Trilogy in Theory
856 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsA month of movies meeting movies to form a good trilogy... in theory.
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Election (1999)
April 11, 2024 01:00 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MBThe Second Part in our Pressure of the Pedestal Trilogy We Pick Flick for the second part in this month's trilogy with Reese Witherspoon in a star-making performance (sorry, she was merely the fuddy-duddy in CRUEL INTENTIONS) in Alexander Payne's ELECTION. Competing with the likes of a young Chris Klein at the height of his himbo powers we discuss how this look at high school politics ages somewhat gracefully into middle age. However we still don't see ourselves in Matthew Broderick. Not n...
Rushmore (1998)
April 04, 2024 02:05 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBThe First Part in our Pressure of the Pedestal Trilogy In this episode we realize that WE... are the Max Fischer Players. God help us. And you! For we relive the glory days of our youth (and when we loved Wes Anderson) with 1998's RUSHMORE... as part of our look at the Best Movie Year Ever... of 1999. WHATEVER. We are very enthusiastic on this one! Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION! Follow along at our Patreon page as once a ...
Patreon Preview of Best Movie Year Ever: THE IRON GIANT
March 28, 2024 02:12 - 6 minutes - 3.12 MBIf you have a buck instead of a book you too can time travel with us back to 1999! Just two middle-aged men discussing the greatest Superman story to ever grace the silver screen as THE IRON GIANT graces the pages of our Movie Book Club in this chapter from the book BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER. by Brian Raftery!. To listen to the full episode please consider throwing us a buck (there is only one Patreon tier and it is a whopping ONE DOLLAR) to hear this and all of our bonus content. No pictures...
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
March 20, 2024 22:29 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MBThe Third Part in our Dealing with the Devil in 1997 Trilogy One host talks about what a GREAT ASS Connie Neilsen has and how Keanu Reeves has his head... ALL THE WAY UP IT. Or something to that effect. The other host presents a childhood memory of walking in on his parents watching THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE and we wrap up our dealings with the underworld by debating the merits of bringing about the antichrist or being forced to watch SPAWN again. It's not a tough choice. Enjoy! Catchup on las...
Event Horizon (1997)
March 13, 2024 21:13 - 34 minutes - 15.6 MBThe Second Part in our Dealing with the Devil in 1997 Trilogy Dr. Alan Grant is at it again and THIS TIME IN SPACE as continue dealing with the devil of 1997 with the release of EVENT HORIZON. For one host this a pleasant first time watch of unpleasantness while the other host remembers fondly the teenage musing in a Hot Topic on the sick cruelty that Morpheus is exposed to while simply doing his job. Also the audio commentary informed us that the producers found Joely Richardson very hot....
Spawn (1997)
March 06, 2024 22:36 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBThe First Part in our Dealing with the Devil in 1997 Trilogy So it's come to this. We (and perhaps you, dear listener) needed a reprieve from the year of cinema in 1999 and we find ourselves a mere two years prior... watching and discussing SPAWN? Blame the need for superhero silliness after the serious business of VARSITY BLUES for our current plight of watching lifeless action, in your face "politically incorrect" humor from John Leguizamo as a cross between Salacious Crumb and Jabba the ...
Patreon Preview of Best Movie Year Ever: VARSITY BLUES
February 28, 2024 22:06 - 6 minutes - 3.05 MBIf you have a buck instead of a book you too can time travel with us back to 1999! Just two guys attempting to relitigate the 2002 AFC Championship game and relive the moment Ali Larter walked out in a whipped cream bikini and Dawson was never the same. Neither was America as another "cult classic" box office hit in VARSITY BLUES graces the pages of our Movie Book Club in this chapter from the book BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER. by Brian Raftery!. To listen to the full episode please consider th...
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
February 21, 2024 08:30 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBThe Third Part in our Taming of the 1999 Shrew Trilogy One host finds Julia Stiles AND Heath Ledger insufferable while the other is more bothered by the supposed nice guy act of Joseph-Gordon Levitt. Which is to say that maybe middle aged men should not sit in judgement of the charms of teen romcom hits from their youth. They do however really dislike labeling 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU a "cult classic." On that we and the fanbase for this film can agree. And also Allison Janney. Always A...
