Welcome to the final phase of the inaugural Golden Spoon Awards, where we put the “good” in “so bad it’s good” and celebrate the best of the year’s worst! First of all, if you have arrived at this post and have no idea what’s going on, catch yourself up here and here. Second, I must once again heartily thank everyone who nominated films for and voted in the Golden Spoon […]
First, a tremendous THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to nominate movies, performances, and more for the Golden Spoon Awards. Some of you did so immediately and enthusiastically, some of you did so after a whole lot of begging and cajoling, but the point is you all made this possible. A huge variety of films received nominations, and some of these were also accompanied by amusing commentary. And […]
Hollywood has been battling nightmarish politics with goofy antics for just about as long as cinema has existed. Hell, even the Third Reich inspired its share of comedy classics—not merely decades later (as in, say, The Producers’ deliberately ludicrous “Springtime for Hitler” production number), but while World War II was still very much in progress. Charlie Chaplin ridiculed Hitler in 1940’s The Great Dictator, before the United States had even […]
There are things in Thor: Love and Thunder – the fourth movie to exclusively focus on the Marvel Comics version of the Norse god Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth, who thus becomes the first individual character to headline a tetralogy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – that are pretty damn good. And conversely, there are things in Thor: Love and Thunder that are pretty damn bad. It is, in fact, […]
I have nothing but scorn for the full title Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), which I will only henceforth refer to as Birds of Prey in the interest of bringing this review in under 3000 words,* but credit where credit’s due, it’s unquestionably right for the movie it’s attached to. It’s extremely fucking eager to impress upon you with how quirky and zany and […]
If you’re into dark alternate origin stories, you might be pretty psyched to see Todd Phillips’ Joker with the most 2020 Oscar nominations at 11 nods including best picture, best director, and best actor. You’ll also see some love for a few of my favorites, Little Women and Jojo Rabbit, along with Marriage Story, The Irishman, Parasite, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and more. Scarlett Johansson in particular had […]
The Oscar nominations are upon us, and I would hate myself if I didn’t register my official predictions for what I expect to be nominated on the morning of Monday, 13 January. PICTURE 1917 The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story Once Upon a Time …in Hollywood Parasite I am formally predicting only the above eight films. If there is a ninth nominee, I expect it to be: […]
To help fill the void in your weekly listening, Carrie and Rob are bringing you Weeklies – a review of the last 7-days of movie new…with a twist! Rob has gathered all the 10 best pieces of movie news and Carrie will only be able to pick 5 The New Mutants Trailer ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Loses Director Scott Derrickson Next ‘Mission: Impossible’ Movies Cast Nicholas Hoult […]
Movie awards shows always seem on the brink of extinction, at least as televised viewing. Non-comedian Millennial hosts, no hosts, format changes — nothing ever seems to make it that much different from previous years. Despite the forever ancient music, bored-as-hell hosts, and general sameness of it all, I always get pulled back in for a watch, though usually with less awe and more snark. Come with me as we […]
In 1971, actor and perilously cool individual Steve McQueen willed into existence a film about the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the most important event in international sport car racing; it is titled simply Le Mans, and it is, equally simply, one of the great race movies in history. It is mercilessly clean, focusing intently on the physicality of racing, capturing astonishing images from the heart of the face, and […]
In this video of Carrie and Rob’s Ford v Ferrari movie review, they discuss the highs and lows in a film that tells a story almost too amazing to be true following Carroll Shelby (played by Matt Damon) and his eccentric British race car driving friend, Ken Miles (played by Christian Bale) as they try to take-on Ferrari in the 1966 Le Mans… with a Ford car. In addition, a […]
If you were to pack in as many dramatic elements into a fictional retelling as Ford v Ferrari did in their true life-based narrative, I’d say it would have just too much going on. But as is usually the case in real life, you just can’t make this stuff up. Which elements of the story are based on reality and which are purely there to add some drama? I investigated […]
