Tagged: films

September 25, 2020

Hearing Roars 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 9/17/20 Episode 705: Unsympathetic Protagonists Blackbird: Only Waiting for This Moment, by David Bax Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles: Fritter Away, by...

david bax / featured / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

September 24, 2020

Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles: Fritter Away, by David Bax

To a certain bourgeois segment of the population, Yotam Ottolenghi has already reached the status of celebrity chef. I count myself among them; a copy of his beautifully presented 2010 vegetarian cookbook Plenty sits just a few feet behind me...

i do movies badly / jim rohner / movies / podcast

September 24, 2020

I Do Movies Badly: The Prophecy

The Prophecy has a really cool premise–angels seeking an edge over other angels to win the second war in Heaven!–and some enjoyable campy performances but is a badly disjointed film (whether that’s because of its first-time director or meddling from the...

david bax / movies / patreon / podcast / tyler smith

September 23, 2020

Patreon: Our Top One Hundred (86-90)

Tyler and David discuss some of their favorite films. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month. Become a Patron! Become a Patron!

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

September 22, 2020

Movie Meltdown: Demon Lover Diary

This episode we talk with the famous (or infamous) Sam Drog about a lesser-known documentary–Demon Lover Diary. In the wilds of Michigan, three unsuspecting filmmakers get themselves in over their heads as they sign on to help make an independent...

david bax / episode / movies / podcast / tyler smith

September 21, 2020

Episode 705: Unsympathetic Protagonists

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss movies with unsympathetic protagonists as well as the multiple controversies facing Mulan.

david bax / monday movie / movies

September 21, 2020

Monday Movie: The Last Laugh, by David Bax

This article originally ran as part of a Home Video Hovel review. From our vantage point, nearly 100 years later, cinema in 1924 can appear nascent. But it was already decades old and had come into its own as an...

best of the week / movies

September 19, 2020

Christian Behavior and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: Infidel: Action and Reaction, by Tyler Smith The Devil All the Time: A Fountain Flowing for the Soul Unclean, by David Bax I Am Woman: Ain’t...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

September 18, 2020

Blackbird: Only Waiting for This Moment, by David Bax

Over the course of his career, director Roger Michell has been responsible for beloved rom-coms (Notting Hill), sturdy melodramas (The Mother), absolute misfires (Hyde Park on Hudson) and at least one underrated gem (Enduring Love). Despite some misses, his reliable...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

September 18, 2020

Criterion Prediction #259: Masks, by Alexander Miller

Title: Masks Year: 1987 Director: Claude Chabrol Cast: Philippe Noirot, Anne Brochet, Robin Renucci Synopsis: Author Roland Wolf (Renucci) is hired by famous game show host Christian Legagneur (Noiret) to pen his biography. However, Wolfe is using the gig as...

Tagged: films

Hearing Roars and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles: Fritter Away, by David Bax

I Do Movies Badly: The Prophecy

Patreon: Our Top One Hundred (86-90)

Movie Meltdown: Demon Lover Diary

Episode 705: Unsympathetic Protagonists

Monday Movie: The Last Laugh, by David Bax

Christian Behavior and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Blackbird: Only Waiting for This Moment, by David Bax

Criterion Prediction #259: Masks, by Alexander Miller

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