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Robert Benton's Nadine is one of those mid-80s studio comedies that passed everyone by as it opened in 1987, and eventually found a home on the cable television for the next decade. If you happened to randomly switch channels on a lazy Sunday afternoon in 1994, there is a good chance you caught the middle forty minutes of the movie without ever figuring out what the plot is about. It hits BD on September 29th as part of Alliance Entertainment's Retro VHS collection, and the packaging format is fitting for a film of this kind. It is wrapped in a faux-distressed slipcase with the look of a sun-faded rental cassette from a mom-and-pop video shop in 1989. The disc inside is bare bones; you drop it in, and you get a bare-minimum menu screen, and the movie starts. There are no retrospective interviews, no director commentary, no archival behind-the-scenes coverage. Just eighty-three minutes of Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger yelling at each other in late-1950s Texas while running away ...

There is a certain type of low-budget comedy that feels almost tailor-made for the lowest possible fidelity. It is the kind of movie that you find at the bottom of a bargain bin at a gas station, or on a shelf in a rental shop closed for fifteen years. Bad Counselors takes its place in that niche, but it is a loud, vulgar mess that somehow manages to be a decent enough time if you just toss it in a night with a drink and lowered expectations. It stars a motley crew of misfits forced to supervise a summer camp for troubled teens, either by choice or by the court's order. They are a bunch of unqualified, egocentric adults who have nothing better to do with their lives than hang out with a bunch of hormone-fueled teenagers. Naturally, the camp counselor's incompetence is balanced out by the stress of the overworked but perfectly competent administrator running the camp. If you have seen Meatballs, Wet Hot American Summer, or Bad Teacher, you know what this movie basically is. It i...

Taylor Sheridan's recent output has been the work of a man with a factory cranked to full capacity. Some of the products that have come off the assembly line have been a bit stale, but Landman is the one show where the machine has hit the perfect RPMs. Mean, funny, and a little bit messy, it's right in the wheelhouse of high budget daddy TV that knows exactly what it is. While season one was getting us to know the volatile grease-stained world of West Texas oil, season two sees everything involved in it coming to the realization that the ground could be swallowed at any second. Billy Bob Thornton remains the heart of the production as Tommy Norris, who is the type of guy who only comes to life with the kind of weary, ash-dusted charisma that makes you think he's been up for 72 hours straight sipping lukewarm diner coffee and negotiating with cartels, environmental lawyers, and corporate idiots who wouldn't know a drill bit from a hole in the wall. Watching Thornton mane...

The trailer for MUSK, the anticipated documentary directed by Oscar-winner Alex Gibney, offers a sharp preview of what promises to be an unvarnished deep dive into the life, power, and political transformation of billionaire Elon Musk. Distributed domestically by Bleecker Street following its world premiere at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, the ambitious feature takes direct aim at Musk’s rise from visionary tech innovator to one of the most polarizing figures on the global stage. Clocking in at nearly four hours, the documentary synthesizes archival footage with fresh commentary to examine how Musk wields his tremendous influence across technology, aerospace, and contemporary politics. Gibney brings together a wide array of key voices from Musk’s personal and professional circles, including his ex-wife Justine Musk, Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard, "Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton, and tech journalists Kara Swisher and Zoë Schiffer. The trailer also showcases...

  Today on the show, I'm joined by Dane Cook to talk about the new documentary about his life and career, Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story. Directed by Brett Harvey hits digital platforms on September 29th. Back in the mid-2000s, Dane Cook wasn't just big, he was everywhere. He was filling arenas, breaking records, and completely altering the footprint of modern stand-up comedy. But right at the peak of all that, everything blew up behind the scenes. The person he trusted most stole millions of dollars from him, turning his world upside down and kicking off a years-long nightmare. The doc dives into all of it: the insane rise, the brutal family betrayal, and what it actually takes to survive that level of chaos when the dust settles. It's a wildly honest look at fame, money, and the darker side of trust. Before we get into my conversation with Dane, do me a quick favor: if you enjoy the show, take a second to rate and review us wherever you're listening, hit that subscr...

