Harsh Language Podcast

Today on episode 98 of The Harsh Language Podcast we talk Deadpool and Wolverine, San Diego Comic Con news, and we make Marvin watch Contact for the first time! Contact  is a 1997 American  science fiction drama film  directed by  Robert Zemeckis , based on the  1985 novel of the same name  by  Carl Sagan . Sagan and his wife  Ann Druyan  wrote the story outline for the film. It stars  Jodie Foste...

Today on Episode 97 of The Harsh Language podcast, we dive into Season 1 of "The Acolyte," discuss problems with Disney's Star Wars, and review Alex Garland's film "Civil War." Civil War  is a 2024  dystopian   thriller film [6]  written and directed by  Alex Garland , starring  Kirsten Dunst ,  Wagner Moura ,  Cailee Spaeny ,  Stephen McKinley Henderson ,  Sonoya Mizun...

On today's show, we have our Longlegs review! Longlegs  is a 2024 American  horror thriller  film written and directed by  Osgood Perkins . It stars  Maika Monroe  and  Nicolas Cage , who also produced the film through his Saturn Films production company. The cast also features  Blair Underwood ,  Alicia Witt , Michelle Choi-Lee, and  Dakota Daulby  in supporting roles. The film follows an  FB...

Join us on Episode 95 of The Harsh Language Podcast as we take a thrilling ride through the streets of Beverly Hills with our in-depth review of "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F." Get ready for a nostalgic trip filled with high-octane action, classic comedy, and the unforgettable charm of Eddie Murphy. In this episode, we break down the film's iconic moments, discuss its cultural impact, a...

Today of the show we have our The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare review! The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare  is a 2024  spy   action comedy film  directed, co-written and co-produced by  Guy Ritchie , and starring  Henry Cavill ,  Eiza González ,  Alan Ritchson ,  Henry Golding  and  Alex Pettyfer . Based on the 2014 book  Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Spec...

Today on the show we have our Love Lies Bleeding review! Love Lies Bleeding  is a 2024  neo-noir romantic thriller   dark comedy  film directed by  Rose Glass  from a screenplay she co-wrote with Weronika Tofilska, and starring  Kristen Stewart ,  Katy O'Brian ,  Jena Malone ,  Anna Baryshnikov ,  Dave Franco , and  Ed Harris . Set in 1989, the film's plot follows the relationship between...

Today on the show we have our review of The First Omen! The First Omen  is a 2024 American  supernatural horror film  directed by  Arkasha Stevenson , who co-wrote the screenplay with Tim Smith and  Keith Thomas  from a story by Ben Jacoby. It is a  prequel  to  The Omen  (1976), and the sixth film in  The Omen  franchise . The film stars  Nell Tiger Free ,  Tawfeek Barhom ,  Sônia Braga ,  Ralph...

Today on the show we have our The Last Stop in Yuma County review! The Last Stop in Yuma County is a 2023 American  crime thriller  film written and directed by Francis Galluppi and starring  Jim Cummings ,  Jocelin Donahue ,  Richard Brake ,  Faizon Love , and Michael Abbott Jr. It is Galluppi's feature directorial debut.

Today on the show, it's Marvin's first time watching Chinatown! Chinatown is a 1974 American  neo-noir   mystery  film directed by  Roman Polanski  from a screenplay by  Robert Towne . The film stars  Jack Nicholson  and  Faye Dunaway . It was inspired by the  California water wars , a series of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th century, by which Los Ange...

On today's show we have our Godzilla Minus One review! Godzilla Minus One  is a 2023 Japanese  kaiju  film written, directed, and with visual effects by  Takashi Yamazaki . Produced by  Toho Studios  and  Robot Communications  and distributed by  Toho , it is the 37th film in the  Godzilla  franchise , Toho's 33rd  Godzilla  film, and the fifth film in the  franchise's  Reiwa  era . Th...

This week on the show we made Marvin watch The Omen! The Omen  is a 1976  supernatural horror film  directed by  Richard Donner  and written by  David Seltzer . An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars  Gregory Peck ,  Lee Remick ,  David Warner ,  Harvey Spencer Stephens  (in his film debut),  Billie Whitelaw ,  Patrick Troughton ,  Martin Benson , and ...

This week on the show, we have our Late Night With the Devil review! Late Night with the Devil  is a 2023  supernatural horror  film written, directed, and edited by Colin and Cameron Cairnes. It stars  David Dastmalchian ,  Laura Gordon ,  Ian Bliss ,  Fayssal Bazzi , Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri,  Georgina Haig , and  Josh Quong Tart . Incorporating elements of documentary filmmaking and  found f...

On this week's episode, we have our The Iron Claw review! The Iron Claw is a 2023  biographical   sports drama  film written and directed by  Sean Durkin  about the  Von Erichs , a family of  professional wrestlers  who are "cursed" by constant tragedy. The film depicts the struggles of wrestling company owner  Fritz Von Erich 's sons to achieve the success their father groomed t...

