Mashley at the Movies

Denise Gough and Sebastian Stan star as two ex-pats who meet in Greece, engage in a dysfunctional relationship, and copulate A LOT. Ashley & Matt discuss this interesting and frustrating film.

Matt & Ashley review the new fantasy/action movie based on the 1990s martial arts video game. 

Secrets & Lies is one of director Mike Leigh's best movies. It deftly tackles issues of family, adoption, class and race. Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste received Oscar nominations for their performances. Ashley & Matt discuss this 1996 film as part of the latest edition of our Criterion Collection series.

Our review this week is the new thriller, The Courier , starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Matt & Ashley discuss this cold war spy drama in our latest episode.

Matt, Ashley & Aaron review the new entry in the MonsterVerse series, where a big ape and a giant radioactive dinosaur fight each other.

It's the debut episode of our new series, Bad Movie Night. Garret joins us for this inaugural voyage as we choose one of four bad movies to watch and discuss. Which one do we select? Listen and find out!

Matt & Ashley review the new version of Justice League, the four-hour cut that fulfills Zack Snyder's vision for the film.

Matt & Ashley share their thoughts on this year's Academy Award nominations, which were announced this morning.

Ashley & Matt interview documentary filmmaker Julie Cohen. Together with Betsy West, she has directed the Academy Award-nominated documentary RBG, about late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We discuss that film, and Cohen's new documentary feature, My Name is Pauli Murray, about the complex life of the late civil rights activist.

King Akeem goes back to America to find the son he never knew he had. (Almost) everyone is here from the original film, 30 years later, to varying degrees of success. Matt & Ashley review this new sequel starring Eddie Murphy.

Ashley & Matt discuss the last three episodes of WandaVision, and the series as a whole.

Chloe Zhao directs Frances McDormand in this 2020 movie about a woman who sets out on her own, in a van, across several states, connecting with humanity in a deep and powerful way. Ryan joins us to discuss this Golden Globe-winning film.

A Korean family emigrates to the United States, trying to live the elusive American Dream in rural '80s Arkansas. We're happy to have Ryan join us again to discuss this Golden Globe-winning film. 

Rosamund Pike plays a character whose vocation in life appears to be (legally) taking over the lives of the elderly and absconding with their money. Then, she does it to the wrong older woman, and high stakes drama ensues. Matt & Ashley review this new thriller.

A 30-something guy who solved petty crimes as a teenager... solves petty crimes as an adult, until a client asks him to solve a murder. Ashley & Matt review this recent film starring Adam Brody.

Barb and Star are two middle-aged friends who decide to vacation in Florida at the Vista Del Mar Hotel. Jamie Dornan is the henchman of a villainess, and he's staying at the same hotel. Hijinks ensue. Your mileage may vary.

The latest episode of our Criterion series celebrates Black History Month, as Matt, Gus and Ashley discuss 1974's Claudine. Diahann Carroll stars in the title role, a strong single mother who is wooed by James Earl Jones. The film deftly balances comedy and drama.

David Byrne's American Utopia, and Your Name Engraved Herein were two films that were on our Best of 2020 episode, but that we hadn't done proper reviews for at the time. Now, we're catching-up on those selections and giving them our full attention.

Matt & Ashley review the three most recent episodes of Marvel Studios' TV series, WandaVision.

We continue our tribute to the African-American experience in cinema, with a discussion about the lovely 1958 film St. Louis Blues. It's about the life of blues legend W.C. Handy (Nat King Cole), and features his music, and a host of A-list black actors and singers.

Two kids unearth an ancient evil in their backyard, to gruesome and hilarious effect. Ashley, Matt and Garret review this new horror comedy.

It's a triple-treat, as we kick-off February, our 4th season, and Black History Month with a discussion of The Killing Floor (1984). The film delves into issues of racism, classism, and working conditions in the Chicago Stockyards in the early 20th century.

It was quite a solid year for cinema, despite all the tumult, so Ashley, Matt and Garret review their selections for the 10 best movies from the past year.

While it was a good year for movies overall, there were definitely some clunkers. Ashley, Matt and Garret discuss their choices for the worst films of 2020.

A woman's husband goes missing, and criminals are after her. She takes her baby and goes on the run, navigating the 1970's underworld. Matt & Ashley review this taut thriller.