Reviews of present and past films/TV blended with occasional commentary.... more
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Reviews And Otherwise
By Terry McCarty
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How many episodes does Reviews And Otherwise have?
The podcast currently has 100 episodes available.
Reviews And Otherwise episodes:
November 04, 2024EVEN MORE BIG SWINGS: HERE/MEGALOPOLIS Veterans Robert Zemeckis and Francis Ford Coppola emerge with technically audacious films which have generally been received with indifference/disdain.
...more October 22, 2024HEARTBREAKERS BEACH PARTY/WOMAN OF THE HOUR Reviewing the debut films of Cameron Crowe (1983) and Anna Kendrick (2023).
...more September 24, 2024THE SUBSTANCE Reviewing the film du jour by Coralie Fageat which, somehow, fails to confront the epidemic of Botoxed facelifting forced on most women working in show business, as well as enabling by other women in executive positions. At the beginning, Demi Moore’s 1996 film STRIPTEASE is mentioned to contrast the indulgence of the male gaze with the alleged boldness of her extended nudity (plus that of Margaret Qualley) in this motion picture.
...more August 21, 2024ALIEN: ROMULUS/MOTHERS’ INSTINCT/YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA Reviewing the fast-paced distillation of the ALIEN franchise, plus the dumped-by-Neon teaming of Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway and, finally, Daisy Ridley going full Hillary Swank as champion 1920s swimmer Gertrude Ederle.
...more August 04, 2024DOCUMENTARIES: ELIZABETH TAYLOR, POWELL AND PRESSBURGER Reviewing Nanette Burstein’s simplifying overview of Elizabeth Taylor, favoring iconic star status over in-depth career insights. Also, some comments on Martin Scorsese’s tribute to the legendary British filmmaking duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger....more July 27, 2024FAYE: THE FAYE DUNAWAY STORY A few words about Laurent Bouzereau’s documentary of Faye Dunaway, which makes a case for her best screen performances, while trying to downplay or rationalize her irritability as part of getting the job done....more July 09, 2024MORE BIG SWINGS: KINDS OF KINDNESS/HORIZON PLUS FIREBRAND Examining Yorgos Lanthimos’s trifecta of thematic overlap smothered in cleverness, currently favored over Kevin Costner’s more thematically challenging epic Western. Also: Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr stands her ground against Jude Law’s Henry VIII in the uneven but worthwhile FIREBRAND....more May 10, 2024EXPLAINING THE FALL GUY Offering context as to how HOOPER, a 1978 Burt Reynolds/Hal Needham ode to stuntpeople, and THE FALL GUY, a Lee Majors/Glen Larson 1980s TV series about a crime-solving stuntman, gave birth to an “original” would-be blockbuster....more May 05, 2024DOCUMENTARIES: STEVE MARTIN/PAUL SIMON/JERRY LEE LEWIS + CURRENT THEATRICAL RELEASES Mammoth victory lap documentaries usurped by modest Jerry Lee Lewis chronicles dumped by A24. Plus THE BEEKEEPER/WICKED LITTLE LETTERS/THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE....more April 18, 2024CIVIL WAR/GODZILLA X KONG THE NEW EMPIRE/LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL Alex Garland’s opaque on purpose Divided America epic, plus easier to grasp monster and demonic fare....more
FAQs about Reviews And Otherwise:
How many episodes does Reviews And Otherwise have?
The podcast currently has 100 episodes available.