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  • PGP Filmcast: PGP_Filmcast_046

    Welcome to the PGP Film Cast! It is a podcast completely dedicated to movies in the theater where we cover upcoming weekend releases, announced movies, focus on one future movie that has us excited, retro reviews and our (in)famous Top 10 lists!

    Subscribe on iTunes or our RSS feed!

    News

    RIP James Gammon (1940-2010) Major League(Tom Berenger)- The Substitute(Margo Peace)-  Wild Things


    Len Wiseman(Live Free or Die Hard) is directing a remake of Total Recall.

    Mark Ruffalo will be the Hulk, and Jeremy Renner will play Hawkeye in “The Avengers.”  Joss Whedon will direct.

    Brad Pitt will star in the zombie apocalypse movie “World War Z.”

    Daniel Craig, Robin Wright, and Stellan Skaarsgard have been cast in “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”

    Kevin Bacon, James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Michael Fassbender, and Rosamund Pike have been cast in X-Men: First Class.

    Movie Highlight – Machete  (September 3, 2010)

    Directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis


    Written by Robert Rodriguez and Alvaro Rodriguez

    Starring Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Robert De Niro, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba, Tim Roth, Michelle Rodriguez, Rose McGowan, Sacha Baron Cohen, Don Johnson, Steven Seagal

    After being betrayed by the organization who hired him, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.

    Versus!  Duck Soup VS Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

    A new segment each show where we pit two movies against each other and then see which film comes out on top!


    Jerry lost two friends this week.

    Weekend Releases

    August 13 – Eat Pray Love, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, The Expendables, Animal Kingdom, Tales from Earthsea, Lebanon, Peepli Live


    August 20 – Nanny McPhee Returns, Piranha 3D, Lottery Ticket, Vampires Suck, The Switch, Mao's Last Dancer

    Retro Review! – Being There (1984)

    Released December 21, 1979


    Domestic gross of $30,177,511

    Directed by Hal Ashby (Harold and Maude)

    Written by Jerzy Kosinski

    Starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart

    A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of a woman (Eve) and her husband Ben, an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider.

    Check out our review, favorite lines, trivia and more about a retro movie each episode.

    Worst 10 sequels!

    Some mandatory choices like Spiderman 3, Indiana Jones 4, any of the new Star Wars along with some oddball choices like Teen Wolf Too, Star Trek V, Club Dread, and Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha' Hood!


    Next Episode

    Featured Movie is “The Social Network”


    Versus is Major League VS A League of Their Own

    Retro Review is “American Psycho”

    Top 10 Thrillers! (list is due by 8/25/10)

    Email in your lists, ideas for Retro Reviews!

    Your PGP Film Cast crew

    1 hr 11 min
  • PGP Filmcast: PGP_Filmcast_045

    Welcome to the PGP Film Cast! It is a podcast completely dedicated to movies in the theater where we cover upcoming weekend releases, announced movies, focus on one future movie that has us excited, retro reviews and our (in)famous Top 10 lists!

    Subscribe on iTunes or our RSS feed!

    News

    Judd Apatow is producing a Pee-wee Herman sequel starring Paul Reubens


    Andrew Garfield has been cast as Peter Parker in the new Spiderman movie

    Andy Serkis joins James Franco, Frieda Pinto and John Lithgow in Rise of the Apes

    Marvel plans on making short films of secondary comic characters

    Leonardo DiCaprio will play J Edgar Hoover in Clint Eastwood's biopic

    Sam Raimi has agreed to direct a prequel to The Wizard of Oz

    Movie Highlight – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World  (August 13, 2010)

    Directed by Edgar Wright


    Written by Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright

    Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman, Anna Kendrick

    Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil ex-boyfriends in order to win her heart.

    Versus!  Vice Versa VS Like Father Like Son

    A new segment each show where we pit two movies against each other and then see which film comes out on top!


    It’s a body-switching bonanza to see which father / son combo wins out in the end.

