Friday, July 4, 2014
Episode 4: Citizen Kane
This 4th of July we celebrate the uniquely American life and times of Charles Foster Kane as Chris, Sarah, and Tim discuss Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. Does this much-exalted film deserve its status as a classic? Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and dramatic crimitism... criticism... I am drunk.
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Movie In-Jokes: Independence Day
One of the fun games when watching movies is to spot references, secret messages and gags that filmmakers, film crews and actors can slip into movies to pay tribute to films they love, have a bit of fun with their previous work, or give the cinematic equivalent of a shout-out. Here's a spotter's guide to these inside jokes.
For this holiday, it seems appropriate to focus on a surprisingly literate gag layered into the background of Roland Emmerich's delightfully cheesy alien invasion epic Independence Day from 1996.
For this holiday, it seems appropriate to focus on a surprisingly literate gag layered into the background of Roland Emmerich's delightfully cheesy alien invasion epic Independence Day from 1996.
Thursday, July 3, 2014
The tribes of the moon return with the Nightbreed Director's Cut!
Horror fans and creatures of the night rejoice! This week, some official details regarding Scream Factory's long-awaited release of Clive Barker's horror epic Nightbreed have finally come to light.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Movie In-Jokes: King Kong (2005)
One of the fun games when watching movies is to spot references, secret messages and gags that filmmakers, film crews and actors can slip into movies to pay tribute to films they love, have a bit of fun with their previous work, or give the cinematic equivalent of a shout-out. Here's a spotter's guide to these inside jokes.
This time we swing back to Peter Jackson, who clearly decided one troublesome monkey wasn't enough for his epic remake of the classic monster movie King Kong.
This time we swing back to Peter Jackson, who clearly decided one troublesome monkey wasn't enough for his epic remake of the classic monster movie King Kong.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Movie In-Jokes: The Iron Giant
One of the fun games when watching movies is to spot references, secret messages and gags that filmmakers, film crews and actors can slip into movies to pay tribute to films they love, have a bit of fun with their previous work, or give the cinematic equivalent of a shout-out. Here's a spotter's guide to these inside jokes.
This time animator Brad Bird pays tribute to two masters of the art in his adorable sci-fi masterpiece The Iron Giant.
This time animator Brad Bird pays tribute to two masters of the art in his adorable sci-fi masterpiece The Iron Giant.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Episode 3: Back to the Future
Great Scott!! Mind-bending paradoxes and Oedipal weirdness abound as Tim, Chris, and Sarah hit 88 miles per hour and zip back to the halcyon days of 1985 to discuss the time travel classic Back to the Future. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and reminders of childhood traumas regarding a dead cartoon shoe.
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