On this week’s episode, Sonny, Peter, and Alyssa highlight all the problems with the potential buyers of Warner Bros. Then they review Wicked: For Good, a movie that fails on nearly every conceivable level. (Or maybe it doesn’t, make your case in the comments!) Make sure to swing by the site on FRIDAY, not Thursday (Happy Thanksgiving!) for our bonus episode/gift guide. Speaking of gifts: Treat yourself to something nice from the Dashery Store, we’re doing a Black Friday sale! And if you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend, you’re our best source of new listeners and we need more listeners!

On this week’s episode, Sonny, Peter, and Alyssa discuss “The Anti-Cosmetic Surgery Essay Every Woman Should Read” and what it says about our own movie-centered discourse. Then they review The Running Man, Edgar Wright’s new adaptation of Stephen King’s story of a world gone mad. Make sure to swing by this-here website on Thursday for our bonus episode on whether movie stars can save movie theaters. And if you enjoyed this episode, make sure to share it with a friend!

On this week’s episode, Sonny, Peter, and Alyssa debate the merits of an AI actress. Then they review Predator: Badlands, which is either a good action-comedy or a bad Predator movie. Maybe both. Who can say. We can say! On Thursday, we’re going to be revisiting the original Predator, which is streaming on Hulu and a bunch of other places. Watch it. It’s perfect! And if you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend. We need those shares, people! 

On this week’s episode, Sonny, Peter, and Alyssa discuss what Taylor Sheridan’s decision to leave Paramount+ for Peacock means for the streaming landscape. Then they review Bugonia, which joins Eddington, After the Hunt, and One Battle After Another as key texts for our cultural moment. If you enjoyed the episode, share it with a friend! 

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On this week’s episode, Sonny, Peter, and Alyssa discuss the Ellison family’s (literal) trump card in its pursuit of Warner Bros.-Discovery. Then they review A House of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow’s star-studded nuclear panic movie for Netflix. Sweet dreams, kiddos! Make sure to swing by movieaisle.substack.com for our bonus episode on this genius and harrowing feature piece on a niche internet subculture that … well, you’re just going to need to read about them. It’s a trip. You are definitely going to want to watch that episode on Thursday. Sonny makes some faces. Buy some merch! Our Dashery store is “lit.” And if you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend! 

A few housekeeping items: This episode is the first main episode that is available to our subscribers before anyone else. 

We have merch! Just a couple items right now, more to come, hopefully. You can see the Dashery store here. Alyssa’s wearing the shirt on the show today! It looks like a movie ticket! Because movies! BUY ONE TODAY.

OK, the episode itself. We discussed AMC finally granting Netflix some space in their multiplexes. Is this glasnost between the world’s biggest streamer and the world’s biggest theater chain? What comes after?

Then we discussed After the Hunt, Luca Guadagnino’s post-MeToo cinematic provocation … albeit one with a purpose. This movie’s getting hammered by critics but … not by us. Probably because it’s a good conversation starter and we love having conversations! 

If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend! Evangelizing the show is the best way to help it grow and make sure it continues!

This is a tease of the bonus episodes on Thursdays! They have video too over at the Substack! MovieAisle.substack.com. Go sign up! 

On this week’s special bonus episode, you get video, you get audio, you get it all. You get everything. (I’m still tinkering with the Riverside video editing software but … it’s pretty good? Just need to figure out how to incorporate clips and the such. Maybe next week you’ll get the intro and outro music the audio episodes have.)

On this week’s episode, Sonny, Peter, and Alyssa said goodbye to Diane Keaton, a key part of one of all of their favorite movies, The Godfather. Then they reviewed Tron: Ares, a music video in search of a purpose. Make sure you swing by movieaisle.substack.com on Thursday for our bonus episode. 

If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend. And if you have a problem with the sound quality, let Sonny know in the comments! He’s tweaking some stuff. Playing with Audition’s presets and the such. 

On this week’s episode, Sonny, Peter, and Alyssa look at the perilous state of film and television production in Los Angeles. Is Hollywood’s time as the undisputed king of film production at an end? What does that mean for the people who make a living out there? And what does it mean for the idea of an American film industry? Then they review The Smashing Machine, Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s award season play. Is this the movie The Rock needs to regain some credibility as an actor? Or does it miss the mark? 

On this week’s episode, Sonny, Peter, and Alyssa discussed Apple’s move to shelve the TV show The Savant in the wake of multiple bouts of politically inspired violence. Then they reviewed One Battle After Another, the latest movie from Paul Thomas Anderson starring Leonardo DiCaprio. (Here’s a link to the New York Times profile of PTA mentioned briefly in the podcast this week.) Make sure to swing by Bulwark+ on Friday for a bonus episode about PTA. And if you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend!