Cut and Splice: Reviewing, discussing and analyzing movies

The tail end of our last episode took us in various directions worth sharing separately.We start by discussing a couple of other movies relating to death. Jason ranks Shawn Levy's movies. We give some thoughts about Ben Stiller, Ryan Reynolds and Ben Affleck.

We also discuss other comedy directors and the trend of some of them moving into other genres. Lastly we touch on when politics gets mixed up with movies as also relates to Kevin Costner's Horizon Saga.

We give a 19 minute review before getting into spoilers on this comedy with a blockbuster cast that dabbles in the Jewish grieving ritual of Shiva.

Gil gets to share and contrast his own experience of the ritual while mourning his mother in Israel.

We give an 18 minute review before getting into spoilers on what is likely George Clooney's most substantial contribution to movies as a filmmaker. An underappreciated gem that still feels current to where we are. We get to discuss a little bit of what the media landscape has become and how it relates to the themes explored in the film.

Our friend Avihai joins us for this discussion about Snyder's big Sci-Fi swing which he was a crew member on. He shares some fun details about the production.We give a 30 minute review before getting into details and also spoil Seven Samurai and Magnificent Seven along the way.We also bring up other topics such as the rise of the director/cinematographer and the popularity of the docuseries in the age of streaming.

We have a second go at our directors cage match. This one was closer than the last.We get to delve into most of their movies as well as compare and contrast their careers and styles.