Tag: drama

Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

From Spotlight on Science Fiction, published 2022

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Without the title card, the beginning of Panic in Year Zero! could be mistaken for a family road trip comedy. It has a hip jazz score by Les Baxter and features a long-married couple who tease and flirt with each other while their teenage kids complain about being stuck in the car all day.

But as they leave Los Angeles and head to their mountain camping spot, they see a blinding flash of light. Then another. Then a mushroom cloud over the city.

The groovy music sticks around. The happy family doesn’t.

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The Ghosts of Favorites Past

Since I’m only seeing movies when/if I want to now, I’m not feeling qualified to pick a Top Ten this year. Instead, I’m going to fill in my review archives with some choices from previous years. First up is a great noir from J.C. Chandor that didn’t get nearly enough attention when it came out in 2014 (locally in 2015).

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Forgiving Mikes

Can You Ever Forgive Me? is on the docket, along with Bohemian Rhapsody, The Grinch and Boy Erased.

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/behindthemikes/episodes/2018-11-11T02_40_31-08_00

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Darkest Mikes

A little late with this one. I review Eighth Grade. Other reviews are Christopher Robin and The Darkest Minds:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/behindthemikes/episodes/2018-08-05T02_50_26-07_00

I’m so glad we didn’t have cell phones when I was a kid.

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Ant-Men, Hitmen, Pitch Men…

“That’s for I Love You, Man!”

Ant-Man and the Wasp, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, and more

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/behindthemikes/episodes/2018-07-08T01_59_51-07_00

 

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Despicable Mikes

I didn’t see Gru’s latest, but I really liked The Beguiled!

Behind the Mikes

“There’s no way this could go wrong.”

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The Light Between Mikes

Wherein Mr. Smith and I argue about The Light Between Oceans, Jeremy disses Morgan, and we mourn the loss of Gene Wilder by reciting lines from Blazing Saddles.

http://behindthemikes.podomatic.com/entry/2016-09-04T14_02_01-07_00

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KC FilmFest is this weekend

Here’s what I wrote about it:

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/movies-news-reviews/article71361902.html

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