MaddWolf
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Writers and filmmakers Hope Madden and George Wolf. https://linktr.ee/maddwolfcolumbus
This week: One Night Only tries to make a rom-com out of a horror premise, Eli Roth tries to offend everybody, Super Troopers brings more of the same, cookie ninjas win the week, and more!
Screening Room: One Night Only, Ice Cream Man, Cookie Queens, Super Troopers 3, SCHLOCKETER & more!
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Big Baby is Ikind of a cross between In the Mouth of Madness and Stranger Than Fiction with the baby mask from Happy Death Day thrown in for good measure. And it’s often fun and more often compelling.
Baby I'm a Star - Maddwolf
Big Baby by Hope Madden Is a horror film writer’s imagination creating real life carnage? Writer/director Spider One (Little Bites) asks the question in his latest, Big Baby. Brandon Lewis is Adam, an...
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Shocking how quick the week goes but listen to few #Fave #Podcasts at work! @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social @frightclub.bsky.social had a bonus Ep. w/ #GarethTidball & the always fun #ScreeningRoom Then caught up on @sinnful-redhead.bsky.social #HorrorMenagerie on #InAViolentNature fun listening!
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Like a werewolf movie, The Yeti lives and dies on creature design and here it is solid. On occasion, the filmmakers seem unable to shoot, light, and edit the scenes for maximum impact/minimum “that’s a mask and a suit” disbelief. But the physical presence of the beast gives dimension to The Yeti.
Dead of Winter - Maddwolf
The Yeti by Hope Madden The year is 1947. The location? The Alaska Territory. A little expedition led by oil tycoon Merriell Sunday (Corbin Bernsen) has gone missing. Sunday’s son (Eric Nelson) mount...
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Did you ever look at the girl selling you Thin Mints and think, ‘she’s going to be a Supreme Court justice some day?’ You might start, once you meet the youngsters of Cookie Queens, a triumphant look at goal setting, upselling and the fleeting years of girlhood.
Always Be Cookie-ing - Maddwolf
Cookie Queens by George Wolf Did you every look at the girl selling you Thin Mints and think, “she’s going to be a Supreme Court justice some day?” You might start, once you meet the youngsters of Coo...
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For Fright Club episode 321 we catch up with Gareth Tidball to chat about her new horror film The Withering, attending clown college, sharing a scene with Tom Hardy and more!
Actor Gareth Tidball joins us for a fun conversation about horror, clown college, Tom Hardy & more!
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“For bloodthirsty horror fans, Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man gets nasty. There are also a handful of randomly funny moments, and others that are just offensive. The film’s less irreverent than it thinks it is, though, and that’s its biggest weakness.”
We All Scream - Maddwolf
Ice Cream Man by Hope Madden With Ice Cream Man, filmmaker Eli Roth visits the underappreciated horror subgenre focused on hordes of deadly children. Wolf Rilla may have done it first with 1960’s Vill...
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@maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social reviews Son of Sarah, a new Satanic pregnancy horror movie? But does it escape the confines of Rosemary's Baby's crib? gnofhorror.com/son-of-sara-...
Spidey, sex comedy and horror…pretty good haul of films this week:
Screening Room: Spider-Man: Brand New Day, I Want Your Sex, Son of Sara, Nightborn, The Withering
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The dialogue in Due West, at times, is stunning. It brings with it snatches of backstory, life lived in a small town in West Texas, where the people know your business whether you want them to or not. Sadly, there are also times when it leaves subtlety behind – to the film’s detriment.”
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Due West by Rachel Willis Director Evan Miller focuses his attention on a desperate Woman in his first feature film, Due West. Co-writing with Hardy Janson, Miller opens the film by letting the camera...
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New streaming horror Son of Sara has an F-you quality to it that doesn’t draw attention to itself and is all the more satisfying for it. It’s fun, tightly constructed, compellingly performed horror and you’re out in under 90 minutes. What do you have to lose?
Wait a Minute, Baby - Maddwolf
Son of Sara by Hope Madden It’s hard to do something new with the “pregnant with Satan’s baby” formula. There are only so many ways it can go, and you can’t hope to unseat Rosemary’s Baby. But writer/...
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I loved I Want Your Sex. Hoffman and Wilde are a down and dirty joy together. I I was expecting the sexcapades, and all the usual Gregg Araki flourishes. But even while pushing all of these fetish boundaries, this may be his most accessible film. And most thoroughly enjoyable.
Carnal College - Maddwolf
I Want Your Sex by George Wolf Even when a Gregg Araki film does not work for me at all (hello, Kaboom), I’m interested in his next move. Whatever he’s up to, you can make a safe bet it will be audaci...
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There’s a new one on Shudder called Nightborn. “Never tidy, never patronizing, but not quickly forgiving, the film embraces what’s monstrous in us. It’s a vivid nightmare worth your time.”
Night, Mommy - Maddwolf
Nightborn by Hope Madden Finnish filmmaker Hanna Bergholm (Hatching) once again explores horrific maternal themes with Nightborn. Don’t confuse it with Neil Blomkamp’s soulless AI short film. This is ...
