American Animals (2018; Bart Layton) GRADE: C By Daniel Barnes *Opens Friday, June 8, at the AMC Kabuki 8 and the Landmark Embarcadero Center Cinemas in San Francisco. Writer-director Bart Layton follows up his 2012 debut The Imposter, a documentary with dramatic tendencies about an older man pretending to […]
The Snowman (2017; Tomas Alfredson) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 5 Hello Mister Filmmaker. You only shot 85 percent of the clues. You are very bad at your job. Winter Sports World Cup enthusiasts Daniel and Corky take their detective boxes to the snowy streets of Oslo for […]
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Daniel and Corky kick off this fast-paced, action-packed mini-episode by previewing next week’s review of the nonsensical non-thriller The Snowman, which is available to rent on all the usual VOD services. They also provide some final thoughts on last week’s review of Aloha, contemplating whether or not Bill Murray’s character […]
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Lu Over the Wall (2018; Masaaki Yuasa) GRADE: C By Daniel Barnes *Opens Friday, May 11, at the Landmark Embarcadero in San Francisco and the Landmark California in Berkeley. This rare stinker from animation importer GKIDS offers echoes of Studio Ghibli classics like My Neighbor Totoro and Ponyo, but contains little of […]
Bright (2017; David Ayer) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 3 On this week’s episode, Daniel and Corky get the Bright idea to review David Ayer’s made-for-Netflix blockbuster starring Will Smith as an alternate universe LAPD officer and Joel Edgerton as his orc partner. Your unblooded hosts talk about Elvish […]
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On this action-packed Dare Daniel mini-episode, Daniel and Corky preview next week’s review of Bright, and they offer some closing thoughts on their previous reviews of Grudge Match and The Identical. The hosts also discuss the acting career of Mark S. Allen, probe Corky’s sordid history with Joe Carnahan […]
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