Destroying our marriage, one movie at a time…
…
continue reading
On the 25th anniversary of James Cameron's record-breaking blockbuster, The Unenthusiastic Critic is going down with the ship.
…
continue reading
1
SLEUTH (1972) & THE LAST OF SHEILA (1973)
1:35:02
1:35:02
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:35:02
Let the games begin, as The Unenthusiastic Critic enjoys her first viewings of two twisty murder mysteries.
…
continue reading
In celebration of #Noirvember, we're watching John Sayles' underrated masterpiece about murder and lies in a Texas border town.
…
continue reading
By popular demand, The Unenthusiastic Critic concludes this year's Halloween marathon with an absolutely bonkers new horror classic.
…
continue reading
1
GINGER SNAPS (2000)
1:06:54
1:06:54
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:06:54
The Unenthusiastic Critic's annual October marathon reaches "that time of the month," as we watch John Fawcett's hormone-fueled horror movie.
…
continue reading
1
EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960)
1:17:25
1:17:25
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:17:25
The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2022 horror marathon continues with Georges Franju's poetically creepy classic.
…
continue reading
1
DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)
1:03:16
1:03:16
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:03:16
Our 2022 Halloween marathon continues with the third film from George Romero's genre-defining horror trilogy.
…
continue reading
After a long and mouldering slumber, we're crawling out of our graves just in time for The Unenthusiastic Critic's Fifth Annual Halloween Movie Marathon.
…
continue reading
1
BLOOD SIMPLE (1984) & BOUND (1996)
1:16:34
1:16:34
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:16:34
We're celebrating #Noirvember with a neo-noir double-feature from two sets of cinematic siblings, The Coen Brothers and The Wachowski Sisters.
…
continue reading
Something wicked this way comes, as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2021 Halloween Movie Marathon comes to a conclusion with Nakea's first viewing of Robert Egger's new horror classic.
…
continue reading
1
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)
1:04:03
1:04:03
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:04:03
It's podcaster versus pod-people as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2021 Halloween Movie Marathon continues with Philip Kaufman's creepy conspiracy story of conformity as a communicable disease.
…
continue reading
1
ERASERHEAD (1977)
1:15:03
1:15:03
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:15:03
The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2021 Horror Marathon continues with David Lynch's darkly disturbing debut feature.
…
continue reading
1
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)
1:12:09
1:12:09
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:12:09
Things get a little hairy as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2021 Halloween Marathon gets underway with John Landis's comedy-horror hybrid.
…
continue reading
1
KING KONG (1933) & GODZILLA (1954)
1:32:23
1:32:23
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:32:23
On a new episode of the podcast, we witness a clash of the titans, as The Unenthusiastic Critic meets two timeless movie stars for the very first time.
…
continue reading
We have met the enemy and he is me, as I use a MAGA conspiracy theory as an excuse to introduce Nakea to John Woo's preposterous action thriller.
…
continue reading
Sometimes, The Unenthusiastic Critic just has to say "What the f——." So on this week's episode, we're watching Tom Cruise's breakout movie Risky Business (1983).
…
continue reading
1
THE SILENT PARTNER (1978)
57:13
57:13
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
57:13
We're finishing our "Christmas-Adjacent" marathon with Daryl Duke's unjustly forgotten crime thriller.
…
continue reading
The Unenthusiastic Critic watches the perfect movie for Christmas 2020: Alfonso Cuarón's dystopian (but strangely hopeful) nativity story.
…
continue reading
The Unenthusiastic Critic is looking for the holiday spirit in Norman Jewison's Christmas-adjacent romantic comedy.
…
continue reading
1
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
1:01:16
1:01:16
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:01:16
This #Noirvember, we're serving a cookie full of arsenic, as The Unenthusiastic Critic enjoys her first viewing of Alexander Mackendrick's cynical cinematic masterpiece.
…
continue reading
1
DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
57:09
57:09
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
57:09
In 1990, Kevin Costner's epic western was widely hailed as major progress in Hollywood's representation of indigenous people. But what will The Unenthusiastic Critic make of it 30 years later?
…
continue reading
There's no place like home, as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2020 Halloween Movie Marathon concludes with Bryan Bertino's harrowing home-invasion thriller.
…
continue reading
1
HEREDITARY (2018)
1:16:30
1:16:30
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:16:30
What's scarier than family? So we're talking about Ari Aster's breakthrough horror movie this week, as The Unenthusiastic Critic's Halloween movie marathon continues.
…
continue reading
We're headed back to Manderley as The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2020 Halloween Movie Marathon continues with Hitchcock's Oscar-winning suspense classic.
…
continue reading
1
THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE (2001)
1:01:53
1:01:53
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:01:53
The Unenthusiastic Critic's Halloween Movie Marathon continues with Guillermo del Toro's classic wartime ghost story.
…
continue reading
The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2020 Halloween Movie Marathon gets underway with a viewing of a creepy cult classic.
