We're Watching What?!

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is finally here! But does it live up to representation expectations? Find out in this spoiler free review.

Find us at: www.werewatchingwhat.com

youtube.com/thedhk

twitter.com/thedhk

instagram.com/thedhk

facebook.com/thedhkmovies

Matt proves that Vacation Friends might be a little less farfetched than expected with his own harrowing vacation tale. What if we just don't continue watching Marvel's What If...? Finally, in preparation for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings we re-watch the Tony Leung Chiu-wai classic, Hero. 

Find us at www.werewatchingwhat.com

This week features two streaming options full of bumbling awkward (and sometimes stupid) scenarios with Vacation Friends on Hulu and The Chair on Netflix.

Find us at: www.werewatchingwhat.com

youtube.com/thedhk

twitter.com/thedhk

instagram.com/thedhk

facebook.com/thedhkmovies

Are hubris and stupidity going to be the actual villains of Phase 4 of the Marvel Universe? We dissect the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer and the latest episode of What If...? Also the sci-fi noir, Reminiscence, and the bougie mystery, Nine Perfect Strangers.

Find us at www.werewatchingwhat.com

It's a trippy AF week with Lisa Joy's sci-fi crime thriller, Reminiscence, and the Sparks musical, Annette.

Find us at: www.werewatchingwhat.com

youtube.com/thedhk

twitter.com/thedhk

instagram.com/thedhk

facebook.com/thedhkmovies

Marvel's first episode of What If...? has us asking "But why?" also what happens when there's so little representation for certain groups that one film has to carry most of it in CODA?  

Find us at www.werewatchingwhat.com

It's a summer movie / independent film bonanza with Free Guy, CODA, The Green Knight, John and the Hole, and Nine Days.

Find us at: www.werewatchingwhat.com

youtube.com/thedhk

twitter.com/thedhk

instagram.com/thedhk

facebook.com/thedhkmovies

The Suicide Squad tries to trick us into liking it. Nine Days is a great trailer but is there anything more to it than that? Finally Cooking with Paris shows us Paris 2.0 but does she backslide too much into The Simple Life days? 

Find us at www.werewatchingwhat.com

Welcome director Kirk DeMicco for the new animated film Vivo. We chat about balancing visuals and music in a musical film, life regrets, cookies, and career trajectories. 

More about Vivo:

Vivo follows a one-of-kind kinkajou (aka a rainforest “honey bear,” voiced by Miranda), who spends his days playing music to the crowds in a lively Havana square with his beloved owner Andrés (Buena Vista Social Club’s Juan de Marcos). Though they may not speak the same language, Vivo and Andrés are the perfect duo through their common love of music. But when tragedy strikes shortly after Andrés receives a letter from the famous Marta Sandoval (three-time Grammy-winning Latin pop legend Gloria Estefan), inviting her old partner to her farewell concert in Miami with the hope of reconnecting, it’s up to Vivo to deliver a message that Andrés never could: A love letter to Marta, written long ago, in the form of a song. Yet in order to get to the distant shores of Miami, Vivo will need to accept the help of Gabi (newcomer Ynairaly Simo) – an energetic tween who bounces to the beat of her own offbeat drum.

More about Kirk:

In 2017, Kirk was a creative consultant on Sony Pictures Animation’s “The Star.” Prior to joining Sony Pictures Animation, Kirk wrote and co-directed DreamWorks Animation’s “The Croods,” which was nominated for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He made his directorial debut in 2008 with VanGuard Animation’s “Space Chimps,” which he also wrote. In addition to many writing credits in both TV and film, Kirk has been fortunate enough to adapt the work of many of his writing heroes such as: Roald Dahl, Jack Kirby and Elmore Leonard, and had the great opportunity to co-write two scripts with comedy legend John Cleese. Kirk was born and raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey and attended University of Southern California where he graduated in 1991 with a degree in economics and political science. He then spent three years in Italy as a journalist for an Italian film-business magazine before moving back to the United States to work for the William Morris Agency in New York City and Los Angeles.

Find us at www.werewatchingwhat.com

James Gunn takes a crack at The Suicide Squad and thankfully doesn't ask much of his audience. Meanwhile Lin-Manuel Miranda brings his talents (and Hamilton and In the Heights collaborators) to the new animated film, Vivo.

Find us at: www.werewatchingwhat.com

youtube.com/thedhk

twitter.com/thedhk

instagram.com/thedhk

facebook.com/thedhkmovies