The Audient
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Is Zachary Levi a star?

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The movie that seems to have the most advertising for the first Friday in April is Shazam! , which of course conjures thoughts of the Sinba...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

The good, the bad and the really bad

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I've decided my eight-year-old son is my animation polar opposite. When we were trying to pick out a movie on Friday night for movie n...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

The truest sign of my indifference to Captain Marvel

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The further I’ve gotten away from Captain Marvel , the less I like it/think about it. Actually, I can’t say I don’t think about it, because...
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Friday, March 29, 2019

This year's opening day psych-up movie

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Happy baseball opening day, everyone. Two teams played two counting games in Japan last week, but now it's time for the other 28 to jo...
Thursday, March 28, 2019

Audient Audit: The Dollars Trilogy

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This is the third in my monthly 2019 series devoted to revisiting, or possibly visiting for the first time, movies I think I've seen but...
Tuesday, March 19, 2019

When the screen saver is better than the movie

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I don't know if you have a version of Netflix that does this, but on our smart TV, when you leave Netflix on without making a choice fo...
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Sunday, March 17, 2019

Real-world tragedy, on screen and off

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I enjoyed -- not really the right word -- Hotel Mumbai when I saw it on Thursday night, but ultimately had a bit of a shrugging reaction to...
Monday, March 11, 2019

The A Dog's Cinematic Universe has a fan in my family

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My son may not be old enough for the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- according to his parents, anyway -- but he's not too old for the A Dog...
Saturday, March 9, 2019

Not just strength, but complexity

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I didn't notice until after I'd written my Captain Marvel post yesterday that there was a reason the movie was released (in the U....
Friday, March 8, 2019

Looking for the Boden-ness and the Fleck-ness

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Marvel Studios has hired directors with vision (Taika Waititi), hacks (Peyton Reed), and directors with vision that they tried to turn int...
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Cary Grant and his ubiquitous suits

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I've long considered Gary Grant to be one of my favorite classical movie stars, but I sometimes wonder if he was born wearing a suit. ...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

A strange calling card

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The following post contains spoilers about Alex Ross Perry's The Color Wheel. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! I tried really hard to find out ...
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Full-time IT guy, part-time film critic. And yes, I do realize that adds up to one-and-a-half "times."
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