The Movie Proposal

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Josh's Something Old:  The Fisher King Skye's Something Old: The In-Laws Something New: Everything Everywhere All at Once Josh's Proposal: The multiverse is a fantastic construct to tell a story about family dynamics. Skye's Proposal: The multiverse reminds us that what matters most are those that are closest to us. Something Borrowed:  Meet the Mathmatical Minds Behind Oscar Nominated 'Everything...

Skye's Something Old: The Dirty Dozen Josh's Something Old: Waterworld Something New: Avatar: The Way of Water Josh's Proposal: Despite it's plot holes and other problems, Avatar The Way of Water succeeds for 3 reasons: spectacle, story telling, timing Josh's Something Blew: Wednesday & The Banshees of Inisherin & White Noise Skye's Something Blew: Breaking Bad , 65 , The Sound of 007 Jason's Some...

Josh's Something Old: The Running Man Skye's Something Old: Beverly Hills Cop Something New: Violent Night Josh's Proposal: Violent Night cleverly succeeds as a film because it doubles down on nostalgia. Skye's Proposal: Violent Night is a completely sacrilegious depiction of a beloved cultural icon with virtually no redemptive value… and I loved it Something Borrowed: 45 Best Christmas Movies on...

Find Stacey's Film Reviews here: https://bridges527.com/ Josh's Something Old: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Stacey Tuttle's Something Old: The Little Princess Something New: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Josh's Proposal: Black Panther Wakanda Forever is a shortened version of the five stages of grief Stacey's Proposal: In our culture we've seen such a rising up of women and power. Somethi...

Josh's Something Old: Das Boot Skye's Something Old: The Great Escape Something New: All Quiet on the Western Front Josh's Proposal: We Americans need a good war drama once every 5-10 years. Skye's Proposal: All Quiet on the Western Front helps explain why many historians look at World War I as the point where Europe gave up on God. Something Borrowed: How Netflix's  All Quiet on the Western Front...

Josh's Something Old: Get Shorty Skye's Something Old: Dave Something New: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Josh's Proposal: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a self-aware film that could have been a lot more self-aware. Skye's Proposal: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is an excellent and comedic way to being to understand narcissistic personality disorder. Something Borrow...

Josh's Something Old: The Straight Story Skye's Something Old: The Killing Fields Something New: The Greatest Beer Run Ever Josh's Proposal: The Greatest Beer Run Ever is a great film for high schoolers to watch at School to prompt a discussion and lesson about the Vietnam War Skye's Proposal: The Greatest Beer Run Ever is interestingly a lot like the Vietnam war itself. Something Borrowed: For th...

Josh's Something Old: Who Framed Roger Rabbit Skye's Something Old: Fletch Something New: See How They Run Josh's Proposal: I propose that while See How They Run is not necessarily a home run, we need more films like this Skye's Proposal: See How They Run is a movie. Something Borrowed: 'See How They Run': The 'brutal' case that helped inspire the Saoirse Ronan murder mystery   Josh's Something Bl...

Josh's Something Old: The Rescuers Skye's Something Old: Alive Something New: Thirteen Lives Josh's Proposal: Thirteen Lives shows the potential pros and cons of direct to streaming release Skye's Proposal: Thirteen Lives shows that sometimes the story is dramatic enough by itself Something Borrowed: The Rescue & Ron Howard Breaks Down a Cave Diving Scene from 'Thirteen Lives' Jason's Something Bl...

Josh's Something Old: Strictly Ballroom Skye's Something Old: La Bamba Something New: Elvis Josh's Proposal: Elvis is a good example of a film biography taking liberties on actual events Skye's Proposal: Elvis, the character, is a tragic story of what happens when somebody has no real clarity about who they are, and instead tries to appease everyone around them. & Colonel Parker represents what a...

Josh's Something Old: Silver Streak Skye's Something Old: Pulp Fiction Something New: Bullet Train Josh's Proposal: why wasn't Bullet Train funnier? Skye's Proposal: Bullet Train is like if Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie somehow were able to have a child. Something Borrowed: Josh's game Josh's Something Blew:   The Franchise & The Man From Toronto & The Staircase Skye's Something Blew: Light &...

Josh's Something Old: Singing' in the Rain Skye's Something Old: Gandhi Something New: RRR Josh's Proposal: RRR exposes America's awkwardness with Male friendship and it's trend to over sexualize everything Skye's Proposal: RRR is the film representation of Martin Luther's quote "be a sinner and sin boldly" Something Borrowed: Global Success of 'RRR' signals breakthrough for Tollywood Josh's Somet...

