Off Screen Death
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA podcast about all the things we must do before the inevitable. Mostly watching movies. However one host intends to use that time wisely by looking at respected lists of curation from the likes of Sight And Sound or the AFI's Top 100. Meanwhile the other watches a lot of STARZ.
Really. An unreasonable amount of STARZ. And yet he heroically finds the time to podcast. Before he dies. This is OFF SCREEN DEATH.
Hosted by Michael Denniston and David Giannini.
Artwork by Nathan Thomas Milliner.
Music by Joplin Rice.
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Episodes
The Greatest Years in Film: THE GODFATHER PART II (1974 #1)
March 13, 2024 07:30 - 36 minutes - 16.9 MBWe double down on Oscars week just like that hack Coppola did for the Academy in 1974. Or something like that. We struggle to say anything unkind about Sofia Coppola's father in his repeat performance for THE GODFATHER saga (that can wait for Part 3) but we do our best to separate this film from the rest in the series as it is now the first film representing 1974 in our series on The Greatest Years in Film. I hope everything above comes across as pretentious as it did in my dreams. Enjoy a...
The Greatest Years in Film: THE ROARING TWENTIES (1939 #1)
March 06, 2024 08:30 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MBMarch Madness of cinema starts with Cagney and Bogart! Start a journey of OUR (and HISTORY's!) top ten lists from The Greatest Years in Film as we will spend the rest of 2024 on the 85th, 50th, 30th and 25th anniversaries of the films of 1939, 1974, 1994 and 1999. For the first month we will be discussing THE GODFATHER: PART TWO, HOOP DREAMS and 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (yes really.) But for now it's Cagney, Bogart and booze. The glory days of moviegoing! Support what we do on Patreon wi...
On the Rocks and Priscilla (Sofia Coppola #7 and #8)
February 21, 2024 08:35 - 43 minutes - 19.9 MBA Podcast Directed By... The Reunion. Getting the band back together... or at least the old band name (The One-ders?) as we present a NEW Sofia Coppola episode as thankfully she kept making movies after getting the career push she needed on our old podcast A PODCAST DIRECTED BY. We talk mainly ON THE ROCKS and a little bit about the icky-ness of PRISCILLA before one host attacks Martin Scorsese and defends women while the other sits on his hands. Enjoy! Support what we do on Patreon with e...
The Beguiled (Sofia Coppola #6)
December 24, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour - 31.1 MBTo create... one must syndicate. At our advanced age (when we are not falling asleep or contemplating our own mortality) we can look back with reverence (bitterness) at our misspent youth. What that means for you, dear listener, is a plan of action that requires a couple of months of inaction. Episodes looking back at the films of Sofia Coppola... which also is a look back at our previous podcast A PODCAST DIRECTED BY. However... not only will we revisit those episodes but also the work th...
Somewhere and The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola #4 and #5)
December 13, 2023 13:29 - 1 hour - 37.4 MBTo create one must syndicate. At our advanced age (when we are not falling asleep or contemplating our own mortality) we can look back with reverence (bitterness) at our misspent youth. What that means for you, dear listener, is a plan of action that requires a couple of months of inaction. Episodes looking back at the films of Sofia Coppola... which also is a look back at our previous podcast A PODCAST DIRECTED BY. However... not only will we revisit those episodes but also the work that ...
Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola #3)
November 29, 2023 00:16 - 41 minutes - 19.3 MBTo create... one must syndicate. At our advanced age (when we are not falling asleep or contemplating our own mortality) we can look back with reverence (bitterness) at our misspent youth. What that means for you, dear listener, is a plan of action that requires a couple of months of inaction. Episodes looking back at the films of Sofia Coppola... which also is a look back at our previous podcast A PODCAST DIRECTED BY. However... not only will we revisit those episodes but also the work th...
Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola #2)
November 22, 2023 14:43 - 41 minutes - 18.9 MBTo create... one must syndicate. At our advanced age (when we are not falling asleep or contemplating our own mortality) we can look back with reverence (bitterness) at our misspent youth. What that means for you, dear listener, is a plan of action that requires a couple of months of inaction. Episodes looking back at the films of Sofia Coppola... which also is a look back at our previous podcast A PODCAST DIRECTED BY. However... not only will we revisit those episodes but also the work th...
The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola #1)
November 16, 2023 23:11 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBTo create... one must syndicate. At our advanced age (when we are not falling asleep or contemplating our own mortality) we can look back with reverence (bitterness) at our misspent youth. What that means for you, dear listener, is a plan of action that requires a couple of months of inaction. Episodes looking back at the films of Sofia Coppola... which also is a look back at our previous podcast A PODCAST DIRECTED BY. However... not only will we revisit those episodes but also the work th...
Intro to Sofia Coppola and 2024 Plans!
November 10, 2023 00:19 - 31 minutes - 14.7 MBTo create... one must syndicate. At our advanced age (when we are not falling asleep or contemplating our own mortality) we can look back with reverence (bitterness) at our misspent youth. What that means for you, dear listener, is a plan of action that requires a couple of months of inaction. Episodes looking back at the films of Sofia Coppola... which also is a look back at our previous podcast A PODCAST DIRECTED BY. However... not only will we revisit those episodes but also the work th...
Bottoms (The Next List #3)
September 18, 2023 19:43 - 36 minutes - 16.7 MBThe quest for another SUPERBAD continues but we are all just old now. At least that's what we tell ourselves. But not YOU, dear listener. You are young. You are hip. On the cutting edge of podcast listening. For you are listening to OFF SCREEN DEATH and our episode on the latest "hit" comedy BOTTOMS. We liked it! We just don't like the state of theatrical comedy. It's sad. As are we. But not you! Support what we do on Patreon with early access and bonus episodes covering the countdown to C...
Larry Crowne (RT 37%)
September 04, 2023 18:55 - 50 minutes - 23.4 MBOne host is schooled by the charms of Tom Hanks butt shots. The other was already well educated in the greatness in LARRY CROWNE but if you missed it in 2011 OR even if you didn't and are pining for that definitive commentary track... here's a podcast on the Julia Roberts and Pam Grier buddy comedy. The few (and I do mean few) ideas we have for improvement on Mr. Hanks second time in the director's chair: Speaking of Ms. Grier why is there not a buddy comedy pairing with Judy Greer as THE ...
Patreon Preview of Five Star Christmas (Xmas Kills Us #2)
August 28, 2023 15:59 - 7 minutes - 3.55 MBIf you can't remove all memories of your children and take the death leap into late stage capitalism when would be the appropriate time? He's not the real David Puddy and there are no little Elaine kicks but there is an AWFUL LOT of information about sassafras candy canes... as well as a candy store heist as a romantic grand gesture but it's mostly deceit and horniness in our second episode of CHRISTMAS KILLS US! Enjoy Christmas with us ALL YEAR LONG Instagram/Threads/Twitter: @xmaskillus...
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (The Next List #2)
August 21, 2023 07:30 - 36 minutes - 16.6 MBNot enough people watched Dracula 2023... ...and so now everyone (including your favorite podcast hosts) will suffer with a future episode on DRACULA 2000. But until that cursed day we talk around the spoilers for what most will watch soon on video on demand platforms (or not!) and then we debate if one can spoil a film based on one chapter in the middle of Bram Stoker's Dracula? Apparently in international territories the title of this film lost the LAST part of the voyage but gave the Co...
Two Night Stand (RT 38%)
August 14, 2023 07:30 - 37 minutes - 17.4 MBTwo nights and three watches with the charming Miles Teller. And perhaps the more generally accepted charms of a dancing Lio Tipton in the little discussed (except for in one host's mind) TWO NIGHT STAND from the lineage that brought you THE GRADUATE and WOLF. When are we going to do an episode on Jack Nicholson urinating on James Spader by the way? Perhaps October??? Anyway ON THIS EPISODE we discuss the button combinations one must hit to perform a sexual finishing move on one's partner...
