Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back to start 2025 with reviews…of a lot of 2024 movies. Albeit ones opening wider across the country now. But there are also some brand new releases including documentaries on a film that never was (George A. Romero’s Resident Evil) and the songwriter who never wins an Oscar (Diane Warren: Relentless). Then a family is trapped amidst a pole reversal (Survive) and Adrien Brody tries to build a life in America (The Brutalist). Robbie Williams gets the musical biopic treatment as a chimpanzee (Better Man) while Julianne Moore & Tilda Swinton face a tough life together in Pedro Almodovar’s latest (The Room Next Door). Pamela Anderson finds herself aging out in Vegas (The Last Showgirl) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives one of the year’s best performances in the new film from Mike Leigh (Hard Truths). Finally, Gerard Butler returns as Big Nick to get the mastermind robber he lost the first time (Den of Thieves : Pantera).  

0:00 - Intro

1:41 - George A. Romero’s Resident Evil

9:35 - Diane Warren: Relentless

18:26 - Survive

24:29 – The Brutalist

40:50 - Better Man

57:19 – The Room Next Door

1:06:20 – The Last Showgirl

1:20:06 - Hard Truths

1:28:18 - Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

1:44:45 - Outro

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