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. […]
Read more "Election"Poor man’s Fast Times At Ridgemont High: I don’t love Fast Times. I like Better Off Dead even less. I can’t figure out why this movie exists. ★★☆☆☆ I understand why Josh assigned me this movie. It’s the same reason that I assigned Animal House. He thinks it’s a really funny movie. Unfortunately, Animal House […]
Read more "Better Off Dead"Rich Man’s One Fine Day – as far as rom-coms go, this one actually has characters with some sort of personality. ★★★★☆ The rom-com is a vexing genre of movie. On one hand, its comedic movies about people who fall in love, and that sounds like a really good time. On the other hand, it […]
Read more "Defending Your Life"This week, we release our first podcast! Check out David, Josh, and Editor Billy take on Jim Carrey’s more dramatic works. We’ll be discussing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Majestic so do your homework or be prepared for spoilers.
Read more "Jim Carrey… No, Seriously"Intro from the Editor: I didn’t so much assign this movie to David as text him and Josh rapturously about it: Holy shit have you guys seen M? It’s amazing. I’d wanted to see M for a long time. I knew its plot: criminal underbelly begins hunt for a child-killer. I knew its marquee […]
Read more "M"Poor Man’s Sophie’s Choice — stories of a women who have suffered tragedy, but Sophie comes away with more of your heart than Philomena can, despite Judi Dench’s best efforts. ★★★★☆ Some movies are just made to win awards, and Philomena is one of them. It has a phenomenal cast led by Steve Coogan and […]
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