Tagged: mystery

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

April 28, 2021

Things Heard & Seen: Always the Caretaker, by David Bax

There’s an ironic employment of what ought to be HGTV fantasy material in the scene in Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s Things Heard & Seen when when a young couple–Amanda Seyfried’s Catherine and James Norton’s George–first arrive at their...

cast of cthulhu / james mccormick / jim rohner / movies

March 18, 2021

The Cast of Cthulhu: Resolution

The first episode in the Benson/Moorhead back-to-back is here with this review of Resolution, though as we’re wont to do, there’s a fair bit of banter before the episode begins, this time on beer and breweries and pouring one out –...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

March 3, 2021

Boss Level: Cheat Code, by David Bax

What does it say about Joe Carnahan, director of such brawny and well-loved movies as Narc and The Grey, that the work to which he chooses to pay self-homage in the lazy Boss Level is the critically reviled Smokin’ Aces?...

alexander miller / movies / trailer project / video

March 1, 2021

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #29: Jacques Rivette & Suzanne Schiffman’s Out 1 (1971)

cast of cthulhu / james mccormick / jim rohner / movies / podcast

January 16, 2021

The Cast of Cthulhu: Black Mountain Side

Happy new year, y’all! Before discussing the surprisingly good Black Mountain Side, we catch up on some news and housekeeping, including Jim bidding adieu to I Do Movies Badly (boo…), a new home for The Cast of Cthulhu on Battleship Pretension (hooray!), and discussion about indie directors Benson &...

i do movies badly / jim rohner / movies / podcast

January 9, 2021

I Do Movies Badly: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a darkly comic tale of moral and social rigidity in which an unseen act brings out the inherent darkness in its protagonist. The balance that Lanthimos strikes between absurdity and horror is superb but...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

November 18, 2020

Run: Don’t Walk, by David Bax

Usually, when movies start out by showing us the peaceful, happy lives of their characters, it’s a major clue that something is either about to go wrong or is already very wrong just beneath the surface. Aneesh Chaganty’s Run is...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

October 6, 2020

Criterion Prediction #261: In Fabric, by Alexander Miller

Title: In Fabric Year: 2018 Director: Peter Strickland Cast: Marianne Jean Baptiste, Fatma Muhammed, Gwendoline Christie, Leo Bill Synopsis: Strickland’s freewheeling narrative follows the life a cursed dress, the two people that come into its orbit and the otherworldly department...

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...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

August 22, 2020

Criterion Prediction #255: The Trial, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Trial Year: 1962 Director: Orson Welles Cast: Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Akim Tamiroff Synopsis: A nebbishy and unassuming office worker (Perkins) is arrested for unknown reasons and stands trial utterly unaware of the circumstances. Critique: Sometimes...

Tagged: mystery

Things Heard & Seen: Always the Caretaker, by David Bax

The Cast of Cthulhu: Resolution

Boss Level: Cheat Code, by David Bax

The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #29: Jacques Rivette & Suzanne Schiffman’s Out 1 (1971)

The Cast of Cthulhu: Black Mountain Side

I Do Movies Badly: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Run: Don’t Walk, by David Bax

Criterion Prediction #261: In Fabric, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #259: Masks, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #255: The Trial, by Alexander Miller

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