Tune in as Dustin Holden (Dustin Can Read & Watch and The Rewatch Recap) visits the show for a discussion on Klaus, the 2019 Netflix Christmas movie starring Jason Schwartzman and J.K. Simmons in a Santa Claus origin story that’s set in 19th-century Norway. Similarities between Klaus and The Nightmare Before Christmas, themes of selfishness … Continue reading #84 – Netflix’s Klaus | Directed by Sergio Pablos (with Dustin Holden of Dustin Can Read & Watch and The Rewatch Recap)
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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
#56 – Disney+’s Moon Knight | Helmed by Jeremy Slater and Mohamed Diab (with Guy Bradford)
Tune in as comedian Guy Bradford returns to the show for a conversation about Moon Knight, the six-episode Marvel Cinematic Universe series that ran on Disney+ from March 30th to May 4th. As part of Phase 4 of the MCU, it adopts quite the dark, almost psychological thriller-esque mood in comparison to the rest of … Continue reading #56 – Disney+’s Moon Knight | Helmed by Jeremy Slater and Mohamed Diab (with Guy Bradford)
My 2 Cents on Disney+’s Moon Knight
What’s new, everyone? Moon Knight, the first Marvel Cinematic Universe series to stream on Disney+ in 2022, has finally aired all six of its episodes after having premiered on March 30th. Inspired by the 2016 Moon Knight comic run written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Greg Smallwood, it starts off by revolving around mild-mannered Steven … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Disney+’s Moon Knight
My 2 Cents on Hulu’s The Dropout
What’s new, everyone? The life of Elizabeth Holmes is a topic I’ve found to be fascinating over the past couple years. Having founded the tech startup Theranos (the name was coined as a combination of “therapy” and “diagnosis”) in 2003 at 19 years old after dropping out of Stanford, Holmes was seen by the public … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Hulu’s The Dropout
My 2 Cents on Disney+’s The Book of Boba Fett
(SPOILER ALERT: this review will cover a spoilery detail for Chapters 5 and 6 of The Book of Boba Fett. While you probably know what this detail is and I don’t write too deeply about it to make it that spoiler-heavy, I still want to throw up a warning for viewers who’ve managed to avoid all … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Disney+’s The Book of Boba Fett
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 – 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 – 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)
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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