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david bax / movies / new to home video / scott nye

December 5, 2023

New to Home Video 12/12/23

Check out our reviews of what’s new to home video 12/12/23: Big-budget science fiction is filled with gearheads bereft of emotional urgency. They serve well a modern audience uninterested in storytelling, constantly posting gray-toned CGI comps several degrees removed from...

best of the week / movies

December 2, 2023

Silencing the Night and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

This week, we’re silencing the night. Here’s what else we’re doing. We’re silencing the night, going to the last picture show, syndacalizing, comparing actors and playing a fun game. Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship...

home video hovel / movies / reviews / rudie obias

December 1, 2023

Home Video Hovel: Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar, by Rudie Obias

After a career making movies that spans more than 60 years (and still going strong), it’s pretty clear why Jackie Chan is a superstar — especially with his films during the mid ‘90s and early 2000s. Movies like Rumble in...

featured / movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

November 30, 2023

La Syndicaliste: Terror at Home, by Scott Nye

Right from the start, La Syndicaliste sets itself apart from the standard whistleblower arc – in a police dispatch call, a housecleaner reports the woman she works for has been tied to a chair, her stomach carved, and she’s been...

david bax / episode / featured / movies / podcast / scott nye

November 27, 2023

Episode 871: Movie Actors vs. TV Actors

In this episode, David and Scott Nye discuss movie actors vs. TV actors as well as the reopening of Los Angeles’ Vista Theater. Actors discussed in movie actors vs. TV actors include Jon Hamm and more! Battleship Pretension is a...

david bax / monday movie / movies

November 27, 2023

Monday Movie: The Deep Blue Sea, by David Bax

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of The Deep Blue Sea originally ran as as a theatrical review. Terence Davies and Rachel Weisz, the director and star, respectively, of the new film The Deep...

featured / movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

November 27, 2023

Silent Night: Emotional Blanks, by Scott Nye

There are few things more unpleasant than a movie with immense promise coming up as empty as John Woo’s Silent Night does. Woo, one of the masters of action cinema, makes his return to American filmmaking for the first time...

david bax / movies / patreon / podcast / scott nye

November 24, 2023

Patreon: A Fun Game with Scott Nye November 2023

This week on the Patreon, David plays a fun game with Scott Nye November 2023. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month. Become a Patron! In a fun game with Scott Nye...

movies / reviews / scott nye / Theatrical Review

November 22, 2023

Fallen Leaves: Harmony of Contrasts, by Scott Nye

Despite saying at the time of its release that The Other Side of Hope would be his final feature, 66-year-old Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki is back with a new film on old themes – middle-aged people on the margins of...

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

November 21, 2023

Movie Meltdown: The Marvelous Ms. Marvels from Marvel

Movie Meltdown – The Marvelous Ms. Marvels from Marvel Join us as we return to the Super Series and discuss Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels. And as we try to decide just what makes a good movie versus a limited series, we...

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New to Home Video 12/12/23

Silencing the Night and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week

Home Video Hovel: Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar, by Rudie Obias

La Syndicaliste: Terror at Home, by Scott Nye

Episode 871: Movie Actors vs. TV Actors

Monday Movie: The Deep Blue Sea, by David Bax

Silent Night: Emotional Blanks, by Scott Nye

Patreon: A Fun Game with Scott Nye November 2023

Fallen Leaves: Harmony of Contrasts, by Scott Nye

Movie Meltdown: The Marvelous Ms. Marvels from Marvel

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