Cruel Intentions (1999)
February 15, 2024 01:55 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MBThe Second Part in our Taming of the 1999 Shrew Trilogy One man faces down forty by watching CRUEL INTENTIONS for the first time. Then he moved on to the audio commentary track (which required finding a used DVD) AND THEN this man moved on to CRUEL INTENTIONS 2. Which was just a series of unaired television episodes continuing this porny universe starring a young Amy Adams. Still not satisfied he moves to a actual porn with a terribly titled adult film parody of this Sarah Michelle Gellar ...
She's All That (1999)
February 08, 2024 01:43 - 29 minutes - 13.3 MBThe First Part in our Taming of the 1999 Shrew Trilogy One host compares this early 1999 hit for the young adult crowd to the works of George Bernard Shaw and Spike Lee. Specifically Usher's appearance as the high school prom DJ as a callback to Samuel L. Jackson's work in DO THE RIGHT THING. It is at this point that I remind you that he has a very disagreeable cohost. Enjoy, if you can! Did we mention that you can get more of this in our Movie Book Club episodes on Patreon for BEST MOVIE...
Patreon Preview of Best Movie Year Ever: OFFICE SPACE & THE MATRIX
February 01, 2024 04:12 - 9 minutes - 4.42 MBIf you have a buck instead of a book you too can time travel with us back to 1999! Listen to us debate how taking the red pill has aged (yikes) in both a Mike Judge comedy and the Wachowskis very successfull attempt to never paint another house if you subscribe to our Patreon for the full episode on the book BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER. by Brian Raftery! Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION! Follow along at our Patreon page as once ...
Run Lola Run (1998)
January 24, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBThe Third Part in our Follow the Non-Linear 90s Trilogy The best way to educate young people in their pursuit of the German language is to watch Franks Potente run. And run some more. Preferably with cool red hair. That's about all that one host remembers from his high school foreign language class while the other host is still airing grievances about his father's lack of an opinion on THE MATRIX... but that's for next episode. Speaking of which subscribe to our Patreon as we read our 2024...
Go (1999)
January 18, 2024 01:56 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBThe Second Part in our Follow the Non-Linear 90s Trilogy Back in 1999 one host was trying to convince his buddies to go see John August and Doug Liman's GO instead of seeing THE MATRIX for a third time while the other lesser host was somehow privy to stars of the adult entertainment world... but had no respect for the work of Canadian great Sarah Polley. Thus begins yet another disagreement in the joys of youth. However we do agree that Jay Mohr would not make for a convincing drug dealer...
Following (1998)
January 10, 2024 08:30 - 27 minutes - 12.7 MBThe First Part in our Follow the Non-Linear 90s Trilogy Christopher Nolan is like a bad penny on this podcast which is to say that he's good for the numbers (or at least he used to be before we constantly negged him) but also manages to crash the first episode of a year where we will primarily focus on the film of 1999... with a film from 1998. Such is his immense talent! For his debut feature film FOLLOWING we try to create some distance from what would follow in his filmography but end u...
Patreon Preview of Best Movie Year Ever: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
January 03, 2024 08:30 - 10 minutes - 4.89 MBIf you have a buck instead of a book you too can time travel with us back to 1999! One host somehow avoided THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT until twenty-five years had passed and the other in his senile years is starting to blame this happy pop culture craze of his youth for the Snyderverse. Or something like that. At least a shot at JJ Abrams is taken if you subscribe to our Patreon for the full episode in our inaugural episode on the book BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER. by Brian Raftery! Enjoy and catc...
Intro to BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER.
December 31, 2023 18:39 - 4 minutes - 2.18 MBIf you have a buck instead of a book you too can time travel with us back to 1999! For 2024 our Movie Book Club episodes will be celebrating 25 years of the films of 1999 with Brian Raftery's BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER. Here's a small introduction of what our Patreon supporters will receive once a month as well as our subscribers on the made theme with some 99 specific themed trilogies! Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION! Follow ...
The Holdovers (2023)
December 26, 2023 02:08 - 31 minutes - 14.7 MBThe Third Part in our Stuck at School Trilogy Our 2023 holiday episode features an "instant Christmas classic" (if such a thing exists other than the mighty ELF) in Alexander Payne's THE HOLDOVERS. What does the future hold for this film in future shopping seasons? Repeated airings on Freeform? No! It will reside on Peacock! And thus we must promote it on our soapbox which often features the great work of the heartthrob of our time: Paul Giamatti. Merry Christmas! We hope you join us by su...
