Mandy
Who is Nicolas Cage? Oscar-winning actor? Charming leading man? The king of rage? The answer of course is all of the above. His nearly four decade career has run the…
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Eighth Grade
Anyone who says they loved eighth grade is lying. It’s the perfect storm. Bullies, hormones, rejection, fear, doubt, and self-loathing. Rinse, repeat. But what was hell on earth is cinema…
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Annihilation
Our podcast this month was originally on A Wrinkle in Time. Then we saw the movie… Tune in to the beginning for Jon’s epic rant, and then stay for a…
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Soundtracks: The New Music of Religion
It was just a normal Sunday in 1963 in the town of Greenville, South Carolina, when “the last pocket of resistance to secularity in the Western world gave in and…
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Dunkirk
As Hollywood obsesses over superhero movies, power has shifted from directors to producers. Just ask Edgar Wright and Patty Jenkins — two veteran directors who dropped blockbuster projects after learning…
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Baby Driver
We first crossed paths with Edgar Wright in the 2004 sleeper hit Shaun of the Dead. The film put Wright on the map, along with actors Simon Pegg and Nick…
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
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…
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Almost Famous
Cameron Crowe hasn’t made a good film in over a decade, but his early work still leaves a mark. Almost Famous will always be his best movie, because it’s the…
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Manchester by the Sea
We’ve been looking forward to Manchester by the Sea since January when it took Sundance by storm. Now, 11 months later, the film is everywhere and it was worth the…
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Searching for Sugar Man
What if Bob Dylan had never sold a record? Imagine that. Imagine that none of us have ever listened to one of America’s greatest singer-songwriters. What if one our most…
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