Brian Gill
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Mad About Movies Podcast
Movies reviews only
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Creed III (2023) |
MBJ proves to be equally equipped to provide strength and brilliance both inside the ring and outside of it, stepping into Coogler's massive shoes with great competence. Jonathan Majors is a STAR. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Mar 14, 2023
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Cocaine Bear (2023) |
Easily the best movie I've ever seen featuring a bear consuming a metric ton of cocaine. EASILY. Paddington could never. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Mar 14, 2023
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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) |
Far from the best the MCU has to offer but fun, energetic, and quirky enough to overlook its flaws. Also: Jonathan Majors. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Mar 14, 2023
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Knock at the Cabin (2023) |
Far from best Shyamalan has brought us over the years but also FAR from the worst. Bautista makes the movie and keeps it afloat during its lesser moments. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 15, 2023
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The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) |
McDonagh is, for my money, the best writer in the business. Farrell and Gleeson are the perfect vessels for his unique brand of dark, heartbreaking, hilarity. A near perfect movie. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 01, 2023
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The Menu (2022) |
Finally, we have the definitive proof that American cheese on a burger is good. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 01, 2023
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Babylon (2022) |
While the performances are outstanding and the movie-making scenes are often exquisite, the hedonism and debauchery of Babylon feels like a completely different movie that serves, essentially, as a MacGuffin to connect the characters. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Jan 08, 2023
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) |
I'm not sure anyone cares about Jake Sully and his family as much as James Cameron thinks they do. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Jan 08, 2023
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Nomadland (2020) |
Chloe Zhao and Frances McDormand are a match made in film heaven. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) |
I have sorely missed this sort of big budget popcorn flick through this never-ending pandemic and Wonder Woman succeeds in filling that gap, though only by the slimmest of margins. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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Soul (2020) |
Soul is beautifully structured and animated. Pixar remains undefeated at putting me through the emotional wringer. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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Mank (2020) |
Fincher made a number of risky choices along the way, the type that only a few mainstream filmmakers can get away with, and it all works quite beautifully. Surprisingly, Mank is, dare I say, a lot of fun to watch in large sections. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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Hillbilly Elegy (2020) |
We should expect more from all involved parties but Adams, in particular, is painfully bad in one of the worst "Oscar grabs gone wrong" in recent memory. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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On the Rocks (2020) |
Rashida Jones' performance is so authentic and charming and oh, how great it is to see Murray having fun. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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Jungleland (2019) |
Jungleland avoids most of the traps and tropes you'd expect a movie like this to fall into, allowing Hunnam and O'Connell to soar. I'm very excited to see what director Max Winkler will do next. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (2020) |
Collecting all phases of the Star Wars cinematic universe into one animated space is fun but the best parts are the inside jokes at the franchise's own expense. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) |
The perfect material and cast for Sorkin and one of the strongest ensemble performances of the year. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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Love and Monsters (2020) |
Love and Monsters takes some very common tropes from different genres and mixes them all together in a strange, unique world. The result is wholly appealing and sheds new light, for me at least, on O'Brien's leading man potential. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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The Shining (1980) |
Each viewing reestablishes The Shining as one of the greatest horror movies of all-time. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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Mulan (2020) |
Underwhelming in almost every sense of the word but you can do worse with these Disney remakes. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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The Devil All the Time (2020) |
The performances are strong but if there's a more unrelentingly bleak film in 2020 I will do my best to avoid it. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) |
Twenty minutes in, I was thinking of ending my watching of this movie. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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Enola Holmes (2020) |
Perhaps one too many breaks of the fourth wall but on the whole, Enola is a delightful little movie that has the potential to be a franchise launching point. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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Tenet (2020) |
It's the most Nolan movie ever and I'm not sure it makes since but I was enthralled nonetheless. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 10, 2021
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Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) |
Far more enjoyable than I ever would have thought possible, the earnestness of Reeves and Winter carries this long awaited sequel through its low points. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 03, 2020