Bonnie and Clyde (AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies #27)
August 07, 2023 07:30 - 33 minutes - 15.5 MBA case of the old impotence. When you are Warren Beatty even the charms of Faye Dunaway are not enough and while us MERE MORTALS may not be able to understand his plight.... we have Gene Hackman to represent us everymen in the classic BONNIE AND CLYDE. Forever looking forty and forever in our hearts. Never impotent! Support what we do on Patreon with early access and bonus episodes covering the countdown to Christmas! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/Spotify/Google Podcasts/Amazon Music Threa...
Patreon Preview of The Christmas Promise (Xmas Kills Us #1)
July 31, 2023 15:30 - 9 minutes - 4.37 MBThe infinite Christmas Countdown begins here with a cupcake to your face. One can't let July go by without a little Christmas which involves running out for ice for an Ugly Christmas Sweater party and DYING and later haunting your fiancee (but not really) over text as she watches another man smash his face with a Christmas cupcake. That's what July is all about. This is Xmas Kills Us: Part One of Forever. Support this endeavor to the death at our Patreon. Instagram/Threads/Twitter: @xmask...
Barbie (Barbenheimer 2 of 2)
July 28, 2023 12:25 - 40 minutes - 18.5 MBRelease the Snyder Cut jokes. That is one of many of the charming qualities of Greta Gerwig's BARBIE along with other universal treasures. Such as! Ryan Gosling going full CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. As much of the color pink as your eyeballs can take (and take those IMAX screens back from that grump, Nolan.) At one point there is a merman. (Maybe that's just one of the show note author's universal treasures.) However no film is perfect and one host doesn't much care for how the production of ...
Oppenheimer (Barbenheimer 1 of 2)
July 25, 2023 13:06 - 36 minutes - 17 MBWe didn't get TENET 2 but we got bald Iron Man. And now with yet another rousing success from the Nolanverse expect 28 YEARS LATER as the franchise victory lap. Which could also be improved with another pairing with Florence Pugh, Mr. Peaky Blinders. But what wouldn't? What can not be improved (if you listen to the critics and not this podcast, shameful) is OPPENHEIMER. Although one host tries his best to do so by going to the only film preservation society one needs: Peacock. Enjoy! Supp...
The Seven Year Itch (AFI #51 100 Years... 100 Laughs)
July 13, 2023 16:35 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBBilly Wilder is compared to the comic stylings of Ace Ventura. Which is just the start of our apology tour from your hosts as they get back to the greatest comedic director of all time. And one that introduces a good bit of sex into his now classic comedies. No Sean Young. Which in some respects is better. And in others... much worse. STILL there's Marilyn Monroe who bring her iconic imagery to life for most of us as we figure out the plot behind that particular picture. It was fun researc...
Past Lives (The Next List #1)
July 07, 2023 07:30 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MBWill PAST LIVES make the Sight & Sound 2032 list? Who knows?! For one host is hoping he will be dead by then and the other tries to talk him out of such dark thoughts by quoting the wisdom of Ethan Hawke. That and plenty more references to the BEFORE trilogy in a PAST LIVES discussion dominated by the what-ifs of film festival darlings such as something starring Anton Yelchin and a Star Wars Englishwoman over a decade ago (spoiler alert: the clicking sounds is one host looking this up) and ...
The American (RT 65%)
July 04, 2023 14:41 - 34 minutes - 15.6 MBHappy Fourth of July! To celebrate all that is America we present to you: George Clooney (a Kentuckian at that!) Big asses (no matter that state they are great!) And a picnic (between people who want to kill each other!) Also with the numbers dwindling on this podcast we threaten our remaining listeners by switching from the Sight and Sound list of the greatest films ever made to... every hobbit movie ever made on the IMDb Top 250. Download this episode many times to stop this madness a...
