Having saddled myself with the arbitrary gimmick of choosing titles for the Film After 11 podcast this year in alphabetical order, I find myself struggling with the “O” this week. Most of the movies I own beginning with that letter are either inappropriate for a 12-year-old or just not something he’d enjoy. I wound up… Read More Film After 11 Podcast | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
As the Film at 11 podcast reaches its milestone fiftieth episode, I take my son Thomas on a journey up to the heavens and back down to Earth again with Alfonso Cuarón’s blockbuster smash Gravity. He liked it, but then, this is a pretty difficult movie to dislike. From its nerve-wracking suspense to its still… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 50 | Gravity (2013)
Originally planned for a wide theatrical release, the George Clooney/Brad Pitt crime comedy Wolfs had its run in theaters cut short to just one week – the minimum required to satisfy both stars’ contracts – before being rapidly whisked to its long-term home on streaming. In years past, a film like this might have brought… Read More Smooth Operators | Wolfs (2024) on Apple TV+
By this point, 25 years since its debut, I suspect that the only people who would still willingly subject themselves to Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin must fall into one of three categories: 1) Franchise completists who feel compelled to watch every entry no matter what, 2) Bad movie aficionados who revel in its awfulness,… Read More Stone Cold Awful | Batman & Robin (1997) 4K Ultra HD
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