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Movie Breakdown: Dicks: The Musical

Pre-Screening Stance: I don’t believe I’m alone in thinking that Dicks: The Musical looks absolutely ridiculous (possibly in a good way). Here’s hoping it’s as funny as it is raunchy. Post-Screening Ramble: If you’re looking...

Movie Breakdown: Bottoms

Pre-Screening Stance: Bottoms stars Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri, and it’s from writer/director Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby). That’s a more than worthwhile mix, if you ask me. Post-Screening Ramble: I can confidently say that Bottoms...

Movie Breakdown: Blue Beetle

Pre-Screening Stance: Blue Beetle is not a movie I’ve managed to generate any excitement for whatsoever, but I also don’t think it looks terrible. So, maybe it’ll be a pleasant surprise. Post-Screening Ramble: In a...

Movie Breakdown: The Last Voyage Of The Demeter

Pre-Screening Stance: André Øvredal has directed some good movies – The Autopsy Of Jane Doe, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, Troll Hunter – but his last one, 2020’s Mortal, was particularly bad. Maybe...

Movie Breakdown: Talk To Me

Pre-Screening Stance: Talk To Me looks like it’s going to be awesome. Granted, this feeling of mine is largely driven by the really positive comments that have come out of its festival plays, but still,...

Movie Breakdown: Theater Camp

Pre-Screening Stance: Theater Camp has a great cast – Molly Gordon, Ayo Edebiri, Jimmy Tatro, etc. – and it looks like it’s going to be pretty funny. If it doesn’t work, I’ll just blame Ben...

Movie Breakdown: Oppenheimer

Pre-Screening Stance: I don’t think Christopher Nolan has a made a bad film yet, so of course I’m more than ready to see what he’s done with Oppenheimer. Post-Screening Ramble: I’ll need to see it...

Movie Breakdown: Barbie

Pre-Screening Stance: Barbie is seemingly most of the world’s most anticipated film of 2023. For me, it’s definitely way, way up there, but when any movie has a hype train off the rails and marketing...