Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Written by Zoe Kazan Starring Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Elliott Gould, Deborah Ann Woll, Alia Shawkat, Steve Coogan, and Aasif Mandvi This fantasy rom-com boasts some smart things to say about the male entitlement that drives this story forward underneath a Nice Guy exterior. My mom had seen this when I was … Continue reading Review of Ruby Sparks
Written and directed by Makoto Shinkai Starring Hisako Kanemoto, Kazuhiko Inoue, Miyu Irino, Rina Hidaka, Fumiko Orikasa, Sumi Shimamoto, Junko Takeuchi, Kanae Itou, and Tamio Ohki This touching and sorrowful tale proves to be a compelling entry in Makoto Shinkai’s oeuvre while being evocative of Studio Ghibli’s work. It’s interesting to go through reviews for this and see just how many people accuse it of … Continue reading Review of Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Stew is joined by Daddy Warbux of the Oily Trash Movies show to discuss the original Conan outing, one of the movies that transformed Arnold Schwarzenegger into the mega star he would become! For more from Oily Trash Movies, click HERE! Continue reading Episode 101: Conan The Barbarian (1982)
I went into “Marvel the Shell With Shoes On” expecting basically just a long form of his numerous YouTube videos. What I found was a deeply moving, often funny, sometimes tearjerkingly sad, masterpiece of a story. Marcel lives alone with his grandmother after an incident caused the rest of his family and neighbors to vanish one evening. The two share a house and soon find … Continue reading Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (2021)
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