Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return after a week off to catch-up on reviewing 12 new movies for you. They include a baseball documentary that premiered at SXSW this year (Facing Nolan), a new film written by Paul Schrader (There Are No Saints) and the great Haley Lu Richardson stars in a film about revisiting family trauma (Montana Story). They also revisit a Sundance comedy about two black friends trying not to get blamed when a white girl passes out in their house (Emergency) and one of the choices from the Chicago Critics Film Festival is a documentary about the longest hostage standoff in New York history (Hold Your Fire). Someone who never held their fire is given the four-hour documentary treatment by Judd Apatow (George Carlin’s American Dream). Four is also the number of television shows getting the feature length treatment including a pair of sequels (Downton Abbey: A New Era, Jackass 4.5) and two animated ones (Chip ‘N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers, The Bob’s Burgers Movie). Erik and Steve have divergent thoughts on the new Alex Garland film (Men) but they are certainly wingmen when it comes to throwing cold water on the latest legacy sequel (Top Gun: Maverick).

 

0:00 – Intro

0:55 – There Are No Saints

7:54 – Facing Nolan

13:00 – Downton Abbey: A New Era

22:57 – Jackass 4.5

29:39 – Hold Your Fire

40:47 – George Carlin’s American Dream

53:06 – Montana Story

1:01:56 – Emergency

1:10:12 - Men

1:23:02 – Chip ‘N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers

1:37:44 – The Bob’s Burgers Movie

1:48:58 – Top Gun: Maverick

2:08:42 - Outro

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