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In Theaters, PodcastsMay 29, 2025

Sinners

By Jonathan Butrin

Oscar season is six months away, but we’ve already seen one of the best films of 2025. And believe it or not… it’s a vampire movie. The difference is…

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Gathering around the table with Johnny-Ds family

Black Lives Matter, DVD/Blu-Ray, Reviews, StreamingMarch 6, 2020

Just Mercy

By Dan Baker

Reproductive justice. Climate justice. Food justice. Social justice. Append the word “justice” to any other word and you’ve got a ready-made brand platform for niche activism. As cultural forces shape…

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Black Panther, 2018

Black Lives Matter, DVD/Blu-Ray, ReviewsFebruary 23, 2018

Black Panther

By Kyle J. Howard

I didn’t expect to feel tears stream down my face so shortly into Black Panther, but within the first few minutes of the film, I was already impacted heavily. In…

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DVD/Blu-Ray, ReviewsDecember 8, 2015

Creed

By Dan Baker

There’s a Simpsons gag* where Bart has to solve a puzzle using Roman numerals and he uses the only modern-day frame of reference he has: Rocky movie titles. The punchline,…

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Birdman

Dec 17, 2015 • 43:37

With Oscar season is in full swing, it’s time to look back at 2014’s best picture winner: Birdman. Join us as we discuss why Birdman is a perfect film, the...
The Hateful Eight

Jan 13, 2016 • 47:13

There are few filmmakers as polarizing as Quentin Tarantino. Some celebrate him. Others revile him. Now Tarantino is back with his latest film The Hateful Eight — a fitting title...
The Nice Guys

May 27, 2016 • 41:54

Shane Black is the king of buddy action movies. He sold the screenplay to Lethal Weapon at age 22. In 1996, Black scored a then-record-breaking payday of $4 million for...
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

May 25, 2017 • 1:00:38

No one makes superhero movies like Marvel Studios. They’ve earned their big-screen domination with quality films, and Guardians of the Galaxy is at the top of the list. Released in...
Avengers: Infinity War

May 24, 2018 • 1:07:10

In 2008, Marvel Studios took the gamble of the century. They released Iron Man, featuring a virtually unknown character outside the comic book world and starring an actor with a...
Avengers: Endgame

May 31, 2019 • 1:08:44

Eleven years ago, Iron Man changed comic book movies forever. Not only was the movie great, it was the beginning of a journey through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with each...
Joker

Oct 30, 2019 • 1:21:45

No film in recent memory has been as polarizing as Joker. A scroll through Rotten Tomatoes reveals a spectrum of reactions ranging from the highest praise of the year to...