92. The Elephant Queen (2019) Film Review

For the fourth documentary in the A24 distribution chronology, the A24 Rocks crew visits the African Savannah and a herd of elephants. Narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this nature documentary is about a 50 year old Elephant Queen named Athena and her family who are struggling through a historic drought. The family searches for water while also attempting to maintain milk for their children, who need to keep their strength up if they want to trudge into the mud-holes to stay hydrated. The A24 Rocks crew asks the question: does The Elephant Queen break the mold of the average nature documentary? Caution: movie spoilers.Intro- 0:00 to 3:28.Film Discussion- 3:28 to 1:09:05.Film Ratings- 1:09:05 to End. Upcoming podcast release schedule-November 5th- One Battle After Another.November 12th- The Kill Team.November 19th- We're All Going to the World's Fair.November 26th- Waves.

On a special Halloween episode and A24 Vibe Discussion, these A24 fans invite on fellow sinner Bill Holland from The Morally Offensive Podcast (https://www.morallyoffensive.com/) to review an all-time David Fincher classic in Se7en (AKA Seven) and give the history of the seven deadly sins. Starring Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt, Se7en and The Silence of the Lambs are often credited as making the serial killer crime/horror genre famous. Does it still hold up 30 years later? And given the current climate with religious extremism in America, is there anything to take from the character of John Doe that may seem relevant today? Press play to find out what's in the box. Caution: movie spoilers.Intro- 0:00 to 2:37.Film Discussion- 2:37 to 1:22:18.Film Ratings/Outro- 1:22:18 to End.Upcoming Podcast Release Schedule-October 29th- The Elephant Queen.November 5th- One Battle After Another.November 12th- The Kill Team.November 19th- We're All Going to the World's Fair.

HARK TRITON HARK! Bellow bid our father Robert Eggers rise from the depths of cinema for this podcast. Black waves teeming with salt foam to smother the A24 Rocks crew with pungent slime, to choke ye, engorging their microphones till ye turn blue and bloated with bilge and film reviews and can scream no more - only when Robert Pattinson - crowned in cockle shells with slitherin' Willem Dafoe and steaming beard take up his fell be-finned arm, his coral-tine trident screeches banshee-like in the tempest and plunges right through yer gullet, bursting ye. We hope you like this lobster. Caution: movie spoilers.Intro- 0:00 to 4:00.Film Discussion- 4:00 to 1:32:02.Film Review/Outro- 1:32:02 to End.Upcoming Podcast Schedule-October 22nd- Se7en (with Bill Holland from The Morally Offensive Podcast).October 29th- The Elephant Queen.November 5th- One Battle After Another.November 12th- The Kill Team.

In light of A24's latest release "The Smashing Machine" with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson: the A24 Rocks crew invites on fellow podcaster, sports fan, and film-buff Naaim Siddiqi to blind rank the top 16 sports films of all time. These movie-lovers randomly generate numbers 1-16, and whatever number a co-host ends up at, they must pick at that number. BUT each co-host has two vetoes and can force a ranker to pick a different film at the same number. Will personal biases show between these Midwest sports rivals in the heat of the baseball playoffs and in the middle of football season? Will they go for the happy-go-lucky kids films, underdog stories, or the more gritty and gripping sports tales? If you ain't first, you're last. Intro- 0:00 to 2:48.Blind Ranking Discussion & Rules- 2:48 to 11:51.Our Top 16 Sports Films Blind Ranking- 11:51 to 1:37:14.Honorable Mentions & Outro- 1:37:14 to End.Upcoming Podcast Schedule-October 15th- The Lighthouse.October 22nd- Se7en.October 29th- The Elephant Queen.November 5th- One Battle After Another.

For the 90th film in the A24 chronology, the A24 Rocks crew discusses the Jersey Shore mystery-thriller Low Tide starring Keean Johnson and Jaeden Martell. Low Tide was distributed in a limited release and certainly didn't create much buzz back in 2019 and is not a film many remember, yet it holds a 72% Critic's Rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It's placed in the early 90s and follows a group of mischievous teen boys, but does it earn a comparison to Stand By Me? Listen to find out. Caution: movie spoilers.Intro- 0:00 to 4:07.Film Discussion- 4:07 to 1:04:38.Film Ratings- 1:04:38 to End.Upcoming Podcast Release Schedule-October 8th- Our Top 16 Sports Films, a Blind Ranking!October 15th- The Lighthouse.October 22nd- Se7en.October 29th- The Elephant Queen.

