Some of the greatest movies tell stories that are so personal they become universal. The Brazilian film I'm Still Here achieves exactly...

Christine Merser AKA Hollister has nothing but praise for Jesse Eisenberg from the start of this week's episode, as she dives into his...

Christine Merser aka Hollister has a solo episode for us after watching and being left speechless by Netflix's new documentary, Martha,...

Christine Merser (AKA Hollister) goes this one alone.  Fresh Kills , according to her review, should have been front and center at the...

There is a reason why “Challengers” has become the darling of the independent film and theater community. I have never seen a film that...

Run to "Perfect Days." Wait, plan to go see it twice. I have watched it twice in preparing for this review, which the fabulous Christina...

"Why watch the shorts," you may ask? Telling a story in a short film is much more difficult than in a long narrative. Every word matters,...

"May December," featuring a star-studded cast including Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, is much more than the torrid story of a...

High schooler Addie Tedrow, a lover of all things Hunger Games, joins Christine Merser to discuss the latest in the series, The Hunger...

Review written by Christine Merser for The Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, Maine, where the movie will be showing through November 16th....

Review written by Christine Merser for The Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, Maine, where the movie will be showing this upcoming weekend....

Merser and Wilder talk The Morning Show, reviewing this new season and commenting on the past two seasons, all the while discussing...

Screen Thoughts recently hosted a preview of the film, Golda, and invited fifty friends and family to see the much-anticipated film about...

Christine and Wilder speed through their review of the three hour Oppenheimer, singing its praises, its importance and so many behind the...

Christine (AKA Hollister) and Wilder dissect Apple’s the Crowded Room, and address Christine’s POV around the futility of the writer’s...

The names of many of the heroes of the Civil Rights movement are well known to us today: MLK, Malcolm X, Medgar Evers—the list goes on....

Huddle up, Succession lovers. Wake up and smell the woman. Shiv is the star of this finale, although the other actors’ performances are...

We are coming into Memorial Day weekend. Great time to watch a film you might have missed. One that the whole family can enjoy. I...

by Patrice Tanaka Whenever I’m particularly agitated and need to calm down, I’ll watch a film by the late Japanese Director Yasujiro Ozu....

On a very special episode of Screen Thoughts, Christine Merser, Bryan Cohen and Shanette Barth Cohen give a review of Netflix's The...

What a week it was chatting about Mario’s amazing box office receipts, Mafia Mama (look for no lovers on this podcast), and Renfield. We...

Tim Miller is back, guest co-hosting with Hollister and this podcast is chock full of film. They don’t agree on Air at all, with...

"You don't have to say anything. Many is the person who has missed the opportunity to say nothing." The gentle giant of a man, who says...

Toward the end of the movie “Women Talking,” one of the characters says she has thought about one of the questions they’ve been mulling...

by Christine Merser When I learned that my cohort and fellow film lover Beth Levison, who sat on a panel with me and stayed in touch,...

Lena Dunham’s latest creation is out and ready to be seen by mothers and daughters all across the land. Brave girl that Lena Dunham. No...

Join Hollister and Wilder as they explore their favorite Halloween films. Spoiler alert: not all are about Halloween. They are, however,...

The “Bad Sisters” finale did me in. Yes, you will find out who did John Paul (J.P.) in, and yes, it’s a brilliant surprise, one that’s...

Bad Sisters. “If those are bad sisters, I want to be one!” said Hollister. Mixing comedy with drama (tragedy?) is a good combination...

I wasn’t a reader of Ebert’s reviews. Shame on me. How is that possible, I ask myself, now that I have seen Life Itself? I’m not sure...

House of the Dragon. Game of Thrones. Don’t get Wilder started on the fantasy appeal for both. But she even won Hollister over with the...

Among Peacock's stream of new programming we found 'The Resort.' Hollister & Wilder are both fans of this show, where you're not quite...

I’m not blessed with a natural sense of curiosity, so the question of how Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer painted his extraordinary...

Join Wilder and Hollister as they celebrate and evaluate the new Amazon Prime series, A League of Their Own. Hollister takes us back to...

Whenever I’m asked my favorite feminist Disney character, I don’t waver. “Why, it’s Cruella de Vil,” I reply without hesitation. I was 8...

Recommended by so many and for such good reason. "One of the best series ever,” sang Hollister. Wilder is right there with her. They...

In the 1970s, young Gru tries to join a group of supervillains called the Vicious 6 after they oust their leader -- the legendary fighter...

Loot is a satire about the billionaire sector, but with some twists and turns that make it actually helpful, according to Hollister....

Cha Cha Real Smooth, with Dakota Johnson, who according to Hollister has one speed - ‘coy,’ is described by Wilder as ’sweet’ and...

Sean Penn makes an all-in-the-family film with both his daughter, Dylan, and son, Hopper - one that he first read and shared with Dylan,...

"Is it an age thing?" queries Hollister a number of times to Wilder during the review. Either way, so many points of view around so many...

Hollister and Wilder feel the need for speed and want to alert you all that there are spoilers in our review this week. Hollister is not a C

Hollister can’t stop crying after watching The Valet, and had no idea that the Euginio Derbez, who hurt her heart in The Valet, also...

The Mormon Church's secrets exposed. A murder in the eighties. Mormon Fundamentalists meets the power of the Mormon Church dedicated to...

Hollister and Wilder come to blows over The Offer but agree on the fine work done by all in The Outfit. Think Mafia, but know that the...

Hollister and Wilder talk about two series this week; Gaslit with Julia Roberts and The First Lady with Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer...

Hollister and Wilder come to blows about the worth of Anatomy of a Scandal, as well as the way it was made. Don't miss it, and according...

Hollister and Wilder finally agree, and not only do they agree, they are singing the praises of what could be one of the finest series...

Abbott Elementary Review: Hollister and Wilder rave about ABC's Mockumentary "Abbott Elementary" because sometimes watching television...

Is Coda unique or just another remake of girl lives in dysfunctional family, meets fabulous boy and ends up with a groundbreaking try out...