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#368: Revenge Tour, Pt. 2 — John Wick Chapter 4 1:04:26

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The John Wick series originated as the straightforward story of a skilled killer on a mission of revenge, but since then its mythology has expanded to encompass four films spanning multiple countries, an ever-mounting body count, and increasingly opaque motivations for Keanu Reeves’ titular revenger. We’re joined once again by Vulture critic and fr…

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#367: Revenge Tour, Pt. 1 — Point Blank (1967) 52:30

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The revenge narrative has proven fertile ground for film in general (indeed, this is not our first pairing inspired by the subject) and the John Wick franchise specifically, which has just spawned its fourth chapter tracing a one-man killing machine’s path of righteous destruction across the globe. It’s also provided us with a fine excuse to revisi…

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#366: Round Three, Pt. 2 — Creed III 1:20:14

2h ago1:20:14

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Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis Creed begins the new CREED III in a similar position to that of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa in ROCKY III, as a highly regarded, highly comfortable champion who must return to his roots in order to triumph in the ring. But CREED III’s antagonist figure, Johnathan Majors’ Damian Anderson, comes with a more interesting…

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#365: Round Three, Pt. 1 — Rocky III 1:17:31

21d ago1:17:31

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Originating as a late-stage ROCKY sequel, CREED has since evolved into its own multi-sequel franchise, with the new third entry bringing star Michael B. Jordan back into the ring as well as the director’s chair. That’s the same dual role Sylvester Stallone had for 1982’s ROCKY III, which similarly finds its star prizefighter far from his scrappy be…

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#364: Dance With the One That Bought You, Pt. 2 — Magic Mike's Last Dance 1:17:22

28d ago1:17:22

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Steven Soderbergh’s MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE ends the Channing Tatum male-stripper trilogy in a much different place than it began, centered on the unlikely romance between Tatum’s Mike and a wealthy woman, played by Salma Hayek, who’s interested in nurturing his talents. And while we’re all in agreement that’s to the detriment of the movie, it does…

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#363: Dance With the One That Bought You, Pt. 1 — An American In Paris 1:17:34

1M ago1:17:34

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While both of the films in this week’s paring center on American men living and dancing abroad, the main thing linking the new MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE to 1951’s AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is the relationships those men have with wealthy women who wish to be their patrons, and perhaps a bit more. Each relationship and the problems that come with them are …

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#362: A New Hope, Pt. 2 — The Last of Us 1:08:30

1M ago1:08:30

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It’s difficult to watch HBO’s new hit dystopian drama THE LAST OF US without being reminded over and over again of Alfonso Cúaron’s CHILDREN OF MEN, and for good reason: the video game on which the series is based was openly inspired by Cúaron’s 2006 film. That’s most explicit in the series’ central relationship between a hardened, cynical survivor…

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#361: A New Hope, Pt. 1 — Children of Men 1:00:16

2M ago1:00:16

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HBO’s new dystopian TV series THE LAST OF US is an adaptation of a dystopian video game that was inspired in part by Alfonso Cuarón’s dystopian film CHILDREN OF MEN, a strikingly timely 2006 thriller whose consideration of cynicism and hope at the world’s end has only grown more timely in the intervening years. So we’re returning to the source of t…

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#360: A Crime to Remember, Pt. 2 — Saint Omer 56:34

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The question of “Why?” hovers over Alice Diop’s new SAINT OMER, as well as the 2016 French crime that inspired it, in the same way it hovers over 1967’s IN COLD BLOOD, Richard Brooks’ film adaptation of the Truman Capote “non-fiction novel” that helped establish the true crime genre as we understand it today. We bring that understanding of true cri…

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#359: A Crime to Remember, Pt. 1 — In Cold Blood (1967) 55:15

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The new French film SAINT OMER fictionalizes the true story of an inexplicable crime, giving the perpetrator’s story a full airing in a way that recalls Truman Capote’s formative non-fiction novel IN COLD BLOOD, and by extension director Richard Brooks’ near-contemporaneous film of the same name. So this week we’re looking back at how IN COLD BLOOD…

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#358: Friends 'Til the End, Pt. 2 — M3GAN 1:18:26

2M ago1:18:26

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The new tech-horror movie M3GAN achieved viral status before it even hit theaters, but its subsequent box-office performance suggests there’s more to this film’s success than just dance memes. Part of it can be chalked up to the degree to which it is a perfect January movie, but there’s also its well-balanced combination of self-aware humor, capita…

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#357: Friends 'Til the End, Pt. 1: Child's Play 1:01:06

3M ago1:01:06

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The new horror-comedy M3GAN is full of conscious, obvious throwbacks to other movies, but none as foundational as 1988’s CHILD’S PLAY. Director Tom Holland and writer Don Mancini’s now-iconic villain Chucky was not horror’s first killer doll, nor its last, and his legacy has evolved along with the franchise, but his origins as a dark, opportunistic…

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#356: Top 10 Films of 2022 1:18:11

3M ago1:18:11

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Once again, we’re kicking off the new year with a look back at the film year that was, with Keith, Scott, and Tasha sharing their respective lists of the Top 10 Films of 2022. There’s a lot of overlap this year, both among our respective lists and between the films on these lists and those we covered on the show, but there are also some discussion-…

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#368: Revenge Tour, Pt. 2 — John Wick Chapter 4 1:04:26

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#367: Revenge Tour, Pt. 1 — Point Blank (1967) 52:30

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#366: Round Three, Pt. 2 — Creed III 1:20:14

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#365: Round Three, Pt. 1 — Rocky III 1:17:31

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#364: Dance With the One That Bought You, Pt. 2 — Magic Mike's Last Dance 1:17:22

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#363: Dance With the One That Bought You, Pt. 1 — An American In Paris 1:17:34

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#362: A New Hope, Pt. 2 — The Last of Us 1:08:30

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#361: A New Hope, Pt. 1 — Children of Men 1:00:16

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#360: A Crime to Remember, Pt. 2 — Saint Omer 56:34

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#359: A Crime to Remember, Pt. 1 — In Cold Blood (1967) 55:15

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#358: Friends 'Til the End, Pt. 2 — M3GAN 1:18:26

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#357: Friends 'Til the End, Pt. 1: Child's Play 1:01:06

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#356: Top 10 Films of 2022 1:18:11

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