Posts Tagged ‘Martin Scorsese’
Episode 31 – 1917, Little Women, and The Irishman
Keith and Cassidy are back to wrap up the final releases of 2019. In this episode of the podcast, we review the world war epic 1917, Greta Gerwig‘s adaptation of the literary classic Little Woman, and we finally tackle the latest Scorsese film, The Irishman.…
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Top 15 Films of 2019 – Allen’s Picks
2019 was such an excellent year in film that I seriously debated pushing this list out to 25, maybe even 30 entries. There was such an abundance of quality work that whittling it down to a small grouping is about the equivalent of a parent…
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Film Review – Klaus
What a beautiful film Klaus (2019) is! In an age where animation is dominated by three dimensional, CGI rendered output, here is a film that chooses to be both a throwback and a giant step forward in 2D animation. It looks and feels as though…
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Film Review – The Irishman
The Irishman (2019) is three and half hours long. It could have been five hours and I would have been just as riveted. Martin Scorsese has delivered yet another masterwork. He dives back into the world he has visited before, where gangsters operate outside the…
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Episode 21 – Ad Astra
On this week’s podcast, we review the space exploration drama Ad Astra, starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones. We also weigh in on our listener’s favorite astronaut films and as our Netflix Homework, we review Martin Scorsese‘s 1974 motherhood movie Alice Doesn’t Live Here…
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SIFF Double Feature – Shut Up and Play the Piano and What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Shut Up and Play the Piano: Directed by Philipp Jedicke, Shut Up and Play the Piano documents the rise (and rise) of Canadian musician and producer Chilly Gonzales (aka Jason Charles Beck.) He hasn’t really reached high enough to have a fall, and perhaps never…
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Film Review – White Boy Rick
White Boy Rick (2018) has the look and feel of a film that has something interesting to say. But once we dig beneath the surface – beneath the believable aesthetics and convincing performances – we find an empty center. I’m sure the writers (Andy Weiss,…
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An Appreciation – Jaws
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat” Here is the moment that would forever change how movies are made, marketed, and watched. It’s hard to fathom – all these decades later – how much of an impact Jaws (1975) would have in popular culture. With its…
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