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[Double Feature] Lion

1/30/2017

David: Hello and welcome to Oscar’s time here at DoubleFeaturePreachers.com. Time is short, and so unfortunately, we won’t be able to watch all the movies for all the categories for the Oscars...

Shannon: Lion is a beautifully filmed movie that tells us the life story of Saroo, a young boy who gets lost from his family in the overpopulated country of India. When he was five years old...

David: I like the way Disney has been slowly branching out culturally over the years. I understand some of the movies have had some racist undertones reflective of the times (Dumbo and Aladdin...

Shannon: Disney brings us yet another movie full of songs, adventure, and self-fulfillment. Moana is about a young girl, who is the daughter of the chief, that will one day to be chief herself. When...

[Double Feature] Suicide Squad

1/25/2017

by David

by Shannon

David: Buckle in folks – it’s gonna be a long one today. One of my fondest memories of childhood is Saturday morning cartoons. Was there any greater feeling then waking up...

Shannon: Another comic book movie (DC this time) brings us Suicide Squad. Basically, the government is trying to devise a plan that will assist them in defeating any enemies that they know they...

[Review] Gold

1/24/2017

by David

I’ll be the first to say this: I think my review is going to go against the masses on this one. Gold was screened for critics and audience members last night, and at times, I felt as if I was the only one laughing at jokes or reacting to twists. That’s not to say that I fantastically interpreted the movie more than other people – maybe I just identified with it a bit more. As a man who once was led by his mother through an Arkansas dirt field in mid-July in order to pan for gold in

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[Double Feature] Zero Effect

1/23/2017

by David

by Shannon

David: Sherlock Holmes is one of the most adapted men in literature. He’s found himself on television numerous times, in countless adaptations (there are at least two right now in Sherlock and...

Shannon: Zero Effect stars Bill Pullman (Daryl Zero) and Ben Stiller (Steve Arlo, his assistant). Zero is a renowned private investigator that is always about to find out who/what he is looking...

[Double Feature] The Way Back

1/20/2017

by David

by Shannon

David: About halfway through The Way Back, I realized what I was watching. I was watching one of the Lord of the Rings films, but without the depth of characters. The grand, sweeping panoramas of...

Shannon: The Way Back stars Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, and Saoirse Ronan and is basically is about a group of men who have been in a Polish Prison and decide one day to escape...

[Double Feature] Split

1/19/2017

by David

by Shannon

David: Not many directors seem to have a career much like good old M. Night. He exploded onto the scene in 1999 with The Sixth Sense, one of the biggest twist endings in the history, and a great movie to boot...

Shannon: Split is a little bit different of a movie, and actually not what I had expected. From the trailer, it seemed like it would be a thriller about three girls that are kidnapped by a man with split...

[Double Feature] Jason Bourne

1/18/2017

by David

by Shannon

David: In honor of Shannon’s birthday yesterday, today we’re doing a post starring who else? Matt Damon! So what is Damon’s quintessential role? I can hear some of you out there saying...

Shannon: Well, I'm another year older and I convinced David to review Jason Bourne for my birthday. This film is the stereotypical Jason Bourne movie that you would expect. It starts of with Nicky...

[Double Feature] The Girl on the Train

1/13/2017

by David

by Shannon

David: I went into this film not really knowing what to expect. It was based on a book, and it starred Emily Blunt. That was enough for me to go into it cautiously optimistic. It’s rare ...

Shannon: Starring Emily Blunt, The Girl on the Train is brought from pages to the big screen in a nicely done fashion. Rachel (Emily Blunt) loves to watch Megan and her husband from...

[Review] Live by Night

1/11/2017

by Shannon

The movie starts us in Boston during a time at which there is a lot of crime. It is the 1920's and the prohibition is at full swing. Joe Coughlin (Ben Affleck) is in love with a gangster's girl, Emma (Sienna Miller), and is making his money by robbing establishments and other crime filled adventures. When they decide to take off to California together, they are going to sleep by day and live by night. Joe had one more job to do before they could take off together and leave their...

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[Double Feature] Sully

1/9/2017

by David

by Shannon

David: Sully tells the story that many people are probably both familiar and unfamiliar with – the story of Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the man who landed a plane on the Hudson. Many

Shannon: I didn't realize that it had already been eight years since this happened. I remember when it happened for the most part, but not knowing much because I'm not a watcher of the news...

[Double Feature] Inglourious Basterds

1/6/2017

by David

by Shannon

David: When I think of Inglorious Basterds a few select things come immediately to mind. The first is Christof Waltz’s amazing opening performance. The second is “Bear Jew” and...

Shannon: Yet another movie and/or book that is a historical fiction taking place during WWII in Nazi Occupied France. Inglourious Basterds follows three different groups of people: you have...

[Double Feature] Fight Club

1/4/2017

by David

by Shannon

David: There are a lot of movies out there that have famous twist endings. Some consider The Empire Strikes Back with its Darth Vader line to be one of the best, but others ...

Shannon: The Narrator (Edward Norton) is an office worker with insomnia who has grown tired of his life and decides he is ready to look for something different. On a plane ride, he meets...

[Double Feature] Lion

[Double Feature] Moana

[Double Feature] Suicide Squad

[Review] Gold

by David

[Double Feature] Zero Effect

[Double Feature] The Way Back

[Double Feature] Split

[Double Feature] Jason Bourne

[Double Feature] The Girl on the Train

[Review] Live by Night

by Shannon

[Double Feature] Sully

[Double Feature] Inglourious Basterds

[Double Feature] Fight Club

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