Back Row Seating
82 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsColin is a dude, and That Colin Dude loves chatting while watching movies; and, as it turns out, this includes chatting to nobody in particular when watching stuff alone! Why not tag along and join the fun? Don't worry, we're in the back row; we're not gonna bother anyone!
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Belle / Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime (2021)
March 27, 2022 03:25 - 2 hours - 171 MBOriginal Title: 竜とそばかすの姫 Directed by: Mamoru Hosoda I've been waiting for this film for quite some years, and after catching it in theaters, I have quite a lot to say about it! We've already checked out one of Hosoda's previous film, Summer Wars, but many are calling his latest film his magnum opus. Do I agree? and where does it rank on my all-time list of Hosoda flicks? Spoiler alert: the music is phenomenal, and the visuals are otherworldly. Let's ascend to the world of U, and experien...
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
March 17, 2022 23:26 - 1 hour - 125 MBWith Moon Knight on the horizon, best to re-acquaint myself with one of my favorite Oscar Isaac roles, and perhaps his first that I ever had the opportunity to see! Not only is the acting good, but this is a Coen Brothers film, so expect plenty of dark humor, wonderful cinematography, and a cat- oh, and plenty of folk music, because this will be a watershed moment in your musical tastes.
Turning Red (2022)
March 13, 2022 20:25 - 1 hour - 137 MBRed pandas are wonderful, cute, adorable, fun, hormonal, confusing, and a natural part of growing up. This film seeks to explore that, so we will also explore such things! I've been excited for this movie for a while, not just because of cuteness, but also the representation of an Chinese-Canadian story being told through the lens of Domee Shi, who must be in my peer group because I'm seeing shades of my own childhood and growing up learning how to tame the panda. Hopefully my excitement is ...
WALL-E (2008)
March 01, 2022 00:20 - 1 hour - 136 MBMy list of favorite Pixar films is rather short; however, the films that top the list are in heavy contention with one another. Although, WALL-E has a definitive step ahead in that it's just about art in its presentation of an animated film- and it doesn't even have dialogue for nearly half the film! So let's re-watch it and check back in on this childhood classic of mine; I can't imagine I'll think any less of it: I mean, it has clobberin' robots, TLC show premises, baller moves, M-O!, "Fee...
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) feat. Fusionfall84
February 23, 2022 02:07 - 1 hour - 124 MBAustin 'Danger' Powers has arrived! and Fusionfall84 is here to meet him for the first time! I've been watching these films since I was a child, when much of the humor resonated with me, but how will a grown man of the Swedish persuasion enjoy it? I mean, why wouldn't he like it? It has random tasks, miniature factories, lucky charms, Burt Bacharach, Carrie Fischer, and Swedish-made enlarger pumps! ...oh wait. Check Out the Audio Guide on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vokPGjQ5NUM
Titan A.E. (2000)
February 18, 2022 23:32 - 1 hour - 127 MBYooo! Let's relive one of my childhood favorites! Part action, part adventure, and all alt rock space opera, this film was rather instrumental to my storytelling brain even back when I was eight or nine years old, but does it stand up to modern scrutiny? Known mostly as the film that canned Fox's Animation Studios, it was a commercial failure at its time, but certainly it deserves more, right? I mean, it has badass women, father-son bonding rock numbers between non-father-son dudes, Bob, all...
The King's Daughter (2022)
February 17, 2022 00:59 - 1 hour - 122 MBI've been waiting for this movie for years, no kidding; praying that it would be the next kingpin of "so bad, it's good", a schlock-fest of unimaginable proportions! but is that truly the case? Stuck since 2014 in development hell, this movie is tied to so many production companies that, surely, it must be good with that brain-trust of companies attached to it! I mean, it has long-haired Pierce, creepypasta CGI characters, love gazebos, odd diving postures, evil atheist doctors who draw thei...
The 400 Blows (1959)
February 07, 2022 21:56 - 1 hour - 144 MBWe continue our backwards stroll through the cultural phenomenon of the New Wave cinema! this time perusing the first of the French New Wave films, Truffaut's 'The 400 Blows', or Les Quatre Cents Coups, for everybody who's aware of the awkward translation of the title. We will explore that, along with amazing jump cuts, delinquent children, police officers condoning child abuse, Parisian affairs, g-forces, five-year-old girls in cages, and jailbreaks!
The 400 Blows / Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959)
February 07, 2022 21:56 - 1 hour - 144 MBWe continue our backwards stroll through the cultural phenomenon of the New Wave cinema! this time perusing the first of the French New Wave films, Truffaut's 'The 400 Blows', or Les Quatre Cents Coups, for everybody who's aware of the awkward translation of the title. We will explore that, along with amazing jump cuts, delinquent children, police officers condoning child abuse, Parisian affairs, g-forces, five-year-old girls in cages, and jailbreaks!
