Driving home from the cinema reviews

In which I use the drive home from the cinema to share some short, (hopefully) snappy thoughts on what I've just seen.

Episode 121 - THE MARVELS 11/09/2023

Episode 121 - THE MARVELS A really, really welcome return to form for the MCU. The Marvels is a super fun jaunt. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/28565168

Episode 120 - SICK OF MYSELF 10/05/2023

Episode 120 - SICK OF MYSELF Sick of Myself is a unique comedy focusing on a narcissistic couple, with a body horror filter. Super unique stuff. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/28233821

Episode 119 - Barbenheimer 09/12/2023

Episode 119 - Barbenheimer Ok I'm a little late. But here's my thoughts on the cultural phenomenon of the year. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/28009119

Episode 118 - SWEET AS 06/11/2023

Episode 118 - SWEET AS I review the new Australian teen coming of age film Sweet As. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/27108588

Episode 117 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3 05/08/2023

Episode 117 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3 For the third and last time we visit the Guardians corner of the MCU. Can they save us from the MCU's 4th phase funk? Listen to find out. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/26775015

Episode 116 - RIDE ON 04/18/2023

Episode 116 - RIDE ON A new Jackie Chan film in cinemas is a novel treat. I take a look at Ride On. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/26576625

Episode 115 - THE POPE'S EXORCIST 04/07/2023

Episode 115 - THE POPE'S EXORCIST Rusty as an Italian exorcist priest! Can't miss cinema (ok you can probably miss it). Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/26473368

Episode 114 - OF AN AGE 03/28/2023

Episode 114 - OF AN AGE I chat about recent Australian coming of age flick Of An Age. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/26364978

Episode 113 - Two Franchise Continuations 03/15/2023

Episode 113 - Two Franchise Continuations In this episode I take a look at the latest entries in two of my favourite film franchises - CREED III and SCREAM VI. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/26235702

Episode 112 - SKINAMARINK 02/28/2023

Episode 112 - SKINAMARINK In this episode I take a look at the buzzworthy horror film Skinamarink, which is currently streaming on Shudder. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/26075424

Episode 111 - THE WHALE 02/15/2023

Episode 111 - THE WHALE Despite the terrible buzz, I still wanted to see the latest Aronofsky film. Sadly that buzz is very well deserved. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/25937409

Episode 110 - TRIANGLE OF SADNESS 01/04/2023

Episode 110 - TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Ruben Ostlund's latest slice of comic absurdity. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/25501986

Episode 109 - THE MENU 12/02/2022

Episode 109 - THE MENU A food snob goes to their dream restaurant experience. Chaos ensues. Ralph Fiennes is involved. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/25198572

Episode 108 - ELVIS 08/02/2022

Episode 108 - ELVIS A fantastically deranged film! Tom Hanks unleashed! The power of music! Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/23935398

Episode 107 - JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION 07/05/2022

Episode 107 - JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION My most anticipated film of the year! The old guard meets the new with shitloads of dinos (and giant locusts). Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/23632976

Episode 106 - RRR 06/06/2022

Episode 106 - RRR Indian word of mouth sensation RRR has landed on Netflix so I decided to take a look. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/23338946

Episode 105 - APOLLO 10 1/2 05/17/2022

Episode 105 - APOLLO 10 1/2 Linklater has a new piece of rotoscoped nostalgia on Netflix! Don't get too excited though, cause this shit is labourious. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/23136635

Episode 104 - THE NORTHMAN 05/11/2022

Episode 104 - THE NORTHMAN Robert Eggers is my favourite new filmmaker of the past decade. So I made a rare cinema trip to check out his latest. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/23073509

Episode 103 - HIVE 03/08/2022

Episode 103 - HIVE Hive is a 2021 film focusing in on the aftermath of the war in Kosovo, particularly on the women left behind. It's a unique take on potentially familiar territory, that won basically everything at Sundance. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/22376594

Episode 103 - HIVE 03/08/2022

Episode 102 - TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2022) 02/26/2022

Episode 102 - TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2022) So there's a new Texas Chainsaw film on Netflix and it's actually pretty sweet (if you ask me anyway). Thoughts on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/22262807

Episode 101 - Umbrella Entertainment January releases 02/24/2022

Episode 101 - Umbrella Entertainment January releases As I continue to not go to the cinema, I continue to ponder new stuff to cover on the podcast. Here I talk about a couple of January releases from Aussie label Umbrella Entertainment - The Big Boss and Crash. Both are tops! Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/22236875

Episode 100 - DRIVE MY CAR 02/07/2022

Episode 100 - DRIVE MY CAR There has been much buzz about Drive My Car, which is finally reaching Aussie cinemas. Here's some thoughts on this amazing film. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both. Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film. Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time. Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two. Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/22043000

Episode 99 - VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE 01/18/2022

Episode 99 - VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE There has never been a cinematic experience like the Venom films. Thoughts on the second in a series I hope never ends. /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/21809189

Episode 98 - NO TIME TO DIE 12/20/2021

Episode 98 - NO TIME TO DIE So the Daniel Craig era comes to an end. Thoughts on No Time to Die, and how it fits into this most recent take on cinema's most iconic character. /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/21542048

Episode 97 - Disney+ Day Double 12/10/2021

Episode 97 - Disney+ Day Double There wasn't much really happening on the first Disney + day. But it did mark the first appearance on the standard service for Jungle Cruise and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. I take a look at both of them here. /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/21441872

Episode 96 - 23 minutes and 40 seconds of 2021 horror 11/20/2021

Episode 96 - 23 minutes and 40 seconds of 2021 horror Feel the title is pretty self-explanatory on this one. Films covered: DEMONIC, OLD, JAKOB'S WIFE, THE UNHOLY, V/H/S 94, TILL DEATH and THERE'S SOMEONE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE. /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/21228665

Episode 95 - THE FOREVER PURGE 10/29/2021

Episode 95 - THE FOREVER PURGE After an average start, for my money the Purge series has grown into one of the most interesting and flat out best horror franchises going. So I was super keen to see if the latest entry measured up. /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/20981864

Episode 94 - A FIRE INSIDE 10/09/2021

Episode 94 - A FIRE INSIDE A new Aussie doco looking at the 19-20 bushfires, and more specifically the people who fought them. /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/20761607

Episode 93 - Five 2021 animated films 09/29/2021

Episode 93 - Five 2021 animated films Locked down and school holidays feels like an apt time to suss out some recent animated films, which are all streaming now. I take a look at: LUCA, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, WISH DRAGON, ARLO THE ALLIGATOR BOY and THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES. /episode/index/show/drivinghomefromthecinema/id/20642675

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