Critique-Opolis
Jay & Louisa deliver a fiery, opinion fueled overview of movies, social movements, cultural behaviors and eating habits - dovetailed with a honey-based recipe and reviews of the most obnoxious movie/media news headlines we can get our eyeballs in front of. For our latest editions, we will be reviewing scripts from the infamous Hollywood 'Black List' (scripts with a ton of 'buzz' that have yet to secure a deal or go into production) - and adding our own casting and story development suggestions.
Critique-Opolis
Latest Episodes
A Movie About A Rug That Ruined Everything
A movie can be “universally loved” and still bounce right off you and that’s exactly the fight we pick with The Big Lebowski. One of us calls it a forever favorite packed with touchstone lines and endlessly rewatchable moments. The other keeps ...
Grit And Heroin
A movie can win Best Picture and still feel like a brick wall if you hit it on the wrong night. We watched The French Connection and immediately ran into the big split that makes classic films so fun to argue about: one of us loves the dirt-und...
We Finally Watch Silence Of The Lambs And Get Pulled In
Our 100th episode lands on a movie with a reputation that scares people off, and we get why. Silence of the Lambs is brutal, tense, and unforgettable. It’s also one of the sharpest psychological thrillers ever made, and once we started talking ...
Aliens Show Up And Nobody Watches TV
One secret can change the world, but only if anyone believes it. We sit down with Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day and end up talking less about extraterrestrials and more about the machinery of secrecy: who holds the evidence, who controls th...
When Your Kryptonite Is An Air Horn
Sound can be wallpaper in a movie, or it can be the whole engine. Tuner lands firmly in the second camp, and we had a lot to say about why it works. We talk through the film’s core hook: Nikki (Leo Woodall) is a piano tuner with hyperacusis and...