INT. ANALYSIS
By Evan Wessman
INT. ANALYSISApr 25, 2024
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
In one of our more divided episodes we look at this slasher classic, its use of setting on a limited budget, the unique family slasher, and how it employs genre in its first act.
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Check out our YouTube channel with our new video on Gritty Fairy Tale Movies.
Support us on Patreon and listen to our bonus episodes on the Raimi Spiderman Trilogy, Kingsman, John Wick, our early writing experiences, and our new tangent episode. As well as our watchalongs for Chicken Little, and Mission Impossible II. You can get merch with our logo on Zazzle. Our logo is by Kelsey Hendry. Follow Evan on Letterboxd @ev_wess Follow Jelani on Instagram Jelani Kelly (@jelanitkelly) • Instagram photos and videos
Puss in Boots The Last Wish
We look at the great characters of this movie how they are all developed as an ensemble, their well-crafted flaws, and the great villain.
Upcoming Episodes: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Mad Max Fury Road You can join our discord server now to interact with us, give feedback, make suggestions, and join our fan community. https://discord.gg/se7X3jJkyW
Check out our YouTube channel with our new video on Gritty Fairy Tale Movies.
Support us on Patreon and listen to our bonus episodes on the Raimi Spiderman Trilogy, Kingsman, John Wick, our early writing experiences, and our new tangent episode. As well as our watchalongs for Chicken Little, and Mission Impossible II. You can get merch with our logo on Zazzle. Our logo is by Kelsey Hendry. Follow Evan on Letterboxd @ev_wess Follow Jelani on Instagram Jelani Kelly (@jelanitkelly) • Instagram photos and videos
Bohemian Rhapsody vs. Rocketman
We compare how these two movies approach a musical biopic, how they portray their subjects, and their use as musical numbers as well as the challenges of biopics in general.
Upcoming Episodes: Bohemian Rhapsody vs Rocketman, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre You can join our discord server now to interact with us, give feedback, make suggestions, and join our fan community. https://discord.gg/se7X3jJkyW
Check out our YouTube channel with our new video on John Wick. Support us on Patreon and listen to our bonus episodes on the Raimi Spiderman Trilogy, Kingsman, John Wick, our early writing experiences, and our new tangent episode. As well as our watchalongs for Chicken Little, and Mission Impossible II. You can get merch with our logo on Zazzle. Our logo is by Kelsey Hendry. Follow Evan on Letterboxd @ev_wess Follow Jelani on Instagram Jelani Kelly (@jelanitkelly) • Instagram photos and videos
MCU Tournament
We pit 16 movies from the Marvel Infinity Saga against each other to determine the definitive winner.
Upcoming Episodes: Bohemian Rhapsody vs Rocketman, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre You can join our discord server now to interact with us, give feedback, make suggestions, and join our fan community. https://discord.gg/se7X3jJkyW
Check out our YouTube channel with our new video on John Wick. Support us on Patreon and listen to our bonus episodes on the Raimi Spiderman Trilogy, Kingsman, John Wick, our early writing experiences, and our new tangent episode. As well as our watchalongs for Chicken Little, and Mission Impossible II. You can get merch with our logo on Zazzle. Our logo is by Kelsey Hendry. Follow Evan on Letterboxd @ev_wess Follow Jelani on Instagram Jelani Kelly (@jelanitkelly) • Instagram photos and videos
The Exorcist
Upcoming Episodes: MCU Tournament
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Final Destination 3
We look at how this movie sets up characters as cannon fodder, the way it inspires paranoia around everyday life, and its effective use of Chekov's guns.
Upcoming Episodes: The Exorcist
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Nope
We look at this movie's monster, whether it has a "master", the buildup to the reveal, and the balance between having symbolic meaning and being entertaining.
Upcoming Episodes: Final Destination 3, The Exorcist
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Psycho
We look at how this classic has aged how it balances its split personality villain(s), whether both halves of it work, and how suspenseful and rewatchable it is.
Upcoming Episodes: Nope, Final Destination 3, The Exorcist
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Mission Impossible
We look at the first installment in the Mission Impossible franchise how it does and doesn't make complexity accessible, its messy climax, and its relationship between scale and spectacle.
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Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse
We look at the sequel to our favorite movie, its themes of growing up and sacrifice, its identity as a part one, and how it balances Gwen and Miles as dual protagonists.
Upcoming episodes: Mission Impossible
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Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse
The Silence of the Lambs
We look at this classic and its characters motivations, the theme of gender in the workplace, and its excellent scene structure.
Upcoming episodes: Spiderman Into the Spiderverse
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Bullet Train
We look at this fun summer movie from last year and how its ensemble adds to its unpredictability, its pacifist protagonist, and whether it half-asses its theme well.
