Posts Tagged ‘Jesse Plemons’
Film Review – Civil War
The title of Civil War (2024) is a little misleading. The film does take place during a fictional scenario in which a section of U.S. states broke off and entered armed conflict with the rest of the country. But to say that this is about war, or…
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Episode 154 – Killers of the Flower Moon
For this week’s podcast, we review Martin Scorsese‘s anticipated crime/western epic, Killers of the Flower Moon. We also recommend horror titles based on common favorites from the genre. And from Shudder, we discuss the 2017 low-budget Japanese zombie flick, One Cut of the Dead. Download…
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Episode 150 – You Are So NOT Invited To My Bat Mitzvah
For this week’s podcast, we review the Netflix original teen comedy, You Are So NOT Invited To My Bat Mitzvah. For the streaming homework, we look back at the 2018 comedy Game Night, and Keith gets quizzed on what older movies are remakes or originals. …
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Film Review – Windfall
We happen upon a man (Jason Segel) wandering amongst a grove of orange trees. He picks a few off and helps himself to a bite. The man then makes his way to a beautiful desert home with a long pool, gardens, and a gorgeous view…
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Episode 90 – The Power of the Dog
For this episode of the podcast, we review Jane Campion‘s latest period drama/western, The Power of the Dog. We also talk about the paranoid 1982 TV movie, Mazes & Monsters, starring a young Tom Hanks. For this episode’s special segment, we compare what fictional movie…
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Film Review – The Power of the Dog
Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a mean son of a gun. He runs his 1925 Montana ranch with his brother George (Jesse Plemons) like a dictator. Where George is a kinder, gentler soul, Phil controls things with a cruel iron fist. With pursed lips adorning…
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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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Film Review – Jungle Cruise
There is an action scene in Disney’s Jungle Cruise (2021) set in a port town deep along the Amazon River. During the sequence, our heroes run and jump through wooden shacks and bustling marketplaces as bad guys chase them down. The scene then transitions into the river…
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