is a spectacularly specific delight about young adulthood. However The Adam Project from Ryan Reynolds seems unsure if it wants to grow up, and Fresh explores the horrors of modern dating for women. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Turning Red: Young actress Rosalie Chiang lends her voice to Mei…
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Review: The Batman (Spoiler Free), After Yang, and Our Flag Means Death
Time to find out if Robert Pattinson sparkles in The Batman (in a spoiler free review). Also After Yang asks us “what it means to be alive?” and “what does it mean to be Asian?” Finally Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby take to the comedy high seas in Our Flag Means Death. Listen on Apple…