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david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

April 24, 2019

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Avengers: Endgame: Make It Snappy, by David Bax

“Fan service” is a term spoken with disdain for good reason. Aiming to please a series’ most ardent fans, who are going to go see your movie anyway, makes for flat, unsurprising results. Joss Whedon, the writer and director of...
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2019 / david bax / episode / featured / julie sesnovich / movies / podcast / scott nye / TCM Fest / TCM Fest 2019

April 21, 2019

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Episode 631: TCM Classic Film Festival 2019 Wrap-Up

In this episode, David and Scott are joined by Julie Sesnovich to discuss what they saw at this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival.
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featured / movies / Theatrical Review / tyler smith / tyler's reviews

April 17, 2019

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Breakthrough: Glimmer of Hope, by Tyler Smith

When writing about a Christian film, it’s tempting to simply look at the film’s many faults and dismiss it out of hand. And while this may be a perfectly legitimate approach, it fails to acknowledge faith-based film not only as...
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david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

February 28, 2019

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Styx: Human Flow, by David Bax

This review originally ran as a part of our AFI Fest 2018 coverage. Whether they are philosophers, sociologists, ecologists, biologists or filmmakers, plenty of people have wondered whether to define humanity as a part of nature or apart from it....

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

April 26, 2019

BP Movie Journal 4/25/19

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the movies they’ve been watching, including: CLOUDS OF SILS MARIALITTLEBREAKTHROUGHTHE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTEALI: FEAR EATS THE SOULWILD ROSEKALIFORNIAEL DESENCANTOI SURVIVED I KISSED DATING GOODBYEALL IS TRUEDEKALOG IAVENGERS: ENDGAMEA SEPARATIONKNOCK DOWN THE...

david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

April 24, 2019

Avengers: Endgame: Make It Snappy, by David Bax

“Fan service” is a term spoken with disdain for good reason. Aiming to please a series’ most ardent fans, who are going to go see your movie anyway, makes for flat, unsurprising results. Joss Whedon, the writer and director of...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

April 24, 2019

Criterion Prediction #188: Bringing Up Baby, by Alexander Miller

Title: Bringing Up Baby Year:1938 Director: Howard Hawks Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Catlett, May Robson Synopsis: A bookish paleontologist, Dr. Huxley (Grant), is working tirelessly to reconstruct the skeleton of a brontosaurus. However, things get sticky two days...

beta couple / lincoln hayes / movies / podcast / rachel riendeau / What the Hell Are You Watching

April 23, 2019

What the Hell Are You Watching?!: The Beta Couple: Legally Blonde

In this episode, Rachel and Lincoln discuss the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selmar Blair, and Victor Garber.

david bax / movies / new to home video

April 23, 2019

New to Home Video 4/23/19

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2019 / david bax / movies / TCM Fest / TCM Fest 2019

April 22, 2019

TCM Classic Film Festival 2019: Part Three, by David Bax

Nine o’clock in the morning on the last day of TCM Fest at the Chinese Theater is a singularly weird way to see Gene Kelly’s Hello, Dolly! (1969) for the first time. The movie’s reputation has more to do with...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

April 22, 2019

Criterion Prediction #187: The Elephant Man, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Elephant Man Year: 1980 Director: David Lynch Cast: John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, John Gielgud Synopsis: Dr. Traves (Hopkins), a surgeon, rescues a deformed man from an abusive and degrading freakshow. As Traves studies the deformities, he...

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

April 22, 2019

Movie Meltdown: The Future is Now!

This week we discuss sci-fi storytelling from its early appearances and ideals to its grander, overarching themes. And as we realize the life we are living is a cautionary tale, we also address… Sputnik, Rod Serling, Black Mirror, blast proof...

2019 / david bax / episode / featured / julie sesnovich / movies / podcast / scott nye / TCM Fest / TCM Fest 2019

April 21, 2019

Episode 631: TCM Classic Film Festival 2019 Wrap-Up

In this episode, David and Scott are joined by Julie Sesnovich to discuss what they saw at this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival.

movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

April 19, 2019

Grass: Stone Purgatory, by Scott Nye

Hong Sang-soo’s rapid workflow requires him to plow ahead with whatever he has in each moment. Churning out an average of two films each year for the past five years, he’s well past the point of writing scripts ahead of...

Avengers: Endgame: Make It Snappy, by David Bax

Episode 631: TCM Classic Film Festival 2019 Wrap-Up

Breakthrough: Glimmer of Hope, by Tyler Smith

Styx: Human Flow, by David Bax

BP Movie Journal 4/25/19

Avengers: Endgame: Make It Snappy, by David Bax

Criterion Prediction #188: Bringing Up Baby, by Alexander Miller

What the Hell Are You Watching?!: The Beta Couple: Legally Blonde

New to Home Video 4/23/19

TCM Classic Film Festival 2019: Part Three, by David Bax

Criterion Prediction #187: The Elephant Man, by Alexander Miller

Movie Meltdown: The Future is Now!

Episode 631: TCM Classic Film Festival 2019 Wrap-Up

Grass: Stone Purgatory, by Scott Nye

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