Get Your Film Fix

It is week 33 of the podcast and this is where all our many months of training has finally paid off, because we decided to push the button and chase down the film Hanna. We then introduce our new segment Documentaries are Movies Too, wherein we talk about Inside Job. Then it is time for another fake trailer and we top it all off with our retrospective of Sidney Lumet as we do our top 5 Sidney Lumet films.

This is where the rubber meets the road as we discuss Quentin Dupieux homage to classic B movies with his film Rubber.  We talk about the importance of plot and story in narrative fiction. Then it is a most recent segment of get your film history with get your film fix as we delve into the 1960’s. We top it all off with our top 5 non-human characters.

Nerd Alert! The guys are going all sci-fi as they  have an extra-terestrial encounter with the new Simon Pegg and Nick Frost movie Paul directed by Greg Mattola. Then the guys get into it about the importance of movie references in other movies. They then bring back the just effing watch it segment as they discuss John Huston’s 1950 film noir classic The Asphalt Jungle. Then it is top 5 time as the guys list their top 5 fish out of water films. Enjoy!

Jeremy is back! He is back just in time to discuss the adaptation of the literary classic Jane Eyre starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. We then go on to discuss the importance of adapting this novel, as it has been done countless times before. Then it is everyone’s new favorite segment, the fake trailer as we make up a trailer to an upcoming movie. Jeremy then briefly talks about his experience on Contraband. We finish it all off with our top 5 adaptations from novels.

It was quite the battle trying to find something better to see this week but the $36 million grossing Battle Los Angeles it is. In connection with the film, we talk a bit about military movies and PG-13 movies in general. Then in honor?.. of the film, we discuss our top 5 Patriotic movies.