Cinema Joes

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The Joes, joined as always by ThePopBreak.com Film Editor Marisa Carpico, get into all of their thoughts on the major Oscar storylines this season, including pleasant surprises, snubs, the state of the best picture race, and a few bold predictions, while also taking a brief look back at what they had to say about last year’s Oscar nominations, back before all the races had crystallized and everything felt like a forgone conclusion.

Stay tuned next month for our 6th Anniversary Special which will feature several special guests and a major announcement!

Best Pleasant Surprise

Alex - Women Talking in Best Picture

Justin - Tar getting many below the line nominations

Noah - Stephanie Hsu in Supporting Actress

Marisa - Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris for Costumes

Worst Snub

Alex - Decision to Leave in International Feature

Justin - Nope for Visual Effects

Noah - The Woman King in Production/Costume Design

Marisa - Triangle of Sadness Dolly De Leon missing in Supporting Actress; Till missing across the board

Best Picture Prediction

Alex - Everything Everywhere All At Once

Justin - Everything Everywhere All At Once

Noah - Everything Everywhere All At Once

Marisa - Everything Everywhere All At Once

Bold Prediction

Alex - Spielberg wins Best Director

Justin - Collin Farrell wins Best Actor

Noah - Everything Everywhere All At Once wins most Oscars

Marisa - All Quiet on the Western Front gets shut out

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This week, Justin and Alex welcome back to the show for his seventh appearance It Pod to Be You's host Manish Mathur to return to the world of Pandora and review James Cameron's decade plus in the making Avatar sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water. Join our fearless podcasters as they explore the oceans of Pandora with Jake Sully and his family, marvel at the majesty of the world, debate over whether the archetypical nature of the character was a feature or a bug, and revel over the symphony of action in the film's final act.

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Happy Thanksgiving! The Joes have gathered together with one of their favorite returning guests, ThePopBreak.com’s Editor in Chief Bill Bodkin. Bill was kind enough to take a break from hosting the Socially Distanced, TV Break, and Bill vs The MCU podcasts to help us break down one of the biggest cinematic events of the year, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Bill and the gang discuss their feelings around the first Black Panther film, the weight of Chadwick Boseman’s untimely passing on this film, the introduction of Namor and Riri Williams, and the rise of Shuri.

In their Full Disclosure segment, they also give their brief thoughts on recent releases She Said (2022), Andor (2022), Till (2022), and The Dragon Prince’s 4th Season.

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Co-hosts Justin Mancini & Noah Franc could not be here with us today, but, Alex welcomes onto the show Tyler McCarthy, one half of the great Pop Break bad romance podcast Not Couple Goals and writer for USAInsider.com!

Tyler is here for another installment in our Flashback series of episodes, where we invite a guest onto the show to discuss one of their all time favorite films, and Tyler has selected the 1993 family classic Mrs. Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams, Sally Fields, Pierce Brosnan and Harvey Firestein, and directed by Chris Columbus!

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This week, Manish Mathur returns to the podcast to discuss Gina Prince-Bythwood’s latest African historical episode The Woman King, starring Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim & John Boyega. We break down the action, drama, and the incredible acting in one of the year’s best films to date. We also discuss other recent releases including Netflix’s Do Revenge and the Drive My Car follow up Wheel of Fortune & Fantasy, while saving some time to discuss the Avatar IMAX Re-Release.

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We are officially in the summer doldrums of movie calendar, and, for Cinema Joes, that means finally paying off this years Oscar bet. As loyal listeners already know, every year Alex, Justin, and Noah try to guess who will win and who will lose at the Academy Awards. This year, Justin took home the top prize by guessing the most categories correctly, and that means we are watching a film of his choice. He was gracious enough to chose an excellent and, until recently, hard to see French film from last year called Petite Maman, directed by Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Céline Sciamma. In our Full Disclosure segment, we also discussed Prey (2022), Bad Luck Banging or Looney Porn (2021), The Gray Man (2022), & Cherry (2021).


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This week, George Heftler returns to the podcast to discuss Jordan Peele’s latest sci-fi horror picture NOPE, starring Daniel Kaluuya & Keke Palmer. We break down the thrills, chills, and social messaging embedded in this unlikely alien adventure. We also discuss other recent releases including Not Okay and Azor and the classic documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot.

