We grade Okja, Mickey 17, and Parasite across plot, performances, visuals, sound, and theme, calling out where Bong Joon Ho soars and where the gears grind. Expect sharp takes, laughter at the absurd, and a scoreboard that might sting your favorites. • Okja’s tone swings and ethical lines in activist tactics • The Mija–Okja bond as the film’s emotional anchor • The gold-pig finale and lost tension • Mickey 17’s premise vs delivery and identity crisis • Performances: Pattinson’s doubles, Ruff...
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We grade Okja, Mickey 17, and Parasite across plot, performances, visuals, sound, and theme, calling out where Bong Joon Ho soars and where the gears grind. Expect sharp takes, laughter at the absurd, and a scoreboard that might sting your favorites. • Okja’s tone swings and ethical lines in activist tactics • The Mija–Okja bond as the film’s emotional anchor • The gold-pig finale and lost tension • Mickey 17’s premise vs delivery and identity crisis • Performances: Pattinson’s doubles, Ruff...
Jordan Peele - When Horror Mirrors Us: Class, Race, And The Stories We Tell
Reel Talk w/ Al the Movie Lion
1 hour 44 minutes
4 weeks ago
Jordan Peele - When Horror Mirrors Us: Class, Race, And The Stories We Tell
We grade Jordan Peele’s three features in reverse, arguing where the films soar and where they sag. Sid questions coincidence-as-theme in Nope, Joe challenges the twist engine in Us, and Dom reframes Get Out through lived experience, shifting our scores in real time. • reverse-order review of Nope, Us, Get Out • plot logic versus genre tension • visual symbols that promise payoff • performances elevating thin characterization • sound design as mood and motif • the Sunken Place as a power met...
Reel Talk w/ Al the Movie Lion
We grade Okja, Mickey 17, and Parasite across plot, performances, visuals, sound, and theme, calling out where Bong Joon Ho soars and where the gears grind. Expect sharp takes, laughter at the absurd, and a scoreboard that might sting your favorites. • Okja’s tone swings and ethical lines in activist tactics • The Mija–Okja bond as the film’s emotional anchor • The gold-pig finale and lost tension • Mickey 17’s premise vs delivery and identity crisis • Performances: Pattinson’s doubles, Ruff...
