107. Don't Look Up (2021)

107. Don't Look Up (2021)

I admit to having a few deep-seated biases when it comes to writer-directors whose work doesn't speak to me. Two of them have names that rhyme with Karen Zhorkin and Badham McWay. This is neither here nor there with regard to anything but it makes for an interesting viewing experience when I need to TRY and put those biases on the shelf in order to watch something like 'Don't Look Up', which has become enough of a streaming success on Netflix (if we trust their metrics) to merit inclusion on any list of the most successful films of 2021 and 2022. In this episode I unpack my bias against the "serious" films of Adam McKay ('Vice' and 'The Big Short') and see if 'Don't Look Up', a star-laden vehicle, can elevate beyond my petty concerns, reach into my cranial and cardiac areas and MOVE ME or if my biases are like a comet hurtling towards the objectivity required to absorb it all.

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286. 'The Times of Harvey Milk' (1984)

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285. 'Misery' Commentary Track

285. 'Misery' Commentary Track

Watch-along by pressing play when I say, or simply enjoy the auditory delights of listening to me comment along with 'Misery' and fill in the anecdotes, line readings, thoughts and questions that aris...

26 Maj 1h 48min

284. Movies I've Never Seen: 'Misery' (1990)

284. Movies I've Never Seen: 'Misery' (1990)

Yeah, so I never saw 'Misery'.  Did I miss anything? Find out in this breezy, bubbly, downright Liberace-esque episode, where, in an admittedly hacky concept, I watch a movie I've never seen and then ...

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283. 'Dog Day Afternoon' (1975) Part 2: The Real Story

283. 'Dog Day Afternoon' (1975) Part 2: The Real Story

In the second of my two-parter on Dog Day Afternoon, we get out of the fictional universe of the film and explore the real people behind the characters shown onscreen. John Wojtowicz' life proved trul...

12 Maj 1h 49min

282. 'Dog Day Afternoon' (1975) Part 1: The Film

282. 'Dog Day Afternoon' (1975) Part 1: The Film

Sidney Lumet's 1975 masterpiece of naturalistic filmmaking is many things: a bank robbery procedural, a time capsule of 1970's NYC political and economic movements, a groundbreaking cinematic portraya...

12 Maj 1h 45min

281. [Indistinct Chatter] 5/8

281. [Indistinct Chatter] 5/8

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8 Maj 40min

280. Sacred Cows: The Star Wars Films

280. Sacred Cows: The Star Wars Films

In the second of my infrequently recurring series, Sacred Cows, I'm taking a look anew at Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.

5 Maj 1h 16min

279. 'Miami Vice' (2006)

279. 'Miami Vice' (2006)

Wrapping up the South Beach sojurn into the world of Miami Vice (at least until the Michael B Jordan/Austin Butler film 'Miami Vice 85' comes out next year) with a revisit of Michael Mann's 2006 film....

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