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featured / i do movies badly / jim rohner / podcast

October 15, 2019

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I Do Movies Badly: Memories of Murder

Memories of Murder is a story that’s relatively simple in concept, but complex in execution because of how Bong Joon-ho skillfully blends emotions together within his characters and his scenes.
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david bax / episode / featured / marc edward heuck / movies / podcast / tyler smith

October 13, 2019

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Episode 656: From Comedy to Drama

In this episode, Tyler and David are joined by Marc Edward Heuck to talk about comedic actors and directors who turned to more serious fare.
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featured / movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

October 8, 2019

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Gemini Man: Second Chance, by Scott Nye

Ang Lee’s Gemini Man begins in familiarly thrilling territory – a man is perched on a hillside, preparing his sniper rifle to kill a stranger on a passing train. He makes his shot, of course, because he is The Best....
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david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 8, 2019

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Mister America: Great Job, by David Bax

Eric Notarnicola’s Mister America is the theatrical culmination (for now) of project called On Cinema, which started as a podcast in 2011 and has morphed and expanded to include a web series, multiple television series and a number of live...

episode / josh long / movies / podcast / tyler smith / tyler straessle

October 20, 2019

Episode 657: Production Stories

Tyler is joined by Josh Long and Tyler Straessle to discuss their strange and funny experiences on set.

dave platt / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 18, 2019

The Lighthouse: Bewitched, by Dave Platt

From its opening overture, Robert Eggers’s mesmerizing sophomore feature The Lighthouse is permeated with an inexorable sense of creeping, otherworldly dread. The scenario is simple: Thomas Wake (Dafoe), a seasoned and ever-so-salty veteran of the sea and Ephraim Winslow (Pattinson),...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

October 16, 2019

Criterion Prediction #211: Blood and Roses, by Alexander Miller

Title: Blood and Roses Year: 1960 Director: Roger Vadim Cast: Elsa Martinelli, Mel Ferrer, Alberto Bonucci, René Jean Chauffard Synopsis: When an aristocratic Leopolda de Karnstein introduces his fiancée Georgia to his family, she’s mysteriously drawn to a family tomb...

featured / i do movies badly / jim rohner / podcast

October 15, 2019

I Do Movies Badly: Memories of Murder

Memories of Murder is a story that’s relatively simple in concept, but complex in execution because of how Bong Joon-ho skillfully blends emotions together within his characters and his scenes.

movie meltdown / podcast

October 15, 2019

Movie Meltdown: Attack of Bourbon and Beyond

This week we’re coming to you “live” from Bourbon and Beyond music festival, as we build a soundtrack from the show’s musical line-up. And while we use music to mark the passage of time, we also address… The Blob, Yentl, Mutual of...

david bax / movies / new to home video

October 15, 2019

New to Home Video 10/15/19

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david bax / episode / featured / marc edward heuck / movies / podcast / tyler smith

October 13, 2019

Episode 656: From Comedy to Drama

In this episode, Tyler and David are joined by Marc Edward Heuck to talk about comedic actors and directors who turned to more serious fare.

best of the week / movies

October 11, 2019

Lowering the Bard and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: Episode 655: Shakespeare Adaptations Mister America: Great Job, by David Bax Gemini Man: Second Chance, by Scott Nye I Do Movies Badly: Introduction to Bong Joon-ho...

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

October 11, 2019

Home Video Hovel: The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, by David Bax

Most of Yasujirô Ozu’s output is a blind spot for me but, from what I have seen, I understand that quiet familial and marital discord is pretty common in his work. And yet it’s a testament to his power as...

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

October 11, 2019

BP Movie Journal 10/10/19

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the movies they’ve been watching, including: JE T’AIME MOI NON PLUSDOWNTON ABBEYBETWEEN TWO FERNS: THE MOVIEMISTER AMERICAL’ARGENTJOKERTHE CLOUD-CAPPED STARTHE CAVELATE NIGHTTHE AERONAUTSTHE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICEIDIOCRACY

I Do Movies Badly: Memories of Murder

Episode 656: From Comedy to Drama

Gemini Man: Second Chance, by Scott Nye

Mister America: Great Job, by David Bax

Episode 657: Production Stories

The Lighthouse: Bewitched, by Dave Platt

Criterion Prediction #211: Blood and Roses, by Alexander Miller

I Do Movies Badly: Memories of Murder

Movie Meltdown: Attack of Bourbon and Beyond

New to Home Video 10/15/19

Episode 656: From Comedy to Drama

Lowering the Bard and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Home Video Hovel: The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, by David Bax

BP Movie Journal 10/10/19

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