Ewan and Lachlan revisited Ridley Scott's filmography and rewatched 16 of his most popular and critically acclaimed films including the following films: Alien, Thelma & Louise, and Blade Runner. Gladiator, American Gangster, The Duellists, The Last Duel, The Martian, Black Hawk Down, House of Gucci, Prometheus, Hannibal, Alien: Covenant, Robin Hood, Kingdom of Heaven &Exodus Gods and Kings. What's your favorite?
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.
The Wonderfully Whimsical World of WONKA
Ewan and Lachlan talk about the trailers for Dune Part II, Alex Garland's Civil War, John Krasinski's IF, and Kung Fu Panda 4 as well as the most anticipated films of 2024. A24 is in the news with the casting of Dwayne Johnson and a movie adaption of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding game. Ewan watched the new Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Migration, and the two Paddington movies in preparation for the main review of Paul King's Wonka with Timothée Chalamet.
THE BOY AND THE HERON is Hauntingly Mesmerizing
Ewan and Lachlan discuss Hayao Miyazaki's Potentially Final Movie The Boy and the Heron and discuss Studio Ghibli's future without their iconic filmmakers. They watched the trailer for Godzilla x Kong: A New Empire and Lachlan caught Godzilla Minus One in theaters. He also got to see Poor Things at a preview screening and watched three of Ridley Scott's best movies. Ewan watched Leave the World Behind, Silent Night, and Manodrome.
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.