Upcoming episodes: The Silence of the Lambs
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Eighth Grade
We look at this unique Gen Z coming of age film, how it captures growing up, the merits of its lack of a traditional plot, its incorporation of social media and the internet, and its protagonist's self awareness.
Upcoming episodes: Bullet Train
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2022 Awards
In the wake of awards season, we give our own unique awards for the past year's movies. The awards are as follows: Favorite Movie of the Year, Most Overrated, Most Underrated, Biggest Surprise, Biggest Disappointment, Glad you skipped, Worst Movie of the Year, Best Scene, Best Line, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Special/Visual Effects, and Best Music. Send us your picks by commenting on the YouTube video of this episode.
Upcoming episodes: Eighth Grade, Bullet Train
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The Menu
We look at this recent surprise hit, how it raises questions effectively, its balance of realism and art, and its commentary on audience.
Upcoming episodes: Eighth Grade, Bullet Train
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I, Robot
We look at this very 2004 movie, how it fails at its human-father-robot-child motif, and how it ages as an AI story.
Upcoming episodes: The Menu
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Glass Onion (feat. Miguel Ortega)
We look at Rian Johnson's second installment in the Knives Out franchise, how it differs from other murder mysteries, the pros and cons of its non-linear storytelling, the theme of disruption, and the symbol of the glass onion.
Upcoming episodes: I Robot, The Menu
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Limitless vs Lucy
We compare the two drugs-that-let-you-access-100%-of-your-brain movies and center on their protagonists, their endings, where they go with their premise, and what a better ending might be for a movie with this premise.
Upcoming episodes: I Robot, Glass Onion
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Se7en
We look at this recent classic and how it effectively has the villain win, its balance of tone, accessibility, and the importance of characters having worldviews.
Upcoming episodes: Limitless vs. Lucy, I Robot
Check out our YouTube channel with our new video essay on Spiderman.
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The Harder They Fall
We look at this recent streaming hit and how it deals with genre, its portrayal of history, and how fun its style makes it.
Upcoming episodes: Se7en, Limitless vs. Lucy
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The Dark Knight Rises
We finish out the Dark Knight trilogy and talk about Bane (with several Bane impressions from Evan), the deviations from the source material, whether there is too much happening, and taking creative lessons from the whole trilogy.
Upcoming episodes: The Harder They Fall, Se7en
Check out our YouTube channel with our new video essay on Spiderman.
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The Dark Knight
Timecode from trigger warning: 10:15 to 16:45.
We look at the favorite child of the trilogy, how it defines heroism, the comparisons it draws between Harvey Dent and Batman, and its themes of chaos and tragedy.
Upcoming episodes: The Dark Knight Rises
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Batman Begins
In the first of our Dark Knight Trilogy episodes, we look at arguably the definitive superhero origin story, how it uses fear across its 3 acts, its villains, and why, against all odds, Jelani really likes it.
Upcoming episodes: The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises
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Troy
We discuss how this historical (?) epic adapts the myth that it is based on, how it uses its identity to be a relatively unbiased war movie, and the character web that sits at the heart of it.
Upcoming episodes: The Dark Knight Trilogy
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The Boys Season 3
SPOILER AND CONTENT WARNING!! We tackle the third season of dark superhero show and look at how it stacks up against the other seasons, new and returning characters, its examination of the nature of power, its social commentary and weirdly blatant references to recent events, and our predictions for season 4.
Upcoming episodes: Troy
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Call Me By Your Name
We look at some of the more pivotal scenes of this movie, how it deals with tension and stakes, and whether the age difference of the main characters is distracting or purposeful.
Upcoming episodes: The Boys Season 3, Troy
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Sorry to Bother You
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We discuss this absurdist movie's unforgiving critique of capitalism, its purposeful weirdness, how it highlights real-world codeswitching, and the significance of its characters names.
Upcoming episodes: Call me by Your Name, Troy
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Everything Everywhere All At Once
We cover the surprise hit of the year and how it takes the multiverse genre further than other movies, its many themes, and its approach to Evelyn as a protagonist.
Upcoming episodes: Sorry to Bother You, Call me by Your Name
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Jurassic Park
We discuss one of the biggest movies of all time, how it differs from its source material, its balance of horror and awe, and whether there is any good reason to have a deus ex machina.
Upcoming episodes: Everything Everywhere All At Once, Sorry to Bother You
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Like Mike
A short episode where we look at a 2000's kids movie, the NBA's hand in making it, the challenges of kid actors and writing kid characters, and how we don't make movies like this anymore.
