Are You Screening? Podcast

The Northman Review

This week we're looking at The Northman, a film of curious budget that hopes to spin something like a Shakespearean take on Norse fable with all the gore and madness one might expecting of a Viking revenge story.
Is this one worth your time? Does the critical appreciation continue following in the wake of The Witch and The Lighthouse? Do you need to see it in theaters? We'll let you know.

Everything Everywhere All At Once Review

This week we are reviewing/celebrating the movie that you really need to go see while it is still in theaters, Everything Everywhere All At Once. At the same time, we aren't actually quite as hot for it as a lot of critics.
We're also running you through a lot of TV/Streaming options that are either hitting now or coming soon to help you get through the next couple of months' worth of theatrical releases, which will give you a few big releases but not much else to take up your time.

Ambulance & All the Old Knives Reviews

This is a strange week as directors go with opposite ends of the career track represented. We have rather opposite efforts as far as the films as well. A hyperkinetic chase/heist film with a wildly "on" Jake Gyllenhaal, and a slower-than-slow burn spy-focused investigation with Thandie Newton and Chris Pine, neither of whom seem able to emote at all.
We'll let you know if you need to catch Ambulance or All the Old Knives, and this week we are also going to give you a quick preview of what's coming up in the next couple of months.

Morbius Review & Academy Awards Reactions

Morbius has, if nothing else, taken the internet by storm, but where does this film really land and is it worth your time? It's actually a tougher question than most would have you believe.
This week we're also looking at the Oscars and comparing the results with the Critics Choice Awards. And, yes, we weigh in on the drama.

Deepwater Review

Now that awards season is over, and the release of truly big efforts becomes hit or miss as is the spring norm, we're looking at Deepwater. We'll also catch you up on a few other things, which will connect with our upcoming efforts to keep you posted on a lot of streaming possibilities in the near future.

The Can’t Win Awards ’22 Plus ’The Adam Project’ & ’Turning Red’

It's finally time, as awards season winds down, for our own version of awards. We try to highlight the overlooked with our awards, where to be eligible for recognition, you have to be a film, or performance, that just won't get nominated for anything else.
We're also covering The Adam Project and Turning Red, two surprisingly good efforts.

The Batman Review

The questions of the mind's of our listeners are clearly, "Will Marc get an actual Batman movie this time around?" and, "Will Shane care if it's a Batman movie?" The trailers leave things pretty open for both of those questions, but we'll answer these questions and many more, including, "Can you see anything in this movie?"
Fans will also be expecting our "Can't Win Awards," but we've had to push those back a week, which conveniently puts them right in the award window.
What movies and actors/actresses were overlooked this year, but deserve attention? Tune in next week to find out our answers.

The Worst Movies of the Year List 2021 & Spider-Man: No Way Home

This week we're finally getting to post-awards efforts and catch up with Spider-Man: No Way Home, which everyone has already seen, but more importantly we move on to the Worst Movies of the Year.
In a strange twist, we are also spending a bit of our time calling out other people's worst lists, which hasn't really come up before because it turns out that we simply didn't pay enough attention to them.
Some people, to cut to the chase, don't see enough movies and then voice opinions on what the worst of them are. 

Best Movies Of 2021 Lists & Oscar Noms Breakdown

We're finally getting out our lists and we kick things off with the Best of the Year. Always, hopefully, curious lists, this year was a decidedly odd one for the world of film.
We'll give you our top 10, and throw out a lot of other movies you should check out if you missed them, and even let you in on some that didn't make our lists despite being on everyone else's.
We're also running through the Academy Award nominations and comparing them to the Critics Choice Awards.
We had a couple of small technical difficulties recording this one, and the unfixable remains of our efforts have resulted in this episode ending rather abruptly.

Power of the Dog, Matrix Resurrections & The Worst Person in the World

We're in the final stages of running through everything we can as awards, and our own Best lists, approach. This week we're looking at massive awards contender The Power of the Dog, and giving quick takes on several other films we haven't had a chance to get to yet.
We also look at the latest Matrix film, and a foreign gem in a year overloaded with foreign gems, The Worst Person in the World.