Mashley At The Movies

More aliens! More sound! We rejoin the Abbott family as they navigate a world where the slightest sound could mean terror. Ashley, Matt and Garret review the sequel to A Quiet Place.

William Shatner plays a seventy-something man who likes women and fast cars, until he loses his license and meets a woman (Jean Smart) who slowly begins to change his life. Christopher Lloyd also stars in this curious movie. Matt & Ashley share their thoughts about it.

Amy Adams plays a woman suffering from agoraphobia who witnesses what she thinks is a murder across the street from her house. Ashley & Matt review this taut thriller.

Matt & Ashley review the new documentary about the experiments that J. Marion Sims conducted on African-American enslaved women in the 1840s. The film explores the ramifications of those acts, that permeate our society to this day. 

The latest episode in our Criterion series finds Ashley, Matt and Ryan talking about the 1977 classic Agnes Varda film, about two women who form a bond that stretches from youth into adulthood. There's a lot of ground to cover in the rich tapestry woven by Varda, and we dove right in.

Chris Rock is an embittered police detective hot on the trail of a copycat Jigsaw killer, as Matt & Ashley review the latest entry in the Saw franchise.

The Mitchell family are on a cross country road trip to take daughter Katie to film school, when an evil AI unleashes an army of robots upon the world. It's up to the Mitchells to save humanity. Ryan joins us to review this delightful new animated movie.

Ed Helms and Patti Harrison star as a single man who wants a kid, and the woman who agrees to be the surrogate of his unborn child. Ashley & Matt discuss this unusual romcom-style movie, written & directed by Nikole Beckwith.

Denise Gough and Sebastian Stan star as two ex-pats who meet in Greece, engage in a dysfunctional relationship, and copulate A LOT. Ashley & Matt discuss this interesting and frustrating film.

Matt & Ashley review the new fantasy/action movie based on the 1990s martial arts video game. 

Secrets & Lies is one of director Mike Leigh's best movies. It deftly tackles issues of family, adoption, class and race. Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste received Oscar nominations for their performances. Ashley & Matt discuss this 1996 film as part of the latest edition of our Criterion Collection series.

Our review this week is the new thriller, The Courier, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Matt & Ashley discuss this cold war spy drama in our latest episode.

Matt, Ashley & Aaron review the new entry in the MonsterVerse series, where a big ape and a giant radioactive dinosaur fight each other.

It's the debut episode of our new series, Bad Movie Night. Garret joins us for this inaugural voyage as we choose one of four bad movies to watch and discuss. Which one do we select? Listen and find out!

Matt & Ashley review the new version of Justice League, the four-hour cut that fulfills Zack Snyder's vision for the film.

Matt & Ashley share their thoughts on this year's Academy Award nominations, which were announced this morning.

Ashley & Matt interview documentary filmmaker Julie Cohen. Together with Betsy West, she has directed the Academy Award-nominated documentary RBG, about late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We discuss that film, and Cohen's new documentary feature, My Name is Pauli Murray, about the complex life of the late civil rights activist.

King Akeem goes back to America to find the son he never knew he had. (Almost) everyone is here from the original film, 30 years later, to varying degrees of success. Matt & Ashley review this new sequel starring Eddie Murphy.

Ashley & Matt discuss the last three episodes of WandaVision, and the series as a whole.

Chloe Zhao directs Frances McDormand in this 2020 movie about a woman who sets out on her own, in a van, across several states, connecting with humanity in a deep and powerful way. Ryan joins us to discuss this Golden Globe-winning film.