On Episode 126 of Drink in the Movies Taylor is joined by Anna Harrison to discuss First Impressions of: "The Northman" & "Elvis." Followed by a discussion of the new releases: "Kimi," "Death on the Nile," and "Dog."… Continue reading.
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Feature: Oscars 2022 | Academy Award Nominated Documentary Short Films Reviewed
In this holistic look at the Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films of 2022 Patrick Hao provides a glimpse of distinctive qualities each title has and notable similarities and differences they share.… Continue reading.
Peacemaker: Season 1 Review
Written by Alexander Reams Saying James Gunn uses music to tell a story is like saying people need air to breathe, it’s not just true, it’s a necessity to his filmmaking. And his ear for quality music is more evident … Continue reading.
Kimi
Written by Taylor Baker The first audio stream she listens to after giving Terry the boot has sounds of a woman being attacked buried under a cacophony of music. Angela does her best impression of Hackman’s Harry Caul… Continue reading.
Station Eleven
Written by Anna Harrison “Station Eleven” begins with some familiarly eerie sights: empty grocery stores, overwhelmed hospitals, masks everywhere, a general sense of distrust pervading the air. It’s hard, especially in its opening episode, not to draw parallels between “Station … Continue reading.
Drink in the Movies Top 10 Films of 2021
Our Drink in the Movies team have compiled a comprehensive year-end piece that provides a shared look at each of our top 10 films of 2021. You can see their selected titles… Continue reading.
8-Bit Christmas
Written by Anna Harrison 55/100 8-Bit Christmas is the greatest ad that Nintendo has ever produced. Set largely in the 1980s (when exactly is murky), it follows Jake (Winslow Fegley) in his quest to get a Nintendo Entertainment System, despite … Continue reading.
Adrienne
Written by Michael Clawson Not Rated/100 Andy Ostroy’s Adrienne is a loving documentary portrait of Adrienne Shelly, the supremely magnetic, instantly recognizable actress and filmmaker who rose to indie stardom in the early ‘90s, but had her life tragically, horrifically … Continue reading.
The Long Halloween Part One & Two
Written by Alexander Reams 92/100 Back in 1996, the character formerly known as Batman was in a weird place, on the silver screen we received interpretations that included the infamous and nightmare-inducing “bat-nipples”, and in the comics, he was becoming … Continue reading.
Mildred Pierce
Written by Michael Clawson 100/100 Cooled-down melodrama: with performances perfectly calibrated to be heightened but not histrionic, Haynes very often takes the camera and backs away, shooting through windows and doorways to actively avoid magnifying the emotion of a scene. … Continue reading.
