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November 16, 2018

Being Taken for a Ride with Mahershala and Viggo and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: AFI Fest 2018: Green Book, by David Bax Episode 608: The Community of Film Fandom AFI Fest 2018: Bird Box, by David Bax BP Movie Journal...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

November 15, 2018

Green Book: By the. . ., by David Bax

With the current rise of white supremacy in America and the repulsive violence it brings with it, this is either an opportune time or a very inappropriate one to tell the true, heartwarming story of a white man and a...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

November 15, 2018

Criterion Prediction #165: The Thin Man Series, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Thin Man Series Year(s): 1934, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1947 Director(s): W.S. Van Dyke, Richard Thorpe, Edward Buzzell Cast: Myrna Loy, William Powell, Maureen O’ Sullivan, James Stewart, Barry Nelson, Lucile Watson, Dean Stockwell Synopsis: Nick Charles (Powell),...

i do movies badly / jim rohner / movies / podcast

November 14, 2018

I Do Movies Badly: Kind Hearts and Coronets

Jim keeps this episode on Kind Hearts and Coronets light and airy, just like the film itself.

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November 13, 2018

AFI Fest 2018: The Weekend, by David Bax

Stella Meghie’s The Weekend stumbles clumsily out of the gate. To some extent, this might be a matter of personal taste as I can count on one hand the number of times a character doing stand-up comedy in a movie...

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November 9, 2018

AFI Fest 2018: Green Book, by David Bax

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November 2, 2018

Home Video Hovel: Greaser’s Palace, by David Bax

I mean, I guess Greaser’s Palace is a Western. What else would you call it? It takes place in a tiny, dusty town in what is clearly meant to be the old American Southwest. But then a character in a...

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October 25, 2018

LA Film Fest 2018: Deep Murder, by David Bax

Nick Corirossi’s astounding Deep Murder is such a thoroughly committed work of parody that its commitment is, in some ways, actually part of the joke. Take, for instance, the opening scenes. We are introduced to the movie’s world—that of a 90s-era,...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 11, 2018

The Oath: Carved Up, by David Bax

If you’re looking for a silver lining to our current divisive, incendiary political atmosphere, maybe the fact that we’re all so angry with each other is a sign that we at least still care about our country and its future....

david bax / monday movie / movies

October 8, 2018

Monday Movie: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, by David Bax

When I first moved to Los Angeles, I entered California going west on interstate 40, then headed south on the 15 at Barstow, then switched to the 210 west around Rancho Cucamonga. Shortly after, I saw signs for a small...

Tagged: comedy

Being Taken for a Ride with Mahershala and Viggo and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Green Book: By the. . ., by David Bax

Criterion Prediction #165: The Thin Man Series, by Alexander Miller

I Do Movies Badly: Kind Hearts and Coronets

AFI Fest 2018: The Weekend, by David Bax

AFI Fest 2018: Green Book, by David Bax

Home Video Hovel: Greaser’s Palace, by David Bax

LA Film Fest 2018: Deep Murder, by David Bax

The Oath: Carved Up, by David Bax

Monday Movie: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, by David Bax

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