Sanity at the Movies: Recent Episodes
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There are many shows where Christians talk about movies. This is the good one. In-depth, entertaining, biblical analysis for cinephiles and newbies alike.
We talk about one of the great silent film comedians, Charlie Chaplin, and his satire Modern Times.
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Christopher Nolan's best movie? Plus ... should Christians even watch Oppenheimer?
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It's a movie! With camera angles, lights, actors, and more! Plus ... what is up with Tom Cruise and scientology anyway?
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Let's take a deep dive into one of the most iconic and influential films of its time and all time: Rocky. Run up the stairs of great criticism and insight with us. Plus we'll talk A LOT about the history of bloodsport and pugilism, and whether violence (sporting or otherwise) is a "necessary evil" or a "positive good."
Sources:
1. John Avildsen obit.
2. Turn on to Love.
3. The Making of Rocky.
4. The Steadicam.
5. How the Fonz saved Rocky.
6. Bill Conti interview.
- Watching Rocky II with Muhammad Ali
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Hey hey
We're the show notes!
People say we show note around
But we're too busy singin'
To put anybody down!
It's our Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny review. Pee-yoo!
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Want to see some martial arts comic book action done right? Not at all like Marvel or any of that crap? Then let our heroes introduce you to 5 films in the Rurouni Kenshin series of Japanese action melodrama. They low-key love them.
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Not even the Flash himself can outrun the consequences of being in this terrible movie! Did that sentence make sense? The point is, The Flash is a bad movie. It's really, really bad.
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Our heroes discuss a podcast series that is taking things from them. (Note: for maximum coverage, this podcast is being published in The Bookening and Sound of Sanity feed as well.)
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Is it all a deconstruction of fatherhood and morality itself? Or is it a fun movie with nuances and complexities and things? That's the question that lies before us as we review Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse (2023). And we don't agree! Uh-oh!
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It's Sammy Fabelman-er, Steven Spielberg's life story! Does he have a good perspective on ... himself and his parents' divorce and his entry into Hollywood? Or is this self aggrandizing myth-making? Or apologia? Or what?
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It's Stagecoach. The movie that made John Wayne a star and ushered in a newly mature Western. It's also a ton of fun. And we had fun talking about it. Yay!
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In which we talk about why people are fascinated by serial killers, one of the great movie villain performances, that scene (you know the one), and how our culture has lost its sense of sexual deviancy as being ... y'know, horrifying. In other words, we're talking about Psycho.
Happy Reformation Day/Harvest Day/Halloween!
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Silent comedy rules. Especially when it's done by an artist of the caliber of Buster Keaton. And Steamboat Bill, Jr. is one of his best. It contains stunts that are still breathtaking, and comedy that still makes you laugh. And some heart, too. What else can you ask for?
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What is there to say about The Godfather? It's beautiful, it's horrible, and most everybody considers it one of the greatest movies ever made. What is it about this simple story of a mob family passing the torch that makes it so powerful and so beloved? What do some people return to it again and again? What does it have to say about hierarchy and authority and generational sin? And is what it says worth listening to? Sanity at the Movies talks The Godfather.
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What is there to say about The Godfather? It's beautiful, it's horrible, and most everybody considers it one of the greatest movies ever made. What is it about this simple story of a mob family passing the torch that makes it so powerful and so beloved? What do some people return to it again and again? What does it have to say about hierarchy and authority and generational sin? And is what it says worth listening to? Sanity at the Movies talks The Godfather.
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What is there to say about The Godfather? It's beautiful, it's horrible, and most everybody considers it one of the greatest movies ever made. What is it about this simple story of a mob family passing the torch that makes it so powerful and so beloved? What do some people return to it again and again? What does it have to say about hierarchy and authority and generational sin? And is what it says worth listening to? Sanity at the Movies talks The Godfather.
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Wanna understand just about everything that sucks in the world today? You should understand existentialism and Marxism and semiotics and structuralism and maybe even Jean-Luc Godard, the premier filmmaking of all this stuff, who died this week. Here's a primer.
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In our classic, beloved segment "Jake's takes", Jake catches up on a movie that everybody is still talking about. Success!
