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Hollywood Rx
by Dr. G & Dr. D
Join hosts Dr. G and Dr. D as they analyze, diagnose -- and sometimes autopsy -- popular films of the day in a humorous and biting dissection of current film releases. They're determined to get to the bottom of what's wrong with movies and prescribe a treatment. Yes, Hollywood is sick, but don't worry...the doctors are in.
Episodes
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JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION: Dino Might! (Not)
It's a Jurassic family reunion! Sam, Laura, and Jeff return to spice up the procedings in this not-so-highly anticipated sequel that'll have you rooting for a killer asteroid in no time. Follow the tracks… JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter & Instagram. Or write us…
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Drunk Oscar Picks 2023
Award season is in full swing and the Doctors are swinging (and swigging!) right along with it. Grab yourself a beverage, side with a Doctor, make your predictions of our predictions, and keep up if you can. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter & Instagram. Or write us...
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THE BEATLES: GET BACK Pt 1 - Have You Heard? The Word is Love
Peter Jackson's revisiting of the notorious footage chronicling the Fab Four's final forays in the studio is just as fascinating as everyone claimed. ("See? They DID like each other!") Your good Doctors went in to this milestone documentary with differing histories and perspectives of the…
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THE BEATLES: GET BACK Pt 2 - When There Were Five
What happens when the four most famous rockers add some new blood and take it to the roof? Our 2nd episode covers the film's 3rd and final part, the legendary final live performance of the biggest band in the world⏤and more. Get ready to party like it's 1969! JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Find us on...
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Drunk Oscar Picks 2022
The episode that needs no introduction but could always use a chaser, it's our annual Drunk Oscar Picks. The Doctors get down and dirty on who will win and who should win this year's statuettes. The pleasure is all yours! JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter &…
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Oscar Buzz #3 - BELFAST + LICORICE PIZZA: The Heartbreak Kids
Our 3rd and final double header of Oscar nominees looks at two passion projects that each explore childhood's end. Paul Thomas Anderson portrays bittersweet puppy love against the backdrop of 1973 Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Kenneth Branagh takes us back to 1969 Belfast, relating his experiences...
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Oscar Buzz #2 - CODA + WEST SIDE STORY : The Thrill is Song
The countdown to the Oscars -- and this year's eagerly awaited Drunk Oscar Picks -- continues as the Doctors spotlight two music-minded movie meals. While production rules over Steven Spielberg's update on red-hot inner city blues, Siân Heder lets silence speak volumes in the intimate tale of a...
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Oscar Buzz #1 - NIGHTMARE ALLEY + POWER OF THE DOG: Let There Be Dark!
What a year! With so many worthy titles to choose from, your good Doctors double-up on the dissections, starting with the darkest contenders of the year, NIGHTMARE ALLEY and POWER OF THE DOG. You'll want to dim the lights for this one... JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Find us on Facebook, follow us on...
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DUNE: Spice Wreck
Frank Herbert’s famously “unfilmable” epic 1965 sci-fi novel has vexed many a mighty talent over the years, including, at one stage, Ridley Scott (who almost delivered his crack at it but went for Blade Runner instead). Then, finally, came David Lynch’s notoriously visionary-but-problematic…
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NO TIME TO DIE: Farewell, My Lovely
Who'd have thought that a James Bond film could actually bring tears to one's eyes? Daniel Craig's swan song as 007 is as fitting a final act as could be hoped for, thrilling and moving beyond expectations. Find out what left your good Doctors shaken AND stirred. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Find us on...
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THE WHITE TIGER: Scenes from the Caste Struggle
A young Hindu man tries to rise above his predetermined social standing by working as a driver for an affluent family, until he's asked to take the blame for a crime he didn't commit. The Doctors catch up with this moving epic about upward mobility in modern-day India and find themselves blown…
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OLD: Life's a Beach, Don't Ask Why
M. Night Shyamalan has done it again: Crafted a film with a catchy hook that infuriates as much (if not more) than it intrigues. This time around, a group of resort vacationers end up on an isolated beach where they begin aging at a supernatural pace. If that sounds like the year you just spent…
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SUMMER OF SOUL: Black Gold, Mined
Why did it take so long for someone to realize that a musician should direct a music documentary? The Roots' Questlove took the buried treasure of 50-year-old footage of a multi-day music festival in Harlem, and turned it into the most compelling and mesmerizing music film (and history lesson) in...