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Full Disclosure

Alex - Not Okay (2022)

George - Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)

Justin - Azor (2021)

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This week, Alex, Justin, and Noah have reassembled for the first time this summer, just like the broken shards of Mjölnir, in order to pay tribute to the gods and review the latest MCU offering Thor: Love & Thunder. But even with three hosts on hand, we needed to welcome a fourth to our fellowship of podcasters, and, we were so happy for Josh Sarnecky, the host of The Anniversary Brothers and Pop Break TV’s TV Break podcasts, to take up arms with us in pursuit of this noble quest.

We also check in on some recent releases including the anime Spy x Family, as well as films such as Elvis (2022); What We Do In The Shadows (2015); There Is No Evil (2021); and the DisneyPlus limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022).

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Summer movie season is upon us, but in between Marvel events and Sundance darlings, we thought we’d invite a friend of the show, Justin Moore of Justin Watches Movies, to take a trip to a world of pure imagination as we discuss one of his all time favorite films Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971).

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This week, we are down one Joe, but, in his stead, we are happy to welcome back onto the podcast Courtney Stevenson, the incomparably talented podcast host of Blerd Life with My Wife and Pop Break TV’s Blerd Watchers. She is joining us today as we review the Sundance darling dejour Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022), written, directed by, and starring young newcomer Cooper Raif, alongside Dakota Johnson, Leslie Mann, Raul Castillo, and Odeya Rush. The film, available now on AppleTV+, tells the story of a young man (Raif), refresh out of college, struggling to get his life in order when he meets an intriguing older woman (Johnson) with a daughter on the autism spectrum while chaperoning his younger brother at a series of Bar Mitzvahs around New Jersey. 

We also check in on some recent releases including Fantastic Beasts and The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), Jurassic World Dominion (2022), and Bergman Island (2021).

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DisneyPlus has everyone talking Star Wars with the latest episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi, so we decided to bring on Michael T. Ford III, host of The Racial Draft Podcast, to discuss his favorite Star Wars film and one of his all time favorite films period, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.

We discuss Michael’s strong personal attachment to the film, dating back to when he was invited to the NYC premiere as a six year old, all the way to today where expanded universe and animated adventures help amplify an already excellent entry into the SciFi epic. And yes, this is a pro-Ewok podcast!

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This week, the doctor is in, as we review Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Directed by OG Spider-Man director Sam Raimi, written by Michael Waldron, and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, and Xochitl Gomez. Multiverse of Madness continues the MCU’s Phase 4, which got started in earnest with DisneyPlus original series WandaVision, and also helps kick off our summer movie season.  To help us sort through all the multiversal shenanigans, we are happy to welcome back to the show Matt Farley of Marvel Guides. Together we tour the multiverse, consider the future of Phase 4, and give our hot takes on everything from Wanda to the Illuminati. 

Time Codes provided below:

MCU Phase 4 Heat Check - 1:30

Noah & Justin Check-In - 13:37

Featured Review - 21:31

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Today we are very excited to welcome on to the show the founder of Daytime Confidential & Geek Confidential, Luke Kerr! Luke is joining us today to help kick off the summer movie season with one of his favorite blockbusters of all time, 1997’s SciFi Action Adventure film The Fifth Element, starring Bruce Willis, Mila Jovovich, Chris Tucker, and Ian Holm.

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Welcome back to Cinema Joes! With Director Richard Linklater flashing back to the 1960's Apollo Space Program for his latest Netflix film Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood earlier this month, we decided to flashback to a film near and dear to our own coming of age story, 2014’s Boyhood, starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, & Ethan Hawke. To help us take a look at the film, which took over a decade to make (spanning almost our entire collective childhood), is special guest and resident Coming-of-Age Film Expert Jeremy Lesser, last heard on our 2017 review of Lady Bird.

During this discussion we reflect on the innovative and historic nature of the discussion; the film’s insights into growing up, family, and the human condition; Linklater's evolving approach to the narrative, both thematically and aesthetically; and the ways in which the film comments on and touches elements of our own childhood. We also consider how different some of the aspects of the film play now, when we are nearly a decade older in our own lives.