Patreon Preview of Cinema Speculation: THE FUNHOUSE
December 24, 2023 00:46 - 7 minutes - 3.64 MBIf you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to. Our final chapter on Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION is a simple story about a boy in a Frankenstein mask who meets an older lady over a romantic business transaction and the peeping tom teenagers who trespass in his shame for their own amusement. As do we. We hope you have enjoyed our 2023 Movie Book Club and return next year for a little trip to 1999! See you in that year. Enjoy! Enjoy and keep reading along wi...
Happy Death Day (2017)
December 22, 2023 02:26 - 25 minutes - 11.6 MBThe Second Part in our Stuck at School Trilogy In which revisiting HAPPY DEATH DAY (again and again) causes us to be both perplexed and increasingly distressed that star Jessica Rothe does not star in EVERYTHING after her charming (and farting) performance in this slasher comedy take on GROUNDHOG DAY. We are simple men with simple pleasures AS LONG AS those pleasures don't include the sci-fi sequel HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U. Enjoy! We hope you join us by supporting our Patreon Movie Book Club epi...
Patreon Preview of Cinema Speculation: HARDCORE
December 20, 2023 02:41 - 6 minutes - 2.93 MBIf you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to. We scout out the adult film talent with George C. Scott and get tickled. What else is there to say in these show notes? That's the podcast. Enjoy and keep reading along with us from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION! Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch the following films: Bullitt Dirty Harry Deliverance The Getaway The Outfit Sisters Daisy Miller...
Wonder Boys (2000)
December 17, 2023 13:54 - 26 minutes - 12.4 MBThe First Part in our Stuck at School Trilogy High above the mucky-muck, castle made of clouds There sits Tobey boy sitting oh so proudly Not much to say when you're high above the mucky-muck. I'd like to continue the show notes in such a fashion but it would be disrespectful to Curtis Hanson's impressive followup to the all-time classic L.A. CONFIDENTIAL. To do so he needed more than just one Wonder Boy by casting a great ensemble that includes Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr, Rip Tor...
Patreon Preview of Cinema Speculation: ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
December 13, 2023 13:02 - 8 minutes - 4.06 MBIf you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to. Even MORE practical knowledge is gained by reading Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation: if you are Clint Eastwood all you need is an accordion and some paper mache to break out of Alcatraz. And some other things too. What you don't need is one host being a killjoy. Did we mention that Mr. Eastwood is nude in the opening sequence of this film. QT does. We might as well respect the author and auteur's wishes and mention ...
Drive My Car (2021)
December 07, 2023 23:00 - 32 minutes - 15.3 MBThe Third Part in our Obsessed Behind the Wheel Trilogy We pat ourselves on the back for going with international cinema in our finale for this trilogy on drivers instead of THE OBVIOUS CHOICE of Mel Gibson in the Richer Donner classic CONSPIRACY THEORY. Look this is no PACIFIC HEIGHTS starring Michael Keaton episode. This one has crying! And driving! And then more crying! Also something called UNCLE VANYA. Enjoy! We hope you join us by supporting our Patreon Movie Book Club episodes and ...
Patreon Preview of Cinema Speculation: PARADISE ALLEY
December 05, 2023 23:01 - 4 minutes - 2.16 MBIf you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to. Finally some practical knowledge is gained by reading Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation: if you need a man you can count on in a brothel, Tommy Lee Jones is your guy. QT calls this the greatest combination of character study and action movie ever made and we try to keep up with his praise by praising a film where a man can't stand his wife and child. But more than that he can't stand someone taking away his wife and ...
Christine (1983)
November 29, 2023 01:40 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBThe Second Part in our Obsession Behind the Wheel Trilogy We get behind the wheel for the first time (!!) with a John Carpenter flick in the Stephen King film adaptation of CHRISTINE. One host is revisiting a favorite of his youth while his co-host was horrified at a small dorky teenager making out with a tall beautiful woman and in turn getting his best friend hurt during a football game. With good reason. This movie is truly a horrifying NEVER BEEN KISSED. Enjoy! We hope you join us by ...
