Mixed Review

Some people were born to sit by a river. Some get struck by lightning. Some have an ear for music. Some are artists. Some kill an evening discussing David Fincher's 2008 film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I say, I say, I SAY, sir.

In Russell Mulcahy's The Shadow, Alec Baldwin battles the reincarnation of Jack the Ripper, now a telekinetic, child-killing New York taxi driver (Peter Boyle), with help from Scotland Yard's Reinhardt Lane (Ian McKellan), the last surviving relative of the Whitechapel murderer's first victim. Join us as we wish any of that was true.

In Russell Mulcahy's The Shadow, Alec Baldwin battles the reincarnation of Jack the Ripper, now a telekinetic, child-killing New York taxi driver (Peter Boyle), with help from Scotland Yard's Reinhardt Lane (Ian McKellan), the last surviving relative of the Whitechapel murderer's first victim. Join us as we wish any of that was true.

During our discussion of Roger Donaldson's Cocktail, we take a stroll through Reagan's America, where hair is big, Tom Cruise is sexy, and bartenders spend 20 minutes pouring you a drink.

During our discussion of Roger Donaldson's Cocktail, we take a stroll through Reagan's America, where hair is big, Tom Cruise is sexy, and bartenders spend 20 minutes pouring you a drink.

The gang gets maternal while discussing Darren Aronofsky's controversial guess-the-metaphor game, mother!, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and some other people, probably.

The gang gets maternal while discussing Darren Aronofsky's controversial guess-the-metaphor game, mother!, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and some other people, probably.

Corbin pitches a Peter Pan Cinematic Universe, Silas laments his lost childhood, and Kevin recasts Chevy Chase as the titular character of Steven Spielberg's Hook.

Corbin pitches a Peter Pan Cinematic Universe, Silas laments his lost childhood, and Kevin recasts Chevy Chase as the titular character of Steven Spielberg's Hook.

Is it softcore or is it New Hollywood? With throwback drinks in tow, we pore over every quivering inch of Roger Vadim's 1971 flop Pretty Maids All in a Row.