Tag: Review
-
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…
-
Zootopia 2, Eternity – 617
The new Zootopia 2 goes for a maximalist mammal (and reptile) approach. Eternity is the best and most romantic afterlife film we’ve seen since Defending Your Life. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Zootopia 2 In Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Zootopia 2,” rookie cops Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.…
-
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…