Writer-director Taika Waititi uses his delirious sense of humor to skewer the subjects of fascism and intolerance.

For all its flaws, Harriet remains a film worth seeing.  Tubman’s life occupies a crucial place in American history.

In Motherless Brooklyn, writer-director-star Edward Norton paints with brilliant brush strokes, but he doesn’t know when to step back from the canvas.

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For this episode, we bring in a special guest, Daniel Gimlin, to discuss Scorsese’s Marvel comments, and talk about The Irishman.  We also drink The Bull, a delicious, fruit-forward red wine.  

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For this week’s Cinemavino, we watch Monster Squad! Sean Jordan, an expert on horror movies, stops by to share his insights.

Jexi had potential, buried underneath all the layers of badness.

To paraphrase those Muppets up in the theater balcony:  This ain’t half bad.  It ain’t half good, either.

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For this episode, we talk El Camino, and drink some delicious bubbly from New Mexico.  

As an epilogue to the phenomenal Breaking Bad series, El Camino never aims to blow the mythology wide…

 Unfortunately, everything good about this movie also serves as a reminder of everything it could’ve been.