The Strange Harbors Podcast

Verse-jump into the most fun you'll have at the movies this year. Exploding intimate family drama into a multiverse-hopping, martial arts, sci-fi epic, Everything Everywhere All at Once is a blast of inventive genre fiction. We talk its zany creativity, its kinetic action, and the themes at the movie's heart.

With the news of Bruce Willis' retirement from acting, we're diving deep into the venerated actor's storied career. We discuss hits and misses, his place in the action star pantheon, and of course, our personal favorite Bruce Willis movies. Join us as we say farewell to a legend.

Who won big at the Oscars and who went home empty handed? We discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of the 94th annual Academy Awards, and of course, the big slap at the center of it all.

With bloody slasher mayhem unspooling on a porn set, Ti West’s latest slice of brutality, X, brings the nudity and gore, but underneath its vintage horror pastiche lies a sex-positive, beating heart that examines the cutting power of jealousy and the unforgiving cruelty of time. What did we think of this throwback slasher? Tune in and find out!

Within the glut of modern superhero fiction on the big screen, Matt Reeves’ The Batman is a stylish, revitalizing tonic. A coming-of-age story grafted onto a pitch-black noir, the film plants the seeds for The World’s Greatest Detective and strikes at the beating hearts of Batman, the Waynes, and Gotham City. How does the latest Caped Crusader stack up within the character's storied history of fil...

Leave it to Steven Spielberg to spin a stage-to-screen retread into dazzling, cinematic gold. 2021’s West Side Story wisely retains its original orchestrations while injecting depth into its conflicts and modern verve into its visuals, mining multiple star-making performances out of its sprawling cast. This week, we discuss Spielberg's legendary filmography as well as his latest, and his very firs...

With his latest film Kimi, Steven Soderbergh appropriates the inelegance of pandemic dramas and tech gimmicks to craft a crackling paranoid thriller. On this week's episode we discuss the experimental filmmaker's filmography, his latest film, and the merits and pitfalls of pandemic filmmaking. What did we all think of Kimi? Tune in and find out.

This week, we're discussing two completely unrelated topics: the recently revealed Oscar nominations, and the cult horror favorite, David Prior's under-the-radar The Empty Man, which is now streaming on HBO Max. We dive into Oscar surprises and snubs, and then a full review of the chilling secrets and ontological dread of The Empty Man.

Guillermo del Toro's gorgeously bleak remake of the 1947 noir, Nightmare Alley, is now streaming on HBO Max and Hulu. This week, we discuss the famed director's filmography and his latest journey into darkness, which stars Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, and Toni Collette.

This week, we're talking Peacemaker, James Gunn's HBO Max spinoff of last year's The Suicide Squad, starring John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Jennifer Holland, and Steve Agee. We dive right into its blast of an opening credits, its sick sense of humor, and the weird state of the DC Comics canon. Tune in!

Yellowjackets is the buzziest show on TV that has taken the Internet by storm. Showtime's genre mashup that crosses Lost with Lord of the Flies is part survival epic, part psychological horror story, and part coming-of-age drama. Tune in as we recap and recount the entire first season with theories looking forward and the theories that didn't pan out.

Last week, we took a look at some of our favorite movies and shows from 2021. Now, we're looking forward. Join us as we go through our most anticipated movies and series coming in 2022. From new Martin Scorsese to new Robert Eggers to a ton of returning franchises and sequels, 2022 is looking to be jam-packed year.

2021. Another year down, COVID is still raging, and things are looking pretty grim for movie theaters out there. The pandemic has transformed the cinematic landscape into a tempest of uncertainty, with only the most gargantuan of tentpoles being sure things at the box office. But just because profitability is scarce doesn’t mean movies are dead. Just to name a few gems, this year saw lush Arthuria...

The final episode of 2021! This week, we talk about Lana Wachowski's divisive sci-fi romance, The Matrix Resurrections, which finds Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss returning for a fourth installment. A strange film that is most likely not what you would expect from a sequel to one of the best films of the last three decades, The Matrix Resurrections contains multitudes and multitudes of layers....

The biggest movie of the year, Marvel's Spider-Man: No Way Home, is finally here. Tom Holland's third solo outing as the web-slinger has built up an unbelievable amount of hype. Does the movie, with its slew of villains and surprise guests, live up to the hype? We discuss the film, what it means to be Spider-Man, and the future of the franchise.

Long-delayed and eagerly anticipated, Paul Verhoeven’s incisive take on “nunsploitation” is finally here. There will be many to point out Benedetta's racy sex scenes and its high lesbian camp, but the film is so much more than that. This week, we discuss Verhoeven's filmography, his latest sprawling satire, and its abundance of themes.

Welcome to the Ridley Scott Power Hour, a jam-packed episode in which we talk about the esteemed director's filmography and dive deep into the two films he's made this year: House of Gucci and The Last Duel. We review the films and discuss their themes, their performances, and the unique controversies surrounding each. Tune in!

Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving holiday! This week, we're back discussing Marvel's latest Disney Plus series, Hawkeye, starring Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop and Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton. What did we think of the front half of this street-level romp? Who's the big villain teased in the third episode? Tune in and find out!

One of the most anticipated films - and one of the most anticipated performances - of the year is here in the form of Pablo Larraín's Spencer, starring Kristen Stewart as Diana, Princess of Wales. This week, we discuss this psychological horror film disguised as a biopic, the searing performance at its center, and Princess Diana herself.

This week, we're discussing Chloé Zhao's foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe: the sprawling, messy, and oh-so-divisive Eternals. An overlong epic that attempts to balance Zhao's humanist themes with Jack Kirby's cosmic corner of Marvel, Eternals is a fascinating film trying to do a lot of things. Is it successful? Tune in and find out.

For our 100th episode, we're discussing Edgar Wright's latest film, Last Night in Soho. Perhaps his most earnest narrative yet, Wright tackles psychological horror with a straight face. Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy star in this time-bending murder mystery. How does the esteemed director fare without his trademark humor and his signature cheekiness? Tune in and find out!

It's finally here! The long-awaited, long-delayed adaptation of Frank Herbert's seminal sci-fi novel, Dune is gracing the silver screen. With its tome of lore and multitude of themes, Dune has long been viewed as "unfilmable" and "unadaptable." How does Denis Villeneuve's vision translate this influential epic? Does it finally break the Dune curse? Tune in and find out.

This week, we bid a fond farewell to Daniel Craig as James Bond. Craig's fifth and final appearance as 007, we reminisce about the franchise and the Bonds of yore, while also diving deep into Cary Joji Fukunaga's No Time to Die. How does the film fare in the shadow of Spectre? Where does it rank among all the Craig Bonds? Tune in and find out!

This week, we're discussing the newly christened Palme d'Or winner, Titane. A film that contains multitudes, Julia Ducournau’s followup to 2016’s Raw navigates the horrorscapes of the New Flesh, exploring gender, sex, violence, and the enveloping desire for human connection. It's the wildest movie of 2021, with some of the year's best performances.

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