February 27, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “The Monkey” and “The Unbreakable Boy”



Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss the latest films and the forthcoming Oscars. Dave predicts glamour, Darren expects a dour affair, and Mike carries an umbrella with him wherever he goes, because you can’t have your rainbows without the rain, y’know?

Continue reading February 27, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “The Monkey” and “The Unbreakable Boy”


February 20, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Captain America: Brave New World,” “Paddington in Peru,” and the 2025 Oscar-Nominated Short Films — Animated and Live Action



Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk movies and wonder aloud about the wisdom of re-releasing The Comeback Trail (dir George Gallo, starr Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman, Zach Braff, Emile Hirsch, Eddie Griffin, Kate Katzman, and Blerim Destani) and showing it once a day at 9PM. Yeah, that doesn’t make much sense, does it?

Continue reading February 20, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Captain America: Brave New World,” “Paddington in Peru,” and the 2025 Oscar-Nominated Short Films — Animated and Live Action


February 6, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Companion,” “You’re Cordially Invited,” and “Dog Man”



Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra remember Jurassic Park — were we ever so young? — and discuss the latest round of releases:

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



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”


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



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”


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



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”


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



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:

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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”



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”


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



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”