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THE TOMORROW WAR: Plot Seeks Man, No Experience Necessary
Rare is the film that does time travel right, and one day the Doctors will review one of the few that do. Until then, there's this "high concept" actioner that casts a present-day, perpetually clean-faced Chris Pratt as a man whisked off to the future to save humanity⏤an easy task compared to...
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A QUIET PLACE PART II: Let’s Make Some Noise!
The Doctors emerge from hiding to join Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Cillian Murphy and Noah Jupe in director John Krasinski‘s sequel to his ground-breaking 2018 sci-fi gripper—and can hardly contain themselves about what they find. Krasinski deftly continues the story of this strong but…
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Drunk Oscar Picks 2021
It's another Oscar season, folks, which can only mean one thing: Time for the Doctors to treat the nominees with all the delirium and inebriation they deserve. Hear them slog through their favorite drinking game as they hash out this year's nominees and personal choices, and knock quite a few…
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NOMADLAND: Even Road Warriors Get the Blues
Director Chloé Zhao and stellar-as-usual Frances McDormand pack a powerful, pastoral punch in this Grapes of Wrath for the 21st century. As post-retirement road movie, Nomadland has beguiled audiences with its frankness and understated emotion and the Doctors are no exception, even as they…
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BRIDGERTON vs WANDAVISION: Pearls Gone Wild!
Bridgerton infuses pre-Victorian romance with an IV of diversity training and a snuff box's worth of whatever the hell Baz Luhrmann's on. Too steamy? There's always WandaVision, which puts its heroine in a literally sex-less world of homogeneity governed by the laws of classic television…
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THE MIDNIGHT SKY: Make That One Cold Brew to Go...
George Clooney stars in and directs this unique take on the "last man on earth" genre, wherein a lone Artic research scientist tries to warn a returning spacecraft that there's no home to return to. If that all sounds too grim, don't worry -- there's plenty of dubious action to make anyone…
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WONDER WOMAN 1984: Wonder Why 1984? So Do We.
Look, up there on your screen! It's Gal Gadot! It's Chris Pine! It's Kristin Wiig! It's...excruciating! The long-awaited (?) follow-up has burned up the streamwaves, giving DC's #1 heroine a break from all the lightweight crime of an '80s coloring book. Mallrats and fanny packs, beware! You don't...
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THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT + FARGO: Queen Takes Doctors, Check Mate
At long last, 2020 is over -- and so is the Doctors' extended hiatus! Hollywood has been forced to forever change how we experience entertainment but continues the time-honored tradition of missing most opportunities and mastering only some. This week, we play catch-up as The Queen's Gambit works...
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JOKER: Rebel Without Applause
There’s a new “King of the World” box-office-wise. Todd Phillips’ dark-but-empathetic take on the infamous Agent of Chaos is the rare blockbuster that actually lives up to the hype. Incredulously, Joaquin Phoenix manages to turn the most famous madman of the comic book universe into his own…
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD: Helter Shmelter
Quentin Tarantino just may be a lover and a dancer. His latest opus is an ode to the L.A. of his youth, lovingly awash in vibe and local detail, and yet he manages to skirt around some of its thornier subjects. If the devil is in the details, who's minding the plot? Your good doctors break it all...
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FIRST MAN: A Study in Zero Gravity
After breaking hearts with star-crossed lovers in La La Land, Damien Chazalle set his sights on a star-crossed man and his journey to space. Ryan Gosling plays Neil Armstrong in this epic story of how the first man on the moon got to be the first man on the moon. Does the film boldly go where no...
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INCREDIBLES 2: The I’s Have It
Hey kids, remember 14 years ago? Well, that feeling is back: Brad Bird returns with the continued adventures of our favorite superfamily, as smart and sharp as ever, with new powers, new teammates, and more Edna. The rumors are true – it delivers all the punches and juicy wit you remember, and...