    Weekend Releases

    July 9 – Despicable Me, Predators, [REC] 2, Winnebago Man, The Kids Are All Right


    July 16 – The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Inception, Spoken Word, Standing Ovation, Valhalla Rising

    Retro Review! – The Karate Kid (1984)

    Released June 22, 1984


    Domestic gross of $90,815,558

    Directed by John G. Avildsen (Rocky, Lean On Me)

    Written by Robert Mark Kamen (Fifth Element, Transporter, Taken)

    Starring Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita, Elisabeth Shue, William Zabka, Martin Kove, Randee Heller, Ron Thomas, Rob Garrison, Tony O'Dell, Chad McQueen

    The new kid in a California town befriends his building's handyman, who trains him in the fine craft of martial arts.  Eventually, he grows to become a local champion and wins over the girl of his dreams.

    Check out our review, favorite lines, trivia and more about a retro movie each episode.

    Top 10 sequels!

    Some mandatory choices like Star Trek 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade along with some oddball choices like Gremlins 2: New Batch and Naked Gun 2 1/2!


    Next Episode

    Featured Movie is “machete”


    Versus is Duck Soup VS Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein

    Retro Review is “Being There”

    Worst 10 movie sequels! (list is due by 7/18/10)

    Email in your lists, ideas for Retro Reviews!

    Your PGP Film Cast crew

    55 min
  • PGP Filmcast: PGP_Filmcast_044

    Welcome to the PGP Film Cast! It is a podcast completely dedicated to movies in the theater where we cover upcoming weekend releases, announced movies, focus on one future movie that has us excited, retro reviews and our (in)famous Top 10 lists!

    Subscribe on iTunes or our RSS feed!

    News

    RIP Gary Coleman, Dennis Hopper, Rue McClanahan


    Tom Cruise will reprise his role from Tropic Thunder in Les Grossman: The Motion Picture

    Guillermo Del Toro will not be directing The Hobbit

    Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock will star together in Most Wanted

    Movie Highlight – The Other Guys  (August 6, 2010)

    Directed by Adam McKay


    Written by Adam McKay and Chris Henchy

    Starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan

    NYC detective Allen Gamble is more comfortable pushing pencils than busting bad guys.  A meticulous forensic accountant, his numbers are never off.  Detective Terry Hoitz is Gamble's reluctant partner.  Try as Detective Hoitz might to get back on the streets, an embarrassing encounter with Derek Jeter has left a sizable black mark on his permanent record.  Detectives Danson and Highsmith are the complete opposites of Gamble and Hoitz: unwaveringly confident, they always get their man, and they do it with style to spare.  When the time comes for Gamble and Hoitz to prove their mettle and save the day, their incompetence becomes the stuff of legend.

    Versus!  Killer Klowns From Outer Space VS ThanksKilling

    A new segment each show where we pit two movies against each other and then see which film comes out on top!


    It’s a complete waste of time when watching these two B-horror movies featuring killer interstellar clowns and a zombie turkey respectively.

    Weekend Releases

    June 18 – Toy Story 3, Jonah Hex, I Am Love, Cyrus, The Killer Inside Me, Let It Rain


    June 25 – Grown Ups, Knight and Day

    Retro Review! – Yor, the Hunter from the Future

    Released August 19, 1983


    Directed by Anthony Margheriti

    Written by Anthony Margheriti and Robert D. Baily (matte camera operator in ... Killer Klowns from Outer Space!)

    Starring Reb Brown, Corinne Clery, Carole Andre, John Steiner

    Yor, who lives on a strange planet where the past and future exist simultaneously, sets out on an epic quest to discover his own identity.  His only clue is the gold medallion which he has always worn around his neck.

    Check out our review, favorite lines, trivia and more about a retro movie each episode.

    Top 10 B-movies!

    Some mandatory choices like Big Trouble in Little China and They Live along with some oddball choices like The Beastmaster and Bad Taste!