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It’s finally here! Turning Red, the latest from Pixar Studios, was released recently, and we are so excited to welcome Live, Laugh, & Lovey’s titular host Lovey McPherson onto the pod to help us review it. Before we get into all the giant pandas, boy bands, teen crushes, and bffs Turning Red has to offer, we check in on some things we’ve been watching recently including The Lost City, Bel-Air, The Gilded Age, & Attica. Plus, one of our host's gives a special shout out to their new favorite YouTube channel Two Set Violin.

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Welcome back to CinemaJoes! It’s hard to believe that summer movie season could be kicking off already…especially since it is March…but it certainly feels that way this week as Justin and Alex welcome a dynamic duo of an all together different sort, Marshall & Courtney Stevenson of the podcast Blerd Life with My Wife and Pop Break TV’s Blerd Watchers, onto the pod to review Matt Reeves’ three hour rain soaked epic The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson & Zoe Kravitz.

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This week, we are going to continue looking back at the past just a BIT longer as we take some time out of the late winter film festivities to celebrate our FIFTH anniversary! That’s right, we’ve taken five trips around the sun since we reviewed 2017’s Beauty & The Beast and the world and we have changed quite a bit since then. We get a bit self indulgent and nostalgic, talking about our podcaster origins, what we’ve learned along the way, and what we are looking forward to in the future.

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Follow Marisa on Twitter, Instagram, & Letterboxd, keep up with her film reviews at The Pop Break, and find her subscribe to her podcasts The Way Too Early Oscars Podcast & ...And The Winner Still Is.

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Alex’s Letterboxd - Alex’s Twitter - Alex’s PopBreak

Noah: Kristen Stewart (Spencer); Runners Up: Ariana DeBois (West Side Story), Mike Faist (West Side Story), Keanu Reeves (The Matrix: Resurrections)


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This week, we ring in 2022 with two of the biggest and most highly anticipated blockbusters of 2021, Spider-Man: No Way Home and The Matrix: Resurrections. To help us sort through the future of franchise cinema, at least as it relates to these two films, we bring in special guest Matt Farley of Marvel Guides. Together we dive deep into both films and how they each tackle the legacy of franchise filmmaking on a massive scale.

We also briefly bring back our Full Disclosure segment to discuss some of the highlights of our Holiday Break screenings, including The Lost Daughter (2021); Vanilla Sky (2021); Being John Malkovich (1999); & About Endlessness (2021).

Time Codes provided to avoid spoilers:

Full Disclosure - 2:18

Spider-Man: No Way Home - 19:14

The Matrix Resurrections - 1:16:35

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Favorite Opening Musical Number

Justin - So May We Start (Annette)

Alex - So May We Start (Annette)

Noah - In the Heights (In the Heights)

Favorite Dance Number

Justin - When the Sun Goes Down (In the Heights)

Alex - The Club (In the Heights)

Noah - When the Sun Goes Down (In the Heights)

Favorite Musical Moment

Justin - Come to Your Senses, First Verse (tick…tick…BOOM!)

Alex - Bo Ho Days (tick…tick…BOOM!)

Noah - Bo Ho Days (tick…tick…BOOM!)

Favorite Romantic Moment

Justin - Stop the World (Come From Away)

Alex - Everlasting Love (Belfast)

Noah - It Means Beautiful (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie)

Favorite Ensemble

Justin - Come From Away

Alex - Come From Away

Noah - In the Heights

Favorite Lead

Justin - Anthony Ramos (In the Heights)

Alex - Andrew Garfield (tick…tick…BOOM!)

Noah - Andrew Garfield (tick…tick…BOOM!)

Favorite Supporting

Justin - Sarah Lancashire (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie)

Alex - Richard E. Grant (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie)

Noah - Lauren Patel (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie)

Favorite/Least Favorite Film

Justin - Come From Away/Diana: The Musical

Alex - tick…tick…BOOM!/Cinderella

Noah - In the Heights/Dear Evan Hansen

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Welcome back to another of our special Flashback episodes where we bring on a friend of the show to discuss one of their all time favorite films. This week, Alex was joined by Marvel News Desk host Caleb Borchers to discuss the Humphry Bogart & Lauren Bacall starring, film noir classic The Big Sleep (1946).

