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The Silly Horror of 'Resident Evil' (opens the original)
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We review Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil,’ an absurd survival-horror comedy powered by Austin Abrams having the worst night of his life. We discuss how the movie captures the experience of playing the games, its inventive scares and slapstick humor, and why its ideas about parenthood and humanity don’t quite match the confidence of its filmmaking. Along the way, we revisit ‘Barbarian’ and ‘Weapons’ and ask whether Cregger’s latest is too nervous about taking itself seriously. Plus, a quick reacti
‘The Dog Stars,’ ‘Coyote vs. Acme,’ ‘Onslaught’ & ‘Hope’ + What We've Been Watching (opens the original)
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Trey catches Kelsi up on four major recent releases: Ridley Scott’s ‘The Dog Stars’ starring Jacob Elordi, ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ with Will Forte and John Cena, Adam Wingard’s ‘Onslaught’ starring Adria Arjona and Drew Starkey, and Na Hong-jin’s massive Korean sci-fi epic ‘Hope.’ We get into why ‘The Dog Stars’ disappointed despite our love for Ridley Scott, whether ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ lives up to the story surrounding its release, the tonal chaos of ‘Onslaught,’ and why ‘Hope’ might be the strangest a
‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ & Cinema Dysmorphia (opens the original)
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Kelsi and Trey explore Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma , one of their favorite and strangest movies of the year. They unpack Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, the fake slasher franchise, Hollywood’s obsession with zombie IP, Little Death, Final Girls, queer reclamation, and why Schoenbrun’s overwhelming cinematic language can be both exhilarating and deeply uncomfortable. They also discuss “Cinema Dysmorphia," an idea that movies can become so embedded in how we under
'The End of Oak Street' & 'Tony' Needed More Time to Cook (opens the original)
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Kelsi and Trey discuss David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street and Matt Johnson’s Tony. First, they unpack why The End of Oak Street’s strange mix of Spielbergian sentimentality, camp, parody, dinosaurs, and suburban satire never fully worked for them. Then, they get into Tony, Dominic Sessa’s performance as a young Anthony Bourdain, Leo Woodall and Antonio Banderas as competing versions of masculinity, the movie’s “huge boy” energy, and whether a biopic can really deconstruct a cultural i
‘One Night Only’ is Evil + The Rom-Com Rebuild! (opens the original)
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Kelsi and Trey explore One Night Only, the new romantic comedy that is completely unromantic, unsexy, and unfunny. After breaking down why the movie fails as a romance, comedy, satire, and theatrical rom-com revival, we build our own Rom-Com Rebuild, discussing how studios should follow a specific template of movies if they want to make the genre feel alive again. Check out our Patreon through the link below: free members get access to tons of episodes, including our newest free drops like When
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