Random Thoughts of a Movie Insomniac( It Was Just a Smashing Whole Bloody Eternity of Hamnet)

In this episode of the Cinema Recall Podcast, host Vern discusses recent movie releases and their potential for awards recognition. He reviews 'Hamnet', a poignant film about Shakespeare's life, and ' It Was Just an Accident', a thought-provoking narrative on revenge and ambiguity. The conversation continues with 'The Smashing Machine', a dramatic portrayal of UFC's early days, and 'Eternity', a romantic drama reminiscent of 90s films. Finally, Vern shares his experience watching 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair' in theaters, emphasizing its cinematic brilliance and the importance ofsupporting films in theaters.

Tangerine(2015) w/ Howard Casner of Pop Art Podcast

 

We finish up our series on director Sean Baker by discussing the film that people took notice of first, Tangerine. The story of two transgender sex workers in Hollywood, CA. Where one finds out that her pimp has been cheating on her while she was away in jail.  Filmed only with an Iphone at the time. This wonderful holiday fable gets covered with special guest, Howard Casner of Pop Art podcast.

Random Thoughts of a Movie Insomniac(A Sentimental Alpha Hunt w/ Anemone Spider Woman)

 

On this episode of Random Thoughts of a Movie Insomniac.  The Vern reviews current movies that are either in theaters or coming to a streaming platform near you soon.

 

Featuring reviews of

A tale of two mommies scorned. ( Written Reviews of Die My Love & If I had Legs I’d Kick You)

 

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. 

Nouvelle Vague(2025) Video Review

 

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 Legend of Ochi(2025) Written Review

 

The Legend of Ochi

Cast Willem Dafoe, Finn Wolfhard, Helena Zengel

Writer and Director: Isaiah Saxxon

 **** and a 1/2 *'s  out of Five

Set on the magical island of Carpathia in a remote village.  A young girl named Yuri(Helena Zengel) has been told by her family and father Maxim(William Dafoe) to fear and hunt a certain species of creatures called Ochi.  After finding one of their young wounded.  Yuri sets out on a quest to return them to it’s family.

Sorry Baby(2025) Written Review

 

Sorry, Baby

Cast: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, John Carroll Lynch

Writer and Director: Eva Victor

** & a ½ *’s out of Five

 

 There is a scene near the end that had me laughing when I shouldn’t have been.  In this scene, our main character is visited by a former colleague of hers.  While in school together, this other girl was clearly jealous that our protagonist got this big teaching job over her.  The punch line comes when the jealous girl admits to having sexual relationships with a mentor of both of theirs.  Only because she thought it would help her secure the job she wanted and it didn’t.  It went to the other girl instead and she is very jealous

It’s when this former peer just casually shrugs off having sex with this guy when it has caused our lead person such great trauma is what I found funny.  It’s humorous, because one person’s tragedy is mundane to another and it’s that  juxtaposition of what the other finds tragic is what was funny.  For the one girl not getting the job was tragic.  For the other hearing someone not be upset about the actions this guy did was tragic.  Im sure this wasn't the intent of the scene but it almost reminded me of something I would see in an early Todd Solendz(Happiness) feature