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The Movies

I"m Daniel Berrios. This is my journey to learn about the movies - the art form I adore - one review, interview, editorial at a time. Take care of yourselves. Take care of each other. All of us keep the movies alive.

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00:44:09

S3E21. Immaculate (2024) dir. Michael Mohan

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2024/04/03

IMMACULATE was rescued by producer and star Sydney Sweeney from development hell, 10 years after she originally auditioned for the project.A horror movie about a nun who immaculately conceives a child the rest of the church believes to be the second coming of Christ? I can say why Sweeney would wanna hang onto that idea. However, as cool as that idea is and as much as I admire Sweeney's producing prowess, I still left this movie underwhelmed. Maybe what hit hard in 2014 just doesn't in a

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00:36:40

S3E20. Love Lies Bleeding (2024) dir. Rose Glass

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2024/03/26

Rose Glass' romantic body-horror noir LOVE LIES BLEEDING smacked me in the mouth and I'm all the better for it. What a taut, lean story about the way the beliefs about ourselves & our capabilities can fundamentally inform the directions our lives will take, for better and worse. Sometimes, all you need to change your life is someone to stroll into town and flex their beautiful bulging muscles at you. And when those muscles belong to Katy O'Brien? Sheesh, game fucking over. I'm in

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00:34:37

S3E19. AI: Coming to a Theater Near You!

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2024/03/22

The Internet lit ablaze, yet again, today when the directors of the new horror movie LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL confirmed Letterboxd users' suspicions that the movie used AI to help craft some still images featured in the final cut. The blaze was fueled by debates over AI's involvement in art and the implications such technologies could have on an increasingly undervalued job market of artists, production designers, costumers, you fuckin' name it. When studios can have ChatGPT spit out a completed

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00:22:17

S3E18. The Rachel McAdams Picture Show: ARE YOU...

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2024/03/13

The Rachel McAdams Picture Show keeps on truckin' with Kelly Fremon Craig's ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.Following MEAN GIRLS up with this is my way of showing you the range of one Rachel McAdams: cutting someone down to size with a glance in one movie, masking insecurity as perfectionism for the benefit of her family in another. McAdams has such a power of restraint with her body language that she can tell you everything she's feeling without it feeling performative,

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02:38:47

S3E17. In Four ('80s Horror!) Films: Heather Wixson &...

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2024/03/09

Break out the synths, hairspray & Fangorias - IN FOUR FILMS is going '80s horror, baby!To celebrate the release of "In Search of Darkness," a companion book to David Weiner's popular documentary of the same name, which tells the history of '80s horror movies, I invited the book's co-authors, Heather Wixson & Patrick Bromley to each describe their nerdy, terror-loving selves in four horror movies from, arguably, the genre's greatest decade. 4 x 2 is 8, so

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00:34:20

S3E16. Why Casting Directors Deserve Their Oscars...

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2024/03/06

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced they're adding the Best Casting category to the Academy Awards in 2026 (awarding movies made in 2025). If you're scratching your head as to why casting should get its own award, you're not alone. I thought this award would just comprise of the movie with the most A-listers, "might equals right" scenario. Enter Kate Geller, a New York-based casting director with nearly 100 projects under her belt, from assisting on the first two JOHN WICK

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01:13:54

S3E15. The February Watchlist

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2024/03/02

Like I did last month, here's a list of the movies I watched in February that I haven't yet talked about on the podcast (I might've cheated on one of 'em, but fuck it, I'm gonna consider it a new perspective for a new version of life.) From least to greatest: THE STUFF (1985) dir. Larry Cohen BARBIE (2023) dir. Greta Gerwig DUNE (2021) dir. Denis Villeneuve LISA FRANKENSTEIN (2024) dir. Zelda Williams POOR THINGS (2023) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos --- Follow Daniel on Twitter:

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00:38:31

S3E14. Dune: Part 2 (2024) dir. Denis Villeneuve

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2024/02/26

In DUNE: PART 2, Paul (Timothee Chalamet) is advised to climb the tallest dune before every hunt to obtain the best possible vantage point. It reflects director Denis Villenueve's approach to the sequel: Expand the story's gaze; Throw Greig Fraser (director of photography) at some BREATHTAKING vistas; Fill said massive frame with an army-sized cast of Hollywood's best perfomers; Print money.Villeneuve, like Babe Ruth, called his shot (high fastball over the plate, meet the rafters behind

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01:50:22

S3E13. In Four Films: Chelsea Eichholz

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2024/02/17

Welcome back to "In Four Films," the segment where I bring on film lovers to talk the four films that make them who they are!Today, critic, instructor and podcaster (And A Rewatch, CinemaGals) Chelsea Eichholz joins me to talk queer love, long-term relationship drama, paternity messes and female entrepreneurship! Plus cute dogs, body aches, fucked-up sinuses: it's a revelatory hour and 45 minutes! MILDRED PIERCE (1945) dir. Michael Curtiz TWO FOR THE ROAD (1967) dir. Stanley Donen SAVING FACE

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00:27:53

S3E12. Kelce (2023) dir. Don Argott

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2024/02/14

No, not Taylor Swift's boyfriend. Taylor Swift's boyfriend's brother. Ha, it sounds like I'm explaining a soap opera. Don Argott's football documentary about veteran Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce dropped last September on Amazon Prime. The movie recounts Kelce's whirlwind 2022-23 season, in which his team won 14 of 17 games, landing them a spot in the Super Bowl against the Kansas City Chiefs...where Taylor Swift's boyfriend (then-admirer) Travis plays. It was

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00:21:49

S3E11. Molli and Max in the Future (2024) dir....

