Thursday, December 27, 2018
12. Roma (2018)
Alfonso Cuaron's 'Roma': if you've seen it, you know why the film has received unanimous critical acclaim, with reviewers calling it "achingly beautif...
Thursday, December 20, 2018
11. The Favourite (2018)
Yorgos Lanthimos' aptly-named new film 'The Favourite' is gorging on every awards nomination like The Queen attacking a cake. Our intellectual discuss...
Thursday, December 13, 2018
10. Widows (2018)
'Widows' failed to make much of a mark at the box office. Critical acclaim hasn't YET translated into Awards Season loot, with so far only an ensemble...
Thursday, December 6, 2018
9. Monkey Shines (1988)
An athlete is rendered a paraplegic through a devastating jogging accident. A trained helper monkey arrives as his live-in assistant. A well-meaning...
Thursday, November 29, 2018
8. The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Is the new Coen Brothers movie the best Western of all time? Or is it more like FOR the Best Western Hotel chain? We root around in the prairie dust,...
Thursday, November 22, 2018
7. Disney's The Parent Trap (1998)
"White-lady aspirational materialism and a special kind of empty that feels warm", is the beating heart at the center of Nancy Meyers movies, says our...
Thursday, November 15, 2018
6. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Is 'Bohemian Rhapsody' the Biopic that Freddy Mercury and Queen deserve? More urgently, is "I Love My Car" to this movie what "Why Did You Do That" is...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Bonus: Excelsior, Stan Lee
BONUS EPISODE! It's hard to capture in words the scope of the effect that Stan Lee had on the world of pop culture, or on the emotional development of...
Thursday, November 8, 2018
5. Superman II (1980)
1978's SUPERMAN is one of the most beloved superhero movies ever made and Christopher Reeve is THE iconic Superman. How, then, did SUPERMAN II turn in...
Thursday, November 1, 2018
4. A Star Is Born (2018)
Show Biz, Man...it's a bitch, and the drugs only work until they don't. SPOILER ALERT if you haven't seen ASIB, or fed the dog a steak lately. Loose...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Bonus: The French Connection (2018)
BONUS EPISODE! Not the movie THE FRENCH CONNECTION (which is great) but France-related material that came up when we tried to record about A STAR IS B...
Thursday, October 25, 2018
3. Pumpkinhead (1988)
In this week's SCAAARRRY Halloween episode, the fellas give their souls over to the directorial debut of legendary special-effects man Stan Winston: t...