I.S.S.: fantastic high concept; wonderful set design; middling storytelling execution. Impressively tense and claustrophobic, but it doesn't work as drama because the crew doesn't really have a higher...
Apologies, got sent the wrong file this morning, which necessitated me, Sonny, doing an emergency edit to get this to you ASAP. So when you listen to this and you hear how much worse it sounds, know that’s...
On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) talk about the NFL’s decision to give the Peacock streaming service exclusive...
I really enjoyed talking to David Coggeshall about The Family Plan on The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood this week. Some great insights into the writing and making of this film—including his agents’...
This is the most ridiculously wholesome movie I've seen in a theater in literally years. Just a good old-fashioned underdog story told competently. RUDY meets crew. CREWDY. I shall now refer to this...
On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (the Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) talked about the TikTok-ification of The Sopranos. Clever marketing, or grotesque...
Between this and SILENT NIGHT it’s definitely a new golden age of DEATH WISH/DIRTY HARRY-style “the cops are useless, civil rights are getting in the way of justice” vigilante movies. I am here...
For all of his movies about alpha males and their alpha maleness, Michael Mann has never (until now!) really made a movie about fathers and sons and legacy. I find this interesting, though I would not...
Merry Christmas! Peter, Alyssa, and I hope everyone out there is having a happy holidays. As you try to figure out what to watch with the family in this down week, we took a look at Netflix’s awards...
On this week’s show, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) talked about Netflix’s big data release. What plays? What doesn’t? What are they...
This is not the movie’s fault, precisely, but it’s definitely a picture that I wish I’d seen without having seen the trailer for it approximately 23 times this summer/fall in front of every single...
I think this movie is kind of a mess—overly long and gratingly, endlessly didactic—and I generally hate how Lanthimos directs actors. But I will say I laughed out loud a dozen times at the straightforward...
I always feel a little distanced from Miyazaki's work because I know there's just a lot that I'm missing from his movies. And I felt that distance here. But it's still a terrifically moving movie if...
On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) discuss the Golden Globes and the odd fact that the same company owns not only the...
I'll be honest: I'm a little less blown away by this film than some of my peers, though I think it's a nice little movie. I just kind of prefer the messy meanness of ELECTION to the growth-inducing...
This week, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) discuss Bob Iger’s decision to slam Disney’s “messaging” in recent movies. Does he really...
So SILENT NIGHT’s gimmick is that it has almost no dialogue; the lead gets shot in the throat and goes off for revenge against the Mexican gangsters who killed his kid. The first (almost only) line...
I think NAPOLEON is a bit of a mess but it's a darkly hilarious mess and moves along speedily. Pacing is kind of an issue, but not in the sense people usually mean (i.e., because it drags), more because...
On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) discuss the removal of Melissa Barrera from the forthcoming Scream sequel in the...
The PARASITE* of 2023.
A gorgeous-looking, impeccably acted film about the lower orders being dangerous to true elites with tonal issues and serious third-act problems that inspires bizarrely strong...
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