The first new reviews of 2024 are here, even as a few late 2023 titles sneak into the mix. 13 in all starting with Anthony Hopkins, this time not as C.S. Lewis (Freud’s Last Session) and Renny Harlin dialing up some action with Aaron Eckhart (The Bricklayer). An Elvis, a Spock and a monkey go on a strange journey (He Went That Way) while Kaley Cuoco goes on a familiar one as another domesticated assassin (Role Play). MST3K’s Jonah Ray tries to get ahead of his neighbor (Destroy All Neighbors) and Kevin Hart leads a team through the air on a gold heist (Lift). Steve checks out the scary swimming pool (Night Swim) while J.A. Bayona revisits the real life horror of the Andes plane crash (Society of the Snow). Director Steve McQueen connects WWII to the pandemic (Occupied City) and Jake Johnson is forced to connect with someone or die (Self Reliance). Jason Statham burns phishing scammers (The Beekeeper), LaKeith Stanfield tries to one-up Jesus as the Messiah (The Book of Clarence) and a 20-year-old teen classic gets the musical treatment (Mean Girls)

0:00 - Intro

1:36 - Freud’s Last Session

7:56 - The Bricklayer

13:22 - He Went That Way

21:20 - Role Play

27:41 - Destroy All Neighbors

38:23 - Lift

49:10 - Night Swim

56:28 - Society of the Snow

1:12:35 - Occupied City

1:17:26 – The Beekeeper

1:30:40 - Self Reliance

1:39:39 - Mean Girls

1:55:18 – The Book of Clarence

2:11:00 - Outro

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