Tag: drama

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Episode 388: Nyad

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Aaron White.

With fantastic energy, a rousing Alexandre Desplat score, two incredible central performances, and nifty documentary-esque use of archival footage/audio by the first-time narrative directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Diana Nyad’s remarkable story of swimming from Cuba to Florida in her 60s is told. It’s the kind of extreme sports, crowd-pleasing, inspirational biopic formula that is focused on the individual more than the accomplishment in a way we love.

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FF+ Priscilla

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Aaron White.

Coppola’s exquisite filmmaking style and intimate approach to this rather uneasy and abusive romance shows us the non-tabloid side of the iconic pairing’s relationship. From the very start it feels like a romantic horror, such a unique and unsettling experience. Showing Priscilla’s all too relatable story from a female perspective can be very meaningful, even for those not in a relationship with a mega-famous wealthy superstar.

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Music: Upbeat Party – Scott Holmes Music

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Episode 387: Killers of the Flower Moon

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Aaron White.

Scorsese’s impressive (and long) adaptation of Grann’s non-fiction account is an engaging crime story that highlights an insidious historical injustice and encourages reflection. A stronger focus on the Osage people as something other than victims and some toned down cameo performances would be welcome, but this is still a fantastic epic drama.

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Episode 386: The Burial

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Aaron White.

Based off of an article in the New Yorker, Maggie Betts takes a simple and straightforward case and makes a mountain out of a mole hill, amplifying racial undertones of the time period into a place of priority that distracts from what could have been a more compelling courtroom drama. The performances are great and the points being made about poor character are admirable, but ultimately this was the wrong approach and results in a very middling and not particularly rousing legal film.

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Episode 385: Flora and Son

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Aaron White.

John Carney has a way of making the ordinary extraordinary in his heavily musical focused movies. This time around he gives us authentic relationships, cautious optimism, and a great soundtrack to help tell a story about messy mothers and the power music has to bring people together.

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Episode 369: You Hurt My Feelings

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Aaron White.

This week we enjoy taking a break from blockbusters to talk about how a 90-minute movie centered on exploring honesty in relationships could be so relatable, thought-provoking, and entertaining despite its seeming simplicity. We get into some personal examples, as well, so this is one of the episodes where you’ll get to know us better through the conversation.

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Episode 367: The Spectacular Now

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Aaron White.

A largely underrated gem in A24’s catalog, this coming-of-age story is among the most natural we’ve ever seen, with an authenticity to its characters and dialogue that make it heartbreakingly and beautifully relatable. We chat about teenage alcoholism, keeping secrets from your children, and what it means to live in the moment, among other things, in this conversation.

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Episode 363: Air

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Aaron White.

This week we are joined by Paul Keelan and Jordan Puga from the Cinematic Underdogs Podcast to discuss Ben Affleck’s story of how Nike got into the basketball business by way of an industry-changing partnership with Michael Jordan. We questions whether this can even be considered a sports movie, talk about the romanticizing of big business, and give Mrs. Jordan her flowers for the critical role she played, plus much much more.

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Episode 362: Bang the Drum Slowly

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Aaron White.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recently chose this 1973 film as the best baseball movie ever in a blog post, and with it being the opening of MLB season and ourselves big fans of the sport, we decided to watch this new-to-us picture and see for ourselves. While we can’t get onboard with Kareem’s lofty praise, there is an interesting story with a beautiful central relationship and plenty to discuss.

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