For Your Consideration

May the 4th is almost here and to mark the occasion Dustin and Mike explore the light and dark sides of the Force with the 1977 fantasy spectacular, Star Wars. Does George Lucas' original space opera installment stand up to the test of time? Does it rate being considered one of the best films of all time? Will they ever find the droids that they're looking for? Also, like Han Solo during the trench run, this episode features the return of guest host, Sarah Van Tassel to the roundtable.

This week Mike and Dustin dip into the British Film Institute's Top 100 list and journey to mysterious Summerisle to tackle 1973's The Wicker Man. Is this movie truly the Citizen Kane of horror films or is it simply popular because of the impression its anti-establishment themes and nudity would have made on a young, pre-internet teenage audience? Listen to the commentary and see how this classic fares at the roundtable.

Also in this episode, we talk a little about the new poll feature and clarify our use of the term 'classic'.

This week Mike and Dustin dip into the British Film Institute's Top 100 list and journey to mysterious Summerisle to tackle 1973's The Wicker Man. Is this movie truly the Citizen Kane of horror films or is it simply popular because of the impression its anti-establishment themes and nudity would have made on a young, pre-internet teenage audience? Listen to the commentary and see how this classic fares at the roundtable.

Also in this episode, we talk a little about the new poll feature and clarify our use of the term 'classic'.

"Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?"

It's off to work we go as Dustin and Mike sit down at the roundtable to discuss the groundbreaking 1937 animated feature, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs. As the first full-length animated film ever produced Snow White holds a very special place in the annals of film history but does this timeless tale of jealousy, true love, couch surfing, and dwarfism measure up as one of the greatest films of all time? Leave it to the FYC crew to step up and ask the hard questions on the film commentary podcast that's as good as dapple lumplings. Er, lumple dapplings. Crapple dumpkins? Never mind.

"Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?"

It's off to work we go as Dustin and Mike sit down at the roundtable to discuss the groundbreaking 1937 animated feature, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs. As the first full-length animated film ever produced Snow White holds a very special place in the annals of film history but does this timeless tale of jealousy, true love, couch surfing, and dwarfism measure up as one of the greatest films of all time? Leave it to the FYC crew to step up and ask the hard questions on the film commentary podcast that's as good as dapple lumplings. Er, lumple dapplings. Crapple dumpkins? Never mind.

"Why a four-year-old child could understand this report. Run out and find me a four-year-old child. I can't make head or tail out of it."

Welcome back for another fun-filled episode of FYC. Since our schedule did not allow this week for an April Fool's Day release we decided to celebrate, if only in spirit, by embracing the day and looking at one of the very few comedies featured on the best-of-the-best lists, Duck Soup. The 1933 farce features the four Marx Brothers in their last film together as a quartet as well as their last film released by Paramount Pictures. In it they play characters belonging to two separate nations on the brink of war; Groucho and Zeppo as part of Freedonia and Chico and Harpo as spies for the neighbouring country of Sylvania. Widely considered by critics to be a masterpiece, Dustin and Mike do their usual persnickety job of putting popular consensus to the test and judging if a movie looks like a classic, and is treated as a classic, is it, in fact, a classic?

"Why a four-year-old child could understand this report. Run out and find me a four-year-old child. I can't make head or tail out of it."

Welcome back for another fun-filled episode of FYC. Since our schedule did not allow this week for an April Fool's Day release we decided to celebrate, if only in spirit, by embracing the day and looking at one of the very few comedies featured on the best-of-the-best lists, Duck Soup. The 1933 farce features the four Marx Brothers in their last film together as a quartet as well as their last film released by Paramount Pictures. In it they play characters belonging to two separate nations on the brink of war; Groucho and Zeppo as part of Freedonia and Chico and Harpo as spies for the neighbouring country of Sylvania. Widely considered by critics to be a masterpiece, Dustin and Mike do their usual persnickety job of putting popular consensus to the test and judging if a movie looks like a classic, and is treated as a classic, is it, in fact, a classic?

"Mrs. Robinson, if you don't mind my saying so, this conversation is getting a little strange."

This week we have a conversation about Mike Nichols' groundbreaking 1967 comedy-drama, The Graduate. This anthem to awkward sex and disenfranchised youth features a slightly too old Dustin Hoffman playing the young Benjamin Braddock returning home from college feeling lost, directionless, and haplessly falling into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, played by the slightly older than Hoffman, Anne Bancroft. Listen in as hosts Mike and Dustin take to the roundtable and wrestle with the big questions like does Ben actually love Elaine or is she just another MacGuffin in his selfish and directionless life? What were Ben's four years of college for? Does the film rate to be included as one of the greatest of all time? Would Ben have been better off just going into plastics?

"Mrs. Robinson, if you don't mind my saying so, this conversation is getting a little strange."

This week we have a conversation about Mike Nichols' groundbreaking 1967 comedy-drama, The Graduate. This anthem to awkward sex and disenfranchised youth features a slightly too old Dustin Hoffman playing the young Benjamin Braddock returning home from college feeling lost, directionless, and haplessly falling into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, played by the slightly older than Hoffman, Anne Bancroft. Listen in as hosts Mike and Dustin take to the roundtable and wrestle with the big questions like does Ben actually love Elaine or is she just another MacGuffin in his selfish and directionless life? What were Ben's four years of college for? Does the film rate to be included as one of the greatest of all time? Would Ben have been better off just going into plastics?

"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster."

On this week's episode, Mike and Dustin go deep undercover and take on the mob as they discuss Martin Scorsese's 1990 gangster epic, Goodfellas. It's the story of Henry Hill who spent his entire life trying to become a made man but when things start to spiral out of control he finds the only way out is to turn on the people and the life he has always wanted to be a part of. Helping our esteemed hosts out with this interrogation is FYC's very first guest snitch, Sarah Van Tassel, who brings a fresh and welcome set of eyes to the proceedings. So settle in, give it a listen, and see if being a gangster really is better than being the president of the United States.