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“This is a tribute to freshness that is so mechanically engineered and so shrewdly calculated that the background music rises, the already soft focus blurs and melts, and, upon the instant, you can hear all those noses blowing in the theatre. Whom could this operetta offend? Only those of us who, despite the fact that we may respond, loathe being manipulated in this way and are aware of how cheap and ready-made are the responses we are made to feel. We may become even more aware of the way we have been turned into emotional and aesthetic imbeciles when we hear ourselves humming the sickly, goody-goody songs. … Squeezed again, and the moisture comes out of thousands--millions--of eyes and noses." --from acidic early review of The Sound of Music.
Sources: the Gov and the Times.
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"So completely absorbed in its own problems – its use of colour and space, its fanatical devotion to science-fiction detail – that it’s somewhere between hypnotic and immensely boring. The uncompromising slowness of the movie makes it hard to sit through without talking – and people on all sides when I saw it were talking almost throughout the film. Very annoying." --from the original New York Times review of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Did we like this movie? Is Jordan Peele a great filmmaker? Are the ideas groundbreaking and thought-provoking? ......... (INSERT ANSWER HERE)
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It's a movie about Thor. It is entitled Thor: Love and Thunder.It features a storyline involving Thor and various characters. Thor interacts with these characters. These interactions are designed to entertain the audience of the movie. This is the main reason that the audience watches the movie. This is a podcast about that movie. It seeks to ascertain whether the movie successfully entertains its audience in the manner hitherto described. It also focuses on the edification (or lack thereof) of said entertainment.
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The other big blockbuster movie that changed cinema forever. And it's almost 30 years old now. Yeesh. Our heroes discuss Michael Crichton, pop novels of the late twentieth century, dinosaurs, y'know, all kinds of stuff.
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The movie that started everything. The reason your cinema is the way it is. And a pretty good little fish story, at that. It's Jaws.
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VROOM! There goes an airplane! (Insert 80s nostalgia.)
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It's a piece of terrible corporate schlock. Or an anti-woke masterpiece if you believe the Federalist (??????).
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Our mini-reviews of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Secrets of Dumbledore. And The Northman. Yay.
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One of the great movies of the twenty-first century. One of the great children's films. Etc.
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Our heroes review a beloved children's film based in Irish mythology. Nathan finds it deeply troubling.
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What does a romantic comedy do? Why do people like them? Why did they attain such popularity in the 90s and very early 00s, and why did they drop off so severely after that? Our heroes are on the case as they discuss 2000's romantic-comedy-drama Return to Me!
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All the SatM boys said this was the first movie in (maybe) years to do certain things. What are those things? Did they like them? LISTEN TO FIND OUT! Our epic The Batman review. The best on the internet. Guaranteed.
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Want a movie from when men were men and women were women? Then you've come to the right place.
Happy Valentine's Day Month (???). We're talking about one of the great romantic comedies (and, some would say, one of the great movies, period). And one with masculine and feminine energy that is just a teensy weensy bit different than today. That's right ... it's Frank Capra's It Happened One Night (1934).
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Ever wonder where everything cool came from, be it Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Mad Max, spaghetti westerns, anime,Clint Eastwood, graphic novels, The Matrix ... y'know, everything cool. One of the places is Japanese director, Akira Kurosawa. And one of his best and most accessible movies is Yojimbo. And we are talking about it in this episode.
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In which our heroes review an inconceivably great movie with many great lines such as "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." And " Life is pain. Anyone who says different is trying to sell you something." And "Mawage is what bwings us togever today." Yay!
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It's a classic of the silent cinema! The one where the guy dangles off the clock. A film that still works to this day.
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Our heroes weave a tangled web of expert criticism as they discuss the latest Marvel thing, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Dawn of Justice.
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In which we review Jimmy Stewart's classic Christmas movie. No, the other one. The warm hearted, slightly bemused fable for adults that is The Shop Around the Corner.
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Our heroes dissect a wretched, disingenuous piece of filth. Yes, you can dissect filth.
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It's a classic Hitchcock movie that's a classic, which we review, classically.
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It's a big dry desert of a movie about a big dry desert.
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Hey, it's a nearly three hour review of not just No Time to Die but the phenomenon of James Bond in general, and how terrible it has been for society (even though, yes, lots of things are fun in the movies).
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You've been waiting for it your whole life. You just didn't know it. For what you ask? Why for our review of Nicholas Cage's Knowing (2009), a movie that is way better than Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Or at least, we'd rather watch it. And so we did. Good job, us!
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Is this seemingly benign film about friendly aliens actually the most subversive and evil film Steven Spielberg ever made?
