Cinesight

Ethan Hawke delivers one of his best performances in Paul Schrader's most recent film: First Reformed. The CineSight crew was impressed by the cohesion of the writing, the raw and powerful dialogue, and the subtly compelling cinematography of this meditation on faith and crisis.

It's a super episode this week as we talk about Disney's Incredibles 2! The team talks about the mysteriously long gap between 1 and 2, as well as comparing it to Disney's other sequels, then gets to the review. We wondered if maybe the slower parts for adults take too long for the film to hold kids' interest and that the villain doesn't do much to elevate the movie.

This week we're talking Ari Aster's debut feature-length film: Hereditary! This film's story is told in a way which will feel different for fans of the horror genre, carried by an incredible performance from Alex Wolff.

This week CineSight reviews Solo, the Han Solo prequel movie! We felt it has a frustrating mix of what Star Wars great in the first place while sometimes faltering due to its production problems. The film's lackluster attendance is a first for the franchise, and we dive into why!

Queen Elizabeth the Second and the CineSight crew have mixed feelings about Deadpool 2! After the spoiler wall we get into the weeds about which plot elements elevated the comedy and which ones made us cringe harder than the first time we saw Deadpool's face! After the review, we talk a bit about what we're watching next: Solo! The spoiler wall music is from the Deadpool 2 soundtrack, and this piece was by Tyler Bates.

This week's review is of Tully, the new Jason Reitman film starring Charlize Theron as a struggling mother. We thought it was a carefully plotted drama that shines a sympathetic light on the challenges families face every day. The spoiler wall music is "Choices and Judgments" by Rob Simonsen, written for the soundtrack.

In anticipation of Solo, we're releasing an episode we recorded about the prequel trilogy of Star Wars! We wonder: was there anything good about them? We're able to dig up a couple merits in what is otherwise a galactic dumpster fire.

The CineSight crew gives their spoiler-free review of the movie before talking theories of what happened in the end, and what this means not just for future plots but for Marvel as an entertainment company.

We talk about Darren Aronofsky's 2008 film The Wrestler: what makes it stand the test of time, and why it's one of the best Aronofsky films!

We review the new video game movie Rampage. While it's certainly not Doom, it's not great, either! After we finish reviewing we do some speculation on Avengers: Infinity War!