Posts Tagged ‘John Goodman’
Episode 2 – Captive State
On this week’s podcast, we review the sci-fi thriller Captive State and for our Netflix Homework, we revisit the 2009 Steven Soderbergh comedy The Informant! We also discuss James Gunn‘s return to Marvel Studios and we survey our listeners to find out the comedy’s that…
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SXSW Film Review – Atomic Blonde
The trailer for Atomic Blonde released online only two days prior to the world premiere at SXSW. Greeted in the Paramount Theatre by a DJ spinning 80s tunes, it certainly set the tone for the film. Director David Leitch (John Wick) greeted the audience along…
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Film Review – Kong: Skull Island
“And remember the story of Icarus, whose father gave him wings made of wax and warned him not to fly too close to the sun.” Samuel L. Jackson’s Lt. Colonel Packard tells his men this as helicopters carrying soldiers and explorers fly into a storm…
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Interview – Niki Trumbo – Trumbo
Spencer interviews subject Niki Trumbo from the biographical drama Trumbo.
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Film Review – Trumbo
Do you know who Dalton Trumbo was? No? I did not either until screening Trumbo. It is based on the life of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) and how his political and social leanings ended up getting him subpoenaed by Congress and on the blacklist,…
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Film Review – The Gambler
What’s the over/under on The Gambler being worth your time this Christmas? I guess that depends on what you’re expecting from it. Don’t be deceived by the misleading trailers promising an Ocean’s Eleven like time at the movies. Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) doesn’t care about…
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Film Review – Inside Llewyn Davis
“We create our own unhappiness,” Willie Nelson says and, “the purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.” This isn’t an idea unique to Nelson – it’s the core of Buddhist philosophy – but the quote comes from…
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Pixar Movies – Video Podcast #265
In honor of the release of Monsters University, Spencer and Greg discuss Pixar’s movies.
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