Posts Tagged ‘Jenny Slate’
Film Review – The Electric State
Anthony and Joe Russo’s directorial output post Avengers: Endgame (2019) have been, well, uneven to say the least. Sadly, that trend continues with The Electric State (2025). This is a big sci-fi adventure loaded with special effects, well-known stars, and plenty of splashy set pieces. And yet, it lacks thrills, excitement,…
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Film Review – It Ends with Us
Trigger Warnings- this film depicts physical and mental abuse as well as sexual assault. Based on Colleen Hoover’s bestselling book of the same name, It Ends with Us (2024) enters the theaters as faithful fans of Hoover’s decide if it is a worthy and faithful…
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Episode 117 – Pinocchio (2022)
For this week’s podcast episode, we review Disney‘s live-action update on their 1940 classic, Pinocchio, starring Tom Hanks. We also discuss the latest movie news, and for our streaming homework we review the Amazon Prime romantic comedy, I Want You Back. Download the episode here.
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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 – I Want You Back
Misery loves company, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. That is the predicament our two central characters face in I Want You Back (2022). Directed by Jason Orley (cowritten by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger) this is a throwback romantic comedy that isn’t afraid to embrace its tropes. Twenty…
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Film Review – On the Rocks
The premise of On the Rocks (2020) contains all the ingredients of classic screwball comedy. A woman develops a nagging feeling that her husband is having an affair. Egged on by her Lothario father, she begins to track her husband’s whereabouts in anticipation of catching…
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SIFF Film Review – Landline
As we move further and further away from the decade that defined so many of us, 90’s period pieces are seeing quite an uptick in modern cinema. (The Wackness and The To Do List are the first to spring to mind.) And while it’s undeniably…
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SIFF Interview – Jenny Slate, Gillian Robespierre & Abby Quinn – Landline
Spencer interviews director Gillian Robespierre and actresses Jenny Slate & Abby Quinn from the dramedy Landline at SIFF 2017.
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