On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) discuss the shuttering of a franchised chain of Alamo Drafthouses. What does this...
Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man” is a delightful new comedy that he not only directed but also co-wrote and co-produced with his leading man, Glen Powell.
For Linklater, this is not in the same league...
How in the world did the fourth movie in a 30-year-old franchise starring The Slapper overperform to a $52 million opening?
The post Nolte: Normal People-Movie ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Overperforms...
Recently in The Bulwark: BILL KRISTOL & ANDREW EGGER: How Biden Can Flip the ‘Acuity’ Script
JVL: The Curious Case of the Epoch Times 🔐
SONNY BUNCH: ‘Hit Man’ Review and MoviePass Never...
The Boys in the Boat is as derivative a film as one can make, not pushing the boundaries of art in any way and it is certainly not groundbreaking in the cinematic realm. A simple revelation exists,...
"Fun Ride, But Marred by Unnecessary Problems"
Content: -3 Excessive sex, violence, immorality, and/or worldview problems. (Sometimes excessive content such as violence is in otherwise redemptive movies.)
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I have a Straussian reading on this film that is potentially wrong (save your jokes) but probably right (feel free to heap praise upon me). It's at the end of this review, which contains some mild spoilers....
Team USA just defeated Pakistan at Cricket at the T20 World Cup yesterday and it’s their national sport! Is Miss Maryland is a dude? Yes but Miss USA is NOT the same as Miss America. Is Miss Alabama...
Adria Arjona and Glen Powell in Hit Man. (Courtesy Netflix)
[Some mild spoilers—really just hints of spoilers—for Hit Man follow, but if you’re particularly sensitive about that sort of thing...
All eyes will be on "Bad Boys: Ride or Die," which is projected to open between a lackluster $30 million and a stunning $60 million.
The post Nolte — Can ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ End the Box Office...
Whatcha gonna do about a franchise that not only refuses to die but gets better with age?
“Bad Boys: Ride or Die” is silly, frantic and doesn’t apologize for any leaps in logic. It’s also impossible...
Recently in The Bulwark: BILL KRISTOL & ANDREW EGGER: Biden Twists the ‘Convicted Felon’ Knife
JVL: The President and the Gangster 🔐
JOE PERTICONE: Biden Tries Flipping the Script on Immigration....
George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and Wes Ball’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” are strikingly similar, not only in their ability to entertain but in their narrative structure...
On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) ask how we wound up in a future in which people pull out their cell phone cameras...
"Mixed Benefits"
Content: -2 Extreme caution for older teenagers and adults.
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"Celebrating the Catholic View of Communion"
Content: +1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)
Mark Dindal’s “The Garfield Movie” finds the title character on a journey of self-realization that includes meeting his deadbeat father and improving his friendships with lifelong pal, Odie and with...
The Searchers Film Podcast finally covers a Jackie-centric film while I'm on a brief hiatus. Check out the two Jackie & Sammo aficionados wax poetic on some of their favorites.
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Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen had an unfortunate exchange with a bat while performing with her band The Pretty Reckless in Seville, Spain. The result saw her needing rabies shots for two weeks in the...
“Sometimes dead is bett-ah” – Fred Gwynne, “Pet Sematary”
That classic line haunts the most unconventional zombie film in years. “Handling the Undead” ditches the shambling walks and brain-eating...
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