Shayne Travis Grieve, Author at This Is Film - Conversations in Film and Pop Culture

Barry Jenkins, Bryan Tyree Henry, Colman Domingo, If Beale Street Could Talk, KiKi Layne, Moonlight, Racism, Regina King, Stephan James, Teyonah Parris

If Beale Street Could Talk is an important and heartbreaking film, that further proves Jenkins as an immeasurably talented filmmaker, with a voice that matches his cinematic vision.

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

February 12, 2019

action, Alita Battle Angel, Christoph Waltz, Cyberpunk, Jackie Earle Haley, James Cameron, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Motion Capture, Robert Rodriguez, Science Fiction

The technical innovation and wizardry of Alita: Battle Angel are well worth the price of admission, if and only if, you can stomach a stodgy YA script that seems to be copied and pasted from the Twilight Saga.

Into the Aqua-verse

January 8, 2019

Podcast

Aquaman, spider-man, spider-man into the spider-verse, superheroes, Us

Shayne and Tim share their thoughts on Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse and Aquaman. They stupidly adored one, while they thought the other one was just plain stupid.

Vice (2018)

December 26, 2018

Adam McKay, Amy Adams, Christian Bale, sam rockwell, The Big Short, US Politics, Vice

Review: Vice is knowingly divisive and smuggly proud of itself. You can either watch it and have a laugh, or take to your internet comment sections in all caps.

Widows Fantastic

December 8, 2018

Podcast

Captain Marvel, Disney, fantastic beasts, widows

Shayne and Timothy take a brief break from parenting to share their thoughts on Widows, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Disney+ and the brand spanking new Captain Marvel trailer.…

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

October 14, 2018

Bad Times at the El Royale, black comedy, Cabin in the Woods, chris hemsworth, Crime, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Drew Goddard, Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Lewis Pullman, Nick Offerman, Noir, Quentin Tarantino, Thriller

Bad Times at the El Royale appears to be the byproduct of a weekend long Quentin Tarantino binge, fuelled by greasy cheeseburgers and strong whisky chasers. You can just picture…

Incredibles 2 (2018)

June 12, 2018

Comedy, Craig. T Nelson, Disney, Family, Holly Hunter, Incredibles 2, Pixar, superhero, The Incredibles

This Incredibles franchise is a wonderfully deceptive beast. A masterful trojan horse of sorts. In 2004, after Pixar successfully convinced everyone that our toys had emotions, many of us thought…

Hereditary (2018)

June 8, 2018

A24, Hereditary, Horror, It Follows, The Babadook, The Exorcist, The Witch, Toni Collette

Horror fanatics and aficionados are currently in the midst of one of the most terrifyingly impressive stretches of filmmaking in the genre’s 100-plus year history. Every year, the internet is…

Westworld Season 2: Episode 6 “Phase Space”

June 3, 2018

Spoilercast

Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, HBO, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Westworld, Westworld Season 2

While Phase Space may be incredibly difficult to say out loud in quick succession, one thing that isn’t hard to proclaim loud and proudly, is our love for this episode.…

Westworld Season 2: Episode 5 “Akane No Mai”

May 27, 2018

Spoilercast

Akane No Mai, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, HBO, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Westworld, Westworld Season 2