Rich man’s Stand By Me: I’ve never loved the classic 1986 coming-of-age drama, but I think that’s because I saw it too late. By the time I got to it, its cinema had become dated. Son of Rambow takes all the heart of Stand By Me and gives it a badly needed fresh coat of paint. This week […]
Read more "Son of Rambow"Poor Man’s American Graffiti: Diner feels remarkably familiar all the way through. It’s a pretty classic coming-of-age story that has elements similar to The Graduate, Stand By Me, and the first half of The Deer Hunter. American Graffiti also has these elements, but it also has Harrison Ford. ★★★☆☆ Ok, let’s address something here before we […]
Read more "Diner"Poor Man’s High Noon. The monster movie as a western trope has been reviewed here before, and I think it worked better. ★★★☆☆ Ok, so the first thing I need to say is hear me out. A lot of you are already texting me, slacking me, or heading to my front door to tell me how wrong […]
Read more "No Country For Old Men"Rich man’s 500 Days of Summer: This is love story at heart. It just happens that Joaquin Phoenix is dating his laptop. Every year I watch about 60 movies that I’ve never seen before. About 15 of those movies are new releases. These 15 movies usually break out like this: top Oscar movies (last year […]
Read more "Her"Rich Man’s Rebel Without A Cause: I love both of these movies, and they’re both 5 stars in my book. But Francois Truffaut’s 400 Blows seems to have aged better, so I’m giving the gold to 400 and James Dean will have to be content with silver. ★★★★★ Like The Outsiders or Rebel Without A […]
Read more "The 400 Blows"Poor Man’s Airplane: Hear me out here. Deadpool is clearly a satire on the comic book genre. From what I understand, the character has always been a satire. Airplane did the same thing for disaster movies back in the seventies, they just did it better. ★★★☆☆ Around the time that Ant-Man came out, I swore […]
Read more "Deadpool"Poor Man’s All is Lost: if you are going to watch a boat movie, at least go with the one that feels more authentic, even if Marky Mark and crew provide you with a good time. ★★★☆☆ Apparently, David has a thing for boat movies. So does Wolfgang Petersen. 2000’s The Perfect Storm is Petersen’s return to […]
Read more "The Perfect Storm"Rich Man’s The Verdict: Both of these movies are character studies about lawyers, but I really enjoyed Paul Giamatti’s portrayal in this film. ★★★★☆ Win Win is a fine little movie by director/writer Tom McCarthy, known for last year’s Best Picture winner Spotlight.. Starring Paul Giamatti (tons of shit), Amy Ryan (The Office) as his […]
Read more "Win Win"This week we take on Kevin Smith’s Clerks and the Cohen Brother’s Miller’s Crossing. David and I attempt to get the other to see the light on great directors that we’ve always been on the fence about. We also wanted to give back something special to all of you who have stuck with us for TWO WHOLE […]
Read more "A Director Says What?"Rich Man’s Burn After Reading: when trying to make a movie with such low stakes, Alexander Payne kept me involved where the Coen brothers fell short ★★★★☆ Every now and then, a movie just sits at the bottom of your radar for way too long. I’ve known about Alexander Payne’s Election for many years now. […]
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