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This week, we are back after our extended Thanksgiving break with a special guest Mike Schindler, of TheNerdParty.com & Film Damage Podcast, as we break down his all time favorite filmmakers all time best film, at least according to him. That's right, we are here today to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's somewhat controversial magnum opus of paternalistic recriminations Magnolia (1999).

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This week, the Joes are joined by returning guest Manish Mathur to dissect the polarizing new Marvel Cinematic Universe film from Academy Award winning director Chloe Zhou, Eternals (2021) starring a sea of familiar faces including Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Selma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie. They discuss the romance, the plot twists, the millennia-long narrative, whether it deserves the moniker of “worst-reviewed MCU film ever,” and those enticing post credit scenes.

In their Full Disclosure segment, the crew spend bonus time on their mutual love of Dune (2021), while also reviewing Assassins (2020); The French Dispatch (2021) and YouTuber Super Eyepatch Wolf’s 2021 Halloween Special.

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This week, film lovers' favorite time of the year is here! It's officially Fall Movie Season, and the Joes have you covered. Justin, Alex, & Noah run through their most anticipated films on the fall release schedule this year, and also take a few minute up top to reflect upon how their wide-eyed optimism for Summer Movie Season actually played out.

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This week, Noah leads Justin and special guest host Aaron through a wide ranging discussion on the Japanese Anime property Neon Genesis Evangelion. They get into the production history of the series, before going in depth on how they feel about this classic Anime property which has spanned television and film over the years.

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This week, Justin, Alex, & Noah welcome special guest Bill Bodkin, Editor in Chief of ThePopBreak.com to discuss James Gunn's return to the big screen, The Suicide Squad (2021). All four of us have a blast breaking down the highs and lows of this R-rated super hero spectacular from hell, including our favorite members of the vast ensemble, our love of unconventional pets, and the surprising amount of emotional engagement the film inspired.

In their Full Disclosure segment, Justin, Alex, Noah & Bill also shine their light on a few other films and TV they’ve been watching, including the classic anime series Cowboy Bebop; HBO's 100 Foot Wave; The Green Knight (2021); CODA (2021); and Jungle Cruise (2021).

Please follow all of our guest Bill's work on his website, The Pop Break, including his weekly pop culture podcast Socially Distanced, which features news and reviews to the TV and movies at the center of the discourse. Last week, Alex guested on an episode to have a very different kind of discussion on The Suicide Squad, so be sure the check that out as well.

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Every year, the Joes place a bet on how many Oscar predictions they get right, and the winner gets to force the losers to watch a movie of their choice. This year, Noah's Best Editing pick put him over the top, and he finally got a chance to make Justin & Alex watch his all time favorite film, Milos Forman's 1984 Best Picture winning film Amadeus, starring F. Murray Abraham

In their Full Disclosure segment, Noah, Alex, & Justin also shine their light on a few other films they’ve been watching, including Invincible (2021); Hacks; Gunbuster; Marona's Fantastic Tale.

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This week, Justin & Alex welcome special guest Alan Sarapa to discuss the latest entry into Phase 4 of the MCU, Black Widow. They discuss the surprisingly intimate character moments and the exciting introduction of Florence Pugh to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They also break down which actions scenes worked and why, in addition to their feelings regarding the future of Marvel as Phase 4 continues to take shape.

In their Full Disclosure segment, Justin, Alex & Alan also shine their light on a few other films and TV they’ve been watching, including Peacock's Doctor Death; Spotlight (2015); Clockwatchers (1997); and Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021).

Please follow our guest Alan on his podcast The Chat, his monthly daytime soap column for The Pop Break, and his written reviews of CW's Superman & Lois at TV Source Magazine.

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Please follow our guest Manish on his podcasts It Pod to Be You and Queer & Now and his written work at Talk Film Society.

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We were promised two MCU movies this summer! Obviously, real life got in the way, but that doesn't mean the Joes have to settle for only one MCU-related episode for Summer 2021. Instead, they welcomed The Pop Break's Managing Editor and Socially Distanced co-host Al Mannarino onto the pod to run through their favorite underrated Marvel movies, if such a thing could even exist.

Films Discussed include: Captain America: The First Avenger; Iron Man 3; Thor: The Dark World; and Ant-Man & The Wasp.