On this A24 Vibe Discussion, these reviewers discuss the most famous A24 TV show of all time: Euphoria starring Zendaya. When Euphoria came onto the scene in 2019, there wasn't much nuanced media covering the Gen Z generation, and somehow Sam Levinson put his finger on the pulse. The main character of the show is Rue (portrayed by Zendaya), a drug addict who recently overdosed and went to rehab, but is struggling to stay clean. Although, the show reflects a wide array of generational themes in many different characters. We discuss those themes, and how Euphoria portrayed them in the A24 style. Caution: spoilers.Intro- 0:00 to 1:26.Euphoria Discussion- 1:26 to 1:23:30.Ratings/Outro- 1:23:30 to End.Upcoming Podcast Release Schedule-October 1st: Low Tide.October 8th- Our Top 16 Sports Films, a Blind Ranking!October 15th- The Lighthouse.October 22nd- Se7en.

Before Everything Everywhere All At Once, and after Swiss Army Man and the "Turn Down for What" music video, Daniel Scheinert directed a commercially unsuccessful indie film called "The Death of Dick Long." It's about two friends who get into a heap of trouble horsing around in Alabama. They drop their curiously injured friend Dick Long off at the emergency room one night, and the suspense that ensues next leads the audience down a path they'll never forget (for better or for worse). Since 2019 and the success of Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Death of Dick Long has garnered somewhat of a cult following amongst A24 fans as a dark comedy with beautiful cinematography. How will the A24 rocks crew saddle up for this one? Caution: movie spoilers and EXTREMELY EXPLICIT CONTENT.Intro- 0:00 to 2:02.Kenneth Pinyon and the Zoos- 2:02 to 7:18.Film Discussion- 7:18 to 1:14:01.Film Ratings/Outro- 1:14:01 to End.

The A24 Rocks crew does another blind ranking, and this time they get to the bottom of the bag on "drug films." What is a drug film? Well, it might not all be stoner comedies. If this list was a person, it's not the blissed out dude in the corner of the party, but maybe a disheveled mess of guts and blood on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A drug film is about drug culture, and the perils of drug use and addiction. It shows the counter-culture creeping below the thin veil of a happy-go-lucky capitalistic society. So bundle up, we're going skiing. Intro- 0:00 to 1:35.What is a drug film?- 1:35 to 8:45.Blind Ranking Rules- 8:45 to 10:29.Blind Ranking of Top 15 Drug Films- 10:29 to 1:06:11.Honorable Mentions- 1:06:11 to End.Upcoming podcast release schedule-September 17th- The Death of Dick Long.September 24th- Euphoria Season 1.October 1st- Low Tide.October 8th- Blind Ranking of Sports Films.

Share was a 2019 HBO film written and directed by Pippa Bianco and starring Rhianne Barreto. Barreto portrays a high school girl named Mandy who wakes up in her front yard, before she finds strange bruises on her body. She then is confronted with a video that is being shared throughout her high school, that seems to insinuate she was sexually assaulted. Her parents find out and press charges against a popular boy that was in one of the videos. Share comments on dealing with sexual assault and cyber-bullying in the digital world, and the A24 Rocks crew reflects on growing up in today's age as opposed to the millennial age. Was it reflected well in this film? Caution: movie spoilers.Intro- 0:00 to 2:28.Film Discussion- 2:28 to 1:14:16.Film Ratings/Outro- 1:14:16 to End.Upcoming Podcast Release Schedule-September 10th- Blind Ranking the Top 15 "Drug Films."September 17th- The Death of Dick Long.September 24th- Euphoria Season 1.October 1st- Low Tide.

For this week's A24 vibe discussion, the A24 Rocks crew invite on music store owner Kyle Kanon and turn the volume up to 11 for the classic rock mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap" starring Christopher Guest and Michael McKean. With Spinal Tap II: The End Continues coming out soon, these film reviewers revisit what made the original so innovative and what other comedies it inspired. What filmmaking techniques made rockstars like Ozzy Osborne believe this was a real documentary and not a mockumentary? What is Spinal Tap satirizing in the music world? And will the sequel be worth it? Caution: movie spoilers. Intro- 0:00 to 2:06.Film Discussion- 2:06 to 57:07.Film Ratings/Outro- 57:07 to End.Upcoming Podcast Release Schedule-September 3rd- Share.September 10th- Blind Ranking of Drug Films.September 17th- The Death of Dick Long.September 24th- Euphoria Season 1.