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Four friends review every A24 film in chronological order of release. Sit back, grab a drink, add some rocks, and enjoy the sweet taste of the dark and quirky cinema from A24. Caution: movie spoilers.
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- Yesterday1h 35m
104. Val (2021) Film Review
Val is a documentary about the Top Gun and Batman star, and late Hollywood heartthrob Val Kilmer. Many knew him from his blockbuster films, but didn't know the more personal aspects of his life, and his struggle with throat cancer. The A24 Rocks crew reviews this autobiographical documentary, and the host sparks some heated debate: was this a poignant autobiography or did it whitewash the more troublesome aspects of Val Kilmer's life? Caution: movie spoilers. Buy us a coffee- https://buymeacoffee.com/a24otr. Intro- 0:00 to 2:18.Film Discussion- 2:18 to 1:17:13.Film Ratings/Outro- 1:17:13 to End.
- 1 weeks ago1h 9m
Black Swan (2010) Film Review
On this week's A24 Vibe Discussion, the A24 Rocks crew goes back to the 2010 Darren Aronofsky film Black Swan. Natalie Portman won an Academy Award for her role as Nina in this psychological-horror movie about a ballerina who wins the prima ballerina role in the Tchaikovsky ballet Swan Lake. Nina is groomed and taken advantage of by her teacher Thomas (portrayed by Vincent Cassel), while she has hallucinations and anxieties, especially about a new ballerina named Lily (portrayed by Mila Kunis) who transferred from a different company. How has Black Swan aged 16 years later, and where does this land amongst the body horror films these film reviewers have reviewed? Caution: movie spoilers.Buy us a coffee- https://buymeacoffee.com/a24otr.Intro- 0:00 to 1:29.Film Discussion- 1:29 to 1:00:14.Film Ratings/Outro- 1:00:14 to End.
- 2 weeks ago1h 17m
103. Zola (2021) Film Review
Based on a 148 tweet thread (that is partially based on a true story), Zola is a film about a Detroit stripper named Zola (portrayed by Taylour Paige) who meets a woman named Stefani (portrayed by Riley Keough) and decides to take a road trip down to Florida to dance in a club down south. Things quickly go awry when Zola realizes X (portrayed by Colman Domingo), the man driving the car, has other intentions in mind. The A24 Rocks crew discusses one of the first films to be made from a viral internet story. Also of interest: Zola was almost made by James Franco before his sexual misconduct allegations surfaced, and Janicza Bravo took over the production. Caution: movie spoilers.Buy us a coffee- https://buymeacoffee.com/a24otr.Intro- 0:00 to 2:15.Film Discussion- 2:15 to 1:06:43.Film Ratings/Outro- 1:06:43 to End.
- 3 weeks ago1h 53m
Our Top 20 90s Comedies, a Blind Ranking!
Tommy likey, Tommy want a top 20 90s comedy blind ranking! This is what happens when five dude's get together and try to blind rank their favorite 90s comedies. It's chaotic, it's slapstick, it disregards cinematic taste, and it creates debates about if Fargo belongs on the list. How many Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, and Jim Carrey movies can they fit on here? It is a true race to the bottom, and the whiskey train is taking them there. Buy us a coffee- https://buymeacoffee.com/a24otrIntro- 0:00 to 3:35.Is Fargo a Comedy? - 3:35 to 6:47.Blind Ranking Rules- 6:47 to 8:26.Blind Ranking the Top 90s Comedies- 8:26 to 1:45:13.Honorable Mentions- 1:45:13 to End.
- 4 weeks ago1h 9m
102. False Positive (2021) Film Review
False Positive is a 2021 psychological horror film starring Ilana Glazer, Justin Theroux, and Pierce Brosnean. It's about a woman named Lucy who's having trouble conceiving with her husband Adrian. They go to a fertility doctor named Dr. John Hindle who promises Lucy that she will become pregnant. Little does she know, this will turn into the pregnancy from hell. The A24 Rocks crew debates the wide-ranging themes of the film, including misogyny in healthcare and living in a patriarchal society. Caution: movie spoilers.Buy us a coffee- https://buymeacoffee.com/a24otrIntro- 0:00 to 2:55.Film Discussion- 2:55 to 59:28.Film Ratings/Outro- 59:28 to End.
