Movie Review

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller "Jaws," which is enjoying the 50th anniversary of its release this month, and Akira Kurosawa's 1985 epic "Ran," which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Wes Anderson imbues his film “The Phoenician Scheme” with all the familiar, artistic trappings of his idiosyncratic style, Dan Webster says.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that feature problematic characters. First up is “Bring Her Back,” a horror offering starring Sally Hawkins, followed by “Mountainhead,” a streaming feature focusing on badly behaved billionaires.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the very nature of comedy as they talk about two productions, one being the biographical 2-part streaming series on the late Paul Reubens titled “Pee-wee as Himself,” and the big-screen dark comedy “Friendship.”

“Bring Her Back” offers a new type of career entry for the British actress Sally Hawkins, Dan Webster says.

For this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart first discuss “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.” Following that, however, Nathan regales everyone with thrilling tales of his 2025 Seattle International Film Festival shenanigans.

More than a simple blockbuster, “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” is a plea for theatrical relevance, Dan Webster says.

Comedies can be hard to review. Either you laugh or you don’t. Nathan Weinbender says you’ll either roar with laughter or sit stone-faced during “Friendship,” starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a selection of movies—and the writer-directors who made them—that they’ve enjoyed over the years, and that they think our listeners might enjoy as well.

The Seattle International Film Festival wraps this week, and Nathan Weinbender recaps some of the notable titles in this year’s lineup.