    Next Episode

    Featured Movie is “Scott Pilgrim vs the World"


    Versus is Vice Versa VS Like Father Like Son

    Retro Review is “The Karate Kid (1984)”

    Top 10 movie sequels! (list is due by 6/27/10)

    Email in your lists, ideas for Retro Reviews!

    Your PGP Film Cast crew

    1 hr 6 min
  • PGP Filmcast: PGP_Filmcast_043

    Welcome to the PGP Film Cast! It is a podcast completely dedicated to movies in the theater where we cover upcoming weekend releases, announced movies, focus on one future movie that has us excited, retro reviews and our (in)famous Top 10 lists!

    Subscribe on iTunes or our RSS feed!

    News

    Megan Fox to be replaced by Rosie Huntington-Whitely for Transformers 3


    David Fincher has replaced McG directing the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea remake

    Brad Bird (The Incredibles) will direct the next Mission: Impossible movie

    Jemaine Clement has been cast in Men in Black 3

    James Franco has been cast in the Planet of the Apes prequel, Rise of the Apes

    Paramount Pictures is re-releasing Grease on July 8, and will have a sing-a-long version in select cities

    Movie Highlight – Predators  (July 9, 2010)

    Directed by Nimrod Antal (Armored)


    Written by Alex Litvak and Michael Finch

    Starring Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Danny Trejo, Laurence Fishburne, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins

    A group of elite warriors are hunted by members of a merciless alien race.

    Versus!  The Great Outdoors VS Curlie Sue

    A new segment each show where we pit two movies against each other and then see which film comes out on top!


    It’s a completely unfair fight of Dan Akroyd + John Candy against James Belushi.  Next.

    Weekend Releases

    May 28 – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Sex and the City 2, Survival of the Dead, Micmacs


    June 4 – Get Him to the Greek, Killers, Marmaduke, Splice, Ondine, Finding Bliss

    Retro Review! – The 400 Blows

    Released November 16, 1959


    Directed by Francois Truffaut

    Written by Francois Truffaut and Marcel Moussy

    Starring Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Reny, Guy Decomble, Patrick Auffay

    Antoine Doinel is a 13-year-old boy who can't seem to do anything right.  His parents yell at him and then bribe him for his love and his promises to work harder in school.  Meanwhile, his schoolteacher is out to get him and blames Antoine for everything - turning him into the class clown.  As a result, Antoine runs away from school and his difficult family, living on the streets of Paris and committing petty crimes.  Things only go downhill for Antoine, descending to a simultaneously painful and beautiful conclusion.

    Check out our review, favorite lines, trivia and more about a retro movie each episode.

    Top 10 Coming of Age Movies!

    Some mandatory choices like Stand By Me and The Goonies along with some oddball choices like Uncle Buck and What's Eating Gilbert Grape!


    Next Episode

    Featured Movie is “The Other Guys"


    Versus is Thankskilling VS Killer Klowns from Outer Space

    Retro Review is “Yor: The Hunter from the Future”

    Top 10 B-movies! (list is due by 6/6/10)

    Email in your lists, ideas for Retro Reviews!

    Your PGP Film Cast crew

    1 hr 3 min
  • PGP Filmcast: PGP_Filmcast_042

    Welcome to the PGP Film Cast! It is a podcast completely dedicated to movies in the theater where we cover upcoming weekend releases, announced movies, focus on one future movie that has us excited, retro reviews and our (in)famous Top 10 lists!

    Subscribe on iTunes or our RSS feed!

    News

    Batman 3 will be released July 20, 2010


    David Ayer (Training Day, Fast and the Furious) is writing a sequel to Commando

    Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and director Barry Sonnenfeld are all signed on to do Men in Black 3D

    Movie Highlight – Summer Movie Review!

    May 28 - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time


    June 11 - The Karate Kid

    June 25 - Grown Ups

    July 16 - The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    August 6 - The Other Guys

    August 13 - The Expendables

    Versus!  Mortal Kombat VS Street Fighter

    A new segment each show where we pit two movies (featuring atrocious adaptions of beloved video game franchises) against each other and then see which film comes out on top!


