Tune in as Arthur’s buddy Kailey hangs out on 2CC for a deep dive into Wednesday, the 2022 Netflix series that centers around Wednesday Addams—yes, the very same Wednesday of the morbidly eccentric Addams Family. Plenty of topics are discussed here, including a debate over the Love Triangle trope, the show‘s deliciously ruthless critique of … Continue reading #89 – Netflix’s Wednesday | Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (with Kailey)
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#88 – Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Directed by Rian Johnson (with Shawn Allred of Cheapseat Reviews)
Tune in as Shawn Allred (Cheapseat Reviews) drops by for a breakdown of Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, the 2022 whodunnit movie that serves as the sequel to 2019’s Knives Out. That’s right, master detective Benoit Blanc is now going from the wealthy Drysdale family to tech billionaire Miles Bron and his band … Continue reading #88 – Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Directed by Rian Johnson (with Shawn Allred of Cheapseat Reviews)
#86 – The Santa Clause | Directed by John Pasquin (with Misty Rose)
Tune in as my friend Misty Rose joins the show for the fourth and final episode of Christmas Month 2022, where we cover The Santa Clause, the 1994 Disney Christmas classic starring Tim Allen as a cynical dad who gets contractually roped into the legendary role of Santa Claus. A few of the included talking … Continue reading #86 – The Santa Clause | Directed by John Pasquin (with Misty Rose)
My 2 Cents on Apple TV+’s Spirited
Premise: "Imagine Charles Dickens' heartwarming tale of a scrooge visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve—but funnier." What's new, everyone? Yes, here is yet another adaptation of A Christmas Carol—this time, an Apple TV+ movie that puts its own modern musical spin on the Charles Dickens novel, with Ryan Reynolds playing the Scrooge-esque Clint Briggs … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Apple TV+’s Spirited
#76 – Disney+’s She-Hulk: Attorney At Law | Helmed by Jessica Gao and Kat Coiro (with Guy Bradford)
Tune in as returning guest Guy Bradford joins Arthur for a review and recap of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, the newest Marvel Cinematic Universe series to premiere on Disney+. With its sitcom format, meta comedy, and fourth-wall breaks, how did it fare at introducing viewers to Jennifer Walters, a single 30-something lawyer and cousin of … Continue reading #76 – Disney+’s She-Hulk: Attorney At Law | Helmed by Jessica Gao and Kat Coiro (with Guy Bradford)
My 2 Cents on Free Guy
What’s new, everyone? On February 23, Disney+ (courtesy of 20th Century Studios being absorbed into the Disney Machine) started streaming Free Guy, the 2021 action-adventure comedy starring Ryan Reynolds as Guy, the eponymous bank teller who lives out his naïve and happy-go-lucky life in a ridiculously violent—and yet oddly bloodless—city where it’s an everyday occurrence for … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Free Guy
2 Cents Critic Podcast – A Knight’s Tale | Directed by Brian Helgeland (with Shelby Schwieterman and Sam Frontera of The Rom Complex)
Tune in as Shelby Schwieterman and Sam Frontera (The Rom Complex) hang out on 2CC to cover the 2001 rock ‘n roll medieval sports adventure, A Knight’s Tale. They also chat about Nike product placement, the aural creativity of foley artists, and whether or not Rufus Sewell always plays villains (considering Arthur looked up The Man … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – A Knight’s Tale | Directed by Brian Helgeland (with Shelby Schwieterman and Sam Frontera of The Rom Complex)
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)
My 2 Cents on Disney+’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
What’s new, everyone? On December 3, Disney+ dropped a new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie—not a live-action adaptation of the heavily illustrated middle grade book series by Jeff Kinney, but an animated version this time around. It focuses on the series’s first book, which is also called Diary of a Wimpy Kid, as Greg Heffley (Brady Noon, … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Disney+’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
2 Cents Critic Podcast – Apple TV+‘s CODA | Directed by Siân Heder
Tune in for Arthur’s take on CODA, the heartwarming family film that centers around a teenage Child of Deaf Adults (CODA) whose singing ambition clashes with her lifelong charge as the interpreter for her hearing impaired parents and brother. Having made headlines when Apple bought it for $25 million at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – Apple TV+‘s CODA | Directed by Siân Heder
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