For all its flaws, Harriet remains a film worth seeing.  Tubman’s life occupies a crucial place in American history.

In Motherless Brooklyn, writer-director-star Edward Norton paints with brilliant brush strokes, but he doesn’t know when to step back from the canvas.

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For this episode, we bring in a special guest, Daniel Gimlin, to discuss Scorsese’s Marvel comments, and talk about The Irishman.  We also drink The Bull, a delicious, fruit-forward red wine.  

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For this episode, we talk El Camino, and drink some delicious bubbly from New Mexico.  

s an epilogue to the phenomenal Breaking Bad series, El Camino never aims to blow the mythology wide…

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For this surprise episode, we talk about Joaquin Phoenix’s incarnation of the Joker.  Plus, we drink some tasty red wine.  

What we’re left with is a well-made movie with brilliant performances, but it’s also an unpleasant and exhausting cinematic experience.  

Judy is a sad story of an incredible woman who gave her all to the entertainment industry, only to be steamrolled by it.

With compassion, restraint, and considerable skill, The Farewell gives us a family whose grief both unites them, and sets them at odds with each other.

While this movie trods a well-trampled path, it does so with such infectious giddiness and sure-footed skill that Teen Spirit still manages to be a breezy, entertaining journey.