The Substance, His Three Daughters, Speak No Evil & 13 Films Reviewed - ORC 9/25/24
INTRO - this movie review bundle needs a renewal on our pledge regarding why we love film criticism and do what we do. NON-SPOILER REVIEWS IN THIS EPISODE: The Substance & Why It Needs To Be Oscar Nominated - 4:20. His Three Daughters & Another Rave Review for Azazel Jacobs - 13:45. Speak No Evil breaks up the love fest - 16:14. Robot Dreams’ review here has to be an outlier - 18:58. The Garfield Movie and I know how you all look at me - 21:44. Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos - 23:29. Adam Sandler: Love You is innovative Sand-Man w/ Schneider at his best - 25:16. Dandelion is Kiki Layne playing a starving artist in trouble - 27:50. Scrambled is very funny with some great performances by comedians - 29:34. Boy Kills World has fun fights & characters but a messy plot - 31:29. The Killer makes me much more cynical about remakes - 33:57. Jackpot! And how the action comedy should’ve been funnier - 35:06 The Union didn’t get Grosse Pointe Blank right - 36:17. The Final: Attack On Wembley felt like a sports Woodstock ‘99 - 38:33. The Devil’s Bath has historical wisdom but horror trigger warnings abound - 40:17. OUTRO - 42:10. Contact us with your thoughts please. We have an Oscar Race Checkpoint, NYFF episodes, and Film Studies coming up soon. Read Kenzie Vanunu’s Interview w/ Coralie Fargeat as recommended in the episode: https://offscreencentral.com/2024/09/20/the-substance-interview-with-director-coralie-fargeat/ Read Anne Thompson’s piece on Indiewire as well please: https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/coralie-fargeat-feminist-body-horror-the-substance-1235048769/ Listen to Pop Culture Confidential w/ Christina Jeurling Birro & Ryan McQuade: https://www.popcultureconfidential.com/426-we-discuss-review-the-substance-from-writerdirector-coralie-fargeat-starring-demi-moore/