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Critique-Opolis
Jay & Louisa deliver a fiery, opinion fueled overview of movies, social movements, cultural behaviors and eating habits - dovetailed with a honey-based recipe and reviews of the most obnoxious movie/media news headlines we can get our eyeballs in front of. For our latest editions, we will be reviewing scripts from the infamous Hollywood 'Black List' (scripts with a ton of 'buzz' that have yet to secure a deal or go into production) - and adding our own casting and story development suggestions.
Episodes
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He Tried To Direct The Documentary From The Shower
Send us Fan Mail You Can See Everything isn’t just a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes. It’s a documentary that watches people try to steer the documentary…
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The Zip Gun Problem And Other Ways To Ruin A Motorcade
Send us Fan Mail A good thriller doesn’t just ask, “Will he do it?” It asks, “What part of you breaks while you try to stop it?” That’s why we had to go back…
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Thug Notes
Send us Fan Mail Classic books are supposed to be timeless, so why do they so often feel unreadable? We get into Thug Notes, the short web series that retells…
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Brewster’s Millions And The Hidden Math Of “Easy Money”
Send us Fan Mail A rich uncle’s final wish sounds like a dream until you hear the fine print: spend $30 million in 30 days, end with zero assets, tell no one…
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Boomers, Rage, And Responsibility
Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to feel less alone is to hear someone describe your house without ever having been there. We start with a blunt check-in (yes…
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A Movie About A Rug That Ruined Everything
Send us Fan Mail A movie can be “universally loved” and still bounce right off you and that’s exactly the fight we pick with The Big Lebowski. One of us calls…
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Grit And Heroin
Send us Fan Mail A movie can win Best Picture and still feel like a brick wall if you hit it on the wrong night. We watched The French Connection and…
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We Finally Watch Silence Of The Lambs And Get Pulled In
Send us Fan Mail Our 100th episode lands on a movie with a reputation that scares people off, and we get why. Silence of the Lambs is brutal, tense, and…
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Aliens Show Up And Nobody Watches TV
Send us Fan Mail One secret can change the world, but only if anyone believes it. We sit down with Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day and end up talking less…
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When Your Kryptonite Is An Air Horn
Send us Fan Mail Sound can be wallpaper in a movie, or it can be the whole engine. Tuner lands firmly in the second camp, and we had a lot to say about why it…
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Stolen Song, Stolen Spotlight
Send us Fan Mail A wedding singer writes a melody for his newborn daughter, years pass, and then one late-night jam turns that private song into a public…
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Shopgirl And The Weight Of Loneliness
Send us Fan Mail He sends her a pair of gloves from her own workplace and somehow that becomes the beginning of everything. We’re talking about Shopgirl…
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We Follow A Studio Executive Until Everything Breaks
Send us Fan Mail A studio executive gets buried under endless pitches, anonymous postcards, and one creeping fear that won’t go away: he’s about to be…
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What Happens When A Rom-Com Has No Tone
Send us Fan Mail French Lover somehow became a Netflix hit, and we walked in expecting a charming French rom-com with Omar Sy and walked out asking how so many…
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What The De Niro Papers Reveal About Great Acting
Send us Fan Mail The moment we realized The Score is the only time Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando share the screen, we knew we had to dig in. What surprised…
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What If The Villain’s Power Is Really Untreated Pain
Send us Fan Mail A newborn talks from the womb, delivers himself, and immediately starts asking the one question most adults avoid: why. That’s the spark of…
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If A Science Teacher Can Save Earth Then Why Can’t We
Send us Fan Mail A space movie can look expensive and still feel hollow. Project Hail Mary does the opposite: it feels human, funny, tense, and oddly…
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How A Watercolor Animated Short Portrays Pet Loss
Send us Fan Mail A chained-up dog. A kid who stops and says “no,” then frees him. A glowing gold thread that refuses to break even after death. We talk through…
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Snow Bear
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to you favorite straight from Michigan movie podcast! We are back after a brief hiatus because, well, life. For this latest…
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Raising Arizona
Send us Fan Mail In today's episode of Critique-o-polis, Jay and Louisa discuss the 1987 cult classic Raising Arizona. Nicolas Cage plays a conflicted HI…
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Another Round
Send us Fan Mail This week on your favorite movie podcast we chat about the Danish film, "Another Round," starring Mads Mikkelsen. Martin played by Mads…
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Night Hunter
Send us Fan Mail This afternoon, Jay and I are discussing the movie Night Hunter. This is not a movie that was on my radar which is surprising to me, but also…
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Send us Fan Mail Hello friends. Welcome back to Critique-o-polis. Today, Jay and I discuss the third installment of The Knives Out series: Wake Up, Dead Man…
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Allegro non Troppo
Send us Fan Mail After our brief hiatus, Critique-o-Polis is back! Jay says that it is his fault that we were off for a few weeks, and while that might be true…
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Cinema Paradiso
Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year! Welcome back to another wonderful episode of Critique-o-polis. Today, we review the French-Italian film "Cinema Paradiso." Let…
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Tokyo Godfathers
Send us Fan Mail Guess what? Jay finally remembered to include a honey based recipe. He felt so bad about not remembering to deliver a recipe the last several…
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The Intouchables
Send us Fan Mail We watched the 2011 French Film, the Intouchables, but before we get into that, Jay goes on an absolute, untethered tirade about a run in with…
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Home for the Holidays
Send us Fan Mail This is the week after Thanksgiving, not necessarily coincidentally we are reviewing a holiday movie: Home for the Holidays. This movie has an…
