Seeing and Believing

The day has unfortunately arrived: Wade is donning his hat and riding off into the sunset. We pull out all the stops to see Wade off in style, with a retro review of one of Wade's all-time favorite films, some reminiscences about memorable theatrical experiences and fun podcast moments, and even Wade's manifesto of art and moviegoing. Tune in for a fun extravangaza like none other the show has eve...

This week's episode features a Patron Pick courtesy of James Hutton, and it's a doozy: Paul Thomas Anderson's complex, sprawling 1999 film, Magnolia . Wade and Kevin probe the depths of its spiritual undertones, discuss the film's controversial ending, and determine how kind the past two decades have been to what was one of the most critically acclaimed films of the '90s. Plus, an announcement abo...

The first stirrings of awards season make themselves felt this week with a star-studded biopic, and this one is right up Seeing & Believing 's alley! The Eyes of Tammy Faye stars Jessica Chastain in the title role of Tammy Faye Bakker and follows her steps from obscure itinerant minister to the figurehead of one of the biggest televangelism programs ever to exist. Costarring Andrew Garfield as...

Back when Destin Daniel Cretton was directing critically acclaimed indie dramas like Short Term 12 , nobody would have thought to pair him with the biggest blockbuster franchise in history, but that's exactly what's happened with the latest entry in the MCU, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings . With cinematic luminaries like Tony Leung and Michelle Yeoh and an action-style indebted to the m...

Interested in a musical starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard? How about a rock opera starring Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, and a wooden puppet representing their child? That's what Wade and Kevin dig into this week as they discuss Annette , the Palme d'Or-nominated film from French director Leos Carax, now streaming on Amazon Prime. The guys talk opera, magical realism, the line between sin...

A common critic cliche is to say that watching a bad action movie feels like watching somebody else play a video game, but what  Free Guy  supposes is, “What if we treated that not just as an okay thing but as an actual goal?” Part  Wreck-It Ralph , part  The Matrix , part  The Truman Show , Shawn Levy’s new film features Ryan Reynolds as a smiling, innocent person who finds out that he’s not a pe...

The guys take a turn for the roguish with this week's episode, as they talk about the latest adventure for DC's #1 band of psychos and misfits, The Suicide Squad . Erstwhile MCU director James Gunn switches teams for this reboot of the much-reviled 2016 film of (almost) the same title, and the question on everyone's mind (or least Wade and Kevin's) is "Does Gunn manage to spin straw into gold?" Gi...

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After his foray into creating a superhero cinematic universe, M. Night Shyamalan is back to his bread and butter — spine-tingling chillers — with Old , the movie about how seaside resorts and beach vacations are the absolute worst. A family goes on vacation, discovers a beach that causes everyone to age unnaturally fast, and encounters many other obstacles that can't be divulged due to spoilers. W...

A story about the spiritual realm and the souls that populate it. A quiet vibe reminiscent of Hirokazu Kore-eda. A cast including Winston Duke, Benedict Wong, Zazie Beetz, and Tony Hale. How could Seeing & Believing say no? Wade and Kevin take a look at the ethereal debut feature from Japanese-Brazilian director Edson Oda to see if these elements result in a film as wonderful as its constituen...

After a long time away, the MCU makes its return to Seeing & Believing! Wade and Kevin take a look at Scarlett Johansson's swan song as Black Widow in a prequel that takes the superspy on a globetrotting adventure to reconnect with family members, stop an evil villain from using super-soldiers to control the world, and make peace with her checkered past. The guys discuss Black Widow's place am...

It wouldn't be summer at the movies without sci-fi action blockbusters. Director Chris McKay ( The Lego Batman Movie ) and star Chris Pratt fill that gap with The Tomorrow War , which imagines a near future where a near-apocalyptic conflict with an alien species forces humanity to recruit soldiers from the population of today's present. Threads of fatalism, family complexities, and hope are thread...

Buckle up, put the pedal to the metal, and engage in various other vehicle-themed activities, because this week's episode marks the maiden voyage of the Fast and the Furious franchise on Seeing & Believing . Though familiar with the exploits of Dom and his gearhead crew, Wade and Kevin haven't found the opportunity to review one of their adventures on the air until now. With rocket-propelled c...

