There’s an inherent, almost post-modern irony about Coraline Fargeat’s much-anticipated second feature after 2017’s Revenge simply within its title. The Substance not only eludes to the mysterious and vague miracle drug at the center of this brazen …

A lot of Stanley Kubrick’s films deal with the concept of war. Whether it’s a real war like the Vietnam War in Full Metal Jacket or an imagined one like the nuclear war in Dr. Strangelove Or: How …

One of the hills I will die on in this life is that the Muppets deserve more appreciation. They are hilarious, heartwarming friends that brighten the screen. They are the only puppets that I’m cool …

Among the first images you see in Niles Atallah’s odd but entrancing Animalia Paradoxa is a screen with the lines, “The mass extinction crept up unheard. Death’s dominion began without a word.” An ominous yet …

One of my favorite movies of the last year is Hundreds of Beavers, a live-action, Looney Tunes-esque comedy about a drunken lumberjack fighting, well… I think you get the picture. It’s one of the few …

I first noticed June Squibb in 1997’s In & Out, in which her character complained about her husband’s third testicle. The second time I noticed her, was in 2002’s About Schmidt, in which her character’s …

I love the concept of The Butterfly Effect. The idea that even the smallest of our actions can affect our futures greatly is fascinating. This film could have explored this idea in a cinematic way, but instead, …

Girl With a Pearl Earring is the story of the painting of the same name. It takes place in the 1660s in the Netherlands, a far cry from the Mountain West of the US. Of course, …

It is very rare to walk into a cinema to watch a film and leave feeling like you just had an experience that changed you as a person. This type of experience is something that …

The strongest trait of the Planet of the Apes franchise, which has now spanned over 50 years and is officially ten films deep, has been its ability to evolve from film to film. With each …

On this episode of The MovieBabble Podcast, Brennan, Spencer, and Collin revisit and rank the entire Planet of the Apes franchise. We share our memories and (mostly) fondness for each installment from 1968’s Planet of …

Filmmaking debuts are something that has always fascinated me. To be a filmmaker is to be courageous enough to put something that is a part of you out for, hypothetically, the entire world to access. …

Few filmmakers ever commit as hard to the promises of their own stories as the virtually inimitable Luca Guadagnino. Even before the creation of the Oscar-winning Call Me By Your Name — still by far …

Late-night television has evolved quite significantly over decades of television history. What started as a simple variety show made to sell ads, soon became an important platform to discuss hot-button political issues. But these days, …

The first Dune ended with Zendaya‘s Chani saying, “This is only the beginning”, which frustrated and excited viewers in equal measure as a promise of what could come if the film was financially successful enough …

Movies about hitmen tend to go either of two ways: either they are about specialized killers with a moral code (see Jean Pierre Melville’s Le Samouraï, Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog, or the recent David Fincher …

Is there a genre of film that is more frustrating than the music biopic? These larger-than-life icons who lived incredible, inspirational, and even tragic lives when adapted for the big screen are so often the …

Cooking is an inherently cinematic process. When someone is a truly gifted cook, it is an artistic expression that takes years of refinement and commitment to even begin to perfect. However, it also takes a …

2023 was a turbulent year for the film industry. A significant portion of the year saw the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild go on strike due to what can frankly be …

German writer/director Marc Schießer’s international debut takes off at speed from the moment Malina (Sina Martens) wakes up disoriented and bleeding in the boot trunk of a moving car. Thankfully for her, the person who …

Out of the Furnace is just one of the movies where Woody Harrelson is scary as hell. It’s hard to believe that this intimidating man got his start as the dimwitted bartender Woody in Cheers.  Then again, …

A lot of people get bored watching old films. They complain that they just don’t have the daring stunts and visuals of today’s films. While that can be true of many older films, The Lucky …

While Mrs. Doubtfire isn’t in my mother’s top ten favorite movies, she has always loved this movie. She tells me that she loves that Daniel (Robin Williams) and Miranda (Sally Field) don’t get back together in the …

The Sting reminds me of Ocean’s Eleven. Surely, The Sting was a major influence on Soderbergh’s caper. It has the same cool guy vibes and deception that make it so exciting. Not only do our main characters trick …

With 2024 upon us, Collin, Spencer, and Nick share their ten most anticipated movies of the year! Spoilers: Madame Web is not one of them. Listen below:   Subscribe to The MovieBabble Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Got mailbag …