Category: movies

December 7, 2018

Fun with Steve McQueen 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 11/29/18 Vox Lux: God Is a Woman, by Josh Long Episode 611: AFI Fest 2018 Wrap-Up 2nd Annual Los Angeles Online Film Critics...

david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 7, 2018

Dumplin’: Where the Tea Is Sweet and the Love Complete, by David Bax

Dolly Parton’s contributions to Anne Fletcher’s Dumplin’ are all over the movie (about a young woman who idolizes the country singer/songwriter), including some brand new songs. But she probably also deserves a credit for the screenplay’s source material since the...

alexander miller / movies / trailer project

December 7, 2018

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #2: Takashi Miike’s The Bird People in China (1998)

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

December 7, 2018

BP Movie Journal 12/6/18

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the movies and TV shows they’ve been watching, including: Movies THE RESISTANCE BANKERMARY POPPINS RETURNSFANCHON, THE CRICKETIN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHTGREEN BOOKRALPH BREAKS THE INTERNETMOWGLI: LEGEND OF THE JUNGLEROMA TV SURVIVORTHE DEUCETHE...

i do movies badly / jim rohner / movies / podcast

December 6, 2018

I Do Movies Badly: Offbeat Christmas Films

It’s December and you know what that means: twinkling lights, jolly carols, and Alonso Duralde. The co-host of Linoleum Knife stops by IDMB again to rehash what he loves about the holiday season and its films from It’s a Wonderful Life to Mingle All the...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

December 6, 2018

Criterion Prediction #16: Police Story, by Alexander Miller

Title: Police Story Year: 1985 Director: Jackie Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Mars, Maggie Cheung, Bill Tung Synopsis: Honorable and dedicated Hong Kong cop Ka-Kui (Chan) apprehends high profile criminal Chu-Tao. Following the arrest Ka-Kui is asked to provide...

josh long / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 5, 2018

Vox Lux: God Is a Woman, by Josh Long

The transition from actor to director isn’t always a smooth one but Brady Corbet is making that move quietly and deftly. His debut feature, 2015’s haunting The Childhood of a Leader flew under the radar for most moviegoers, but was...

lincoln hayes / movies / podcast / What the Hell Are You Watching

December 4, 2018

What the Hell Are You Watching?!: Home Alone with Steve Hayes

In this episode, Lincoln is joined by his dad Steve Hayes to talk about his favorite Christmas movie, Home Alone.

david bax / movies / news

December 4, 2018

2nd Annual Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards Nominations

BEST PICTURE A Star Is Born Eighth Grade Black Panther The Favourite The Hate U Give BlacKkKansman Green Book Roma A Quiet Place Searching BEST ACTOR Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born Christian Bale – Vice...