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Assassination Nation trailer: Pure Anarchy

June 29, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

This teaser trailer for Assassination Nation, a thriller from Sam Levinson, writer/director of HBO’s Wizard of Lies, is genius. The film features a line-up of important young artists, 2 of which are Hari Nef, one of the best parts of Transparent Season 2, and Suki Waterhous the kickass star of the gloriously bizarre postapocalyptic feminist film The Bad Batch. Levinson’s film appears […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Trailers Tagged With: Assassination Nation, Joey Armstrong

The Holiness of Movies

June 28, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Movies can teach us (everything)

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: God, Holiness, Jesus Christ, Joey Armstrong, movies, Stanley Kubrick, Up

The Catcher Was a Spy review: Paul Rudd Can’t Save This Movie

June 20, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

There are great baseball movies and there are great spy movies. This is neither.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Bad Movies, Joey Armstrong, Movie reviews, Paul Rudd, The Catcher Was A Spy

The Yellow Birds review: Han Solo and Wade Watts Get Real Sad and Stuff

June 14, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Senselessly horrible.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: ALDEN EHRENREICH, Alexander Moors, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Armstrong, Toni Collette

Hearts Beat Loud review: You Don’t Need This Movie But You’ll Probably Enjoy It

June 12, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Brett Haley’s little film Hearts Beat Loud has been advertised in the trailers as “the feel good movie we need right now.” To be honest, I don’t know if we need it right now, but it is certainly enjoyable. The greatest moment in the film happens in the very first scene. The character played by […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Brett Haley, Hearts Beat Loud, Joey Armstrong, Kiersey Clemons, Nick Offerman

You Were Never Really Here review: Lynne Ramsay and the Cinema of Trauma

April 13, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Ramsay takes another step towards perfection.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Joaquin Phoenix, Joey Armstrong, Lynne Ramsay

Ready Player One review: Spielberg Playing to His Pop Culture Strengths

March 29, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Everybody wants to belong.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Ernest Cline, Joey Armstrong, Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg

Isle of Dogs review: Wes Anderson reaches new levels of focus and creativity

March 28, 2025 by thestakemag 2 Comments

And just maybe made a masterpiece.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Isle of Dogs, Joey Armstrong, Wes Anderson

The Death of Stalin review: Tragedy Plus Time

March 23, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin is a nasty little film. I am intentionally using the word “nasty” here and not throwing it around like our current president did when referring to former Secretary Clinton. The dictionary definition of nasty is: “highly unpleasant, especially to the senses; physically nauseating or behaving in an unpleasant or […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Armando Iannucci, Death of Stalin, Joey Armstrong, Steve Buscemi

Before Isle of Dogs Hits Theaters, Let’s Talk About Wes Anderson

March 22, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Appreciate the work of one of film’s most recognizable auteurs.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: Bill Murray, Isle of Dogs, Joey Armstrong, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson

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