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2024/02/11

I'm currently bearing a stupid fucking grin as I type. Alex Winkler's soundtrack for MOLLI AND MAX IN THE FUTURE, a bouncy, jazzy number, kicks about, a woman singing about how she may not love you in the present, but maybe in the future, y'all can be more than friends.Michael Lukk Litwak's sci-fi rom-com, following the titular couple Molli (Zosia Mamet) and Max (Aristotle Athari) through 12 years of friendship, romantic tension, uncomfortable conversations about one's

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00:45:58

S3E10. The (Belated) January Watchlist

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2024/02/07

These are the movies I watched in January 2024 I haven't yet discussed on the podcast, RANKED (cause fuck it, why not?). 5) THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951) dir. Christian Nyby - Tubi 4) NEKROTRONIC (2018) dir. Kiah Roache-Turner - YouTube 3) THE THIRD MAN (1949) dir. Carol Reed - Tubi 2) THE LAST REPAIR SHOP (2023) dir. Ben Proudfoot & Kris Bowers - YouTube, Disney Plus 1) INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978) dir. Philip Kaufman - Tubi ---------------------------------------- Follow

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00:32:59

S3E9. The Rachel McAdams Picture Show: MEAN GIRLS...

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2024/02/02

Welcome to The Rachel McAdams Picture Show! This segment starts a celebration of my favorite actress by looking back at every one of her movies, and specifically, the choices she makes to better them. So with the MEAN GIRLS remake in theaters, what better way to kick this off than by covering Rachel McAdams' tour-de-force performance as the ICONIC Regina George? MEAN GIRLS (2004) is available to watch on pluto.tv (for fuckin' FREE), Paramount Plus, your local library (either on disc or maybe on

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01:38:14

S3E8. In Four Films: Josie Meléndez

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2024/01/27

Welcome to the first installment of "In Four Films" in 2024! Today, Josie Melendez (creator of the Film Posers podcast, author, poet, screenwriter, film critic) jumps on to talk about the four films that made her the movie lover she is today! I've been itching to have her on the show since I started this segment, so typing these show notes today feels like a bit of a full-circle moment. Josie's Four Films: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991) dir. Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise TITANIC (1997) dir. James

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00:38:11

S3E7. The 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2024

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2024/01/26

Looking towards the future, we were begging for the past, but not today! 2024 boasts a wealth of exciting cinema yet to be watched, from horror remakes to nuns, Xenomorphs and lesbians on the run. This is a selection of films that get me the most hyped to drive to theaters and will hopefully give you a few more additions to your personal theatrical calendar as the year flies by (Faster and faster we spin round the sun each time, am I right?). Alien: Romulus dir. Fede Alvarez (August 16)The Fall

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00:25:43

S3E6. Reacting to the Oscar Noms While Holding a Baby

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2024/01/23

It's the most! wonderful tiiime of the yeeaarrr! The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards dropped earlier this morning and while I didn't plan to wake up this early to react to them live, my 4-month-old daughter had other plans. Life, lemons, lemonade: you know the drill. ----------------------------------------------------- Follow Daniel on - Twitter: TheMovies_Pod Bluesky: ⁠⁠themovies.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: themoviespod Threads:

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00:41:35

S3E5. The Iron Claw (2023) dir. Sean Durkin

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2024/01/16

Sean Durkin's THE IRON CLAW got me to a place I've never been. Afterwards, I found myself crying in the movie theater bathroom. Of course, I'd already cried a handful of times in the theater, but this affected me on multiple layers, the ones I find myself hurting over in private.I'm the oldest of three brothers, growing further apart with time and responsibility. I'm a father building his creative dream into reality while raising a family. I feel hindered by emotional, mental,

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00:31:55

S3E4. Godzilla Minus One (2023) dir. Takashi Yamazaki

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2024/01/15

70 years into the Godzilla franchise, it seems improbable the best installment, of which there are 38, would end up being the newest, but stranger things have happened. GODZILLA MINUS ONE sees a post-WWII Japan stumbling towards survival. It's not enough to sustain a thankless war and nuclear fallout, but now, a giant radiation-breathing lizard? If framed this way, it almost reads like a cruel joke, but for people like failed kamikaze pilot Koichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki), it's all too

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00:42:18

S3E3. Saltburn (2023) dir. Emerald Fennell

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2024/01/10

Tuesday night's alright for sickos, baby! One of my favorite movies of last year is Emerald Fennell's SALTBURN, a sordid descent into glamorous hell, guided by an ill-placed, unfettered id. When you've got such talents as Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Archie Madekwe and Richard "I'm an international treasure" E. Grant, how can this fetishization of beauty not elicit something to keep folks talking?Judging from the flurry of thinkpieces and TikTok clips

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01:16:54

S3E2. The 2023 Movies That Stuck With Me

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2024/01/07

I didn't watch a movie in theaters from May 31 to November 25.This list reflects that reality. You might think that's a negative, but I don't see it that way. Be honest: did you really wanna hear yet another person talk about OPPENHEIMER, POOR THINGS or THE ZONE OF INTEREST for the umpteenth time? Nah, buds. I'm a different breed. Strap in.------------------------------------------------------------------65 dir. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (Netflix)A THOUSAND AND ONE dir. A.V

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