Disney, with its newest trend of realistic “live action” remakes of their beloved animated classics, released the teaser trailer for Dumbo (2019). It seems this time around the story will be centered around the humans who care for Dumbo post separation and less on Dumbo himself. This new direction is kind of disheartening as it…
We Bought a Pod Episode 34: It’s Trailer Week! Also Oceans 8.
That is right! It is trailer week! So many trailers…only an hour to talk about them. Can we do it? Probably. Also we review the #1 movie in America: Oceans 8! We disagree pretty heavily on the movies ranking so listen in and tell us who’s right! As always thanks for listening! See you next…
Trailer Talks – Hotel Artemis
I’m not sure how I missed it. Was it the Infinity Wars hype? Probably. Was it poor marketing? Also probably. We are dealing with a fairly new production company whose big film so far has been Snow Dogs and an unknown director making his directorial debut. With all of this stacked against it, it’s easy…
We Bought a Pod Episode 33: DeadSolo: An X-Men (Trainee) Story 2
Welcome back y’all! We talk about “Deadpool 2” and “Solo: A Star Wars Story” in our latest episode! Plus “Rosanne” gets canceled. Hallelulah. SHOW NOTES: 0-33:00 – Solo: A Star Wars Story (Spoilers and All) 33:-37:10: Deadpool 2 (Somehow no spoilers) 37:10-50:30: Deadpool 2 (ALL THE SPOILERS) 50:30-End: Movie News! Thanks again for tuning in!…
We Bought a Pod Episode 32: Half the Corn is Gone
Welcome back! We are here with Sam to talk some Infinity War. Come for the discussion of themes, and where this film will land in our rankings, stay for the memes and the Hulk x ScarJo fan-fic. Major Spoilers!
The Surprising Emotions of “Infinity War” and an Exploration of Fatherhood
*THIS POST CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR “AVENGER’S: INFINITY WAR.” There are many who look at the MCU as a fairly emotionless world. While characters often “died,” many have accused the film franchise as a world with no stakes. Frankly, critics have been pretty spot on about that issue. Look no further than Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg),…
The Avengers
It’s finally time. By the time some of you read this, you may have already seen the MCU defining “Infinity War.” I, myself, am about to head to the theater to see it. Ove the course of the MCU, there have been many small and big moments that led to Thanos crashing the party on…
MCU: The Television Dimension
In 2013, after the worldwide phenomenon known as Marvel’s The Avengers proved that the MCU’s multi-property shared universe plan was successful cinematically, the Marvel think tank determined the next experiment would be to stretch the stories to television and streaming. Spurred on by the success of the Marvel One-Shots – short vignettes featured on the…
We Bought a Pod Episode 31: Isle of Atlanta
We’re back! This week we’re getting into two of our favorite things: Stop-Motion and Atlanta! This episode is pretty much contained to these two things, so I hope you’ve seen them. 00:00-48:30 – Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” 48:30 – End – “Atlanta” on FX (airs on Thursdays)
Film Review: ‘Lean on Pete’ Meditates on the American West
The western is a genre that may not appeal to all but is a distinctly American genre. Like jazz or southern gothic, the western feels as if it has been threaded into our DNA and culture. That makes it all the more interesting when an “outsider,” namely someone like Brit Andrew Haigh uses the medium to tell…
Film Review: ‘A Quiet Place’ is as Devastating in its Silence
*Spoilers included below to talk about the deeper themes of the film. It will not spoil the climax of the film, but an event that occurs about 15 minutes into the film to set up the rest of the story. For any fan of horror films, the way in which sound is used can be…
Film Review: The Ferryman: Art, Terror and Allegories…Horror at its Finest.
“The Ferryman” demonstrates that blockbuster horror movies are not a requirement for good horror films. Elliott Maguire a fledgling director, producer and writer of “The Ferryman” did a magnificent job recording, editing and producing this full-length film using only an iPhone 7 on a budget of £1500 (approx. $2123). A cinematic feat worthy of notoriety…
