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  • Have You Seen: Godzilla (2014)

    Have You Seen: Godzilla (2014)
    2025/04/21
    In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.

    This week we revisit Godzilla from 2014, a kaiju monster film directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen and Ken Watanabe, about an American soldier attempts to return to his family while caught in the crossfire of an ancient rivalry between Godzilla and two parasitic monsters known as MUTOs.

    We talk about what captures our imagination when it comes to kaiju movies, the two types of kaiju movies, how the movie is all about family and how this movie provides the spectacle and creativity that is lacking from later movies in the Monsterverse franchise, and much more.

    Check out the video version here:
    https://youtu.be/Wl8-dD3ZVXU
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    40 分
  • Spoiler Review: Drop

    Spoiler Review: Drop
    2025/04/17
    This week we review and discuss Drop, a thriller movie directed by Christopher Landon and Meghann Fahy, Violett Beane and Brandon Sklenar, about a widowed mother receives threatening messages during her first date in years, which cause her to question her date and fear for her safety.

    We discuss our reaction to the movie's treatment of domestic violence, its use of blackmail as an allegory for domestic violence, whether Drop succeeds in creating the necessary suspense, and what we thought of the ending's reveal, and much more.

    Check out the video version:
    https://youtu.be/7CCOeaE-SoA

    0:00 Intro
    0:23 Best Recent Thing Watched
    4:56 Summary and Non-Spoiler Impressions
    9:59 Spoiler Discussion
    49:13 Conclusion and Ratings
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    52 分
  • Have You Seen: Cube (1997)

    Have You Seen: Cube (1997)
    2025/04/14
    In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.

    This week we revisit Cube from 1997, a science fiction horror film directed by Vincenzo Natali and starring Nicole de Boer, David Hewlett and Julian Richings, about seven individuals trapped in a bizarre and deadly labyrinth of cube-shaped rooms.

    We talk about the nostalgia some of us have for Cube, how when you discover a movie can impact how you view it, how the Cube is an allegory for something but we're not sure what, and how Cube's sequels have failed to appeal to audiences despite trying to expand the scope and lore of the franchise.

    Check out the video version here:
    https://youtu.be/qihqDRfE1rk
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    38 分
  • Spoiler Review: Death of a Unicorn

    Spoiler Review: Death of a Unicorn
    2025/04/10
    This week we review and discuss Death of a Unicorn, a horror comedy movie directed by Alex Scharfman and startring Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega and Tea Leoni, about a father and his daughter who accidentally kill a unicorn, causing them to be hunted down by its parents.

    We discuss our reaction to the movie's handling of themes such as privilege and healthcare, why this movie has received a bad to mixed reception, why it tries to do too much at once and ends up doing nothing at all despite an original and intriguing premise, and much more.

    0:00 Intro
    0:16 Best Recent Thing Watched
    4:40 Summary and Non-Spoiler Impressions
    10:35 Spoiler Discussion
    48:42 Conclusion and Ratings

    You can see the video review here:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqx8Oq8Zngc
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    50 分
  • Have You Seen: Paycheck (2003)

    Have You Seen: Paycheck (2003)
    2025/04/07
    In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.

    This week we revisit Paycheck from 2003, a science fiction film directed by John Woo and starring Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart and Uma Thurman, about an engineer who after completing a project finds out that before having his memory erased he waived his life altering paycheck.

    We talk about how Paycheck has a promising start with an intriguing mystery but degenerates into generic action towards the end but why we still think the movie's abysmal reputation is exaggerated, and much more.

    You can also find the video version of this conversation here:
    https://youtu.be/f5ruxjixxJc
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    34 分
  • Spoiler Review: The Woman In The Yard

    Spoiler Review: The Woman In The Yard
    2025/04/03
    This week we review and discuss The Woman in the Yard, a psychological horror movie directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili and Russell Hornsby, about a widowed single mother who was disabled after a car accident that killed her husband, when a mysterious woman draped in black appears in the front yard, claiming that "Today's the day".

    We discuss our reaction to the movie's handling of its themes of grief and trauma, why The Woman in the Yard handled its subject matter better than trauma focused horror movies of recent months, why the movie was widely ignored by audiences, and we try to explain the ending, Ramona's journey and what even is real in this movie.

    Check out the video review on our Youtube channel:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btjy2D--LUE&
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    57 分
  • Have You Seen: Evolution (2001)

    Have You Seen: Evolution (2001)
    2025/03/31
    In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.

    This week we revisit Evolution from 2001, a science fiction comedy directed by Ivan Reitman and starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones and Julianne Moore, about a group of scientists who investigate a meteor crash in Arizona, only to discover that it harbors rapidly evolving extraterrestrial life forms.

    We talk about how Evolution's creature effects hold up despite being more than 20 year old CGI, why this movie is an example of the lost art of movies you can just have a good time with, why it is a feelgood movie that doesn't get made much anymore, and much more.
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    39 分
  • Spoiler Review: The Alto Knights

    Spoiler Review: The Alto Knights
    2025/03/27
    This week we review and discuss The Alto Knights, a biographical cime drama film directed by Barry Levinson starring Robert DeNiro, Robert DeNiro and Debra Messing, about the rivalry of two mob bosses as one tries to retire from a life of crime and the other tries to make a name for himself.

    We discuss whether the movie's nonlinear storytelling worked for us and why the ending is by far the best part, how it stacks up against other crime movies about the mob, whether DeNiro's dual performance worked for us, and much more.

    0:00 Intro
    0:18 Best Recent Thing Watched
    4:36 Summary and Non-Spoiler Impressions
    9:29 Spoiler Discussion
    44:24 Conclusion and Ratings
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    47 分