Posts Tagged ‘Amazon Prime’
Episode 62 – Judas and the Black Messiah
For this very special episode of the podcast, we review the HBO Max thriller, Judas and the Black Messiah. We talk about the painful history and the cinematic tension behind this Fred Hampton biopic, starring Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield. And for the streaming homework,…
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Film Review – One Night in Miami
One Night in Miami (2020) sets up a fictional “What If” scenario. What if you took four 20th century Black icons – Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke – and congregated them into one room. What would happen? What would their conversation be like?…
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Episode 56 – Sound of Metal
For this episode of the podcast, we review the Amazon Prime indie drama, Sound of Metal, starring Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke. We also pitch four new ideas for Christmas movies, and at the end of the show, we review the 2010 Finnish holiday horror…
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Film Review – Time
Time can appear to move as slow or fast, depending on how it is perceived. When the perceiver is doing something they love, time can fly by. However, when life has to move on normally, and your self is stuck in a moment, pleading with the aftermath…
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Film Review – Evil Eye
The last of the “Welcome to the Blumhouse” series is the thriller Evil Eye (2020). Written by Madhuri Shekar and directed by Elan and Rajeev Dassani, this might have the most emotional and pressing themes of the four releases. Unfortunately, its ideas are wrapped up…
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Film Review – Nocturne
The third film in the “Welcome to the Blumhouse” series is Nocturne (2020). Easily the weirdest – and therefore most interesting – of the four entries, this examines the classic case of an artist sacrificing themselves for the sake of their work. Seeing someone accomplish…
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Film Review – The Lie
The distribution deal between Blumhouse and Amazon Studios involves the streaming release of four thrillers in the month of October, labeled “Welcome to The Blumhouse.” The release schedule groups them into pairs. The first two feature the excellent Black Box (2020) and the not so…
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Film Review – Black Box
Black Box (2020) is an ingenious sci-fi thriller that makes a lot out of a little. I don’t mean that as a backhanded compliment, but to illustrate that good storytelling doesn’t need to rely on big budgets or extravagant production value. In fact, many blockbusters…
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