The Rewind

Josh is joined by recurring guest Lissa Khoshbakhti to talk all things “It Chapter Two.” They discuss how it compares to its 2017 predecessor, whether the movie was sufficiently scary, how the adult actors did portraying their child counterparts who starred in the first movie and much more! Spoilers start at 26:05!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Daniel Lima to talk about two movies, “Dora and the Lost City of Gold” and “The Peanut Butter Falcon.” First, they discuss “Dora and the Lost City of Gold” and how it manages to appeal to an audience both young and old, Isabela Moner’s performance as the lead character, the interesting voice cameos and much more! Then, they talk about “The Peanut Butter Falcon” and how first time writer/directors Tyler Wilson and Michael Schwartz told a heartfelt story about a young man with down syndrome who inspires many in his life in a way that does not feel exploitative with the help of great performances from Shia LaBeouf and newcomer Zack Gottsagen.

Beginning-25:24- Dora and the Lost City of Gold

25:25-41:18- The Peanut Butter Falcon

41:19-End- The Peanut Butter Falcon spoilers

Josh is joined by AwardsCircuit.com and Hollywood News film critic Joey Magidson to talk all about Gurinder Chadha's "Blinded by the Light." They discuss how the movie is able to show how the music of Bruce Springsteen has themes that can connect to people of all cultures, the movie's use of music to set up flashy set pieces while not being a traditional musical, its examination of racism in England in the late 1980s and much more!

You can find Joey's review of "Blinded by the Light" here:

https://www.awardscircuit.com/2019/08/14/film-review-blinded-by-the-light-brilliantly-realizes-what-loving-bruce-springsteen-truly-means/

And you can follow Joey on Twitter here:

https://twitter.com/JoeyMagidson

Josh is joined by recurring guests Fred Kolb and Daniel Lima to break down the newest film from The Fast and the Furious franchise, "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw." They discuss whether the film is consistent enough with its predecessors in its writing of its two principal characters, where Idris Elba's Brixton Lore ranks among the franchise's villains, the quality of the action scenes, the effectiveness of the various cameos and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Hannah Couture to talk about Lulu Wang's, "The Farewell." They discuss how effective the movie is in depicting families in times of grief, Awkwafina's surprising dramatic turn, how a movie largely set in China could be so accessible to a largely American audience and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guest and friend of the program Josh Brown to talk about Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." They discuss Tarantino's vivid recreation of the Hollywood landscape in 1969, the movie's use of The Manson Family, the performances of Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio as fictitious characters amongst several real life figures and much more! Spoilers throughout!

Josh is joined once again by The Rewind's Disney/Animation/Pixar Correspondent Joe Morgan to break down Disney's "The Lion King" remake. They discuss whether the new film justified its existence in light of the success of and adoration for the original, if it was too weird to see realistic CGI animals talking and if they sufficiently conveyed emotion, the effectiveness of the various new voice performers and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Daniel Lima to discuss Crawl and Stuber. First, they talk about Crawl and how Alexandre Aja utilized CGI alligators and Florida as the setting for his newest horror movie. (Beginning-32:37; Spoilers for Crawl start at 17:36). Then they discuss Stuber and how effectively Dave Bautista is able to lead a comedy alongside Kumail Nanjiani(32:38-End)!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Elijah Howard to talk about the second feature from horror director Ari Aster, "Midsommar." They discuss the uniqueness of it being a horror movie that takes place almost completely in the light, weird Swedish rituals, how the film uses grief to drive the plot, Ari Aster's talent for building suspense and much more! Light plot spoilers start at 20:40 and full spoilers start at 34:20.

Josh is joined by The Rewind’s Marvel Correspondent, Maya, to talk all things “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” They discuss how the movie is able to function as the end of Phase 3 of the MCU while bridging the gap to the next phase, Jake Gyllenhaal’s performance as Mysterio, how the movie works as a high school comedy and much more! Spoilers throughout!