WATCHMEN 1×02: "MARTIAL FEATS OF COMANCHE HORSEMANSHIP"
Nothing is what it seems in the second episode of Watchmen, as we begin to question who everyone really is, and what their role is in the larger play.
WATCHMEN 1×01: "IT'S SUMMER AND WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF ICE"
In a textually dense, stunning debut episode, HBO's WATCHMEN announces its ambitious agenda of tackling the narratives of white supremacy in America.
WATCHMEN 1×03: "SHE WAS KILLED BY SPACE JUNK"
Wanna hear a good joke? The great Jean Smart, playing a familiar face, descends on the world of Watchmen like a brick to the head.
FRIDAY (1995)
In honor of the great John Witherspoon's passing, we're f–ing up the rotation this week, as Nakea introduces Michael to a '90s comedy classic.
THE LOST BOYS (1987)
Sleep all day, party all night, never get old, never die. It's good to be the Unenthusiastic Critic.
OTHER RECENT POSTS
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COLD WAR (2018)
Rapturous and resonant, Pawel Pawlikowski's new film is a deceptively simple cinematic masterpiece.
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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)
The Unenthusiastic Critic is thinking about chucking her wedding ring into Mt. Doom.
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BROADCAST NEWS (1987)
This week we're discussing all the news that's fit to podcast (and some that isn't).
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SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
The Unenthusiastic Critic is an avowed hater of musicals, but can even her cold heart resist the infectious charms of the most beloved musical of all time?
- PODCAST ·
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972)
For New Year's Eve, we're rockin' the boat with Master of Disaster Irwin Allen and a star-studded, ultimately disposable cast.
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IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (2018)
Lush, lyrical, and deeply romantic, Barry Jenkins celebrates the sustaining beauty in one of James Baldwin's darkest stories.
- PODCAST ·
GREMLINS (1984)
In which we learn the true meaning of Christmas (and never to feed The Unenthusiastic Critic after midnight).
- PODCAST ·
BRAZIL (1985)
In this holiday season, we're all in it together...except for The Unenthusiastic Critic.
- PODCAST ·
DIE HARD (1988)
It's the holiday season, so we're holding The Unenthusiastic Critic hostage for her first viewing of the Christmas-adjacent action classic Die Hard.
- PODCAST ·
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) & BODY HEAT (1981)
To celebrate #Noirvember, we're enjoying a femme-fatale face-off, and Nakea's taking lessons on how to have your husband murdered.
- PODCAST ·
STRIPES (1981)
I didn't talk the Unenthusiastic Critic into this: she needed this.
- PODCAST ·
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
On our Election Day episode, The Unenthusiastic Critic goes looking for some Capraesque idealism.
- DOCTOR WHO ·
DOCTOR WHO 11×03: "ROSA"
"This ain't history here," Doctor Who reminds us in the smart, powerful, and horrifyingly timely "Rosa."
- PODCAST ·
EVIL DEAD 2 (1987)
The Unenthusiastic Critic's 2018 Horror Movie Marathon turns to Ash.
- PODCAST ·
RAW (2016)
Finger-food is served as The Unenthusiastic Critic's Horror Movie Marathon continues.
- DOCTOR WHO ·
DOCTOR WHO 11×02: "THE GHOST MONUMENT"
"The Ghost Monument," the second episode of the Whittaker/Chibnall era, doesn't quite get the job done.
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