(Ep. 124): The Simplistic Reviews Podcast - August 2019

On this back to school episode of the Simplistic Reviews Podcast. William Davis Moore, from Miscast Entertainment, sits in for the vacationing Matthew Stewart. The boys discuss...well...The Boys...TV series...they also briefly discuss the only Oscar-winning film to have a money shot in it (Can you guess what it is?)...they tackle the TransAtlantic...

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(Ep. 123): Stone Cold - Movie Commentary: August 2019

Stone Cold R 1991 ‧ Thriller/Action ‧ 1h 35m A street-smart cop goes undercover to infiltrate and bring to justice a ruthless motorcycle gang before they can carry out their plans of tyranny and murder. Release date: May 17, 1991...

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A Simplistic Review: Once Upon a Time In...Hollywood

As you get older you come to TERMS with many things. One, getting older; Two, time is running out to leave a mark on the world; and maybe even three is the fact that people are simply waiting in the wings to call you out for being a hack or completely undeserving...

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A Simplistic Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home

I've certainly been sitting on this review for a while, but after a fair amount of thought, it was time to say what I think about "Spider-Man: Far From Home." After the grandeur of "Endgame" the end of MCU's Phase Three just feels SMALL. This is of course...

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(Ep. 122): The Simplistic Reviews Podcast July 2019

Happy Fourth Of July! A holiday you that’s best with the fireworks that only the Simplistic Reviews Podcast can give you. On this return episode, the boys discuss what they did on their summer break, which includes hospital visits that lead to an interaction with Michael Keaton, their top 3 episodes of Black Mirror, some of Quincy Jones’ best hits…on...

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Cashville Rules Everything Around Me: Wu-Tang Clan Makes History at The Ryman

It's an understatement to say seminal hip-hop collective, Wu-Tang Clan, set a standard for all of shows that will come follow at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN after their show on Sunday night. The Mother Church of Country turned into "The Mother F'n...

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A Simplistic Review: Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men

Rap groups come and go. Many have an expiration date, I mean just look at most of the groups from the last 90s and 2000s. Record companies chewed them up and spit them out, but hey, it could have also meant they just weren't very good either. But as the old...

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Simplistic Interviews: Producer Heather Buckley, of "The Ranger"

On this Simplistic Interview, we sit down with Heather Buckley, producer of the 2018 horror film "The Ranger." From days writing at Fangoria Magazine to pitching films at Cannes and South by Southwest, Matt and Heather discuss what it was that got her into horror, how inclusion is shaping the horror genre, and essentially how she is an encyclopedia...

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A Simplistic Review: Ma (2019)

There's nothing like a slow BURN. Just enough time to get some fire in your belly while you wait for everything to really start popping off. That's the delicious BURN I got from Octavia Spencer and "Ma" this weekend. First thing's first, I'm always a fan of...

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A Simplistic Review: Booksmart (2019)

Man...so people are pissed! Apparently no one saw "Booksmart" over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The unofficial kickoff to the Summer movie season! People instead saw a live action Disney remake, the story of an unstoppable assassin and they even saw superheroes...

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A Simplistic Review: Under the Silver Lake

I see what David Robert Mitchell was doing here. Hmm, or maybe I don't...regardless. So you have this KOOKY film, "Under the Silver Lake," where you have Andrew Garfield doing his best impression of Jeff Daniels' The Dude, while he tries to figure out a conspiracy...

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(Ep. 121): Fire Down Below - Movie Commentary: May 2019

We started this new year off with a film from 90's action star and serial eater, Steven Seagal's Hard to Kill! We continue the Seagal Saga with Fire Down Below, you know the EPA action film...no not that one...the other one...yeah there is another EPA action film. Fire Down Below 1997 ‧ Thriller/Action ‧ 1h 45m Description When...

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A Simplistic Review: John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum

There is always a question of who is the BADDEST... Lance Riddick is the BADDEST concierge. Halle Berry and Angelica Houston are the BADDEST chicks. Ian McShane is the BADDEST Hotel Manager. Mark Dacascos has the BADDEST crew of Indonesian BADASSES this side...

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A Simplistic Review: Scary Stories (2019)

Censorship is nothing new. In fact it's a long held American TRADITION to censor things that we are afraid of or we think are doing to destroy the youth. "We have to protect the youth!" said the old, out of touch white, and black, folk. But there is also the...

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A Simplistic Review: The Ranger (2018)

Well someone had to take these big city punks down a peg or two! The MERIT badge for making a National Park Ranger the big bad in this 80s inspired "killer in the woods" romp goes to Jenn Wexler. "The Ranger" is a tidy 80 minutes long and gets to the point...

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A Simplistic Review: Avengers: Endgame (Spolier-Free)

Over a decade of storytelling, 22 films, BILLIONS of dollars invested, and this is what we get?! Let me just give a BOW of respect for what Paramount, Marvel, Disney, Sony, Fox, and anyone else who was involved in the creation of the MCU and the on again,...

