For Your Consideration

"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.

"They just want help, even the scary ones." Things take a supernatural turn this week on the show as we look in on the spirit world and M. Night Shyamalan's most loved film, The Sixth Sense. It wowed audiences in 1999 with it's famous twist ending but does the movie really hold up under careful scrutiny and should it be classified as a true classic? Dustin and Mike waste no time asking the hard questions, peeling back the layers and putting the film's internal logic, and controversial writer/director, to the test.

"They just want help, even the scary ones."   Things take a supernatural turn this week on the show as we look in on the spirit world and M. Night Shyamalan's most loved film, The Sixth Sense. It wowed audiences in 1999 with it's famous twist ending but does the movie really hold up under careful scrutiny and should it be classified as a true classic? Dustin and Mike waste no time asking the hard questions, peeling back the layers and putting the film's internal logic, and controversial writer/director, to the test.

"Any man don't wanna get killed...better clear on out the back."

On this week's episode Dustin and Mike sit down to talk about Clint Eastwood's morally acute meditation on violence and redemption, and his last word on the western genre, Unforgiven. It's the story of William Munny and Ned Logan who aint bad men no more, they're just quiet farmers trying to make their way in the world. But after Munny is faced with a difficult choice they set out on one more fateful job as hired guns to make a little money and kill some men they guess probably got it comin'. Download the show, listen to the discussion, and see if the film gets the judgment it deserves.

"Any man don't wanna get killed...better clear on out the back."

On this week's episode Dustin and Mike sit down to talk about Clint Eastwood's morally acute meditation on violence and redemption, and his last word on the western genre, Unforgiven. It's the story of William Munny and Ned Logan who aint bad men no more, they're just quiet farmers trying to make their way in the world. But after Munny is faced with a difficult choice they set out on one more fateful job as hired guns to make a little money and kill some men they guess probably got it comin'. Download the show, listen to the discussion, and see if the film gets the judgment it deserves.

 

 

"There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible." Last week we lost Pulitzer Prize winning author, Harper Lee, who died of a stroke at the age of 89. For over 30 years she unprecedently had only one published novel to her name and it is one of my, and the literary world's, favourite books, To Kill a Mockingbird. As a tribute to Ms. Lee and her work we felt it would be a good idea to tackle the 1962 adaptation of her book on this week's show and see if we can't come to an agreement by mutual consent as to whether or not the film should be considered a classic. So, join us as Dustin and Mike take a trip to the tired old town of Maycomb, spend some quality time with the Finch's, catch up with the trial of Tom Robinson, and try to remember that it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

"There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible."   Last week we lost Pulitzer Prize winning author, Harper Lee, who died of a stroke at the age of 89. For over 30 years she unprecedently had only one published novel to her name and it is one of my, and the literary world's, favourite books, To Kill a Mockingbird. As a tribute to Ms. Lee and her work we felt it would be a good idea to tackle the 1962 adaptation of her book on this week's show and see if we can't come to an agreement by mutual consent as to whether or not the film should be considered a classic. So, join us as Dustin and Mike take a trip to the tired old town of Maycomb, spend some quality time with the Finch's, catch up with the trial of Tom Robinson, and try to remember that it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.     

"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine…"

This week's episode of For Your Consideration sees your hosts, Dustin and Mike, rounding up the usual suspects and taking a look at the 1942 romantic drama, Casablanca. We ask the burning questions like, does the plight of Rick, Ilsa, and Victor actually amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world and is the film a classic for the ages or were we misinformed? So, take a seat at the bar of Café Americain and go ahead and give us a listen. You'll be doing us a favor.

“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine…”

This week's episode of For Your Consideration sees your hosts, Dustin and Mike, rounding up the usual suspects and taking a look at the 1942 romantic drama, Casablanca. We ask the burning questions like, does the plight of Rick, Ilsa, and Victor actually amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world and is the film a classic for the ages or were we misinformed? So, take a seat at the bar of Café Americain and go ahead and give us a listen. You’ll be doing us a favor.

 

"If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you."

Fifteen miles from paradise lies the City of God and it is divided. Anyone living in the Rio de Janeiro slum is considered a hoodlum and life is violent and cheap. In this podcast based on a true story your hosts, Mike and Dustin, infiltrate a gang war between two rival crime lords to record a podcast and tell a story the world needs to hear. Will the 2002 critically acclaimed crime-drama, City of God, cut the classic mustard? Check out the show and let us know what you thought of the final verdict.

MUSIC

Kung-Fu Fighting (Carl Douglas)

Metamorfose Ambulante (Raul Seixas)

LINKS/NOTES

City Of God page on Wikipedia

Official City Of God website (English)

Sea Of Love (1989 film directed by Harold Becker & written by Richard Price)

Goodfellas (1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese & written by Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese)