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Netflix pick for 9/15/14 – ‘Return of the Dragon’ a.k.a. ‘The Way of the Dragon’

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“Return of the Dragon” is Bruce Lee’s final complete film and hey guess what it is awesome because Bruce Lee was a cinematic perfect storm of charisma and uniqueness which made him one of the most interesting movie stars of all time and this movie does well to feature much of his most excellent talents. It also builds up to an epic showdown at the Coliseum against a fella played by Chuck Norris, so if Bruce Lee vs Chuck Norris doesn’t sell you on this movie, I don’t know what will.

Written and directed by Bruce Lee after the mega success of “Enter the Dragon,” this is a movie in which Lee plays a simple Chinese fella who stays with a relative in Rome to help them deal with the local mafia, as they have been putting the pinch on the family’s restaurant business. But when Bruce Lee’s Chen character shows up, everything goes wrong for the mafia, as despite seeming to be very naive and innocent, this guy is really a world class fighting machine, easily dispatching practically all challengers no matter how many there are or what weapons they have. That’s the worth of Chinese boxing, or else this movie would have you believe.Continue Reading …

Review: ‘The Drop’

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“The Drop” is a small little crime drama that is more about reputation and name recognition within a certain segment of society than it is about any one crime in particular. Despite the trailer making this seem like a movie about a mob-backed bar being knocked off and the bar managers being tasked with finding out who did it, there is actually more going on with multiple characters and an old unsolved crime and a puppy that was thrown away but then saved and then got stuck in the middle of an ownership dispute and there’s something also about a church closing down but that doesn’t really matter. It’s well made and well acted, it just doesn’t add up to much in the end. It’s good, just not great. And there are worse things for a movie to be.

So Tom Hardy plays some guy named Bob and Bob is just a New York boy working for his cousin Marv (James Gandolfini’s last role) bartending at his little shitty tavern, a tavern that Marv operated but no longer owned. Apparently the local Chechen mob bought out Marv’s sometime ago and they really run the show. So when some punk kids rob the bar of $5,000, the Chechens go a little overboard in their mandate to Bob and Marv to recover the money.Continue Reading …

#88 – Organically Reached Title

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In episode 88, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn review The Drop and Chris reviews No Good Deed.

There is a new Billy D’s Death at the Movies, a new Netflix Instant Pick of the Week, and more!

Discussed in this episode:

Christian Mingle The Movie, Magnificent Seven remake, the new Batmobile, Kevin Smith vs Film Critics, Dredd prequel, Minority Report tv show, Mel Brooks movies and more!

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The Crespodisco #12 – Epic Songs

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In this BONUS episode, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn talk about their favorite epic songs, all of them at least seven minutes long, all of them awesome and rocking and cool and crazy.

So get down with some musical odysseys and enjoy the show!

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Netflix pick for 9/8/14 – ‘Bloodsport’

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“Bloodsport” is the Netflix Instant Pick of the Week, and really I shouldn’t have to go into any explanation as to why this could possibly be a recommendation from me. But I guess I will. By hook or by crook, despite sitting on a shelf for two years and going through huge edits, “Bloodsport” is probably Jean Claude Van Damme’s most endearing and fun movie from his 1980’s/1990’s hey day. It is fun, has cool fighting sequences featuring multiple fighting styles, and the bad guy is played by the legendary Bolo Yeung.Continue Reading …

#87 – The Return of SBK

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In episode 87, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn are joined by Kevin (twitter.com/thesoulbrother) from The SBK Live Show (www.SBKLiveRadio.com) and he keeps things entertaining despite no one seeing any new movies on a very slow movie weekend.

But they DO talk about: 80s action movies, Joan Rivers, new movies on DVD this week and in theaters next weekend, The Keep and Tangerine Dream, movies comings out this Fall, recasting movies with women, Visitor Q and The Human Centipede, Quentin Tarantino news, more Terminator sequels and more!

Plus there is a new Billy D’s Death at the Movies, a round of Drewster Cogburn vs the World and a new Lightning Round for Kevin.

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2014 Fall Movie Preview – 9 Movies to Watch

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The summer movie season for 2014 is officially over, ending with a commercial and critical bang with the unexpected powerhouse that is “Guardians of the Galaxy,” and now we are in that transition period from big expensive tentpole movies to the more serious minded, adult targeted, possibly award winning films typical of the end of the year. So what can we look forward to in 2014? Here is a list of nine movies that could potentially make a big impact this fall movie season. And let’s just start at the beginning, shall we?Continue Reading …

Dr. Drew’s Two Cents – Religion

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In this BONUS episode, the Doctor…is IN!

This month’s Dr. Drew’s Two Cents focuses on the man religions of the world from A to Z and then Drewster Cogburn himself lets us know which religion is correct.

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Netflix pick for 9/1/14 – ‘Clue’

CluePoster“Clue” is a delightfully strange movie which exists as proof that making movies out things like board games is not a new fad or recent phenomenon, no sir, they have been trying this crap since 1985 at the least, and you know? Thirty years later, you can’t tell me that movies like “Battleship” or the upcoming Ouija movie are going to be any better than this whodunnit featuring the guitarist from Spinal Tap and the devil from “Legend.”

This is one of this movies, like so many others, that got kinda panned when it came out and didn’t make much money and was pretty much a failure critically and financially, only to have found new life on home video. It is definitely a cult type of movie, lots of fun and featuring three different endings (endings which were split up among different theaters around the country, a ballsy move only an executive out of his mind on cocaine would green light), with good actors embracing the spirit of the Agatha Christie style murder mystery story that they are obviously pulling from for this movie, and really they could have done a whole of a hell of a lot worse than try to emulate that 50’s gothic mystery sort of movie. Have fun watching this movie and trying to figure out who did it. And with the three different endings, your odds are pretty good!Continue Reading …

Review: ‘The November Man’

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“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 …

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