This week we’re talking about the visually stunning Loving Vincent. A mind blowing 65,000 hand painted frames from 125 artists created this film, but we couldn’t help but think the narrative of what those paintings showed was a little lackluster. We wished the same amount of detail that went into the animation was consistent throughout the project,…

In 1995, a tragic earthquake hit Japan and destroyed the movie studio that would have produced a live-action version of Perfect Blue. Production was stopped and funds were reallocated to create a shorter animated version of the film. Tragedy birthed one of the most original, influential, and most talked about anime films of all time. Satoshi Kon's …

We’re here with our first movie of aniMAYtion Shrek! It’s one of those movies that you don’t get tired of, and that’s not just nostalgia talkin. Even though the story is simplistic, the comedic timing, Disney commentary, and hell even the animation after 21 years make this baby a classic. We were surprised how well it’s held up. Fumbler Score: 9/10…

Robert Eggers is back with his 3rd film The Northman. Eggers finally gets some budget to play around with, and it really shows from the amazing cinematography, breathtaking back drops, and top notch acting. We were a little split on the Shakespearean-esque story, however. But if you wanna just watch buff dudes be guys, this is it. Fumbler Score: 7.…

It's always a special moment when you're experiencing a film and you just know it's going down as one of the GOATs. That's exactly what happened to us with Everything Everywhere All at Once. One moment you're crying from all the laughter and the next you're laughing from all the crying. The Daniels masterfully blended batshit crazy visuals with pro…

Another decade, another new actor in the Batman suit. Matt Reeves takes this one in the most grounded direction he could, but did it work? We enjoyed the look and feel of Gotham this time around, but not everything else clicked with us as a group. A lot of the problems can be dismissed by the fact that this Bruce has only been the Bat for a couple …

C’mon C’mon is a movie that invites the audience to reflect. It paints familiar scenarios from both adult and child perspectives, and it rolls slowly letting you really bathe in the moments the characters are flowing through. The camera work is beautiful, with slow subtle movements and black and white presentation to minimize distractions and offer…

Don’t Look Up has been the subject of some controversy. Some calling it genius for exposing the government/Hollywood/Billionaires, and others seeing it as picking at low hanging fruit not revealing anything we didn’t already know. We try to unpack both sides and wonder if satire can work in this day and age when life is already absolutely bonkers. …

Hey Happy New Year! We’re finally back after some rest and relaxation to slash it up with Scream (2022). We didn’t expect this movie to work so well but somehow it’s pulled off. Maybe it’s the direct shots at critics and toxic fandoms and we don’t wanna be grouped in with them. It’s hard to throw in meta thing without it being too cringey, but this…

We’re swinging through December and that means more holiday movies. Yes, Spider-Man: No Way Home features a Christmas tree for like 3 seconds, so it counts. The hype surrounding this one was real, and dammit Marvel & co managed to pull it off! Our guests @matkinz and @jayrenteriuh help us decide whether this is a good movie or just a good marvel mo…

We’re continuing our holiday theme with Nightmare Before Christmas. Contrary to popular belief it’s not even directed by Tim Burton, he just kind of gave some general ideas and kicked holes in the walls when things didn’t seem right. We only know this because @jayrenteriuh our guest of honor this week is like a walking encyclopedia for this movie. …

Somehow...It's December again...And we're kicking off the holiday season with Elf! Let's be honest, Will Ferrell carried the hell out of the one. We can't imagine anyone pulling off Christmas spirit incarnate the way he did. They managed to pull off this concept by balancing both adult and kid friendly humor, but also rely heavily on Christmas movi…

This week we visit our oldest reviewed movie yet, 12 Angry Men (1957) A classic in every sense of the word. We went really deep with this one because it seems that despite being 64 years old not much has changed in America. It sort of left us feeling somewhat hopeful, but also somewhat disappointed that prejudice is still prevalent today. If anythi…

Hey, how you Dune? We're finally dune Dune after a month of horror flix and a little break off. Dune, the illustrious novel that many have tried time and time again to adapt to film, but never as successful as Denis Villeneuve. What can we say, big ass space ships, big ass worms, big ass sound. Is BIGGER better? We seem to think so. Do yourself a f…

Do you like American Psycho? Although originally polarizing to audience in critics alike it developed a much deserved cult following when released on Digital Video Disc or DVD. There it found new life and came into its own commercially and artistically. The movie works both as a an examination of male vanity while also maintaining real genre thrill…

Yo dawg, I heard you liked scary movies, so we put a scary movie inside your scary movie so you can scary movie while you scary movie. We’re back at it again with Wes Craven’s 1996 meta-slasher classic Scream. We were feelin a little woozy with this one…some of us loved the meta humor while others felt it took away from what was trying to be a some…

Alright, listen, The Exorcist is a bonafied c l a s s i c and we knew that. But what we didn’t know is how well the damn thing holds up today. The gripping realism of each characters’ lives makes some of us question our reality…is this something that could really happen to us?? Well it’s not even really scary, but the vibes between story and music …