Patreon Preview of Cinema Speculation: ROLLING THUNDER
November 16, 2023 23:19 - 5 minutes - 2.6 MBIf you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to. Finally some practical knowledge is gained by reading Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation: if you need a man you can count on in a brothel, Tommy Lee Jones is your guy. QT calls this the greatest combination of character study and action movie ever made and we try to keep up with his praise by praising a film where a man can't stand his wife and child. But more than that he can't stand someone taking away his wife and ...
Taxi Driver (1976) and Cinema Speculation!
November 13, 2023 00:00 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MBThe First Part in our Obsession Behind the Wheel Trilogy We tackle one of the Mt. Rushmore of college dorm room poster movies by throwing a book at those dumb kids for our episode on TAXI DRIVER. Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino to be precise as this is a FULL episode of what we've been covering all year long on our Patreon page. So... welcome all you cheapskates! But also please keep subscribing. Please. Is Travis Bickle an antihero like Wolverine (#TheMarvels) or just a big old d...
Patreon Preview of Cinema Speculation: DAISY MILLER
November 08, 2023 23:10 - 8 minutes - 3.85 MBIf you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to. We resume our reading of Quentin Tarantino's book of essays and this time it's the shortest chapter on Peter Bogdanovich's blissfully short DAISY MILLER. In keeping with the brevity of both the book and film to be discussed we have a brief chat providing a modest amount of sound and very little meaning. Will MOONLIGHTING vanquish polite society? Sure. Maybe. Does Cybill Shepherd have the same amount of moxie as Kate Winsl...
Alien: Covenant (2017)
October 26, 2023 02:05 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBThe Third Part of our Building a Better Monster Trilogy PROMETHEUS asked all the questions and answered none. So in the followup Sir Ridley Scott decided to give us some rather dumb answers. SUCH AS: Do androids desire a need for haircuts? Do mere humans need a commentary track to explain the clumsiness and pratfalls as the humans on screen fend off the Alien? And finally when did Russell from Stillwater become so trusting? We apologize for the short break but we return JUST IN TIME for...
The Prestige (2006)
September 08, 2023 00:56 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MBThe Second Part of our Building a Better Monster Trilogy We are back to talking Christopher Nolan joints (but still no TENET) in a dueling banjos of dorks between Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as magicians with a grudge. And vengeance! Plenty of vengeance unlike that DiCaprio bear movie! Because this movie is fun. Perhaps the most fun we've had with one of Mr. Nolan's work though we do have some problems with what happens to Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson and yes, especially Ms. Coyote ...
The Village (2004)
September 01, 2023 07:30 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBThe First Part in our Building a Better Monster Trilogy We welcome M. Night Shyamalan's work to the TiT club with the film where it all started to go wrong for "The Next Spielberg." But you know what (show notes author's note here that nothing subtle ever followed a sentence that starts with YOU KNOW WHAT) we actually like this movie. Just go ahead and put one giant SPOILER ALERT for this episode as we discuss the dashed hopes of Ain't It Cool News posters and the parenting skills of Willi...
Patreon Preview of Cinema Speculation: SISTERS
August 30, 2023 20:41 - 9 minutes - 4.62 MBIf you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to. We try not to be a peeping tom like the hero in SISTERS (though at heart that's all we are) by throwing in a couple of extra chapters from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION. One on secondary cinema's greatest fan in Los Angeles Times film critic Kevin Thomas. Along the way one host berates the other for his terrible social media branding which is one of the many reasons (but is the MAIN one) on why neither of us will...
Bride of Chucky (1998)
August 24, 2023 00:06 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBThe Third Part in our Dolls in Different Worlds Trilogy What began with Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie reinventing BARBIE for the modern age ends with Jennifer Tilly domesticating a tiny ginger-haired twerp. One host sees this as a seminal work in his moviegoing journey and the other feels like his film travels must have ended in failure to get to this point. The point is that we have arrived at the much threatened BRIDE OF CHUCKY episode and our only hope is Katherine Heigl. When is it not...
Coraline (2009)
August 16, 2023 12:19 - 26 minutes - 12.4 MBThe Second Part in our Dolls in Different Worlds Trilogy One host introduces his child to horror and the other is horrified to pay Fathom Event pricing for the re-release of CORALINE. However that's about the only thing we find scary in our lovefest for Henry Selick and Neil Gaiman's film about a girl who dares to like a bit of rain and a good supper BUT that doesn't mean she wants buttons for eyes! A simple request really. Enjoy the episode dear listeners and if you have the simple reques...
