Category: Film

More (And Less!) Than Meets The Eye – Episode 9: Transformers: The Last Knight

It took 9 weeks, but Ben & Matt finally disagree about the quality of a movie. For Matt, The Last Knight is one of the worst things he has ever seen in his entire life and potentially permanently altered his brain chemistry. Ben contends that while it’s bad, it’s not only not the worst Transformers movie, but not even the second worst!

They discuss Cogman, ‘Hot Rod’ (it ain’t right what they done to our boy), sozzled Merlin, poor Gemma Chan, awkwardly smushing two ideas together (again!) and generally become delirious.

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Pantheon Plus – Franchise Rankings: Die Hard

In the month of August, Jerome and Brian are going to be ranking movies in some of their favorite franchises. This week, it’s Die Hard!

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More (And Less!) Than Meets the Eye – Episode 7: Transformers: Age of Extinction

Time to dust off one of our favourite debates on this podcast network: Is it worse to be Boring or Bad?

Michael Bay submits his evidence to the latest hearing, Age of Extinction, which literally has another movie tacked onto the back of it. Hard to believe a movie could be Bad OR Boring when it features Dinobots, Bounty Hunters and Stanley Tucci, but here we are!

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Pantheon Plus – Brendan Fraser In the 90s: The Mummy

It’s the last week of Brendan Fraser Month and what better way to close it out then with a borderline classic, The Mummy from 1999.

Both Jerome and Brian are very enthusiastic about the film, despite its goofy plot and 90’s CGI. What happens when you mix Indiana Jones with Universal Horror? You get this.

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Ranking the Christopher Nolan Films

“Don’t try to understand it. Feel it.”

Christopher Nolan is a fascinating director. He is perhaps best understood by comparing his first film (Following) and his most recent film, at the time of original publication (Tenet). Both films best capture what he seems to value most in movies: mood & atmosphere. He is not a plot-detailed oriented director. At least, there is little to no evidence to suggest he values that. He cares about the feeling watching a movie gives you. The story of his films is the pull between that desire to pursue focusing on a film’s vibes and Hollywood conventions that focus more on plot and traditional means of characterization. The results have been mixed to say the least but rarely boring. Continue reading Ranking the Christopher Nolan Films

Pantheon Plus – Brendan Fraser In the 90s: Gods and Monsters

Jerome and Brian are back with another 90’s Brendan Fraser flick that also features Universal Monsters in a non-Universal film. Funny how that works.

The film is Gods and Monsters from 1998 which had awards acclaim at the time. It’s a fictionalized account of the final days of famous director James Whale. Was it a “whale” of a time? Let’s find out.

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More (And Less!) Than Meets the Eye – Episode 5: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

In which we discuss Shockwave’s cool pet drill, the height of 3D filmmaking, the courting of major name supporting actors, gay panic with Dr Ken, juggling villains, and the ups and downs of The Battle of Chicago

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Pantheon Plus – Brendan Fraser In the 90s: Airheads

It’s a movie that Brian has watched dozens of times and Jerome has never seen. And not only does it star Brendan Fraser, but Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, Chris Farley, Judd Nelson, Michael Richards and Ernie Hudson, just to name a few.

It’s Airheads from 1994! Does this movie strike a ‘chord’ with Jerome the same way it does with Brian? Let’s find out.

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