Beyond the Balcony

2022 is finally here, but before we can officially kick 2021 out the door, we need to look back at it one last time. We do that with the biggest episode of the year in 'The Breakdown of the Best Movies of 2021'. Both Scott Martin and Christopher Spicer rank their top ten movies of the past year. It may not have been our favourite year or even what we considered an amazing movie year, but there were still many movies that we considered future classics. It is a great episode for those looking for movie recommendations, but also just want to find out what we loved this year. As always, we had a blast recording this episode, and if you love listening to it, then please support us by spreading the word on social media, so other movie fans can find us. Also don't forget we are on Spreaker , Spotify, Stitcher , Apple Podcast , Google Podcasts , CastBox , Amazon Music and wherever else you love to listen to your podcasts. Listen to "The Breakdown of the Best Movies o

Time to Admit That I May Have Been Wrong About 'Malignant': The Joy of Changing Opinions on Movies

I'm starting to think that I was wrong about James Wan's latest horror picture, Malignant . The picture received a star and half out of four from me. I went in with high anticipation and walked out disappointed. I understood that Wan was creating a homage and love letter to 1980s style schlock horror like Re-Animator , Basket Case and Dead Alive. Those style of movies were about being creative within their minimal budget that afforded then some insane creative freedom. Malignant does provide some pretty wild twists and turns, and the final 30 minutes is pure lunacy, but I couldn't shake that it was more steeped in it influences than originality. The sequences at the end were betrayed by feeling like a bigger budget and polished picture rather than the horror movies of the past that it was following. The movie also had some pretty painful dialogue and some hammy acting, and while there were brilliant moments of directing, it was lethargically paced and dragged in the midd

I Almost Lost My Son, but Those Few Seconds Taught Me Many Things

This morning's walk with the kids to school will linger in my mind much longer than most of the previous journeys. Most of them sort of blend together like carrot and apple in a juice processor, and it all just feels like the usual routine done over and over like my own mini version of Groundhog Day . Most mornings consist of reassuring Danika that 'yes, this is the only cereal we have', making about five visits to Everett's room to try to get him out of bed, negotiate what should be going into the lunches, noticing my voice getting more irritated with each command about getting on coats and mitts and snowpants and such, then being told more than I ever thought I needed in regards to Pokemon or the drama of recess or the finer points of L.O.L. Dolls, and finally, putting on the kids' masks as I wish them an amazing day and letting them know that I love them. This morning had a lot of that too. All off those things will just sink into regular routine folder to never

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