Sick / The Menu / Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio - Movie Review and Deep Dive

Come join us on our 1st episode ever! We discuss and review John Hyam's Sick (2023), Mark Mylod's The Menu (2022), and Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (2022).   First up is Sick, now streaming on Peacock, starring Gideon Adlon, Bethlehem Million, and Dylan Sprayberry. Sick is a pandemic era slasher, a lot of buzz upon it's Friday the 13th January release of this year, and for good reason. Parker and her best friend decide to quarantine at the beautiful family lake house, but ... they are not alone. A fun slasher in a gorgeous setting, come join us in the discussion!   Next we review Mark Mylod's The Menu, starring Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Nicholas Hoult.  The Menu is streaming now on HBO Max, go ahead and go watch it if you haven't! In The Menu we follow a young couple as they travel to a remote island to eat at a HIGHLY exclusive restaurant ran by a genius/tyrannical chef, played exquisitely by Ralph Fiennes, but the menu in which he has prepared is.. shocking. Journey with us through this fun, highly original film!  And we finish with a BANGER, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio! Directed by GDT and Mark Gustafson, with incredible voice stars such as Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Ron Perlman, Cate Blanchett, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Tom Kenny, and so many more! But you get the point, absolute studded cast which in turn give a brilliant performance. Rob and I truly deep dive into this 1881 Giornale dei bambini tale, aka Pinocchio, retelling by one of the greatest living directors. We discuss themes, aesthetic choices, religion, this movie's obsession with death, and so much more- come on in and enjoy the ride!