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Brian Posehn, on His Way to Houston, Makes Nerdom Look Great

By David Garrick
May 7, 2018

In the world of stand-up comedy, anyone who manages acts or books them, would tell you to make your act as universal as possible. While that idea was probably great at one time, being who you are and speaking to an audience who mirrors you doesn't mean you're left to...
Michael Shannon Is a Stern Monopoly Player

By Houston Press
Sep 11, 2015

LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson found out first-hand that Michael Shannon is a pretty stern Monopoly player during a recent game with the actor, who portrays a tortured Orlando real-estate baron in the upcoming 99 Homes. Nicholson and Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl open this week's Voice Film...
The Best and Worst of Summer 2015 Movies

By Houston Press
Aug 28, 2015

Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, along with Amy Nicholson of the LA Weekly, run down the worst and best of the movies they saw this summer, which as summers go, wasn't so terrible! Among the best performances were those by Sam Elliott, wonderful in two movies,...
Podcast: You Are Now About to Witness the Strength of Streep Knowledge

By Houston Press
Aug 13, 2015

Meryl Streep in a comedic role is one of the few good things in Ricki and the Flash, and the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton sands down many of the rough corners of the ground-breaking rap group's controversial history. On this week's Voice Film Club, Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek...
Podcast: Marlon Brando, David Foster Wallace, and a Story About Jason Segel and Salad

By Cory Garcia
Aug 6, 2015

During this week's meeting of the Voice Film Club, Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, along with Amy Nicholson of the LA Weekly, discuss the Marlon Brando documentary Listen to Me Marlon. Our trio of film critics then move to The End of the Tour, the film...
The Ten Best Movies of 2015 (So Far)

By Houston Press
Jul 22, 2015

We run down the ten best movies of 2015 (so far) on this week's episode of the Voice Film Club. Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, joined by Amy Nicholson at LA Weekly, each share a few of their favorites on this mid-year (well for Hollywood, anyway)...
Podcast: The Taming of Amy Schumer

By Houston Press
Jul 16, 2015

While Judd Apatow and Amy Schumer's new movie Trainwreck is "occasionally very funny, it also feels carefully constructed to make its points, chief among them that men can get away with all kinds of bad or crazy behavior that women can’t," writes Village Voice film critic Stephanie Zacharek in her...
Why 'Amy' Is One of the Best Music Documentaries Ever

By Cory Garcia
Jul 3, 2015

The upcoming Amy Winehouse documentary Amy is one of the best music docs Village Voice film critic Stephanie Zacharek has ever seen, and she explains why to Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl and LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson this week. Also this week: The confusing (yet really, really enjoyable)...
Voice Film Club: The "Ted 2" Debate and "Inside Out" Impresses

By Cory Garcia
Jun 26, 2015

On this week's Voice Film Club podcast, the LA Weekly's Amy Nicholson and the Village Voice's Alan Scherstuhl in New York disagree on just about everything in Ted 2 — except that it has a few very funny moments — but only after revisiting the impressive Inside Out, which is...
Podcast: There's Hope in 'Dope'

By Houston Press
Jun 18, 2015

Part of what makes writer-director Rick Famuyiwa's Dope so fresh and joyous is that in many key ways is that it's not new at all. Like Dazed & Confused or The Breakfast Club, this is a film about just how weird the extraordinarily normal kids are — kids like you...
Podcast: Spy is the Melissa McCarthy Movie We've Been Waiting For

By Cory Garcia
Jun 3, 2015

On this week's Voice Film Club podcast, the Village Voice's Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek, along with Amy Nicholson of LA Weekly, praise the latest Melissa McCarthy comedy, Spy: "She plays a real woman who reacts like a real woman would," Nicholson says of her character. "It's a really funny...
Podcast: The 'Mad Men' Ending Was the Real Thing

By Houston Press
May 20, 2015

The final episode of Mad Men was upbeat — if you enjoy the death of the counter-culture. On this special episode of the Voice Film Club podcast, Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl and editorial fellow Lara Zarum, along with the Voice's TV critic Inkoo Kang, discuss the final episode...
Podcast: Stop Laughing At Old Movies, You [email protected]%&ing Hipsters!

By Houston Press
May 7, 2015

"I'm over people who think they're funnier than the movie," says LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson, in the wake of her recent piece, "Stop Laughing At Old Movies, You [email protected]%&ing Hipsters." Joining her — *in the same room, for the first time ever on the podcast* — as usual...
Podcast: Avengers 2 Is Better Than Avengers 1

By Houston Press
Apr 30, 2015

Avengers: Age of Ultron director and screenwriter Joss Whedon wants to give us everything in his movie, and that he fits it all in is its own kind of feat, writes LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson in her review of the film, which opens May 1. Joining her on...
Film Podcast: In Defense of Furious 7

By Houston Press
Apr 1, 2015

Furious 7 and While We're Young are two very different movies — one's all synchronized driving and explosions, the other's all sorta-depressed New Yorkers who don't drive — but both receive generally positive reviews from Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, and Amy Nicholson of LA Weekly,...
Podcast: Here's Why Fox's Empire Rules

By Houston Press
Mar 4, 2015

There are five reasons why Fox's Empire has become a breakout hit, and on this week's Voice Film Club podcast, we run down why the show, introduced as a mid-season replacement, has surged to nearly 14 million viewers an episode by its eighth week. Joining Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl...
Podcast: Winners, Awkward Moments and Losers from the 2015 Oscars

By Houston Press
Feb 25, 2015

There was an awkward moment between Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson and her mom, Melanie Griffith, on the red carpet before the Oscars on Sunday. But the world got to see Johnson's impressive talent for pretending uncomfortable situations don't seem to bother her (see also: Fifty Shades of...
Podcast: Fifty Shades of Grey Is Coming, Starring Sex Batman

By Houston Press
Feb 12, 2015

Fifty Shades of Grey is opening is nationwide, and in New York, Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl connects via the magic of the Internet with LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson discuss the hotly anticipated movie starring Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, adapted from the E. L. James novel...

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