The post Episode 891: Los Angeles Festival of Movies 2024 Wrap-Up appeared first on Battleship Pretension. In this episode, David and Scott Nye discuss the Los Angeles Festival of Movies 2024 as well as the benefits of seeing an old movie with a crowd. Movies seen at the Los Angeles Festival of Movies 2024 include Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross’ Gasoline Rainbow 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 sh ..read more

The post Movie Meltdown: There’s No Escape from the Bronx appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Movie Meltdown – Escape from the Bronx We’re back to round out the Enzo G. Castellari trilogy as we discuss Escape From the Bronx.  And while we carefully construct an exact miniature version of our future city, we also delve into… Dune 2, Sydney Sweeney, Jodorowsky’s Dune, Poseidon, Emmy Rossum, Turkey Shoot, Henry Silva, Mark Gregory, the death truck rolls up and the guys pour out, George Miller, are they being exploded or electrocuted, Piranha 3D, animal safety in films, Wish stormt ..read more

The post Patreon: A Fun Game with Scott Nye April 2024 appeared first on Battleship Pretension. This week on the Patreon, David plays a fun game with Scott Nye April 2024. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month. Become a Patron! In a fun game with Scott Nye April 2024, David and Scott discuss the first time they saw Adaptation. 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 n ..read more

The post Chicken for Linda!: Fowl Adventure, by Scott Nye appeared first on Battleship Pretension. “Simple task becomes wholly complicated” is a tried-and-true storytelling approach going back to slapstick two-reelers. We all, to some degree, feel like life is too much of a bother as it is, and any attempt to go the extra mile becomes an insurmountable task. Seeing that reflected in a vast state of absurdity will always hit an audience where they live. Sébastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta’s Chicken for Linda! takes a simple premise – to make up for unfairly punishing her daughter, a single m ..read more

The post The One Where I Met Your Mother: Season Seven, Episode Three: “The One with Phoebe’s Cookies”/”Ducky Tie” appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Natalie and David try to see Rachel topless with Joey in “The One with Phoebe’s Cookies” and try to see Lily topless with Barney in “Ducky Tie.” Friends season seven, episode three, “The One with Phoebe’s Cookies”: Monica desperately tries to figure out a secret cookie recipe. Chandler fails to impress Monica’s father. How I Met Your Mother season seven, episode three, “Ducky Tie”: Ted reconnects with an old flame, and Lily, Marshall and B ..read more

The post Monday Movie: Last Year at Marienbad, by Tyler Smith appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Last Year at Marienbad originally ran as part of our top 100 movies list. Last Year at Marienbad is about two people whose relationship is incredibly complicated. That is, of course, assuming they have a relationship. We’re never really sure. Neither are they. Our protagonists’ memories are a little hazy and can’t quite recall where they’ve met before, or if they ever have. As their confusion folds back in ..read more

The post Beasting and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week appeared first on Battleship Pretension. This week, we’re beasting. Here’s what else we’re doing. We’re beasting, omening first, wonking, chancing coup and self-destructing. Here are the top five things that went down at Battleship Pretension this week: The Beast: Doll-drums Through the Century, by Scott Nye The First Omen: Symphonic Terror, by Scott Nye BP Movie Journal 3/28/24 Coup de Chance: Write Your Ending, by Scott Nye Episode 889: Self-Destruction Battleship Pretension is a movie discussion podcast started in 2007 by ..read more

The post Episode 890: Norman Jewison appeared first on Battleship Pretension. In this episode, Tyler and David discuss the career of Norman Jewison as well as the announcement of Toy Story 5. Norman Jewison movies discussed include 1975’s Rollerball 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 2007, Battleship Pretension ..read more

The post Patreon: Scott’s Movie Journal April 2024 appeared first on Battleship Pretension. This week on the Patreon, David and Scott Nye run down Scott’s Movie Journal April 2024. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month. Become a Patron! Scott’s Movie Journal April 2024 includes Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two 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 crea ..read more

The post The First Omen: Symphonic Terror, by Scott Nye appeared first on Battleship Pretension. The First Omen, the sixth film in a nearly-fifty-year-old film series, on the face of things, has no reason to be exceptional. All the objective things you can read about it lead to the easy conclusion that it is not. It’s the debut feature from a TV director. It asks a stock question (“ever wonder who gave birth to Damien?”) and assembles a screenplay that answers it in the ways prequels typically do. It is a production of 20th Century Studios, a division of Disney. It’s a $30 million movie; no s ..read more