1950’s

Review – The Fabelmans (2022)

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Young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth in Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans. Check out our review as we discuss the film and talk about our all-time favorite Spielberg films.

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“Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.”

Review – Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) **31 Days of Horror**

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For this ’31 Days of Horror’ movie review, we risk it all and review the 1954 Universal Classic Monsters film Creature from the Black Lagoon.

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“A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.”

Review – Don’t Worry Darling (2022)

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Kevin Muller reviews the highly controversial film Don’t Worry Darling that’s directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Chris Pine, Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, and Olivia Wilde. The movie is currently playing in theaters everywhere.

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“A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company could be hiding disturbing secrets.”

Review – Elvis (2022)

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Those wild hound dogs Logan and Henry take a trip to the heartbreak hotel and review Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks.

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“Elvis is Baz Luhrmann’s biopic of Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.”

Review – Being the Ricardos (2021)

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by Kevin Muller

Lucille Ball’s reign during the Golden Age of television was something to behold. Lucy took the nation by storm with her sit-com about a fictitious marriage between her and her real-life husband, Desi Arnaz. Despite her playing an airhead on screen, off screen she was a woman in control of her destiny. Academy Award winning writer, Aaron Sorkin, who also directs, takes us into one week of her life, where you see her challenged in more ways than one.   

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Lovecraft Country – Digital Code #PhellasGiveAway 2/25/21

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We’re giving away the first season of the hit HBO show Lovecraft Country on digital code starring Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, and Courtney B. Vance. Let us know in the comments below “What’s your favorite HBO original series” and don’t forget to subscribe to our channel, use #PhellasGiveAway in your answer, and we’ll announce one random winner on February 25th. Good luck to everyone!

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“A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.”

WandaVision – Episodes 1 + 2 Disney+ Review

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WandaVision has finally arrived on Disney+ to kick off Phase 4 of the MCU and the Phellas sat down to discuss the first two episodes of the high-concept sitcom starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany.

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“Blends the style of classic sitcoms with the MCU in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision -two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives-begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.”

Review – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel : Season 1 and 2

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By Kevin Muller

There are certain roles on television that you can’t imagine any other actor, or actress, playing. Ed O’Neil was hilariously pathetic as Al Bundy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus gave us so many laughs as Elaine, and Bryan Cranston sent chills down our spines as the Walter White. Now, you can add Rachel Brosnahan to the list of actors who have provided unforgettable protagonists that make a great show, like this one, even better. Her Midge Maisel is a true character of female empowerment.

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