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2018 / angie han / comic-con / comic-con 2018 / david bax / episode / featured / movies / podcast / tyler smith

July 15, 2018

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Episode 591: Comic-Con 2018 Preview with Angie Han

In this episode, Tyler and David are joined by Angie Han of Mashable to talk about the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con.
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bp movie journal / david bax / featured / movies / podcast / tyler smith

July 13, 2018

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BP Movie Journal 7/12/18

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the movies and TV shows they’ve been watching, including: Movies SHARKY’S MACHINE SONS OF THE DESERT BRATS HOG WILD FIVE SEASONS: THE GARDENS OF PIET OUDOLF THE FIRST PURGE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET...
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david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 12, 2018

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Skyscraper: Come Out to Hong Kong, Have a Few Laughs, by David Bax

It’s obvious that, with Skyscraper, writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber and star Dwayne Johnson (reuniting after 2016’s Central Intelligence) set out to make an updated version of the brawny, one-man-against-the-world action movies of the 80s and 90s. That they succeeded is due not...
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featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review / tyler smith / tyler's reviews

July 12, 2018

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Eighth Grade: Stay Cool, by Tyler Smith

In the first few minutes of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade, I worried that the humor at the center of the story of an awkward 13-year-old would spring primarily from a place of superiority. I was concerned that the film would...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

July 20, 2018

Generation Wealth: Filthy Lucre Live, by David Bax

I watched Lauren Greenfield’s Generation Wealth in a screening room on Rodeo Dr. in Beverly Hills. During its tour through conspicuous consumption, I recognized on the screen the stores that were just outside and up the street. I looked at...

best of the week / movies

July 20, 2018

Laurel and Hardy Suck 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 7/12/18 Episode 591: Comic-Con 2018 Preview with Angie Han New to Home Video 7/17/18 BP Movie Journal 7/19/18 Criterion Prediction #149: The Devil,...

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

July 20, 2018

BP Movie Journal 7/19/18

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the movies and TV shows they’ve been watching, including: Movies NYMPHOMANIAC SORRY TO BOTHER YOU LES PARENTS TERRIBLES BIG THE BIG SHOW I CAN ONLY IMAGINE

movies / musical notation / podcast

July 19, 2018

Musical Notation: Bob’s Burgers

In this episode, West plays music from the television series Bob’s Burgers. Music in this episode includes: “The Bob’s Burgers Theme Song” written by Loren Bouchard “Bad Girls” written by Chris Maxwell & Phil Hernandez (as Elegant Too), Holly Schlesinger,...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

July 17, 2018

Criterion Prediction #149: The Devil, Probably, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Devil, Probably aka Le Diable Probablement Year: 1977 Director: Robert Bresson Cast: Antoine Monnier, Tiri Irissari, Henri de Maublanc Synopsis: Charles, a despondent student who struggles to find meaning in life, hires someone to shoot him to circumvent...

david bax / ian brill / josh long / movies / new to home video / tyler smith

July 17, 2018

New to Home Video 7/17/18

Review Review Review Review Review

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

July 16, 2018

Movie Meltdown: Rick Sternbach: Drawing Rings Around the World

This week we round out our coverage of this year’s WonderFest as we talk with Rick Sternbach about space, art and the movies and projects he’s worked on (including Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Last Starfighter, The Black Hole, Solaris and Star Trek: The Next Generation). Plus...

david bax / monday movie / movies

July 16, 2018

Monday Movie: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by David Bax

Stop-motion animation has been around nearly as long as cinema itself. Even so, Jiri Trnka’s 1959 version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream feels like a landmark for the form. That’s partially because it’s a feature length fully animated film from...

2018 / angie han / comic-con / comic-con 2018 / david bax / episode / featured / movies / podcast / tyler smith

July 15, 2018

Episode 591: Comic-Con 2018 Preview with Angie Han

In this episode, Tyler and David are joined by Angie Han of Mashable to talk about the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con.

best of the week / movies

July 13, 2018

Revisiting Milos Forman and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: Episode 590: Milos Forman Eighth Grade: Stay Cool, by Tyler Smith Skyscraper: Come Out to Hong Kong, Have a Few Laughs, by David Bax Don’t Worry,...

Episode 591: Comic-Con 2018 Preview with Angie Han

BP Movie Journal 7/12/18

Skyscraper: Come Out to Hong Kong, Have a Few Laughs, by David Bax

Eighth Grade: Stay Cool, by Tyler Smith

Generation Wealth: Filthy Lucre Live, by David Bax

Laurel and Hardy Suck and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

BP Movie Journal 7/19/18

Musical Notation: Bob’s Burgers

Criterion Prediction #149: The Devil, Probably, by Alexander Miller

New to Home Video 7/17/18

Movie Meltdown: Rick Sternbach: Drawing Rings Around the World

Monday Movie: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by David Bax

Episode 591: Comic-Con 2018 Preview with Angie Han

Revisiting Milos Forman and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

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