Category: Shows

0:00 – Hello there, here is an iTunes review
4:10 – “Hardcore Henry” review
12:55 – “The Boss” review, beginning with an exploration into the mystery of Melissa McCarthy’s hidden neck
25:50 – “Demolition” review
32:00 – “Mr. Right” review
39:15 – QOTW (bad bosses you’ve had, and bad bosses we’ve had)
50:10 – The Listeners Ask Us Things® (how to enjoy movies while analyzing them)
55:10 – Recap and goodbye

QOTW: In honor of “The Jungle Book,” give us your casting and other suggestions for a live-action version of an animated classic.

REVIEWS:
Hardcore Henry: D 3/10
The Boss: C 3/10
Demolition: C+ 6/10
Mr. Right: C- 5/10

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0:00 – It’s our sixth anniversary! There is some discussion of gifts
2:50 – iTunes review
4:15 – We can’t review the new wide releases (“Meet the Blacks” and “God’s Not Dead 2”) because they are Hollywood’s Shameful Secrets
5:30 – “Midnight Special” review
15:35 – “I Saw the Light” review (Bayer only)
21:10 – “April and the Extraordinary World” review
25:50 – QOTW (movie characters who are similar to you)
38:25 – The segment where you ask us questions. This time it’s about our cars
41:40 – Recap, more anniversary talk, and goodbye

QOTW: Tell us a story about a boss you’ve had that would make a good movie.

REVIEWS:
Midnight Special: B 9/10
I Saw the Light: n/a 4/10
April and the Extraordinary World: B 7/10

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0:00 – Hello, it’s our 300th episode, whatever
2:15 – “Whisky Tango Foxtrot” review
16:50 – “London Has Fallen” review, which we definitely recorded at the same time and place as the rest of the show, for sure
26:45 – “Zootopia” review (Snider only)
35:20 – QOTW (minor details that ruined a movie for you)
49:30 – A round of Interquel (“Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “Princess Bride”)
55:15 – Recap and goodbye

QOTW: What movie embarrasses you because of the way it portrays a part of your identity (hometown, subcultures, religion, interests, etc.)?

REVIEWS:
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: B 7/10
London Has Fallen: C 4/10
Zootopia: B+ n/a

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0:00 – Greetings; then Jeff tricks Eric into talking about sports
2:45 – “Eddie the Eagle” review
15:30 – Jeff didn’t see the other movies, but he’s not crying about it
16:30 – “Triple 9” review (Snider only)
20:15 – “Gods of Egypt” review (Snider only)
27:20 – QOTW (movie quotes you use in everyday life)
37:30 – What’d You Watch? (“Oslo, August 31”; “Spaghettiman”)
40:35 – Recap and goodbye

QOTW: What seemingly small or dumb thing has completely ruined a movie for you? (Ex: the lead actress running from dinosaurs in high heels.)

REVIEWS:
Eddie the Eagle: B+ 7/10
Triple 9: C- n/a
Gods of Egypt: D n/a

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0:00 – Greetings! We talk about our new TVs and Eric’s new sleep apparatus
9:45 – “Race” review
21:45 – “Risen” opens this week but wasn’t screened in Portland; “The Witch” was screened, but scheduled against something else; why don’t distributors like Portland anymore?
23:15 – “The Witch” review (repeat from Fantastic Fest)
28:20 – Eric is at the Oxford (Miss.) Film Festival this weekend
31:30 – It’s almost Oscar time! Here’s how to play Oscar Bowling
37:15 – A new Question of the Week! @MovieBS on Twitter is also discussed
42:30 – Hey, What’d You Watch? (“Horace and Pete”)
47:05 – A round of Character Casserole (“House of Wax,” “Pinocchio,” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”)
55:25 – Recap and goodbye

QOTW: What quote from a movie do you use most regularly in everyday speech?

