180: ‘Keanu’ Starring Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Will Forte
Joe is very excited about the show having reached the 180 mark. We have to gently inform him that 180 is not a milestone. We discuss sodas of yesteryear and at some point we also talk about Key & Peel’s feature length debut Keanu – which reminds Joe of Hot Fuzz and reminds Tom of […]
179: ‘Keanu’ Box Office Report (4/29 – 5/1)
We finally make it through an episode without a WWE reference from Joe. Which can only mean one thing… Tom talked about The Monkees. Also, Zootopia is closing in on a billion dollars and Batman v Superman is somehow still in the top ten. Plus, Julia Roberts once killed a hobo and Gary Marshall has […]
110: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins
Straight Outta Compton tore it up at the box office this weekend. In an age when musical bio-pics tend to stall out at the box office what did Compton get right that Love & Mercy, Get On Up and so many others didn’t? And are we, of all people, qualified to discuss it? Of course […]
Movie Review: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell
After seeing Straight Outta Compton, it’s almost like things haven’t changed all that much. While N.W.A. burst onto the scene in 1988 with the anthem “Fuck the Police,” the song seems more relevant now than ever, given the racial tension that is going on in Ferguson. While F. Gary Gray’s biopic of N.W.A brilliantly shows […]