…
continue reading
1
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995)
51:36
51:36
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
51:36
This week we're revisiting Carl Franklin's sorely under-appreciated neo-noir, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this month.
…
continue reading
1
SPIRITED AWAY (2001)
1:13:22
1:13:22
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:13:22
This week we're getting Ghibli with it, as we sit down for The Unenthusiastic Critic's first viewing of Hayao Miyazaki's weird and wonderful animated classic.
…
continue reading
1
BATMAN (1989) AND BATMAN & ROBIN (1997)
1:20:44
1:20:44
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:20:44
This week, we're watching a dynamic duo of movies: the film that started Hollywood's love affair with superheroes, and the film that almost ended it.
…
continue reading
1
DRESSED TO KILL (1980)
1:26:29
1:26:29
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:26:29
The Unenthusiastic Critic is dressing down Brian De Palma's controversial thriller, released 40 years ago this week. Will she find it brilliant, offensive, both, or too ridiculous to be either?
…
continue reading
The Unenthusiastic Critic is back, to face the ultimate test of her musical-hating convictions.
…
continue reading
The Unenthusiastic Critic is contemplating murder, as we sit down for Alfred Hitchcock's taut exercise in sustained suspense.
…
continue reading
This week, Nakea and I are making much ado about nothing, as we revisit one of the most influential comedies of the 1980s.
…
continue reading
1
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971)
1:18:24
1:18:24
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:18:24
If I were a rich man, The Unenthusiastic Critic would probably be less resentful about having to watch a Broadway musical on her Christmas vacation.
…
continue reading
1
KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)
51:57
51:57
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
51:57
The Unenthusiastic Critic is contemplating divorce—not for the first time—as we sit down for her first viewing of Robert Benton's Christmas-tangential classic on its 40th anniversary.
…
continue reading
1
THE APARTMENT (1960)
1:17:41
1:17:41
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:17:41
A serious comedy about loneliness, infidelity, predatory men, workplace harassment, and attempted suicide? Sounds like the perfect Christmas movie for The Unenthusiastic Critic.
…
continue reading
1
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
1:18:10
1:18:10
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:18:10
The Unenthusiastic Critic is making first contact with Steven Spielberg's sci-fi classic, and asking the question: Is it about a space-age prophet, or just an intergalactic deadbeat dad?
…
continue reading
1
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (1982)
1:22:42
1:22:42
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:22:42
This week we're discussing "Magical Negroes," and The Unenthusiastic Critic is eyeballin' Taylor Hackford's 1982 romantic military melodrama.
…
continue reading
1
THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
1:09:52
1:09:52
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:09:52
The Unenthusiastic Critic is celebrating #Noirvember with Bogie & Bacall in Howard Hawks' adaptation of Raymond Chandler's classic detective story.
…
continue reading
In honor of the great John Witherspoon's passing, we're f–ing up the rotation this week, as Nakea introduces Michael to a '90s comedy classic.
…
continue reading
1
THE LOST BOYS (1987)
1:05:00
1:05:00
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:05:00
Sleep all day, party all night, never get old, never die. It's good to be the Unenthusiastic Critic.
…
continue reading
The Unenthusiastic Critic is bugging out, as our Halloween Movie Marathon continues with Dario Argento's weirdest movie.
…
continue reading
1
DON'T LOOK NOW (1973)
1:15:06
1:15:06
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:15:06
Our horror marathon continues with Nicolas Roeg's masterpiece of grief, marital disintegration, and impending doom. (In other words, it's business as usual for The Unenthusiastic Critic.)
…
continue reading
1
A QUIET PLACE (2018)
1:05:51
1:05:51
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:05:51
It's quiet in here—a little TOO quiet—as The Unenthusiastic Critic continues her 2019 Horror Movie Marathon with John Krasinski's muffled monster movie.
…
continue reading
1
FRANKENSTEIN (1931) & BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
1:18:48
1:18:48
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:18:48
It's alive! The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2019 Halloween Movie Marathon gets underway with a classic creature double-feature from the golden age of the Universal movie monsters.
…
continue reading
1
SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (1989)
1:03:26
1:03:26
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:03:26
We're recording our deepest, most intimate thoughts on Steven Soderbergh's seminal debut feature, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
…
continue reading
1
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
53:09
53:09
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
53:09
The fall's probably gonna kill us, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Newman and Redford's quintessential buddy western with The Unenthusiastic Critic's first viewing.
…
continue reading
1
ARMAGEDDON (1998)
1:23:52
1:23:52
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
1:23:52
It's the end of the world as we know it, and it can't come fast enough for The Unenthusiastic Critic, as she endures her first viewing of Michael Bay's disaster porn.
…
continue reading
1
THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982)
53:18
53:18
Später Spielen
Später Spielen
Listen
Gefällt mir
Geliked
53:18
It's the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, muppetational episode of The Unenthusiastic Critic yet.
…
continue reading
This week, The Unenthusiastic Critic is caught between the moon and New York City, as we sit down for Steve Gordon's dipsomaniacal comedy.
…
continue reading