Posts Tagged ‘Alexander Skarsgård’
Episode 104 – Everything Everywhere All at Once & The Northman
For this week’s podcast, we review the creative action-comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once and Robert Eggers‘ Viking epic, The Northman. For our streaming homework, we also discuss the 1971 crime classic, Dirty Harry. Download the episode here.
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Film Review – Passing
Rebecca Hall’s writing and directing debut, Passing (2021) is a lyrical examination of race, identity, and the search for one’s soul. It is an impressive first feature, showcasing complete control of tone, atmosphere, and theme. Where many other new filmmakers may opt to go broad…
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Episode 67 – Godzilla vs. Kong
For this episode, we review the blockbuster crossover, Godzilla vs. Kong, and we list a few movie match-ups we’d like to see in the future. For our streaming homework, we also review Terry Gilliam‘s long-awaited passion project, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Download episode…
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Film Review – Godzilla vs. Kong
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), the latest in WB’s “MonsterVerse” franchise, is the best of the bunch so far. It capitalizes on the potential set by its predecessors – Godzilla (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) – while giving audiences all the oversized action they’ve been clamoring…
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Film Review – The Aftermath (Second Take)
Grief. It’s both simple and all consuming. It can define a person and overwhelm them. It can dictate one’s actions. After living with it for a prolonged period, while you try to learn to live with it, it can also color the way you see…
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Film Review – The Aftermath
The Aftermath is a period drama set in Hamburg, Germany in 1945, five months after many parts of the city were leveled at the end of World War II. James Kent (Testament of Youth) directed the film based on a script by Joe Shrapnel, Anna…
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Film Review – The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan (2016) makes the grievous error of trying to expand on an origin story while assuming the audience doesn’t know what that origin is. It tries to tell multiple storylines, none very well. David Yates directs Craig Brewer and Adam Cozad’s screenplay…
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Film Review – The Giver
Part of buying into a Science Fiction book or movie is the ability to accept the world building as reasonable. Some things – no matter how well written or shown – just make no sense to me. (What do you mean they divide society up…
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