“They used to call you The November Man, because once you came through, everyone would be dead.” That’s actually said in this movie, as if it was supposed to mean something, and as you can see with your own eyes, it does NOT mean anything at all. But that’s why Pierce Brosnan’s old man grizzled (yet suave) special agent veteran was apparently called the November Man at some point and that’s the name of this movie so god DAMMIT we are keeping it in, you got me? Say the line of dialogue, you piece of shit! You want to get paid? That’s how I figured that day of filming went anyway, with Brosnan off to the side eating a plate of cheese and crackers and watching with bemusement.Continue Reading …
#86 – Month of Death
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In episode 86, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn review the terrible piece of shit movie that is THE NOVEMBER MAN.
Things also discussed in this episode:
Clue the movie, new Panoramic Movie Screens, favorite foreign language movies, San Diego Comic Con leaving San Diego, Bryan Singer sex lawsuit dropped, Saw re-release, a King Arthur movie, Martin Scorsese is making a Ramones movie, and more!
Netflix pick for 8/25/14 – ‘The African Queen’
From 1951, “The African Queen” starts as a movie about a couple of uptight missionaries and the boarish sea captain who ferries them around East Africa, and it ends up being a movie about a mission to torpedo a German warship to allow for a British naval counter attack, and it is kind of crazy how quickly this story escalates, or it would be crazy if it doesn’t happen so naturally.
With the great Humphrey Bogart winning his only Best Actor Oscar for his work in this movie and Katharine Hepburn playing the missionary who finds herself suddenly with both a vendetta against the World War I era Germans and a means by which to hurt them, and all directed by one of the manliest and toughest film makers ever in the form of the one and only John Huston, “The African Queen” is surprising in how well it holds up after all these years, as the story just sucks you in and the constant sense of danger just makes the whole thing fly by. This movie is considered a classic for a reason, folks.Continue Reading …
#85 – Android Lenny Briscoe
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In episode 85, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn review Sin City: A Dame to Kill For and Calvary.
Things discussed in this episode include:
competing Jungle Book movies, the trailer for Automata, making movies in Georgia, a Minority Report TV show, the Expendebelles, James Cameron making nothing but Avatar sequels, a Jesse Eisenberg DVD double feature, a spy photo from Superman V Batman, who directed the latest Taylor Swift music video, American conservatives love The Giver, and so much more!
Review: ‘Let’s Be Cops’
Seriously though, it couldn’t be worse timing for a movie like “Let’s Be Cops” to come out right now. Thanks to recent current events, and really due to the historical actions of police departments around this country, a comedy about a white guy getting a huge ego trip via abuse of power that can be afforded to him thanks to having a badge and a gun is just not appealing right now.
It doesn’t help that this feels like a movie straight out of the 1990s. It really is as hacky and unoriginal as it gets.Continue Reading …
Review: ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’
So I guess “Sin City: A Dame For Which to Kill” didn’t sound sexy enough, so here we are with “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,” the sequel to the hugely popular and pioneering 2005 surprise hit “Sin City.” When that original movie came out with it’s entirely green screened environs and over the top comic book mentality and hard boiled, R-rated approached, it hit everyone like a shotgun blast to the chest. It was new, fresh, original and different, and when it was over, we all wanted more.
But they took too long to give us more, because here we are almost a decade later and “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” does not pack the same punch. And rest assured, they try to deliver the same impactful blow with the style and content, but it’s just not there, not like it was back in 2005. The sight of real actors working against entirely computer generated sets is no longer novel, comic book based movies are being rammed down our throats now more than ever, and also this movie recalls just as much of “Sin City” as it does the disastrous and woeful “The Spirit” (which was written and directed by this movie’s writer and co-director Frank Miller, a legend in the comic book industry and something of an anomaly in the movie industry). As it is, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” has all of the same over the top style and violence and intensity, but it lacks the fun and meaning and inventiveness of the original.Continue Reading …
Crespodiso Film School – David Fincher
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In this BONUS episode, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn go through the films of David Fincher, one at a time, and they get into the darkness and everything else that comes with a David Fincher movie.
Enjoy!
And learn something!
Review: ‘The Expendables 3’
Well they’ve made three of these things now, so I guess it is time to call it, it is official, there really is no hope for us to ever get the truly great Expendables movie we all want. No, instead here we are again, with “The Expendables 3” another incredible assemblage of a cast, most of whom are incredibly underused, yet another boring plot, halfway decent action and some insider jokes and references to past movies. Continue Reading …
Netflix pick for 8/18/14 – ‘Escape From Tomorrow’
“Escape From Tomorrow” is an astounding film in that it was made almost entirely within the confines of Walt Disney World, shot with small digital cameras over the course of several days, with the crew being kept very small and their movements and actions clandestine, and most importantly, without being caught or stopped by anyone in the park. This is pure guerrilla film making, the current indie film movement encapsulated beautifully in black and white, and it truly is something beautiful to behold.
So it is a bit of a shame that the story itself really doesn’t hold up over the course of the movie. Sure things start really promising, with a family arriving at the Magic Kingdom for the final day of their vacation and with the father in the group hiding the fact from his wife and kids that he was just fired from his job, and as the day wears on he appears to be losing his mind in some sort of bad acid trip, which is not something one wants to experience in a theme park like this. And he starts getting eyes for some really young girls and finds himself constantly close to them, sometimes by accident, sometimes not. But the movie can’t really keep the story going for an hour and half without it feeling like it is spinning its wheels a little, and really the surreal park imagery doesn’t add up to much. You can hear my original full review of “Escape From Tomorrow” in this episode of Cinema Crespodiso.Continue Reading …
#84 – Let’s Be Expendable
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In episode 84, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn review Let’s Be Cops and The Expendables 3.
There is also a new Netflix Instant Pick of the Week, they recap the new movies coming out on DVD and in theaters, they go through the filmography of Robin Williams, Chris goes over new movie release dates and news about the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie Inherent Vice, and there is so much more it is ridiculous, so check it out and enjoy!
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