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Warner Bros. Steps On A Rake (September 2024 Edition)
Hey look, Warner Brothers did something dumb again. Who could have seen this coming?
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Movie Review: The 4:30 Movie
The 4:30 Movie may not be Kevin Smith's best recent film but the comedy lands enough and the cast is engaging enough that it is worth a watch.
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Movie Review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3W78teNM3qvEvBUBG5TixY?si=63Vq08rETv2d4udUIQi0yg Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is kind of a quintessential four star movie on our scale because, while the effects look great and a lot of the visuals make it worth seeing this movie in a theater but almost the entirety of the first and
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Movie Review: Punch-Drunk Love
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nI2kkx5BmLPPnjmxR6DKj?si=wBORagowQBKGBwilo4lTzA Going into this movie I had only seen a few Paul Thomas Anderson movies. I have seen Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, and Licorice Pizza, but have heard nothing but good things about Punch-Drunk Love. It's weird, when I
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Movie Review: Borderlands (2024)
Every once in a while a movie will come along that makes me look back and wonder if this is genuinely the worst thing I've watched in the near decade I've been doing this. We have covered a lot of bad movies ranging from Morbius to
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Movie Review: Twisters
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3niW27FXmP7nhy8AV3pfiP?si=-M6fmnaMTCekszps_MS55Q There was an article in a few outlets in the lead-up and immediate aftermath of the release of Twisters that talked about how it was a problem that the film did not directly address the climate crisis that plagues reality. I
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Movie Review: Robot Dreams
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Wdc5lJ0Ill2gHHGbLhjll?si=wzoTVR6HS0STDqKd_aq_Rg So a little background on Robot Dreams, I had two opportunities to see it in the last almost year and passed on both. I skipped seeing it at the Hamptons International Film Festival in favor of seeing Fancy Dance and
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2024 Mid-Year Top 5
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1cjJaCihkTMxY4As3CGk2O?si=ZrP_XmOTSXOfpyn-LE7MXg With half of 2024 in the books, it is time to look back at the best of the year so far. This year we have our usual five best movies and two honorable mentions. The qualifications to make this list is
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Movie Review: Kinds of Kindness
Kinds of Kindness feels overlong and uneven, with creative decisions that don't always land properly.
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The Lion King 30th Anniversary: A Retrospective Review
The original Lion King outshines its 2019 remake with vibrant visuals, stronger performances, and timeless storytelling. It remains a must-watch animated classic.
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Movie Review: Inside Out 2
https://open.spotify.com/episode/621grJ8S5Qcpqr9tS9FQ3S?si=NMHqu4XrRBWLx1cjlWR0JA There is definitely a case to be made that Inside Out is Pixar's best film in the last 16 years, and yes that includes Toy Story 3. That sets a pretty high bar for Inside Out 2 which, while it
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Movie Review: Bad Boys: Ride or Die
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UFaqoAEtPtL2PdkP1NKXV?si=fD1MOYdZT7euJr2JIYeo6w Bad Boys: Ride or Die as a movie exists in a strange space. Beyond the fact that it should be named Bad Boys For Life (the title of the 3rd movie), there are aspects of the film that place it among some