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All of Me
Send us Fan Mail Today we review "All of Me," a movie starring Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin and Victoria Tennant from 1984. This movie falls into the categories…
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Weapons Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Brace yourselves. Jay made Louisa watch a horror movie! Well, okay, it's not like it was forced, but it did take a bit more convincing than…
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Weapons Part 2
Send us Fan Mail So ... Why Part 2 for the episode? Because Jay can't tell the difference between the pause and the stop button on the recorder. He graduated…
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Ernest and Celestine
Send us Fan Mail We're back! Today we are reviewing the French animated movie "Ernest and Celestine." Now mind you, we did not watch the original French…
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One Battle After Another
Send us Fan Mail In today's latest episode of your favorite movie podcast, Louisa and Jay discuss one of Louisa's favorite actor's recent releases, "One Battle…
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Send us Fan Mail We're back! Did you miss us?? On this week's episode of Critique-o-polis, not only does Jay have a yummy recipe to recommend, but we also…
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The Race That Eats Its Young
Send us Fan Mail Strength is measured in a number of different ways. Some think it's a question of how much you think you can lift. Others think it's a…
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Just Start and Stranger's Game Shorts
Send us Fan Mail We did two shorts and as a result the description is going to be even shorter. Just Start is an exploration of a woman who overcomes trauma…
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Sorcerer (1977)
Send us Fan Mail William Friedkin tested himself in 1977 with the production of Sorcerer. Employing a seasoned cast including Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer…
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A Perfect World
Send us Fan Mail And you thought prior to 1993 all Clint Eastwood could do was Westerns and Shoot-em ups. Heartfelt, character driven themes set in the not too…
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Fandango
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to another exciting episode of Critique-Opolis! Today, your favorite hosts, Jay and Louisa are discussing the movie "Fandango"…
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Now You See Me
Send us Fan Mail In our latest episode of your favorite movie critique podcast, Jay (mostly Jay) and Louisa discuss the movie "Now You See Me." Louisa is…
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Titan: The OceanGate Disaster
Send us Fan Mail This movie should have been titled "Titan: The Stockton Rush Disaster." We watched this Netflix account of the most narcissistic and self…
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F1
Send us Fan Mail In his latest summer tentpole for Apple, Brad Pitt plays race car driver Sonny Hayes, whose race car career is probably over, but then Sonny's…
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Pee-Wee As Himself (and Tacos)
Send us Fan Mail We're back! Today, we chat about a documentary - Pee Wee as Himself directed by Matt Wolf. Jay has been a big fan of Pee Wee since childhood…
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The Descendants
Send us Fan Mail George Clooney heads another quality ensemble cast as Matt King, in this 2011 Oscar winner for Best Adapted Screenplay. Matt is a real estate…
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'How to Build a Library' and Hot Honey Buttermilk Steak
Send us Fan Mail The Cinetopia Film Festival has hit Ann Arbor and our Saturday pick was 'How To Build a Library'. 2025 Kenyan-American documentary film…
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The Saint
Send us Fan Mail This 1997 action/romance starring Val Kilmer and Elizabeth Shue is one of Jay's personal favorites! This flic has it all! Espionage…
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The Amateur
Send us Fan Mail Rami Melek and Lawrence Fishburn take on the espionage genre in this new spy thriller. Here's the twist, Rami's just a big nerd who happens to…
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Hollywood Writer Decline & Blue Origin Flight
Send us Fan Mail Jobs for writers in L.A. for TV shows and original projects took a steep decline. We get into it. Also, Jay has 'feelings' to say the least…
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The Phoenician Scheme
Send us Fan Mail Wes Anderson is back with his latest joint. Benicio del Toro takes center stage as an ailing arms dealer who has to navigate the transition of…
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Farewell to Val Kilmer
Send us Fan Mail A heartfelt goodbye to one of our favorite Hollywood heartthrobs, Val Kilmer with his recent passing we thought that we would take a moment to…
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3 Shorts
Send us Fan Mail Quick viewing for anyone who is sick of paying for content! We checked out three short films available on YouTube for free! Cautionary Tales -…
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2025 Oscar Chat
Send us Fan Mail In a somewhat rare occurrence, Louisa takes charge of this episode discussing some of her opinions on some of the current 2025 Oscar…
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The Nuclear Option
Send us Fan Mail Today, Jay and Louisa discuss several different topics, ranging from studio related discussions to the very passionate subjects of what is…
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World's Fastest Indian
Send us Fan Mail Anthony Hopkins drives this one forward, literally, in a biographical story of New Zealander Burt Munro and his modified 1920s Indian Scout…
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WICKED & The Dailies
Send us Fan Mail This afternoon, Jay and Louisa discuss the latest Dailies email with a focus from Louisa on WICKED! Namely, the heavy marketing that came…
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Romancing the Stone
Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we discuss the 1984 film Romancing the Stone. Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito star in this action packed…
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Paddleton
Send us Fan Mail Two unlikely neighbors bond over their everyday routine. They invent an outdoor sports game that they enjoy playing together after work to let…
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Entourage vs U-571
Send us Fan Mail Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) vs Matthew Mcconaughey. We squeezed in two flics for fun. I know we said we were going to cover 'Paris, Texas' but we…
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Spy Game
Send us Fan Mail Robert Redford and Brad Pitt are paired as a pro C.I.A. station chief and his protege as their career timeline is dissected while one races…
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Midnight Run
Send us Fan Mail Jake (Robert DeNiro) is a bounty hunter working to get John (Charles Grodin) an accountant for the Las Vegas mob, back to L.A. to stand trial…