The guys enter the sun-baked Mediterranean world of Pixar's latest film in this week's episode! Luca tells the story of a young boy named Luca (Jacob Tremblay) who, along with his best friend Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer), dreams of acquiring a Vespa with the prize money from a big race and seeing the world. The only thing standing in their way? Luca and Alberto are secretly sea monsters. Wade and K...

In a lot of ways, the new musical In the Heights has finally hit theaters at the perfect time. As businesses fully reopen again and people prepare to get out of the house, what could be more of a fun summer activity than a fun summer musical. Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu helms this film version of the Lin-Manuel Miranda Broadway hit about an NYC neighborhood, its denizens, and their dream...

Disney tries to drum up some sympathy for the devil with their latest live-action film to delve into the background of an animated villain. In Cruella , Emma Stone stars as the fabulous fashion magnate in her younger years, matching wits with the icy Baroness von Hellman (Emma Thompson). So is Cruella actually evil, or was she just drawn that way? Wade and Kevin are on the case, analyzing the film...

What's the line between religious devotion and religious obsession? That's the question that Wade and Kevin explore with their review of Saint Maud , the religiously themed shocker from writer/director Rose Glass. Glass makes her feature debut with this story of a nurse named Maud (Morfydd Clark) providing hospice care to a dying professional dancer (Jennifer Ehle). Maud has a second mission on to...

"Sicaro" writer Taylor Sheridan returns to the director's chair with "Those Who Wish Me Dead" starring Angelina Jolie. Wade and Kevin review this thriller where a fire watcher (Jolie) is on the run with a young boy who is holding evidence in a complicated mob trial while pursued by two assassins while outrunning an out-of-control forest fire. Does the film burn bright ahead of the summer blockbust...

It's almost May, which means the action extravaganzas are finding their way to theaters and streaming for the blockbuster season. Warner Brothers kicks things off in a big, bloody way with its stab at resurrecting the Mortal Kombat franchise for filmgoers. This time, the story they build around the gory video game brawler involves a washed-up MMA fighter named Cole (Lewis Tan) who discovers that h...

With a slight lull coming between awards season and blockbuster season, Wade and Kevin pause for a retro review of a film regarded by many critics as the best directorial one-off in cinema history. Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter offers an iconic villain in Robert Mitchum's Harry Powell, a corrupt preacher in Depression-era West Virginia who sets his sights on a widow and her two childr...

Wade and Kevin round out their Oscar coverage with a review of the final remaining Best Picture nominee: Emerald Fennell's scathing Promising Young Woman . Starring Carey Mulligan as a vigilante of unconventional methods, the film takes dead aim at sexual predators, their enablers, and the culture that empowers both groups. The guys also turn their attention to the upcoming ceremony and offer thei...

Oscar season may be long over, but the Oscars themselves are just peeking over the horizon. Wade and Kevin catch up with one of the Best Picture nominees that eluded them at the end of 2020: Florian Zeller's film adaptation of his own play The Father . Featuring Anthony Hopkins as an elderly man dealing with dementia and Olivia Colman as his long-suffering daughter, the film pairs its melodrama wi...

With the coming of spring, there's a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, which means two things: movie theaters are becoming an option once again, and blockbusters are being released to take advantage of them. One of the most anticipated of the season so far is Adam Wingard's follow-up to Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Kong: Skull Island , Godzilla vs. Kong , which pits the titular beasts...

It's not every day that a franchise's fanbase is able to will a movie into existence, but that's exactly the rare occurrence that is under consideration on this week's episode. With Wade away from the hosting chair, Kevin is joined by Detroit critic Chris Williams to discuss Zack Snyder's Justice League (not to be confused with its predecessor, 2017's Justice League ). After the 2017 film saw dire...

Disney+ keeps the big releases rolling with Raya and the Last Dragon , an animated adventure about a fantasy world teetering on the edge of apocalypse, with magical dragons holding the key to saving humanity from encroaching outside evil ... and also from itself. Featuring Kelly Marie Tran ( The Last Jedi ) and Awkwafina ( The Farewell ) as the two title characters, the film celebrates the virtue...