This week we’re looking to use our special talents to make a little extra scratch.  We’ve found an older wiser mentor and we’re off to find fortune and glory in Atlantic City just like Vincent did in this week’s movie, The Color of Money.  This is the sequel to 1961’s The Hustler and it is a very fun road movie with a wonderful cast and several iconic scenes.  In this story, Eddie is a former pool hustler that sees a great deal of talent and potential in a young man named Vincent that he decides to take on as a protege.  Vincent and his girlfriend Carmen are very small time and inexperienced in the world of hustling and Eddie seizes the opportunity to take them under his wing and make a little money for himself at the same time.  He convinces them to join him and they go out on the road to begin Vincent’s training.  The only problem is that Vincent’s immaturity and pride are constantly driving Eddie crazy and costing them money in the long term.  After being hustled by a small time guy at a local bar, Eddie decides it is time for the group to part ways and he begins to work at his own game.  After a nice practice montage Eddie goes off to Atlantic City for a final showdown with Vincent and to prove he still has it.  It is a really fun film even though it has a very different tone from the original.  If you haven’t seen both The Hustler and The Color of Money, do yourself a favor and take a sick day so you can enjoy two great performances by Paul Newman.   Thanks for listening to the show for the last 50 episodes!  Please rate and review the podcast wherever you get it and if you like the show, share it with your friends.  Have a great week.

What would you do if you had 20 years alone to work on self improvement?  If you were Joe Doucett from Spike Lee’s 2013 remake of Oldboy, you would write letters to your daughter and turn yourself into a killing machine hell bent on revenge.  Joe was just your average early 1990s scumbag advertising salesman that had a less than stellar record as father and husband and was not too slowly drinking himself into an early grave.  After a night of ruining his career and wandering the city drinking like a fish, Joe wakes up alone in what appears to be a small motel room.  Joe quickly learns that he has been kidnapped, imprisoned and framed for his ex-wife’s murder but has no clue who would want to do this to him or why.  His only connection with the outside world is the television in his room that he uses to watch news shows and workout videos.  Joe eventually begins to plot his escape but is suddenly released from his solitary prison and sets out on a mission to get both answers and revenge.  While it might not be as good as the 2003 original, this film is still a fun revenge flick with a good cast and a crazy twist. Feel free to send us any questions or comments and make sure to rate and review the show wherever you download it.

This week we’re catching some snakes in the jungle, taking a humanitarian trip to Burma and then killing everyone in our path as we talk about 2008’s Rambo. This is the fourth Rambo movie and it is probably the most violent film in the franchise. This movie is crazy but also so...much...FUN! It is probably the most amazing B level action movie ever. The story catches up with John Rambo in the remote jungle near the Thailand and Burmese border where he captain’s a small boat on the river and catches snakes to get by. A group of Christian missionaries from Colorado ask Rambo to take them up the river into Burma so they can provide aid to some local villagers. At first, Rambo refuses to take them to the war torn area but after many requests from one of the missionaries, Sarah, he agrees to help. After getting to the village, the missionaries are attacked and captured by a group of soldiers. A group of mercenaries is then hired by the leader of the church to go in and rescue them and Rambo is asked to take them to where he dropped the missionaries off. He takes the mercenaries to the last location he saw the group alive and decides that he is going along to help with the mission. Eventually, they find and rescue the hostages and the most intense and bloody battle in any Rambo movie happens. Surprise, Rambo wins and the bad guys lose. Where does Rambo get his supply of HGH in the jungle? When did he become a blacksmith? How long do you think it took for them to write this movie? Why don’t any of the mercenaries know who John Rambo is? His actions in the first movie had to have been a nationwide news story. Will Rambo part 5 go against the format and be about John and his dad reconciling their differences and running the family horse ranch as father and son (insert a terrorist plot in there somewhere)?

This week we’re taking a trip back to the 1980s with Police Academy 3: Back in Training, and it is just as wacky as we remember it.  The whole gang of cops and cadets are back for this movie and we get a few new characters as well.  Mahoney still leads the group but he isn’t as prevalent in this movie as he is in the others.  The whole story revolves around two police academies competing to not be closed down due to a lack of funding.  There is not a whole lot of character development in this one and to quote one of our guests, “Everyone has their trick and they all keep doing it over and over and over.”  We talk about crazy movie montages all the time and this movie is like one long 83 minute montage with a few moments of story sprinkled in.  Why didn’t they keep these movies as a R-rated series?  Why hasn’t Lasard been either forced into retirement or committed to an assisted living home?  What’s with all the racism and sexual harassment?  Mauser seems to think Lasard is incompetent, so why not just let him make his own mess instead of plotting against him?  Proctor was still pretty funny in this movie and Jones is always entertaining.  If you’re a Police Academy completist, then this should be on your list.  If not, just go watch the first movie again.  Have a great week!

This week we’re not sure if we are a duo of fun loving freedom fighters or evil spies for a dictatorial government.  Maybe we’re both?  Maybe we shouldn’t have had to watch this movie; 2012’s remake of Total Recall starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel.  The story is inspired by a Philip K. Dick short story and the 1990 Paul Verhoeven sci-fi classic by the same name.  The film follows Doug Quaid as he tries to understand the true meaning of a recurring nightmare and help find a sense of fulfillment.  He visits a company called Rekall that claims to be able to implant memories in people’s minds that will rival their wildest fantasies.  Just as Doug is about the got through the procedure, the police burst in and Doug’s journey to figure out his past begins.  He soon learns that no one in his life is as they appear to be and he finds himself on the run.  He meets up with a woman named Melina, whom he knows but cannot remember.  He is brought back to meet with the resistance and learns that he was bait in a plot to kill Mathias, the rebel leader.  Doug will not accept the things he is being told by his ex-wife Lori or the evil Cohaagen and decides to help Melina avenge her father and prevent an invasion of The Colony.  Why did they make this movie?  The 1990 version is so much better.  It looks like crap and you can tell the budget was spent on stars and special effects.  Thankfully there won’t be a sequel to this film.

