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Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 48: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, We bought a Zoo, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse, and The Artist
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Flagrant Oscar Bait? Or quirk run amok?
We Bought a Zoo. It’s Elizabethtown with animals, which means it’s well-meaning, a little too nice, and has a sentimental screenplay propped up by a handful of clever story moments.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. The only mole in this movie is the entertainment–and it’s deep, deep undercover.
War Horse. Although it’s been called an old fashion epic that tugs at your heartstrings, some of the Misfits weren’t all that enamored with this latest Spielberg effort. Are they looking a gift horse in the mouth?
The Artist. The less said the better–really. Continue reading
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Cinema Misfits Podcast: Bonus Best Picture Predictions Episode
Without benefit of a suped-up DeLorean, the Misfits do their best to look into the future and predict what the Best Picture nominations will be. Continue reading
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Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 30: The Fighter, Winter’s Bone, The Kids Are All Right, and 127 Hours
The Fighter. Both Christian Bale and Melissa Leo won Oscars for their supporting roles. Although it isn’t exactly clear who they’re supporting, it doesn’t seem to be Mark Wahlberg. Winter’s Bone. Hillbilly noir or one of last year’s better films? … Continue reading
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Cinema Misfits Podcast: Bonus 83rd Academy Awards Episode (audio)
For your listening pleasure, a special episode we hesitate to call “a bonus.” But really, how bad can this year’s Academy Awards show be? The 83rd time’s a charm, right? If you missed the live telecast (or just happen to be a masochist), listen and decide for yourself. Hey, our version has this going for it– it’s less than a third of the original running time. Continue reading
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Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 29: The Green Hornet, The Dilemma, The Rite, The Company Men, and Oscar Predictions
6 ‘n 90! Da Man reviews six films in ninety seconds.
The Green Hornet. Are the Green Hornet and Kato villains or heroes? Or maybe both. Or maybe neither. Then again, maybe they’re just a couple of annoying slackers.
The Dilemma. Two friends create a device that makes a silent electric vehicle roar like a rumbling muscle car. The movie The Dilemma is a lot like that device. Look under the hood of this comedy, and you won’t find any laughs, just a lame drama pretending to be something it isn’t.
The Rite. “The power of house payments compels you! The power of house payments compels you!” Maybe this explains why Anthony Hopkins is in The Rite.
The Misfits remember film composer John Barry.
The Company Men. How can a film starring Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, and Kevin Costner go wrong? The answer? Ben Affleck.
The Misfits make their Oscar predictions.
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Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 22: Tony Curtis Remembered, The Town, Devil, Resident Evil: Afterlife, and Best Picture Predictions
Tony Curtis remembered.
The Town. Move over Wells, Hitchcock, and Fellini. There’s a new auteur in town: Affleck.
Devil. M. Night Shyamalan’s career summed up in a single sentence: Going down, please.
Resident Evil: Afterlife. Maybe this should have been titled Resident Evil: Afterthought–as in, “Oh yeah, besides sexy babes totting guns and rifles, maybe we should have had a story. Oh well, maybe next time.”
Oscar Predictions. Without benefit of animal entrails or tarot cards, the Misfits do their best to predict the 10 Best picture nominations.
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Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 9: Part 2 of James Karen interview, Shutter Island, Cop Out, and the Worst Movies to Win Best Picture
The Misfits take a final look back at the January and February movies. How did the big ego/small expectation, almost direct-to-video, and test screening flops do?
6 ‘n 90. Da Man reviews six films in ninety seconds.
The Islander Part 2. Nancy concludes her interview with character actor James Karen, who shares his final movie picks to take with him on a desert island.
Cop Out. It’s about two cops who spend most of the film not being cops. It’s a comedy without any comedy. And it’s a buddy picture without any buddies. What does that leave? Listen and find out.
The worst of the best. Just because a film receives the Best Picture Oscar, doesn’t mean it’s any good.
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Cinema Misfits Podcast: Bonus Academy Awards Episode (audio)
Join the Misfits for an evening at the Oscars — or anyway in front of a big screen TV, watching the Oscars. All the predictability and tedium of the original three and a half hour show in less than a third of the time. It’s a show Lou enthusiastically describes as “nice.” Continue reading
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Cinema Misfits Podcast, Episode 8: Interview with James Karen, Reviews of Up, Percy Jackson and The Olympians, and The Wolfman
Up. Maybe we’re just a bunch of Johnny-come-latelies who missed the bandwagon, but even so, nothing is going to stop us from putting in our two cents about Up. It’s great! So there.
The Islander is where guests are interviewed by Nancy and asked to pick the ten films they would take with them to a desert island. Nancy’s guest this week is character actor James Karen. Among his many TV appearances are roles on Seinfeld and The Larry Sanders Show, and on the big screen he has appeared in Poltergeist, The Return of the Living Dead, Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster, and many other films.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. What’s the point of being an Olympian if your kid can call you on the carpet for being busy with God stuff instead of being a good parent? The only thing that could possibly be lamer is taking an elevator to Olympus.
The new Wolfman movie is an uneasy mix of yesterday and today. Is it an effort doomed to leave gorehounds disappointed and fans of the original film frustrated?
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Why, Oh Why?
Every now and then, the mad geniuses at the Motion Picture Academy drop a little bombshell of an announcement: The 82nd Academy Awards to feature TEN nominees! Ten nominees? Heck. I can barely remember what the top five are every year. Plus, can you imagine how bloated the already over-bloated Oscar ceremony will be with, not five, but ten Best Picture nominees? Oh, good lord, kill me now. Continue reading
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