The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Review Pocast

The guys go see a long movie about walking and a talking dragon.

Episode 42 - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Movie Bites 12-10-13

Josh is a lonely man...

Hey! It's another movie Bites episode! Recorded while there was nothing to see, we talk about cartoons, ladies, religion (sort of) and some other junk. Listen, it'll be a hoot!

Episode 41 - Movie Bites 12-10-13

Thor: The Dark World review podcast

We wanted to review this earlier but just couldn't find the spare cash to see it. So it's a bit late but here is our review for Thor 2!

Episode 40 - Thor: The Dark World

Catching Fire Review Podcast

The 75 annual Hunger Games? There were only two movies, I think we missed a few... In any case, the guys site down and talk about the second book made into a second movie. Should be sexy fun time had by all.

Episode 39 - Catching Fire

Movie Bites and Top Ten Children's Movie Podcasts

Movie Bites

We recorded this back in May, and I just never got around to doing anything with it. Movie Bits is an idea we had where we just talk about stuff, try to keep it film related but usually fail. We may do more of these in the future, but for now enjoy this little flash back into a time when we were still doing our kick starter and enjoying the summer movie season. 

Episode 38 - Movie Bites 5-30-2013

Top Ten Children's Movies

It’s our list of Top Ten Children’s Movies! And it’s an actual top ten. In this 30 minute episode, we discus our picks for the list and talk about adult things. The podcast version of the episode has an added in ten minutes of extra dialog and jokes!

Episode 37 - Top Ten Children's Movies

Despicable Me 2 Review Podcast

The guys are poor and have to see an older cheaper movie. A kids movie! In which we make it perverted. Go us!

Episode 36 - Despicable Me 2

CGBG Review Podcast

The guys rent an on demand before theaters release of CBGB. Great music, historic location, but does the movie hold under all that weight? Tune in and find out.

Episode 35 - CBGB

Carrie Review Podcast

 

This week went to go see Carrie! It was 5 bucks, we had money built up on our Stubbs card. Listen to the show for our opinions and if you should waste your time or not.

Episode 34 - Carrie

Top Ten Horror Movies

We list our Top Ten Horror Movies each. That’s 30 movies total! Holy Poop. Comment below your favorite horror movies. Watch the video or listen to the extended podcast with over 10 minutes extra!

Episode 33 - Top Ten Horror Movies

Curse Of Chucky Review Podcast

Let's keep our horror train a rolling! The week we review the latest in the Child's Play series, Curse Of Chucky. We answer the hard hitting questions like;  Is it a sequel or reboot? Does Chucky look good or like crap? How many Martinez's are in this? And so much more! Facebook! ITunes! Youtube!

Episode 32 - Curse Of Chucky

Movie of the Week: SLC Punk!

I'm pretty sure most people that are fans of us on Facebook have probably seen this movie, but whatever. I love the shit out of this movie. Matthew Lilard before he was in those shitty Scooby Doo movies...and Devin Sawa before he disappeared forever. This movie has the perfect mix of humor and drama. The ending is probably one of the saddest endings to a movie I've ever seen. Even thinking about it gets me all emo and sad.

I don't know, what else needs to be said about this movie? If you haven't seen it, it's probably still on Netflix. You should just check it out for yourself and decide if it's as good as I think it is. Whatever, I don't really give a shit. I think this movie is fucking great.

V/H/S/2 Video Review and Extended Podcast

We sit down and review V/H/S/2. And Spoil the Whole thing. It's a long one, bring your favorite drink!
This is the start of more video episodes!

V/H/S/2 Video Review



Or you can download the extended podcast with an added 7 minutes! And Deleted Scenes! No joke. Get it here or subscribe to our show on iTunes. Yay!
Episode 31 - V/H/S/2 Podcast

Movie Of The Week: Joe's Apartment

"A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches." - IMDB.com

This is one of the reasons I started the Movie Of The Week segment. To remember films I loved that I've let slip from my mind. Joe's Apartment it definitely a love it or hate it film. Back when I used to watch MTV and all of it's crazy shows, and the one that started most of them, Liquid Television. Joe's Apartment is based on a short of the same name that used to air between shows. The short was cute but I never thought to much of it. Here, watch it:



Not much to it but that lead to MTV's first movie. It's a comedy, musical with singing cockroaches. I enjoyed the shit out of this movie as a kid. I was 11 when this came out, so I doubt it holds up well to anyone who did not see it when it was released. But it is a nostalgia trip for me, and I can always sing "Funky Towel" and know my sister will join in. It is not a great film by any means, nor does it do anything new or ground breaking. But it's cute, funny, and a different spin on the genre. Romance, Conflict, Bugs, and Songs. If you have an open mind and are willing to try new things, check it out. Just don't be expecting over-whelmed with feelings, or under-whelmed due to the musical part, just be whelmed by a mediocre movie that I really enjoy. 3/5 Stars.

