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[Double Feature] Bad Times at the El Royale

7/31/2020

David: Sometimes when you take a film and begin to twist, the fibers that come apart are actually more interesting than the story itself. This is something that Drew Goddard, writer and director... READ MORE

Shannon: Crime and suspense? Sounds like a good combination of things for me to like it. Bad Times at the El Royale was just alright. Yes it had crime and suspense and some thrills, but to me... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Captain Marvel

7/30/2020

David: Captain Marvel was the MCU’s first woman led superhero film. This is something that should have been made a tent-pole film so that the torch could have been successfully passed to... READ MORE

Shannon: Pretty sad that I'm just now writing about this movie. I don't know how many times I've watched it since it came out, a handful for sure. But FINALLY I have time to sit and write about... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Beasts of No Nation

7/28/2020

David: Beasts of No Nation is a film currently available for streaming on Netflix. It details the stories of a young boy named Agu in an unnamed African country (that shares a striking resemblance... READ MORE

Shannon: I hate to say it, but I'm the one that added this to the last. I have no idea why. Maybe I heard things about it from other people, had to be from film twitter because I know none of my friends ... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Alita: Battle Angel

7/23/2020

David: Adopting movies from Manga and comics into motion pictures has always been a bit of a tricky business. Though both are visual mediums, one is largely “live action” while the other is... READ MORE

Shannon: This was an interesting movie to say the least. As for the synopsis, it follows a cyborg who was revived by a scientist (Christoph Waltz), however she can't remember a thing. So the film... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Wonderstruck

7/21/2020

David: Todd Haynes is a cinephile – of that I have no doubt. Watching through his filmography, it’s very easy to see that he misses the bygone areas of years past – most specifically, that specific... READ MORE

Shannon: Wonderstruck switches between two main characters living in different decades. Rose (played by Millicent Simmonds), a young deaf girl leaves her home in search for what I think is... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Unbreakable

4/14/2020

David: I remember loving this movie upon first watch as a young preteen. I was hesitant throughout the years to return to it – after all of Mr. Shyamalan’s failures to bring other materials to the screen... READ MORE

Shannon: In January 2018 I went to see the movie Split. I knew what it was about, but I had never heard of this movie Unbreakable until the end scene that cameos Bruce Willis and sets up for the... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Avengers: Endgame

4/9/2020

David: I can’t think of a more ambitious thing than what Marvel did in order to build to this moment in cinematic history. The idea of taking 22 films and giving them an overall cohesive story is an... READ MORE

Shannon: I guess it's a bit late to work on writing a review for this movie, but hey we do a lot of older movies so what's the difference with this one? I made the mistake of seeing the newest... READ MORE

[Double Feature] The Sisters Brothers

4/7/2020

David: It’s interesting to note two things that occurred to me throughout this movie. The first is that I consistently thought of my brothers throughout it (more on this in a bit). The second is that... READ MORE

Shannon: John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix star as the Sisters Brothers a duo of assassins that are chasing one man, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, across the western territories in hopes for a good... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Lizzie

4/2/2020

David: The deaths of the Borden family are among the most prominent of American Horror stories for being an overall mystery. To this day, though many have posited that the woman acquitted... READ MORE

Shannon: So when I chose this movie at RedBox I totally thought it was going to be a horror movie with some biographical concepts thrown in there - what was I thinking? Is that actually... READ MORE

[Double Feature] The Front Runner

3/31/2020

David: Hugh Jackman may be one of the most versatile men in Hollywood. Whether he’s putting on the Greatest Show and singing and dancing, pulling a terrific turn as an aging superhero, or even... READ MORE

Shannon: What do you get when you mix Hugh Jackman, the two daughters from Last Man Standing, and the Farmers Insurance dude? This boring movie based on a true story that totally depicts the... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Feast

3/26/2020

David: I watch a lot of horror movies. Maybe not as much as some of my favorite film critics, who I still am amazed in their ability to manage the amount of films they watch and write up... READ MORE

Shannon: This film was one of the movies that was dubbed for our October horror event, but since I had the hectic life of a person getting married, it was one of 2 movies that I just couldn’t get my hands... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Evolution

3/4/2020

David: Sometimes watching movies from the early 2000s can feel like a mostly remembered dream. I watched so many movies that I had purchased from questionable flea market vendors that now... READ MORE

Shannon: I took one look at the cover on this DVD and thought, man I’m going to hate this movie. But in fact, I did not. I thought it was actually funny (not stupid funny like I assumed it would be)... READ MORE

