A weekly talk show hosted by film critic Christopher Crespo
Written by the star of TV’s Prison Break and directed by the guy behind “Oldboy” is not a way I thought I would ever start any review ever, yet here it is, it has come to pass, this is indeed a thing, as “Stoker” is directed by the great Chan-wook Park, based on an original screenplay by Wentworth Miller (which itself is a loving homage to the works of Alfred Hitchcock, most notably his film “Shadow of a Doubt“). And you know what? It’s pretty damn good.Continue Reading …
“The book was better.”
How many times has that phrase been uttered? Films and books are two different forms of media, and there is no reason why one should be better than the other. As long as films have been made, filmmakers have been turning to books for inspiration. And why not? There’s nothing wrong with going with the old book to film route, and as history as shown, it’s a coin flip, a toss up, it could go either way. There are so many things at work on any given film that when one is made well it’s a bona fide miracle. Continue Reading …
Have you guys seen this trailer yet for “The Hangover Part III?” While giving very little in terms of plot specifics, it seems pretty clear in that this is going to be more than just a rehash of the previous two movies in this most unexpected of comedy film franchises. But just what the hell is this thing actually about?Continue Reading …
“Olympus Has Fallen” feels like a movie based on an old script from the 1980s, updated to fit our current geopolitical climate and technological advancements, but containing the same jingoistic overtones that permeated many of our country’s action movies during the Cold War with the Soviets. This is basically “Air Force One” mixed with “Under Siege” and “Executive Decision,” which are all riffs on “Die Hard” anyway. So let’s just call this movie “Die Hard in the White House.”
This movie is all about a day in which a small yet well-armed North Korean regiments launches a full scale attack against the White House in Washington, D.C., ultimately taking the President (Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Knight) hostage along with the Vice President and others, leaving Speaker of the House Trumbull (Morgan Freeman, The Dark Knight Rises) in charge of securing the White House and the President inside. But of course the real hero of the day is the lone guy who is in the wrong place at the right time, disgraced Secret Service officer Mike Banning (Gerard Butler, Coriolanus), who manages to be the one guy loose in the House and able to sneak around and pick off terrorists one at a time and feed information back to the House Speaker and everyone else in the war room.Continue Reading …
This is a two-for-one special, because Netflix Instant Watch has proven to be quite resourceful in this particular situation. We got something for everyone here, if everyone is happy with a western anyway. In 1969, John Wayne won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for his portrayal of an old surly U.S. Marshal named Rooster Cogburn in the first adaptation of the book of the same name, and in 2010 the two-headed filmmaking beast known as the Coen brothers made their own adaptation of this book, to much critical and commercial success. “True Grit” is something special, and there is much to enjoy from these two versions of the same story.Continue Reading …
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In Episode 11 of Cinema Crespodiso, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn welcome first-time guest Matt, producer of “SBK Live” and co-host of “2 Guys 1 Sports Show,” and the three guys talk about Stoker, Spring Breakers, Seven Psychopaths, and movies shot in Pittsburgh, PA. Plus we got a whole new Netflix Pick of the Week which turns into something of a two-for-one, the Crespodisco is lively and the Crespodome is packed, so there is only one left to do, and that is Macho Man Randy Savage style dig it!
Hey, do you like to oogle scantily clad young flesh whilst listening to Skrillex, all wrapped up in the confines of an arty indie movie trying to say something but in the end not really saying all that much at all but still looking cool doing it? Then buddy, do we have the perfect movie for you.
“Spring Breakers” is the story of four small town college girls who raise the funds to make it to Spring Break week in St. Petersburg, Florida (because everyone all over the world knows that the one place anyone associates spring break with is St. Pete, Florida), and once they get there, set out to be as debaucherous and wild as they possibly can, which means pretty much scene after scene of half naked and fully naked people drinking from beer funnels and jumping around in slow motion with their hands in the air and watching girls make out with each other and trashing their environment with reckless abandon, just moving around from setting to setting like beaches and hotel rooms and pools.Continue Reading …
“Midnight Cowboy” is a classic. The only X-rated film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture (and also winning Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay), this is the story of a young Texas idiot named Joe Buck (Jon Voight) who moves to New York City with the intention of starting a career as a gigolo. Of course since he is a yokel he gets taken advantage of immediately in ole NYC, and struggles mightily to get his dream job going. He also meets polio-riddled Rizzo the Rat (Dustin Hoffman), a street hustler who initially hustles Joe Buck but then becomes friends with the guy, and soon enough they are the only thing the other person has.Continue Reading …
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In episode ten of Cinema Crespodiso, Chris is joined by special guest co-host Ed Luvables and super special guest Soul Brother Kevin, and they talk about the new Netflix Instant Pick of the Week “Midnight Cowboy,” they talk about new movies “Identity Thief,” “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” and “Oz The Great and Powerful,” they talk about censorship in “A Good Day to Die Hard,” and both Ed and Kevin are subjected to their own individual Lightning Rounds, so there’s a lot going on in the packed sammich of a show! Dig it!