THE BACKWARDS MAN, THE BACKWARDS MAN, I CAN WALK BACKWARDS AS FAST AS YOU CAN... This week we dive into the creative mind of James Wan's Malignant. The tone in this one is all over the place. We're led to believe this movie was supposed to be taken seriously, but then we end up with something goofy and honestly just plain fun. Some of us question W…

Today we are joined by Fumbler Friend of the show: Nater! This week, it's Another Round, directed by Thomas Vinterberg. This is a film that was basically made for us. It follows four friends who fumble through life, by jacking up their BAC in an attempt to spark a little fiery passion back into their lives. It's super well made, it has beautiful sh…

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, was an unexpected surprise from Marvel. There were certainly formulaic elements that we've come to expect, but there was also some real homage here to the martial arts genre as a whole. The choreography is what really drove this home for us though, it was complex and beau…

This week we visit pre-WWII Japan in Memoirs of a Geisha. This movie… is well… a doozy. Based off the controversial fictional novel of the same name, both versions try to grasp at Japanese sub-culture through a western lens. We get to feast on beautiful set design and costumes, and of course John Williams masterful score, but the jumbled mess of me…

Raiders of the Lost Ark, directed by Stephen Spielberg, is nothing short of iconic. It practically defines the adventure genre, and feels almost fairy tale like at this point. It helps that Harrison Ford is one bad ass mf, and John Williams is another bad ass mf, and always brings a soundtrack that slaps and fits right into the atmosphere of the st…

The Big Lebowski sits in that weird place where it's defined some aspects of our culture and is pretty well known, but hasn't really reached a massive audience, yet most people know lines from the movie, or at the very least have heard of The Dude. The Coen Brothers nailed something special with this one; it's a film built up and carried by incredi…

Jon Favreau's Chef is a feel-good movie that is well worth the watch. For some, it refuels the creative drive and sparks inspiration in a mental space that is otherwise consumed with "what if's" and self doubt. It's a story of a person doing a thing, a thing he can do really well, perhaps the only thing he can do really well, and sharing that thing…

We did The Godfather back in June of 2020 (which was Episode 16!!!), over a year ago. It's a little crazy to think that we've kept at this for so long, much less revisited a series in our first ever Sequel Episode! We once again enter the mind of Francis Ford Coppola and hit the streets with a present day Don Michael and young Don Vito in The Godfa…

In this episode, where we try to keep with the times and keep shit current, we talk about M. Night Shyamalan's Old. Staring some familiar Fumblerverse faces (Thomasin McKenzie & Alex Wolff), Old has a really interesting concept that just isn't executed well. That doesn't necessarily make for a bad movie, and it's a ton of fun with friends, but it d…

We are back and live in person for the first time in 60 EPISODES. 60! That's some crazy shit. Space Jam: A New Legacy, directed by Malcom D. Lee was... pretty rough to watch. They definitely did not have us in the first half, but the second half was actually not terrible! The self deprecating jokes definitely made it bearable, and Lebron James did …

Space Jam, directed by Joe Pytka, is a double or triple serving of buttery hot nostalgia. We were surprised at the amount of lines, scenes, and Michael Jordan fan cams we remembered, and most (if not all) of us hadn't seen this movie since we were little kids. The soundtrack slaps, the acting is pretty rough, Bill Murray is incredible, and the humo…

Independence Day, directed by (a German guy) Roland Emmerich, lies in that weird space between the era of great practical's and the new age of incredible visual effects, but still pulls off being a fun flick with some witty lines and interesting character dynamics. It may not be something we watch every holiday (like Die Hard on Christmas 😉), but i…

We are back, and joined by Alonso, to round out June with Brokeback Mountain, directed by Ang Lee, is an important film/empathy machine for most people to see. It offers a lens into the struggles of being gay and having to hide or bury your expressions of love and affection deep within, always being afraid or having some amount of fear about certai…

This week, we are re-joined by Fumbler Friends Jordyn and Helen! Mary and Max, directed by Adam Elliot, explores facets of humanity that you probably would not expect from a claymation, yet the medium lends itself perfectly for such a task. It has superb writing, clever humor, and an incredibly stylistic look that tie together a story that will mak…

Happy Pride Month ya'll! For June we're back to "anything goes", though it appears to really just be a continuation of AniMAYtion, as this week it's Kubo and the Two Strings from director Travis Knight! I think this one surprised all of us a bit, melding beautiful visuals with a story surrounded in darker conflicts, but still managing to be fun for…

Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox is just that: cussing fantastic. It's got all the great things you'd expected out of a Wes Anderson flick, and they translate beautifully to stop motion animation. This also officially brings Anderson into the Fumblerverse, which I guess means that all of his usual crew is also now in the Fumblerverse. It's hard to …

