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Half in the Bag: The Black Phone

Mike and Jay take a break from binging Mr. Plinkett's prescription pills to talk about a movie called The Black Phone! Not to be confused with The Black Cauldron, which is a completely different object that also happens to be black. The Black Phone stars Ethan Hawke and is directed by Bagul.

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Michael Puttré

This video seems to me like you were trying to establishing a "brand" as being above the fray. You spent 90% of the time criticizing admittedly lesser YouTube critics that have followed in your wake. You spent essentially no time giving us the storytelling, character-making, shot-framing critiques of this series that your are famous for and others try to replicate and fall short. I appreciate that you have outgrown Mr. Pinkett. But at least the serial killer movie reviewer was honest.

Amanda Foster

You’ve gotta start planning these uploads around my kid’s schedule! Haha! Can’t wait to watch later today when I’m not neck deep in PBS kids and Blippi videos.

Steve D.

Excited to see this

Johan Salberg

Saw this film yesterday. I ended up kinda hating it. Also. Scott Derrickson is a cunt.

Red Letter Media

Oh BTW we ended up cutting out the Munsters trailer discussion. The episode seemed to be coming to a natural conclusion at the end of the Black Phone discussion, also Rob Zombie cleared up some misinformation about the movie on his social media (like debunking that the budget wasn't $40 million dollars). We'll still edit down a version of the discussion to post here on Patreon.

Bernhard Hmse

i saw adds for this one on twitch and was thinking that would be at the end of year recap on RLM as the annual "sadly no new wish upon" film but i guess a 25 min version of it is fine as well

Manuel Johnen

Ethan Hawke needed another easy paycheck, it seems...

Lionel Mandrake

Thank-fucking-God. I was worried that Bagul's application for membership in the DGA wouldn't get notarized due to some bullshit loophole.

Jesper Lindberg

That basement looks exactly like my childhood bedroom ❤️

DonMac

I just saw this movie last night. If the lighting wasn't so dark, I would've liked it a lot more.

Bill Wilson

Guess I'm gonna play Raid: Shadow Legends then. Also, my bones ARE aching, Ani.

Damon Killian

I stopped watching after the spoiler warning, did I miss any Star ____ references?

sacch

The skit was great, i love when the elderly have hobbies!

Rick Drake

I found it the same way Mike did. I wanted to see a movie that wasn't one of the huge tentpoles or Top Gun. I was pleasantly surprised because I expected the same old crap, but received a simple and effective movie. I respect this movie.

Amanda Foster

Update: I’ve watch the review and I have a few points: 1. I watched “Searching for Bobby Fisher” in 8th grade (🤷🏻‍♀️) and yes Mike, it is flipping boring. 2. Was not prepared for the amount of child abuse in this film, particularly involving the young girl. Being a mother to a little girl, I don’t think this film is for me but otherwise great review!

Marvin Falz

I've thoroughly enjoyed watching the three of you in a skit, in this skit, and hopefully this is the start of a new storyline.

Rob Risley

I thought the movie was pretty mediocre but I can appreciate what you guys liked about it. My biggest problems with the movie were relatively minor but just kinda piled up and became distracting. Like the comic relief brother living in the house and apparently never noticing his brother acting weird or wondering why he's wearing these creepy masks, the fact that the Grabber doesn't seem to notice or care that the bars got ripped off the window, or that there's a giant hole in the basement covered by a rug for some reason. And why does the grabber let the kid keep the toy rocket that he stabbed him with earlier? Also, the quality of performances of the child actors ranged from great (the main boy and his sister) to comically terrible (the little metal head kid).

AllGoodNamesRGone

This sounds like a movie I would enjoy. Also it was interesting to briefly hear Mike's thoughts about horror movies. I always thought Jay was way into cult and horror films and Mike was more about intelligent sci-fi and supernatural things. Also it looks like the start of a brand new HitB storyline! Always love when the boys have a storyline. All that and a great review in a nice just over thirty minutes package.

GrowSweeds

Rich Evans is a prime number. The joy when the half is in the bag, oh. Thank you RLM, you keep me sane.

Clare J

I loved the movie- after obi wan I’m happy there are actual good kid actors

Carly

Woo hoo! Hope you're all well ❤️

Benway23

Thank you for your work.

Bort Ward

As impressed as I am with the film knowledge that re:view puts on display, I'm always happy to see the buffoonery and slapstick on HITB/BOTW. ...'Dick Tracy' Re:View?

Michael Parker

Well what d'ya know. They did like The Black Phone more than Sinister.

David S

I saw a matinee showing of Black Phone today. I enjoyed the movie a good amount for the reasons listed in the review. They probably could have done without the Max character, but it is what it is. The only part that annoyed me was that the detectives knew there was black balloons left at the kidnapping sites yet the black creeper van with Abracadabra written on the side never drew suspicion. Keeping everything vague was good, and Ethan Hawke came off believable as a serial killer. I was worried he’d ham it up too much or act like the clown from ‘IT’.

Rhea

Petition for Mike to say "cunt" without the censor. 🥴 I'm glad you guys mentioned the end scene with the dad begging the kids for forgiveness and their subsequent lack of reaction. Fuck that dad, piece of shit. The first It was pretty good regarding showing kids being kids, cursing and getting in fights. I still really dig that movie despite the over the top spooky clown stuff.

DonMac

I hope they do more re:Views of '70s/'80s movies. The more I go back and watch movies from that era, the more I think it's some sort of golden age. Not only are the best movies from then better than the best movies now, but the worst movies from then are better than the worst current movies. Just more entertainment value throughout it all.

Diane Harten

I saw a poster for this movie when I went to see Thor 4, and thought it just looked like another lame teen horror. I remember saying, “Sheesh, what a dumb looking movie. What if a phone was black, wouldn’t that be scary?” Now I find out apparently it’s actually a well-crafted film with themes and ideas, that thoughtfully illustrates the horrors of child abuse. Do I feel ashamed of myself. Thanks, RLM!

Matthew Dolley

"My bones are aching, Ani." That was a stroke of pure brilliance and had me in stitches.

Bonkowskiart .

great film. thx for the recommendation