Posts Tagged ‘Rian Johnson’
Top 15 Films of 2025 – Allen’s Picks
2025 felt like a transitional year for the movies, a lot of which was not good. Several big screen legends left us, including (but not limited to) Diane Keaton, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Val Kilmer, and David Lynch. Of course, the industry is still in shock from the untimely passing…
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Episode 127 – Avatar: The Way of Water & Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
For this week’s episode, we review the long-awaited blockbuster sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water by James Cameron and Rian Johnson‘s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Also, for our streaming homework, we discuss Richard Linklater‘s animated love letter to 1960s suburban life, Apollo 10 1/2:…
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Film Review – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 has given us a wealth of murder mysteries and “whodunnits,” each having various levels of success. Writer/director Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) stands near the top of the heap. A follow up to his hit Knives Out (2019), Johnson takes us on another romp with…
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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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Episode 28 – Knives Out and Parasite
For this episode of the podcast, we review the star-studded whodunit Knives Out, as well as the South Korean dark comedy Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho. We discuss the movies our listeners suggested as the best movies they could only watch once, and for our…
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Film Review – Knives Out
Do you need a sweet reprieve from family ugliness this Thanksgiving? A getaway from canned cranberry sauce, drunken uncles and political squabbles? Good news, friends, Rian Johnson is here to pick you up with a heaping helping of fun in the form of Knives Out,…
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Film Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Ever since A New Hope was released in 1977, every Star Wars film followed the same basic formula: operatic space battles between good and evil, with a central character being pulled in both directions, whose final choice could decide the fate of all. From the…
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Top 10 of 2012 – Allen’s Picks
It’s been one heck of a good year for movies. From mainstream blockbusters to low-budget indies, there was a little bit for everyone in 2012. Even with a less than stellar summer season, I would argue that this been the strongest film year since 2007.…
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