Category: Movies
Cha Cha Real Smooth is the Most Deceptively Toxic Movie of the Year
Cha Cha Real Smooth, the sophomore feature from the young, hyped up actor-writer-director Cooper Raiff, opens with Andrew, the lead character, at age 13, telling his mother that he’s in love. The problem? The object of his affections isn’t one ...
Pony Express: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Michael, Alex, Lars, Louis, discuss the latest MCU entry, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Politics Express: “Don’t Say Gay” and Disney
Politics Editor Lars Emerson and Editor-in-Chief Michael Lovito are joined by the hosts of the With A Gay Twist podcast, Mason Dixon and Zachary Pen, to discuss the recent signing of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida. In a ...
The Postrider’s 2022 Oscars Preview and Predictions
In 2019, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was in crisis. The Academy Awards, a television event – that at its peak attracted a 43.40 Nielsen household share – was coming off of a series that had attracted ...
Pony Express: The 94th Academy Awards
This Sunday, the eyes of the world will be trained on the 94th Academy Awards… at least, the Academy hopes they will be. After negotiations with ABC, the the Academy has agreed to present 8 of its 23 before the ...
Pony Express: The Batman
Michael, Louis, and Alex discuss The Batman, the latest film entry for the caped crusader and a fascinating new direction for the superhero franchise.
Pony Express: Studio 666
Michael and Louis watched the Foo Fighters’ horror movie so you don’t have to.
Pony Express: 2021 Year in Review
Michael, Lars and Louis discuss their favorite movies, TV, music, and more of 2021.
Spencer Substitutes Shock for Substance
When Oprah Winfrey’s interview of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle aired back in March, I joked with a friend that it represented the lowest point in Anglo-American relations since the War of 1812. Between Harry and Meghan’s withdrawal from the ...
Pony Express: Eternals
Michael and Louis discuss Eternals, the polarizing new Marvel film from Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao.
Pony Express: Dune and Squid Game
Michael, Lars, and Louis discuss two of the most talk about two of the fall’s biggest hits: Dune and Squid Game.
Pony Express: The Many Saints of Newark and the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Michael and Louis talk about The Many Saints of Newark before Lars joins them to talk about another top 10 music list.
Pony Express: Shang-Chi and Hacks
Michael, Lars, and Louis discuss Shang-Chi, the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and HBO’s Hacks.
Watching Mates: Season Finale – Joe Biden: Free Guy / Minari
In the Watching Mates season finale, Lars and Michael unpack the nascent Biden administration through the films Free Guy and Minari.
Watching Mates: Donald Trump – Hell or High Water / BlacKkKlansman
The brief and tumultuous Trump administration proves to have one of the most direct impacts on American cinema, as Lars and Michael explore through the films Hell or High Water and BlacKkKlansman.
A Memoriam of Love to Michael K. Williams
A couple of weeks ago I was watching my weekly binge of The Sopranos before I went to bed and while watching episode 13 of Season 3, I noticed an actor that I never knew was in the Sopranos, Michael ...
Watching Mates: Barack Obama – Gran Torino / Sicario
America’s first Black president comes to office offering a vision for a united country and promising change, but is bogged down in the policies and crises of the prior administration, as Lars and Michael explore through the films Gran Torino ...
Pony Express: Godzilla vs. Kong
In the first episode of The Postrider‘s new general interest podcast, Michael, Lars, and Louis discuss Godzilla vs. Kong, one of the biggest post-lockdown blockbusters and the latest installments of Universal’s MonsterVerse.
Watching Mates: George W. Bush – Team America: World Police / The Dark Knight
The world changes dramatically over the course of George W. Bush’s presidency. One place it changes most visibly is Hollywood, as Lars and Michael unpack through 2004’s Team America: World Police in his first term and 2008’s The Dark Knight ...
Tomorrow War is Everything I Want in an Action Movie
“Is that Chris Pine?” My mom asked while we watched the Tomorrow War trailer two weeks before its release. “No this is Chris Pratt, the guy from Parks and Rec,” I answered back. She responded back “wowww he looks different.” ...
We Know What Happened at Woodstock ’99. But Do We Know Why it Happened?
“Do I like ‘Break Stuff’ because it makes me want to break stuff, or do I like ‘Break Stuff’ because it articulates my pre-existing desire to break stuff?,’” asks Rob Harvilla in an episode of his podcast 60 Songs that ...
Watching Mates: Bill Clinton – Wag the Dog / The American President
As American presidencies approach the modern day, Lars and Michael dive into the world of scandal, neoliberalism, and partisanship in the Clinton era through the films Wag the Dog and The American President.