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Cumberbatch and Streep at Nebraska Welcome to a remake of a remake, ladies and gentlemen. In honor of our 50th regular episode, we decided to go back to our roots and remake our very first beta episode about Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. The original episode lies in the secret vaults, locked up in a wooden […]
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He says ‘baby’ so much! Now listen here…we’re going to talk about Double Indemnity again and you’re going to like it, see. Along the way, we fired up our weird dictaphones, and took a deep dive into Film Noir, both old and new (including some modern examples that we highly recommend…*coughBRICKcough*), and the goods and […]
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There’s serious air quotes over ‘serious role’ there… Listen, baby, and listen good. We take on the noir-est of all films, Double Indemnity, the darkest movie about insurance fraud you’ll ever see. This is the third Billy Wilder project we’ve covered, so we either really like his movies or think they all stink. The jury […]
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They’re basically trying to create Wakanda for Wizards Welcome to the ultimate, the omega, the end-all of Hidden Gems. Mark presents the 1982 Rankin and Bass animated film, The Flight of Dragons, featuring an impressive, if haphazard, cast of voice acting talent, and an unusual explanation of the physiology of dragon flight and fire-breathing. (Hint: […]
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Americans…the only thing worse than dragons. Here in part two of our discussion of 2002’s post-apocalyptic dragon adventure film Reign of Fire, we reveal our big re-casting winners, go deep on dragons in the film (including it’s intriguing blend of fantasy creature and animal), look at the performances (looking at you, Over-the-Top-Aughey), and wonder if […]
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It’s basically a remake of ‘My Little Pony’ Today we talk about 2002’s Reign of Fire, which features Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale as leaders of competing schools of thought on how to deal with dragons. McConaughey wants to kill them all, Bale wants to run and hide. Both look like they’re gearing up for […]