Mon, 25 July 2011
Paul and Heather discover that the characters from Todd Solondz's 1998 black comedy HAPPINESS are just as miserable a dozen years later in LIFE DURING WARTIME, then learn that even good-looking young Montreal hipsters are not immune to the pain of unrequited love in Canadian filmmaking prodigy Xavier Dolan's HEARTBEATS. Plus: Heather contributes a mini-review of the computer-animated comedy RANGO, Paul performs a microscopic analysis of Joe Dante's 1987 sci-fi comedy INNERSPACE, and together they round up the week's other most notable new DVDs and Blu-Rays.
Direct download: Episode_69__Life_During_Wartime_Heartbeats.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 12:00am EDT |
Mon, 18 July 2011
Paul and Heather review the new Criterion edition of Satyajit Ray's 1958 drama THE MUSIC ROOM, and the Topher Grace/Anna Faris '80s nostalgia-fest TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT. Plus: Heather reports on the highlights of her recent movie-watching binge, with special focus on the chop-socky cult classic MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE, Paul contributes a mini-review of Alfonso Cuarón's 1995 children's classic A LITTLE PRINCESS, and the usual roundup of the week's most noteworthy new DVDs and Blu-Rays.
Direct download: Episode_68__The_Music_Room_Take_Me_Home_Tonight.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 12:00am EDT |
Mon, 11 July 2011
Paul and Heather review the ambitious new biopic from director Julian Schnabel, MIRAL, as well as the slick Matthew McConaughey legal thriller THE LINCOLN LAWYER. Plus: Paul reports back from his viewing of the straight-to-DVD Julianne Moore horror film SHELTER, Heather shares her thoughts on Alan J. Pakula's ’70s-paranoia classic THE PARALLAX VIEW, and Zack Snyder's SUCKER PUNCH is subjected to a second round of analysis. All this, plus the usual roundup of the week's most notable new DVDs and Blu-Rays.
Direct download: Episode_67__Miral_The_Lincoln_Lawyer.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 12:00am EDT |
Sun, 3 July 2011
Paul and Heather review two films about groups of men who sacrifice their lives in the name of a higher ideal: Xavier Beauvois' surprise box-office hit about Trappist monks in mid-’90s Algeria OF GODS AND MEN; and Takashi Miike's rousing historical action epic 13 ASSASSINS. Plus: Paul and Heather share their reactions to Terrence Malick's new film THE TREE OF LIFE, and round up the week's other most noteworthy new DVDs and Blu-Rays.
Direct download: Episode_66__Of_Gods_And_Men_13_Assassins.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 11:08pm EDT |