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bp movie journal / david bax / featured / movies / podcast / tyler smith

January 15, 2021

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BP Movie Journal 1/14/21

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the movies they’ve been watching, including: GOODFELLASTHE SWORD IN THE STONEGIANT FROM THE UNKNOWNTHE WHITE TIGERREVERSAL OF FORTUNESKYFIREDEFENDING YOUR LIFEMLK/FBI
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david bax / featured / movies / patreon / podcast / tyler smith

October 21, 2020

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Patreon: Our Top One Hundred (56-60)

Tyler and David discuss some of their favorite films. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month. Become a Patron! Become a Patron!
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david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 21, 2020

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Ham on Rye: Today’s Special, by David Bax

In the early scenes, with its cast of teenagers (actual ones) getting dressed up in suits and gowns, painting their fingernails and hopping into cars with friends, Tyler Taormina’s Ham on Rye might lead you to believe it’s some kind...
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featured / movies / reviews / Rohmerathon / scott nye

September 23, 2015

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Rohmerathon: The Sign of Leo, by Scott Nye

The Sign of Leo is best known for being Éric Rohmer’s least characteristic film, unpopular upon its release (in 1962, three years after its production) and not terribly beloved today for not aligning perfectly to that for which we would...

cast of cthulhu / james mccormick / jim rohner / movies / podcast

January 16, 2021

The Cast of Cthulhu: Black Mountain Side

Happy new year, y’all! Before discussing the surprisingly good Black Mountain Side, we catch up on some news and housekeeping, including Jim bidding adieu to I Do Movies Badly (boo…), a new home for The Cast of Cthulhu on Battleship Pretension (hooray!), and discussion about indie directors Benson &...

best of the week / movies

January 16, 2021

Facing Orson Welles and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: Episode 721: The Many Faces of Orson Welles Skyfire: Volcanic Park, by David Bax The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller: Mank/Welles I Do Movies Badly: Auld...

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

January 15, 2021

Movie Meltdown: Mary Ann and the Town the Dreaded the Sad Trombone

On this very special “bonus” installment of The Meltdown Horror Club, we get together to pay tribute to Dawn Wells by watching a movie in which she was featured. But then we chose The Town That Dreaded Sundown… and we quickly realize...

david bax / movies / patreon / podcast / tyler smith

January 15, 2021

Patreon: The Top Five of 1977

Tyler and David discuss their favorite films of 1977. Become a Patron!

bp movie journal / david bax / featured / movies / podcast / tyler smith

January 15, 2021

BP Movie Journal 1/14/21

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the movies they’ve been watching, including: GOODFELLASTHE SWORD IN THE STONEGIANT FROM THE UNKNOWNTHE WHITE TIGERREVERSAL OF FORTUNESKYFIREDEFENDING YOUR LIFEMLK/FBI

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

January 14, 2021

Some Kind of Heaven: Stayputland, by David Bax

In the opening shots of Some Kind of Heaven, Lance Oppenheim’s feature debut, we see a woman perfectly centered in a medium shot in a squarish, 1.33:1 aspect ratio. The next cut turns us around 180 degrees; now we’re behind...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

January 13, 2021

MLK/FBI: Man vs. Machine, by David Bax

Though Sam Pollard’s MLK/FBI can be said to be about both the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, it is by no means a biography of either man. Sure, it can be revealing, letting us...

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

January 12, 2021

Movie Meltdown: Attack of the Quarantine Songs

This episode we get together (sort of) to suggest some songs from movies that express the feelings of this year’s lockdown as well as give us some hope for the future. And along the way… we try to find a...

david bax / movies / new to home video

January 12, 2021

New to Home Video 1/12/21

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david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

January 11, 2021

Skyfire: Volcanic Park, by David Bax

It is crucial, fascinating and shocking to note that Simon West’s Skyfire, making its U.S. debut on demand this week, hit theaters in China on December 12, 2019. Assuming it was a more recent production, I spent much of the...

BP Movie Journal 1/14/21

Patreon: Our Top One Hundred (56-60)

Ham on Rye: Today’s Special, by David Bax

Rohmerathon: The Sign of Leo, by Scott Nye

The Cast of Cthulhu: Black Mountain Side

Facing Orson Welles and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Movie Meltdown: Mary Ann and the Town the Dreaded the Sad Trombone

Patreon: The Top Five of 1977

BP Movie Journal 1/14/21

Some Kind of Heaven: Stayputland, by David Bax

MLK/FBI: Man vs. Machine, by David Bax

Movie Meltdown: Attack of the Quarantine Songs

New to Home Video 1/12/21

Skyfire: Volcanic Park, by David Bax

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