Overnight with Hearts of Darkness (#1 & #2 in Filmmaking Ego)
June 23, 2023 07:30 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBA wine maker compared to a beer pitchman from THE SIMPSONS... ...we think Francis Ford Coppola would be okay (ONLY in that context) of being paired with Troy Duffy of THE BOONDOCK SAINTS fame. In this episode both director's have a bout of madness with the promise of all of the toys in the sandbox being at their disposal. In HEARTS OF DARKNESS we see how the classic APOCALYPSE NOW came to be... though it didn't always look like it would. And in OVERNIGHT we get to point and laugh at the bul...
John Wick: Chapter 4 (#1 Wick for the Critics)
May 30, 2023 16:33 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MBOne host gets married and decides to travel the globe like Keanu. Maybe not exactly like Mr. Reeves does in the new release JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 but mostly the same. (In his mind.) We play a little would you rather starting with Charles Bronson leading into Arnold in his COMMANDO days and debating on if we should chuck our format and just watch more Keanu in SPEED next week. The correct answer is alway SPEED so stick around to see what we film we punish ourselves (and you the listener) wit...
Black Girl (Sight and Sound #98)
March 25, 2023 16:28 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBThis is not a happy story, it's probably Dave's fault. Actually, it’s because of Sight and Sound and their ridiculous list. We had no choice, except not to do a podcast, and good luck getting that to happen. We take a look at a movie that one of us owns (nerd) but neither of us have seen. This one gets a little serious when talking about representation and streaming, but we manage to still keep it light. After all, Mike is apparently the eponymous Black Girl. Who knew? Join us as we talk ...
Patreon Preview for A MONTH OF MOVIES (February 2023)
March 11, 2023 14:48 - 9 minutes - 4.37 MBA month when Kentucky beat Kang and Drax... ...but not MAGIC MIKE. Which is an understandable L to take. Especially with Steven Soderbergh and Salma Hayek along for the LAST DANCE. But before we get to that spectacle we make fun of Marvel's visual effects, defend M. Night Shyamalan's THE VILLAGE and think that Californians should pick up a book. To hear all of these charming complaints give us a buck (just one dollar, people) and support us on Patreon along with other material from the mov...
The Shop Around the Corner (AFI #28 100 Years... 100 Passions)
February 23, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 15.5 MBDave attempts to give Mike a Valentine's Day gift better than two Gwyneth Paltrows... We do not get emails on ancient computers, but we do get star crossed lovers, workplace drama that Michael Scott would be proud of, and…suicide. Again, Dave? Ok ignore the suicide attempt, this is actually a very sweet movie, minus the mean spirited fat phobia. Bonus in this episode, there are no ugly Englishman, just underweight Jimmy Stewart and the Enemies of Judy. Just listen, you’ll get it. Support...
Sliding Doors (RT 65%)
February 16, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes - 16 MBThe Sight & Sound was wrong draft relies on Englishmen... ...and we realize that by the late nineties that Hugh Grant was not walking through that door every time. If only Gwyneth Paltrow could learn that lesson quicker as we travel with her in a romcom multiverse that somehow manages to be more depressing than Bill Murray in GROUNDHOG DAY. And the men less sexually appealing than Stephen Tobolowsky. Who admittedly is a hard man to beat in that category. Alas... we are stuck with THE MUMMY...
The General (Sight and Sound #99)
February 10, 2023 00:46 - 31 minutes - 14.6 MBWe delve deeper into Sight and Sound... this time with no sound. Well, kind of. Dave and Mike manage to compare one of the gems of silent film to both Avatar and Mean Streets. But they also talk about silent films in general and how unfair it is to compare. However, it’s no Terminator 2. Life can be difficult for action filmmakers (keep an ear out for William Friedkin in this episode) but nowhere near as hard as Buster Keaton had it on this gigantic chase sequence. Support what we do on...
