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Netflix pick for 3/10/14 – ‘Day of the Dead’

There was a time not too long ago when zombies were most certainly not the cultural force they are now in this present day. There were no “zombie walks,” no hugely successful zombie-based television shows or comic books, nothing to indicate that popular culture would one day be inundated with zombie-related materials. Hell, back in 1985, zombies were strictly the province of comic book wielding, put-upon geeks and nerds, and there was one undisputed king of the undead, and that man was George Romero, and he had just released the capper to his undead trilogy (a trilogy which he would end up adding to in the 2000’s zombie boom), and like many trilogies, while the third installment is not as good as the two that came before it, it, “Day of the Dead” has plenty going for it to make it a Netflix Instant Pick of the Week.Continue Reading …

#61 – Seize Your Glory

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In episode 61, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn recap the 2013-2014 Oscars, they review 300: Rise of an Empire, there is a new Netflix Instant Pick of the Week, and more!

Discussed in this episode:

The Oscar recap.

The Netflix Pick of the Week is Day of the Dead.

The Box Office recap includes a review of 300: Rise of an Empire.

Chris and Drew talk about the new movies on DVD and in theaters this week.Continue Reading …

Talking Trailers: Godzilla, Guardians of the Galaxy and Transformers 4

The best part about going to the movies in the months leading up to the summer season? All the trailers for the big summer blockbusters. These are usually movies that are heavy on spectacle and have a lot of visual excitement going for them, which almost always makes for at the very least…a good trailer. But sometimes these trailers promise more than just big blockbuster excitement, and even rarer still is the big movie that delivers on these promises made by marketers and advertisers. But still, a movie trailer is like an unscratched lotto ticket…as long as there is hope, we’re good to go, and it’s worth something. So what are these trailers worth?Continue Reading …

Review: ‘Non-Stop’

Here we go. Another Liam Neeson action movie. If anyone told me ten years ago that Liam Neeson would soon be one of the biggest and most bankable action stars of the 2000s and 2010s, I woulda told you…that would be an interesting possibility. Though not likely. Sure he was okay in Star Wars. But as a stand alone action star? Naaaaaah.Continue Reading …

Netflix pick for 3/3/14 – ‘Prince Avalanche’

Before he was the director behind the studio-produced comedies “Pineapple Express,” “Your Highness” and “The Sitter,” writer/director David Gordon Green was a critical darling and the maker of tiny little coming-of-age Southern-set indie movies like “George Washington” and “All The Real Girls,” small movies based heavily on the characters and their development, and with his latest movie “Prince Avalanche,” Green has returned to those indie roots with a film that fits the first half of his filmography much better than it fits in with the second half.Continue Reading …

#60 – Taken on a Plane

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In episode 60, Chris and Drew review Non-Stop, the Netflix Pick of the Week is Prince Avalanche, Chris and Drew break in the new studio, and Chris tries to figure out what the show title will be…which you already know by now.Continue Reading …

Crespodiso Oscar Picks 2014

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In this bonus episode, Chris has some factoids about this year’s nominees, Chris and Drew go through each category and make their picks, and a bet is placed with the help of the listeners!

Review: ‘3 Days to Kill’

Oh boy. “3 Days to Kill.” Ugh. Let’s get this over with.

Kevin Costner plays Ethan, a dad estranged from his daughter and wife due to his commitment to work, and when he finds out he has three months to live thanks to some brain tumors that somehow spread to his lungs, he tries to reconnect with his family, who are currently living in Paris. His daughter (Hailee Steinfeld) calls him Ethan and prefers to hang out on her own, but of course slowly yet surely Ethan wins her over, despite also regularly screwing up by always being late. He’s gruff but means well and he promises his wife that he’s done with work and he just wants to be there for them and the whole movie is him trying to get to a point where his daughter will actually call him “dad.”

Oh by the way he’s a CIA field operative and a super deadly and effective hitman.Continue Reading …

Netflix pick for 2/24/14 – ‘The Untouchables’

Written by David Mamet. Directed by Brian De Palma. Scored by Ennio Morricone. Starring Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro and Sean Connery. You need more reasons to watch the fantastic 1987 crime drama “The Untouchables?”

“The Untouchables” may be best known for its famous shoot-out on the steps sequence, featuring a baby carriage bouncing down the stairs while cops and gangsters shoot at each other in super dramatic slow motion. This is a fine example of the whole “amateurs create, professionals steal,” as this is De Palma’s great call back to the 1925 silent movie “Battleship Potemkin,” and much like most of De Palma’s career, this movie is just as much an ode to cinema in general as it is a telling of the Eliot Ness – Al Capone story. This movie is fun, epic and definitely worth watching if you have not seen it already.Continue Reading …