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Episode 167 Reviews for: Captain America: Brave New World -- Paddington in Peru -- Becoming Led Zeppelin -- The Brutalist Feb 20, 2025

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This week on the show!

The future favors the brave in:

Captain America: Brave New World

A cultural force that transcends generations in:

Becoming Led Zeppelin

A little bear goes a long way. Lost in the jungle in a revisit to my early review of:

Paddington in Peru

And finally

Welcome to America with 10 Oscar nominations is:

The Brutalist

We’ve got a lot to cover this week so let's jump right in.

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If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's new crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week we cover the special episode of Siskel and Ebert that cover the growth of Bill Murray!
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Episode 166 Reviews for: Heart Eyes -- Love Hurts -- You're Cordially Invited Feb 13, 2025

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Stay Single Stay safe in the heartwarming romantic tale of heart eyed serial killer in

Heart Eyes

Save the date, prepare for chaos Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon star in the prime video exclusive

You’re Cordially Invited

And finally

The sweetest pain you will ever feel, or my tagline the most painful thing you will see this valentines day is

Love Hurts

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If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's new crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week we cover the start of it all in the 1987's Ernest Goes to Camp!
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Episode 165 Reviews for: Flight Risk -- Dog Man -- Sing Sing Feb 06, 2025

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Yall need a pilot? Marc Wahlberg goes bald for no apparent reason in

Flight Risk

Part Dog, part man, all hero in the new animated film

Dog Man

And finally

Another film in the 2024 Movie Wire, clean up, is the 3 Oscar nominee for best original song, best actor, and best adapted screen play is

Sing Sing

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If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's new crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week we cover the 1982 John Carpenter's horror classic, The Thing.
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Episode 164 Reviews for: Companion -- Presence -- Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare -- Memoir of a Snail Jan 30, 2025

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It’s always active Lucy Liu stars in
Presence

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare in the new addition to the 'Pooh-verse' is
Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare

Sometimes the greatest act of love is letting go in
Companion

And finally

Another film in the 2024 Movie Wire clean up. Life can only be understood backwards, but we have to live it forwards in Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature Film is
Memoirs of a Snail

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If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's new crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week we cover the 1986 horror film The Hitcher even though Siskel and Ebert agreed. One of us agrees with our critics and the other doesn't. This is one not to miss!
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Episode 163 Reviews for: Wolf Man -- Queer -- The Last Showgirl Jan 23, 2025

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It's not what's outside that should scare you in
Wolf Man
We continue our 2024 watch clean up with movies that may pop up during awards time with the next 2 film that just were nominated for Golden Globes.
The show must end Pamala Anderson stars in
The Last Showgirl

And finally
A man's greatest obsession, love, lust, sex and a quest for a drug to give him telecentric power in
Queer

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If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's new crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week we cover the bizarre vision of David Cronenberg's 1991's Naked Lunch
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Episode 162 Reviews for: Emilia Pérez (Netflix) -- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix) -- A Real Pain Jan 16, 2025

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It's The Movie Wire's 2024 wrap up month! This month I will be introducing films that will most likely pop-up during awards time and were skipped over this year. Each week I will be covering a new film, to kick us off after the Golden Globes, here is 3 films that were missed during the show in the last month.
A real pain remembering through small gestures in 4 golden globe nominations with one win is
A Real Pain

Old friends' new enemies and the gloves are about to come off in the best animated film nominee
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

And finally

To Listen is to Accept, in 10 golden globe nominations with 3 wins is the Netflix original
Emilia Pérez
We’ve got a lot to cover this week so let's jump right in.
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If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's new crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week we cover the 1993 Roy Scheider thriller, Blue Thunder.
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Episode 161 Reviews for: Better Man -- Babygirl -- A Complete Unknown -- Homestead Jan 09, 2025

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Fame makes monkeys of us all in
Better Man

Sex, power, seduction, masturbation, and Nicole Kidman being fed treats in Babygirl

When the world is in chaos, you start over…but how do you start over amongt chaos in
Homestead

And finally

He defied everyone to change everything in
A Complete Uknown

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If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's new crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week we cover the 1991 overlooked film. Dogfight.
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Episode 160 Reviews for: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 -- Nosferatu -- Mufasa: The Lion King Jan 01, 2025

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Happy New Year! We kick off the new year with the last released movies of 2024!

Succumb to the darkness in Robert Eggers take from the 1922 film
Nosferatu

Speed, Power, Action, Choas, feel it all in
Sonic the Hedgehog 3

And finally

Experience the epic story of how an orphan became king in the Disney prequal. Mufasa: The Lion King

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If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's new crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we kick off Season 2 with one of the more notorious Siskel and Ebert shows covering Full Metal Jacket and Benji: The Hunted. This is one not to miss!
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Episode 159 The Inappropriate Christmas Special: Hot Frosty -- Anora -- Our Little Secret -- The Movie Wire's Gift to you Dec 23, 2024

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Merry Christmas!
This Week on the Show!
Now streaming on Netflix, It took a snowman to melt her……heart, in
Hot Frosty

Also now streaming on Netflix, have yourself a merry little love triangle in
Our Little Secret

And finally

From sex worker to wifey and love is a hustle in
Anora
Ending the show, The Movie Wire for the first time, gives a gift of a Christmas special that has been lost in time.

We’ve got a lot to cover this week so let's jump right in.
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If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's new crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we end season 1 with our awards ceremony for the films and the best and worst reviews of Siskel and Ebert that have appeared on the show this season!
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Episode 158 Reviews for: Kraven the Hunter-- Carry On (Netflix Original) -- Flow Dec 19, 2024

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Villains aren’t born. There made in
Kraven the Hunter

Every holiday season, millions travel safely by air. This Christmas will be different in the Netflix original
Carry-On

Go with the flow in the new memorizing animated film,
Flow

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If you haven’t tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's new crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we continue the holiday season with the 1989 holiday comedy classic. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.
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