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The Movie Review Podcast that Dreams are Made Of.
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Tuesday Jan 26, 2016
Tuesday Jan 26, 2016
This week we review the haunted doll movie "The Boy" and discuss the news of McG's "Masters of the Universe" reboot, as well as Sam Raimi's American remake of the French thriller "A Prophet." We discuss, at some length, the #OscarsSoWhite activist campaign and it's effects of the official membership rules enforced by the Academy of Motion Pictures. At the end of the program we also review Otto Preminger's 1944 noir "Laura."
Tuesday Jan 19, 2016
Tuesday Jan 19, 2016
This week, before we jump into our movie news, we say a few words for the dearly departed David Bowie and Alan Rickman. We review Alajandro Inarritu's Golden Globe winning movie "The Revenant," starring Leonardo DiCaprio's beard and Tom Hardy. At the end of the program we turn in our Netflix homework with a review of the Simon Pegg crime-comedy "Kill Me Three Times."
Tuesday Jan 12, 2016
Tuesday Jan 12, 2016
In this episode we run through our top 10 and bottom 5 movies released in 2015. Some cross over and a few surprises as well. No Netflix homework or news items this week. Enjoy!
Wednesday Jan 06, 2016
Wednesday Jan 06, 2016
This week we discuss all things Quentin Tarantino, with a review of his new film "The Hateful Eight" following a retrospective look at his past work. We also review the indie psycho-drama "Queen of Earth" for our Netflix Homework.
Wednesday Dec 30, 2015
Wednesday Dec 30, 2015
This week we try to round up a few year-end releases with reviews for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," a new bloody adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and the recession-era dramatic comedy "The Big Short." At the end of the show we review the 2010 survival drama "The Way Back" for our Netflix Homeowork.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer
Wednesday Dec 16, 2015
Wednesday Dec 16, 2015
This week we discuss Ron Howard's new film "In The Heart of the Sea," based on the real account that inspired "Moby Dick." We also talk about the Golden Globe nominations and Katheryn Bigelow's new terrorist recruitment drama for HBO, alongside her old writing partner Mark Boal's involvement with this year's season of the popular podcast Serial. At the end of the show we try to make sense of the Netflix original special, "A Very Murray Christmas."
Wednesday Dec 09, 2015
Wednesday Dec 09, 2015
This week's episode we get in a heated debate about the new holiday-themed horror-comedy "Krampus," of all movies. We also answer letters, discuss Luc Besson's developing 183-million dollar sci-fi project, and at the end of the show we review the documentary "Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World" for our Netflix homework.
Tuesday Dec 01, 2015
Tuesday Dec 01, 2015
Leland Brungardt of the Olympia Washington comedy podcast Dampercast steps in for Richard this week to review the new "Rocky" spin-off "Creed" and the Netflix original series "Master of None," starring and created by Aziz Ansari. Cassidy also does a solo review of the new Brie Larson drama "Room"(no, not THAT movie) and Leland explains his new obsession with playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Room trailer
Tuesday Nov 24, 2015
Tuesday Nov 24, 2015
This week we are joined by author and YA fiction enthusiast Mindy Crouchley to review the final installment of the Hunger Games franchise "Mockingjay Part 2." We discuss the film in context to the aftershocks of recent political violence, the deeper themes of YA distopian literature, and weather or not Francis Lawrence should make an "Aliens" film. Cassidy does a solo review of the Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara romantic-drama "Carol," and for our Netflix homework we also review the 1991 ensemble comedy "Soap Dish," starring Sally Field, Kevin Cline, and Robert Downey Jr.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2015
Wednesday Nov 18, 2015
Today we give you two doses of Netflix content with their original narrative feature "Beasts of No Nation," starring Idris Elba, and the 2013 Belgian thriller "The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears." We also weigh in on the news of a "Memento" remake and a possible "Fast and Furious" cinematic universe.