Box Office Recap

I hoped the things that had bothered me the first time around would feel better the second time around—namely the pacing and the jankier effects work—but ... they didn’t. I really like and admire what Scorsese is going for I’m that last hour but it takes way too long to get...

Dec 1st 2019

Sonny Bunch

Director Martin Scorsese, who just turned 77, appears to have something else on his mind now… the perspective that comes with...

Nov 29th 2019

John Nolte

Discussed HERELove Shia, Noah, and FKA Twigs. Hedges was good, however the screenplay didn't bring the balance to make that character feel entirely developed to me. A few timeline inconsistencies got in the way of my suspension of disbelief. As a Shia fanboy I'm very very very happy he got to make...

Honey Boy

Drama

Nov 30th 2019

Michael and Taylor

This week on the Podcast we discuss First Impressions of: Hala & Wendy(01:24) and the Titles: Honey Boy(06:46), Earthquake Bird(22:19), and Ford v. Ferrari(36:13). Visit us at...

Nov 26th 2019

Michael and Taylor

A really wonderful reminder that deodorant is one of civilization’s great...

Parasite (2019)

Drama, Thriller, Comedy

Dec 2nd 2019

Sonny Bunch

James C. Scott, in 1992’s Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts, argues that behind the public face of every society there is a counternarrative written by the subordinate classes. This “hidden transcript” is in dialogue with the public face but always elusive,...

Dec 2nd 2019

The American Conservative Staff

#DissidentRight #GOP #PaleoCon

Knives Out

Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Drama, Comedy

The new in-theaters release 'Knives Out' is inventive, entertaining, surprisingly political, and not without an emotional...

Dec 3rd 2019

The Federalist Staff

Toni Collette's character should be a voice option on Google Assistant and Alexa.A generally enjoyable time with fun cartoonish characters. Ana de Armas is and continues a world beater, we all owe Villeneuve for letting her star shine in 2049 so we all get to spend more time enjoying her bring new...

Nov 30th 2019

Michael and Taylor

In this latest episode of the Sub-Beacon sponsored by Circle and ExpressVPN, we discuss Midway and Jojo Rabbit (finally!) and Thanksgiving movies—is there anything better than The Godfather marathon? Vic has a Peloton update! And did someone see Frozen 2? Join the...

Jojo Rabbit

Comedy, War

Nov 26th 2019

The Sub Beacon Podcast

Kinda funny and kinda sweet without really landing either....

Nov 26th 2019

Sonny Bunch

Best of the decade revisit, doesn't make the cut but I sure do like it. Was inspired to this...

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