Mashley at the Movies

Ashley & Matt review a 2018 film from South Korea about infatuation, mystery, secrets, ambiguity, class, and a lot more. It's a slow-burn that leaves you thinking.

It's another Netflix young adult rom com, but it's a cut above. Listen to what Matt & Ashley think about this endearing new movie.

We review an early '90s satire of daytime soap operas, starring Sally Field and Kevin Kline.

We look back at the cross-dressing classic, where a man pretends to be a woman to get a part on a soap opera.

Matt & Ashley talk with Nate Kohn, the longtime festival director of the Roger Ebert Film Festival, aka Ebertfest.

Ashley & Matt discuss a fascinating documentary about talented but troubled New Orleans performer James Booker. 

Matt & Ashley discuss the 2001 indie film that was screened at the 2002 Roger Ebert Film Festival. It's a solid movie about people and relationships, dreams and aspirations, that rarely hits a false note.

Cher, Nicolas Cage, love, opera and a big, bright moon. Ashley & Matt review the 1987 classic Moonstruck.

Saying that this is a story about an alien meteorite landing near a secluded farmhouse in the woods, doesn't do it justice. Matt & Ashley review this strange new movie, adapted from a short story by HP Lovecraft.

We begin a (hopefully) regular series, where we discuss movies that are available as part of the Criterion Collection. First up is a slow, meditative, wistful and uncomfortable film about aging, sadness, longing and death in Venice.

Ashley & Matt discuss last year's film about teenagers who develop feelings for each other while staying on a hospital ward, all the while having to remain six feet apart because of their cystic fibrosis.

Ashley & Matt discuss a new-for-streaming film about two teenage girls who spend their summer-before-college together, while one of them is dating the other's ex-boyfriend.

Matt & Ashley review a horror movie about a family that attends a recording of the Banana Splits, a show about happy robot creatures with a sinister side to them.

The four teenage friends from the previous Jumanji movie are once again drawn into the mysterious game (along with a couple of new faces). Matt & Ashley review this 2019 film that is now available via streaming and physical media.

Aaron joins Matt & Ashley discuss the Russell Crowe/Christian Bale western about a man escorting an outlaw to his fate.

Two people meet via a mailbox -- two years apart. As they exchange letter across time, their fondness for each other deeps. Ashley & Matt review this 2006 romantic film.

The first our movies reviewed during the Coronavirus pandemic, it's a film about an outbreak of a dangerous virus. Timely, no?

A virus from outer space hitches a ride on a falling satellite, wreaking havoc when it reaches Earth. As people are dying and the virus threatens to spread, a group of scientists are in a race against time to stop it. Ashley & Matt review 1971's The Andromeda Strain, in the age of the Coronavirus. 

A widowed woman wants to open a bookshop in a sleepy English village, but faces opposition. Ashley & Matt review this surprisingly simple film. 

A broken family decides to spend Christmas at a remote lodge with a potential stepmother on hand who has some dark secrets. Matt, Ashley and Garret reviews this new chiller from the directors of Goodnight, Mommy.

Ashley & Matt review the latest adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about a matchmaking young woman in early 19th century England.

Matt, Ashley and Kandace discuss the 2018 adaptation of the Angie Thomas novel about a teenage girl who witnesses a police-involved shooting, and deals with its aftermath.

Leigh Whannell has updated the H.G. Wells classic, and Elisabeth Moss gives a tour de force performance. Ashley & Matt review the new version of The Invisible Man.

Ashley & Matt review the next story in the love story saga of Lara Jean & Peter.

We review a new movie that tells love stories that span the decades, from New Orleans to New York City.