Episode 199: 'The Wonder' (2022)/'Something in the Dirt' (2022)

Colder temperatures have finally arrived! When it comes to theater going audiences this means the Oscar bait is about to flood theaters. The poor box office for She Said got us thinking about the future of movie theaters. The movie adaptation about Harvey Weinstein had award buzz surrounding it. It was about a pair of newspaper reporters bringing trying to break a scandal against all odds. Make this a musical period piece and you have got yourself a record breaking number of Academy Awards to hand out.

Have the days of prestige films in theaters gone away? In today's streaming world is there a point to going out to the movies to see anything besides the latest blockbusters? We talk about some of our favorite movie theater experiences and discuss the future of small films.

The Wonder is a Netflix movie starring Florence Pugh about an English nurse who travels to Ireland to investigate reports of a girl who has not eaten for months and is in perfect health. Pugh gives the great performance that is par for the course for her, but is it enough? We talk about breaking the fourth wall, having patience, and the most unappetizing food ever filmed.

Something in the Dirt landed on our radars as soon as we hard about it. The latest film from Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead is about two men who immediately form a friendship over cigarettes and conversation. When they witness a strange occurrence, they do what any normal person in 2022 would: attempt to monetize it.

The film is set in the Hollywood Hills and is filled with ideas about the history of Los Angeles. The intimate film focuses on its two leads while telling a twisting story. It grabs your attention immediately. So why do we think some people will be turned off by it?

All this, plus latest upcoming genre! 

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