The Verdict (AFI #75 100 Years... 100 Cheers)
February 02, 2023 08:00 - 39 minutes - 18.2 MBDavid Mamet sure knows how to write an ending... ... even if they don't really use it. But, BUT... there is one of the greatest final speeches in the history of film and that is why one host picked this as his first selection in the Sight & Sound Was Wrong draft. Even though he didn't know it yet. For he hadn't seen the movie. And his co-host had. But he didn't trust him, Naturally. Put your trust in Paul Newman's greatest performance as he boozes, has one-sided fisticuffs with Charlo...
The Group (RT 67%)
January 26, 2023 08:00 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBWith the first selection in the SIGHT & SOUND Was Wrong draft... ...one can't go wrong with Sidney Lumet and Murphy Brown, right? RIGHT? Well here at OFF SCREEN DEATH we can as we admit to being befuddled by the sheer amount of women on screen. And all of their majors! And hopes! And dreams! It's like dating in college again. Which is to say mostly miserable. Enjoy the show as we stake our two dudes on a movie podcast claim to the 1966 film THE GROUP! Support what we do on Patreon with e...
Get Out (Sight and Sound #100)
January 12, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBWe dive into the 2022 Sight and Sound list and find ourselves in The Sunken Place. Not really. Although maybe it would be The Sunken Place of Film Twitter if Twitter was still a thing. Thankfully at the start of this ten year project (!) we all seem to be in agreement that Jordan Peele's GET OUT will not only make the 2032 list but will be cracking the top 100 of cinema decades from now. And while one host tries to maintain the sense of decorum for this show as we choose to focus on one lis...
Sex Tape (RT 16%)
January 08, 2023 15:33 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBThis episode ends with Aubrey Plaza mommy talk. So you have that to look forward to. Before we get there though we talk about "mommy porn" as it relates to Kindles (yes) and if an excessive amount of body hair would allow us to take Jason Segal more seriously in sexual situations (not really.) These hard hitting topics required a guest as one host brings along his fiancee to hate watch the 2014 comedy hit SEX TAPE. A lot of sighing takes place. And not the kind Cameron Diaz and company wer...
Spencer (#2 Christmas Movie Behind Ron Howard's Grinch)
December 22, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes - 15 MB"It's a historical fantasia, a claustrophobic thriller and a dark comedy of manners, all poised on a knife's edge between tabloid trash and high art." Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times presumably would say the same thing about OFF SCREEN DEATH so we find ourselves in good company with Kristen Stewart in SPENCER. That's about the only comfort we can take away from this bit of holiday joy that has us questioning where this one will sit in the DIE HARD pantheon of Christmas movies. Certain...
Aquaman (RT 65%)
December 15, 2022 08:00 - 16.9 MB"The dumb parts of the movie are the best parts of the movie. I wish it had leaned into being more dumb." We here at OFF SCREEN DEATH thought James Wan's AQUAMAN was plenty dumb, Amy Nicholson. PLENTY DUMB. And we had a good time with it. Along the way Dave longs for Nicole Kidman (reasonable) and claims Venom as the one comic book character he would aspire to be (questionable) while Mike is complaining about Amber Heard... but just the shade of red they use for her wig. That's it, interne...
Grumpier Old Men (RT 17%)
October 19, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 17 MB"This is, of course, a big-screen sitcom, and in fact I would love to see this material transplanted to the TV screen, where it belongs." We use the words of the great Roger Ebert against him as a discussion on GRUMPIER OLD MEN leads into the effect of seeing something like DUNE on one's television at home. This has nothing to do with the fact that this episode is a year late NOR that perhaps technical difficulties delayed our recording of ANOTHER GREAT SEX COMEDY... 2014's SEX TAPE. And y...