Barbie (2023)
August 09, 2023 14:43 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBThe First Part in our Dolls in Different Worlds Trilogy The second part of Barbenheimer is the first part of our trilogy playing with dolls at the movies. And before you accuse us of being creepy... EVERYONE IS DOING IT as Greta Gerwig's BARBIE will go on to reign as The Savior of Cinema (sorry, Tom Cruise.) And while we may just be a couple of Michael Ceras standing on the sidelines watching the incredible charisma of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling do their thing we can still hope that som...
Oppenheimer (2023)
August 04, 2023 12:32 - 33 minutes - 15.7 MBThe Third Part in our Circles of Power Trilogy What more can be said about OPPENHEIMER? Did we see it in IMAX? 70mm? No and no. Emily Blunt? She's pretty good. Matt Damon? Better role than INTERSTELLER! Florence Pugh is naked? Tastefully done! So once we handle those easy questions we wrap up our trilogy on objects of terrible power by doing what J.R.R. Tolkien could not. Tackle nuclear energy! Only as TiT can. We hope you join us by supporting our Patreon Movie Book Club episodes and not ...
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
July 19, 2023 16:00 - 31 minutes - 14.6 MBThe Second Part in our Circles of Power Trilogy In which one host questions why the other needs more books when he's already seen the picture show. This is but the first of insults to the fans of Middle-earth in a podcast hoping that some of those very fans give this a click or two. We apologize by attacking the attempted allegorical nature of the power of the ring as nuclear power... which we then immediately backtrack on by featuring OPPENHEIMER next week as the finale of our Trilogy in T...
Sphere (1998)
July 11, 2023 07:30 - 27 minutes - 12.8 MBThe First Part in our Circles of Power Trilogy After 130 episodes we finally answer the burning question this little movie podcast has been building to: What happens when Jerry gets mad? And what happens when Samuel L. Jackson is really into a good book? And more importantly is Dustin Hoffman not a big believer in an honest LinkedIn profile? All of this and one host admits to rewatching the Barry Levinson adaption of Michael Crichton's SPHERE even after editing this very episode. Being ...
The Flash (2023)
July 07, 2023 21:11 - 37 minutes - 17.1 MBThe Third Part in our Time Traveling with Dads Trilogy Given the box-office reception to THE FLASH perhaps it's appropriate that your hosts found a theme of failure to be the most fulfilling thing about this latest superhero comic book adaptation and we hope the legacy here is that it signals an end. A sweet merciful end to the capes and funny books. But until then we try to find the good in a genre of movies that gets far too much coverage. And if you feel the same maybe you could time t...
Interstellar (2014)
June 28, 2023 22:52 - 36 minutes - 16.6 MBThe Second Part in our Time Traveling with Dads Trilogy We apologize (though not with much enthusiasm) to director Christopher Nolan for not being in the appropriate tax bracket to appreciate his appropriately entertaining INTERSTELLAR on our far from appropriate home theater setup. HOWEVER! One host credits this film for distracting him of the ills of four years of American politics... so that's pretty good, right? It's more than TENET accomplished anyways. Enjoy the podcast of more cryin...
Back to the Future (1985)
June 25, 2023 11:35 - 28 minutes - 13 MBThe First Part in our Time Traveling with Dads Trilogy In what is perhaps the most dour episode on the all-time classic film BACK TO THE FUTURE we go over the appropriation of black culture, nostalgia for a past that didn't really exist and aging with jowls. But we love this Robert Zemeckis film! LOVE IT. We just hate ourselves apparently. And our listeners. Please rate, review and subscribe and we promise to be a bit lighter on the second part of our trilogy for... INTERSTELLAR. Maybe we'...
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
June 20, 2023 01:18 - 32 minutes - 15.2 MBThe Third Part in our On the Road with Ladies of Vengeance trilogy. You can't go wrong with Charlize Theron driving your movie. Unfortunately the prequel to MAD MAX: FURY ROAD does not take the above advice and while we wouldn't dare to advise the great George Miller on his filmmaking sequel choices (BABE: PIG IN THE CITY good and HAPPY FEET TWO not so much) we do hope that Nicholas Hoult can convey his great performance as a likable bald villain into playing Lex Luthor. And there's your on...
