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
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Review: M3GAN and A Man Called Otto
M3GAN is a memeable (yet watchable) mess. Meanwhile the biggest issue with the latest Tom Hanks film, A Man Called Otto, is Hanks offscreen persona. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about M3GAN: She’s more than just a toy. She’s part of the family. M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence, a life-like doll programmed to…
Top Films of 2022
Ready for our top films of 2022? These are a snapshot of some of our favorite films of the year. Important to note that they are representative of what was available in 2022. Does that mean they’ll stand the test of time (or even the test of looking back next December)? That remains to be…
Review: Don’t Worry Darling, The Woman King, and Dahmer
The Don’t Worry Darling press tour gets its own review this week (because let’s be honest it was more interesting than the film itself). Viola Davis reigns supreme in The Woman King and Evan Peters creeps masterfully in Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on Netflix. Listen on Apple Podcasts: More about Don’t Worry…
Review: Bullet Train, The Sandman, and Luck
You might be dodging a bullet by skipping Bullet Train. Neil Gaiman‘s The Sandman is an adaptation we want to see more of. Finally the new animated film Luck is cursed in the story department. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Bullet Train: Ladybug is an unlucky assassin who’s determined to do his job peacefully…
Review: Where the Crawdads Sing, Persuasion, Don’t Make Me Go, and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
An abundance of adaptations this week with Where the Crawdads Sing, Jane Austen’s Persuasion, John Cho in Don’t Make Me Go (the solo non-adaptation of the week), and the attempting to be fashion forward Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Where the Crawdads Sing: From the best-selling novel comes a…
Review: Morbius and The Bubble
Yes, Morbius is bad, and its greatest crime is being boring. We had slightly higher hopes for Judd Apatow’s latest film, The Bubble, but it lacked heart and consistent humor – in spite of what is usually a very talented cast and crew. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Morbius: One of the most compelling…
Review: Uncharted and Severance
Fans of the video game Uncharted are probably going to have a very different experience than the uninitiated. Also Apple TV+’s Severance takes setting work / life boundaries to the extreme. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Uncharted: Street-smart Nathan Drake is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan to recover a fortune amassed…
Top Films of 2021
It’s time for the top films of 2021! According to Nicole Kidman the movies are back! Yet there’s no denying it was another strange year. We got a flood of films that were delayed from 2020. There was an abundance of Marvel films and a bevy of streaming indies. Yet for all the fanfare about…
Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home (Spoiler Free) and Nightmare Alley
The long awaited Spider-Man: No Way Home is here but does the web slinger live up to the hype? Also Guillermo Del Toro heads to the carnival with his cast of acting legends in Nightmare Alley. You can also listen on Apple Podcasts. More about Spider-Man: No Way Home: For the first time in the…