Thank God For Movies

Special guest Cory Woodroof joins the show for a bonus review of The Harder They Fall , a new revisionist western on Netflix starring Idris Elba, Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz…wow, there are a lot of big names in this, OK hold on, Regina King (righteous), Delroy Lindo (awesome_…wow, this really just keeps going, ok, Lakeith Stanfield (that’s a nice get), RJ Cyler (oh yeah, from...

Kenneth Branagh made another movie about a precocious kid in Europe whose dad disappears throughout the film, but don’t worry, this one’s better than Artemis Fowl . After winning award after award at Telluride and TIFF, Belfast is now poised to win Best Picture at the Oscars. But we might not be so enthusiastic about this coming of age comedy-drama set in Belfast, Ireland circa 1969. I...

Now available via VOD,  The Beta Test is the latest film from Jim Cummings, who co-stars, co-directs, and co-writes this dark thriller satire with PJ McCabe. This review is an excerpt from Episode #245 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music for this week is “Fly Me” by Crazyjazz. Links: Find more of our movie reviews on Cinemaholics.com Follow us on Twitter:   Jon Negro...

Now playing in theaters, Spencer is a dark drama covering a fictionalized, 1991 version of Princess Diana played by Kristen Stewart. The film was directed by Pablo Larrain with Steven Knight as screenwriter, and it costars Sally Hawkins, Sean Harris, and Timothy Spall. This review is an excerpt from Episode #245 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music for this week is “Fly Me” by...

We’ve been waiting an eternity to talk about Marvel’s first big attempt at a prestige film. That’s right, we’re reviewing the divisive  Eternals  from director Chloé Zhao. We also cover Pablo Larraín’s “dark fable” about Princess Diana, AKA  Spencer , which stars Kristen Stewart. And we end the show with an indie surprise, the...

Special guest Isaac Feldberg joins the show for a deep dive review into Antlers , a new supernatural horror film from director Scott Cooper, which stars Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, and Jeremy T. Thomas. Check out Isaac’s interview with Scott Cooper over on Inverse . (NOTE: We had some unfortunate audio issues with this week’s bonus show, so we apologize for the drop in quality!) Links...

Passing , which will soon be available to stream on Netflix, is the directorial debut of Rebecca Hall. It stars Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga. This review is an excerpt from Episode #244 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music for this week is “Fly Me” by Crazyjazz. Links: Find more of our movie reviews on Cinemaholics.com Follow us on Twitter:   Jon Negroni ,  Will Asht...

About Last Night in Soho …well, it’s the newest film from Edgar Wright, and it stars Thomasin McKenzie as a young woman who travels in time to the 60s as a mysterious performer played by Anya Taylor-Joy. We open this week’s show with some film catchup — what we’ve been watching and what we’ve been hearing chatter about — and be sure to stick around for ou...

The French Dispatch  is Wes Anderson's 10th film, but is it among his very best?  This review is an excerpt from Episode #243 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Links: Find more of our movie reviews on Cinemaholics.com Follow us on Twitter:   Jon Negroni ,  Will Ashton Support our show on  Patreon . Follow Cinemaholics on  Facebook  and  Twitter .   Send us a...

How you Dune ? Anyway, this week we review Dune , the latest sci-fi epic from Denis Villeneuve. We also take a trip to fictional Ennui, France for The French Dispatch , Wes Anderson’s 10th film, featuring a cast too big to contain in one paragraph. We finish the show with a review of Ron’s Gone Wrong , a new computer-animated film from 20th Century Studios. And we open with some chit-c...

Now available to stream on Apple TV+,  The Velvet Underground is the first documentary from acclaimed director Todd Haynes. Featuring a fittingly artistic approach, the documentary outlines the origins and ongoing influence of this late-60s group centered around Lou Reed, John Cale, Andy Warhol, and others. This review is an excerpt from Episode #242 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro mus...

Now playing in theaters,  The Last Duel is the latest epic medieval drama from acclaimed director Ridley Scott. Loosely based on true events and a 2004 book by Eric Jager, the film was written by Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon. Damon and Affleck also star in the film alongside Jodie Comer and Adam Driver. This review is an excerpt from Episode #242 of the Cinemaholics Podcast....

