Our Epic Movies theme continues its voyage this week with Chrystine's selection, the existential space epic that is 2019's Ad Astra! What are our reads on the balance of sci-fi and deep character investigation? What do we make of the world-building and how it explores the colonization and monetization of the final frontier? And holy sh*t, space baboons?! Strap in and feel the Gs with the crew as we investigate these questions and more!
Read MoreOur Film On Film theme marches on with Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. In the Butter Crew's deepest dive to date, we marvel over Tarantino's typical and atypical instincts in this, his ninth film, as well as covering the sad charm of DiCaprio's Rick Dalton, the underlying menace of Pitt's Cliff Booth, and the subtle brilliance of Robbie's spin on Sharon Tate! This one is a real doozy that you won't wanna miss, so join us as we cruise through late '60s Hollywood with Tarantino as our chauffeur!
Read MoreButter With That is back! After a long hibernation, the gang has come together to once again give you folks insight into all things movies!
This week, we (finally) round out our Oscar Spinoff theme (the '23 Oscars, that is! Oops!) with Sam's selection, 2022's Bullet Train! Tune in as we tease out if this is a genuine action film, a parody of one, or both! Does Brad Pitt disappear into his role, or is he Brad Pitt-ing once again? And how about all these origin stories, including an inanimate Fiji bottle's? Climb aboard as we break down Bullet Train as only Butter With That can!
Read MoreOscar Spinoff season continues, and Dave brings the posse together to see if his Worst Movie of '22 director (Andrew Dominik) is redeemed with 2007's The Assassination of Jesse James by the (exasperated breath) Coward Robert Ford! Does the nostalgia factor hold up upon revisit for Chrystine and Dave? What were Connor's first impressions of this sprawling western? How much did Sam hate it, and do her points ultimately win the crew over? Saddle up and find out!
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