Episode 551: With Friends Like These Who Needs A Ballad?

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have reviews of eight new movies this week. They revisit one of the best films they saw at Sundance this year (The Ballad of Wallis Island) while Erik handles this week’s latest video game adaptation (A Minecraft Movie). Public domain puts Steamboat Willie into horror (Screamboat) and how do they like dem apple on dat head (William Tell). Michael Shannon directs the aftermath of a school shooting (Eric Larue) and Paul Walter Hauser plays the infamous Press Your Luck champion (The Luckiest Man In America). The directors of Half Nelson and Captain Marvel make an ‘80s anthology (Freaky Tales) and, finally, Naomi Watts and a Great Dane grieve over the loss of Bill Murray (The Friend).

0:00 - Intro

1:37 - The Ballad of Wallis Island

10:44 - A Minecraft Movie

21:11 - Screamboat

32:11 - William Tell

39:53 - Eric Larue

53:40 - The Luckiest Man in America

1:10:14 - Freaky Tales

1:18:29 - The Friend

1:30:30 - Outro

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