Cube Critics

A deluge of film at the cineplexes this week: some pleasing to Cube Critics Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr. Others not so much.

Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr continue with their quest looking back at the best movies of the past to watch at home. Cube Critics Film School now hits the rich cinematic vein of the year 2000.

Kathryn Bigelow is back - as is Al Gore. She has "Detroit," a searing retelling of a brutal incident during the 1967 Detroit riots. He's following up his "Inconvenient Truth" with "An Inconvenient Sequel." MPR Cube Critics Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr talk them through - along with a special guest.

Why do we love spy movies so much? MPR Cube Critics Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr have theories - and also suggestions for great spy movies and TV shows to check out at home.

Is "Atomic Blonde" everything that is right - or wrong - with Hollywood? Cube Critics Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr discuss the delights of shallowness in a movie, the move on to "Lady Macbeth" and "Landline."

In Cube Critics Films School MPR's Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr have looked back at some of the best streamable movies of 1960, 70, and 80. Now they have hit 1990, and are wondering if this was such a great idea...

Christopher Nolan and Luc Besson blast into theaters this weekend with the WWII epic "Dunkirk" and the space opera "Valerian and the City of 1,000 Planets" respectively. While both feature explosions, their sensibilities are very different. Cube Critics Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr talk them through.

Dystopian movies have been favorites since the early days of cinema. MPR Cube Critic Euan Kerr thinks they make us feel better about the world in which we live. Stephanie Curtis is not so sure about that. They do agree that they love watching dystopian tales though, and have a few favorites for you to stream at home.

The Planet of the Apes reboot trilogy reaches completion this week with "The War of the Planet of the Apes." After MPR Cube Critics Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr pant hoot about that, they also discuss the French language thriller "MOKA."

A huge film and a tiny one caught the attentions of MPR Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis this week: "Spiderman Homecoming" and "The Journey." Both filled with interesting ideas, but, as they point out, execution is everything.