[DFP] 2020 Oscar Predictions

2/9/2020

David's Predictions

Shannon's Predictions

David: This is a bit of a strange year for Oscar predictions. On one hand, there are some stand-outs in almost every category. But in most, there’s a lot of categories that could go either way between... Read more

Shannon: Watching all the best picture nominations started off pretty rough this year, mainly because I watched a bunch of them that I hated all in the beginning. But once I got to the movies I actually... Read more

[Review] Little Women

2/9/2020

Shannon: I’m a little confused as to why I’ve never read the book Little Women. It’s a classic right? I’ve heard many things about it, but still haven’t never gotten around to reading it. Sad. But now, I’ve seen... Read more

[Review] Bombshell

2/9/2020

David: There’s been a recent trend in films that started with The Big Short, where more and more complicated material started being adapted for the big screen. While some of these stories are due... Read more

[Review] Jojo Rabbit

2/7/2020

Shannon: Jojo Rabbit is based on the novel "Changing Skies" and follows a young boy who has been brainwashed by the infamous Adolf Hitler. Jojo, played by Roman Griffin Davis, confides in his... Read more

[Review] The Two Popes

2/7/2020

David: Let me preface this – I know religions pretty well, but as a practicing Protestant, I can never feel the same level of knowledge of someone that lives and breathes as part of the Catholic faith... Read more

[Double Feature] Parasite

2/7/2020

David: Bong Joon Ho is no stranger to social commentaries. He’s the director and co-writer of some terrific scripts, from the kaiju film The Host, the speeding train film starring Chris Evans... Read more

Shannon: Knowing that I'm going to have to "read" a movie always ensures that I put it off as long as possible. Even with this one having so many good compliments and reviews - even from my friends... Read more

[Double Feature] Ford V Ferrari

2/3/2020

David: James Mangold directed one of my favorite movies of the past few years in Logan. I saw that one three times in theaters. Some of that may have had to do with the fact Wolverine is probably... Read more

Shannon: When I heard that this film was nominated for Best Picture, I was a little taken off guard. Mainly because I only knew this movie to be a racing movie, but after actually watching it I realized... Read more

[Double Feature] 1917

1/30/2020

David: War films are pretty much a genre of film on their own. Some of the stories seem better told in long form storytelling – like Band of Brothers or The Pacific. Others make very good standalone... Read more

Shannon: Finally, I movie that I thoroughly enjoyed and actually loved for these 2020 Oscars. The film follows two young soldiers who are tasked with crossing into enemy territory to deliver a message... Read more

[Double Feature] Marriage Story

1/29/2020

David: Scarlett Johansson (ScarJo) joined elite company this year when she was nominated both for the Best Performance by a Leading Actress and Best Performance by a Supporting Actress. She... Read more

Shannon: You may be seeing a theme to how the past several movie reviews have started for me... as in I really did not want to watch this film. I'm not the biggest fan of movies that are just... Read more

[Double Feature] Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

1/28/2020

David: Quentin Tarantino has a variety of films, some of which we’ve covered on this site. He is one of the most vocal advocates of the “hang out” film; which is a film where the plot becomes decentralized... Read more

Shannon: I'm not going to lie, I was sort of dreading watching this movie and I don't even know why. With an all star cast, you'd think I'd want to see something like this. Well, I can honestly tell you that my... Read more

[Double Feature] The Irishman

1/21/2020

David: Martin Scorsese’s latest film is a deep reflection on two subjects that he has tackled throughout his entire career. The first is the mob, which he states he drew on his own personal experience as a child... Read more

Shannon: The moment I saw the runtime on this movie I knew I was done for... 3.5 hours? It's one thing to be a movie like Green Mile or Endgame, where for the entire runtime there's something interesting... Read more

[Double Feature] Joker

1/16/2020

David: I absolutely did not think I was going to like this movie. I was worried I would come out of it comparing Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker to the wide variety of Jokers (most of them excellent – sorry Jared Leto)... Read more

Shannon: I will say my husband was a bit more excited to see this movie than I was due to his love for Batman and all. But as we got started, I could tell it was going to be much sinister and psychological... Read more

2020 Oscar Nominations

1/16/2020

David: Whoa - my fingers are tired from trying to keep up with the non-stop nominations. Think I caught them all this year though. Some of these really surprised me. Without further ado... READ MORE