Heavy Metal, directed by Gerald Potterton, is a pretty weird movie. Well, more of an anthology I guess. And boobs. A lot of anime boobs. Like a lot. It had it's good things too, like a great soundtrack an some interesting "chapters", but its ultimately just pretty weird and some of the "chapters" haven't aged well. But it gave way to Love, Death, a…

We're continuing AniMAYtion, a whole month of animated movies! Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira has been an incredibly influential film, not only to animation as a medium, but to movies and the sharing of culture as a whole. Even if you are not really an anime fan, we encourage you to give this a try, it will blow your mind. It can get a little convoluted, …

The last movie in our Ape-ril line up goes to: Tarzan! Directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck, this Disney classic was one of the first movies that came out where our 6-7 year old selves were the intended audience! But how does it hold up? Will it make the Fumbler Hall of Fame? Grab a drink, beat your chest, and come swing through Tarzan with us! Ne…

We welcome back Matt to talk about the latest MCU show! We get into the themes we didn't think Disney would ever touch, how much more these characters mean in the greater scheme, and how dorky John Walker looks in the Cap suit. Futures looking bright for these MCU shows! filmfumblers.com for all our links! ►Follow us on Twitter! - twitter.com/filmf…

Some of the boys took some extra shots for this one. We're back and continuing Ape-ril by forcefully jamming Mortal Kombat into it! Directed by Simon McQuoid, this iteration of the popular video game (back to back video game movies btw) takes a different turn by introducing a new character, Cole Young, into the Mortal Kombat universe. We're sure, i…

Look man I'm just gonna say it: Rampage is a decent fuckin' flick. Seriously, and I know it's plagued with a video game curse, so maybe our expectations are just low, but damnit if it wasn't a pleasant surprise. Directed by Brad Peyton, this one shakes things up with straight up brutal monster brawling, little humor jabs at itself, and an opening t…

Continuing right along with Ape-ril, we've got the classic Planet of the Apes, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner! There's a divide here that just might surprise you, kinda like the film itself. For most of us, this movie was not what we expected, especially growing up with the remakes/sequels/whatever they are. We also officially induct our first m…

Fumblers, welcome to Ape-ril. We made a trailer to better depict our theme this month, so be sure to check out Alonso's superb editing skills. Godzilla vs. Kong, directed by Adam Wingard, was quite a ride. It may not have fully tickled your "larger-than-life-monsters-fighting-each-other-for-real" pickle, but it did have some amazing cutting edge VF…

We hit another one from Francis Ford Copolla. No, like we really beat this thing up. We have a rumble of our own, The Fumblers vs The Outsiders, and we throw a few blows at each other too for good measure. Look, it's hard to follow The (Motherfucking) Godfather, arguably one of the greatest films to ever enter the eyeballs of the people, but to do …

A24 brings the feels with Lee Isaac Chung's Minari. This movie is an absolute must watch for everyone. Even if you don't relate to it, there is so much to take in here, and an entire perspective to see life through. On the surface, this is a movie about a family of immigrants from South Korea who came to America. But really, it is a movie about peo…

We are just in time for Pi Day with Darren Aronofsky's Pi. And that was actually not at all planned! No really, we roll a bunch of marbles down a hole and the owner of the marble decides the next movie, it's a lot of fun and you can catch that live every Saturday night! Pi is a film that brings with it a lot of interesting things. It's a bit strang…

Arguably the best movie to reach general audiences in 2020, Darius Marder's Sound of Metal is a film full of surprises. The premise sounds basic on the surface: a drummer in a metal band starts to lose his hearing, but it goes much deeper than you might think. It tries to explore a lot of deep concepts: struggling to accept a reality without your p…

We are rounding out our Black History Month films with Get Out, directed by Jordan Peele! This movie is definitely impactful and has only become more relevant, and perhaps important, for people to watch if they haven't seen it yet. As Matt said, it exposes a lot of new thoughts to a lot of new people, and though it's made for a specific audience, e…

We managed to make it to 50 episodes! Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing has been one of the most impactful films we have done so far on this show. Making waves upon it's original release in 1989, this film has a unique blend of comedy, rawness, and impact that few have ever been able to pull off. Exploring many facets of racial inequality, the wardrob…

Happy Valentines Day! We're continuing Black History Month with Melina Matsoukas' film debut Queen & Slim. This one packs a lot into a couple of hours, and its relevancy to current events cannot be understated. It explores a lot of complex relationships: between family, throughout community, with authority, and within society. Tack on some great fi…

Barry Jenkins' Moonlight is a film that explores so many layers of society that it can be almost overwhelming. It touches on a lot of deep subjects: the cost of having to hide your true self and becoming your own façade, the reality of survival in conditions of poverty and absent opportunity, the difficulties of having to suppress vulnerabilities a…

Directed by John Fortenberry, A Night at the Roxbury comes to us from the Lorne Michaels/SNL empire starring Will Ferrell as Steve Butabi and whoever it is that plays Doug Butabi. This movie seems to have a bit of a cult following for those growing up in or around the 90s, and it definitely brings a ton of nostalgia with it. The soundtrack absolute…