KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON dir. Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert DeNiro, et. al Killers of the Flower Moon tells the story of the brutal murders behind white settlers’ attempted dispossession of an Osage family’s Oklahoma lands, under which lay some of...
Cine-Men hosts Douglas Davidson and Seed are joined by esteemed guest Marya Gates to discuss the origins of Noirvember as well as some of their favorite film noirs.
THE MARVELS dir. Nia DaCosta, starring Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris, Zawe Ashton and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. However, unintended consequences see...
In the final draft of Poprika, host Seed is joined by the original contestants to for a draft topic decided on the spot with zero time for preparation!
REFRIED SCENES IS BACK! Hosts Carol Cowles and the Mighty Mia Davis discuss the 1978 Death on the Nile directed by John Guillermin and its 2022 remake directed by Kenneth Branagh. Refried Scenes is hosted by Carol Cowles and Mia Davis
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....
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Poprika host Seed is joined by draft veterans Pete Lents, Jermone Jackson, and Brian Martin to see who can draft the best list of MCU Avengers to do battle against their villains! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWTziJvyKQE ...
