Tag: Review
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Review – Disney’s Pinocchio (2022)
We are begging Robert Zemeckis to stop doing films that have a CG protagonist. Disney’s remake of Pinocchio is here to give you unintentional nightmares, and features yet another Tom Hanks bad accent performance. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Pinocchio: Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis directs this live action and CGI retelling of the…
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Review: Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Don’t let the style fool you, Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul has depths. We’re not sure we can say the same for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power YET, we’re just not sure how many ages to give it a chance for. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Honk for Jesus,…
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Three Thousand Years of Longing, Breaking, and Funny Pages
Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton leave us with more longing than satisfaction in George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing. John Boyega shines in the painful film Breaking. Funny Pages fails to turn our interest. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Three Thousand Years of Longing: Dr Alithea Binnie is an academic – content with…
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Review: Beast, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Spoiler Free), and Bad Sisters
Idris Elba’s latest film Beast gets more of a “woof” from us than a roar of approval. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is here to smash up our MCU expectations. Bad Sisters is family drama (and comedy) with a deadly twist Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Beast: Recently widowed Dr. Nate Daniels and his two…
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Review: Mack & Rita, Day Shift, Emily the Criminal, and A League of Their Own
Even Diane Keaton can’t save Mack & Rita (aka 30 going on 70). Jamie Foxx is in another Netflix paint by numbers movie of the week, Day Shift. Aubrey Plaza steals the show in Emily the Criminal. Finally the series adaptation of A League of Their Own is at least a triple, if not a…
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Review: Bullet Train, The Sandman, and Luck
You might be dodging a bullet by skipping Bullet Train. Neil Gaiman‘s The Sandman is an adaptation we want to see more of. Finally the new animated film Luck is cursed in the story department. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Bullet Train: Ladybug is an unlucky assassin who’s determined to do his job peacefully…
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Review: Vengeance and My Old School
Listen on Apple Podcasts B.J Novak makes his feature directorial debut with Vengeance and still seems to be channeling Ryan the Temp (which is not a good thing here). Meanwhile Alan Cumming stars in the documentary My Old School about a fascinating Scottish mini-scandal. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Vengeance: Ben Manalowtiz is an…
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Review: Nope (Spoiler Free) and The Gray Man
Jordan Peele is back and still scaring the bajzeesus out of us (but not in the way you’d expect) with Nope. Plus the Russo Brothers team up with an all star cast for a film that pales in comparison to their talents with The Gray Man. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Nope: Caretakers at…
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Review: Where the Crawdads Sing, Persuasion, Don’t Make Me Go, and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
An abundance of adaptations this week with Where the Crawdads Sing, Jane Austen’s Persuasion, John Cho in Don’t Make Me Go (the solo non-adaptation of the week), and the attempting to be fashion forward Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Where the Crawdads Sing: From the best-selling novel comes a…
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Review: Thor: Love and Thunder (Spoiler Free), The Sea Beast, and Black Bird
Thor: Love and Thunder once again helps prove Taika Waititi is the GOAT in this spoiler free review. Netflix takes to the open ocean with the animated The Sea Beast. Taron Egerton heads to the big house in Apple TV+’s Black Bird. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Thor: Love and Thunder: In Marvel Studios’…