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In the final installment of Catching Up On Cinema's “Drinking Movie Month,” Kyle and Trevor review Lexi Alexander's, Punisher: War Zone (2008).

Directed by Lexi Alexander, the film is simultaneously the most explicitly gory violent, as well as the most aesthetically vibrant and colorful of Punisher films.

Starring Ray Stevenson as perhaps the most visually “correct” version of The Punisher on film according to the comic book canon, the movie also boasts a solid supporting cast in the form of Dominic West as a scenery chewing Jigsaw, Bruce Hutchinson as his brother LBJ, Colin Salmon as action hero in training Agent Budiansky, and Julie Benz as the token Lionsgate leading lady from the late 2000's.

Episode 18 – Green Street Hooligans (2005)

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It's once again time for Catching Up On Cinema's monthly Catching Up On Blu-Ray episode!

This time around, Trevor is once again joined by his good friend Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast in reviewing the month's physical media releases.

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In this installment of Catching Up On Cinema's “Drinking Movie Month,” Kyle introduces Trevor to Danny Boyle's, Trainspotting (1996)!

Based on a novel by Irvine Welsh, the film is a charismatic and high energy tale about a gang of troubled Scottish youths and their misadventures in navigating drug abuse in the modern world.

Headlined by a very young Ewan McGregor, the film is packed with emerging Scottish and British talent, consisting of the likes of Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlisle, Jonny Lee Miller and Kevin McKidd.

Stylish and borderline anarchic in it's presentation, the film's presentation and breakneck pace are utterly intoxicating, all the while somehow managing a largely upbeat atmosphere despite the subject matter periodically veering into truly dark territory.

Ewen Bremner also co-starred in AVP (2004), a film that was discussed in our very first upload!:

Episode 18 - Green Street Hooligans (2005), featuring that awful looking pea dish:

Episode 31 – 28 Days Later (2002), also directed by Danny Boyle:

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Episode 32 – Dog Soldiers (2002), starring Kevin McKidd:

Episode 59 – The Beach (2000), also directed by Danny Boyle:

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It's once again time for Catching Up On Cinema's monthly Tales From the Shelf episode!

Movies featured in this episodes include:

The Before Trilogy

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Box Collection

The Scream Factory Halloween Box Set

The Die Hard Nakatomi Plaza Collection

The Pierre Etaix Box Set

The Dark Knight Trilogy Collector's Edition

The Phantasm Complete Series Collection

The Ip Man Series 4k Collection

The Alien Anthology

The Neon Genesis Evangelion Perfect Collection

The Rec Series Collection

And stick around for the Big Finish where we do a speed round of any spillover titles that didn't make the cut for the full discussion!

*The movie Trevor couldn't remember the name of is called Afflicted (2013)*

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In this week's installment of Catching Up On Cinema's “Drinking Movie Month,” the boys are joined by Harrison and Jordan from the Grief Burrito podcast to review Edgar Wright's, The World's End (2013)!

Boasting Wright's signature flair for swift, dynamic editing, and razor sharp dialogue, the film is a comedy gem that doubles as an engaging sci-fi actioner.

While the technical aspects of the production are stellar, it's all-star supporting cast consisting of the likes of Patty Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike, and even brief appearances by Pierce Brosnan and Bill Nighy, ensure that it's greatest assets are it's characters and the dynamics of their interactions.

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Special thanks to our special guests, Harrison and Jordan from the Grief Burrito podcast!

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Michael Smiley's previous appearances on Catching Up On Cinema:

Episode 25 – The Hallow (2015)

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Episode 79 – Free Fire (2016)

Episode 101 – Kill List (2011)

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In this week's installment of Catching Up On Cinema's “Drinking Movies Month” event, Kyle and Trevor review Joe Wright's biopic, Darkest Hour (2017).

Starring Gary Oldman in an Academy Award winning performance as Winston Churchill during the early days of his time as Prime Minister of the UK, the film is a stylish and dazzling well acted historical drama.

An actor's film, Oldman gives his all and totally disappears in his role as Churchill, aided in no small part by Kazu Hiro's incredible and seamless prosthetic effects work.

Occasionally bogged down by the weight of it's own subject matter, the film's momentum is buoyed by the inclusion of the likes of Kristin Scott Thomas, Stephen Dillane, Ben Mendelsohn and Lily James in supporting roles.

Last week's Drinkin' Movie

Episode 133 – Withnail and I (1987):

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This June is "Drinking Movies Month" at Catching Up On Cinema!

All month long, Kyle will be introducing Trevor to some of his favorite movies to drink along to.

This month we kick things off with a review of Bruce Robinson's darkly comedic, Withnail and I (1987)

A worthy entrant in the Criterion collection, the film is an extremely British cult film with lasting appeal.

Starring a nascent Richard E. Grant as Withnail, and Paul McGann as the titular "I", the would serve as the launchpad for both men's careers.

Though all of our principle cast are continually guzzling down all manner of alcoholic beverages throughout the duration of the film, Kyle's recommendation is that a viewing of Withnail and I is best paired with a bottle of red wine.

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It's once again time for Catching Up On Cinema's monthly Catching Up On Blu-Ray episode!

This time around, Trevor is once again joined by his good friend Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast in reviewing the month's physical media releases.

Check out Brad's podcast, Cinema Speak on Libsyn at Cinema Speak, or on Twitter and Instagram.

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In this week's episode of Catching Up On Cinema, Kyle and Trevor sit down to review Zack Snyder's, Army of the Dead (2021)!

Conceived in the late 2000's as a follow up to Snyder's wildly successful feature directorial debut, Dawn of the Dead (2004), the film spent over a decade in developmental Hell before it's eventual 2021 release to theaters and Netflix.

Starring Dave Bautista and an international cast of ensemble players including the likes of Ella Purrell, Ana de la Reguera, Omari Hardwick, and Samantha Win, the film is concerns a heavily armed troupe of mercenaries infiltrating a zombie infested Las Vegas in the hopes of raiding the contents of a casino vault.

Advertised as a colorful, fun, action packed thrill ride, the film is, in actuality, fairly sluggish and dour.

Bizarrely melodramatic and emotionally overwrought, the film is bookended by excellent action/spectacle setpieces, however it is brought down by a bloated an drab middle section.

Stay tuned after the show for a quick PSA regarding the dead pixels scattered throughout the film.

Credit for @redlettermedia for confirming what I had only suspected at the time of viewing.

Episode 81 – Dawn of the Dead (1978) w/Brad from Cinema Speak:

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*Yes, Trevor is aware that he often referred to Garret Dillahunt as Garrett Hedlund. He has been  punished accordingly*

It's once again time for Catching Up On Cinema's monthly "Tales From the Shelf" episode!

In this installment, Trevor and his buddy brad from the Cinema Speak podcast sit down to swap stories about the movies in their respective collections that boast the most "Artful Aesthetics".

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Brad's Picks:

Manhunter (1986)

Halloween (1978) - Bonus chat about Dean Cundey

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Fargo (1996) - Bonus chat about Roger Deakins

The Master (2012)

Trevor's Picks:

Akira (1988)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Loving VIncent (2017)

Sekigahara (2017)

Crimson Peak (2015)

Additionally, both hosts also conclude the show with the customary "Speed Round", wherein they run through a number of runner up films they had set aside prior to recording the episode.

Catching Up On Cinema Presents: Tales From the Shelf - Stupendous Scores:

Catching Up On Cinema - Episode 38 - Halloween (2018):

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