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.
Episodes
88 episodes
Raising Arizona
In today's episode of Critique-o-polis, Jay and Louisa discuss the 1987 cult classic Raising Arizona. Nicolas Cage plays a conflicted HI McDonnaugh torn between his primal criminal nature and the desire to be a loving, stable husband to Holly H...
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Episode 87
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46:02
Another Round
This week on your favorite movie podcast we chat about the Danish film, "Another Round," starring Mads Mikkelsen. Martin played by Mads Mikkelsen is the married father of two boys and also a history teacher. Martin joins three of his friends, a...
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Episode 86
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44:20
Night Hunter
This afternoon, Jay and I are discussing the movie Night Hunter. This is not a movie that was on my radar which is surprising to me, but also not. The casting is excellent. I love all of the names in this film. I'd say some of the subject matte...
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Episode 86
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49:47
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Hello friends. Welcome back to Critique-o-polis. Today, Jay and I discuss the third installment of The Knives Out series: Wake Up, Dead Man. As with the previous two movies, the location is remote, set aside from the busy city and f...
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Episode 85
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39:12
Allegro non Troppo
After our brief hiatus, Critique-o-Polis is back! Jay says that it is his fault that we were off for a few weeks, and while that might be true (it's not), he has a good "excuse," Jay was working elsewhere. I think that it is very fair that we t...
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Episode 84
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46:06
Cinema Paradiso
Happy New Year! Welcome back to another wonderful episode of Critique-o-polis. Today, we review the French-Italian film "Cinema Paradiso." Let me just start off by saying, if you haven't seen or heard of this movie, (ever), watch the trailer an...
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Season 1
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Episode 83
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57:19
Tokyo Godfathers
Guess what? Jay finally remembered to include a honey based recipe. He felt so bad about not remembering to deliver a recipe the last several episodes that he put this one at the front of the episode. Try not to be too hard on him, he's getting...
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Episode 82
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54:08
The Intouchables
We watched the 2011 French Film, the Intouchables, but before we get into that, Jay goes on an absolute, untethered tirade about a run in with a person at market who tried to steal a parking spot from a vendor. You should listen just for that. ...
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Episode 82
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54:22
Home for the Holidays
This is the week after Thanksgiving, not necessarily coincidentally we are reviewing a holiday movie: Home for the Holidays. This movie has an all star cast, featuring Holly Hunter, Claire Danes (briefly), Robert Downey Jr., Dylan McDermott and...
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Episode 81
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32:18
All of Me
Today we review "All of Me," a movie starring Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin and Victoria Tennant from 1984. This movie falls into the categories of Drama, Fantasy and Comedy. I think that I would agree with all of those choices.Steve Martin ...
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Episode 80
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41:46
Weapons Part 2
So ... Why Part 2 for the episode? Because Jay can't tell the difference between the pause and the stop button on the recorder. He graduated with honors from college (completely untrue) and he can't figure out the difference between 'pause' and...
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Episode 79
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23:45
Weapons Part 1
Brace yourselves. Jay made Louisa watch a horror movie! Well, okay, it's not like it was forced, but it did take a bit more convincing than usual. We got through the movie and Louisa doesn't need therapy. Weapons is Zach Cregger's s...
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Episode 78
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33:34
Ernest and Celestine
We're back! Today we are reviewing the French animated movie "Ernest and Celestine." Now mind you, we did not watch the original French version of this movie, but "instead," Jay and I watched the dubbed over version in English. "Ernest and Cele...
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Episode 76
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47:03
One Battle After Another
In today's latest episode of your favorite movie podcast, Louisa and Jay discuss one of Louisa's favorite actor's recent releases, "One Battle After Another." Louisa's favorite actor being the one and only Leonardo DiCaprio. She really does lov...
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Season 1
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Episode 75
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1:00:57
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
We're back! Did you miss us?? On this week's episode of Critique-o-polis, not only does Jay have a yummy recipe to recommend, but we also watched an excellent feel good movie, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" directed by Ben Stiller. Sidenote:...
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Season 1
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Episode 74
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58:00
The Race That Eats Its Young
Strength is measured in a number of different ways. Some think it's a question of how much you think you can lift. Others think it's a question of how many times you can get up after being beaten. We tripped across a documentary about a quirky,...
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Season 1
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Episode 73
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25:21
Just Start and Stranger's Game Shorts
We did two shorts and as a result the description is going to be even shorter. Just Start is an exploration of a woman who overcomes trauma seen through the lens of a guy who could make New Balance commercials. Don't write it off, it might impr...
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Episode 72
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39:57
Sorcerer (1977)
William Friedkin tested himself in 1977 with the production of Sorcerer. Employing a seasoned cast including Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal and Amidou. He retells the story of the 1953 The Wages of Fear, (film created from the Fren...
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Episode 71
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55:43
A Perfect World
And you thought prior to 1993 all Clint Eastwood could do was Westerns and Shoot-em ups. Heartfelt, character driven themes set in the not too distant past would at first glance to be outside of his wheelhouse especially in that time period. No...
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Episode 70
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48:34
Fandango
Welcome back to another exciting episode of Critique-Opolis! Today, your favorite hosts, Jay and Louisa are discussing the movie "Fandango" (starring, yes a young Kevin Costner). Director Kevin Reynolds made "Fandango" in 1985. But before makin...
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Season 1
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Episode 69
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57:03
Now You See Me
In our latest episode of your favorite movie critique podcast, Jay (mostly Jay) and Louisa discuss the movie "Now You See Me." Louisa is particularly excited because the "Now You See Me" movies have become a franchise. There will eventually be ...
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Season 1
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Episode 68
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37:21
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster
This movie should have been titled "Titan: The Stockton Rush Disaster." We watched this Netflix account of the most narcissistic and self centered deep submersible pseudo diving professional the universe saw fit to create. Join us on this analy...
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Season 1
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Episode 67
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54:32
F1
In his latest summer tentpole for Apple, Brad Pitt plays race car driver Sonny Hayes, whose race car career is probably over, but then Sonny's friend Ruben Cervantes played by Javier Bardem, finds Sonny doing his laundry at a local laundromat a...
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Season 1
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Episode 66
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41:46
Pee-Wee As Himself (and Tacos)
We're back! Today, we chat about a documentary - Pee Wee as Himself directed by Matt Wolf. Jay has been a big fan of Pee Wee since childhood. He has introduced Louisa to Pee Wee in recent years, including the viewing of Pee Wee's Big Adventure ...
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Episode 65
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50:38