Is Halloween Kills another casualty of the never-ending Halloween franchise? In addition to discussing David Gordon Green’s sequel to his 2018 legacy sequel to the 1978 slasher masterpiece, Halloween , we review The Last Duel , Ridley Scott’s epic medieval drama starring Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, and Adam Driver. We then turn up the volume for The Velvet Underground , Todd Haynes’...

Special guest Matt Serafini joins us ghoul kids for a death-defying discussion of not just Muppets Haunted Mansion , the new Disney+ special based on the classic Disneyland ride, but also the history and ongoing legacy of the Muppets and what we hope to see from Kermit and the gang over the next few years. And yes, this is the first time we’ve had a chance to talk about the Muppets on Cinema...

Get in the car, film nerds, we’re watching Titane , the latest mind-bending (and gear-grinding?) French feature from Julia Ducournau ( Raw ). Special guest Ema Sasic joins us to unpack all the twists, turns, and detours in this Palme d’Or winner, which premiered at Cannes earlier this year—with Ducournau being the first female filmmaker to win the award solo. The film, which is n...

Now playing in theaters and on HBO Max for a limited time,  The Many Saints of Newark is a crime drama prequel to  The  Sopranos television series. Directed by Alan Taylor and written by  Sopranos show runner David Chase and Lawrence Konner, this precursor to the show explores the life of a teenage Tony Soprano, played by the late James Gandolfini's son, and how he was shaped i...

Speaking of toxic relationships, have you watched the new Venom movie, Venom: Let There Be Carnage ? Tom Hardy returns as the sweaty, parasitic antihero, this time contending with the blood-red Carnage, played by Woody Harrelson. We review this latest comic-book movie from Sony and try to understand why these movies are so popular. Later in the show, we discuss The Many Saints of Newark , a preque...

We can't say this movie came out in no time. After 6 years of delays and false starts, Daniel Craig's final mission as James Bond culminates in this nearly 3-hour 007 sequel directed and co-written by Cary Joji Fukunaga and also written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. This is a spoiler-free review of the movie, but at 00:54:30, we will give a fairly lengthy spoiler warning a...

We’re definitely not sealing this review with a kiss. On this week’s show, our main review is Dear Evan Hansen , a film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, starring Ben Platt, Amy Adams, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, and Julianne Moore. We also do some catchup reviews on festival indie I’m Your Man , a Netflix Melissa McCarthy dramedy called The Starling , and the third se...

Now streaming on demand,  Prisoners of the Ghostland is a neo-noir action Western directed by Sion Sono and starring Nicolas Cage, who may or may not join us for this review to lend his own thoughts, let's find out. The film also stars Sofia Boutella and Bill Moseley. This review is an excerpt from Episode #238 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music this week is “Sous Vide Tofu&rd...

Directed by Michael Showalter ( The Big Sick ) and starring Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield,  The Eyes of Tammy Faye is a bio-drama about the infamous televangelists Tammy Faye Bakker and Jim Bakker. The cast also includes Vincent D'Onofrio and Cherry Jones. This review is an excerpt from Episode #238 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. Our intro music this week is “Sous Vide Tofu”...

Don’t worry, these are tears of joy. Why? In this packed episode of Cinnamonholics, we dish on TIFF 2021, catch up on Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter and Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou , then review some movies. First, there’s Clint Eastwood’s new western, Cry Macho , starring himself, which just hit theaters and HBO Max. Then we get into The Eyes of Tammy Faye , starring...

Special guest  Ryan Oliver  joins us for a review of Malignant , a giallo-esque horror thriller from James Wan that just hit wide release and HBO Max. The movie is so scary, in fact, Ryan Oliver cusses one time! We also talk about Kate , the latest action movie on Netflix about revenge (another one!) this time starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Woody Harrelson. We open the show with a...

Now available on Netflix,  Worth is a biographical drama starring Michael Keaton as a lawyer trying to sign on family members of 9/11 victims to a compensation fund that would prevent them from suing the airline industry and thus cratering the economy. The film was directed by Sara Colangelo with a screenplay by Max Borenstein. The cast includes Amy Ryan, Stanley Tucci, Tate Donovan, Shunori...

It's the movie that ended it all. Now available on Amazon Prime,  Cinderella  is the latest badaptation of the classic story, this time in musical form. Directed by Kay Cannon ( Blockers ) and starring Camila Cabello, along with some other recognizable faces who are probably regretting their involvement, this jukebox  Glee monstrosity might have broken our hearts. And our brains. Th...