The first trailer has officially arrived for You Can See Everything, an extraordinary documentary project capturing one of Silicon Valley’s most infamous figures during her final days of freedom. Directed by boundary-pushing creators Nathan Fielder (The Rehearsal) and Lance Oppenheim (Some Kind of Heaven), the film offers an unprecedented, surreal look into the life of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. The film's chronicle begins just thirty-four days before Holmes is sent to prison, when she invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What starts as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon quickly unravels into a mind-bending, three-year journey into the abyss. By combining Fielder’s signature reality-bending tension with Oppenheim’s stylized human portraits, You Can See Everything promises to deliver a captivating, genre-defying experience. Check out the newly released trailer above for your first look at this audacious collaboration.

So, Scary Movie is back. Not that it was ever really gone, just quietly buried under a heap of cheap direct-to-video sequels and PG-13 rated cash grabs. This latest incarnation is properly a theatrical release, however, and it sent the Wayans brothers back to their old stomping grounds. Depending on how nostalgic you are for the crude, lewd, and generally ill-advised late ’90s/early 2000s era comedies, this news either thrilled you or made you groan in existential dread. Either way, this particular iteration of Scary Movie has already seen its theatrical run and has since become available on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray. I have to admit that hearing about this reboot made me skeptical. The horror parody subgenre has long since dried up and blown away with the tailwinds of the Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans era. The very concept of a “modern” horror movie is now one of those painfully self-indulgent pop culture touchstones which makes anyone who grew up during its peak cringe with every new en...

If you followed the hype building up to the release of Boots Riley's I Love Boosters, you already knew what you were getting in or out of at least; Riley doesn't make polite films that politely sit inside their shelf while he folds laundry. Just as Sorry to Bother You, this film is loud, angry, ridiculous, and uncompromising. Now that NEON has announced the official 4K UHD release, we have a chance to see how the home video package fares. Physical media collectors can be reassured by how NEON has dedicated itself to the audiovisual presentation and disc bonuses. The plot summary as seen on paper is simple enough. Riley, the film's main attraction, takes it into some strange and specific direction that involves professional shoplifters known as boosters. These boosters aren't boosting groceries from big box grocery chains to afford a home. They systematically steal pieces from luxury fashion houses, and then resell them along underground networks. It takes a turn for the...

  If you grew up in the eighties, the smell of plastic action figures stuck to your childhood. When Cannon Films decided to bring He-Man to the big screen in 1987, they were left making a ton of weird choices fueled by a shoestring budget, and an insane ambition. The result, Masters of the Universe, became an endearing, hilarious, and oddly charming hybrid of Star Wars, Jack Kirby comics, and eighties high school soap opera. Masters of the Universe was a box office disaster upon initial release, but it's since acquired a devoted cult following, and this 4K Blu-ray debut finally gives the film the physical media attention it needs. Packed with surprising special features, this disc gives the film the proper respect it's due for almost bankrupting the studio that released it. For first time viewers, or those that somehow missed it the first time around, Masters of the Universe jumps right into the action with the mad villain Skeletor (played with Shakespearean flair by Frank Lang...

Today on the show, I’m talking with director Padraic McKinley about his new film, The Weight, which lands in theaters nationwide starting today. The setup is pretty grim. It’s 1933 in Oregon, and a guy named Samuel Murphy, played by Ethan Hawke, gets ripped away from his daughter and tossed into a brutal work camp. The warden, played by Russell Crowe, offers him a way out: smuggle a haul of gold through a completely deadly stretch of wilderness for an early release. Naturally, the crew he's stuck with starts rotting from the inside with betrayal, and Murphy has to figure out just how much of his own humanity he's willing to trade off to actually see his kid again. It’s a desperate, messy story about desperate people, and Padraic and I break down how it all came together. Here is my conversation with Padraic McKinley.