Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 69: Olympus Has Fallen, Mud, and 42

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6 ‘n 90!  Da Man reviews six films in ninety seconds.


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Olympus Has Fallen.  Here’s a film in desperate need of screenwriting “Life Alert.”  Perhaps a better title would have been Olympus Has Fallen and It Can’t Get Up.


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Mud.  You can’t always judge a film by its poster–or its title.  Despite an ad campaign that seems designed to drive audiences away, Mud is probably one of the better films of the year.


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42.  This is the true story of Jackie Robinson, number 42, but unfortunately it “trickles through the thickets” and is “booted” by the filmmakers, who end up doing a “Barnum & Baily” on what should have been a great film.


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Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 68: Admissions, Gangster Squad, and Blancanieves

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6 ‘n 90.  Da Man reviews six films in ninety seconds.


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Admissions.  Paul Rudd continues his relentless campaign to appear in every lame comedy released in theaters.  With Prince Avalanche, Almost Christmas, and This is the End still to be released this year, the question has to be asked:  Has some evil genius who hates comedies cloned this guy?


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Gangster Squad.  A bunch of flatties ditch their buzzers and take on Mickey Cohen and his trouble boys.  There’s plenty of Chicago lightning and chin music, but it’s all just a trip for doughnuts.


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Blancanieves.  It has bullfighting dwarfs.  What else do you want to know?


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Bonus Spring Cleaning Episode: People Like Us, Magic Mike, and Chasing Mavericks

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People Like Us.  “People Like Usis the reason movies like this are so frustrating for an audience like The Misfits.


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Magic Mike.  Cheaper than a “hen party,” safer than a bunch of “rope tricks,” and definitely less degrading than a “pervy hole,” the Misfits offer their review of Magic Mike, the story of a misunderstood male stripper.  But if watching the “bump and grind” isn’t enough and you decide to take it all the way, remember to be sure and “cloak the captain.”


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Chasing Mavericks.  Some movies are more than the sum of their parts; This film is more than the sum of its too many parts.  Despite too many characters, too many coincidences, and too many plot lines, it still manages to be a pretty decent film about surfing.


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Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 67: Jack the Giant Slayer, Robot & Frank, and Oz the Great and Powerful

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6 ‘n 90!  Da Man reviews six films in ninety seconds.


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Jack the Giant Slayer.  An even better title for this film would have been — not Jack and the Beanstalk – but The Beanstalk and Jack.  Or even better yet: Beanstalk!


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Robot & Frank.  It’s a film about memory and the loss of memory that’s unforgettable.


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Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 66: Bullet to the Head, A Good Day to Die Hard, The Last Stand, and Parker

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6 ‘n 90!  Da Man reviews six films in ninety seconds.


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Bullet to the Head.  Audiences might turn out to see one more Rambo or Rocky movie, but will they queue up at the theater for James Bonomo, the character Sylvester Stallone plays in Bullet to the Head?


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A Good Day to Die Hard.  As far as Bruce Willis is concerned, a more honest title might be A Good Day to Collect a Check and Run.


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Cinema Misfits Podcast: Bonus 85th Academy Awards Episode

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Spoiler alert:  Daniel Day-Lewis wins the Oscar for Best Actor.  Almost as shocking–the Misfits actually enjoy the Oscar telecast.  This show has something for every Misfit: crude humor for Da Man, singing and dancing for Nancy, Bond for Lou, and sock puppets for Jim.

Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 65: Anna Karenina, Zero Dark Thirty, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Les Miserables

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6 ‘n 90!  Da Man Reviews six films in ninety seconds.


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Anna Karenina.  All the world’s a stage, at lest it is in this adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s famous novel.


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Zero Dark Thirty.  The title is a military term for thirty minutes after midnight.  Why is this important?  If you go to an eight o’clock show, the movie is so long that you might not get out until Zero Dark Thirty.


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Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 64: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Jack Reacher, Hitchcock, and Django Unchained

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6 ‘n 90!  Da Man reviews six films in ninety seconds.


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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.  The only thing unexpected about this journey is that it’s two films longer than it needs to be.


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Jack Reacher.  Spoiler alert.  He never changes, is always right, never gets hurt, and always wins.  How’s that for a character arc?


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Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 63: Hyde Park on Hudson, Killing Them Softly, Silver Linings Playbook, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and Oscar Nominations

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6 ‘n 90!  Da Man Reviews six films in ninety seconds.


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Hyde Park on Hudson.  One thing’s for sure, “Happy days” are definitely not “here again.”


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Killing Them Softly.  Instead of saying, “he sleeps with the fishes,”  it might be better to say, “he sleeps with the audience,” which is how you’d describe someone who’d been bored to death.  Killings don’t get any softer.


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Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 62: Cloud Atlas, Lincoln, Life of Pi, Flight, and The Sessions

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6 ‘n 90!  Da Man reviews six films in ninety seconds.


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Cloud Atlas.  Take six of Tom Hanks’ worst films, place them in different time periods, watch them all at the same time, and that’s sort of what Cloud  Atlas is like.


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Lincoln.  It’s Steven Spielberg’s big screen version of “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.”  Lucky for Spielberg, he’s got Daniel Day-Lewis instead of an animatronic robot.


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