Tag: Universal

  • Wicked: For Good, Rental Family, Train Dreams, In Your Dreams – 615

    Wicked: For Good, Rental Family, Train Dreams, In Your Dreams – 615

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    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…

  • Nobody 2, Americana – 589

    Nobody 2, Americana – 589

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    Bob Odenkirk continues his action streak with the entertaining (but slightly mindless) Nobody 2. Americana proves to be a bigger mess than it’s worth. Halsey gives a strong performance but it’s not enough to save the film. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Nobody 2 Sometimes the most dangerous place for a dad is a…

  • Love Hurts, Companion, Kinda Pregnant – 536

    Love Hurts, Companion, Kinda Pregnant – 536

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    Ke Huy Quan leaps into action in Love Hurts. Companion is brilliant subtle sci-fi. Kinda Pregnant leaves us more than kinda uncomfortable. More about Love Hurts No matter how hard you try, you can’t break up with your past. This Valentine’s Day, Oscar® winner Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Loki) rockets into his first…

  • Lea Thompson, Bob Gale for Back to the Future

    Lea Thompson, Bob Gale for Back to the Future

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    Great Scott! When life hands you THE Back to the Future DeLorean you gotta interview star Lea Thompson and screenwriter Bob Gale in it! The two reflect on their first sci-fi / fantasy theatrical experiences, favorite fictional characters, and defining success now, 40 years after the theatrical release. Interview

  • Wolf Man, September 5 – 529

    Wolf Man, September 5 – 529

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    Will Leigh Whannell’s take on Wolf Man have you howling in appreciation? Can September 5 rise above our desensitization to world events? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Wolf Man From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators of the chilling modern monster tale The Invisible Man, comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man.  Golden Globe nominee…

  • The Fall Guy, The Idea of You, The Contestant – 438

    The Fall Guy, The Idea of You, The Contestant – 438

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    The Fall Guy is a love letter to the Hollywood blockbuster. The Idea of You may not live up to the fantasy. The Contestant is the true story of The Truman Show meets Naked and Afraid meets Extreme Couponing. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Fall Guy He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt…

  • Fifty Shades Freed

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      ​The “Fifty Shades” franchise continues to break records with me, and not in a good way.  This is the third and hopefully final of these trash heaps. I don’t understand the appeal of these films, but this one in particular seems the least sexy of them all. Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson return, as…

  • The Mummy, My Cousin Rachel, Band Aid

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    ​Summer is heating up in the volume of releases, unfortunately “The Mummy” starring Tom Cruise is more of a wet blanket. “My Cousin Rachel” and “Band Aid” are thankfully more refreshing. I’m not sure what Universal is intending with their kickoff to their Dark Universe, but having Tom Cruise headline “The Mummy” as their initial…

  • Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams for Get Out

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  • Get Out

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    Jordan Peele is our cinematic savior with his directorial debut “Get Out” – he wrote and directed a funny, thrilling film that happens to confront race issues and tensions head on while still being entertaining. The movie isn’t perfect by any means, but in comparison to some of the other films we’ve seen this year,…