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July 8, 2020

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Useless Humans: Quarter-Life Crisis, by Tyler Smith

Movie fans will recognize Stephen Ohl’s Useless Humans pretty much immediately, though not only for its obvious film homages and inspirations. While this low budget cousin of Shaun of the Dead certainly isn’t bringing anything new to the table, the...
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david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 8, 2020

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The Old Guard: Obsolete, by David Bax

This review will not be simply a list of things Gina Prince-Bythewood’s adaptation of Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández’s The Old Guard changes from the source material. But fans of the graphic miniseries will take note almost immediately that Charlize...
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featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review / tyler smith / tyler's reviews

July 5, 2020

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The Beach House: Waterlogged, by Tyler Smith

Jeffrey A. Brown’s The Beach House is, in many ways, a standard, slow-burn exercise in atmospheric horror. The way Brown incorporates the ominous beauty of the ocean and the mysterious creatures that inhabit it works to keep the viewer invested...
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alexander miller / criterion predictions / featured / movies

April 8, 2020

by · Published April 8, 2020 · Last modified July 11, 2020

Criterion Prediction #237: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, by Alexander Miller

Title: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Year: 1999 Director: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Forest Whitaker, Tricia Vessey, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Victor Argo, RZA Synopsis: A lone assassin known as Ghost Dog (Whitaker) lives a solitary existence as a...

July 10, 2020

We Are Not Entertained and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: BP Movie Journal 7/2/20 The Beach House: Waterlogged, by Tyler Smith Episode 694: Top Five of the Year So Far The Old Guard: Obsolete, by David...

alexander miller / movies / trailer project / video

July 10, 2020

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller: Fassbinder Tribute

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

July 9, 2020

BP Movie Journal 7/9/20

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the movies they’ve been watching, including: PRETTY IN PINKI STILL BELIEVEWELCOME TO CHECHNYATHE BEACH HOUSETELL IT TO THE BEESA MOST WANTED MANTHE HIDDEN FORTRESSUSELESS HUMANSTHE SEARCHERSONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOODTHE WAR OF...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 9, 2020

Guest of Honour: Crimes of the Heart, by David Bax

David Thewlis is one of those unfailingly great character actors who improves a few movies every year by turning up in bit and ensemble parts. It’s all too rare that such considerable talents get to headline movies; if you don’t...

featured / reviews / Theatrical Review / tyler smith / tyler's reviews

July 8, 2020

Useless Humans: Quarter-Life Crisis, by Tyler Smith

Movie fans will recognize Stephen Ohl’s Useless Humans pretty much immediately, though not only for its obvious film homages and inspirations. While this low budget cousin of Shaun of the Dead certainly isn’t bringing anything new to the table, the...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

July 8, 2020

Criterion Prediction #249: My Brother’s Wedding, by Alexander Miller

Title: My Brother’s Wedding Year: 1983 Director: Charles Burnett Cast: Everett Silas, Gaye Shannon-Burnett, Jessie Holmes, Ronnie Bell, Sy Richardson Synopsis: While everyone is preparing for his brother’s wedding, Pierce (Silas) must navigate the perils of his life in South...

david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 8, 2020

The Old Guard: Obsolete, by David Bax

This review will not be simply a list of things Gina Prince-Bythewood’s adaptation of Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández’s The Old Guard changes from the source material. But fans of the graphic miniseries will take note almost immediately that Charlize...

david bax / patreon / podcast / tv / tyler smith

July 8, 2020

Patreon: July TV Journal

Tyler and David discuss the TV shows they’ve been watching lately, including Veep and What We Do in the Shadows. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month! Become a Patron!

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 8, 2020

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets: You Can’t Stay Here, by David Bax

When brothers Turner Ross and Bill Ross IV made their enthralling new documentary/drama hybrid Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets–charting the final day in business of a Las Vegas dive bar far from the Strip–they were certainly aiming for something bittersweet. They...

i do movies badly / jim rohner / movies / podcast

July 7, 2020

I Do Movies Badly: Introduction to Canuxploitation (featuring David Bax of Battleship Pretension)

David Bax remains the only I Do Movies Badly guest to actively pitch me topics and thus, he returns for the second time in three months to discuss some Canuxploitation films, less fun, “tax shelter films”–in which our neighbors in the Great White North...

Useless Humans: Quarter-Life Crisis, by Tyler Smith

The Old Guard: Obsolete, by David Bax

The Beach House: Waterlogged, by Tyler Smith

Criterion Prediction #237: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, by Alexander Miller

We Are Not Entertained and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller: Fassbinder Tribute

BP Movie Journal 7/9/20

Guest of Honour: Crimes of the Heart, by David Bax

Useless Humans: Quarter-Life Crisis, by Tyler Smith

Criterion Prediction #249: My Brother’s Wedding, by Alexander Miller

The Old Guard: Obsolete, by David Bax

Patreon: July TV Journal

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets: You Can’t Stay Here, by David Bax

I Do Movies Badly: Introduction to Canuxploitation (featuring David Bax of Battleship Pretension)

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