Posts Tagged ‘Featured’
TIFF Review – The Guilty (2021)
Director Antoine Fuqua makes a return to the subject of police in The Guilty (2021). Along with Nic Pizzolatto, the two wrote a script based on the original Danish film from 2018 of the same name. The duo Americanized the story and applied it to…
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Episode 80 – Shang-Chi & Reminiscence
For this podcast episode, we review Marvel‘s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, as well as the HBO sci-fi/noir Reminiscence, starring Hugh Jackman. We also list our picks for the best science fiction films since the year 2000. For our streaming homework, we…
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Film Review – Malignant
Malignant (2021) is the kind of horror flick tailor made for the midnight-movie crowds. With its campy tone, over the top body horror, and ridiculous story, it exudes the kind of “no holding back” attitude that many fans of the genre will gleefully embrace. There…
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An Appreciation – Monsoon Wedding
Director Mira Nair has long been fascinated with the contrast between the traditions of the past and the ambitions of modern youth. Characters divided by age and generation either clash or come together with their differing beliefs. Nair was born in India and was educated…
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Episode 79 – The Suicide Squad & The Green Knight
For this podcast episode, we return with reviews for James Gunn‘s violent superhero comedy, The Suicide Squad. We also review A24‘s dark fairy-tale adaptation, The Green Knight. We catch up with the movie news, and for our streaming homework, we discuss David Lynch‘s 1999 family…
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Film Review – Candyman (2021)
Candyman (2021) attempts to be both a direct sequel and course correction of the 1992 film, directed by Bernard Rose (based on Clive Barker’s short story). The first iteration had plenty of slick horror while establishing one of the genre’s long-lasting villains in Tony Todd’s…
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Film Review – The Green Knight
Writer/director David Lowery’s The Green Knight (2021) is a stunning achievement. It is one of bold vision, remarkable cinematic skill, and confident artistry. In a summer season that is usually stuffed with lifeless blockbusters, here is a fantasy adventure that has something important to say…
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Episode 78 – Jungle Cruise
For this week’s podcast. Alice and Buddy from the theme park podcast Those Happy Places join us to talk about Disney‘s Jungle Cruise movie. We talk about the narrative possibility of rides, and for our streaming homework, we discuss Disney’s 2003 Eddie Murphy vehicle, The…
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