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Allied is a fine war drama but leaves too much on the table

November 25, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Can we ever really know one another? Do we want to?

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Allied, Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Rachel Woldum, Robert Zemeckis

The Stake Podcast - The Films of Terry Gilliam, Part 1: Twelve Monkeys

January 12, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

The visual imagination of Terry Gilliam is under the microscope in January.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Stake Podcast Tagged With: Brad Pitt, Brazil, Bruce Willis, Madeline Stowe, Monty Python, post-apocalyptic fantasy, Sci-Fi, Terry Gilliam, Time Travel

An annotated walk through the films of David Fincher

October 2, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

Hollywood’s iciest auteur has a new film that is likely to be as divisive as his entire body of work.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Alien, Brad Pitt, David Fincher, Fight Club, Gone Girl, Seven, Stanley Kubrick, The Game, Zodiac

12 Years a Slave promising to be truly special

September 9, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

The reception at Toronto reflects rare unanimous praise from the festival circuit

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: 12 Years a Slave, Brad Pitt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Steve McQueen

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