Posts Tagged ‘Brian Tyree Henry’
Episode 88 – Eternals and Titane
For this podcast episode, we review Marvel‘s new team-up adventure, Eternals. We also catch up with this year’s much-buzzed-about Palme d’Or winner, Titane. For our streaming homework, we review the 1955 Frank Sinatra drama, The Man with the Golden Arm. Download the episode here.
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Film Review – The Woman in the Window
Here is a movie that is so blatantly artificial that it’s almost admirable. The Woman in the Window (2021) has such a synthetic feel to its execution that its style becomes the main draw. If we delve too deeply into story and character, it falls apart. The…
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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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Top 15 Films of 2018 – Allen’s Picks
The beauty of cinema is how it works as a reflection of our society – our hopes, our fears, and our desires. Films are a timestamp of who were, who we are, and what we could possibly be. A thousand years from now, people can…
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Film Review – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) has such an infectious spirit – both in its attitude and in its style – that it’s difficult not to watch it without getting wrapped up in the pure joy of the narrative. Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and…
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Film Review – Widows
Director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave, Shame) decided to take on a film showcasing women finding their strength in Widows. With a screenplay by McQueen and Gillian Flynn (author of Gone Girl, Sharp Objects) and based on the novel of the same name by…
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