A24 On The Rocks

In Jonah Hill's directorial debut, he tackles the world of 90s skateboarding in southern California. Sunny Suljic plays a young boy growing up in Los Angeles, with an abusive older brother (portrayed by Lucas Hedges), and a single mom (portrayed by Katherine Waterston). He soon finds a clique of skateboarders at his local neighborhood skate shop, and all he knows is that he needs t

Due to Robert Eggers' new film "Nosferatu" coming out on Christmas this month, the A24 Rocks crew decided to review his 2022 Nordic epic "The Northman" for this A24 Vibe Discussion. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Nicole Kidman: The Northman is a take on the Old Norse tale "Amleth" that Shakespeare turned into Hamlet. What will these film reviewers think of Robe

The Children Act is a 2018 film, based on a Ian McEwan book, about a judge named Fiona Maye (portrayed by Emma Thompson) presiding over a case where the family are Jehovah's Witnesses and are refusing a blood transfusion for their son (portrayed by Fionn Whitehead). She must decide whether the parents religious wishes for their son to not have a life-saving blood transfusion should

On this A24 vibe discussion, the A24 Rocks crew blind ranks the top 12 cult classics in film history. How does a blind ranking work? A random number generator will generate a number 1-12 and each podcaster will pick their favorite film at that position, then that number will be gone after it is picked. For example: maybe Kevin will pick The Boondock Saints (this isn't the actual pi

Slice is a 2018 horror-comedy film about the town of Kingfisher: a city where supernatural beings live hand-in-hand with humans. The residents of Kingfisher are alarmed when pizza delivery drivers from Perfect Pizza Base are murdered. Astrid (portrayed by Zazie Beetz), and investigative journalist Sadie Sheridan (portrayed by Rae Gray) are on the case, where it's suspected a local

Due to the 2024 election tomorrow, the A24 Rocks crew is discussing one of the most prescient films of the last 20 years: Children of Men, and they're releasing the episode two days early. Many film lovers say Children of Men predicted the rise of nativism and anti-immigrant sentiment in western society. Placed in 2027, it follows a world of mass infertility, where the last baby wa

The A24 Rocks gang travels to a place they've never been before in their cinematic journeys: a Thai prison with British boxer Billy Moore. Based on a true story, A Prayer Before Dawn is about an addict/boxer named Billy Moore (portrayed by Joe Cole) who gets arrested in Thailand and thrown in one of the most infamous prisons in the world: Klong Prem. Soon enough, Moore is placed in

On this special Halloween A24 vibe discussion, the A24 Rocks crew invites on horror lover Dean Cooper AKA MidlifeInCrisis (https://www.instagram.com/midlifeincrisis/) to discuss the 1985 Horror Sci-Fi film "Re-Animator" starring Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, and Barbara Crampton. Based off a H.P. Lovecraft novelette, Re-Animator is about a mad scientist named Herbert West who may ha

In this 2018 stoner comedy, Angela (portrayed by Maia Mitchell) and Jessie (portrayed by Camila Morrone) are two high school dropouts working as servers who use their rent money to book a vacation to Galveston, Texas. After getting arrested and missing two days of work, they go through a series of struggles in hopes of finally getting away from their tumultuous lives. What will the

It Follows is a 2014 horror film starring Maika Monroe, and directed by David Robert Mitchell. Maika Monroe plays a girl named Jay who is infected with a disease by a man named Hugh, the disease involves a zombie-like creature stalking her at every turn, and potentially killing her if it ever reaches her. Based in Michigan, the A24 Rocks crew digs deep into their Michigan knowledge