Hush (Mike Flanagan's #1... except for Doctor Sleep)
October 06, 2022 23:02 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MB"HUSH is probably the best home invasion film since Adam Wingard's YOU'RE NEXT." Shikhar Verma of High On Films is not exactly effusive in their praise, but we still agree. Also, HUSH is much better than WAIT UNTIL DARK (sorry, Audrey). We talk mean spirited movies, representation battles, and somehow, yet again, redheads. This is definitely MIke’s fault. Despite this, we make short jokes, talk horror, and complain about Legolas. Just listen. Please? Support what we do on Patreon with ...
Wait Until Dark (AFI #55 100 Years... 100 Thrills)
September 28, 2022 07:00 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MB"This 1967 thriller draws its effectiveness less from the intelligence of the direction (by Terence Young) than from the unbridled sadism of the concept." We think Dave Kehr of The Chicago Reader was a little mean to our director, but that doesn’t mean we liked WAIT UNTIL DARK. Mike has finally watched an Audrey Hepburn performance and he is filled with deep regret. Dave should have recommended CHARADE instead. Or again, don’t use TV Guide to pick a movie. Despite these obstacles, we talk...
Welcome Home (RT 10%)
September 16, 2022 07:00 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MB"Once the buzz from the ending fades, you may find yourself resenting WELCOME HOME for not figuring out that it could've been a classic until it was too late to be one." Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com perhaps had more confidence in the monthly selection of STARZ than we did but we aspire to get to that level of film enthusiasm. Especially for this reverse home invasion movie which has your hosts welcoming each other back to podcasting with text messages that went without a response, mo...
Away We Go (RT 67%)
May 26, 2022 12:05 - 40 minutes - 18.5 MB"Navel-gazing malarkey." Keith Ulich of Time Out cuts right to the chase for any octogenarian who has been sitting on Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski's parenting adventures in AWAY WE GO for thirteen years. Thankfully, we know our demo and are here to correct assertions such as this one from Deborah Ross of The Spectator: "It's sweet, I suppose, but it's also oddly inconsequential, fake and annoying." Well so is this podcast, Deb. So is this podcast. Support what we do on Patreon with ea...
Sophie's Choice (Sophie's 1 of 2)
May 25, 2022 12:05 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MB"SOPHIE'S CHOICE is a rare film, literate, deeply moving, and gifted with an absolutely awe-inspire it performance by Meryl Streep." Bob Thomas of the Associated Press really comes out swinging and he should probably calm down. We all agree that Meryl is great, but the rest of the movie... not so much. "The way Streep inhabits Sophie, and brings her history to life whether she's explicitly talking about the past or carrying herself across the room with wounded grace, can't help but make pa...
Mamma Mia! (RT 55%)
May 24, 2022 12:05 - 37 minutes - 17.1 MB"A sage once advised being wary of movies in which the people on screen are having more fun than the people in the audience. MAMMA MIA, was that good advice." Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times is a bit of a fuddy duddy when it comes to Meryl Streep dancing with her ladies and having sex with a few men in this jukebox musical... and no, one hose didn't know what that term was but he immediately imagines a similar adaptation of GOOD WILL HUNTING with the musings of Elliot Smith. Pretty ...
Parallel Mothers (Dave's #1 Movie of 2021)
May 23, 2022 12:04 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MB"Alas, it is Almodovar in my least favorite mode: As the man who crafts soap-operatic excuses for actresses like Cruz to weep at length." Dennis Harvey of 48 Hills, like many critics in history, gets it absolutely wrong. Yes, we agree that there are soap opera dynamics at play here, but in our (MUCH BETTER) opinion, Cruz acts admirably and downright calm, as opposed to “weeping at length. “Parallel Mothers is a movie of infinite tenderness, that rare ode to motherhood that acknowledges mo...
Everybody Wants Some!! (Mike's #1 Movie of 2016)
April 30, 2022 21:27 - 37 minutes - 17.1 MB"As small and specific as it is, EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! feels improbably expansive, even universal. As Jake's endless Friday night turns into the inevitable Monday morning, it turns out that his lost weekend was all about being found." Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post gets it and gets us. Mike and Dave finally get to talk about one of the great hangout movies of all time, from the master of the genre, Richard Linklater. “It's as if Linklater is bound by a bro code that obliges him to p...
