The Vern invites back podcaster and mental health professional, Dwight Hurst of The Broken Brain Podcast and other ventures to discuss the drama, action feature, Leon aka The Professional. Starring Jean Reno, Gary Oldman and in her feature film debut, Natalie Portman. They discuss the diffrences betwen the U.S. theatrical and the international cuts of the movie. Later, both The Vern and Dwight discuss the mental and psychological effects on the lead characters as well.
One of the most gorgeous technicolor films in exisistence gets talked about on this episode. The Red Shoes involves a ballerina, torn between the love of her craft and the love of another. This movie was a major influence on Martin Scorsese, Brian DePalma, Francis Ford Coppola and so much more.
This was origianlly recorded right after a Press Screening with my good buddy Ashley
On this bonus episode. The Vern gives his quick thoughts on Nicolas Winding Refn's (The Neon Demon, Drive) latest opus, Her Private Hell. This movie has been getting a lot of diverse opinions by critics but when it come to art. Having different opinions is a good thing.
Supergirl(2026)
Cast: Milly Alcock, Jason Momoa, Eve Ridley
Writer: Ana Nogueira
Director: Craig Gillespie
***’s out of Five Stars
The only connection I have to this character is from the 1984 movie. Didn’t read the comics and had little to no interest in the TV show so if you dear reader don’t agree with anything in this review. Please just say that I’m an old guy who doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Wetiko
Cast: Juan Daniel Garcia Trevino, Neil Sandilands, Dalia Xiuhcoati
Writer and director: Kerry Mondragon
*** and 1/2 *'s out of Five
Joining The Vern to discuss this short film from Robert Rodriguez is The Reverend Scott K from The Church of Tarantino Podcast
Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft
Cast: Billie Eilish
Director: James Cameron, Billie Eilish
*** out of Five Stars
When Kurt Cobain passed away in April of nineteen ninety four. I remember seeing a lot of news footage of people saying how much his music affected them. That he alone was the voice of a generation and how his lyrics gave strength to those who felt weak. The same thing happened for fans of John Lennon and Prince after they died and this got me into thinking about the impact Billie has on her fans. There is one moment during this concert documentary where people are telling us how much Billie's music speaks to them. When you see reactions to them crying and hugging eachother while reciting lyrics to her songs. It's clear that she has quite an impact on a lot of her fans. Look, I imagine Miss Eilish will ber here for a very long long time. She is not addicted to any hard core drugs, is able to deal with mental stress through her music and has great suppourt from her family her friends and certainly her fans. It is just fascinating on how one person can influence and affect millions.
The Travel Companion
Cast: Tristan Turner, Anthony Oberbeck, Naomi Asa
Writers: Alex Mallis, Travis Wood, Weston Auburn
Directors: Alex Mallis & Travis Wood
*** and 1/2 *'s out of Five
I can imagaine it's got to be difficult to make any type of movie no matter the genre. Simon(Tristan Turner) is a strugling young filmmaker who is currently working on a new prjoject that is part travel log and part what looks like a relflection on human connection. His roommate Bruce(Anthony Oberbeck) works for an airline company which allows his to pick one person to be his travel companion and Simon gets to have that luxery of traveling for free to most places.
The Drama
Cast : Zendaya, Robert Pattinson
Writer and Director: Kristoffer Borgil
**** and a 1/2*'s Out of Five
After hearing about a shocking and disturbing confession from his fiancee. A young man starts to doubt the woman he is suppoue to marry in this very dark but ultimately uplifiting drama from Kristoffer Borgil (Dream Sceanario)
For this bonus episode, Im playing sections from two podcast shows Im co hosting.
For the first half, it's the DDI Films Podcast. A new podcast that I started working for this past year. On this episode. Andrew, Sarah and myself go over the Oscar nominations and list who we think got snubbed.
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Shift
Cast: Conner McGill, Sean O'Bryan, Allison McAtee, Angela Alise)
Writer and Director: Max Neace
*** and a 1/2*'s out of Five *'s
When Tom(McGill) takes a job as a late night security gaurd at a storage unit. He had no idea that he would get inolved with a mysterious blonde (McAtee) and her random affairs. A boss(O'Bryan) who wants him to stay out of other people's business, a talk show host(Alise) who is interested in his tales of scandal, and than there is Grace but you'll have to see the movie yourself to understand that important character.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Directed by Pavel Talankin and David Borenstien
***** out of 5 *'s
This documentary is about a very brave person who fought back against Putin and his propaganda machine. Teachers and other admistration are forced to teach their students all sorts of lies so that they can indocternate young children to be suppourtive of his attack on Ukraine. Pavel a Russian teacher and videographer teams up with David, a Brittish documentary filmmaker to expose how young children and the rest of Russia are being brainwashed in this very compelling film.
The Turing Test
Cast: Marlene Fahnster, Richard Lingscheidt, Ozen Fiden
Writer and Director: Jaschar Marktanner
*** and a 1;/2 *'s out of Five Stars
This will contain minor spoilers
Set mostly inside a infinite white void. A doctor named Sophie is busy preping her A.I.creation for an upcoming convention. The goal is to make her peers in the scintific commuity belive that this unit can pass for a human being. Sophie plans to do this with the help of the Turing Test but her creation does not think highly of this approach as it has some big limitations. When the A.I. unit asks her about the process made so far, something strange happens. Sophie stops in the middle of he statement and repeats the begining words she origianally spoke. Revealing that she is the A. I. unit they are testin
The Vern takes a quick look at the big screen adaptation of the best selling book of the same name, The Housemaid. Starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried.
Rest in Peace Rob Reiner
Die My Love
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacek
Writer and Director: Lynne Ramsay
**** out of Five Stars
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Cast: Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, A$AP Rocky
Writer and Director: Mary Bronstein
** and a ½ *’s out of Five
I should say this from the start of this article that I am a cis, white, male and have 0 knowledge or experiences when it comes to any aspect of motherhood or raising children for that matter. These are movies that my sometimes co host of my podcast(who is a mother of three) should evaluate but I’m pretty sure these movies would most likely piss her off if I showed them to her.
The Vern reviews Richard Linklater's docu drama about the making of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless. Stay to the end to get updates on the podcast and thank you so much for watching.
The Vern invites back podcaster and mental health professional, Dwight Hurst of The Broken Brain Podcast and other ventures to discuss the...
