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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.

tv & film film reviews

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60. The Whale (2022) dir. Darren Aronofsky

The Movies ·

2022/12/23

Darren Aronofsky's THE WHALE, adapted from Samuel L Hunter's play, by Hunter himself, shows a week in the life of Charlie (a magnificent Brendan Fraser), a reclusive English teacher who, during years of grieving his lost love, Alan, harms himself by overeating. Charlie's gained hundreds of pounds, requiring mobility devices to get around his apartment; He doesn't even step out to his front porch. When best friend and home nurse Liz (Hong Chau as the movie's MVP) informs Charlie his high blood

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00:29:28

59. Wildcat (2022) dir. Trevor Frost & Melissa Lesh

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2022/12/19

WILDCAT follows British veteran Harry Turner as he, suffering from chronic depression and PTSD, escapes all facets of his regular life and moves to a Peruvian section of the Amazon. There, he teams with American conservationist and ecologist Samantha Zwicker to help raise a baby ocelot. Sure, this documentary has cute, fuzzy cats, but what makes this special to me? It's a movie about, as my wife puts it, the healing effects of parenting. As Harry and Samantha raise baby Keanu for 18 months, until

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00:25:34

58. Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths...

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2022/12/19

Silverio Gama (Daniel Gimenez Cacho) is a multi-hyphenate. Not only is he an acclaimed journalist and documentarian, he also finds himself caught between multiple identities. Is he a champion of Mexican culture, a shining example of national pride? Or is he an Americanized bridge between two countries, useful for political maneuvering? Is it more likely he's just something else entirely? This labyrinthine odyssey through his psyche, insecurities and idiosyncrasies is what BARDO follows, and man, I

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00:34:48

57. Pinocchio (2022) dir. Guillermo del Toro & Mark...

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2022/12/15

Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson's PINOCCHIO is not the Disney version. It's a meditation on damn near everything Del Toro's been talking about for decades: the virtues of disobedience in a corrupt society, the all-consuming, ceaseless effects of violence, the cyclical forging of sons through their fathers and fathers through their sons, the celebration of misfits and their unique perspectives on the world and the systems that control them. Plus, it's done in painstakingly detailed

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00:26:04

56. Something From Tiffany's (2022) dir. Daryl Wein

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2022/12/10

Romance and Christmas go together like hot chocolate and candy canes. What doesn't go together so well, in SOMETHING FROM TIFFANY'S, are car accidents and identical packaging, because those phenomena allow Rachel (Zoey Deutch) to receive a Tiffany's engagement ring (It's fucking huge) intended for Ethan's (Kendrick Sampson) girlfriend. Now, Ethan has to tell Rachel, who, by the way, he's just met yesterday, that her ring is not hers and that her boyfriend, Gary (Ray Nicholson), totally just coasted

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00:43:12

55. She Said (2022) dir. María Schrader

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2022/11/30

Maria Schrader's "She Said" recounts the New York Times investigation of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's myriad of abuses against women: sexual assault, rape, harassment, bullying and the NDA-equipped settlements used to legally silence the victims. Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) & Jody Kantor (Zoe Kazan) break the story, trying to persuade ex-Miramax employees like Zelda Perkins (Samantha Morton) and Laura Madden (Jennifer Ehle) to go on the record. This is just one of those stories; Once one

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00:32:33

54. A Christmas Story Christmas (2022) dir. Clay Kaytis

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2022/11/27

Ralphie's back in A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS, the sequel to the 1983 classic! However, it's no longer Ralphie; it's Ralph (Peter Billingsley), grown-ass struggling writer, husband and father of two kids, Parker. Why's everybody named Parker out here struggling in the big city? Anyway, when Ralph learns of his father's death, he bears the additional responsibility of making sure his family's Christmas is the best it's ever been. Sure, he's jobless and usually tends to respond to adversity in

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02:32:32

53. Kevin Smith's Filmography

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2022/11/26

Happy Thanksgiving! This episode fulfills a request made by my friend Matt (Twitter handle: @DarthRandal92), who's a MASSIVE Kevin Smith fan. He wanted me to cover 1994's CLERKS, but I didn't quite see that review alone as a fitting "thank you" for Matt's listenership and support over this year, so I watched/reviewed ALL FOURTEEN KEVIN SMITH FLICKS. Twas a large project, but I became a Kevin Smith fan in the process, so thank you, Matty. This one's for you

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00:38:18

52. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) dir. Ryan...

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2022/11/20

A few years ago, I wrote, regarding their involvement in AVENGERS: ENDGAME, that the Russo Brothers had the most thankless, difficult job in Hollywood. I mean, putting a bow on a decade's worth of loosely connected movies with a library's worth of characters? Tough. But Ryan Coogler has BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER. Chadwick Boseman's death serves as an atom bomb to this movie and no conversation about this will ever be able to avoid the art-imitating-life parallel. So Coogler has to honor Boseman

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51. In Four Films: Morgan Roberts

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2022/11/17

Welcome to another segment of "In Four Films," the interview show where you learn about critics, writers and film-lovers through the four movies that make them...them! Today, Morgan Roberts (whose work can be found on Filmotomy, The Cherry Picks, In Their Own League) joins the show, talking all things Catholic and mumblecore. More specifically, her movies are: The Trouble With Angels (1966) dir. Ida Lupino Beauty and the Beast (1991) dir. Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise Your Sister's Sister (2011)

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00:24:16

50. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) dir. Martin...

