Read it and Weep

Read it and Weep


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RiaW 5.30 - Shrek (2001)
August 31, 2022

Shrek is the most important movie of all time, there's no denying that. But is it good? Who knows. It's impossible to tell. But it is farty, that part is known. Alex forced everybody to travel via Edd

RiaW 5.29 - Bowfinger (1999)
August 24, 2022

We're all kindof having a Steve Martin reawakening right now because of Only Murders in the Building, so we traveled through him to a film he wrote and Ms. Piggy Herself directed (Frank Oz). It's the

RiaW 5.28 - Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
August 18, 2022

The constitutional crisis behind us, we plow ahead with Ezra's 5th point scoring movie but with a twist! He gets no points. Instead we just enjoy an 80s comedy that aged better than most and sadly ref

RiaW 5.b - The Constitutional Crisis
August 11, 2022

We’ve sorted through all the potential outcomes of the constitutional crisis kicked off by Ezra’s sneaky but clever play yesterday. Next up: Planes, Trains And Automobiles (1987)

RiaW 5.26 - Avengers: Endgame (2019)
August 10, 2022

It finally happened. Ezra's clever play and good partnerships helped him bring the game around to Alex's nightmare superhero clusterfest that is the last (for now) Avengers movie. Although nobody thin

Still Processing: Top Gun: Maverick(2022)
August 03, 2022

How should I feel about the ad for the US military that is Top Gun: Maverick? Should I feel better or worse knowing that the movie is a really good movie? We process these questions in real time with

Still Processing: Nope (2022)
July 28, 2022

Ezra and Hunter are away for the week so Alex and Anthony sat down to discuss a movie they just watched in a new segment we're calling "Still Processing". They puzzled through several theories about N

RiaW 5.25 - The Iron Giant (1999)
July 21, 2022

We've got another scoring update as Ezra carries Alex along to his 2nd movie, the Brad Bird animated feature about a Jesus-gun-robot. In the news: Alex is back from the Netherlands and has some though

RiaW 5.24 - The Lion King (1994)
July 07, 2022

From oogie and tense to adorable and triumphant, we may be the first people to ever watch Dead Ringers and The Lion King back to back. But both feature terrific performances from Jeremy Irons. In the

RiaW 5.23 - Dead Ringers (1988)
June 29, 2022

We take our first dip into Cronenberg with his movie about twin guy-necologists. It's divisive like black licorice. In the news: Alex has a about futurism plus our very own feature on . Next up: Alex