Tune in for Top Ten Trail: 2021 Edition, the first retrospective event of its kind on 2CC in which Arthur ranks his top ten books, movies, and TV shows of the year. What polarizing Goodreads Choice Award winner turned into a Top Ten Book? How did a certain sci-fi neo-noir flick become a Top Ten … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – Top Ten Trail: 2021 Edition
Author: Arthur Howell
Hey everyone! As you can probably tell, I have plenty of appreciation for books, movies, and TV shows—enough that I'm willing to write up whole reviews for all of this media and spread the good (or bad) word about them to everyone else. You can find me doing the same thing over at my podcast, which is also called 2 Cents Critic, where I bring on a variety of special guests to help me do reviews and recaps of (you guessed it!) books, movies, and TV shows.
My 2 Cents on Reminiscence
What’s new, everyone? When the trailer for the science-fiction neo-noir thriller Reminiscence dropped back in June 2021, I thought it was one of the best cut trailers of the year. And then it had its release date of August 30 in theaters and on HBO Max, at which point critics tore into it. Now that I’ve had … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Reminiscence
My 2 Cents on Disney+’s Hawkeye
What’s new, everyone? The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s archery wizard is finally starring in his own Disney+ series, Hawkeye. Having premiered with two episodes on November 24 and aired the rest of the six episodes until it wrapped up on December 22, it’s based off of the 22-issue Hawkeye comic book run by Matt Fraction and David Aja, which … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Disney+’s Hawkeye
2 Cents Critic Podcast – Night at the Museum | Directed by Shawn Levy (with Arthur’s Mom)
Tune in as Arthur’s Mom returns for the third week in a row to cover Night at the Museum, the 2006 fantasy comedy in which struggling inventor and deadbeat dad Larry Daley becomes a night guard at the Museum of Natural History and learns the exhibits come to life at night thanks to the ancient … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – Night at the Museum | Directed by Shawn Levy (with Arthur’s Mom)
2 Cents Critic Podcast – The Polar Express | Directed by Robert Zemeckis (with Arthur’s Mom)
Tune in as Arthur’s Mom returns yet again to 2CC for a breakdown of The Polar Express, the 2004 animated Christmas movie adapted from Chris Van Allsburg’s 1985 picture book of the same name. The episode also covers morbid fan theories for TPE and other Christmas flicks, Arthur‘s surprisingly amenable attitude towards the notorious motion … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – The Polar Express | Directed by Robert Zemeckis (with Arthur’s Mom)
2 Cents Critic Podcast – Home Alone | Directed by Chris Columbus (with Arthur’s Mom)
Tune in as Arthur’s Mom returns to 2CC for a discussion on Home Alone, the 1990 Christmas classic whose third act could have expanded into its own feature-length home invasion thriller. The hosts also touch on the state of airport security pre-9/11, the possibility of magic granting Kevin’s wish, and never being too old to … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – Home Alone | Directed by Chris Columbus (with Arthur’s Mom)
2 Cents Critic Podcast – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Tune in for Arthur’s thoughts on The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo🌠, the 2017 fiction novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Daisy Jones & the Six) that follows 79-year-old Hollywood superstar Evelyn Hugo as she bares to amateur magazine reporter Monique Grant the joys, the agonies, and all the shades of gray in between that constitute … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
2 Cents Critic Podcast – Netflix’s Red Notice | Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber
Tune in for Arthur’s two cents on Netflix’s Red Notice, the high-flying heist flick that cost a whopping $200 million, making it the Big Red N’s most expensive original production to date. Additional side topics include the application of Last Action Hero logic to Red Notice, the ruthlessness of strangulation as a murder method, and … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – Netflix’s Red Notice | Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber
2 Cents Critic Podcast – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
Tune in for Arthur’s breakdown of the well-constructed flashbacks, the memorable fight scenes, the fleshed-out villainy, and more in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the 25th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the superhero franchise’s first entry to star a predominantly East Asian cast. https://open.spotify.com/episode/52svrglEQAW8sLojKC9jHG?si=KfsGtKWyQfOVi4WVynY3XQ
2 Cents Critic Podcast – Apple TV+’s Finch | Directed by Miguel Sapochnik (with Liam Gareau of Deep Feels)
Tune in as Liam Gareau (Deep Feels podcast) hangs out on the program to discuss Finch, the Apple TV+ flick that launches Tom Hanks, a dog, and a robot on a buddy road trip through a solar flare-ravaged world. Plus, the episode includes bonus bits like Arthur failing to recall that Hanks is a two-time … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – Apple TV+’s Finch | Directed by Miguel Sapochnik (with Liam Gareau of Deep Feels)
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