After the bleak ending to Avengers: Infinity War (Part One), and the ongoing noir of the Netflix series, Marvel needed to break for a few laughs, and so, we get a sequel to the 2015 film about size-changing heroes whose corner of the MCU pays a little more attention to the Rule of Funny.
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July 8, 2018
Summer Weekend Review: Before I Fall
Yeah, we’ll get to Ant-man and the Wasp shortly. Meanwhile, we have another Summer Weekend Review of something we missed, last year’s most successful independent film, which crosses genres, including SF/Fantasy.
Think of Before I Fall as a sort of I Was A Teenage Groundhog Day.
July 1, 2018
Summer Movie Review: “Picnic at Hanging Rock” (1975)
With the hyperbolic adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel currently in first run, our first Summer Movie Review of July 2018 looks back to 1975, and Peter Weir’s handling of the same material. Critics widely hail Picnic at Hanging Rock as a defining moment in Australian cinema. How does the film, a sort of Merchant Ivory meets The Twilight Zone, play more than 42 years later?
June 29, 2018
Trank’s “Fantastic Four” talk
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The latest episode of Make Me Watch It featured Jon M. Wilson and myself discussing Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. This week, Jon and Michael Kaiser invited me to join them for Make Our Marvel to discuss Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four. You can listen to the episode here.
June 16, 2018
Incredibles 2 – The Bureau42 Review
Fourteen years after the last movie, Incredibles 2 picks up immediately where the previous one left off. Does it capture the same magic and quality? Is Brad Bird still the best writer/director the Fantastic Four have had? Does a lack of the definite article hamper the title at all?
My nine year old (Inara) thought it was awesome. My five year old (Majel) thought the fights were scary, but the rest was alright. My twenty year old (Raven) texted “It was incredible.” My forty-year old man thoughts are below the cut.
June 14, 2018
“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016): Make Me Watch It Podcast #18 with guest host Jon M. Wilson
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The latest subject of Make Me Watch It is Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), directed by Zach Snyder. This time around, I am joined by half of the Make Ours Marvel podcast team, Jon M. Wilson. The updated and maintained list of options for “Make Me Watch It” can be found here. You can name up to ten movies you’d like me to cover here. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
June 1, 2018
Summer Movie Review: “Picnic at Hanging Rock” (1975)
With the hyperbolic miniseries adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s celebrated novel currently in first run, our first Summer Movie Review of July 2018 looks back to 1975, and Peter Weir’s handling of the same material. Critics widely hail Picnic at Hanging Rock as a defining moment in Australian cinema. How does the film, a sort of Merchant Ivory meets The Twilight Zone, play more than 42 years later?
May 14, 2018
“Follow That Bird” (1985): Make Me Watch It #17
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The latest subject of Make Me Watch It is Follow That Bird (1985), directed by Ken Kwapis. The updated and maintained list of options for “Make Me Watch It” can be found here. You can name up to ten movies you’d like me to cover here. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
July 14, 2018
Make Me Watch It #19: The Red Pill (2016)
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The latest subject of Make Me Watch It is The Red Pill (2016), directed by Cassie Jaye. The updated and maintained list of options for “Make Me Watch It” can be found here. You can name up to ten movies you’d like me to cover here. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.