This week we’re taking the whole family on a shortcut through the New Mexico desert so we can get to San Diego a  few hours earlier.  Oops, our car broke down and now we are being hunted by mutant cannibals.  We’re talking about the extremely unsettling 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes.  This film isn’t really a scary movie as much as it is a horrific series of events.  The basic idea is that nuclear testing in New Mexico created a bunch of deformed mutants that now live in old abandoned mine shafts in the desert.  They attack, rob, eat and do many other despicable things to any travelers passing through the area.  A family is unlucky enough to be passing through and we get to see all the bad stuff that happens to them.  Why would you leave your youngest child in charge of the rest of your family?  What’s with both Big Bob and Bobby both wasting so much ammo?  How many cannibals can you feed with one average sized family and for how long?  Why didn’t the director for this movie Google how many atomic bomb tests were conducted in New Mexico before littering the landscape with craters?  That fishing pole was a pretty nice find.  Do you think Doug ever told his daughter the story of how mommy died?  This is a crazy movie but it was actually pretty well done.  Luckily, there is a sequel that we can talk about one day.

This week we were able to convince one of our mothers, Matt’s mom Kathi, to come back and talk about a fun Pixar movie, Toy Story 2.  The whole gang is back for this second installment of the Toy Story franchise and we even get a few new characters along the way.  Our story begins with Woody being very excited about going to Cowboy Camp with Andy, but a last minute accident causes Woody to be left behind at home.  While trying to rescue one of the other toys from a yard sale, Woody is kidnapped by Al the toy collector.  While in captivity, Woody meets Jessie, Bullseye and Stinky Pete who are all characters from the TV show Woody’s Roundup.  They explain that Al is going to sell the group of them to a Japanese museum that will allow them to be displayed and admired in perpetuity.  The rest of the gang goes after Woody to get him back from Al’s Toy Barn. Once they meet back with Woody they learn that his feelings about returning to his life with Andy may have changed.  This movie was really fun and very cute.  If you haven’t seen this one yet, call your mom and have a movie night with her.  You’ll both be happy you did.  Have a great week!

This week we are beginning our Mother’s Day celebration by taking our moms to the French Riviera to talk about 1988’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.  This film tells the tale of two very different con men who make their living swindling women out of their money.  Lawrence is an aristocratic gentleman who believes in indulging in the finer things in life and believes in only taking from those who can afford it.  Freddy is a little rough around the edges and sees nothing wrong with taking from anyone to help him get what he wants.  The two con men eventually agree on a bet that would run the loser out of town and give the winner full claim to the town of Beaumont-sur-Mer.  They think they have found the perfect mark for their bet, but they underestimate what they have gotten themselves into.  This movie was lots of fun and holds up very well.  There are a few moments that might not hold up to today’s politically correct standards but none the less it was very enjoyable.  If you’ve never seen the film, it is definitely worth your time.  Have a great week and treat your mom to a happy Mother’s Day!

This week’s episode takes us to 2018’s post-apocalyptic Los Angeles as we try to figure out how to help good old John Connor fight the machines in Terminator Salvation.  This new spin on the Terminator franchise takes place after Judgement Day has already happened and gives us a window into the life of John Connor and Kyle Reese before the events of the first movie took place.  Due to the crazy time travel aspect of this franchise I guess the events of the first movie have both already taken place and not yet taken place.  We get a new half-man half-robot character in this one and Arnold even makes a CGI appearance near the end, #noarnolddong.  Why hasn’t John Connor been planning a way for Reese to go back in time and prevent Judgement Day?  Why don’t more people know who Kyle Reese is?  Why is John Connor a supposed prophet?  Wouldn’t the ending have been better if John Connor actually died?  What do you think of the Rogue One comparison for this movie?  Unfortunately Paramount pulled the plug on this franchise, but that doesn’t mean we won’t have more episodes to come on the other sequels in this series.  We’ll be back!

This week we’ve got a craving for fast food.  Why not stop in at our local Mooby’s and hang out with our friends, Dante and Randal, in Clerks 2? The story begins with Dante arriving at the Quick Stop to open the store for business only to find the building engulfed in flames.  With the Quick Stop and the video store gone, Dante and Randal get jobs working for the fast food chain store, Mooby’s.  Dante is now engaged to Emma and they will soon be moving to Florida to begin their new life together and Dante will be leaving Randal and his friend Becky behind.  While sharing a tender moment with Becky, Dante learns a secret that changes all of his big plans.  Will Dante leave for Florida or stay in New Jersey?  This movie would never be released in today’s ultra politically correct social climate.  Why didn’t anyone start pointing out the problems with Dante marrying Emma and moving to Florida before the day he was planning on leaving?  Why wouldn’t Dante choose Becky over Emma?  They have so much more in common.  A donkey show?  Really?  Maybe one day we’ll get a Clerks 3 with Dante and Randal’s children working at Starbucks.