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Movie Reviews

Spokane critics Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender give short movie reviews for nationally released films as well as those appearing at local film festivals.

Latest Episodes
  • Nathan Weinbender says Maggie Gyllenhaal's first film as director is strange and haunting, and Olivia Colman gives one of the best performances of the year.
  • The Netflix offering “Don’t Look Up” is an allegory about life in today’s United States, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson returns to the 1970s with "Licorice Pizza," which has been getting some of the best reviews of the year. Nathan…
  • "The Humans" won the Tony Award for best play in 2016, and now it's a feature film streaming on Showtime. But Nathan Weinbender says this is no ordinary…
  • Aaron Sorkin's "Being the Ricardos" follows an intense week in the life of Lucille Ball and husband Desi Arnaz, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • Peter Jackson's documentary "Get Back" will test the patience of anyone who isn't a die-hard Beatles fan, Dan Webster says in his review.Besides being a…
  • There have been countless Beatles documentaries over the years, but none quite like Peter Jackson's "Get Back." Now streaming on Disney Plus, it's an epic…
  • Based on his stage play, writer-director Stephen Karam's "The Humans" explores a dysfunctional family's Thanksgiving dinner, Dan Webster says in his…
  • Jeymes Samuel's "The Harder They Fall" does its best to reinvent traditional Western mythology, Dan Webster says in his review. Besides being a film…
  • Now streaming on Netflix, Lin-Manuel Miranda's directorial debut "Tick, Tick . . . Boom!" breathes new life into Jonathan Larson's one-man show. Nathan…