Joe's Apartment Trailer

"Funky Towel"

Breaking Bad Series Finale Review/Series Retrospective

Ugh. Where do I even begin? In my previous write up of an episode of Breaking Bad from Season 5, I stated that this is by far my favorite show ever. Not only is that still the truth, it is absolutely the best show I have ever watched. No other show has had me this hooked, made me want more, and made me want to re watch it so damn much. I watched the finale last night, I then ended up watching the last 15 minutes before I went to sleep, and watched it again today when my Mom got home. To still get chills and goosebumps after seeing how the show ends three times, knowing EXACTLY what is going to happen...it says something about how great this show truly was.

Think about how this show starts off. You find out Walt has lung cancer. At that time he's a extremely smart family man who is doing everything he can to basically pay the bills and take care of the family. To see how much the man changed in the span of 5 seasons (or a couple years show wise...yeah. It wasn't that much time.) it's mind blowing. This show is the only show that comes to mind that I can't say "Oh, that season dragged." or "That episode was fucking AWFUL!" The only episode I can do without is The Fly. Even that episode isn't bad! Vince Gilligan is a fucking genius. 

"Look at me, I'm better than you."

Not only did you see the change in Walt, you saw how much Jesse grew, how much Hank grew, how much Walt Jr. loved breakfast! What more could you want from a show? It's heartbreaking that I even have to write this...I wish this show was still on going. However, I am SO fucking thankful that they ended it how/when they did. They could have easily dragged the show out for another 3-4 seasons, but they didn't. I wish more shows would take a note from Breaking Bad and end on a high note, and not drag it out for far too long. So for that, I say thank you very much.

Now on to the episode. I thought it was an absolutely beautiful way to end Breaking Bad. First of all, I predicted a few things that were going to happen (the obvious, of course.) but even the things I predicted, I didn't come close to how they were going to happen. I was also happily surprised that my prediction of Jesse dying didn't come true. I'm so happy he made it out alive, he absolutely deserved to live on. I'm also SO fucking happy that he was the one to take out Todd...because fuck Todd. 

"I hate you so much, Todd. But this picture rules."

That's another thing I'd like to touch on, the ability this show had to make you love and hate characters, and then love the characters you hate, and hate the ones that you loved. Take shows like Dexter for example. There were characters that were just SOOOOO fucking annoying and unlikable, that it made it damn near impossible to care about what was happening. It wasn't the way you'd want your audience to dislike a character, it was a "go away, why are you here?" kind of hate. Breaking Bad did it right. On they very same episode of Breaking Bad, I knew I hated Walt. But for a split second, they had me loving him and rooting for him again...but within the span of a minute they gave me a reason to hate him again...and I was like..oh yeah, Walt's a piece of shit.

But lets get back to the episode, shall we? Just seeing the final couple of days of Walt's life was fantastic. Finally hearing him admit to Skyler that he loved doing what he did, and admitting that he was good at it...that was so fucking good. Seeing him set up how he was going to kill the Skinheads was so bad ass...basically everything about this episode was great. We got closure, everything that needed to happen...happened. Walt took out anyone who could possibly continue on cooking his meth outside of his partner, Jesse. Jesse also not taking Walt's orders anymore and making Walt die slowly was a great fuck you as well. 

The way Walt died was beautiful. Him alone with his babies, that's how it should have been done. The song choice was fabulous as well, it was just perfect. My guess is that Jesse goes and takes care of Brock and tries to finally live the life that he deserves. Thank you so much, Breaking Bad. No other show has made this big of an impact on me. Thankfully we all have Saul's spin-off/prequel to look forward to...so YAAAAAAY!

Movie of the Week: Now You See Me

"An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull of bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with money." IMDb

Ok, I love magic...especially card magic.  I've studied it for years, and have practiced for untold hours.  I like practical tricks with real decks and real sleight of hand.  Or, if it's stage magic, I like seeing it because you have an idea of how it's done, but you're not absolutely sure, and that's why it's great.  The movie The Prestige was the perfect representation of this.  That movie would get a 5 star rating from me all day long.

Then we have this piece of shit...

I'm gonna be brief here cause I really don't feel like spending all day telling you why this movie is terrible, why it fails as a working plot, and so on and so forth.  I just want make one gripe and then I'll shut up about it.  You can't show me how certain practical tricks are done, and make that part of your plot working things out cause it's all a big magic trick...and then in the same scene show me tricks that are completely and utterly impossible and are clearly just movie special effects.  "Oh look this rabbit was in the box the whole time cause, check out this mirror that made the box look empty!  Now I'm gonna turn the rabbit into a hat and float away in a cgi bubble."   Fuck you.

The only reason this is getting 2 stars out of me is because it had a good cast, and the movie was visually appealing.  However the rest of the movie I find pointless and frankly kind of insulting, especially given the ending.