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Saw Brand New Day last night. Action looks good, although the Hulk’s facial features get wonky. Some nice surprises, and this one brings a sense of loss and inner turmoil that make the victories more sweet and well-earned…calling him Spider-Man doesn’t feel like a kid playing dress up anymore.
Good Sized Potatoes - Maddwolf
Spider-Man: Brand New Day by George Wolf Looks like our boy has gone and grown up. It happens. When Tom Holland stepped into the Spider-Man suit nearly a decade ago now (!), he was 21 but looked 15, w...
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“Man, that one elevator scene shows just how much action potential is wasted in Motor City.” Our take:
Shut Up and Plot Your Revenge - Maddwolf
Motor City by George Wolf Man, if you can hang with Motor City for about an hour and fifteen minutes, you’ll get one damn fine action sequence. Suddenly violent, increasingly bloody and eventually dow...
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"Sean Clements’s script doesn’t feel terribly fresh, but the sort of Dodgeball meets Caddyshack concept is immediately appealing." The Dink comes to AppleTV this week: maddwolf.com/outtakes/dil...
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What Tomorrow Brings “is a movie that wants you to focus on hope, found family, and faith. Those are worthy themes, but when they come too easily, they don’t hold any weight.” Rachel Willis has our review:
Better Together - Maddwolf
What Tomorrow Brings by Rachel Willis After her mother leaves, Clara is forced to take care of her little sister in director Matt Englebert’s feature, What Tomorrow Brings. Clara (Joely Englebert, who...
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Hadestown: The Musical come to the big screen for 5 days only beginning this Friday July 24th. It’s fantastic, don’t miss it:
Songbird Out Of Hell - Maddwolf
Hadestown: The Musical by George Wolf For the next week at least, Greece is most definitely the word at your local theatre. While Christopher Nolan’s take on The Odyssey is wowing critics, audiences a...
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Are we lying about how good The Odyssey is? And just how idiotic is the smear campaign? Plus, why Matt Damon’s living right and we pick Nolan’s next project. Let’s discuss all that and more with guest @schlocketeer.bsky.social in the new Screening Room:
Screening Room: The Odyssey, In a Cold Vein, and a visit from The Schlocketeer!
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"Expect witchcraft and monsters (maybe a horror film next, Mr. Nolan?), war, brutality, political skullduggery, love and longing, revenge and regret, sacrifice, cowardice, honor and visual wonder." Our take on The Odyssey:
Trip of a Lifetime - Maddwolf
The Odyssey by Hope Madden & George Wolf Christopher Nolan likes a big room. A massive cast, incredible set designs, far flung locations, 70mm IMAX cameras, The Odyssey has it all. And why not? Homer’...
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Just left a screening of The Odyssey. Epic filmmaking rooted in the art of storytelling with a fantastic ensemble cast and a presentation that builds to a thrilling final act of action and emotion. Also, no one is paying me, so take your fake outrage nonsense somewhere else.
After @favefivefromfans.bsky.social was a #DoubleListen of #Podcasts from @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social always good when I have 2 New to listen to @frightclub.bsky.social on #TemptationsInHorror & #TheScreeningRoom one of the best #FilmReview #Podcasts out there IMO, if U like film give it a listen
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9 new movies to break down this episode. What did you watch this week?
Screening Room: Moana, Evil Dead Burn, The Invite, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass & more
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“Funny, biting, poignant, and surprising, The Invite speaks to how easily longtime couples can drift apart, and the hard fought honesty it takes to stick things out. Plus, some people really like rugs.” Our take:
Mighty, Mighty Neighborly - Maddwolf
The Invite by George Wolf For a film set almost entirely inside one apartment, The Invite covers an awful lot of ground. It’s a trip through performative banter and anxious glances to repressed feelin...
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“It’s not that Moana is bad. Were it a standalone, it would be a lovely family film. And in a way, that’s still what it is. It just isn’t necessary.”
On the Boat Again - Maddwolf
Moana by Hope Madden Has there been a reason yet for one of Disney’s live-action remakes? Arguably, no, but some of them have been fun. Jon Favreau’s 2016 The Jungle Book used inspired casting and fun...
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“The Isolate Thief is a thrilling and well-acted entry in the Western genre. While maybe not the next Hateful Eight, it will still satisfy most die-hard fans of this kind of rootin’, shootin’ film.”
There's Gold in Them There Hills - Maddwolf
The Isolate Thief by Brandon Thomas To the casual viewer, the classic Western has its tried and true tropes: the dusty landscape, the haggard hero, and maybe the damsel in distress. However, those day...
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Great ink by @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social in @colsunderground.bsky.social about the series A SUMMER ABROAD beginning July 9 at #theWex through Aug 13. Lots of new restorations by Kurosawa (x2), Akerman, Buñuel, Almodovar+! Schedule in the comments. columbusunderground.com/wex-takes-yo...
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Hoping to take a summer vacation abroad but had to make do with World Cup action? You can extend your stay-at-home globetrotting with the Wexner Center for the Arts’ program A Summer Abroad: Internati...
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“Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass is a relentless assault of silliness, and the funniest film of the year so far.”
Wizard of Aaahhs - Maddwolf
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass by George Wolf You think Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass is just about a small-town Kansas woman in ruby red shoes traveling to Hollywood on a quest t...
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