Cube Critics: Recent Episodes
Minnesota Public Radio
From Minnesota Public Radio News, MPR News producers Samantha Matsumoto and Aron Woldeslassie share a passion for movies. Each week, they take a break from their day jobs to talk about what they've seen lately.
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Aron Woldeslassie discuss "Reality" and "Ultimatum: Queer Love"
Cube Critics Aron Woldeslassie and Samantha Matsumoto discuss the second seasons of "White Lotus" and "Inside Job."
Cube Critics Aron Woldeslassie and Samantha Matsumoto discuss "Interview with a vampire" and "Goodnight Oppy"
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Aron Woldeslassie get “Weird” and then head to “Atlanta.”
Aron and Samantha review "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," the sequel to the 2018 Marvel movie "Black Panther."
The Cube Critics share their thoughts on the new movies "The Good Nurse" and "Armageddon Time.”
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Aron Woldeslassie see "Tar" and "Black Adam" - and celebrate Chris Mulkey
The Cube Critics review the mystery “Amsterdam,” out in theaters, and spooky Netflix original “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone.”
Cube Critics Aron Woldeslassie and Samantha Matsumoto discuss "Sheng Weng: Sweet and Juicy" and "Catherine Called Birdy."
Cube Critics Aron Woldeslassie and Samantha Matsumoto discuss "Sheng Weng: Sweet and Juicy" and "Catherine Called Birdy."
Aron and Sam review the new murder mystery “See How They Run.” And Euan Kerr returns to review “The Woman King.”
Aron and Sam review the new murder mystery “See How They Run.” And Euan Kerr returns to review “The Woman King.”
The Cube Critics review the documentary “My Old School” and the mockumentary “Honk For Jesus Save Your Soul.”
The Cube Critics review the documentary “My Old School” and the mockumentary “Honk For Jesus Save Your Soul.”
The Cube Critics reviewed Reservation Dogs on FX and Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul on Netflix, in front of an audience at the Minnesota State Fair.
Cube Critics Aron Woldeslassie and Samantha Matsumoto discuss "Tuka & Bertie" and "League of their Own"
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Aron Woldeslassie discuss "Bodies, Bodies, Bodies" and "Prey"
Cube Critics Aron Woldeslassie and Samantha Matsumoto discuss "Easter Sunday" and "Uncoupled"
Cube Critics Aron Woldeslassie and Samantha Matsumoto discuss "The Gray Man, " "Not OK" and "Vengeance"
Cube Critics Aron Woldeslassie and Euan Kerr say 'yes' to "Nope" and sing the praises of "Hallelujah"
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Aron Woldeslassie talk about “Marcel the Shell with Shoes on” and “The Boys.”
Cube Critics review "Thor: Love and Thunder" and season two of the TV show "Hacks."
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Cube Critics Aron Woldeslassie and Samantha Matsumoto delve into the pros and cons of Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis”
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Aron Woldeslassie discuss "Lightyear" and "Brian and Charles"
Cube Critic Samantha Matsumoto reviews the final installment of the Jurassic World movies, “Jurassic World: Dominion.” And Aron Woldeslassie shares his take on Amazon Prime’s series “The Outlaws.”
Cube Critic Samantha Matsumoto loves “Fire Island,” streaming on Hulu. Plus, reviews of season two of “That Damn Michael Che” and season four of “Stranger Things.”
The Cube Critics discuss the Minnesota-made film Paulie Go!, which will premiere at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival on Thursday, May 19. And they also review Julia on HBO.
Cube Critics Aron Woldeslassie and Samantha Matsumoto review Marvel’s Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and the new Hulu teen rom-com Crush.
Cube Critic Samantha Matsumoto and guest host Nathan Stevens review “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” and “The Northman.”
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Aron Woldeslassie review the new Michelle Yeoh movie “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” and the HBO miniseries “DMZ.”
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Aron Woldeslassie talk about the sci-fi rom-com "Moonshot" and the romantic drama "Mothering Sunday."
The 94th Academy Awards are this Sunday on ABC. The Cube Critics talk about their favorites of the nominees, and make their predictions for the winners.
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Aron Woldeslassie talk about the newest Batman movie "The Batman," and the documentary "Lucy and Desi."
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Aron Woldeslassie talk "Euphoria" and "Ali Wong: Don Wong"
MPR Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Aron Woldeslassie see two new rom-coms just in time for Valentine’s Day: “Marry Me” and “I Want You Back.”
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto discuss "Moonfall", "Munich: The Edge of War", and "Sundown".
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto see some adaptations: Elena Ferrante's "The Lost Daughter" and Murakami's novella "Drive My Car."
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto discuss the new "Scream," "Parallel Mothers," and "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Euan Kerr discuss the spy thriller "The 355" and Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s new drama "A Hero."
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto discuss “The Matrix Resurrections,” “Licorice Pizza,” “Sing 2” and “Insecure.” Euan then sneaks in his interview with Paul Thomas Anderson including what the “Licorice Pizza writer-director learned about filmmaking during his time spent in St Paul
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto see "Spiderman: No Way Home," "Nightmare Alley," and "The Power of the Dog"
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto watch "West Side Story," "Being the Ricardos," and "Encounter"
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Euan Kerr discuss "Passing," "Wolf," and the 2021 British Arrows
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto discuss "C'mon C'mon" "Tick, Tick...BOOM!" and "House of Gucci."
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Masumoto see "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," "King Richard," and "The Harder They Fall"
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto take time over "Eternals" and "The Leftovers"
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Euan Kerr consider "Last Night in Soho" and "The French Dispatch"
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto discuss "The Electrical Life of Louis Wain" and "Dune."
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Euan Kerr go for three: "Halloween Kills", "Squid Game", and "The Rescue"
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto check out "No Time to Die" and "The Last Duel"
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto visit 'The Many Saints of Newark' and 'The Addams Family 2'
Cube Critics Samantha Matsumoto and Euan Kerr discuss "Dear Evan Hansen,” "My name is Pauli Murray," and "Surge."
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto discuss "The Eyes of Tammy Fae" and "Blue Bayou"
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto discuss 'Everybody's talking about Jamie' and 'The Card Counter'
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto discuss "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" and "Cinderella."
Cube Critics Stephanie Curtis and Samantha Matsumoto discuss "Flag Day" and "The Night House"
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Samantha Matsumoto discuss "Free Guy," "Respect," and "CODA"
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis see "Stillwater" "Formula 1: Drive to Survive" and "Jungle Cruise"
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis take on soccer, old age, and men with shortcomings. They discuss “Ted Lasso: Season 2,” “Old,” “Broken Diamonds,” and “Joe Bell”
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis take off with "Roadrunner" and "Schmigadoon!"
The Marvel movie originally slated for May 2020 finally hits screens this weekend. "Black Widow" has an epic cast, a tour of great European cities, and more stunts and explosions than at which you can shake a form-fitting superhero glove.
But is it any good? Cube Critics Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr discuss.
They also consider the Netflix series "We are the Champions" where ordinary people do epic stunts of their own, all in the name of competition in their chosen unusual sport. Cheese rolling anyone?