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2022/11/10

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN is a break-up story. Not of lovers, but of friends, which is even sadder, somehow? Especially with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as the leads. Maybe it's because these kinds of breakups aren't so common. Maybe it's because this doesn't occupy as much cultural real estate as romantic break-ups. I guess, then, that Martin McDonagh's doing us all a favor writing and directing this thing. It partially opened up a few wounds, some self-inflicted. Who would've thought a silly

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00:28:51

49. Tár (2022) dir. Todd Field

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2022/11/07

TÁR is titled after Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), world-famous composer and conductor, an icon in the Western classical music sphere. This story follows her fall from grace. It's less a "fall" and more of Tár circling the drain made from the slippery consequences of her fucked-up actions. On Twitter, I called it a "darkly comedic egomaniacal excursion to the humble pie factory," which, as I type this, conjures the image of Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka shrieking in the LSD hell tunnel. Now, imagine that

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48. Life After Beth (2014) dir. Jeff Baena

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2022/11/06

LIFE AFTER BETH is about twenty-something Zach (Dane Dehaan), who discovers his recently deceased girlfriend Beth (Aubrey Plaza) has inexplicably resurrected, much to the nervous and understandably paranoid, though grateful, surprise of her parents (John C. Reilly and Molly Shannon). As the couple explore their second chance to say and do the things and activities previously left unsaid, Zach notices Beth has changed since her last life, and not for the better... | Follow Daniel on Twitter: @The

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00:28:50

47. We're all Going to the World's Fair (2022) dir....

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2022/11/04

We're All Going to the World's Fair is a horror film written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun. In it, a teen girl named Casey (Anna Cobb in her film debut) shares her experience playing an online role-playing horror game called "The World's Fair Challenge." Others document the disturbing changes happening to their bodies as their games go on, and Casey's experience is no different. With only a mysterious man named JLB (Michael J. Rogers), whose identity is filtered through Skype calls and a creepy

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46. My Best Friend's Exorcism (2022) dir. Damon Thomas

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2022/10/25

"My Best Friend's Exorcism," directed by Damon Thomas, based on the book by Grady Hendrix, is about two teen best friends, Gretchen (Amiah Miller) and Abby (Elsie Fisher), who are best friends doing their damnedest to survive high school in the 80s. That's hard enough, but after Gretchen is possessed by a demon? I don't even think Culture Club and fro-yo's gonna do the trick. It's gonna have to be Abby, equipped with the power of the kind of friendship that's less than a spouse, but more than a

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00:25:58

45. The Black Phone (2022) dir. Scott Derrickson

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2022/10/22

THE BLACK PHONE, adapted from a Joe Hill short story, follows Finney (Mason Thames), a preteen boy attempting to escape the basement of his captor (Ethan Hawke), a child killer wearing a devil's mask. There's not much in the basement: a mattress, a toilet, a disconnected black phone on the wall. But one night, the phone rings, and who's on the other end will change Finney's fate forever. Tense shit, I know, but if you wanna watch a kickass coming-of-age horror flick, you've come to the right place

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00:25:29

44. Hellraiser (2022) dir. David Bruckner

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2022/10/13

The horror remake train keeps chugging as David Bruckner takes a crack at Clive Barker's HELLRAISER! This version diverts from the 1987 film as it follows a woman (Odessa A'zion) who stumbles across a puzzle box while looting an eccentric (and sadistic) billionaire's secret stash. Little does she know that each step of solving the puzzle summons extra-dimensional heralds of hell who only crave the extremes of experience...mostly pain. Actually, I don't think they want anything other than some sort

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00:22:34

43. X (2022) dir. Ti West

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2022/10/11

Ti West's "X" is a special movie, man. It's got all the trappings of a '70s exploitation flick: big hair and bold makeup, chunky gore and a thick layer of grime. Simple premise - A crew rents out a farmhouse for a few days to shoot a porno. While they're there, the creepy owners get right to terrorizing everyone. But what makes "X" work is the "how," the atmosphere that never quite lets me settle into this world. The characters don't always act the way you'd expect. A scene can play out tender,

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00:20:53

42. Smile (2022) dir. Parker Finn

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2022/10/07

SMILE follows therapist Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) as she investigates an eerie curse. After witnessing one of her patients commit suicide, wearing a ghoulish grin as she did it, Rose is plagued by hallucinations, sightings of ghastly strangers wearing the exact same evil smile. Realizing she may be next to die, she recruits an ex-flame detective (Kyle Gallner) to try and save herself from a horrific fate. | Follow Daniel on Twitter: @TheMovies_Pod --- Send in a voice message:

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00:25:23

41. Southland Tales (2006) dir. Richard Kelly |...

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2022/09/05

Leave it to Liam (follow him on Twitter @TheLiamGaughan) to recommend something wild, like nothing I've really ever seen before. Richard Kelly's SOUTHLAND TALES is a soup of genre in service of a satirical take on post 9-11 America and its increasingly (to a ludicrous degree) conservative outlook. It follows an amnesiac actor (Dwayne Johnson) hunting for "the truth" through his new screenplay, a racist cop searching for his long-lost twin brother (Seann William Scott), a multi-hyphenate mogul hoping

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