- Jun 26, 20262 min
The Future of our Podcast & Our Statement on A24 & AI
From the A24 on the Rocks podcast- in light of A24’s recent AI research partnership with Google Deepmind where they’ll be taking a $75 million investment from Google to develop AI powered filmmaking tools, we have decided that we’re going to finish out reviewing the 2021 year of A24, then we will pivot to a different podcast idea. This podcast idea will keep the same spirit of the podcast, where we will still review indie/low-budget films and/or movies that ask deep interesting questions, but we will change the name of our podcast and theme of it. This doesn’t mean that we will never review an A24 film again, it just means that at the end of this year we will take A24 out of our podcast name and we will no longer be chronologically reviewing all of their films. The fact is, we do this podcast for zero monetary reward. We’ve spent lots of hours watching and reviewing A24 films and then we still have to edit and market the podcast, tasks that essentially amount to a part-time job. We’ve been able to find motivation to do this for zero monetary reward because of our deep love of film. And when A24 makes a decision that we believe will put storyboard artists out of work, because this partnership will be “developing applications for AI-generated storyboards,” we no longer want to be a walking billboard for this company.Some may say we’re overreacting but the fact is Josh Kushner, Jared Kushner’s brother, is already on the board of directors of A24 and A24 has been taking mass amounts of venture capital money. For awhile, we mistakenly believed this money could be used to help support the up and coming filmmakers that A24 likes to showcase, but now we’re reading the tea leaves and we see that this will only further poison the film studio we once loved. We think that this partnership is just the beginning of A24 delving into AI. Which is, ironically, the film studio that distributed Ex Machina. We thought A24 was different and special in the landscape of Hollywood studios but we now see they’re just like every other big Hollywood studio out there.That being said, we are currently in the middle of reviewing the 2021 year of A24 and we want to finish what we started there and support the films and filmmakers from that year that had no say in A24’s decision to do this, but at the end of this year, you will see us change the name and brand of our podcast. If that disappoints you, that’s ok, we’ve accounted for that, you can unfollow us. But to keep doing this podcast, we personally don’t want to be a walking billboard for A24 and we’d rather support a wider array of films and filmmakers. We’re actually pretty excited to broaden our scope of this podcast and we see it as a natural progression of our love of film and film critique. So thank you for listening and stay tuned for an announcement about us pivoting our podcast at the end of this year.
- Jun 24, 20261h 29m
Our Top 16 Best Original Film Scores, a Blind Ranking!
On this A24 vibe discussion, Eric's sister Amy (a Hans Zimmer fanatic) joins the A24 Rocks crew in blind ranking the top 16 best original film scores of all time. This doesn't include soundtracks, or musicals, just original film scores. Ludwig Goransson, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Bernard Hermann, Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross... all the best film composers will duke it out to nudge their way into this blind ranking. What composers will have multiple scores on this list? What composers got snubbed? Listen in to find out.Buy us a coffee- https://buymeacoffee.com/a24otrIntro- 0:00 to 8:22.Score vs Soundtrack- 8:22 to 10:21.Blind Rankings Rules- 10:21 to 12:00.Our Top 16 Best Original Film Scores- 12:00 to 1:19:04.Honorable Mentions/Outro- 1:19:04 to End.
- Jun 17, 20261h 17m
101. Minari (2021) Film Review
The A24 Rocks reviews another "American Dream" story in Minari, a film about a Korean family that moves to rural Arkansas while Jacob (the dad, portrayed by Steven Yeun) tries to make it as a farmer growing Korean vegetables. The family adjusts to this new life in Arkansas while Jacob and his wife Monica struggle with their relationship. When Grandma Soonja moves in, she brings pieces of home with her, that perfectly resembles the old world blending with the new. What will these film reviewers think of one of the most acclaimed films of 2021? Caution: movie spoilers. https://buymeacoffee.com/a24otrIntro- 0:00 to 2:53.Film Discussion- 2:53 to 1:04:42.Film Ratings/Outro- 1:04:42 to End.
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Four friends review every A24 film in chronological order of release. Sit back, grab a drink, add some rocks, and enjoy the sweet taste of the dark and quirky cinema from A24. Caution: movie spoilers.
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