Posts Tagged ‘Featured’
Film Review – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) is such an explosion of kinetic energy – both in its visual design and in its storytelling – that the result borders on creative overload. Where Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) feels like a living, breathing comic book, Across the Spider-Verse acts like an amalgamation…
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Episode 140 – Sisu
For this podcast, we review the hyper-violent World War II splatterfest, Sisu. From there, we discuss our favorite movie dogs in projects that aren’t exclusively about dogs. As our streaming homework, we also review the Netflix documentary Pamela: A Love Story, which chronicles the life…
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Film Review – Fast X
***Warning: This review contains minor spoilers*** It goes without saying, but the Fast & Furious franchise has had several makeovers in its near two-decade existence. What started out as a gang of street racers boosting DVD players out of semitrucks has turned into a globe-hopping adventure involving…
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Episode 139 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
For this podcast episode, we review James Gunn‘s MCU sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol: 3. We also list movie selections wherein the whole damn film is the “money-riff.” Finally, we discuss Ridley Scott‘s 1977 feature debut, The Duellists, streaming now on Pluto TV. Download…
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Film Review – The Mother
Given her history as a dancer, as well as her willingness to take on physically demanding roles – from Hustlers (2019) to the slapstick of Shotgun Wedding (2022) – it’s surprising that Jennifer Lopez hasn’t done more action films. She clearly has the physicality to do it. In The Mother (2023), she runs,…
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Film Review – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
There is an air of finality all throughout Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). Sure, when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is anything really over? I wouldn’t be surprised to see any one of these misfits show up again in some form or another down the road.…
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Film Review – R.M.N.
The title of R.M.N. (2022) loosely translates to “Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” or “M.R.I.” This is a not-so-subtle clue from Romanian writer/director Cristian Mungiu over his intentions. Just as he did with his Palme D’or winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), Mungiu takes a small, enclosed narrative and uses…
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Episode 138 – Beau is Afraid
For this week’s podcast, we discuss our favorite “mind-freak” movies and we review Ari Aster‘s latest freakout, Beau is Afraid. We also discuss the 1997 Spanish psycho-drama, Open Your Eyes. Download the episode here.
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