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HEREDITARY: Strained Relations
After the death of a grand-matriarch, a family is besieged by some downright creepy and uniquely disturbing circumstances. Held together by the almost savage commitment from a stellar Toni Collette as the grieving mom who uncovers some deep family secrets, this bold debut from writer-director Ari...
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SOLO: No Galaxy for Old Men
A long time ago… A character burst on the screen who reignited the swashbuckleage of Errol Flynn with the rugged charm of the handsome carpenter next door. *And* he flew a spaceship… Forty years later, we get an attempt to portray his origins, as only Ron Howard and the Magic of Disney can.…
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YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE: You Talkin’ to Us?
Joaquin Phoenix delivers what might be his moodiest, broodiest, surliest performance to date in Lynne Ramsay’s tale of a brutal hit man battling his inner demons. Phoenix pulls no punches in his portrayal of a tortured timebomb but does Ramsay raise more questions than the film answers? Docs drop...
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A QUIET PLACE: In Case No One Can Hear You Scream
A remote family finds themselves tiptoeing around creatures waiting to pounce at the drop of a dime. With A Quiet Place, John Krasinski accomplished what every director today dreams of: getting an audience to STFU for a while. But the central story speaks volumes – an allegory for our times, or...
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Booster Shot: The Isles of Wes
Love him or hate him, Wes Anderson makes films like no other filmmaker around. He returns to animation with his latest feature, Isle of Dogs, enlisting a dream cast of voices and canine conundra. Your good doctors look at Anderson’s career as a whole to see where this latest outing fits in his...
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BLACK PANTHER: The Purple Reign
What can be said by now that hasn’t already been said about Ryan Coogler’s FUBU superhero epic that continues a long history of…absolutely nothing else like it. But it takes more than a daily dose of vibranium for maladies to escape the forensic eyes of the Doctors. Put this tiger in your tank!
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THE SHAPE OF WATER: Sex and the Single Beast
Not since Silence of the Lambs has a film generated so many quips of “They gave it to THAT?!?” Guillermo del Toro’s sensual fantasy boldly goes where no Best Picture has gone before, commingling genres as easily as, er, its characters. Your favorite cinemedics return from hiatus and dive deep to...
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BLADE RUNNER 2049: Who's Your Daddy?...
Do androids dream of lethargic sequels? In his latest LA story, Ryan Gosling stars as a replicant desperately searching for his origins. Denis Villeneuve delivers every sci-fi geek’s wet dream of a follow-up to Ridley Scott’s iconic portrait of a not-too-distant dystopia – and upholds the…
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DUNKIRK: A Day at the Beach
Christopher Nolan returns and manages to twist time in this harrowing WW II story spanning three overlapping stories. Understated yet powerful, this utterly unique war movie leaves your good doctors breathless -- and certain that you'll be too.
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Drunk Oscar Picks 2017
While the world wrings its wrists and the bookies sweat the odds, your good doctors close the season with a dive deep – deep into the bottle – in search of Oscar gold. Who’ll get gypped? Who’ll win undeservedly? And who had no business being nominated? Fasten your headsets – it’s going to be a...
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MOONLIGHT: Body and Soul, Forged in Fire
Let’s cut to the chase, folks: Your good doctors were mesmerized by this quietly devastating film chronicling three periods in the life of a young gay black man played by three different actors. Writer-director Barry Jenkins and a phenomenal cast transcend all expectations in this virtual…
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MANCHESTER BY THE SEA: Grief Encounter
One of the most talked-about movies of the year, 'Manchester by the Sea' plays like an ode to the human condition. Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, and Lucas Hedges turn in stellar performances, and writer-director Kenneth Lonergan keeps many hands close to his chest. With its unique blend of...
