Episode 439: Battle Beyond The Ocean, The Skies And The Biopics

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy close out 2023 with 11 reviews of the season’s most anticipated films and award season hopefuls. Steve checks out the latest crime comedy from Francois Ozon (The Crime is Mine) while families can check out the latest animated work from Illumination (Migration). Jeffrey Wright is a professor tired of stereotypical depictions of black life in literature (American Fiction) and now there is a feature version of the musical version of Alice Walker’s novel (The Color Purple). Sports play a central role in films from directors George Clooney (The Boys in the Boat), Sean Durkin (The Iron Claw) and Michael Mann (Ferrari) while Bradley Cooper can’t help but get in on the biopic trend (Maestro). Can a new rom-com with Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell loosen things up (Anyone But You) or will pure fantasy need to be satisfied by the likes of Zack Snyder (Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire) and James Wan closing out the DC Extended Universe (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom)?

0:00 - Intro

2:33 - The Crime Is Mine

8:34 - American Fiction

21:35 - The Color Purple

37:03 - The Boys in the Boat

49:55 - The Iron Claw

1:03:53 - Ferrari

1:17:30 - Maestro

1:30:39 - Anyone But You

1:48:54 - Migration

1:59-42 - Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

2:17:00 - Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

2:31:59 - Outro