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January 29, 2026 with Dave and Darren — “Mercy,” “The Lost Bus,” “Come See Me in the Good Light,” and “The Ugly Stepsister”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film and josh about assassins — as one does.

What’s in:

Continue reading January 29, 2026 with Dave and Darren — “Mercy,” “The Lost Bus,” “Come See Me in the Good Light,” and “The Ugly Stepsister”


January 22, 2026 with Dave and Darren — “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” “No Other Choice,” and “The Rip”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz get into it on film — and when we say “into it,” we mean “with bicycle chains and rusty switchblades.” Because it’s Oscar season, yo! The Academy Awards, son!

What’s on the screen:

Continue reading January 22, 2026 with Dave and Darren — “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” “No Other Choice,” and “The Rip”


January 15, 2026 with Dave and Darren — “Primate,” “Is This Thing On?”, and “Father Mother Sister Brother”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz have some things to say about film, in particular those in theater and coming to it.

What’s in:

Continue reading January 15, 2026 with Dave and Darren — “Primate,” “Is This Thing On?”, and “Father Mother Sister Brother”


January 8, 2026 with Dave and Darren — “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” “The Housemaid,” “Marty Supreme,” “Song Sung Blue,” “Anaconda,” “The Secret Agent,” and “We Bury the Dead”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz are BACK! With FILMS! About which they’ll TALK!

And how was your holiday? Wonderful! ONWARD!

Continue reading January 8, 2026 with Dave and Darren — “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” “The Housemaid,” “Marty Supreme,” “Song Sung Blue,” “Anaconda,” “The Secret Agent,” and “We Bury the Dead”


December 18, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Ella McCay,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” and “Oh. What. Fun.”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film and holiday breaks — the latter meaning no show until the new year. Oh, and Rob Reiner is gone. Let us now praise famous men. . .

On the screen:

Continue reading December 18, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Ella McCay,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” and “Oh. What. Fun.”


December 11, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Hamnet,” “Jay Kelly,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Fackham Hall,” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film and discuss Netflix’s potential acquisition of Warner Bros with something akin to dread.

In theaters:

Continue reading December 11, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Hamnet,” “Jay Kelly,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Fackham Hall,” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2”


December 4, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Wicked: For Good,” “Rental Family,” “Train Dreams,” “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” “Sentimental Value,” “Eternity,” and “Zootopia”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz have shook off the Thanksgiving turkey torpor and have reconvened in studio to discuss film with the level of poise, invention, and couthiness that we’ve come to expect from the trio.

Open for business:

Continue reading December 4, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Wicked: For Good,” “Rental Family,” “Train Dreams,” “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” “Sentimental Value,” “Eternity,” and “Zootopia”


November 20, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Running Man,” “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” “Keeper,” “Nouvelle Vague,” “Being Eddie,” and “The Perfect Neighbor”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz prepare for next week’s holiday by going over the stuff out there, both in theaters and streaming. Anyone who watched Angus Wall’s Netflix doc on Eddie Murphy, Being Eddie, expecting earth-splitting, scandalous revelations that will make you rethink your whole conception of what it means to be Eddie Muprhy, clearly doesn’t know that celebrities like Eddie Murphy don’t sign deals with Netflix expecting their soiled undies to be paraded before the world. That’s something we all learn to come to grips with, eventually — no?

What’s up:

Continue reading November 20, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Running Man,” “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” “Keeper,” “Nouvelle Vague,” “Being Eddie,” and “The Perfect Neighbor”


November 13, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Predator: Badlands,” “Frankenstein,” “Nuremberg,” “Die My Love,” “Christy,” and “It Was Just an Accident”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz discuss film and ponder its mysteries — all for the cinematographically illiterate folk in the world. Job’s a good ‘un.

The reviewed:

Continue reading November 13, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Predator: Badlands,” “Frankenstein,” “Nuremberg,” “Die My Love,” “Christy,” and “It Was Just an Accident”


November 6, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Bugonia,” “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” “Hedda,” “Ballad of a Small Player,” and “KPop Demon Hunters”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz have a lot more films to catch than they’ve seen thus far. Frankenstein is already on Netflix, so you know.

What’s in theaters:

Continue reading November 6, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Bugonia,” “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” “Hedda,” “Ballad of a Small Player,” and “KPop Demon Hunters”