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THB #18: How To Make A Bad Marvel Movie
Listen now (12 min) | If you’re not amazed by how bad Chloe Zhao’s Eternals is, you either haven’t seen the movie, just hate all Marvel blindly or you…
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Oct 28, 2021
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THB #93: The Batman (no spoilers)
Listen now | This film is fascinating to me on so many levels. You have seen writing on the movie. It’s a film noir detective piece that happens to be…
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Mar 5
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THB #56: Review - Spider-Man: No Way Home
The first 20 minutes of Spider-Man: No Way Home had me a little nervous. It felt a little too clever. A little too hyper-real. A little too jokey. A…
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Dec 14, 2021
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THB #46: Licorice Pizza Review
Listen now (23 sec) | It took me 4 screenings before I really felt comfortable with the idea of reviewing Licorice Pizza. It’s not an incredibly complex…
David Poland
Dec 4, 2021
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THB #108: Oscars in Pieces: Piece 1
Listen now (9 min) | My plan was to write about Oscar last night just after the ceremony. It was all supposed to be over at 8p… after all, they dumped 8…
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Mar 28
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THB #108: Oscars in Pieces: Piece 2
Listen now (12 min) | And now… Mr. Smith Goes To Stupidtown. Whatever Will Smith thought of Chris Rock’s off-the-cuff joke, there were a variety of ways…
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Mar 29
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THB #51: A December To Remember?
Listen now (6 min) | West Side Story National Champions Nightmare Alley Spider-Man: No Way Home Sing 2 The King’s Man The Matrix Resurrections A Journal…
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Dec 9, 2021
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THB #97: Starving The Box Office, The Next 6 Months
The Batman is doing nicely. Uncharted has grossed over $100m. By this date (March 10) in 2019, 5 films that would gross over $100 million domestic had…
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Mar 11
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DP/30 AudioPod: George Chakiris, Not To Forget, 1961's West Side Story
Listen now (38 min) | He won an Oscar for his portrayal of Bernardo in 1961's West Side Story at the age of 26. He did a wide range of work over the…
David Poland
Dec 12, 2021
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THB #108: Oscars in Pieces: Piece 3
Listen now (13 min) | Okay… started with a broad Piece 1, followed with a Will Smith-ian Piece 2, and now my friends and foes, The Show. There was…
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Mar 29
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DP/30 AudioPod: Procession, director Robert Greene
Listen now (26 min) | Documentarian Robert Greene has been working in an unusual doc form since 2011’s Fake It So Real, which was followed by Actress…
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Dec 9, 2021
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Michael Wilmington, 1946-2022
Michael Wilmington was a singularity. I’ve knew him for roughly 25 years. But I don’t know how well I ever really knew him. I saw him. I talked to him…
David Poland
Jan 7
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