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Off Script Film Review

Welcome to Off Script, The Home of Bold Cinema! This weekly podcast features film news, in-depth reviews, and other colorful segments that delve into the culture, technology, and business of modern cinema. Join your hosts Dr. Andy Draper and Zach Lewis as they review, rant, and assess the cinema landscape of both yesterday and today. Subscribe Today!

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Episode 101: - Portrait of a Lady On Fire & Becoming

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2020/05/12

Love burns like wildfire in Hulu's new 2019 film 'Portrait of a Lady On Fire', a meticulously patient French film centered around a forbidden love between an impassioned painter and her soon-to-be-wed subject on the windswept coast of 18th-century Brittany. Also, Michelle Obama exits the limelight in the new Netflix documentary 'Becoming', the inspiring story of the former First Lady's journey from her humble beginnings in Chicago to her nationwide book tour shortly after her family's eight

Episode 100: - TFW NO GF & Train To Busan

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2020/05/05

White men meet depression in Amazon Prime's SXSW 2020 film 'TFW NO GF', a grassroots documentary about four young men in their early 20's that discovered a twisted comfort in a horrifying community on the controversial imageboard website 4chan. Also, the dead use mass transit in the 2016 South Korean film 'Train To Busan', a low-budget-high-concept zombie thriller centered around a distracted father's journey with his young daughter across a zombie-ridden hellscape in an overcrowded train

Episode 99: - Extraction & Bad Education

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2020/04/29

Action abounds in Netflix's 'Extraction,' a new film starring Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake, a black-market mercenary that's got 48 hours to steal back the son of a drug dealer from a rival gang of drug dealers and escape Bangladesh before it all goes wrong. Also, Hugh Jackman and Allison Janey put on a masterclass in nuanced performances in HBO's new film 'Bad Education,' the based-on-a-true-story retelling of a beloved Rhode Island school superintendent and how a student reporter

Episode 98: - Les Miserables (2019) & The Nice Guys

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2020/04/15

Tempers teem in the impoverished city of Montfermeil in 'Les Misérables', a new film with a confusing name from first-time French director Ladj Ly. Available on Amazon Prime, Les Misérables tells the story of Corporal Ruiz, a newly-transferred police officer who's first day in Paris simmers with tension until overboiling in an explosive third act. Also, Ryan Gosling and Russel Crowe attempt to delight in Shane Black's 2016 comedy-caper 'The Nice Guys', a funny, but ultimately uninspired

Episode 97: - Coffee and Kareem & Tombstone Rashomon

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2020/04/08

From the director of last year's buddy-cop-comedy 'Stuber,' comes a new vision in buddy-cop-comedy in the new Netflix film, 'Coffee & Kareem,' a surprisingly vulgar coming-of-age story about a milquetoast Detroit cop and his feeble attempts to connect with his new girlfriend's 12-year-old son while fleeing from an underground drug kingpin that's hellbent on revenge. Also, IndieGoGo presents 'Tombstone Rashomon,' a time-traveling mockumentary about the shootout at the O.K. Corral told by the

Episode 96: - JoJo Rabbit & Drive (Netflix Party)

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2020/03/31

Taika Waititi tackles the Nazi party in 'Jojo Rabbit,' 2019's anti-hate satire about a boisterous 10-year old boy in WWII-era Germany that's forced to question his beliefs (and his imaginary friend Adolf Hilter) after he discovers his mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in the walls of their house. Also, a new chat-based party app called 'Netflix Party' made headlines last week due to it's social nature amid fairly anti-social global climates, so we used it to watch Nicholas Winding-Refn's

Episode 95: - COVID19 & Goodfellas

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2020/03/25

Coronavirus is sweeping the globe, and cinema is falling victim to it's social-distancing clutches. Theatrical releases have been pushed back, movie theaters have shut their doors, and even Netflix and Amazon are struggling to figure out how to get by in the wake of this terrible affliction. Meanwhile, Andy and Zach are watching Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese's original tribute to the original gangster, starring Ray Liotta and Robert DeNiro. What's gonna happen to theaters, when are new movies

Episode 94: - Onward & The Invisible Man

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2020/03/11

Disney-Pixar ventures into the mystical modern in 'Onward', a new animated film starring Tom Holland and Chris Pratt as two brothers that only have 24 hours to right a spell gone wrong and resurrect their father before he vanishes forever. Also, Elizabeth Moss swings at the screen in Leigh Wannel's 'The Invisible Man', a reimagined spin on the old Universal Monster Movie film about a woman's desperate attempt to flee her acclaimed-genius-gone-wrong husband and his otherworldly abilities

Episode 93: - Emma & Honey Boy

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2020/03/04

Jane Austen's classic story of matchmaking whimsy returns to the screen in 'Emma.', a postmodern retelling of the timeless tale of a young woman in early 1800's England with far too much time and not enough love - at least for herself. Also, Shia LaBeouf faces his demons in Amazon Prime's 'Honey Boy,'' an egoless autobiographical film penned by LaBeouf about a young actor's struggles to connect with his abusive father. Finally, new trailers are out for 'Connected', 'The Other Lamb', and

Episode 92: - Sonic the Hedgehog & Parasite (Black...