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Is Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings just more of the same Marvel schlock made by people who despise you????? Listen to find out!
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Our heroes CONTINUE their discussion of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Nathan uses the phrase "ritual decoupled from meaning" MANY TIMES. IS THIS THE END OF CIVILIZATION AS WE KNOW IT?
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Is this the best superhero movie ever made? How meta can a movie go before civilization crumbles? (Serious question...)
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3 happy men feel thusly because they're reviewing the classic 12 Angry Men.
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Is Black Widow subversive because it wants to subvert the patriarchy or because it's secretly a family movie that wants to pretend to subvert the patriarchy? Or is just a silly movie that doesn't know what it wants to do from scene to scene? Is there anything fun or redeeming about it?
Should you pay 30 bucks on Disney Plus? Or go see it in a ... th-th-th-theater?!?!?
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Loki was good until it totally sold itself out. Our heroes discuss this on the podcast, a rare sample of the amazing content we usually put over at Patreon.
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Nathan and Ben review The Tomorrow War with Chris Pratt! Why? Because people are watching. Plus some conservatives think this movie upholds conservative values. We have thoughts.
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Is Pixar's new movie Lucagay propaganda? Should parents show it to their kids? Is it possible to tell the story of two boys having affection for each other without people saying it's gay? Has Pixar jumped the shark? Did they jump the shark a long time ago? We talk about bullies as an archetype, the culture of perversity, dumb parents in bad movies, and all kinds of things, while ostensibly talking about Luca.
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Sanity at the Movies trashes a stupid piece of trash like it deserves. At least that is what one of our reviewer's does and feels. But maybe not everybody feels that way. Listen!
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Man, people back in the day sure knew how to evoke sexual tension without being all smutty about it. But, man, did they evoke it. (!!!) Anyway, if you have ever enjoyed a musical, or even a music video, you owe some of your enjoyment to the legacy of Swing Time, and the greatest dancing couple to ever grace the silver screen, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. But some of the technique that goes into a movie like this WILL SHOCK YOU!!! Or not, maybe. But you should listen to this podcast, which is considerably longer than the excellent movie that it is about.
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See, like Rumble in the Bronx.A Jackie Chan movie. Because this is a rambling discussion about martial arts films, with a lot of discussion of Jackie Chan. Nathan and Ben like martial arts movies. That is one thing you'll get from this episode. What other things might you get from this episode? SO MANY THINGS! LISTEN NOW, MAN! (We thought we were going to discuss a Jackie Chan movie, but it didn't really work out that way, so we had a casual, off-the-cuff conversation. Hopefully there are some helpful things in it.)
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The Matrix is an important movie. It was a signpost for everything that has happened in culture in the 22 years since it came out. And not just for its special effects. In its way, it helped usher in trans culture, BLM, feminist warrior women, intersectionality, simulation theory (duh), and a lot more. Plus it had some righteous kung fu. There's a lot to talk about, and our heroes talk about in the nearly three hours of this podcast. So go ahead. See how deep the rabbit hole goes.
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What do three non-Disney animated classics, a Spielberg movie, a sequel to The Wizard of Oz, two silent films, and way too many Muppet adventures all have in common? They may or may not appear on our list of 28 movies that your family will not regret watching (Number 7 Will Shock You!) This podcast will give you awesome ways to win on movie night for months to come, or your money back.
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Which great epic poem is Justice League the most like? Is Ben Affleck the best Batman? What makes a terrifying Joker? What's the difference between a Marvel villain and a DC villain? Should you watch this movie? We consider all these questions and more .
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We discuss a classic Cary Grant/Katherine Hepburn/Jimmy Stewart movie that is so full of masculine alpha swagger it might as well be red pill. No, really. But that's part of what makes it so fascinating. The sex politics in this one are complicated, yo. It's also one of the wittiest, best-written comedies of all time. There's that, too. SO MUCH TO DISCUSS!
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Here it is, our (accidentally) mind-bending review of WandaVision, a pretty okay Marvel TV show with some fun stuff in it. YAY! Be sure to sign up for our Patreon to get the rest of our episode reviews.
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Was this seriously the movie that they wanted to make?
Weird.
Anyway ... Wonder Woman! She runs around in her underwear, she fights the Nazis. At least that's what she used to do. Now, she lives in 1984, in the cinematic work of wonderment that is Wonder Woman 1984. This is the largest franchise tentpole directed by a feminist lady person, so our heroes examine it closely to see what it tells us about the state of feminist lady people and action movie-making today.