My Dog Skip (2000)
February 04, 2022 03:53 - 1 hour - 127 MBSo I didn't watch Old Yeller as a kid, I didn't watch Lassie, I watched the Malcolm in the Middle kid in Yazoo, Mississippi! One of my favorite things is to re-watch films from my childhood to see how good or bad they really were, so we're going to start with a childhood favorite of mine. Alcoholism, animal abuse, PTSD, segregation, kids putting the moves on each other, doggy wingmen- what doesn't this film have?!
Encanto (2021) feat. Fusionfall84
January 15, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBThe memes are in! and both Fusion and I are excited to not talk about Bruno! But seriously, I've heard great things about Disney's new flick, and now's as good a time as any to check it out! Will it be a musical? Most assuredly. But Fusion doesn't need to know that ;) -Check Out the Video Guide!- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IdXPCU4AOw
Kimi no Na wa / Your Name (2016)
December 05, 2021 12:22 - 1 hour - 151 MB'Belle' is coming next month! so to get into the spirit, let's watch an anime film! However, the work of Hosoda has already been featured, so let's dive into my /other/ favorite anime film director! A beautifully-crafted film, it's easy to see where it garnered tremendous acclaim, regardless of any and all production quandaries that found the creators of the film to be rushed. Unfortunately, my only issues with the film stem from such producer-minded issues, but that doesn't mean that I don...
Your Name / Kimi no Na wa. (2016)
December 05, 2021 12:22 - 1 hour - 151 MB'Belle' is coming next month! so to get into the spirit, let's watch an anime film! However, the work of Hosoda has already been featured, so let's dive into my /other/ favorite anime film director! A beautifully-crafted film, it's easy to see where it garnered tremendous acclaim, regardless of any and all production quandaries that found the creators of the film to be rushed. Unfortunately, my only issues with the film stem from such producer-minded issues, but that doesn't mean that I don...
Train to Busan (2016)
October 14, 2021 02:41 - 1 hour - 108 MBKicking off the October slate of horror-related content, we turn our sights to the newly-targeted-by-the-Hollywood-Money-Grubbing-Machine intellectual property, Train to Busan! I had always wanted to check it out, and seeing how it's already being remade, I decided to get on down and boogie on this surprisingly action-packed feature! Check Out the Audio Guide on YouTube! https://youtu.be/i66_itq4jeU
Train to Busan / Busanhaeng (2016)
October 14, 2021 02:41 - 1 hour - 108 MBKicking off the October slate of horror-related content, we turn our sights to the newly-targeted-by-the-Hollywood-Money-Grubbing-Machine intellectual property, Train to Busan! I had always wanted to check it out, and seeing how it's already being remade, I decided to get on down and boogie on this surprisingly action-packed feature! Check Out the Audio Guide on YouTube! https://youtu.be/i66_itq4jeU
The Green Knight (2021)
September 21, 2021 00:53 - 2 hours - 118 MBWow! After an arduous set of years, highlighted by a pandemic-related mass exodus of films from their original release dates, one of my most anticipated films finally hit the big screen! I caught it in theaters and loved it, and while I was met with about as many questions as answers, we'll take a chance during this second showing to try and figure out some of those ambiguous moments that left us going, "Wow!", "Amazing!", or "Uhh..." Check out the video guide! https://youtu.be/lmmcr_-HP9E
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016) feat. Fusionfall84
August 29, 2021 02:26 - 1 hour - 106 MBFusionfall84 knows a lot of properties that I know little to nothing about. Let's explore another one! This time, it's a wholly computer-generated film set in the universe of Final Fantasy XV, a series I haven't brushed up on since FFX. Which begs the question: how well does this film work when viewed by non-fans of the series? How well is the universe and its rules demonstrated for somebody who is going in blind? Let's find out! Fusionfall's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/fusionf...
A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner (2011)
August 19, 2021 01:26 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBWe're gonna dive into this visual fever-dream of a made-for-TV movie wherein mommydom saves the day. What will the implications be for the expanded Fairly Odd Universe? Does true love only exist upon first kiss? Will writers start crafting jokes for once? How thin is Jason Alexander's wallet at any given time? Let's find out!