Upcoming episodes: Jurassic Park, Everything Everywhere All At Once
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Shrek 2
We discuss one of the best sequels and best animated movies of all time, how it builds upon its predecessor, the S-teir villainy of the Fairy Godmother, and the more complex conflicts that Shrek is presented with.
Upcoming episodes: Like Mike, Jurassic Park
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Parasite
We cover one of the most acclaimed movies of the century and look at its examination of class relations, some of its many layers of symbolism, the theme of planning, and its genre.
Upcoming episodes: Shrek 2
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tick, tick... BOOM!
We look at this Oscar nominee and how it portrays the writing process, as well as the challenges of adapting musicals to and from the stage.
Upcoming episodes: Parasite, Shrek 2
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The Batman (feat. Ahasan Naazim)
We hear ALL of Jelani's thoughts about Batman, then get into all of our feelings on Battinson, how this movie handles three/four villains, its take on Batman's villains and allies, and its genre.
Upcoming episodes: Tick Tick Boom, Parasite
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Steve Jobs
We look at this non-traditional biopic and discuss the merits and drawbacks of its structure, whether it should have been a play, and our feelings on Aaron Sorkin and his dialogue style.
Upcoming episodes: The Batman
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Beetlejuice (Feat. Larry Fried)
We bring on Larry Fried, host of My Favorite Movie Is to talk about Tim Burton's classic, its characters, worldbuilding, and some of the interesting production choices that were made.
Upcoming episodes: Steve Jobs
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Back to the Future
Upcoming episodes: Beetlejuice, Steve Jobs
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The Amazing Spiderman 2
We cover villains, plot issues, and some of the redeeming aspects of this much hated on Spiderman installment and give our predictions on No Way Home... so all of you know whether our predictions were correct.
Upcoming episodes: Back to the Future
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The Amazing Spiderman
We bring our differing opinions and analysis to the first of the Garfield-Spiderman movies and talk about how it does (or doesn't) give us access to this version of Peter Parker, comparing it to the other iterations of Spiderman, and ways that some of its plot issues could have been fixed.
Upcoming episodes: The Amazing Spiderman 2, Back to the Future
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Invincible Season 1
We look at the characters and genre choices of the first season of Amazon Prime's other gritty superhero show.
Upcoming episodes: Back to the Future, The Amazing Spiderman duo
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Casino Royale
In anticipation of No Time To Die, we look at arguably the best Bond movie ever and how it gives Bond a complex arc, it's interesting structure, how it deals with Bond movie tropes, and where the franchise could go from here.
Upcoming episodes: Invincible
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Scream
We look at the horror classic Scream and how it plays extremely heavily with the tropes of the horror genre.
Upcoming episodes: Casino Royale
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Whiplash (feat. Nick Vonk)
We look at the big life questions that Whiplash poses about the cost of success, societal views of greatness, Fletcher's dark take on mentorship, and the script's efficiency.
2 factual corrections: Van Gogh went to Saint-Remy-de-Provence, not Giverney. Roger Federer did try a lot of sports, but was also a tennis champion by age 14.
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The Suicide Squad
We cover the newest DC movie and discuss how it compares to the 2016 version, its characters, whether it hit or missed with tone and pacing, and where DC can or will go from here.
Upcoming episodes: Whiplash
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Dunkirk
We talk about Christopher Nolan's non-linear war movie, the impressive production of it, the way he approaches the characters on an individual and collective level, and how he gives (or fails to give) the audience access to his characters.
Upcoming episodes: The Suicide Squad, Whiplash
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Get Out (feat. David Jones)
In this episode we cover Jordan Peele's trendsetting racial horror movie. Topics include the movie's influence since its release, how many details and symbols there are to find on re-watch, the alternate ending vs. the theatrical ending, the party scene, the movie's commentary on racism, how it plays with expectations, and Jordan Peele's influences.
Upcoming episodes: Dunkirk.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (feat. Max Eubinag)
In this episode we look at a modern cult classic. Topics include Scott as a protagonist, the movie's unique style, its video game influences, the themes it develops effectively and ineffectively, and its soundtrack.
Upcoming episodes: Get Out.
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Evan's music videos for Scott Pilgrim and Spiderverse mentioned in the episode.
Knives Out
In this episode we discuss how Knives Out subverts the mystery genre, Marta as a flat arc protagonist, and how the movie shows why putting characters under pressure reveals who they are.
Upcoming episodes: Get Out.
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Mortal Kombat (feat. Ahsan Naazim)
In this episode we discuss how this adaptation stacks up against the games, how it functions on its own, whether it would improve by having a theme, and potential sequels.
Upcoming episodes: Get Out.
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