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Review: AMERICAN FICTION A Scathingly Funny And Smart Directorial Debut

December 14, 2023 Rich Drees

Journalist-turned-filmmaker Cord Jefferson’s debut feature takes a scathingly funny look at the perpetuation of stereotypes in popular culture in one of the year’s best films.

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Big Picture Podcast: Christmas Is All Around LOVE ACTUALLY

December 7, 2023 Rich Drees

On this episode Rich Drees and Natasha Bogutzki take a deep dive into Richard Curtis’s holiday classic LOVE ACTUALLY on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.

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Review: GODZILLA MINUS ONE A Franchise-Transcending Masterpiece

December 2, 2023 Rich Drees

Godzilla, the King of the Monsters, is back with a film that outshines just about everything that the seventy-year-old franchise has produced so far.

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Big Picture Podcast: Ridley Scott’s NAPOLEON

November 29, 2023 Rich Drees

On this episode, FilmBuffOnline editor-in-chief Rich Drees and Contributing Editor Natasha Bogutzki take a deep dive into director Ridley Scott’s historic epic NAPOLEON.

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Big Picture Podcast: Say Hello To Our Little Podcast

November 22, 2023 Rich Drees

On this episode of Rich Drees and Natasha Bogutzki discuss how we as audiences relate to actors aging before diving into a deep look at director Brian DePalma’s classic SCARFACE on its 40th anniversary.

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Dave Filoni Named Lucasfilm Chief Creative Officer

November 21, 2023 Rich Drees

The creator of many of the Disney+ STAR WARS series assumes a position at Lucasfilm to help creatively steer the franchise going forward.

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Review: MAESTRO A Stirring Symphony With A Couple Of Sour Notes

November 21, 2023 Rich Drees

Bradley Cooper takes on the life of composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein in an film that does hit a few sour notes.

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Nicholaus Holt Lex Luther Superman Legacy

Nicholas Holt in Talks To Play Lex Luther In SUPERMAN: LEGACY

November 20, 2023 Rich Drees

The former X-Men franchise star will now be the Man of Steel’s arch-nemesis as Warner Brothers readies their rebooted DC Comics films.

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Big Picture Podcast: Chatting With MST3K’s Matt McGinnis

November 14, 2023 Rich Drees

On this episode, Rich and Natasha talk about the end of the SAG strike and the upcoming awards season before Rich chats with MST3K writer-producer Matt McGinnis about the show’s current fundraiser, this year’s Turkey Day marathon and more.

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Dissecting THE MARVELS End Credits Scenes (Spoilers)

November 10, 2023 Rich Drees

Two scenes at the end of THE MARVELS offer exciting glimpses of things in store for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (Spoilers)

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