Josh's Something Old: Tremors Skye's Something Old: Scream Something New: Stranger Things Josh's Proposal: It's not nostalgia that makes Stranger Things success but it's ability to tell fantastical stories, centered around relatable truths particularly father figures. Skye's Proposal: The reason season 4 of Stranger Things works is because it's willing to turn traditional television and film forma...

Josh's Something Old: Sling Blade Skye's Something Old: Rounders Something New: The Card Counter Josh's Proposal: If this filmmakers goal was to make me feel uncomfortable for 2 hours, well then, mission accomplished. Skye's Proposal: This movie is just a pile of crap Something Borrowed: The Card Counter Ending & Final Scene Explained Josh's Something Blew: Jason's Video & Barry & Under the Banner...

Josh's Something Old: Jerry Maguire Skye's Something Old: Three Amigos! Something New: Top Gun: Maverick Josh's Proposal: This is not the summer blockbuster we wanted, it's the summer blockbuster we needed. Skye's Proposal: Top Gun Maverick is more proof that America is a decadent society, addicted to nostalgia, and struggling to create original stories—and I liked it anyway. Something Borrowed: W...

Josh's Something Old: About a Boy Skye's Something Old: Patton Something New: Operation Mincemeat Josh's Proposal: I propose Operation Mincemeat is a good example of using fiction to tell a true story. Skye's Proposal: This is another one of those movies that proves that truth is stranger than fiction and sometimes even more compelling Something Borrowed: The True Story Behind Netflix's Operation...

Skye's Something Old: Arachnaphobia Josh's Something Old: Breakdown Something New: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Josh's Proposal: The MCU is a double edge sword and it's cutting in the wrong direction. Skye's Proposal: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is proof that both worlds and movies without any rules can be fun but never really good. Something Borrowed: 'Doctor Strang...

Something Old: Skye's: Sister Act Josh's: Rudy Something New: Father Stu Josh's Proposal: Father Stu is a movie worth seeing, but misses the mark, because it never really answers the question why did Stu come to faith? Or more specifically, why did he become a priest? Skye's Proposal: Father Stu is an example of what Paul was told, when God said "My strength is made perfect in your weakness" Somet...

Something Old: Kaitlyn's: Pollyanna Josh's: Teen Wolf Skye's: Big Something New: Turning Red Josh's Proposal: Turning Red is a great example of "write what you know" Skye's Proposal: Turning Red had really admirable goals but failed to deliver on them. Kaitlyn's Proposal: It's a really moving coming of age story, has a really beautiful message about family and especially Mother-Daughter relationsh...

Something Old: Josh's: Catch Me If You Can Skye's: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Something New: The Adam Project Josh's Proposal: Although the Adam Project is mediocre, it's ultimately a win for 2 reasons: The unique parent-child relationships and they doubled down on Ryan Reynolds being Ryan Reynolds. Skye's Proposal: The Adam Project could have been a pretty good half hour television series...

Something Old: Josh's: Road to Perdition Skye's: Chinatown or Se7en Something New: The Batman Josh's Proposal: What are we saying when we tell stories with heroes that create worse problems than the problems that inspire them to become heroes? Skye's Proposal: The Batman is a brilliant film noir detective movie, but lacks the one essential ingredient to make a good comic book movie. Fun. Something...

Something Old: Josh's: When Harry met Sally Stacey's: The War Something New: Marry Me Josh's Proposal: I propose Marry Me not surprisingly but ironically doesn't know the firs thing about marriage, or love, comedy, or acting, or cinematography, but it does have a few catchy tunes. Stacey's Proposal: We take what's sacred and holy and USE it. Something Borrowed: Marry Me Vol. 1 Something Blew: Josh...

Something Old: Josh's: Braveheart Skye's: Chocolat Something New: The Eyes of Tammy Faye Josh's Proposal: The Eyes of Tammy Faye can strangely paint a positive light on Christianity by pulling back the curtain on the weirdness and ugliness of it (16:10) Skye's Proposal: The Eyes of Tammy Faye is a profile of sincere hypocrisy that is surrounded by real hypocrisy Something Borrowed: French Friday:...

Something Old: Josh's: Delicatessen Skye's: Independence Day Something New: Don't Look Up Josh's Proposal: Don't Look Up is like a stereotypical Christian film where fans fall in love with the message and ignore the craft. Skye's Proposal: Don't Look Up reveals the decadence and despair in America in 2022. Something Borrowed: The Last Movie Ever made: The Don't Look Up podcast Something Blew: Josh...