BLUF: Venom 2 is a movie that contains characters and traces of plot threads that were found in the first movie. If this stunningly marginal narrative technique sounds exciting, you just might like this movie. The first Venom was a pleasant surprise, in that it...
LAMB dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson, starring Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson María and Ingvar are sheep farmers in Iceland, stuck in both a rut and a one-sided loveless marriage as each day of tending to the sheep rolls into the next. Upon...
NO TIME TO DIE dir. Cary Joji Fukanaga, starring Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux, Rami Malek, Ralph Finnes, et al BOND IS BACK. James Bond, the suave secret agent with a license to kill, has been a mostly consistent staple in the action franchise dating back...
THE DARJEELING LIMITED dir. Wes Anderson, starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman The Darjeeling Limited, the fifth outing from director Wes Anderson, covers a trio of estranged brothers on a spiritual train ride through India after their father’s death. The brother’s journey (both physical...
THE DARJEELING LIMITED dir. Wes Anderson, starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman The Darjeeling Limited, the fifth outing from director Wes Anderson, covers a trio of estranged brothers on a spiritual train ride through India after their father's death. The brother's journey (both physical and metaphorical),...
THE LIFE AQUATIC W/STEVE ZISSOU dir. Wes Anderson, starring Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Houston, Willem DaFoe, et. al The year is 2004 and Wes Anderson is about to unveil his fourth feature film. The financial success of The Royal Tenenbaums – his highest grossing feature until...
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS dir. Wes Anderson, starring Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Danny Glover, Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, et. al The Royal Tenenbaums became my favorite movie before I even saw it. Between its perfect mini movie poster that I clipped from the pages of Entertainment Weekly and taped to...
Poprika host Seed reviews the latest A24 film, Lamb. https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/lamb-review?si=425704ec3ca14696ac4279c6ce5b07bf ...
Poprika host Seed reviews the latest Bond film, No Time to Die. https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/no-time-to-die-review?si=425704ec3ca14696ac4279c6ce5b07bf ...
The Nerds Shall Inherit the Earth: Wes Anderson's Coming of Age 'Rushmore' The impact of Wes Anderson's sophomore feature film on the coming-of-age genre cannot be overstated enough. One needs only to look at the genre before Rushmore came out in 1998, though, to see how...
BOTTLE ROCKET dir. Wes Anderson, starring Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, James Caan Bottle Rocket, the 1996 crime comedy starring the Wilson brothers and directed by Wes Anderson marked the coming of one of Hollywood's most confident directors as well as a pair of comedic actors that have...
THE BLAZING WORLD dir. Carlson Young, starring Carlson Young, Udo Kier, Dermot Mulroney The Blazing World, the fantasy thriller from writer/director Carlson Young, opens on the unfortunate drowning of a young girl while her parents and twin sister are distracted. Years later, Margaret, the surviving twin sister,...
NO TIME TO DIE dir. Cary Joji Fukanaga, starring Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux, Rami Malek, Ralph Finnes, et al BOND IS BACK. James Bond, the suave secret agent with a license to kill, has been a mostly consistent staple in the action franchise dating back to 1962's...
