Posts Tagged ‘John Goodman’
Film Review – Monsters University
It would be fair to say that my feelings were tepid upon hearing the news that Pixar wanted to do a sequel to Monsters, Inc. After all, alongside A Bug’s Life and Ratatouille, Monsters, Inc is one of the most overlooked films in Pixar’s long…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Hangover Part III
The Hangover shouldn’t have worked as well as it did, but it did mostly because of the chemistry and magnetism of its stars. And it should have been left alone, but the filmmakers, suspecting they’d stumbled upon a winning formula, cooked up The Hangover Part…
READ MOREEpisode 238 – Steve Buscemi
In honor of the release of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Spencer and Greg discuss Steve Buscemi.
READ MORETop 10 of 2012 – Adelaide’s Picks
So, as much as I love movies (and I LOVE them), I don’t actually watch many new ones. I tend to view films when I feel like it, and my interest has little to do with release schedules. I do go to the theater, but…
READ MORETop 10 of 2012 – Allen’s Picks
It’s been one heck of a good year for movies. From mainstream blockbusters to low-budget indies, there was a little bit for everyone in 2012. Even with a less than stellar summer season, I would argue that this been the strongest film year since 2007.…
READ MOREFilm Review – Flight
Most stories, when boiled down, circle around one important question: “Who am I?” That is the crisis the main character struggles with in Robert Zemeckis’s Flight. It has been twelve years since Zemeckis helmed a live action film, with his last being Cast Away (2000).…
READ MOREFilm Review – Trouble with the Curve
Yes, an empty chair in Florida commands him to tell Barack Obama to perform unspeakable acts on himself. Yes, he crankily told a vast Superbowl audience that it’s only halftime in America. Bill Hader does a hilarious imitation of him on Saturday Night Live, and…
READ MOREMacGuffin Audio Podcast #152
Spencer is joined by Aaron Mason (The Grapes of Rad) and Nick Ahlers (Planned Brotherhood). Topics include: Saying goodbye to Tony Scott, the return of Indiana Jones, casting the female Expendables, Shia LaBeouf’s nymphomania, is Jay Leno beyond redemption, can John Goodman save The Hangover III, dreams…
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