MARIA is Angelina Jolie's Best Performance - Review

Ewan and Kevin review the third entry in Pablo Larraín's 'Woman' trilogy with Maria starring Angelina Jolie, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Kodi Smit-McPhee & Valeria Golino.

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1977: Maria Callas, once the world's greatest opera diva, lives in seclusion in Paris with her staff and her two poodles. Her health is getting worse and worse. Then she receives a request to go on tour again. Will La Callas sing again? And if so, for whom?

203 - Megalopolis is Finally Here...

Ewan and Lachlan discuss the most controversial movie of the year: Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis. They talk about the trailers for the second season of The Last of Us, Moana 2, Ryan Coogler's Sinner, and the John Wick spin-off Ballerina. Ewan watched Sing Sing, Will & Harper, The Perfect Couple & Rosemary's Baby, and Lachlan watched Bram Stoker's Dracula and Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker.

202 - The Substance, Lionsgate & AI, and Netflix Geeked Week

Ewan and Lachlan talk Emmies, lineups for the film festivals in Zurich & Gent, and the trailers for Mickey17, Blitz, and Brothers. Ewan got reviews for The Penguin, Agatha All Along, Transformers One, Wolfs, The Wild Robot & Rebel Ridge and Lachlan has thoughts on Lionsgate usage of Generative AI. Finally, they review the disgusting (complimentary) instant horror classic The Substance with Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley.

I SAW THE TV GLOW Is a Work of Art

Ewan and Lachlan are back - well Ewan is at least as Lachlan suffers from an expected audio & video issue for the first 30 minutes of the podcast. While we stare at Lachlan's enraged face mad at his external drive, they chat about the Nintendo Direct that announced new games for The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, and Metroid. They discuss the recent success of Inside Out at the box office, a new Richard Linklater film, and a $300 Mio film from the Russo Brothers. After discussing the trailer for Smile 2, A Real Pain, The Front Room, and The Penguin they talk about the ongoing disappointment of The Acolyte and the successful start of the fourth season of The Boys and the second season of House of the Dragon. Finally, after Ewan shares his thoughts on I Used to Be Funny, Fancy Dance, and The Beast, the two discuss Jane Schoenbrun's sophomore feature film I Saw the TV Glow.

INSIDE OUT 2 Just BROKE the Box Office

Ewan and Lachlan talk about Sony acquiring Alama Draft House, a revived Game of Thrones spin-off series, Zack Synder's Director's Cut for Rebel Moon, and the trailers for Arcane Season 2, The Wild Robot and Paddington in Peru. Lachlan shows us an exciting new steel book and Ewan shares his thoughts on The Boys Season 4 and the first four episodes of season 2 of House of the Dragon. He talks about Boy Boys: Ride or Die, Am I Ok?, I Saw the TV Glow, and what he watched at the Annecy Animation Film Festival. Finally, the Pixar trademark 'what if 'blank' had emotions' gets another entry with Inside Out 2, and they discuss if this is a return to form for Pixar.

Why HIT MAN Shouldn't Be On Netflix.

In a news-heavy episode, Ewan and Lachlan discuss the trailers for Venom 3, MaXXXine, Alien: Romulus, and Pharrell's Lego biopic Piece By Piece. They also cover the new Star Wars series The Acolyte, Godzilla Minus One, Poolman, The Watchers, and The Last Stop in Yuma County. Bridging the gap between movies and games, they highlight the key moments from Summer Game Fest and review the week's casting news. Finally, they discuss Ewan's favorite film of the year, Richard Linklater's Hit Man, starring Glen 'Movie Star' Powell.

POOR THINGS is Seductively Enthralling Cinema

Ewan and Lachlan talk about the Oscar Shortlists, their end-of-the-year watchlists, and the worst films of the year. Ewan caught The Iron Claw and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the final movie of the DC Extended Universe. Finally, they share their in-depth thoughts on one of the best movies of the year: Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things.

MAY DECEMBER is Deliciously Awkward

It's that time of the year when the films that premiered at Cannes finally release for all audiences worldwide and among them is this week's movie May December. Ewan shares his love for Todd Haynes filmmaking while Lachlan loved the movie more for its technical achievements rather than narrative ones. Ewan also caught some Christmas-themed movies like The Holdovers and «It's a Wonderful Knife» and they both sat through the horrible Family Switch, why? - they still don't know. Lachlan (re)watched a couple more Ridley Scott movies including Thelma & Louise and Gladiator and is very excited for the live-action Fallout series that just premiered its first trailer. Finally, Furiosa, The Boys Season 4, and House of the Dragon Season 2 all premiered their first trailers this week.

is BEAU IS AFRAID Ari Aster's Best or Worst Movie? - 135

Ewan and Lachlan discuss one of their most anticipated films of the year with Ari Aster's third directorial feature Beau is Afraid as well as the disappointing third season of The Mandalorian. Ewan watched the AppleTV+ movie Ghosted, the Amazon Prime show Dead Ringers, the Anime-Film Suzume, and other new releases. Lachlan made the most out of being sick and watched a ton of Succession, Ted Lasso, and BEEF.

THE LAST OF US Season 1 Review & Shazam 2's Box Office Flop - 130

Ewan and Lachlan share their spoiler thoughts on The Last of Us Season 1 and theorize how future seasons will be adapted. With a plethora of news this week, they discuss casting news on Twisters and Gladiator 2 and the trailers for The Little Mermaid, and Joy Ride. As well as the canceled $150 Mio Rom Com from Nancy Meyers and Guillermo del Toro's Dr. Frankenstein. Finally, brief and underwhelmed they share their thoughts on Shazam: Fury of the Gods.

White Noise and Golden Globes Recap - 122

Ewan and Lachlan talk about Noah Baumbach's WHITE NOISE a novel adaptation of Don DeLillo's story of the same name. Ewan watched some 2023 films like PLANE, OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE, and the Oscar Animated Shortlisted film Ice Merchants and Lachlan continued his Yellowstone binge and started Copenhagen Cowboy.

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