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September 25, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” “Him,” “The Senior,” and “The History of Sound”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz discuss film in their own inimitable idiomatic fashion.

The here:

Continue reading September 25, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” “Him,” “The Senior,” and “The History of Sound”


September 18, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” and “The Long Walk”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz chit the chat over film — in particular, both generations of Spinal Tap.

The reviewed:

Continue reading September 18, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” and “The Long Walk”


September 11, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” “Highest 2 Lowest,” and “Twinless”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film. Schulz talks about The War of the Gargantuas, the 1966 kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, which does sound very enjoyable — perhaps even more than what we’ve seen of late.

What’s on:

Continue reading September 11, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” “Highest 2 Lowest,” and “Twinless”


September 4, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Roses,” “Caught Stealing,” “The Toxic Avenger,” and “The Thursday Murder Club”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz have reunited, and it feels so good. So good, it seems, that they can brook any amount of disappointment, so long as it’s baked into a given film’s story, and not the natural product of a crappy directorial execution.

The latest releases:

Continue reading September 4, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Roses,” “Caught Stealing,” “The Toxic Avenger,” and “The Thursday Murder Club”


August 28, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Honey Don’t!,” “Eden,” “Relay,” and “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley”



Dave Levora and Mike Schulz sit around wondering, “Where’s Darren?” (Chicago, concert) and “Does Jaws still hold up?” (seeing how it’s been re-released on its fiftieth anniversary, it’s still an aesthetic judgment, but c’mon):

Under review:

Continue reading August 28, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Honey Don’t!,” “Eden,” “Relay,” and “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley”


August 21, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Nobody 2,” “Americana,” and “Shin Godzilla”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz are looking forward to weeks to come, as the balance of previews to available films is hopelessly lopsided this time around.

The stuff that’s here:

Continue reading August 21, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Nobody 2,” “Americana,” and “Shin Godzilla”


August 14, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Weapons,” “Freakier Friday,” and “Sketch”



Dave Levora and Darren Pitra debate the merits of Jamie Lee Curtis while Mike Schulz can only sit nearby and wonder, Who else can I throw into this Verdun of fandom, this Somme of celebrity?

What’s here:

Continue reading August 14, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Weapons,” “Freakier Friday,” and “Sketch”


August 7, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Together,” “The Bad Guys 2,” and “The Naked Gun”



Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss films that you shouldn’t see with your parents. These are the Blue Velvets of the Twen-Tennies:

The reviewed:

Continue reading August 7, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Together,” “The Bad Guys 2,” and “The Naked Gun”


July 31, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” “The Home,” and “House on Eden”



Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss the week’s haul of film and get really analytical on the subject of the forthcoming Together:

The reviewed:
Continue reading July 31, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” “The Home,” and “House on Eden”


July 24, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Eddington,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and “Smurfs”



Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra know what you did last summer. ‘Fess up: You were living at the movies, weren’t you?

Let’s get into it.

The films:

Continue reading July 24, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Eddington,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and “Smurfs”