REVIEWS:
Race: B- 5/10
The Witch: B+ 6/10

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0:00 – Hello
1:25 – iTunes review
3:00 – Our lunch sponsor: “The Little Scary Book,” horror short stories by Kevin Duncan. Just 99¢ on Amazon Kindle!
5:55 – “Deadpool” review
15:15 – “Zoolander 2” review
25:20 – “How to Be Single” review
36:45 – “Where to Invade Next” review
47:00 – QOTW is still on hiatus (thanks for the ideas so far!), but here’s its counterpart, Somebody Asked Us a Thing® (about our rating scales)
53:50 – Recap and goodbye

REVIEWS:
Deadpool: B 7/10
Zoolander 2: C- 4/10
How to Be Single: B- 5/10
Where to Invade Next: B 7/10

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0:00 – Intro; Eric’s cat and Jeff’s baby
2:50 – “Hail, Caesar!” review
20:20 – We didn’t see “Pride & Prejudice & Zombies” because it was screening at the same time as “Hail, Caesar!”
22:00 – “The Choice” review (Snider only, and the Sparks Rule is invoked, which means full spoilers)
31:30 – Eric briefly reviews “Fifty Shades of Black” (boo) and “The Boy” (meh?), then relates an anecdote about a bum at the theater
38:30 – QOTW (the Coen Brothers question that nobody was interested in)
42:40 – That Thing Where We Take Questions from Listeners®
47:50 – A round of Pitch Me
55:45 – Recap and goodbye

QOTW: We’re putting QOTW on hiatus for a couple of W’s while we think of good Q’s. Do you have any suggestions for good discussion questions? Please send them to us!

REVIEWS:
Hail, Caesar! B 6/10
The Choice: C n/a

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0:00 – Eric’s at Sundance; Jeff has a new baby and misses being at Sundance;

3:45 – Our lunch sponsor: “Windswept: My Hair-Raising Adventure,” a picture book written and illustrated by Andy Peterson

5:20 – Jeff has to know what’s going on at the Sundance condo, which leads to an anecdote from the party
8:50 – “Kung Fu Panda 3” review
14:00 – “Son of Saul” review
18:40 – “The Finest Hours” review (Bayer only)
23:40 – Snider’s Sundance report, with specific reference to: “AbracaDeborah”; “Manchester by the Sea,” which Snider hadn’t seen; “The Birth of a Nation”; “The Intervention”; “The Fundamentals of Caring”; “Yoga Hosers”;
plus more anecdotes about our Sundance press pals with a cameo by Sam Fragoso, plus lots of questions from Jeff about people’s hair
41:35 – QOTW (your Oscar votes)
45:05 – A Listener Asked Us Something® about screenwriting
49:35 – Recap, goodbye

QOTW: Give us your remake (casting, story, etc.) of a Coen brothers movie. (Purely hypothetical, of course. No heresy intended.)

REVIEWS:
Kung Fu Panda: C+ 7/10
Son of Saul: B 7/10
Finest Hours: n/a 7/10

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0:00 – Merry Christmas! Et cetera
2:35 – “Joy” review
11:55 – “The Revenant” review
21:10 – “45 Years” review
27:15 – “Concussion” review (Bayer only)
32:20 – “Point Break” (Snider only)
37:25 – “Daddy’s Home” (Bayer only)
41:35 – Your QOTWs reiterated: tell us your 3 favorite movies of 2015; and tell us about movies you saw this year based on our recommendation
42:55 – Questions from Listeners®: advice for would-be film critics
47:35 – Recap and goodbye

REVIEWS:
Joy: C+ 7/10
The Revenant: B 9/10
45 Years: B+ 7/10
Concussion: n/a 8/10
Point Break: D n/a
Daddy’s Home: n/a 5/10

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0:00 – Hello; Bayer has a cold; this week’s wide releases weren’t screened for critics
3:55 – “Legend” review delayed by other “Legend”-related nonsense
5:05 – “Legend” review
14:00 – “Chi-Raq” review (Snider only)
21:35 – QOTW (best movie questions)
29:25 – Next week’s QOTW, derailing into a discussion of parades, and a plug for the B.S.-approved list
33:00 – Hey, Ask Us Something
36:40 – What’d You Watch? (“Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” “Diary of a Teenage Girl,” “The Fly,” “I Smile Back”
44:00 – Recap and goodbye

QOTW: What non-holiday movie could you remake as a holiday movie, and how?

REVIEWS:
Legend B 6/10
Chi-Raq B+ n/a

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