This week on the Harsh Language Podcast, its Marvin's first time watching Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters  is a 1984 American  supernatural   comedy film  directed by  Ivan Reitman  and written by  Dan Aykroyd  and  Harold Ramis . It stars  Bill Murray , Aykroyd, and Ramis as  Peter Venkman ,  Ray Stantz , and  Egon Spengler , three eccentric  parapsychologists  who start a ghost-catching business...

On this week's show we have our Poor Things review! Poor Things  is a 2023 film directed by  Yorgos Lanthimos  and written by  Tony McNamara , based on the  1992 novel  by  Alasdair Gray . A co-production between Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the film stars  Emma Stone ,  Mark Ruffalo ,  Willem Dafoe ,  Ramy Youssef ,  Christopher Abbott , and  Jerrod Carmichael . [5]  It...

On this week's show, we have our Oppenheimer review! Oppenheimer  is a 2023  epic   biographical   war   thriller film  written, directed, and produced by  Christopher Nolan , starring  Cillian Murphy  as  J. Robert Oppenheimer , the American  theoretical physicist  credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the  Manhattan Project , the  World War II  underta...

On this week's show we have our When Evil Lurks review! When Evil Lurks   is a 2023  supernatural   folk  horror film written and directed by  Demián Rugna . An international co-production of Argentina and the United States, the film stars  Ezequiel Rodriguez , Demián Salomon, Luis Ziembrowski, Silvia Sabater, and Marcelo Michinaux. In a remote village, two brothers find a demon-infected man j...

On this week's show, it's Marvin's first time watching Shaun of the Dead! Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British  romantic   zombie comedy  film directed by  Edgar Wright , who co-wrote it with  Simon Pegg . The film stars Pegg as Shaun, a downtrodden  London  salesman who gets caught alongside his loved ones in a  zombie apocalypse . It also stars  Nick Frost ,  Kate Ashfield ,  Lucy Dav...

On this week's episode, we have our Anyone But You review. Anyone but You  is a 2023 American  romantic comedy  film directed by  Will Gluck , who co-wrote the screenplay with Ilana Wolpert. Loosely based on  Much Ado About Nothing  by  William Shakespeare , [4]  it stars  Sydney Sweeney  and  Glen Powell . The supporting cast includes  Alexandra Shipp ,  GaTa ,  Hadley Robinson ,  Michelle Hu...

On this week's show, we have our American Fiction review! American Fiction  is a 2023 American  comedy-drama  film written and directed by  Cord Jefferson , in his feature  directorial debut . Based on the 2001 novel  Erasure  by  Percival Everett , it follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandish  satire  of stereotypical  "black" books , only for it to be mistake...

On this week's show we have our Saltburn review! Saltburn is a 2023  black comedy   psychological thriller  film written, directed, and co-produced by  Emerald Fennell , starring  Barry Keoghan ,  Jacob Elordi ,  Rosamund Pike ,  Richard E. Grant ,  Alison Oliver , and  Archie Madekwe . Set in Oxford and Northamptonshire, it focuses on a student at  Oxford  who becomes fixated with a popular,...

This week on the show we make Marvin watch Fargo! Fargo is a 1996  black comedy   crime  film written, produced, and directed by  Joel and Ethan Coen .  Frances McDormand  stars as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant  Minnesota   police chief  investigating a triple homicide that takes place after a desperate car salesman ( William H. Macy ) hires two criminals ( Steve Buscemi  and  Peter Stormare ) to ki...

On today's show we how our The Holdovers review! The Holdovers  is a 2023 comedy-drama film  directed by  Alexander Payne , and written by  David Hemingson  in his feature writing debut. Set in 1970, it stars  Paul Giamatti  as a strict  classics  teacher at a  New England   boarding school  who is forced to chaperone a handful of students with nowhere to go on Christmas break.  Da'Vine Jo...

Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire , or simply  Rebel Moon , is a 2023 epic space opera film directed by  Zack Snyder  from a screenplay he co-wrote with  Kurt Johnstad  and  Shay Hatten , based on a story Snyder conceived. Its  ensemble cast  features  Sofia Boutella ,  Djimon Hounsou ,  Ed Skrein ,  Michiel Huisman ,  Doona Bae ,  Ray Fisher ,  Charlie Hunnam , and  Anthony Hopkins . The fil...

Today on the show we have our Leave the World Behind review! Leave the World Behind  is a 2023  apocalyptic   psychological thriller  film produced, written, and directed by Sam Esmail. It is based on  the 2020 novel  by  Rumaan Alam . The film stars  Julia Roberts ,  Mahershala Ali ,  Ethan Hawke ,  Myha'la , and  Kevin Bacon  as they attempt to make sense of the gradual breakdown in phones,...