Critique-Opolis
by Jay Jermo & Louisa Jenista
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The Zip Gun Problem And Other Ways To Ruin A Motorcade
The Zip Gun Problem And Other Ways To Ruin A Motorcade
About this podcast
Jay & Louisa deliver a fiery, opinion fueled overview of movies, social movements, cultural behaviors and eating habits - dovetailed with a honey-based recipe and reviews of the most obnoxious movie/media news headlines we can get our eyeballs in front of. For our latest editions, we will be reviewing scripts from the infamous Hollywood 'Black List' (scripts with a ton of 'buzz' that have yet to secure a deal or go into production) - and adding our own casting and story development suggestions.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 106 episodes
- The Zip Gun Problem And Other Ways To Ruin A Motorcade · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 106Send us Fan Mail A good thriller doesn’t just ask, “Will he do it?” It asks, “What part of you breaks while you try to stop it?” That’s why we had to go back to the 1993…
- Thug Notes · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 105Send us Fan Mail Classic books are supposed to be timeless, so why do they so often feel unreadable? We get into Thug Notes, the short web series that retells Shakespeare…
- Brewster’s Millions And The Hidden Math Of “Easy Money” · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 104Send us Fan Mail A rich uncle’s final wish sounds like a dream until you hear the fine print: spend $30 million in 30 days, end with zero assets, tell no one what you’re doing…
- Boomers, Rage, And Responsibility · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 103Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to feel less alone is to hear someone describe your house without ever having been there. We start with a blunt check-in (yes, we missed a…
- A Movie About A Rug That Ruined Everything · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 102Send us Fan Mail A movie can be “universally loved” and still bounce right off you and that’s exactly the fight we pick with The Big Lebowski. One of us calls it a forever…
- Grit And Heroin · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 101Send us Fan Mail A movie can win Best Picture and still feel like a brick wall if you hit it on the wrong night. We watched The French Connection and immediately ran into the big…
- We Finally Watch Silence Of The Lambs And Get Pulled In · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 100Send us Fan Mail Our 100th episode lands on a movie with a reputation that scares people off, and we get why. Silence of the Lambs is brutal, tense, and unforgettable. It’s also…
- Aliens Show Up And Nobody Watches TV · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 100Send us Fan Mail One secret can change the world, but only if anyone believes it. We sit down with Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day and end up talking less about…
- When Your Kryptonite Is An Air Horn · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 99Send us Fan Mail Sound can be wallpaper in a movie, or it can be the whole engine. Tuner lands firmly in the second camp, and we had a lot to say about why it works. We talk…
- Stolen Song, Stolen Spotlight · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 98Send us Fan Mail A wedding singer writes a melody for his newborn daughter, years pass, and then one late-night jam turns that private song into a public smash. The twist: the…
- Shopgirl And The Weight Of Loneliness · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 97Send us Fan Mail He sends her a pair of gloves from her own workplace and somehow that becomes the beginning of everything. We’re talking about Shopgirl (2005), the Steve Martin…
- We Follow A Studio Executive Until Everything Breaks · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 96Send us Fan Mail A studio executive gets buried under endless pitches, anonymous postcards, and one creeping fear that won’t go away: he’s about to be replaced. Then Robert…
- What Happens When A Rom-Com Has No Tone · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 86Send us Fan Mail French Lover somehow became a Netflix hit, and we walked in expecting a charming French rom-com with Omar Sy and walked out asking how so many scenes made it…
- What The De Niro Papers Reveal About Great Acting · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 85Send us Fan Mail The moment we realized The Score is the only time Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando share the screen, we knew we had to dig in. What surprised us is how well this…
- What If The Villain’s Power Is Really Untreated Pain · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 84Send us Fan Mail A newborn talks from the womb, delivers himself, and immediately starts asking the one question most adults avoid: why. That’s the spark of Kirikou And The…
- If A Science Teacher Can Save Earth Then Why Can’t We · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 84Send us Fan Mail A space movie can look expensive and still feel hollow. Project Hail Mary does the opposite: it feels human, funny, tense, and oddly comforting, even when the…
- How A Watercolor Animated Short Portrays Pet Loss · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 84Send us Fan Mail A chained-up dog. A kid who stops and says “no,” then frees him. A glowing gold thread that refuses to break even after death. We talk through Run Totti Run, a…
- Snow Bear · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 83Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to you favorite straight from Michigan movie podcast! We are back after a brief hiatus because, well, life. For this latest episode of…
- Raising Arizona · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 87Send us Fan Mail In today's episode of Critique-o-polis, Jay and Louisa discuss the 1987 cult classic Raising Arizona. Nicolas Cage plays a conflicted HI McDonnaugh torn between…
- Another Round · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 86Send us Fan Mail This week on your favorite movie podcast we chat about the Danish film, "Another Round," starring Mads Mikkelsen. Martin played by Mads Mikkelsen is the married…
