The post BP Movie Journal 5/16/24 appeared first on Battleship Pretension. In BP Movie Journal 5/16/24, David discusses the movies he’s been watching, including Jeanne du Barry, The Whistle at Eaton Falls, Let It Be, Kidnapped, Babes, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, The Last Stop in Yuma County, Glen or Glenda, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, The Amusement Park and Reservoir Dogs. Movies discuss in BP Movie Journal 5/16/24: Jeanne du Barry The Whistle at Eaton Falls Let It Be Kidnapped Babes The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue The Last Stop in Yuma County Glen or Glenda Dona Flor and H ..read more

The post Patreon: Best and Worst Part Two appeared first on Battleship Pretension. This week on the Patreon, Tyler and David reveal their best and worst films by filmmakers picked by the patrons. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month. Become a Patron! Tyler and David’s best and worst films include Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler and more! Become a Patron! Swabbie Tier ($2 per month): A great way to dip your toes in the water. This tier gets you one bonus episode per month. Petty Officer Tier ($5 per month): This will grant you access to new epi ..read more

The post The One Where I Met Your Mother: Season Seven, Episode Eight: “The One Where Chandler Doesn’t Like Dogs”/”The Slutty Pumpkin Returns” appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Natalie and David hate America with Ross in “The One Where Chandler Doesn’t Like Dogs” and love America with Barney in “The Slutty Pumpkin Returns.” Friends season seven, episode eight, “The One Where Chandler Doesn’t Like Dogs”: Chandler’s irrational fear of dogs causes problems when Phoebe brings home a cute canine. Rachel’s assistant gives her a Thanksgiving surprise–a kiss. How I Met Your Mother se ..read more

The post Monday Movie: Aquarius, by Scott Nye appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Aquarius originally ran as a theatrical review. Do objects have a history? Can the past be preserved through things? Early on in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Aquarius, acclaimed music writer Clara (Sônia Braga) tells a young journalist about a record she picked up at a local shop, into which is inserted a Los Angeles newspaper clipping about John Lennon days before he was murdered. This record made its way from California to Br ..read more

The post Episode 895: 2024 Summer Movie Preview appeared first on Battleship Pretension. In this episode, David and Julie Sesnovich are joined by Scott Nye for a 2024 summer movie preview. The 2024 summer movie preview includes Francis Galluppi’s The Last Stop in Yuma County and more! Battleship Pretension is a movie discussion podcast started in 2007 by Tyler Smith and David Bax. Since then, we’ve done live comedy shows, written reviews, commentaries and more. Battleship Pretension is a film discussion show and a film review website founded by Tyler Smith and David Bax. Beginning in March 2 ..read more

The post Writing Wickedly and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week appeared first on Battleship Pretension. This week, we’re writing wickedly. Here’s what else we’re doing. We’re writing wickedly, turning novelists into filmmakers, driving me crazy, best and worsting and baking with girls. Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: I Saw the TV Glow: Don’t Sit So Close, by Scott Nye Episode 894: Novelists Turned Filmmakers Movie Meltdown: You Drive Me So Crazy Patreon: Best and Worst Part One Monday Movie: The Bakery Girl of Monceau, by Scott Nye ..read more

The post Patreon: Best and Worst Part One appeared first on Battleship Pretension. This week on the Patreon, Tyler and David reveal their best and worst films by filmmakers picked by the patrons. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month. Become a Patron! Tyler and David’s best and worst films include Mulholland Drive and more! Become a Patron! Swabbie Tier ($2 per month): A great way to dip your toes in the water. This tier gets you one bonus episode per month. Petty Officer Tier ($5 per month): This will grant you access to new episodes c ..read more

The post The One Where I Met Your Mother: Season Seven, Episode Seven: “The One with Ross’s Library Book”/”Noretta” appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Natalie and David wear a cute robe with Rachel in “The One with Ross’s Library Book” and wear a revealing robe with Ted in “Noretta.” Friends season seven, episode seven, “The One with Ross’s Library Book”: Chandler’s former girlfriend manipulates Chandler and Monica. Rachel and Phoebe meddle in Joey’s relationship. How I Met Your Mother season seven, episode seven, “Noretta”: Kevin’s declaration that everybody marries their par ..read more

The post The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #46: Louis Malle’s Atlantic City (1980) appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Louis Malle’s second American (feature) film, Atlantic City is a dynamic and relentlessly clever neo-noir. The Trailer Project is proud to present this trailer commentary for one of the best films to kick off the second to last decade of the twentieth century. The Trailer Project is devoted to the moving image, the trailers that promote the movies we all know and love and some other random movies that you might not know or care about. Here we also like to featur ..read more

The post Monday Movie: The Bakery Girl of Monceau, by Scott Nye appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of The Bakery Girl of Monceau originally ran as part of Scott’s Rohmerathon. So here we are, at the start of one of the truly great film sagas ever crafted. After spending so long with Rohmer’s work in the 1950s, and seeing how often his work went unseen or unfinished, the audacity of his gambit with The Bakery Girl of Monceau is all the more impressive. It’s not that there would be mobs coming after hi ..read more