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#139 – Spam and Mayonnaise

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In episode 139, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn are joined by returning guest Curtis Earth.

Chris and Drew review the documentary “Best of Enemies,” and Chris reviews “The End of the Tour.” Curtis also sings a song for the guys (see if you can spot the metaphor).

Also discussed in this episode:

Billy D reviews “Turbo Kid.”

Dr. Drew gives his two cents on “Mad Max: Fury Road” being released for home viewing.Continue Reading …

Review: ‘The End of the Tour’

teott-poster-gallery“The End of the Tour” is the exact kind of movie that people like to claim never get made anymore. Folks like to complain about superhero movies and blockbusters and spectacles and studios cranking out product instead of art, and the best is when they insist that nothing original gets made, oh woe is us, why can’t we get movies made for adults anymore, just people talking about ideas and the inherent drama that comes from different people coming together, why oh why can’t we get more movies like this? And then this movie comes along, and everyone is like “The End of the what? David Foster who? What Stone magazine? Just pass the Cheetos, will ya?” People, please, put down the fucking snack foods, shut off the reality television, get in your shitty car and go to the nearest theater showing “The End of the Tour” and do your part to support solid, well made, adult-minded entertainment.

Funny enough, “The End of the Tour” even goes a little into “good seductive entertainment,” the type of movies that DO involve action and spectacle and aren’t meant to change the world or even the way you look at the world (“Die Hard” gets specifically name dropped as an example) and this gets compared to eating candy and junk food and drinking soda, which is indeed pleasurable albeit not nutritious. We can consume this kind of middle of the road, for-entertainment-only type of movie (and television and music and literature and so on) but we can’t make it the basis of our diets, we can’t subsist on this alone and expect any sort of personal growth; on the contrary, we can only expect to die a very real death in a very meaningful way, which is how this movie describes what happens to a person when their primary sexual relationship is with their own hand and images on a computer screen as opposed to with an actual person. It all ties together in a way that asks basically what is this life all about and how can we all navigate this thing in the best way possible.Continue Reading …

Bonus Episode – 2015 Fall Movie Guide

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In this BONUS episode, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn preview all the movies coming out this fall, leading all the way up to the end of 2015.

This episode also reveals an interesting discrepancy between the desktop and mobile versions of IMDB, and Drew starts the show with a revelation of his own that is an absolute game changer.

What could it be? Only one (very easy) way to find out…Continue Reading …

Review: ‘American Ultra’

AmericanUltra_Poster“American Ultra” is “Cheech & Chong’s The Bourne Identity,” a mash up of genres and genre tropes, slammed together in a way that feels like an early draft of a screenplay that ultimately needs to be expanded and finished. It seems as if the filmmakers behind this thing thought that simply taking the “sleeper agent” government-trained killer storyline that we’ve seen a lot and adding a bit of marijuana use to the proceedings would somehow magically result in a movie worth watching, and while “American Ultra” isn’t bad, it never rises to the heights promised by the marketing and the concept.

Mike (Jesse Eisenberg) is a heavy marijuana user, often derisively referred to as a “stoner,” and he lives a simple, fairly shitty life in a small Virginia town where he gets harassed by the police and seems to be the only employee at an incredibly shitty convenience store. The only thing making his life bearable (besides the weed) is his live-in girlfriend Phoebe (Kristen Stewart) and he is planning to propose to her, except that his can’t really get his shit together long enough to do so. Meanwhile, over at CIA headquarters not too far away, an agent (Connie Britton) finds out that her government trained super killer in hiding is about to be killed by a rival agent’s (Topher Grace) own super killer program, so she goes to Mike and “activates” him with a pass code. From that point forward, whenever someone tries to do anything to Mike, he knows how to get out of the problem and also knows how to kill people with whatever is on hand. The rest of the movie is the CIA trying to kill Mike and Mike trying to survive with Phoebe.Continue Reading …

Review: ‘No Escape’

no_escape_ver3_xxlg“No Escape” is a movie about the lengths parents would go to in order to keep their family safe. In a world filled with dangers and difficult decisions, this is one of the hardest and most stressful things a person could go through in normal day to day life, let alone in the middle of a war zone with imminent death around every corner.

Jack (Owen Wilson) works for a large American corporation, and his employer sends him to an unnamed Southeast Asian country to work on some sort of “clean water” project, which he sees as a noble endeavor. His wife Annie (Lake Bell) puts on a brave face but it is obvious that this whole situation is very stressful for her and their two little girls. Just the idea of moving to a foreign land and not knowing the language and customs is enough to make things difficult for them, so it doesn’t help that they have no idea that a rebel coup is underway just as they land in the country, and that while they sleep overnight, rebel forces take to the streets and essentially take over the entire country.Continue Reading …

Netflix pick for 8/31/15 – ‘The Blues Brothers’

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This pick is for the kids, cause someone has to tell them about Jake and Elwood Blues, also known as “The Blues Brothers.” A mixture of comedy, musical, road movie and with a couple of car chases thrown in for good measure, this is a crazy movie with awesome scenes featuring awesome music and legendary musicians, as well as Princess Leia firing automatic weapons on the lover who spurned her. This movie is nothing short of fabulous and the kids need to know! We need to tell them! Watch this classic film!

A simple set up, it is astounding how much mileage they get out of this thing. Jake and Elwood (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) reunite when Jake gets out of Joliet Prison and when they find out that the orphanage that raised them is about to shut down because of a lack of money, they decide to get the band back together so they can raise the money to save the place. A plot that has been used countless times in many forms throughout the years, but the only time this plot has ever been infused with James Brown, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin. Amazing music, a great cast, Illinois Nazis, John Candy leading a bunch of cops, this movie has it all, don’t you see?Continue Reading …

#138 – We Are Not Your Friends

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In episode 138, Chris Crespo reviews No Escape. and with Drewster Cogburn, talks about how people sometimes need to be told to see “the classics.”

Also discussed in this episode:

Billy D reviews Ghoul and coins the term “Cinema Vérité Horror.”

Dr. Drew gives his two cents on We Are Your Friends bombing at the Box Office.

The Netflix Instant Pick of the Week is The Blues Brothers.Continue Reading …

Bonus Episode – Summer Movie Season Recap

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In this BONUS episode, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn recap all the movies they saw this summer and rank their favorites and least favorites at the end. Enjoy!Continue Reading …

Netflix pick for 8/24/15 – ‘Joe’

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From 2013, “Joe” is the story of a man learning how to love again. But not in that way. In a more general, “oh yeah, there are feelings other than anger” kind of way. This man is Joe, and his portrayed by Nicolas Cage, and in this instance, this is a good thing.

A tale of broken families and downtrodden people, raging against their small, tumultuous worlds, where only the youthful have even a chance of getting out if only because they have still have some time. But it’ll run out soon enough. It always does.Continue Reading …

#137 – Someone’s Gotta Do It

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In episode 137, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn review American Ultra and Chris also reviews Hitman: Agent 47.

Also discussed in this episode:

Billy D reviews several television shows like Mr. Robot and Review.

Dr. Drew gives his two cents on being done with movie trailers.

The Netflix Instant Pick of the Week is David Gordon Green’s “Joe.”

Disney making Star Wars and Toy Story theme parks.Continue Reading …

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