Note: we did this one on Zoom. The sound quality is not up to our usual standards, but we wanted to get it to you in a timely fashion.
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Merry Christmas, Bedford Falls! We're going to call that a year for Sanity at the Movies, so we thought we'd leave on a high point, and give you something to sink your teeth into. It's our three hour deep-dive into one of our favorite movies, a film of elemental pathos and power (how's that for a description?) It's a Wonderful Life. We had fun talking about this one. We hope you have fun listening. And maybe learn a thing or two.
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A short show update + Giving Tuesday. PLEASE GIVE HERE.
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Oh boy oh boy. We're still dissecting this movie. There's a lot to dissect. Hooray!
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Who wanted to make Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?Spielberg? Lucas? Ford? What did they think we would get out of it? What did they think they would get out of it? Is there anything to be gotten by a getter? Or is this one just a swing and a miss? If so, how do people this talented miss this badly? Sanity at the Movies is on the case, answering every one of these questions, figuring out how to save the "nuke the fridge" scene, and more.
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What did Steven Spielberg understand about the seedy underbelly of the 1980s? Why is Stranger Things stupid? Is Poltergeist actually a good movie? Does it keep it's bargain with the audience, or does it cross some horror-movie lines that make it unpalatable? And what does it tell us about Spielberg and his golden run as America's premier entertainer?
Steven Spielberg's Poltergeist is a fascinating artifact if nothing else. We recommend listening to this whether you like (or have seen) the movie, or not. Happy Halloween!
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Is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade the best of the bunch? Or just the one that's most kid friendly? Is Sean Connery too cute by half as Henry Jones Jr? Or is he perfect? Would people accept the humor of this movie in a post Jar Jar world? Is it okay that the non-dad stuff is so formulaic? SO MANY QUESTIONS AND THINGS TO BE DISCUSSED. Listen to this episode and get ALL THE ANSWERS.
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Cinematic masterpiece or Tolkien-lite garbage? A good adaptation, a good action movie that's not quite an adaptation, You can argue that Peter Jackson's The Return of the King (2003) really works as the ending to a great cinematic trilogy. You can also argue that is has a lot about it that is just plain ... stupid. Our heroes try to sort it all out in this episode.
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Does Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom deserve it's status as the dreary, violent red-headed stepchild of the Jones franchise? Or is it a couple changes away from being a truly great film? What works, what doesn't, and why? OUR HEROES DISCUSS THIS FOR TWO HOURS!
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We read through the Duel of the Fates screenplay over at Patreon. You know, Colin Trevorrow's rejected and kinda awesome Star Wars script, complete with Chewie killing a Knight of Renn. You should sign up for it and listen. The end.
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Does the Peter Jackson version of The Two Towers hold up nearly twenty years later? Did it ever? These are the burning questions Sanity at the Movies attempts to answer today. In the process, our heroes argue this was an almost impossible adaptation due to the way the novel was structured. In any case, it's clear Peter Jackson had a different agenda than J. R. R. Tolkien, but is this a bad thing? At a certain point our heroes get distracted and talk about Beyonce and some other things. But that's all good too!
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Is Raiders of the Lost Ark the greatest work of pop entertainment ever made? Or just the best action movie? Our heroes discuss Lucas and Spielberg's masterpiece in great depth, and have a lot of fun doing it, as they articulate what makes this movie really stand out from the pack of everything that came before and came after ...
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Do modern action movies such as the films of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise teach us (and our children) to dehumanize and demonize anyone who doesn't agree with our point of view? Our heroes argue that this is the case, and talk about the ramifications for our current political climate, things like COVID and Black Lives Matter, and more.
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What are the things that YOU need to understand about how American looks at her fake heroes? What do American heroes tell you about America? What do they tell you about yourself? As our heroes embark on a journey through the Indiana Jones movies, they offer some context on all the American heroes that came before, and try to distill what makes an American hero, and how it got that way. Along the way, we'll talk about British heroes like Robin Hood, Sir Lancelot, James Bond, and Harry Potter. All of whom we argue are fundamentally different than American heroes like Superman, Batman, Philip Marlowe, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and, of course, Indiana Jones. How? LISTEN TO THE EPISODE.
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Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker is the worst Star Wars movie. Period. Even though it's much more competent than several of them. And doesn't take weird, annoying risks like Last Jedi.