    It’s a battle of poop vs crap!

    Weekend Releases

    May 7 – Iron Man 2, Babies, Mother and Child, Casino Jack and the United States of Money, OSS 117: Lost in Rio


    May 14 – Robin Hood, Letters to Juliet, Just Wright, Daddy Longlegs, Princess Kaiulani

    Retro Review! – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    Released June 4, 1982


    Domestic gross of $78,912,963

    Production Budget of $11,200,000

    Directed by Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Time After Time)

    Written by Jack B. Sowards and Nicholas Meyer

    Starring William Shatner, Leonard nemoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Kirstie Alley, Ricardo Montalban

    It is the twenty-third centure.  Admiral James T. Kirk is feeling old; the prospect of accompanying his old ship the Enterprise -- now a Starfleet Academy training ship -- on  a two-week cadet cruise is not making him feel any younger.  But the training cruise becomes a deadly serious mission when Khan appears after years of exile -- and holding the power of creation itself.

    Check out our review, favorite lines, trivia and more about a retro movie each episode.

    Top 10 Car Movies!

    Some mandatory choices like Back to the Future, The Cannonball Run, Smokey and the Bandit along with some oddball choices like Speed and License to Drive!


    Next Episode

    Featured Movie is “Predators”


    Versus is Curly Sue VS The Great Outdoors

    Retro Review is “The 400 Blows (1959)”

    Top 10 Coming of Age Movies! (list is due by 5/16/10)

    Email in your lists, ideas for Retro Reviews!

    Your PGP Film Cast crew

    56 min
  • PGP Filmcast: PGP_Filmcast_041

    Welcome to the PGP Film Cast! It is a podcast completely dedicated to movies in the theater where we cover upcoming weekend releases, announced movies, focus on one future movie that has us excited, retro reviews and our (in)famous Top 10 lists!

    Subscribe on iTunes or our RSS feed!

    News

    Joss Whedon has been chosen to direct "The Avengers" and will also rewrite "Captain America"


    Daren Aronofsky will direct Rachel Weisz in "Jackie"

    Martin Scorcese will direct "The Invention of Hugo Cabinet", a science fiction kid's movie set in a 1930's Paris train station

    Emile Hirsch will star in "The Darkest Hour", about a group of kids fighting for survival in a post-alien invasion Russia

    Harrison Ford to star in Jon Favreau's "Cowboys and Aliens".  It will also star Daniel Craig and be written by Star Trek writers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof

    Movie Highlight – Get Him To The Greek  (June 4, 2010)

    Written and Directed by Nicholar Stoller


    Starring Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, Pink and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy)

    A record company intern is hired to accompany out-of-control British rock star Aldous Snow to a concert at L.A.'s Greek Theater.

    Versus!  Ratatouille VS Julie and Julia

    A new segment each show where we pit two movies (of two very awesome action movie stars) against each other and then see which film comes out on top!


    It’s a battle of animated rats and Meryl Streep!

    Weekend Releases

    April 23 – The Losers, The Back-up Plan, Oceans


    April 30 – Please Give, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Human Centipede

    Retro Review! – Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?

    Released December 12, 1967


    Domestic gross of $56,666,667

    Production Budget of $4,000,000

    Directed by Stanley Kramer

    Written by William Rose (The Ladykillers)

    Starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Beah Richards, Roy Glenn, Isabel Sanford

    Joey Drayton brings her fiance, Dr. John Prentice, home to sunny San Francisco to meet her affluent parents.  Their liberal persuasions are now put to the test, for although the young man is an ideal choice (internationally respected in the medical field and he's impeccably mannered, handsome, well dressed and of a respectable California family), he's black.

    Check out our review, favorite lines, trivia and more about a retro movie each episode.

    Top 10 Food Movies!

    Some mandatory choices like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Soylent Green along with some oddball choices like Alive and Cool Hand Luke!