Patreon Preview of Cinema Speculation: THE OUTFIT
June 15, 2023 07:30 - 5 minutes - 2.62 MBIn which one man thinks he may have a PAYBACK: Director's Cut DVD on a shelf somewhere... Quentin Tarantino uses this chapter of CINEMA SPECULATION to settle some scores with an overzealous hack of a film critic from the 70s, the entire cinematic output of the 80s and lastly with a glancing blow to Mel Gibson in the 90s. The last one is relevant to the screen adaptations of Richard Stark's Parker character who here is played by Robert Duvall. We use this as opportunity to make bald jokes an...
Death Proof (2007)
June 12, 2023 22:31 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBThe Second Part in our On the Road with Ladies of Vengeance trilogy. On the road with a backtracking Quentin Tarantino...for he apologized for his half of the failed GRINDHOUSE double feature BUT WE DON'T. After suffering through an hour of PLANET TERROR we loved nothing more than taking a ride with Zoë Bell (as The Great Zoë Bell, of course) and the second group of our vengeful ladies. This time their eyes are set on the villainous Stuntman Mike as played by Kurt Russell but we look more t...
Patreon Preview of Cinema Speculation: THE GETAWAY
June 08, 2023 07:00 - 6 minutes - 2.9 MBA dumpster truck filled with love. We're a little late... but Steve McQueen is a forgiving man in Sam Peckinpah's THE GETAWAY. As long as the one being forgiven is Ali MacGraw. And even then it will take the runtime of a feature film and numerous escapes from the law, criminals and dumpster trucks before that grouch gives an inch. We expect more from our listeners even if they expect less and less from us. Welcome to the Movie Book Club once again! Enjoy and keep reading along with us fro...
Thelma & Louise (1991)
May 11, 2023 12:11 - 32 minutes - 15 MBTo tell the story of female empowerment we must turn to Sir Ridley Scott... ...and of course the talents of Susan Sarandon, TRILOGY IN THEORY favorite Geena Davis and most importantly screenwriter Callie Khouri. And while one host fails miserably at his attempt at a mini book club by starting (but not finishing) OFF THE CLIFF by Becky Aikman... he did agree with the anecdote of not cheering on the screen death of the wonderfully tall Brigitte Nielsen in BEVERLY HILLS COP 2. That's neither ...
Patreon Preview of Cinema Speculation: DELIVERANCE
May 04, 2023 12:58 - 6 minutes - 3 MBFloating along the river with QT and Lara Croft's father... In the spirit of Richard Linklater (our most popular filmmaker on the podcast) we present a hang movie. Just boys being boys. Except for Burt Reynolds who is, as always, the manliest man in a vest. Which leads into our episode primarily on masculinity. Something you can take to the bank coming from two movie podcasters, a creative field dominated by the burliest of men. Or something like that. Enjoy and keep reading along with us...
Air (2023)
April 20, 2023 08:34 - 35 minutes - 17.2 MBMeet a man who manages to hate both Michael Jordan and Toni Collette... ...and please (PLEASE) stick around for the other host who respects and admires both while also showing some love to the auteur Mr. Ben Affleck. This means it's time for another new release! Though it may be a throwback to popcorn dramas aimed at adults (and not children's movies marketed towards adults who won't grow up) we still must cope with the nostalgia factor that is anything set in the 80s or 90s. No matter as V...
Notting Hill (1999)
April 14, 2023 00:13 - 33 minutes - 16 MBWe begun our discussion on a modern romcom classic by reading erotica. As one does when discussing NOTTING HILL. It's lovely. And mostly gross. The erotica! Not Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant falling for each other across tax brackets in a Richard Curtis script. One host is late to the game and the other never really left his rewatch of Flopsy & the Movie Star. Nor does he ever want to. In fact this is approximately his eighteenth podcast on the very subject. No apologies! Except for the ero...
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
April 06, 2023 12:45 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBWe travel back to the good old days of courtship... ...when Orson Welles could still rock a deep V and at the height of his career. No, not making CITIZEN KANE but instead being married to his co-star in THE LADY FROM SHANGAI, the great Rita Hayworth. Obviously. To kick off our trilogy on protagonists out kicking their coverage in like we look at another troubled Welles production which leads into another obvious fact... that he was the Zack Snyder of his time. Enjoy #ReleaseTheSnyderCut...