Talking Paragraphs Podcast: Giant snails attack Florida town and brain-killing amoebas shut down Iowa beach

Dan and Paul welcome Darth Vader, Megatron, Mumm-Ra, and Skelator. Musical Guests: Eddie and the Cruisers. Our apologies to last week’s guests, all of whom were bumped and a good number of whom were deceased. 

‘Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness’ places a heavy continuity burden on moviegoers

“Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness” is a mouthful of a title. It’s also a lot for a film. I liked it. I’m inclined to like Marvel Studios movies because I grew up reading comic books. I never imagined big-time Hollywood blockbusters headlined by characters once as obscure as Doctor Strange, played by theContinue reading “‘Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness’ places a heavy continuity burden on moviegoers”

5-sentence review of ‘Black Widow’

1. If you saw the excellent FX series “The Americans,” “Black Widow” is going to be a disappointment for you, because Natasha Romanoff’s (Scarlett Johansson) entire backstory is basically the plot of that show. 2. At some point during the film, I stopped to think, “How many scenes of people fist-fighting while skidding atop fallingContinue reading “5-sentence review of ‘Black Widow’”