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This week, the Joes kick off the summer movie season by running down the movies they are most excited to watch each month (including May...because, life got crazy). Check it out!

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Tonight is Oscar’s big night, and to celebrate The Joes are discussing the surprising Oscars’ juggernaut Nomadland, directed by Chloe Zhou and starring Frances McDormand as Fern, a woman who takes to the American countryside in her van as she deals with the loss of her community and the death of her husband. The film is nominated for SIX Oscars, including Best Picture. The Joes break down everything they loved about the film, while also touching on the Amazon controversy that has come up a time or two during this endlessly extended Oscars Season.

In their Full Disclosure segment, Noah, Alex, & Justin also shine their light on a few other films they’ve been watching, including Weathering With You; Porco Rosso; Zack Snyder’s Justice League; Barb & Star Go to Vista Delmar; and My Octopus Teacher.

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Below here is a list of all the films we discussed this week and where you can find them streaming (US-Region only) if you want to catch up with them too!

First View Classic

Justin: Stop Making Sense (Amazon)

Noah: Se7en (HBOMAX); Zodiac (Amazon)

Alex: Citizen Kane (HBOMAX); Pather Panchali, (HBOMAX; The Criterion Channel)

Modern Classic

Justin: Mommy (Tubi)

Noah: Cloud Atlas (VOD)

Alex: Mad Max: Fury Road (HBOMAX); Lady Bird (Netflix)

Actor/Director Love Story

Justin: Barbara Koppole - Harlan County USA (HBOMAX); Desert One (Kanopy/Hoopla)

Noah: Bin Yu - The Untamed (Netflix)

Alex:

Susan Sarandon - The Hunger (VOD); The Witches of Eastwick (HBOMAX); Thelma & Louise (VOD); Lorenzo’s Oil (VOD); The Player (HBOMAX); The Client (HBOMAX)

Mike Nichols - Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966 (HBOMAX); The Graduate (HBOMAX); Heartburn (Amazon); Working Girl (Showtime/FuboTV); Postcards from the Edge (VOD); Closer (VOD)

Best Rewatch

Justin: Being John Malkovich (Showtime/FuboTV)

Noah: Kiki’s Delivery Service (HBOMAX)

Alex: The Witches of Eastwick (HBOMAX)

This week we are joined to by ThePopBreak.com’s Film Editor and all around Oscar expert Marisa Carpico to break down the highs and lows of the 2021 Oscar nominations. We discuss our pleasant surprises, our biggest disappointments, our bold predictions, and our Best Picture winners!
Follow Marisa on Twitter, Instagram, & Letterboxd, keep up with her film reviews at The Pop Break, and find her subscribe to her podcasts The Way Too Early Oscars Podcast & ...And The Winner Still Is.

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Evan Rachel Wood & Gina Rodriguez, Kajillionaire (VOD)

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Happy Valentine's Day! As a special Valentine's Day gift, we are closing out our Fall of Favorites series with one of cinema's greatest couples, Jesse and Celine, in the timeless classic about existential dread creeping in at the moment your life no longer feels like your own Before Sunset. This 2004 Richard Linklater masterpiece, starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Deply, is a the middle film in Linklater's Before Trilogy, and it checks in on Jesse and Celine, now in their early 30s, to see how the last seven years have treated them since the events of Before Sunrise. Returning guest Marisa Carpico helps Justin & Alex breakdown this classic walk and talk romance filled with identity crises, carefully observed interpersonal and gender dynamics, decades spanning romance, fantasy and incredible imagery of Paris during the magic hour.

You can find Marisa writing about movies at The Pop Break listen to her two wonderful film podcasts ...And The Winner Still Is and Way Too Early Oscar Podcast and follow her on Twitter!

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Today, in our penultimate episode of our Fall of Favorites series, we welcome back friend of the show Manish Mathur to discuss the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece Vertigo, starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak. This film has spent much of the last decade at or near the top of the "greatest films ever made" list, but can it live up to the hype? Manish helps Justin & Alex breakdown this classic toxic romance filled with psychological intrigue and incredible cinematography.

You can find Manish writing about movies at Talk Film Society, listen to his two wonderful film podcasts It Pod to Be You and Queer & Now, and follow him on Twitter!

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