2019’s surprise of the holiday season was writer/director Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, a whodunit that takes all the hallmarks of the great mystery writers and gave it his own spin. First, there’s the rich family where motive is everywhere and… Read More ›
Knives Out
Director Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” maintains the magic of the absurdist mystery in this setting outing. [Film Fest 919]
Three years ago, Rian Johnson’s humble follow-up to …let’s just say, polarizing… Star Wars: The Last Jedi came out in the form of Knives Out. Unlike said film set in a galaxy far far away, the consensus on Knives Out… Read More ›
The Cine-Men, Episode 60: Holiday Movies.
Personal perspective makes all the difference in how one interprets a prompt. When The Cine-Men co-host Darryl Mansel and I came up with this show topic, I took it to mean the films of the Holiday Season (i.e. December-ish), whereas… Read More ›
The Cine-Men, Episode 24: Top Films of 2019
As if the final recorded episode of 2019 and first presented episode of 2020 wasn’t special enough, The Cine-Men are joined by one of the original Poprika members and longtime Patreon supporter Veronica to discuss the Top Films of 2019…. Read More ›
Meet Me at the Movies: Favorite Films of the 2010s.
On this very special episode of Meet Me at the Movies, hosts Noel Manning and Greg Tillman, along with guests Douglas Davidson and Thomas Manning, discuss their favorite films of the 2010s. It gets a little fast and furious as… Read More ›
Ten Films From 2019 That Stuck With Me
As 2019 comes to a close, it’s time for the Fourth Annual Sticky List! Instead of banging the drum for my top ten films of the year, I like to share the ten films whose touch lingered the most. This… Read More ›
The Cine-Men, Episode 23: Favorite Films of the Decade, Part 2.
Episode 23 of The Cine-Men is not only the penultimate show of 2019, but it’s also the second half of our “Films of the 2010s” show. That’s right – we pick right up with our favorite singular films of 2015-2019…. Read More ›
A Conversation with actor Jamie Lee Curtis.
Film legend Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween, Freaky Friday, Christmas with the Kranks, A Fish Called Wanda, True Lies) chats with Noel T. Manning II about her work on the critically successful and crowd-pleasing Knives Out. She also talks about body… Read More ›
The Cine-Men, Episode 22: Favorite Films of the Decade, Part 1.
After an unexpected hiatus The Cine-Men return to discuss their favorite films of the decade! Not content to do this within one show, your hosts Darryl Mansel and Douglas Davidson are discussing 2010-2014 on this episode and then coming back… Read More ›
Meet Me at the Movies, Show 364
Been a few months since the last time EoM Founder Douglas Davidson joined the Meet Me at the Movies crew for an episode, but Thanksgiving provided the perfect opportunity to get back together and chat about movies and cinematic television…. Read More ›
“Knives Out” is more than a whodunit. It’s the most fun you’ll have at the cinema.
There’s been a lot of trash tossed around on writer/director Rian Johnson since his Star Wars film hit theaters in 2017. It’s wonderful that audiences feel such ownership for a film series, but there comes a point where the community… Read More ›
Coming To Theaters: November 2019
The ghosts and goblins may be out to play, but not everything hitting theaters is out to spook you. In fact, as we switch over to November, the films hitting theaters are a little more contemplative and character-driven, rather than… Read More ›