Spiderhead – But also Cha Cha Real Smooth and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande!
This week on the Cinemaholics podcast, we check out Spiderhead and a few other streaming releases that came out over the weekend.
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‘Cruella’ crashes Disney’s remake runway with a loud, stylish reimagining of the classic villain
In the original animated movie (and, by extension, the 1996 live-action remake), Cruella is a dashing, fittingly devilish fashion obsessive who craves to skin the coats of Dalmatians because, well, she’s cruel and narcissistic. Cruella, from director Craig Gillespie, mostly buries this aspect of the villain’s psyche by giving more time to explaining her ascent (or descent?) to becoming a fashion superstar from extraordinarily humble beginnings.
Cinemaholics Podcast #121 – Men in Black: International, The Dead Don’t Die, Changeland
Suit up. Jon and Will are back in black to discuss Men in Black: International, the fourth film in the franchise, now starring Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson as the memory-wiping, alien-saving agents. They also discuss the lackluster summer box office in 2019 and how this may affect theatrical releases in the future. And you’ll hear reviews for Jim Jarmusch’s “dry zombie comedy” The Dead Don’t Die and Seth Green’s directorial debut Changeland.