But it has all the elements that make for a satisfying movie. So why doesn't it work? Our heroes answer that question in great depth in this episode. Two and a half hours worth of depth. Enjoy.
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In which our heroes review Mulan, the prototype of Disney's most (artistically) successful strain of feminism. And a pretty good movie for the first two thirds at least. Those songs are catchy though, Bro!
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a fine film, routinely considered a classic. But is it actually a good adaptation of Harper Lee's novel? That is the question that Sanity at the Movies attempts to answer in this exciting episode!
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Brandon from The Bookening podcast stops by (eventually) and our heroes pour out their thoughts about Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring.They highlight some problems about the film (and its sequels) but try to make some space for the filmmakers. This was not an easy property to adapt, and a lot of the issues that crop up in these films probably would have cropped up one way or another, no matter who was making the movies.
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Nathan and Jake agree that people of all tribes and nations and political bent can join together in finding Pocahontas bland and uninspired. That music and scenery is pretty though. But boy, what do you say about the least of the Disney Renaissance?
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Sanity at the Movies talks about a movie that they all loved during their childhood: Aladdin. Does the story hold up? Is this one of the great Disney movies or one of the okay ones? How 'bout that Robin Williams. All of these questions and more will be answered in this exciting, exotic Arabian episode.
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Sanity at the Movies review the bona fide Walt Disney classic Beauty and the Beast. The one without Emma Watson. Is it a story of Stockholm syndrome????? Is it the story of another brat who doesn't deserve to be treated half as awesomely as the movie treats her? Or is it the greatest Disney princess movie of all time? That's the question. LISTEN TO FIND OUT THE ANSWER!!!!!!!
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Hot take: The Little Mermaid doesn't hold up. The immodest attire is worse than you remember it, the animation quality is worse than you remember, and Ariel's rebellious teenager act gets tired REAL QUICK. It's still kind of great though, with songs that have stood the test of time. This is our podcast, you can listen to it.
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Sleeping Beauty wasn't considered aa success when it came out and it was the last Disney fairy tale for thirty years. But it holds up as one of the most beautiful-to-look-at animated films ever made. Does this make it one of the best? Well, you can't discount Maleficent, one of the most terrifying villains in, well, anything. And Aurora and Phillip make a good couple, and Pastor Jake loves it more than anything in the world. But Nathan has some problems with the story. WHAT WILL BECOME OF SANITY AT THE MOVIES???
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Sanity at the Movies talks about Cinderella, the Walt Disney movie, and figures out if there is such a thing as a female mono-myth, and if so, whether it is sexist. Also we talk about whether Cinderella is an example of white entitlement, who are favorite Cinderellas are, how Cinderella saved the Disney Corporation, and more. Yay!
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If you love backstage musicals, or old-school show-business, or the United States of America, you owe it to yourself to watch Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). Featuring one of the greatest performances by one of the most charismatic Hollywood stars, this is just a gem of a movie, full of humor and heart and classic songs and dances.
Really. You should totally watch it. Don't believe us? Listen to this podcast.
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Yes, that's right folks, we are now doing Disney princesses. And Snow White contains one of the iconic ones. Not to mention the fact that this is one of the most influential and important movies ever made, fashioned by a genius (or was he?) innovator and creator at the top of his game, deeply influencing everything that came thereafter. And it still works pretty well for the kiddos, too. Here, in all it's glory, is Sanity at the Movies' discussion of Snow White.
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Happy New Year. Nathan checks in with his top five of the 2010s and an update on where the show is headed (no, we're not going anywhere).
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Here it is! In all it's, uh, glory. Yay!
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Rian Johnson might be the best filmmaker to make a Star Wars movie, but The Last Jedi is arguably one of the worst Star Wars movies. Or is it? It's certainly the most divisive. There are heroes on both sides, and Nathan and Jake talk about the best and worst of the best and worst Star Wars in this very special, very long episode of Sanity at the Movies. Yay! Why is Mark Hamil played by a homeless man? Are Poe's quips actually good? Will our heroes be forced to talk about sex politics in Star Wars? Is Rey the love-child of Leia and Holdo? Why is Carrie Fisher so much better in this movie than Force Awakens.
Plus lots of predictions about Rise of Skywalker, which comes out the same day as this podcast. We'll have our hot take episode on that ASAP this weekend.
