Steve Stebbing

Breaking down all things pop culture

This week I talk about Sam Esmail’s Leave The World Behind on Netflix, the 4K releases of Titanic, some sci-fi television, both new and classic on Blu-Ray, Spongebob Squarepants and murderous sloths.

Welcome to the first episode of What The Hell Should I Watch, now a visual podcast. This week I give you the lowdown on the new and sure-to-be Academy Award-nominated Alexander Payne ode to Hal Ashby, The Holdovers, Emerald Fennell’s wild second film, Saltburn, the star-studded thriller on Netflix, Leave The World Behind, the Blu-ray …

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New Releases: Silent Night – A gritty revenge tale of a tormented father who witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang’s crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life’s mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge …

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New Releases: Napoleon – An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine. Expectations: In what seems like a biopic that was a long time coming, Ridley Scott finally gets his take on …

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New Releases: The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes – The story of Coriolanus Snow, years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem. He is handsome and charming, and though the Snow family has fallen on hard times, Coriolanus sees a chance for a change in his fortunes when he is chosen …

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New Releases: The Marvels – Carol Danvers AKA Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with …

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New Releases: Priscilla – When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in …

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Okay, this is a weird one out of the blue, everybody, but October was a stressful month beyond the awesome Vancouver International Film Festival. Afterwards, my usual spooky time of the year, a personal favorite, consisted of packing up my entire existence and moving across town for the remaining three weeks of the month, including …

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For the first time in four years, I got to return in person to cover a festival that is near and dear to my heart. I will admit that it felt overwhelming from time to time to reacclimate and navigate my time and the city as well as my own social anxiety that has become …

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New Release: The Creator – From writer/director Gareth Edwards (“Rogue One,” “Godzilla”) comes an epic sci-fi action thriller set amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence. Joshua (John David Washington, “Tenet”), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Gemma Chan, “Eternals”), is recruited to …

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