Tag: Netflix
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Dust Bunny, Sentimental Value – 621
Benoit Blanc is back and better than ever in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Bryan Fuller takes his whimsy and weirdness to the big screen in Dust Bunny. Sentimental Value is an acting masterclass. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Benoit Blanc returns for…
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Hamnet, Left-Handed Girl, Fackham Hall – 618
Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet is one of the most haunting and best films of the year. Left-Handed Girl is a love letter to Taipei. Fackham Hall satirizes the likes of Downton Abbey. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Hamnet From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the…
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Shih-Ching Tsou for Left-Handed Girl
Director / Writer Shih-Ching Tsou chats with us about shooting in Taiwan’s night markets, street casting both meerkats and kids, and superstitions. More about Left-Handed Girl A single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei after several years of living in the countryside to open a stand at a buzzing night market. Each in…
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Wicked: For Good, Rental Family, Train Dreams, In Your Dreams – 615
Should you spend a clock tick of your time (and money) on Wicked: For Good? Rental Family continues the Brenaissance in the best possible way. Train Dreams is a meditative tone poem of a film. Let Baloney Tony shepherd you through In Your Dreams. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Wicked: For Good Directed once…
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Alex Woo for In Your Dreams
Director / Writer Alex Woo is here to catch up on formative animation, family dynamics, and his new film: In Your Dreams. More about In Your Dreams The film is a comedy adventure about Stevie and her brother Elliot who journey into the absurd landscape of their own dreams. If the siblings can withstand a…
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Predator: Badlands, Frankenstein, Pluribus, Die My Love – 612
An auteur themed week with four distinct visionaries left to their own devices, but is that always a good thing? We’re watching Dan Trachtenberg shape several franchises with Predator: Badlands. Guillermo del Toro’s 30 year in the making Frankenstein comes to life. Vince Gilligan is back in action with Pluribus. Lynne Ramsay teams up with…
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Liam Oh for Boots
Actor Liam Oh is here to discuss acting, his experience being a mixed / hapa kid, and how that helped inform his role on Boots. More about Boots BOOTS is a one-hour comedic drama that delivers an irreverent, off-beat take on the coming-of-age story. Set in the tough, unpredictable world of the 1990s US Marine…
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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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Matt Roller, Eliza Coupe, Jimmi Simpson for Haunted Hotel
The Haunted Hotel creator and stars are here to discuss dangerous situations, cult philosophies, and family traditions. More about Haunted Hotel A single mother of two struggles to run a haunted hotel with the help of her estranged brother, who is now one of the ghosts haunting the hotel and thinks the other ghosts have…
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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…