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New from Clint Worthington of Alcohollywood: Film Review: Oscar Isaac Hunts Nazis in Compelling, if Spotty, Operation Finale

Despite two incredible lead performances from Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, this dramatization of the Mossad extradition of Adolf Eichmann feels a bit too safe. […] The…… Read more “New from Clint Worthington of Alcohollywood: Film Review: Oscar Isaac Hunts Nazis in Compelling, if Spotty, Operation Finale”

“Evil exists, and the great game continues.” This is the mantra of James Silva (Mark Wahlberg), the grizzled, quip-happy leader of Ghost Branch, a secret paramilitary unit…… Read more “New from Clint Worthington on Consequence of Sound: Film Review: Mile 22 Shoots a Lot of Heads But Misses Most of Its Marks”

This week, we make a triumphant return to the mailbag, taking a listener request to discuss Paolo Sorrentino’s ponderous arthouse quirk-fest This Must Be the Place! Consequence of…… Read more “New Alcohollywood podcast with Clint Worthington: This Must Be the Place (2011)”

Spike Lee’s latest is one of his best, a funny, soulful blaxploitation-infused take on the ways the racism of America’s past ripples through into its […] The…… Read more “New from Clint Worthington of Alcohollywood: BlacKkKlansman is Spike Lee as His Most Confrontational, Outrageous, and Timely”

The shark schlock comes at you hard, fast, and fun, as Jason Statham battles giant sharks with an international cast in the Deep Blue Sea […] The…… Read more “New from Clint Worthington on Alcohollywood: The Meg is the Goofiest, Cheesiest, Most Sharktastic Fin-tertainment of the Summer”

The Academy’s board of governors approves new changes for next year’s Oscars, including a three-hour telecast and the addition of new categories. Next year’s Oscars […] The…… Read more “New from Clint Worthington and Alcohollywood: Oscars Changes Add a “Popular Film” Category, Cuts Down to Three Hours”

Susanna Nicchiarelli’s biopic of the German singer and artist is as impermeable as it is impermanent – those seeking a window into the artist’s life […] The…… Read more “New from Alcohollywood: Ponderous and Disconnected, Nico, 1988 Will Not Let You Be its Mirror”

From the time she was a teen, photographer and documentarian Lauren Greenfield has been obsessed with wealth, and the presentation of it, in American life. In her…… Read more “New from Clint Worthington on Consequence of Sound: Film Review: Generation Wealth Takes a Shaky But Wrenching View of Hyper-Wealth”

In July, Disney fired “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn after prominent alt-right personality Mike Cernovich re-surfaced old tweets of his dating back to 2008. Cernovich’s…… Read more “VIDEO: Consequence of Sound’s Clint Worthington featured on NBC News opinion piece to discuss the James Gunn dismissal”

Jim McKay’s tale of the plight of undocumented workers in America is soulful, sensitive, and a potent rebuke to modern rhetoric about the humanity of […] The…… Read more “New from Jon Espino on Alcohollywood: En el Séptimo Día Is a Naturalistic, Humanistic View of the Immigrant Experience”