The Slugger's Wife (RT 0%)
April 29, 2022 21:13 - 44 minutes - 20.6 MB"Simon's not in a lighthearted mood, and so the silliness of the story gets bogged down in all sorts of gloomy neuroses, angry denunciations, and painful self-analysis." Sounds like Roger Ebert is ALSO not in a lighthearted mood as he watched Neil Simon and Hal Ashby's THE SLUGGER'S WIFE. Neither were we. BUT THEN... the pathetic antics of our toxic romantic lead just keep going and one host became charmed. The other can never be charmed and his name is Dave. Enjoy Michael O'Keefe unbelie...
Bull Durham (1001 Film #804)
April 28, 2022 21:41 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MB"Bull Durham is a treasure of a movie because it knows so much about baseball and so little about love." Roger Ebert, who apparently has no faith in humanity, still finds a way to give Bull Durham a positive review. We, at Off Screen Death, have a bit more hope but still enjoyed the same things that he did. “The acting in Bull Durham cannot be faulted and should be remembered at Oscar time. Sarandon has one of the juiciest female roles in years and she makes you think no one could play it...
How Do You Know (RT 31%)
April 27, 2022 21:27 - 36 minutes - 17.9 MBGive us all the movie stars in an expensive romcom and we still want more Kathryn Hahn. That's just one of the many complaints from one co-host as we celebrate the return of baseball this April with our own list of the sport as featured in film. "Instead of juicing it up with jokes, Brooks has inadvertently given us another story of the American condition, which is that of absolute and incorrigible self-centredness" was the take from Anthony Quinn of the Independent. And while not wrong... ...
House of Gucci (2022 Oscars #1 Snub)
April 01, 2022 00:52 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MB"It's a long and poorly paced and plays too loose with the facts. Oh well!" "The bonkers true story that chronicles the unraveling of the Italian fashion empire is also first-class frothy and fun entertainment.” This is from Mara Reinstein of US Weekly, but it might as well be from Mike. Whatever, who cares? It’s fun and dumb! “House of Gucci isn't aggressively bad, but it is undeniably tedious, threadbare, and unengaging.” Yes, Richard Whittaker of the Austin Chronicle! Dave agrees, eit...
The Batman (RT 86%)
March 10, 2022 13:16 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MB"We deserved it. I mean, if you get a pummeling, you deserved it. But isn't it wonderful to remember a time that America was once so innocent that all we had to worry about was the next Batman movie?" - Joel Schumacher Are we really wasting another weekend on a new release? Well it’s Batman (excuse me, THE BATMAN) and the whole world is watching so what do you expect? Your regular hosts, plus Derek, host of The Grand Gesture and Your List, My Command (kind of) joins the fray. It’s strange,...
Marry Me (RT 60%)
March 01, 2022 10:00 - 35 minutes - 16.1 MB"The corpse of Notting Hill is reanimated, frightfully, in this star-crossed rom-com about love across the fame divide." Kevin Maher of The Times certainly seems to be a fan of that Julia Robert/Hugh Grant classic. Or at least very defensive about it. So are we! Which is why we feel slightly bad picking on Owen Wilson's battle between his youthful screen persona and the natural aging process in the new Peacock release (God, help us) MARRY ME. So we attempt to find a better romcom in his fil...
JFK (1001 Movies #864)
February 22, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MB"Stone's film is hypnotically watchable. Leaving aside all of its drama and emotion, it is a masterpiece of film assembly." Once again, Roger Ebert states succinctly what it takes podcasters near an hour to say, repeatedly. But yes, we agree with Roger. JFK is Oliver Stone’s one absolute masterpiece. And indeed, it is a movie you (and we) should watch (or rewatch) before you die. True to our usual selves, we also rate Kevin Costner’s attractiveness in one moment and seriously discuss why no...