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#56 – R.I.P. Plutarch Heroinsbee

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In episode 56, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn mourn the untimely loss of the great Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died at the age of 46 due to an apparent drug overdose. Despite the heavy opening story, the show must go on, and on it went, with a new Netflix Instant Pick of the Week, reviews of Dallas Buyers Club and Inside Llewyn Davis and much more!

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R.I.P. Philip Seymour HoffmanContinue Reading …

Dr. Drew’s Two Cents – 420 Edition

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In this bonus episode of Dr. Drew’s Two Cents, Drewster Cogburn decides to take a look at society’s evolving views on marijuana consumption, for both recreational and medicinal uses, and takes us from the early days of prohibition through today. Co-host Chris Crespo tries his best to throw shade all over Drew’s points. Does it go well? LISTEN TO FIND OUT!Continue Reading …

Review: ‘Nebraska’

“Nebraska” is yet another funny yet sad entry in the filmography of Alexander Payne, one filled with lonely people struggling to find and hold on to the small things that make them happy in lives that are otherwise kind of miserable.

Take for instance Woody Grant (Bruce Dern). See, old Woody is just that…old. He’s a half-deaf Korean War veteran who likely saw something that changed him forever, and he seems to be going just a little senile as well, and he also seems to be a bit of an alcoholic on top of all that. He got a notice in the mail that he MIGHT have won a $1 million, but everyone knows that this notice is just a scam in order to get him to subscribe to some magazines. But Woody either doesn’t know this or just doesn’t want to know and has decided he is going to hand deliver the “winning” letter to the prize office in Nebraska, even if that means walking all the way from his home in Billings, Montana.Continue Reading …

Netflix pick for 1/27/14 – ‘The Hunt For Red October’

From 1990, the Academy-Award winning* “The Hunt For Red October” was the cinematic introduction of one of the more unlikely movie franchises, that being movies (generally) centered on hero Jack Ryan. Played by Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and Chris Pine in subsequent films, the actor who got the chance to bring this weird hero to life was the one and only Alec Baldwin.

And yes, Jack Ryan is a weird protagonist to keep bringing back. He seems to be the Tom Clancy-penned American answer to James Bond, but it just isn’t the same. One of Jack Ryan’s defining characteristics is a bad back that doesn’t seem to bother him ever when you would think it would bother him the most, like in “The Hunt For Red October” when he transfers himself from helicopter to submarine by jumping into extremely cold, stormy waters. Hell, in three of the five Jack Ryan movies, including this one, a major defining characteristic of Jack Ryan is that he is an extremely bright CIA analyst who gets pulled into the field and turned into an operative by a superior, so essentially we have three separate Jack Ryan origin movies here (with the recent “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” taking this whole origin thing to the Nth degree).Continue Reading …

#55 – That’s Movie Magic!

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In episode 55, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn go it alone, recapping the weekend box office results, doing the Netflix Instant pick of the week, and more!

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Chris wants to start a Youtube channel show about movie magic.

The Netflix Instant Pick of the Week is The Hunt for Red October.

Chris reviews Philomena.

Chris and Drew recap the box office weekend results.Continue Reading …

CCN – January 2014

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Cinema Crespodiso presents CCN for January 2014, in which host Chris Crespo decides to give his own take on the random goings-on in the world, from Nancy Grace commercials on television to underage sex crimes all around the country to the worst type of people on Twitter and everything in between.Continue Reading …

Netflix pick for 1/20/14 – ‘Fargo’

Here’s another one for the kids, you know, the people who were little children when “Fargo” came out in 1996, the people who are just discovering the joys of cinema beyond their own nose, know what I mean? Sure you and I know that “Fargo” is awesome. But someone has to tell the kids!

So “Fargo” is awesome, kids. It is a Coen Brothers movie, the same guys who made “The Big Lebowski” (you know about that one, right? With the Dude? Oh kids these days…). It’s got that ugly guy from “Boardwalk Empire” back when people only knew him as that ugly guy, and it has that long haired dude from “Shameless.” Do kids even watch these shows? Who watches this shit anyway?Continue Reading …

#54 – Skeet Da Keet

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In episode 54, Chris and Drew are joined by DJ Baby Lac and they talk about the new Oscar nominations, parakeet food and everything in between.

Discussed in this episode:

The Netflix Instant Pick of the Week is Fargo.

The box office recap includes reviews of Lone Survivor and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.

They talk about the new movies coming out in theaters and on DVD this week.Continue Reading …

The Best Movies of 2013 – part 2 of 2

On the day the 2013 Oscar nominations are annouced, why not let the world know at the exact same time which exact movies were my absolute favorites of the year? And why continue screwing around up here with the preamble, let’s get into this thing, shall we?Continue Reading …

The Best Movies of 2013 – part 1 of 2

While we recently threw some shade on the crappier movies of 2013, I get more pleasure talking about the all the movies from the previous year that I just loved. So here is part 1 of my top ten of 2013, come back here tomorrow for part 2!