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Project Power (2020) |
Project Power executes terribly on what feels like a relatively interesting premise. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 03, 2020
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Greyhound (2020) |
A bit slighter than some of its contemporary war movies but Hanks covers over a multitude of sins, or, in this case, mediocrities. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 03, 2020
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An American Pickle (2020) |
It may not be a perfect vehicle for Simon Rich's but Seth Rogen is a remarkable conduit for his sense of humor. Rogen deserves a lot of credit for pulling off the dual roles. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 03, 2020
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Palm Springs (2020) |
Samberg and Milioti are beautiful together and Palm Springs has the perfect midsummer vibe. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 03, 2020
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The Old Guard (2020) |
A cool premise and Charlize's star power keep The Old Guard afloat but it often feels rushed and thrown together. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 03, 2020
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Hamilton (2020) |
Rarely does an uber-hyped pop culture phenomenon live up to the hype. Hamilton exceeds its insanely lofty reputation. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 03, 2020
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Catwoman (2004) |
I love(d) basketball more than anything in the world until I watched the basketball scene in Catwoman. Now I hate basketball. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 02, 2020
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After Earth (2013) |
Will Smith and M. Night Shyamalan both at the peak of their respective "lost in the woods" career period, After Earth is a complete disaster. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 02, 2020
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Artemis Fowl (2020) |
Disney continues to try desperately to find their fantasy-inspired franchise and this, decisively, isn't it. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 02, 2020
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Capone (2020) |
That's enough, Tom Hardy. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 02, 2020
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Da 5 Bloods (2020) |
The performances are magnificent, the story is timely, the content is harrowing. This is Spike at his best. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 02, 2020
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Batman & Robin (1997) |
It's honestly a miracle anyone was ever willing to see a Batman movie again after this film. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 02, 2020
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Battlefield Earth (2000) |
Lives up to the hype. This is the worst movie ever made. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 02, 2020
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Howard the Duck (1986) |
I just...I just don't understand. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 02, 2020
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Jack and Jill (2011) |
I'm not saying we SHOULD take Pacino's Oscar away from him because of this movie. I'm just saying that's a conversation I'm willing to have. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Sep 02, 2020
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The Big Lebowski (1998) |
I could tell you how much I love this movie but that's just, like, my opinion, man. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Jul 15, 2020
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The Gentlemen (2020) |
The story bogs down in places and some of the supporting characters are not nearly as interesting as Mr. Ritchie thinks they are but the classic Ritchie flair is there and the parts that work really work quite well. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 25, 2020
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Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) |
Given its nightmarish production, it's somewhat miraculous that Sonic is as fun and lively as it is, if only moderately so on both fronts. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 25, 2020
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) |
An extremely rough, clunky script hinders what should have been a much better movie, though the movie is fun enough to overcome some of the needless hurdles. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 25, 2020
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Parasite (2019) |
A monumental achievement in film and the rare film that goes from "very good" to "historically great" in its final act. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 25, 2020
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1917 (2019) |
An overwhelming accomplishment in filmmaking, 1917 might be more "experience" than "film" but oh, what an experience it is nonetheless. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 25, 2020
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The Call of the Wild (2020) |
Manages to get the difficult aspects of the story, its themes and morals, right while failing in what should have been the easier parts (namely, the eye-piercing dog CGI) but the quality of the source material wins out in the end. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 25, 2020
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Jojo Rabbit (2019) |
Waititi's voice is so clear through every element of the film, allowing it to walk the fine line necessary for effective satire. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Feb 25, 2020
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The Irishman (2019) |
Features several stretches of brilliance but rarely focuses on the storylines and plot points I found the most interesting. I'm all for a slow burn and a long runtime but The Irishman puts that to the test in its final act. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Jan 03, 2020
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Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) |
Lacks some of the charm of the first film and falls into several of the typical "unexpected success that must now be sequelized" traps but the cast carries the movie through its weak spots. - Mad About Movies Podcast
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| Posted Jan 03, 2020
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