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LA LA LAND: The Singer vs. The Song
In the mood for love? Damien Chazelle’s epic love poem to the Golden Age of Musicals has it all – songs by streetlamp, dances on stardust, and two leads whose chemistry could melt permafrost. But for all the dreamy delights, your good doctors find themselves on opposite sides of the age-old…
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ARRIVAL: Close Encounters of the Next Kind
A stunning linguist (Amy Adams) is recruited to decipher the alien language of Earth’s first extra-terrestrial visitors. Director Denis Villenueve seems determined to channel Christopher Nolan with moody ambience and introspective performances, but if it looks alien and sounds alien, is it…
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DOCTOR STRANGE: Marvel's Head Case
Check your senses at the door! Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the latest comic book extravaganza about a broken antihero who masters the art of astro-dimensional super powers and cape-flinging. Its quasi-mysticism angle aside, the film is uniquely dazzling, even for a comic book movie, and The…
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THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: Mag Forces, Then and Now
Seven outlaws band together to defend an otherwise helpless village against a band of savage marauders. The 1960 classic Western, itself based on an epic 1954 Japanese samurai film, gets a facelift in a new version fronting Denzel Washington. Why has this simple story endured so, and how has it...
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HELL OR HIGH WATER: Desert Pieces
In what may be the first anti-federalist Western (at least of this century), Ben Foster and Chris Pine play brothers who rob the banks and give to the banks, dogged by a gruff and grizzled lawman (Jeff Bridges), himself dogged by impending retirement. Bridges topples, the boys kick up some good...
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Booster Shot: Doctors Gone Wilder
Your good doctors return from an extended summer hiatus with a slightly late tribute to one of comedy’s most gifted personalities, Gene Wilder. While most remembrances focused on his popular titles, Drs. D & G go deep into his catalog and expound on his enduring legacy and why there’ll never be...
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THE INFILTRATOR: Bryan's Song
The undercover cop genre never fails to fascinate, and ‘The Infiltrator’ delivers like a kingpin’s payoff. Bryan Cranston heads a phenomenal cast in this taut tale of dueling personas with the Escobar cartel in the crosshairs. While it doesn’t quite reach the operatic heights of ‘Breaking Bad,’...
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STAR TREK BEYOND: Battle Beyond the Furious
Up, up and away! The most integrated crew in the universe set their coordinates straight at your jugular in the third entry in J.J. Abrams’ reboot. Director Justin Lin takes the fun of the first entry and puts it into overdrive, and your doctors are on board with just about everything... Punch…
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GHOSTBUSTERS: Ghosts and the Machine
The much-anticipated reboot finally hits theaters. The inspired casting of Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon & Leslie Jones raised both spirits and hackles online for reversing those oh-so-sacred roles. Meanwhile, Hollywood green-lighters prove their allegiance to equal opportunities…
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THE SHALLOWS: Off the Hook!
Defying all root-for-the-shark expectations, ‘The Shallows’ turns every swimmer’s worst nightmare into a harrowing you-are-there experience. Some terrifying sequences and Blake Lively’s beyond-outstanding performance make Jaume Collet-Serra’s aquatic thriller a wet and wild white-knuckler. Reel…
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INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE: Boldly Going Where No One Cares
“We always knew they’d come back,” the poster tells us, and indeed Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin have returned to blow stuff up reeeeeeeal good. Twenty years and no requests later, Jeff Goldblum returns as Dr. Malcolm – oops, silly us, we mean Dr. Levinson – to repel the alien reptoids in this...
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THE LOBSTER: Farrell on the Half-Shell
'The Lobster' is a dystopian satire about finding love, the lengths to which the lovelorn strive to conform to society, and the sacrifice of identity for companionship. Starring Colin Farrell as an Orwellian sad sack, Yorgos ('Dogtooth') Lanthimos’ first English-language feature seems to have...
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THE NICE GUYS: Dig on This, Good Buddies
The Docs take on 'The Nice Guys', the smart-ass punch-drunk detective snooper from 'Lethal Weapon' creator Shane Black. The unexpectedly genius pairing of Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling make this a veritable love letter to the TV detectives of the 1970s. Opportunity golden or wasted? And just who...
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Join hosts Dr. G and Dr. D as they analyze, diagnose -- and sometimes autopsy -- popular films of the day in a humorous and biting dissection of current film releases. They're determined to get to the bottom of what's wrong with movies and prescribe a treatment. Yes, Hollywood is sick, but don't worry...the doctors are in.
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Join hosts Dr. G and Dr. D as they analyze, diagnose -- and sometimes autopsy -- popular films of the day in a humorous and biting dissection of current film releases. They're determined to get to the bottom of what's wrong with movies and prescribe a treatment. Yes, Hollywood is sick, but don't...
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