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(Ep. 120): Guns - Movie Commentary: April 2019

April 26 is here! Sure, the mystery movie commentaries were fun. But you knew what you wanted and we knew what you needed. So today we give it like it has never been given...That is why, for no other reason, April 26 was circled on our calendars. A date we...

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A Simplistic Review: Guava Island

There's nothing wrong with VANITY projects. Big music stars have done it for decades. "Purple Rain" with Prince, "Michael Jackson's Moonwalker," "Cool as Ice" with Vanilla Ice and who could forget "Swept Away" with the indomitable Madonna. Hmmm, come to think...

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A Simplistic Review: Pet Sematary (2019)

Let it be known that 2019's "Pet Sematary" remake is a REMINDER that yes, sometimes dead is better... No matter what I say people are going to continue to translate Stephen King's work into films, but man, has there been any one source that has the up-and-down's...

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(Ep. 119): The Simplistic Reviews Podcast April 2019

The Simplistic Reviews Podcast is back from Spring break...clean...sober...and ready to go. One of those things is true. The boys discuss everything they missed since they’ve been gone. From James Gunn rehiring, to the etymology of the word “trump”, to that famous last line in Lethal Weapon 2. You remember that one right? We sure didn’t. Doug Funny,...

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A Simplistic Review: Dragged Across Concrete

This April Fool's review is brought to you by Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn. I'm sure a bunch of you thought it was a joke when they starting showing up to award shows together, but "Dragged Across Concrete" is no joke, it's an actual film, and it's actually...

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(Ep. 118): Mystery Movie 2 - Movie Commentary: April 2019

So last time we tried something new, something mysterious, something crazy! The people responded and wanted more or we're just untalented hacks...anyway we did it again! Matt and Justin watch a movie just in-time for another movie that's due out April 5. Wow...

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A Simplistic Review: Us

There's a lot to unpack in "Us." But I'll keep it...simple Does it have the same affect that "Get Out" created in 2017? I don't think so. Did Jordan Peele create another socio-political horror film about how the poor are marginalized and cast away while we...

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A Simplistic Review: Inside Llewyn Davis

I think I like being the guy that checks out movies anywhere between 3-6 years after they come out and are heaped praise by any and all movie critics; I'm TARDY if you will. But gee golly did I enjoy "Inside Llewyn Davis." Oscar Issac is fun playing the down-on-his-luck,...

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A Simplistic Review: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

It took me a long time to like "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre." And honestly, to this day, I prefer the remake from 2003. I know that probably hurts my horror film credentials, but shoot, I also prefer the remake for "The Hills Have Eyes" as well as the remake...

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A Special Guest Simplistic Review: Captain Marvel

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} Who knows you better than your best BUDDY? The 'Other Cap' felt like a love letter to your BFF. Which is exactly why I loved and needed Lashana Lynch’s Maria Rambeau...

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A Simplistic Re-Review: Get Out

There's nothing like a PUNCH in the face to wake someone up; or at least break their nose, knock out some teeth, and leave a long and personal impression. That's what "Get Out" did just about two years ago. It take a special person to create a film that makes...

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(Ep. 117): Mystery Movie - Movie Commentary: March 2019

Today we try something new, something mysterious, something crazy! DJ and Justin watch a movie like they did so many times before. But this time it's different. This time Justin carefully selected from the Simplistic Reviews ever growing library of shitty movies,...

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A Simplistic Review: The Autopsy of Jane Doe

As the kids would say; "'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' brought me here." I'm almost positive that I've seen "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" be suggested to me on Netflix time and time again, but I always turned my nose up at it. These types of films just aren't...

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A Simplistic Review: Velvet Buzzsaw

Say what you will about "Velvet Buzzsaw" but the opinion will simply be in the eye of the BEHOLDER. Much like art, whether you dig this flick will all depend on what you're looking for, and the more I think and dwell on "Buzzsaw" I find a lot in common with...

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A Simplistic Review: I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

I'm kind of in a weird spot with this review. It's just after Martin Luther King Day and just about a week before Black History Month, but after watching "I Am Not Your Negro" it took me some time to PROCESS. As a White, Jewish Male, there isn't a lot for...

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A Simplistic Review: Eighth Grade

It's hard not to CRINGE at "Eight Grade." It's everything you would expect a film about middle to be. Awkward, bittersweet, stomach-churning, and all together relatable. Considering I'm about 20 years removed from middle school, I remember it being a little...

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A Simplistic Review: The House That Jack Built

Lars von Trier is the master of the TRIGGER. He knows how to get under your skin and manipulate your emotions and get people riled up. But that also makes him the last of a dying breed of mainstream directors who are fading away. The best I can really say...

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(Ep. 115): Hard To Kill - Movie Commentary: January 2019

The new year is here and so is a new batch of Simplistic Reviews Movie Commentaries!  We start this new year off with a film from 90's action star and serial eater, Steven Seagal. Which Seagal film? Well, since Steven has a large collection of so bad...

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A Simplistic Review: Molly's Game

Considering this was one of my favorite films from 2018, I'm finally getting around to making it my first review post for 2019. Makes sense, right? What do you get when you take Jessica Chastain, throw in a little Idris Elba, and have them recite, impeccably,...

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