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2020/02/26

Sonic the Hedgehog speeds onto the silver screen in the new self-titled children's film, 'Sonic the Hedgehog', Paramount's latest swing at computer-generated children's mascot humor that's got both loving families and skeptical gamers going bananas at the box office. Also, Andy and Zach revisit Bong Joon-Ho's 'Parasite' in honor of it's black-and-white re-release into theaters and weigh in on whether or not a second screening is warranted - which it totally is. Finally, Alamo Drafthouse has

Episode 91: - Birds of Prey, Horse Girl, & Oscar Talk

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2020/02/12

Margot Robbie returns to the DC Universe in 'Birds of Prey And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn', the new comic-book caper that touts a strong female cast in a poorly-paced Gotham adventure that's got audiences staying at home. Also, Netflix premieres 'Horse Girl', a new experimental Sundance Selection that's written and stars Allison Brie as a not-so-young woman whose lucid dreams have started to creep into her reality. Finally, the 2020 Oscars have come and gone, and with

Episode 90: - Gretel and Hansel & American Factory

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2020/02/05

A Grimm fairy tale returns to the screen in 'Gretel & Hansel', an endearing independent horror film from director Oz Perkins that revisits the classic story of a couple of sibling's innocent walk in the woods in a bombastic style that's closer to a Kubrick film than most modern horror counterparts. Also, blue-collar workers find their footing in 'American Factory', an Academy-Award-Nominated Netflix Documentary about the closing and sudden reopening of a Dayton, Ohio factory and it's

Episode 89: - The Gentlemen & The Two Popes

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2020/01/29

Guy Ritchie returns to his headily British directorial roots in 'The Gentlemen', a modern mobster tale of mystery, murder, and the lovely Mary Jane. Helmed by a star-studded cast of cretinous characters (including Matthew McConaughey, Henry Golding, and Hugh Grant) that only a Guy Ritchie picture could offer, the film's two-hour running time makes an unreliable narrator feel that much more unreliable, but at a pace that's upbeat enough to bring even the most scatterbrained audiences along

Episode 88: - Underwater & American Animals

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2020/01/15

Thalassophobia abounds in 'Underwater', a new January horror film starring Kristin Stewart and disgraced lardass T.J. Miller in an under-the-sea claustrophobic adventure that's sure to mildly amuse even the most skeptical of b-movie audiences. Next, the jig is up in 'American Animals', a 2018 based-on-a-true-story heist movie starring Evan Peters and Barry Keoghan as two Kentucky college students whose youthful desire for adventure leads them to stealing the most expensive book in the

Episode 87: - Uncut Gems, Little Women, & Top Ten...

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2020/01/08

Adam Sandler makes a triumphant return to drama in 'Uncut Gems', the new Safdie Brothers film about a high-profile New York jeweler in his high-wire lifestyle trading money and gems between friends and enemies to try to make one more big score. Also, Greta Gerwig returns to the director's chair in 'Little Women', a postmodern retelling of the classic Louisa May Alcott tale of Jo March and her three sister's growth over seven trying years in the early 1900's, featuring a star studded cast

Episode 86: - Star Wars Episode IX, 1917, & Top Ten...

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2020/01/01

Disney concludes George Lucas' legacy in 'Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker', the final film in the Skywalker saga. J.J. Abrams returns to the writers room and director's chair to finally reveal the mystery behind Rey's origins, the answers to Kylo Ren's problems, and whether or not Emperor Palpatine is truly back in power. Also, director Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins join forces again in '1917', a harrowing World War I film that's hyper focused on two young

Episode 85: - The Report & Marriage Story

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2019/12/11

The CIA commits warcrimes in Amazon's 'The Report', an star-studded film about the use of 'enhanced interrogation techniques' (read: torture) after 9/11 and the subsequent investigation by the Supreme Court's Daniel Jones, played by Adam Driver. Also, Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson light up the screen in Noah Baumbach's 'Marriage Story', an incredible film about heartbreak seen through the lens of a challenging divorce between a New York-based Stage Director and his soon-to-be lead

Episode 84: - The Irishman

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2019/12/04

Martin Scorsese returns to the Italian Gangster Mob drama in his new Netflix Original Film, 'The Irishman' starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino. Based on the 2004 book 'I Heard You Paint Houses' The Irishman tells the story of Frank Sheeran, a Philadelphia truck driver that gets entangled with the Bufalino crime family, leading to his time working with the one and only Jimmy Hoffa. Also, Studio Ghibli announces a new way to see their award-winning film library, Marvel releases

Episode 83: - Knives Out & Frozen II

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2019/11/27

Rian Johnson revives the classic whodunnit in 'Knives Out', his latest film featuring a colorful menagerie of star-studded characters in a comedy-crime drama that's sure to impress, if you can leave his Episode VIII at the door. Also, the House of Mouse dominates the box office again in Disney's 'Frozen II', a blockbuster return to the magical land of Arendelle where Elsa, Anna, and Olaf must travel to a mystical land to find out the origins of Elsa's magical powers and save their home from

Episode 82: - Ford V Ferrari & Noelle

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2019/11/20

James Mangold returns to cinemas with his new film 'Ford V Ferrari', a Christian-Bale-Matt-Damon vehicle about vehicles in this 'based on a true story' retelling of Ford Automotive's fight for global dominance against Ferrari Motors in the 1966 Le Mans race that's sure to tantalize motorheads and Academy Award voters everywhere. Also, Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader shine in the Disney+ original film 'Noelle', a charming little G-Rated Christmas film about Santa's daughter's struggle to save

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