Derek Review

Ricky Gervais is the simple man named Derek. Netflix "new" show. Never mind that it played on the BBC first, they picked up the rights to air it stateside first. So we got 7 episodes of this show at once, as usual with Netflix. You can burn through the half hour long episodes real quick if you can sit through it that long. I made 5 before I had to stop.

Derek is about Derek Noakes, a nursing home helper and is a bit slow in the head. The show is a mockumentry style Gervais made famous with The Office. I was skeptical of how funny or how much I'd enjoy a show making fun of a mentally challenged person. But I gave it a shot. The first episode was a bit tough to get through, because I felt they were making fun of the mentally handicapped but that soon faded. While being funny, it was kind-hearted and had some genuinely sad moments, none at the expense of Derek's unnamed disability.

Defiantly not a pretty people show.

I am very much over the mochumentry style tv shows. I feel they have been over done and are generally not funny to me. Mainly because Reality TV shows are the same thing, staged/written events filmed with shaky cams and fake people talking at you. That is not to say I haven't enjoyed an episode or three of any Reality TV or mochumentry style show. I just prefer single camera narratives, shows that are like movies with big stories to tell. Derek has the over arching problem of not going anywhere fast. But is that a problem of the style or that it's a comedy? Hard to say. They do throw in a story of they have to come up with their own money to fund the nursing home but they gloss over if and never explain things.

Interesting product placement randomly thrown in.

The acting in this is generic British stand-in characters that can't exist in the real world. I have a hard time believing any of these people, aside from Derek, are real. Ricky Gervais does an outstanding job but I have yet to see why this show is around. Gervais based Derek on a character he used to do in his stand up. And the others are cardboard cutouts for him in interact with. It's been a week since I've seen it and I can't remember anyone's name.

"You can't remember my name? You dick."

Over all, I did enjoy the show. It was fun and touching all while been completely pointless. But when it comes down to it, isn't every show in some way pointless? So would I recommend it? Yes. You'll get attached to the Derek character very fast, rooting for him. You'll burn through this very fast, 30 minutes or so doesn't fill to much time. So pace yourself, and enjoy what little you are given. It's now on Netflix, give it go. 3 out of 5.

R.I.P.D. Review Podcast

R.I.P.D.! It's like Men In Black but with a lot more suck. Another short review for you guys, coming at 33 minutes of gold. Tune in, listen, comment, and subscribe to us on iTunes! New site coming soon. I'm even more closer to it being finished.

Episode 30 - R.I.P.D.

Movie Of The Week: Blah

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21 And Over Review

Well this is a ball of fuck. Here is our shortest review yet coming in at 23 minutes. So come listen to why you should avoid this turd that is "21 And Over."

Episode 29 - 21 And Over

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Movie of the Week: Tootsie

 "An unemployed actor with a reputation for being difficult disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a soap opera." IMDb

In the vast list of movies about cross-dressing, Tootsie is one of my favorites.  Definitely top two...right there next to Mrs. Doubtfire...at any rate, it's way better than all the Big Momma's House movies.  To Wong Foo...there's I think I've named them all now... Okay, I guess Some Like it Hot has cross dressing in it too...and Victor Victoria, but that's different...I'm getting off track.

Dammit, Sorority Boys...

Anyway, Tootsie is about a man named Michael Dorsey(Dustin Hoffman) who, while actually being a very talented actor, is also a huge pain in the ass and very difficult to work with.  He had pretty much pissed off every director in town.  Blacklisted I believe is the term.  Even his own agent tells him that no one is willing to work with him.  So, he pretty much says, "oh yeah!?" and, with no set up or warning, the immediate next shot is of Dustin Hoffman walking down a crowded street dressed as a woman.  But I suppose I'm getting ahead of myself.  There's a couple things I gotta fill you in about first...

So, Michael has a roommate (Bill Murray!) who is a playwright and he's got this great play that he's writing in which Michael would play the lead.  But, they can't get anyone to produce it cause again, Michael is a pain in the ass.  Also, there's Sandy, (Teri Garr) who Michael is running lines with for a part in a soap opera she is auditioning for...and now you're up to speed.

Now Michael, for lack of any better ideas to raise money for Bill Murray's play, puts on a dress and makeup, calls himself Dorothy Michaels, and auditions for the soap himself.  Since he's a great actor, he totally pulls it off!  From there, he keeps getting hit on by other male actors, he gets set up on dates with older men, he falls for his costar who is a women (Jessica Lange), but clearly she doesn't know he's a dude...it's hilarious.  

I don't hand out the 4 star rating very often, but this one is a classic.  It's well cast, well acted, well paced, it's silly yet realistic...Seriously I just think this movie is great, though I doubt many people my age would agree with me.  This is one of those that I honesty think could be remade, and I think Robert Downey Jr should do it.  I'm just throwin' it out there.  It could work!

Shit, White Chicks....but fuck that, that movie sucks...like...hard.  Anyway, go check out Tootsie!