Movie Go Round

We finish this round, as always, with You Did This to Us, in which our audience chooses (translated: punishes us with) a film for us to watch and discuss. This week, winning handily in the poll, was the Wachowskis’ “Jupiter Ascending.” This sci-fi soap opera, which bombed in the US and juuuust made its budget back overseas, has eye-boggling visuals, a brain-boggling script, and the odd stomach-boggling performance. What did our crew make of it? (Spoilers: One of them loves this movie. Guess which one!) Come join David, Nicole, and Brett as we try to make heads, tails, amputated wings, or pointy ears of this movie.

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We're back! So sorry for the delay the last two weeks. We'll stick around regularly here on out. Enjoy a marathon of three make-up / "sorry we're so late" episodes, beginning with this show! We so appreciate all of our listeners' support; we hope you enjoy this marathon before a return to Monday afternoon releases.

We went Around the World again for this episode, stopping just the other side of “the pond” for the fictionalized day in the life of the Beatles, “A Hard Day’s Night.” Join Brett, David, and Nicole as they learn that sometimes a studio’s cynical cash grab can yield surprising results. We ask smart questions such as, How did this movie manage to be any good? Who’s this guy playing Paul’s grandfather? How did George know the age of social media trendsetters was coming? What is that funky pub game Ringo is playing? (“Devil Among the Tailors.” You’re welcome!) And finally, why did anyone bother going to Beatles concerts if the screaming audience always drowned out the band?

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It’s Future Classics week, and Nicole brought 2011’s “Drive” in for evaluation. The story is straightforward: Ryan Gosling’s “Driver” works as a mechanic and stuntman by day, and getaway driver by night; his life starts to get complicated when he falls for the pretty young mother in his apartment building. All of us agree on the visual merits of the movie, but do Brett and David share Nicole’s opinion of the content? Is there any substance underneath all the style? Why does Driver do what he does? Is there a purpose to the brutality of the violence in the film? Most importantly, where do we get one of those boss scorpion jackets?

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Episode 22 was a “Netflix Roulette” pick, and the luck of the draw brought us “Clown,” a 2014 horror movie about clowns, demons, and why you shouldn’t bully that real estate agent’s kid. There are some typical horror movie tropes, like poor decision-making and doing exactly what you’ve been told not to do, and some surprisingly inventive bits like a whacked-out suicide machine and the look of the demon. Did we like it? Did we hate it? Is it worth watching? Did any of Brett, David, and Nicole get through the movie in a single sitting? Have a listen and find out!

Next week we keep the rotation moving with a Future Classics week. Nicole's pick for a film that has been released in the last 10 years that will be an enduring classic? "Drive." Go watch some Gosling, everyone!

Connect with your hosts! Brett Stewart | Nicole Davis | David Luzader

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New rotations always begin with “New to Two,” and for Episode 21, David had Brett and Nicole watch (Saban’s) "Power Rangers" (2017) for the first time! Spoiler warning: They didn’t hate it! Listen to us discuss the high points (the slapping, the character of Billy, most of the special effects) and the low points (the “bull milking” gag, clumsy callbacks, “Goldar”) and everything in between!

Next week we keep the rotation moving with a Netflix Roulette week. We spun the wheel and ended up with 2014's "Clown."

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For this round of “You Did This to Us,” our audience made a pick that could be considered less cruel than usual, and chose “Gremlins 2.” Gizmo, a small furry monkey elf known as a “Mogwai,” is kidnapped and brought to the Clamp (Trump) building where his human friend Billy coincidentally works. Unfortunately, he accidentally gets wet, evil Mogwai are spawned and metamorphose into nasty Gremlins. Chaos ensues for the next 70 minutes or so. There is inexplicable fourth wall breaking and a musical number. We try to make any kind of sense of this movie. Come join us!

Next week is we turn our clocks back five weeks! It's time for a new rotation. That means we're starting with a New to Two pick. The pick? 2017's "Power Rangers."

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For our next Future Classics pick, Brett has brought us “Fences,” Denzel Washington’s adaptation of the August Wilson play about fathers and sons, husbands and wives, people of color and the white institutions they have to deal with. Join us as we discuss things like, Does this make a good (and one day classic) movie in its own right? Is Denzel’s character, Troy, a bad man, or a man trying to be a good husband and father and failing at both? And is Viola Davis’ runny nose a distraction from the speech that helped earn her the Oscar?

Next week is You Did This to Us and the pick is "Gremlins 2." Please note that we reversed Around the World and Future Classics this round, which is why you're getting Future Classics after Around the World. Next round it goes back to normal!

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“No safety nets. No computer graphics. No strings attached.” Our next “Around the World” pick is "Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior," featuring Tony Jaa kicking butt all over Bangkok as he tries to retrieve the head of his village’s scarred Buddha.

You have never seen so much jumping, flipping, kicking, elbow strikes to the head, and knees to the FREAKIN’ FACE together in one movie before! Don't miss an enthusiastic discussion about how this film helped revitalize the modern martial arts movie and what makes such films so appealing.

Next week is Future Classics and the pick is "Fences." Please note that we reversed Around the World and Future Classics this round, which is why you received the former first in your feed.

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In our next “Netflix Roulette” pick, we cover 1990’s "GoodFellas." Wow, being a mobster is great! You make lots of money, you can do whatever you want, and the cops look the other way. The only problem is that when disputes pop up between wiseguys, the arbitration tends to be fatal. Join Brett, David, and Nicole as we discuss this Martin Scorcese classic, the true story of Henry Hill: a half-Irish, half-Italian kid who fell in love with the mob at an early age, but eventually discovered that the mob didn’t love him back.

Next week is Around the World and the pick is "Ong Bak." Email us! [email protected].

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We begin round four of our go-rounds with a New to Two pick from Nicole, “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek.” This 1944 Preston Sturges classic was incredibly suggestive for its time, using a lot of coded language to refer to sex and pregnancy, both forbidden to speak of by the pre-MPAA Hays Code.

Daffy but pleasant Trudy Kockenlocker goes to a farewell party for American servicemen, imbibes a lot of spiked “lemonade,” and discovers the next morning that she is married; the biggest problem is that she can’t remember the groom’s name. The second-biggest problem is that it turns out she’s expecting. What did David and Brett think of our oldest (and possibly funniest) movie so far? How many euphemisms can be squeezed into one film? And how can Trudy find a way out of her situation without a lifelong scandal? It would take a miracle…

Next week is "Goodfellas." Email us! [email protected].

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