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) feat. Fusionfall84
August 12, 2021 04:12 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBLet us venture into the wild world of 1960's England! specifically the stories halls of the BBC, as we explore the origin story of Dr. Who! Fun fact: I know next to nothing about Dr. Who! Fortunately, Fusion knows a bunch about Dr. Who, so let us take this adventure together! Fusion's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/fusionfall84
The Suicide Squad (2021) feat. TheDreadedNeko
August 08, 2021 06:34 - 2 hours - 122 MBDemon's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeN-onY3HmBJZln6XQ_Xb5A In a world of remakes, why wait more than a couple years? Join Danow, a Marvel fanboy, and TheDreadedNeko, a DC fanboy, go into this film as blind as bats and enter into a world of good bois, bad boys, and really really crazy women. and John Cena, who's somewhere in the middle of all that with his CGI package. We're gonna need an assistant gaffer, 'cause #SebastianBestBoi
Tokyo Story (1953)
July 02, 2021 09:35 - 2 hours - 125 MBWhile I've been knee-deep in Japanese New Wave cinema, it's important to recognize, not only the socio-political and cultural norms that those filmmakers were railing against, but also the filmmaking theory that they were rebelling against as well. Enter Yasujirō Ozu and his masterpiece, which is largely indicative of a more conservative understanding of Japan than the New Wave masters were concerned with, least of which Shohei Imamura, who was a disciple of Ozu who worked on Tokyo Story as...
Tokyo Story / Tōkyō Monogatari (1953)
July 02, 2021 09:35 - 2 hours - 125 MBWhile I've been knee-deep in Japanese New Wave cinema, it's important to recognize, not only the socio-political and cultural norms that those filmmakers were railing against, but also the filmmaking theory that they were rebelling against as well. Enter Yasujirō Ozu and his masterpiece, which is largely indicative of a more conservative understanding of Japan than the New Wave masters were concerned with, least of which Shohei Imamura, who was a disciple of Ozu who worked on Tokyo Story as...
Wolfwalkers (2020)
May 29, 2021 01:20 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBAdvisory: Yes, this film is aimed at children, but this commentary is NOT. There is many a curse word tossed around, so please exercise caution if you're uncomfortable with that. Yo, let me tell you a story about, perhaps, the best animated film of 2020. The second half of this film is BALLER! But seriously, going into this film, I didn't know what to expect, and not only did this film circumnavigate so much of what I came to believe I had figured out, it did so in fantastic ways, and it's...
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
May 26, 2021 01:26 - 1 hour - 138 MBA new Disney film! I don't know what to expect going into this, but the visuals look neat enough, and- OH WOW, the water!
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
May 21, 2021 01:19 - 2 hours - 208 MBWhat do you get when you thrust a Grand Master florist with a burgeoning sociopolitical film movement in 1960's Japan? Most likely Hiroshi Teshigahara, who directed this allegorical film. I've heard many great things about it, some of it putting this into "best movie ever made" territory, but where will I stand after checking it out? I'm intrigued!
Woman in the Dunes / Suna no Onna (1964)
May 21, 2021 01:19 - 2 hours - 208 MBWhat do you get when you thrust a Grand Master florist with a burgeoning sociopolitical film movement in 1960's Japan? Most likely Hiroshi Teshigahara, who directed this allegorical film. I've heard many great things about it, some of it putting this into "best movie ever made" territory, but where will I stand after checking it out? I'm intrigued!
Summer Wars / Samā Wōzu (2009)
May 11, 2021 00:59 - 1 hour - 157 MBOne of my favorite animated films! The film so nice, Hosoda did it twice! which is severely reductive when he very much improved upon what he set out to do with Out War Game. In any case, this film has a lot of heart, it introduced me to city pop, and it's quite dear to me, so let's watch along and listen to me rant about it, for better or worse!
Summer Wars (2009)
May 11, 2021 00:59 - 1 hour - 157 MBOne of my favorite animated films! The film so nice, Hosoda did it twice! which is severely reductive when he very much improved upon what he set out to do with Out War Game. In any case, this film has a lot of heart, it introduced me to city pop, and it's quite dear to me, so let's watch along and listen to me rant about it, for better or worse!
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
May 01, 2021 09:28 - 2 hours - 127 MBWe're about to rummage through all the memes and check out Spider-Man 3 for the first time since I originally saw it in theaters. Does the mid-200s CGI hold up? Will Mary Jane become a consistent character? How old has James Franco gotten? Does sweet pickle beer taste good? SO MANY QUESTIONS! Background Music: 'Night on the Docks - Sax' by Kevin McLeod
Winter's Tale (2014)
April 25, 2021 06:07 - 1 hour - 103 MBI'm a hopeless romantic, and a fan of Russell Crowe. Little did I know that this would culminate in one wildly out-there adventure featuring the craziest scenes and cameos! Join me for this wild ride. Originally recorded on July 18, 2014.
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
April 25, 2021 05:52 - 2 hours - 116 MBThe saga continues in The Passion of the Peter!
Spider-Man (2002)
April 25, 2021 05:43 - 2 hours - 111 MBLet's take a romp through Sam Raimi's foray into superhero films! I'm legitimately excited to see Multiverse of Madness to gather just how much the MCU has affected, not only Raimi's, but the general public's perception of what a "superhero movie" is.