Episode 174 - Brain on Fire (2016) 06/23/2018 Welcome back to Streaming Saturday. Today’s another Netflix Original, but a pickup from back in 2016, which has seemed to fare better abroad than here at home. Like films about strange diseases? Check out Episode #007 (“The Big Sick”), Episode #048 (“Irreplaceable You”), Episode #079 (“Are We Not Cats?”), and Episode #149 (“The Killing of a Sacred Deer”). And now... Today’s movie is “Brain on Fire” (2016), the Netflix Original biopic written and directed by Gerard Barrett, based on a memoir
Welcome back to Streaming Saturday. Today’s another Netflix Original, but a pickup from back in 2016, which has seemed to fare better abroad than here at home. Like films about strange diseases? Check out Episode #007 (“The Big Sick”), Episode #048 (“Irreplaceable You”), Episode #079 (“Are We Not Cats?”), and Episode #149 (“The Killing of a Sacred Deer”). And now... Today’s movie is “Brain on Fire” (2016), the Netflix Original biopic written and directed by Gerard Barrett, based on a memoir
Episode 173 - Escape From Alcatraz (1979) 06/22/2018 Welcome back to Film Buff Fridays! We’re heading just slightly earlier than last week’s film, Episode #166 (“Vernon, Florida”). Before “The Rock” (1996), there was a famous film about Alcatraz in the late 1970s. Like films from the 1970s? Check out Episode #035 (“The Texas Chain Saw Massacre”), Episode #049 (“Ganja and Hess”), Episode #070 (“The Warriors”), and Episode #091 (“The Conversation”). And if you have other suggestions, let us know at onemoviepunch.com. And now... Today’s movie is
Welcome back to Film Buff Fridays! We’re heading just slightly earlier than last week’s film, Episode #166 (“Vernon, Florida”). Before “The Rock” (1996), there was a famous film about Alcatraz in the late 1970s. Like films from the 1970s? Check out Episode #035 (“The Texas Chain Saw Massacre”), Episode #049 (“Ganja and Hess”), Episode #070 (“The Warriors”), and Episode #091 (“The Conversation”). And if you have other suggestions, let us know at onemoviepunch.com. And now... Today’s movie is
Episode 172 - Whose Streets? (2017) 06/21/2018 Welcome back to Documentary Thursdays. Today we’re going to get a ground-level view of what happened in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014, one of three wrongful black deaths that birthed the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Structural racism still exists within the police force, which any casual glance at our incarceration rates will verify. Don’t believe me? Check out Episode #046 (“Strong Island”) for the case of Yancy Ford’s brother’s death. Or Episode #156 (“Survivors Guide to Prison”) for an avalanche
Welcome back to Documentary Thursdays. Today we’re going to get a ground-level view of what happened in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014, one of three wrongful black deaths that birthed the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Structural racism still exists within the police force, which any casual glance at our incarceration rates will verify. Don’t believe me? Check out Episode #046 (“Strong Island”) for the case of Yancy Ford’s brother’s death. Or Episode #156 (“Survivors Guide to Prison”) for an avalanche
Episode 171 - Sunday's Illness (2018) 06/20/2018 Welcome back to Worldwide Wednesdays! We made it! Today’s film will be the fourth of four new Netflix Original releases from last Friday. You can hit up the archives for the other films. Last week we were in Australia, but we’ve returned with another Spanish film. Digging the Spanish film scene? Check out Episode #080 (“Veronica”), Episode #101 (“Orbiter 9”), and Episode #150 (“Sara’s Notebook”). And if you have other suggestions, let us know at onemoviepunch.com. And now... Today’s movie is
Welcome back to Worldwide Wednesdays! We made it! Today’s film will be the fourth of four new Netflix Original releases from last Friday. You can hit up the archives for the other films. Last week we were in Australia, but we’ve returned with another Spanish film. Digging the Spanish film scene? Check out Episode #080 (“Veronica”), Episode #101 (“Orbiter 9”), and Episode #150 (“Sara’s Notebook”). And if you have other suggestions, let us know at onemoviepunch.com. And now... Today’s movie is
