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Plane (2023)

  • January 27, 2025
This week, we wrap up Gerard Butler Action Month with 2023’s Plane, in which Gerry plays an everyman who’s called to action when the flight he’s piloting is forced to crash-land on an island run...

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Den of Thieves: Pantera (2025)

  • January 20, 2025
  • Tagged as: Action, Christian Gudegast, Den of Thieves, Gerard Butler
Gerard Butler Action Month continues this week with Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, which is currently in theaters. It’s an action-packed heist film that re-teams Butler with O’Shea Jackson Jr. in the south of France....

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Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

  • January 6, 2025
  • Tagged as: Antoine Fuqua, Gerard Butler, Olympus Has Fallen
Happy New Year! We’re coming out of the gate swinging in 2025 with an action-packed month of Gerard Butler films to get you motivated. Over the past decade, Butler has made a living kicking ass...

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Feast of the Seven Fishes (2019)

  • December 30, 2024
  • Tagged as: Feast of the Seven Fishes, Joe Pantoliano, Robert Tinnell, Skyler Gisondo
This week, we not only bring Offbeat Holiday Films Month to a close, but we also say goodbye to 2024. We’re going out with a touching little film from 2019 called Feast of the Seven...

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Carry-On (2024)

  • December 23, 2024
  • Tagged as: Carry-On, Holiday Films, Jason Bateman, Jaume Collet-Serra, Netflix, Taron Egerton
Offbeat Holiday Films Month continues this week with Carry-On, the newly released airport thriller starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman. This Netflix thrill ride is definitely one to watch this holiday season.

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CIty Island (2009)

  • December 16, 2024
  • Tagged as: Andy Garcia, City Island, Ezra Miller, Julianna Margulies, Raymond De Felitta, Rewatch & Reconsider
In this week's episode, we take a break from holiday films and dive back into our Rewatch and Reconsider series with a quiet and lovely little story from 2009: City Island.

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Happiest Season (2020)

  • December 9, 2024
  • Tagged as: Aubrey Plaza, Clea Duvall, Dan Levy, Happiest Season, Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Holland, Offbeat Holiday Films
This week, Offbeat Holiday Film Month continues with 2020's Happiest Season from writer/director Clea Duvall. This modern meet-the-family rom-com is full of the usual Christmas film tropes, but puts a unique spin on them through smart writing and great performances.

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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

  • December 3, 2024
  • Tagged as: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Michelle Monaghan, Robert Downey Jr., Shane Black, Val Kilmer
It's December, which means a lot of holiday programming. This month, we're discussing Offbeat Holiday Films that are just a little left of the usual classic fare, starting with Shane Black's Christmas-adjacent noir comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang from 2005.

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Brick (2005)

  • November 26, 2024
  • Tagged as: Brick, Joseph Gordon Levitt, November noir, Rian Johnson
We close out November Noir month this week with another modern-day take on the genre. Rian Johnson's Brick from 2005 is an inventive homage to classic noir that combines its unique language with an updated setting: a 21st-century high school.

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Blow Out (1981)

  • November 18, 2024
  • Tagged as: Blow Out, Brian De Palma, John Travolta, November noir
This week, we delve into the world of neo-noir with 1981's Blow Out. This thriller from filmmaker Brian De Palma has a lot of the hallmarks of classic noir but with a lot of modern-day flair. It's edgy, paranoid, and masterfully made.

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