Power of the Dog Podcast Review
Poprika host Seed reviews the latest Netflix drama, Power of the Dog. https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/power-of-the-dog-review?si=ea60b7083f754d30a9afd61ed994ff3a ...
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Nov
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Nov
Spencer Podcast Review
Poprika host Seed reviews Spencer. https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/spencer-review?si=ea60b7083f754d30a9afd61ed994ff3a ...
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Nov
Dune review by Jim Washburn
BLUF: Utterly fantastic, next-level science fiction; among the best literary adaptations ever. Everyone involved brought their A-game and have created a masterpiece. Denis Villeneuve has methodically constructed a consistently excellent film repertoire that seems to indicate that he had a singular goal: adapting Frank Herbert’s Dune....
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Nov
No Time to Die Review by Jim Washburn
BLUF: A terrific send-off to Daniel Craig’s tenure as James Bond, it manages to elevate his previous entries by addressing and/or tying off previous story threads, while also avoiding some potentially terrible cliché landmines. NOTE: I’ll be avoiding spoilers as much as possible. I’m going to get...
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Nov
The Cine-Men Scene 58: Not Quite Top 10 of 2021
Cine-Men hosts Douglas Davidson and Seed discuss movies they've seen recently, some of their favorites for the year that likely won't make their top 10 list, and the Cine-Men Challenge. https://soundcloud.com/poprika-podcast/the-cine-men-scene-58-not-quite-top-10-of-2021/s-iiJqjYfuNLA?si=4990f818e1c2434c98b5b94a15caa2e8 ...
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Nov
The Power of the Dog Review
THE POWER OF THE DOG dir. Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee The Power of the Dog, written, directed, and produced by Jane Campion, harkens back to a time when cowboys reigned supreme and the American West was a vast, naked, unsettled...
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Nov
Eternals Review by Jim Washburn
By Jim Washburn November 11, 2021 BLUF: Eternals is a radical departure from the MCU formula audiences are trained to expect. Whether or not you enjoy it will likely boil down to how much you enjoy a contemplative drama vice the standard sci-fi action-adventure. Chloe Zhao’s Eternals is...
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Nov
Passing Review
PASSING dir. Rebecca Hall, starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, and Andre Holland Based on the 1929 novel written by Nella Larsen, the term "passing" deals with African Americans of incredibly light skin tone and their ability to maneuver through Caucasian circles as one of their own. This...
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Nov
Nerdy for Thirty #27: Eternals
ETERNALS dir. Chloe Zhao, starring Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, et al Due to the events of Avengers: Endgame, the snap that brought about the return of half the universe's population kick starts the emergence: the awakening of a new Celestial, the gods of...
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Nov
Spencer Review
SPENCER dir. Pablo Larraín, starring Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sean Harris, and Sally Hawkins Spencer, the fictionalized story of Princess Diana's final straw leading her to divorce Prince Charles and leave the Royal Family, can be categorized as a drama, but plays more as a psychological horror...