    Next Episode

    Featured Movie is “Predators”


    Versus is Mortal Kombat: The Movie VS Street Fighter

    Retro Review is “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”

    Top 10 Car Movies! (list is due by 5/2/10)

    Email in your lists, ideas for Retro Reviews!

    Your PGP Film Cast crew

    1 hr
  • PGP Filmcast: PGP_Filmcast_049

    Eventually it had to happen via a radioactive mishap, genetic mutation, terrorism or just shit luck, but zombies are now everywhere and you will thank zombie Jesus that you listened to this podcast and are now well prepared.

    Join the hosts as they go through their picks of crucial items to have on hand to fend back the zombie hordes, or establish some sort of questionable hippie commune in a local Walmart.  As a sneak peak, check out the pictures below of the ultimate zombie-squashing vehicle found by Daren, the Hydrema 910 Mine Clearing Vehicle.

    Send in a list to [email protected] for the big episode 50, Top 10 Animals and wildcard is pick a new animal mascot for the Minnesota Twins!

    This is fucking terrifying - for zombies!


     

     

    53 min
  • PGP Filmcast: PGP_Filmcast_040

    Welcome to the PGP Film Cast! It is a podcast completely dedicated to movies in the theater where we cover upcoming weekend releases, announced movies, focus on one future movie that has us excited, retro reviews and our (in)famous Top 10 lists!

    Subscribe on iTunes or our RSS feed!

    News

    Allen Hughes (Book of Eli) is attached to direct a live action Akira movie


    Vin Diesel will reprise his role in XXX.  XXX 3 will be directed by the original director, Rob Cohen, and will be in 3D.

    Chris Evans will play Captain America.  Sebastian Stan (Hot Tub Time Machine) will play his sidekick, Bucky Barnes

    Will Smith will be starring in the two sequels of Independence Day

    Rachel Weisz is rumored to play the head of Quantum in the next Bond movie

    Paul WS Anderson is directing a remake of Buck Rogers in 3D

    Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courtney Cox will reprise their roles in Scream 4.  Original writer, Kevin Williamson, and director, Wex Craven, will be back as well.

    Movie Highlight – Inception  (July 16, 2010)

    Written and Directed by Christopher Nolan


    Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine

    In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a single idea within one's mind can be the most dangerous weapon or the most valuable asset.

    Versus!  Innerspace VS Three amigos

    A new segment each show where we pit two movies (of two very awesome action movie stars) against each other and then see which film comes out on top or who has the best Martin Short performance!


    It’s a battle of two 80's classics!

    Weekend Releases

    April 9 – Date Night, Letters to God, The Square


    April 16 – Kick-Ass, Death at a Funeral, The Perfect Game, The Joneses, The Secret in Their Eyes

    Retro Review! – Grosse Pointe Blank

    Released April 11, 1997


    Domestic gross of $28,084,357

    Directed by George Armitage (The Big Bounce)

    Written by Tom Jankiewicz, DV DeVincentis (High Fidelity), Steve Pink (directed Hot Tub Time Machine), and John Cusack

    Starring John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Akroyd, Joan Cusack, Hank Azaria, K. Todd Freeman, Jeremy Piven, Michael Cudlitz

    A nihilistically philosophical hit man reluctantly accepts an assignment in Detroit, coinciding with his 10-year high school reunion in the ritzy suburn of Grosse Point, Michigan.  While in town, he tries to patch things up with the girlfriend he abandoned on prom night, avoid being killed by an over-zealous competitor's henchmen and survive his surreal homecoming.

    Check out our review, favorite lines, trivia and more about a retro movie each episode.

    Top 10 Villains!

    Some mandatory choices like Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard,Ricardo Montalban as Khan in Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan and more!


    Next Episode (hint, it's food themed!)

    Featured Movie is “Get Him to the Greek”


    Versus is Ratatouille VS Julie and Julia

    Retro Review is “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"

    Top 10 Food Movies! (list is due by 4/18/10)

    Email in your lists, ideas for Retro Reviews!

    Your PGP Film Cast crew

    55 min