Posts Tagged ‘Peter Berg’
Episode 108 – Top Gun: Maverick
For this week’s podcast, we review the long-awaited action sequel Top Gun: Maverick, starring Tom Cruise and Miles Teller. We also cover the latest movie news, and for the streaming homework, we discuss James Mangold’s 1997 crime-thriller, Cop Land. Download the episode here.
READ MOREFilm Review – Spenser Confidential
Let me paint a picture for you. We open on a concrete building, surrounded by a barbed wire fence, with armed guards posted at watch towers. Inside, people in brown jumpsuits live in confined spaces behind metal bars. Based on this description, what would you…
READ MOREFilm Review – Deepwater Horizon
Director Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon (2016) tells the true story of the offshore oil rig (of the same name) which exploded in April 2010, causing the worst oil spill in American history. This tragic event ended with the loss of life and immeasurable damage to…
READ MOREFilm Review – Lone Survivor
Peter Berg’s Lone Survivor (2013) is difficult to review. No doubt the intentions are in a good place. Recounting the events of “Operation Red Wings,” a failed Navy SEAL mission in which four soldiers were trapped deep behind enemy lines in 2005, we sense Berg…
READ MOREEpisode 241 – Dwayne Johnson
In honor of the release of G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Spencer and Greg discuss Dwayne Johnson.
READ MOREEpisode 182 – DVD Rundown 8-28-2012
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for August 28th, 2012. In this episode they discuss Sons of Anarchy, Battleship, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, and The Walking Dead.
READ MOREEpisode 149 – Alien Invasions
In honor of the release of Battleship, Spencer and Greg discuss alien invasion films.
READ MOREFilm Review – Battleship
If making a ton of money is the goal of your film, then Transformers would certainly be a good point of reference to use. After the massive success of that franchise, it is no surprise that Hasbro has been scrambling to figure out how they…
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