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It's a hefty episode discussing every conceivable angle on Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Is it good? Should Han have been more mature? Did Carrie Fisher actually give a real performance? Why do Nathan and Jake feel kinda paternal toward Rey this viewing? Is Kylo Renn a good villain or a lame emo one? How bout that Star Killer Base?
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It's our cold takes on Frozen 2 and Knives Out. Yay!
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Hey ho! Let's go! Yes sir, Sanity at the Movies is reviewing the greatest of all Star Wars movies, nay the greatest of all movies, nay the greatest of all art, nay the greatest of all things ... Solo: A Star Wars Story. Also they talk about The Mandalorian. They like one of these things better than the other. But the two exist in an interesting contrast to one another. Yay! Listen today.
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"Save the rebellion! Save the dream!" Yes, Sanity at the Movies is tackling Rogue One ... a totally rad film that may or may not actually be a good movie, but is great Star Wars. What's the difference? Does it matter? Our heroes talk about that, and awesome cinematography, and how special effects should be used, and adult vs kids Star Wars, and so much more, in a wide-ranging discussion of one of their favoriteflicks from this particular franchise.
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It's our review of Return of the Jedi, a little space movie you may have heard of. Everything you always wanted to hear discussed about racist archetypes, fathers and sons, blue elephant pianists, Nazi architecture, killing defenseless barge employees, and more. Next up: Rogue One.
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Jake and Nathan talk for ninety minutes about Revenge of the Sith. Also Jake likes Clone Wars, but use discretion before showing it to your kids. Got that?
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This is the episode of Sanity at the Movies where our heroes talk about Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Will they mount a noble defense for it like they attempted to do for Episode I? Or will they be forced to admit that this is the dumbest Star Wars movie that isn't Last Jedi? Listen, dear listener, and find out!
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In which Sanity at the Movies talks about a much-derided Star Wars movie that may or may not be ripe for rediscovery? Ah, who are we kidding? It's pretty bad, but also pretty good in some ways. Both the bad and the good are interesting to talk about. Or interesting to listen to Jake and Nathan talk about. Which is what you should do. Writing these descriptions is hard. But it's a good episode and you should listen to it. Thanks for reading.
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What the title says. Sound of Sanity correctly predicts the plot of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerbased on the trailer.
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A big episode on Empire Strikes Back, featuring our very own little, wise, green guy (one of these may or may not be true) Benjamin Sulser. Our heroes discuss whether action choreography, letting go of the past, whether the Force should keep us from letting our kids watch these things, Yoda and trickster mentors throughout history, Han and Leia and #metoo, and more!
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Sanity at the Movies talks Empire Strikes Back, proving that nothing about the movie was inevitable, and how it defined the modern mythologizing and merchandizing that both Star Wars and general blockbusters engage in.
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In which Sanity at the Movies provides an extremely cold take on San Diego Comic-Con 2019, discussing all the news from Marvel (Female Thor! LGBT representation!), action movie choreography, old Picard, and more!
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Our heroes review Milo and Otis 2: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Lion King.
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It's our review of Spider-Man: Far from Home, a movie we really liked and think bodes poorly for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Women's roles have evolved a lot in the hundred-plus years of cinema. But maybe not as much as you'd think. This is technically part 2 of our Star Wars: A New Hopereview, but we give an extended overview of the portrayal of women in film, and then decide how Princess Leia fits into it. Plus Jake talks about how he handles the feminism of Star Warswith his young girls.
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Our heroes review a flop that everyone will have forgotten about two weeks from now ... Men in Black: International.
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Bom bom! Bom bom bom, bom bom! (Star Wars music) Our heroes talk Star Wars, it's influence, the hero's journey, good mentors, bad robots, and more!
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Yeah, technically it's a bonus episode because this podcast is only supposed to come out every OTHER week, but this is a 90 minute review of Disney's new Aladdin movie. So it feels a lot like a real episode. In fact, it kind of is one. But don't tell anybody.
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In this podcast our heroes talk all things Star Warsas they prepare to review all 11 movies. Yay for franchise filmmaking!
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In this bonus ep (which is as long as a regular ep) our heroes respond to a letter about Hawkeye's storyline in Endgame. They talk about blood-guilt, sacrifice, vigilante justice. All that good stuff.
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Our heroes discuss the moral failings of Avengers: Endgame and why this is basically the death knell for the MCU. (Even though they actually liked the movie pretty well.)
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