Director Gareth Edwards made his feature film debut in 2010 with the indie MONSTERS. He then went on to direct 2014’s GODZILLA and the 2016 Star Wars prequel ROGUE ONE. Now seven years later Edwards has returned with the sci-fi action film THE CREATOR starring John David Washington. Our hosts share a review of the film, discuss Kevin…

A new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie…um okay. It has a script by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg you say? Now you have our hosts’ interest. Alan & Chris discuss TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM and then share some news of director Jeff Nichols’s first film since 2016. If you’re looking to Netflix and chill Chris has…

Origin stories. A common trope all too common in today’s comic book movies. BLUE BEETLE tells the story of Jaime Reyes being chosen by an alien scarab to be its symbiotic host giving him extraordinary powers and thus becoming a superhero. Alan & Chris share their thoughts on this superhero’s beginnings as well as sample four trailers for…

An R-rated version of THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY with talking dogs voiced by Will Ferrell & Jamie Foxx. That’s the gist of STRAYS the new comedy in theaters now from director Josh Greenbaum (whose previous film BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR was a show favorite). Alan & Chris share a review of the film and…

Director André Ovredal’s new movie THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER adapts a single chapter of Bram Stoker’s popular gothic horror novel DRACULA to the silver screen. Our hosts discuss their thoughts on the film as well as muse on some upcoming cinematic offerings in the Trailer Tapas segment of the show. Last but not least…

This week our hosts take a break from the big-budget summer blockbusters released by major studios and review the lo-fi sci-fi indie BIOSPHERE starring Mark Duplass and Sterling K. Brown. Afterward, each host shares a recommendation of a film you might have overlooked that they think is worth watching. Recommendations from our hosts in this…

Alan & Chris complete the Oppenhauntarbie challenge. What’s that you say? Instead of discussing two of the summer’s biggest films OPPENHEIMER and BARBIE back to back, we opted to slot last week’s HAUNTED MANSION review in between. So…here at long last you can hear what our hosts make of director Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster take on the…

Disney’s had an interesting track record with theme park rides turned into feature films. In 2003 they had success with PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN but didn’t manage to scare up much profit from THE HAUNTED MANSION starring Eddie Murphy. Twenty years later they’ve changed the director, cast, and writer and released a version called simply HAUNTED MANSION. Our…

Director Christopher Nolan’s OPPENHEIMER starring well…it seems like everyone…has made it into multiplexes around the country. Alan & Chris have seen this three-hour opus and have some thoughts. Post-review the guys talk about the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike going on and how it will have repercussions for the movie-making industry. Footcandle Film Festival Footcandle Film Society

Tom Cruise has returned to movie screens across the globe with the seventh installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise. We’ve got a review of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE as well as news of some upcoming cinema in the works. Footcandle Film Festival Footcandle Film Society