June 22nd, 2020
Another visit to Fincher Corner brings about a movie we've long wanted to cover. Not necessarily your typical murder mystery, it dramatizes an actual killer & his actual pursuers. Um, played by actors of course, but a tremendous amount of effort was involved
to include some of the real folks as consultants. Check it out!
Links: David Fincher: Fight Club, Se7en, Social Network, James Vanderbilt: Basic, Rundown, David Shire: Short Circuit, Jake Gyllenhaal: Donnie Darko (also spoiler episode), Soloist (has all RDJ links), Mark Ruffalo: Spotlight, Dermot Mulroney: Young Guns, Phillip Baker Hall: Magnolia
YouTube vids - When Truth is Stranger than Fiction, Infographics.
June 9th, 2020
- Mr. Mom/
- Multiplicity/
- Desperate Measures/
This week we peruse the trajectory of ol' MK as his characters alter from a good fellow into a bad dude. Have your clone make some popcorn & scope it out!
LINKS: Michael Keaton: Spiderman Homecoming (has other MK links),
May 14th, 2020
- Parasite (Korea)
- Wandering Earth (China)
- The Good, The Bad, & The Weird (Korea)
Honoring Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, we look at some amazing things offered to us in recent years from filmmakers outside the U.S. Have at it, people!!
March 25th, 2020
- Red Lights (Elizabeth Olsen)
- Waking Madison (Elizabeth Shue)
- Man on a Ledge (Elizabeth Banks)
All these Elizabeths have been in my orbit lately, so paying them tribute seemed the only way to go. Trusting each of them as actors, all 3 movies were unseen prior to the episode. Happy to report I have happy things to report. Take a sniff: it smells like a burger, a soccer ball, and a hammer!
Links: Bitter Balcony TMNT episode
February 8th, 2020
Description & links pending - just listen!!
LINKS: Red (has Bruce Willis links, also Mirren, Malkovich except Penguins, A-Team and G.I. Joe), Galaxy Quest, Traffic.
Anthony Hopkins: Silence o' Lambs, Red Dragon, Dracula, Titus, Meet Joe Black.
January 28th, 2020
- Widows/
- Alita: Battle Angel/
- Wonder Woman/
Our 1st shuffle-sode of the decade!! With varying levels of financial success, all 3 of these movies are tremendous to us. May they all gain the notoriety they deserve as quality entertainment.
- The Sia song is actually from Wonder Woman, not Alita, so watch THOSE credits with your kids!
December 23rd, 2019
- A Quiet Place
- Mother!
- Raging Bull
Do you hear what I hear? What sound are we talkin' aboot? Listen in, get it sorted! 2 amazing movies, and a 3rd one that is very popular... (grin)
October 28th, 2019
- Gerald's Game/
- In the Tall Grass/
- 1922/
Stephen King is so legendary that you'll waste your time seeking a person that doesn't know who he is. Lately, seeing everything of his produced on screen is becoming very difficult - too many to keep track of for a mere mortal. Clearly Netflix likes his stuff, and clearly the Sluts like Netflix, so it just made sense to do this episode as we round out October. A variety of horror style flavors with good performances all around.
September 30th, 2019
- Maze Runner
- Simpsons Movie
- The 'Burbs
Have no fear of something new - it's just another way to say "Shuffle-sode." This time the flicks were truly grabbed out of a bag, so it seemed appropriate. As we hope to start fires in your mind for movies to shove in your eyes, Matt enjoyed a newly kindled flame this episode. See how these 3 decades brought their entertainment game...
Links: Gremlins, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Poltergeist, Basic Instinct, Secret of NIMH, Total Recall, Executive Decision, Mulan, Cloud Atlas, *League of Their Own (*has links for Big, Explorers, L.A. Confidential*), Blues Bros, Goonies, Lost Boys, Last Unicorn, Magnolia.
September 17th, 2019
- Hobbs & Shaw (Fast n Furious)
- Mission Impossible: Fallout
Taking a look at the last 2 summers for action, we compare the approaches to the genre. A strong uptick over the last 5 summers has brought our expectations for action pieces to an extreme level, and not everyone can provide what some of us demand - as the title shows...
Matt forgot to mention plot struggles for the characters with MI vs. Hobbs & Shaw: the MI film series has become infamous with difficult entry/espionage, usually with setbacks that are exciting to watch & wonder how they'll recover. While Michael Giacchino has done extraordinary things with the MI theme, Balfe really excels in this one!
Links:
May 14th, 2019
- John Wick Ch 2/
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man/
- Swordfish/
Whether or not you believe everyone can enjoy a movie overall, sometimes there are parts of it that they need to witness that are pretty badass. They can be a reason to deal with the other aspects. Does that give you a reason to listen to the episode - uhhh, yah!
Links: John Wick, In Defense of Keanu Episode, (more links soon!)
Notes: Matt completely blanked on Halle Berry being in the new Wick movie!!! He also neglected to mention Shirley Walker scoring Memoirs: She did Escape From L.A. with Carpenter, the Final films, & many superhero shows (Flash, Batman & Superman animated shows). Don Cheadle in fact has 89 roles..
April 15th, 2019
- Wandering Earth
- Green Book
- Arctic
- Alita Battle Angel
- Captive State
- Gloria Bell
- Us
- Hotel Mumbai
- Shazam
- Hellboy
Bite-sized glimpses of flicks in theaters at the moment as Matt maximizes his A-List membership. Trying this on as a once-in-a-while departure, so let us know what you think!!
Notes: Just under $6 million of the total earnings for Wandering Earth was U.S. ticket sales, not $2 million. It still deserves more of our money...
As a modern comparison of current film budgets - Creed II, a boxing movie, spent the same amount of money as Hellboy.
March 18th, 2019
- Breach
- Coming Through The Rye
- Adaptation
So many actors aren't appreciated enough for their contributions to the film world. Today, we hand out another merit badge for being a cool cat of cinema.
March 5th, 2019
GUEST HOST: VALKYIRE!!!
- The Cloverfield Paradox
- Star Trek Beyond
The battle royale continues with space franchises fighting for feminine favor. As they should: neglecting half of any public is a bad idea, no? This skirmish felt like a David & Goliath situation, but maybe not the way some of you were thinking. Give it listen!!
Links: Death at a Funeral, Guardians of the Galaxy, GotG v2, Red (has links for LOTR episodes),
Notes: We breezed right past Don Cheadle/Terence Howard as well as Tessa Thompson, Idris Elba & Chewitel Ejiofor in Marvel before Black Panther. That still only brings the total to 8 with Zoe Saldana.
Here is a vid of Tenacious D doing the Trek Theme w/lyrics for those who want to hear all of the ending track we used. Pretty "stellar"!!!
August 27th, 2018
- Ladybird (Laurie Metcalf)
- 10 Cloverfield Lane (John Goodman)
- Poison Ivy (Sara Gilbert)
A long overdue resurrection for this series, we ended up with a super relevant episode! 3 titles that you're not likely to find near each other on the shelf at the movie store. Strangely, Poison Ivy was on a Leo DiCaprio shelf & Matt didn't even see him while watching it! Video store mean nothing to you? - alright: they won't be in the same genre batch (line?) or page on your streaming service... This was a fun one & covers some interesting ground between the 3 movies. Have at it!
BT Dubs - Clov Lane made a bit over 30 million outside the U.S., meaning it made nearly 7 times its budget.
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