This week there are two absolute masterpieces of genre in theaters, Late Night With The Devil and Monkey Man, and I also checked out possibly the crown jewel of Robert Altman’s illustrious career in Criterion 4K for the first time. Andrew Scott takes on the role of Tom Ripley in a new Netflix adaptation, shot …
Technical difficulties descend on the show this week but Chloe is a pro and we salvage a one-sided video recording! This week I give my thoughts on the new Blumhouse horror Imaginary, we both have our thoughts on Australia’s official submission for the Academy Awards this year plus some big new television series hits Netflix. …
This week I take in Jack Black as the dragon warrior for the fourth time, Millie Bobby Brown playing action hero and John Cena steals the show again in a very R-rated comedy from one of the guys that brought us Dumb And Dumber. Lots of great television, including Kate Winslet and HBO’s new collaboration …
This week on the show, I take Chloe to Arakkis for my thoughts on the long-anticipated Dune Part Two, Adam Sandler excels in another rare dramatic role, Taika Waititi’s new movie was a bigger hit with me than others and FX has a damn good new series adaptation. All this and Chloe’s review of Five …
This week I have a couple of smaller films with Molly Manning Walker’s cautionary tale and an office character drama starring Daisy Ridley. I also dig into the fortieth anniversary 4K of Footloose, gush about the new Universal Monsters Collector’s Edition and new mini-series on both Netflix and AppleTV+.
This week I got to see if the Taylor Swift conspiracy theory around Argylle held any weight, a Mads Mikkelsen Vancouver International Film Festival Favorite favorite gets its theatrical release and a great sexual exploration Canadian comedy which also played the same festival. Two new Criterion Collection entries get some well-deserved love from me and …
This week I finally got to see the new Yorgos Lanthimos masterpiece and it did not disappoint! Angus Cloud’s second last performance hit blu-ray along with a couple other Hong Kong actioners and I immersed myself in one of the best HBO limited series in recent memory.
This week I kick things off with Jason Statham protecting the hive before digging into two newly Academy Award nominated films. Also new this week, the Americans and Russians are fighting in space, there’s an absolute treat on AppleTV+ for fans of Band Of Brothers and The Pacific, Sofia Vergara is taking on the story …
This week I start with a little dip in the pool for Night Swim and a whopping three Netflix movies. New on DVD, Kitty Green is putting Julia Garner through hell once again, one of the originators of German New Wave cinema is the focus of a new documentary and much, much more.
We’re still in that beginning-of-the-year movie lull, I talk about the most important film of 2023, a biopic starring two of the best character actors in the industry today, William Oldroyd’s long-awaited follow-up to Lady Macbeth, and much more. This week also marks the debut of a father-daughter team as my daughter Chloe has joined …
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