SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, the follow-up to the Oscar-winning 2018 film SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, is on movie screens all over the world. Are our hosts happy to return to this story or would they recommend going “Around the Spider-Verse”? After the review, the gents discuss some movie-making news of note. Footcandle Film Society
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Over Memorial Day weekend it was the battle of the mermaid vs. the machine at the cinemas. Well not exactly…Disney’s much-hyped live-action remake of THE LITTLE MERMAID did premiere and Bert Kreischer’s action comedy opened but they didn’t really have a beef with one another. Both hosts give their take on the updated mermaid flick while Chris…
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Alan & Chris engage in some cinematic time travel on this episode as they discuss the period biopic CHEVALIER starring Kelvin Harrison, the career-spanning Michael J. Fox documentary STILL, and a cautionary tale of sorts with BLACKBERRY starring Jay Baruchel & Glenn Howerton. In the news section of the show details are discussed of three newly…
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Three…is the magic number…yes it is…or at least it’s a theme for this episode. We’ve got reviews of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.3 and Ari Aster’s third film BEAU IS AFRAID starring Joaquin Phoenix. After the reviews, we share some movie news before closing the show with recommendations of films you should check out. Recommendations from…
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Origin stories of a top-selling shoe & a video game from Russia – – we’ve got reviews of the new films AIR and TETRISon this episode along with news from a galaxy far, far away. In a sampling of upcoming cinema in our Trailer Tapas portion of the show, we talk about POLITE SOCIETY. Rounding out the…
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We’ve got reviews of two feature directorial debuts on this episode. First, we talk about actor turned writer/director Jesse Eisenberg’s WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD starring Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard. Our second debut is the film PINBALL: THE MAN WHO SAVED THE GAME starring Mike Faist. Speaking of saving…we saved our thoughts on the recent slap-free…
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Michael B. Jordan is back in the ring with CREED III now in theaters. Alan & Chris discuss the film and then cover TO LESLIE which received a surprise best actress nomination for star Andrea Riseborough. In an another round of Trailer Tapas we cover the recently released promos for TETRIS & HAUNTED MANSION. Looking for…
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ANT-MAN & THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA officially kicks off the fifth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Our hosts discuss their thoughts on the film as well as the drama LIVING featuring an Oscar-nominated performance by Billy Nighy. In a super-size version of Trailer Tapas Alan & Chris take a look at four new trailers for upcoming…
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The nominations for the 95th Academy Awards have been announced. Alan & Chris share their thoughts on the nominations, review two of the nominees for Best Picture (TÁR & TRIANGLE OF SADNESS) as well as discuss M. Night Shyamalan’s new film KNOCK AT THE CABIN. Recommendations: “Rosaline”, “All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)”, “Glass Onion:…
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After a fourteen-year hiatus director, James Cameron is back with his new film AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER. Alan & Chris discuss the latest happenings on the planet (or is it a moon?) of Pandora before returning to Earth to visit a really cool movie theater in Sam Mendes’ EMPIRE OF LIGHT starring Olivia Colman. Next on…
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