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January 22, 2021

Coming Clean: Study Guide, by David Bax

Ondi Timoner’s Coming Clean is the kind of issue-advocacy documentary that’s full of slogans and sound bites. The magnitude of opioid overdose deaths is referred to in numbers of “9/11s,” “plane crashes” and “Super Bowls” and the solution, we’re assured,...

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January 21, 2021

BP Movie Journal 1/21/21

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the movies they’ve been watching, including: SOME KIND OF HEAVENHELLO AGAINSOUND OF METALTHE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART

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January 20, 2021

Patreon: A Tribute to Sean Connery

Tyler and David discuss their favorite Sean Connery performances. Become a Patron!

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January 20, 2021

The White Tiger: Predator/Prey, by David Bax

The White Tiger is the cheekiest movie of director Ramin Bahrani’s career. It even has one of those in media res, freeze frame, “Yup, that’s me, you’re probably wondering…” type of openings. But there’s a dark side to the playfulness....

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January 18, 2021

Episode 722: Passive Protagonists

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss movies with passive protagonists as well as Painting with John.

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January 15, 2021

Patreon: The Top Five of 1977

Tyler and David discuss their favorite films of 1977. Become a Patron!

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January 15, 2021

BP Movie Journal 1/14/21

In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the movies they’ve been watching, including: GOODFELLASTHE SWORD IN THE STONEGIANT FROM THE UNKNOWNTHE WHITE TIGERREVERSAL OF FORTUNESKYFIREDEFENDING YOUR LIFEMLK/FBI

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

January 14, 2021

Some Kind of Heaven: Stayputland, by David Bax

In the opening shots of Some Kind of Heaven, Lance Oppenheim’s feature debut, we see a woman perfectly centered in a medium shot in a squarish, 1.33:1 aspect ratio. The next cut turns us around 180 degrees; now we’re behind...

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January 13, 2021

MLK/FBI: Man vs. Machine, by David Bax

Though Sam Pollard’s MLK/FBI can be said to be about both the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, it is by no means a biography of either man. Sure, it can be revealing, letting us...