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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk about the latest round of film releases as they each try to withstand the pressure of the looming Oscars in their individual ways:

Continue reading January 30, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “The Brutalist,” “Presence,” and “Flight Risk” →

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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss the latest pictures as well as this year’s Oscar nominations. Schulz was most happy that many of his predictions were correct — a solid “B” average.

Continue reading January 23, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “One of Them Days,” “Wolf Man,” “Nickel Boys,” “The Room Next Door,” and “Hard Truths” →

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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss a couple Oscar-worthy films and wonder if there was ever a time in the past when anyone would consider Pamela Anderson to be on such a list. Per Schulz, she did an A-1 job in The Last Showgirl, so it isn’t such a jolt for him to notice how the list has dated like curly fries:

Continue reading January 16, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Better Man,” “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,” and “The Last Showgirl” →

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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra spend an inordinate amount of time discussing the films of 2024, as if 2025 never happened. There are a couple forthcoming films — “previews,” if you will — upon which Schulz offers thoughts:

Continue reading January 9, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Den of Thieves: Pantera” →

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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra move on to lightning round to cover all the films Schulz had seen over the break, and conclude by discussing Schulz’s films of 2024:

Continue reading January 2, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “A Complete Unknown,” “Nosferatu,” “The Fire Inside,” “Babygirl,” “Mufasa: The Lion King,” “Sonic the Hedgehog 3,” “The Six Triple Eight,” and “Juror #2” →

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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra pause their respective pre-holiday maneuvers to discuss the films on offer:

Continue reading December 19, 2024, with Dave and Darren — “Kraven the Hunter,” “Nightbitch,” “Maria,” “Queer,” and “Flow” →

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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk films, as is their wont, and await the arrival of novelist Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch, which was adapted recently for the screen by Marielle Heller:

Continue reading December 12, 2024, with Dave and Darren — “The Return,” “Y2K,” “A Different Man,” and “Between the Temples” →

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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra are back from the Thanksgiving break to talk turkey — about movies.

Continue reading December 5, 2024, with Dave and Darren — “Wicked,” “Gladiator II,” “The Piano Lesson,” “Moana 2,” and “Blitz” →

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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk movies. It’s like a box of chocolates — you never know if you’ll need a shot of insulin on standby.

Continue reading November 21, 2024, with Dave and Darren — “A Real Pain,” “Red One,” “Emilia Pérez,” and “Hot Frosty” →

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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk movies. But then. . . they’ve always talked movies. We should know: You’ve always listened to them. . .

Continue reading November 15, 2024, with Dave and Darren — “Anora” and “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” →