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Blu-ray Review: The Friend - Grief, Grace, and a Great Dane

In The Friend, Scott McGehee and David Siegel deliver a tender, bittersweet meditation on grief, creativity, and unexpected companionship. Adapted from Sigrid Nunez’s award-winning novel, this quietly powerful film captures the complexities of loss and the strange, sometimes redemptive places where solace can be found. Led by a soulful performance from Naomi Watts and the remarkable on-screen presence of a Great Dane named Bing, The Friend is a deeply felt character study wrapped in the gentle absurdity of real life. Watts stars as Iris, a seasoned New York writer whose seemingly stable life is disrupted by the suicide of her longtime mentor and closest confidant, Walter (Bill Murray). As a final, bewildering gesture of their bond, Walter bequeaths his enormous and emotionally wounded dog, Apollo, to Iris—a self-described cat person living in a tiny apartment with a strict no-pets lease. What begins as an inconvenience quickly becomes something far more profound. Apollo, the grief-stri...

Ep. 160 of War Machine vs. War Horse: Paper Towns (Moonrise Kingdom vs. The Kings of Summer)

On this episode we are joined by Jessica & Non from the podcast JOY SANDWICH, to run away and recapture our youth with two films: MOONRISE KINGDOM and THE KINGS OF SUMMER. But first, a road trip, tracking down clues for the new release PAPER TOWNS. 0:00 - War Machine vs. War Horse Theme 0:30 - Episode intro 1:10 - Paper Towns trailer 3:30 - Paper Towns review 35:43 - Moonrise Kingdom/The Kings of Summer clips 37:06 - Discussion on missing kids in love movies with Jessica & Non of Joy Sandwich. 1:36:54 - Outro with music. 1:38:22 - Now what?

Episode 43 of Hydrate Level Four - Aloha / Top 5 Cameron Crowe Films

In episode 43, Peter is joined again by previous guest Karly of the That Pop This Life (@ThatPopThisLife) and Talking Shondaland (@ShondaTalk) Podcasts for a Bonus discussion about Aloha ! We start off non-spoiler and give whether we recommend this movie or not and then we get into details. Outro music: Cold War Kids - First Listen to Episode 144 of War Machine Vs. War Horse where Peter was a guest and they give a non-spoiler review of Aloha and then discuss Jerry Maguire and Elizabethtown by clicking HERE . Read Eric's review of Jerry Maguire at our blog site HERE .

Episode 144 of War Machine vs. War Horse: Aloha (Jerry Maguire vs. Elizabethtown)

On this episode we look at Cameron Crowe's repeated professional meltdowns, some leading to more cinematic success such as JERRY MAGUIRE and the the familiar formula not working ELIZABETHTOWN. Peter from Hydrate Level Four and the Original Remake podcast joins the show to see if Crowe's new film ALOHA is a remake of the charm of his earlier work or the repeated missteps seen in his later filmography.