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By: Alex Phuong (Two Beers) – *Mild Spoilers Ahead!* Tom Cruise remains an iconic film actor, and he has starred in numerous modern classics ranging from Jerry Maguire to the Mission: Impossible franchise.  Tom Cruise might have never won an Oscar (as of 2020), but his performances can still be very entertaining.  …

By: Alex Phuong (Two Beers) – *Very Mild Spoilers Ahead!* William Shakespeare’s greatest play is arguably Hamlet.  Many would even consider Hamlet to be the greatest drama ever written.  Part of its enduring legacy is that it warns audiences about the dangers of revenge.  Of course, Shakespeare has explored the theme of revenge …

By: Henry J. Fromage (Two Beers) – Emma tells the story of the titular gentlewoman who has no interest in marrying, but plenty in helping guide the hand of love as a local matchmaker who just possibly might not know as much as she thinks she does, particularly when it …

By: Alex Phuong (Two Beers) – Many would consider La La Land (2016) to be the best movie ever made.  Part of the brilliance of this Best Picture nominee is how Damien Chazelle celebrates the musicals from cinematic history while offering a reality check about how the real world is NOT a glamorous Hollywood …

By: Henry J. Fromage (Two Beers) – This year is one of those rare double original Pixar years.  Yep, all killer, no filler, even if I’ve yet to see a truly bad Pixar sequel, honestly. Even this had its moments. Onward is set in a fantasy realm that has modernized …

By: Alex Phuong (Two Beers) – Some would consider Katharine Hepburn to be the greatest actress of all time (even greater than Meryl Streep).  Because of her impressive filmography and four Academy Award victories, it might be shocking that critics once labeled her as “box office poison.”  That was certainly the case …

By: Hawk Ripjaw (Two Beers) – Sybil Warren (April Billingsley) has been institutionalized for her continued insistence that her unborn child was forcibly taken from her by a secret society intent on harvesting a rare, blood-born power that allows her to hear the thoughts of others. She’s also been diagnosed …

By: Hawk Ripjaw (Two Beers) – Frank (Justin Long) is a lawyer working for a corporate entity, and he’s just found a loophole in a life insurance claim that will deny a payout to a grieving widow and her family, and it’s about to send his career into the stratosphere …

By: Henry J. Fromage (Two Beers) – I was sold on Birds of Passage right from the start- not just because of Ciro Guerra (Embrace of the Serpent), but simply because of that poster. Yeah, I have to know what’s going on here. Birds of Passage is a generations-spanning drug empire epic from …

By: Movie Snurb (Two Beers) – Leigh Tiller is not in a good place in her life; her husband is in prison, her son is on probation, and she is stuck running her husband’s auto shop while he is away. One night she accidentally kills an associate of her husband’s. …