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Berkreviews Movie Club features the hosts, Jonathan Berk and Corey Starr, watching movies that at least one of them has never seen (or at least not for a really long time). To make choosing a bit more fun, each month has a different theme in which the hosts take turns selecting the film. They then do a spoiler-free review before launching into the full spoilerific review. Sometimes there are guests or interviews...but usually it's just the scheduled movie.
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Movie Brats, which includes Francis Coppola, George Lucas, Brian DePalma, John Milius, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg, is our series where we focus on the big gaps among these directors. These guys are considered to be some of the best directors of the last forty years and yet there were some major movies that Jonathan and Corey had not seen before.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Movie 4: Dressed to Kill (1980)
IMDb.com Synopsis: A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.
Directed by Brian De Palma
Cast:'
Michael Caine
Angie Dickinson
Nancy Allen
Keith Gordon
Dennis Franz
David Margulies
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Movie Brats, which includes Francis Coppola, George Lucas, Brian DePalma, John Milius, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg, is our series where we focus on the big gaps among these directors. These guys are considered to be some of the best directors of the last forty years and yet there were some major movies that Jonathan and Corey had not seen before.
Film 2 - Rumble Fish (1983)
Synopsis: Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Cast:
Matt Dillon
Mickey Rourke
Diane Lane
Dennis Hopper
Diana Scarwid
Vincent Spano
Film 3 - The Conversation (1974)
Synopsis: A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Cast:
Gene Hackman
John Cazale
Allen Garfield
Frederic Forrest
Cindy Williams
Michael Higgins
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Movie Brats, which includes Francis Coppola, George Lucas, Brian DePalma, John Milius, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg, is our series where we focus on the big gaps among these directors. These guys are considered to be some of the best directors of the last forty years and yet there were some major movies that Jonathan and Corey had not seen before.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Movie 1 - Blow Out (1981)
IMDb.com Synopsis - A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
Directed by Brian De Palma
Cast:
John Travolta
Nancy Allen
John Lithgow
Dennis Franz
Peter Boyden
Curt May
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In between the series, Jonathan and Corey like to do a palate cleanser which will either be Mint in Box or Now Streaming. It's a one-off to give a break between jumping into another series. Corey was up to pick this time around and went with Being There (1979). She owned this on Criterion Bluray but hadn't watched it yet. Hence the "mint in box" of it all.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Being There (1979)
Synopsis: After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.
Directed by Hal Ashby
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Shirley MacLaine
Melvyn Douglas
Jack Warden
Richard Dysart
Richard Basehart
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Jonathan and Corey decided it was time to expand where the films they watched this year were coming from. In the new series, Subs not Dubs, the podcast focuses on films that are not in English. Utilizing a variety of streaming services and some purchased films, Jonathan and Corey will visit a variety of locations through the windows that are movies.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Burning (2018)
Synopsis - Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood, who asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa. When back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby.
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Jonathan and Corey decided it was time to expand where the films they watched this year were coming from. In the new series, Subs not Dubs, the podcast focuses on films that are not in English. Utilizing a variety of streaming services and some purchased films, Jonathan and Corey will visit a variety of locations through the windows that are movies.
Starting with this episode, Movie Club is going to be bi-weekly most of the time. The general idea is the same, each week Jonathan (@berkreviews) or Corey (@coreyrstarr) chooses a movie that they have not previously seen, or at least not for many years. The movies are pulled from a series theme to help narrow down the choices. They get together on the show to discuss their thoughts on the film from its history to the overall production. The series will always be at least three movies and usually go to five or six with Jonathan and Corey alternating picks. In between series, a one-off episode of Mint in Box, movies that they own but haven't seen, or Now Streaming, movies currently on a streaming service they subscribe to, will be used as a palate cleanser. On occasion, the show may have interviews or guests to discuss movies, movie news, or some movie-related topics.
Movie 4 - The 400 Blows (1959)
Corey's Pick - IMDb.com Synopsis: A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
Director - François Truffaut
Cast:
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Albert Rémy
Claire Maurier
Guy Decomble
Georges Flamant
Patrick Auffay
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Jonathan and Corey decided it was time to expand where the films they watched this year were coming from. In "Subs, not Dubs" month, the podcast focuses on films, not in English. Utilizing a variety of streaming services and some purchased films, Jonathan and Corey will visit a variety of locations through the windows that are movies.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Week 1 - A Separation (2011)
IMDb.com Synopsis: A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Written and Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Cast:
Payman Maadi
Leila Hatami
Sareh Bayat
Shahab Hosseini
Sarina Farhadi
Merila Zare'i
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For March 2022, Corey and Jonathan are picking from movies that are NOW STREAMING. There are so many streaming services to choose from, but sometimes the options are overwhelming. Fortunately, they found four films that at least one of them had never seen before - some originals to the services and one dating back quite a few decades - to center the theme around this month.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Week 4 - The Night of the Hunter (1955)
IMDb.com Synopsis - A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
Directed by Charles Laughton
Starring:
Robert Mitchum
Shelley Winters
Lillian Gish
James Gleason
Evelyn Varden
Don Beddoe
Billy Chapin
Sally Jane Bruce
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For March 2022, Corey and Jonathan are picking from movies that are NOW STREAMING. There are so many streaming services to choose from, but sometimes the options are overwhelming. Fortunately, they found four films that at least one of them had never seen before - some originals to the services and one dating back quite a few decades - to center the theme around this month.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Week 3 - Unpregnant (2022)
A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that will follow.
Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Starring:
Haley Lu Richardson
Barbie Ferreira
Giancarlo Esposito
Alex MacNicoll
Breckin Meyer
Sugar Lyn Beard
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For March 2022, Corey and Jonathan are picking from movies that are NOW STREAMING. There are so many streaming services to choose from, but sometimes the options are overwhelming. Fortunately, they found four films that at least one of them had never seen before - some originals to the services and one dating back quite a few decades - to center the theme around this month.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Week 2 - The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Plot Synopsis: An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
Directed by Michael Showalter
Starring:
Jessica Chastain
Andrew Garfield
Cherry Jones
Vincent D'Onofrio
Mark Wystrach
Sam Jaeger
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For March 2022, Corey and Jonathan are picking from movies that are NOW STREAMING. There are so many streaming services to choose from, but sometimes the options are overwhelming. Fortunately, they found four films that at least one of them had never seen before - some originals to the services and one dating back quite a few decades - to center the theme around this month.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Week 1 - Plan B (2021)
Follows a straight-laced high school student and her slacker best friend who, after a regrettable first sexual encounter, have 24 hours to hunt down a Plan B pill in America's heartland.
Directed by Natalie Morales
Cast:
Kuhoo Verma
Victoria Moroles
Michael Provost
Mason Cook
Jolly Abraham
Jacob Vargas
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For February, Movie Club usually goes for romance films. This year is no different, but instead of those happy rom-coms, they decided to find the Sad Sacks. These are stories that are bound to bring some tears to your eyes.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Week 4 - Casablanca (1942)
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart
Ingrid Bergman
Paul Henreid
Claude Rains
Dooley Wilson
Conrad Veidt
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For February, Movie Club usually goes for romance films. This year is no different, but instead of those happy rom-coms, they decided to find the Sad Sacks. These are stories that are bound to bring some tears to your eyes.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Week 2 - Brooklyn (2015)
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Directed by John Crowley
Cast
Saoirse Ronan
Emory Cohen
Domhnall Gleeson
Jim Broadbent
Hugh Gormley
Brid Brennan
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For February, Movie Club usually goes for romance films. This year is no different, but instead of those happy rom-coms, they decided to find the Sad Sacks. These are stories that are bound to bring some tears to your eyes.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Week 1 - Carol (2015)
Synopsis: An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Directed by Todd Haynes
Starring
Cate Blanchett
Rooney Mara
Sarah Paulson
Kyle Chandler
Jake Lacy
John Magaro
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It's season 6 of Movie Club and Corey and Jonathan have decided to watch some best picture winners that they had not seen. There are many over the years, but in the month of January 2022 they will check out four of them. Jonathan picks two and Corey picks two following the normal guidelines for the movies selected for the podcast.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Week 4 - A Beautiful Mind (2001)
After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
Directed by Ron Howard
Cast:
Russell Crowe
Ed Harris
Jennifer Connelly
Christopher Plummer
Paul Bettany
Adam Goldberg
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It's season 6 of Movie Club and Corey and Jonathan have decided to watch some best picture winners that they had not seen. There are many over the years, but in the month of January 2022 they will check out four of them. Jonathan picks two and Corey picks two following the normal guidelines for the movies selected for the podcast.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Week 3 - Shakespeare in Love (1998)
The best picture winner from 1999 is about the world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare. He is young, out of ideas and short of cash, and when things couldn't possibly get any worse he meets his ideal woman. Luckily, he is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
Directed by John Madden
Cast:
Gwyneth Paltrow
Joseph Fiennes
Geoffrey Rush
Tom Wilkinson
Judi Dench
Colin Firth
Imelda Staunton
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It's season 6 of Movie Club and Corey and Jonathan have decided to watch some best picture winners that they had not seen. There are many over the years, but in the month of January 2022 they will check out four of them. Jonathan picks two and Corey picks two following the normal guidelines for the movies selected for the podcast.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Best Picture Week 2 - In the Heat of the Night (1967)
A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
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It's season 6 of Movie Club and Corey and Jonathan have decided to watch some best picture winners that they had not seen. There are many over the years, but in the month of January 2022 they will check out four of them. Jonathan picks two and Corey picks two following the normal guidelines for the movies selected for the podcast.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Week 1 - The Artist (2021)
An egomaniacal film star develops a relationship with a young dancer against the backdrop of Hollywood's silent era.
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Cast:
Jean Dujardin
Bérénice Bejo
John Goodman
James Cromwell
Penelope Ann Miller
Missi Pyle
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It's that time of the year again, magic in the air, a cold breeze nipping at your nose, and tons of movies on sale. Jonathan and Corey are looking to catch any movies from 2021 that they may have missed before they slip THROUGH THE CRACKS. An annual theme for Movie Club, and one that Jonathan really embraces as he seeks out the films that he wanted to see but never got a chance to do so.
Week 4 - The Velvet Underground (2021)
The Velvet Underground explores the multiple threads that converged to bring together one of the most influential bands in rock and roll.
Directed by Todd Haynes
Featuring:
John Waters
Mary Woronov
Barbara Walters
Jackson Browne
Lou Reed
Jonas Mekas
Jonathan Richman
and man more
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It's that time of the year again, magic in the air, a cold breeze nipping at your nose, and tons of movies on sale. Jonathan and Corey are looking to catch any movies from 2021 that they may have missed before they slip THROUGH THE CRACKS. An annual theme for Movie Club, and one that Jonathan really embraces as he seeks out the films that he wanted to see but never got a chance to do so.
As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr
Week 3: In the Earth (2021)
IMDb.com Synopsis: As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run.
Written and Directed by Ben Wheatley
Cast:
Joel Fry
Reece Shearsmith
Hayley Squires
Ellora Torchia
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