Review: ‘Need for Speed’

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For a movie titled “Need for Speed,” there is a distinct lack of urgency or vitality to the whole thing. There was plenty of speed, but was there much NEED for it? Eh, not really. Not in this movie anyway.

Which is unfortunate because “Need for Speed” has some things going for it on the outset that makes it a fun movie to root for to be good and do well. We got Aaron Paul, hot off the success of “Breaking Bad,” and he’s getting his first change to lead a big movie, and in the context of the film and what he has to do, he actually does quite a great job. As a matter of fact, with some more experience and years under his belt, Aaron Paul has a chance to be a strong, reliable movie leading man in the tradition of Humphrey Bogart, Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise (read: short), and even in a movie as lifeless as this one, we still see someone worth watching in this guy. Jesse Pinkman was not a fluke.Continue Reading …

Dr. Drew’s Two Cents – Food

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In this month’s Dr. Drew’s Two Cents, Drewster Cogburn talks about food, and mostly takes the time to rail against people who are gluten-free and who claim to have garlic allergies but then love onions. Chris also buys Drew’s theory that Big Corn is behind the gluten-free craze, Drew admits that cooking gives him a god complex, Chris doesn’t like seafood, the Red Grease, and Drew explains how humans removed themselves from the food chain, making them the caretakers of said chain, at which we are failing. Chris also reads some bad jokes about vegans and vegetarians.

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

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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

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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’

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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’

Prince_Avalanche_QUADBefore 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 …

Review: ‘3 Days to Kill’

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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 …