Tag: Sony Pictures
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Bullet Train, The Sandman, Luck – 235
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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Where the Crawdads Sing, Persuasion, Don’t Make Me Go, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris – 227
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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Morbius, The Bubble – 191
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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Uncharted, Severance – 177
Fans of the video game Uncharted are probably going to have a very different experience than the uninitiated. Also Apple TV+’s Severance takes setting work / life boundaries to the extreme. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Uncharted Street-smart Nathan Drake is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan to recover a fortune amassed…
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Spider-Man: No Way Home, Nightmare Alley – 156
The long awaited Spider-Man: No Way Home is here but does the web slinger live up to the hype? Also Guillermo Del Toro heads to the carnival with his cast of acting legends in Nightmare Alley. You can also listen on Apple Podcasts. More about Spider-Man: No Way Home For the first time in the…
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife, King Richard, tick, tick… BOOM! – 145
This week is all about tributes that might get too tangled up with their reverence for the source material or subjects with: Ghostbusters: Afterlife, King Richard, and tick, tick… BOOM! Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Ghostbusters: Afterlife From director Jason Reitman and producer Ivan Reitman, comes the next chapter in the original Ghostbusters universe.…
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Squid Game – 128
Do you have to remember anything about Venom to see Venom: Let There Be Carnage? Probably not – and that’s probably not a great thing. Also WTF is Squid Game on Netflix and why is it on track to be their most streamed show of all time after only 2 weeks? Listen on Apple Podcasts…
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Monster Hunter, One Night in Miami…, Promising Young Woman – 39
Two stage to screen adaptations with Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and One Night in Miami. A video game adaptation (cause those always go well… right?) of Monster Hunter. Finally one of the most promising films of the year with Promising Young Woman. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Adapted from two-time…
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The Personal History of David Copperfield, The Last Vermeer, Princess Switch: Switched Again – 29
David Copperfield is far from magic (yes we know it’s a different David Copperfield). In spite of a stellar cast Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield fails to make the Dickens classic widely watchable. Guy Pearce tries to give an artistic rendering of a World War 2 art crime thriller in The Last…