Review: Dune: Part Two and Shōgun
Consider our lives spectacularly spiced up thanks to the long awaited Dune: Part Two. Also the latest adaptation of Shōgun is a feast for the eyes. Listen on Apple Podcasts
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Review: Drive-Away Dolls and Avatar: The Last Airbender
Drive-Away Dolls fails to get us into gear, while the latest live action take on Avatar: The Last Airbender manages to finally heat things up. Listen on Apple Podcasts
Review: Madame Web (Spoiler Free)
Can Madame Web swing into the same cultural zeitgeist spot that Morbius holds? Do we even want that to happen? Listen on Apple Podcasts
Review: Lisa Frankenstein and Suncoast
Two coming of age tales of young women, (both featuring their own forms of morbidity) with Lisa Frankenstein and Suncoast. Listen on Apple Podcasts
Review: Argylle, Scrambled, Orion and the Dark, and The Tiger’s Apprentice
Argylle has a great premise but bumpy execution. Scrambled is an egg-cellent time. Orion and the Dark shines when it’s being esoteric. The Tiger’s Apprentice may need to go back to school. Listen on Apple Podcasts
Review: I.S.S and Origin
Listen on Apple Podcasts We explore the unknown and possibly underpromoted depths of the I.S.S. Ava DuVernay breaks our hearts with Origin.
Review: Mean Girls (2024), The Beekeeper, Echo, and Ted
Listen on Apple Podcasts Making Mean Girls fetch (and into a musical) is a bold choice to attempt. Jason Statham + bees, what more could you want from The Beekeeper? Marvel’s Echo deserves more than the spotlight. Finally everyone’s favorite lewd bear, Ted, gets a funny but uneven prequel series.
Top Films of 2023
Ready for our top films of 2023? Cinema was back baybe (at least according to some dolls and scientists). Here are some of the standouts of 2023. Here is the list in alphabetical order. Anatomy of a Fall – A skillful performance from Sandra Hüller as an author charged with the death of her husband….
Review: Lật Mặt 6: Tấm Vé Định Mệnh (Face Off 6: The Ticket of Destiny)
The latest film in the increasingly popular Vietnamese “Lật Mặt” series, “Lật Mặt 6: Tấm Vé Định Mệnh” (“Face Off 6: The Ticket of Destiny”) takes Mark Twain’s musing that “Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth” and turns it into a feature length film. When a longtime group of friends abruptly…
Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Tetris, A Thousand and One, Rye Lane, and The Big Door Prize
Will Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves roll a Natural 20 at the box office? Is Tetris a brick or a keeper? Plus two slices of very different lives with A Thousand and One and Rye Lane. Finally an existential crisis in the form of The Big Door Prize. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about…