Movie Review: X-Men ‘Dark Phoenix’ Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence
The X-Men franchise just can’t seem to close out a trilogy, it seems. After the greatness of 2000’s X-Men and even more so with 2003’s X2: X-Men United, viewers were left scratching our heads when X-Men: The Last Stand was made to close things out. After a couple of Wolverine films (that actually did get […]
Film Review: Darren Aronofsky’s ‘mother!’ Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem
mother! is the seventh film directed by Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Wrestler) and stars Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem as a married couple in a fixer-upper house in a beautiful and secluded country home. Bardem’s character is a writer suffering from a bad case of writer’s block, and Lawrence’s character is the sole visionary […]
Ten Tremendous Oscar Bait Failures
Just in time for the 89th annual Oscars ceremony Sunday, Feb. 26, let us look back on ten films that failed to get the attention from the Academy they believed they deserved. Three of our top picks just came out last year, and two of them star Will Smith. Here they are, in no particular […]
Get to Know Alicia Vikander
Every so often in Hollywood a brand new talent emerges and proves to have real staying power. Think of the likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Lupita Nyong’o. Five years ago even an avid film fan might not have known all those names, or at least might not have been familiar with the respective […]
188: ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac
Time-hops confuse us as we tackle ‘X-Men: Apocalypse.’ Tom and Dan walk us through the history of the Vinnie Vincent-era of KISS and Tom tells us about his days working in a comic book store. Plus, Dan has a video recovery. It’s Reel Spoilers 188: ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar […]
187: ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Box Office (5/27-5-29)
This episode is coming from an undisclosed location. Tom will explain why. Tom and Dan descend into an Old Timey Reference free-for-all with solo David Lee Roth stories. Plus, we discuss ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ and why it was so boring. And we ask the controversial question…is ‘Willy Wonka’ really a classic? It’s Reel […]
Movie Review: ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac
It’s hard to believe that we are now nine films into the X-Men franchise, which kicked off in 2000 with X-Men and was the catalyst for the “serious” superhero films we know today. Although Blade came out two years earlier, it never had quite the commercial success of the original X movie – which brought […]
149: ‘Joy’ Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper
Kelly Manno is back to discuss Joy. Do you like patent law? Do you like mops? Then you are in for a treat. You know it was a rough one when we spend the first five minutes talking about other movies. This week you’ll learn one Tom’s least favorite film tropes and Joe learns the […]
148: ‘Joy’ Box Office Report (1/1 – 1/3)
We’re joined this week by Kelly Manno from the aptly titled Kelly Manno Show. It’s a freewheeling exchange as Star Wars is still #1, Kevin sullies the memory of Abbott & Costello only to then invite Joe to discuss both professional wrestling AND Rhonda Rousey. It’s like Kevin doesn’t even listen to this show sometimes. […]
138: ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2’ Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Donald Sutherland
Hunger Games comes to a close, and we’re there to walk you through it. It’s a busy week as Tom invents three new Hunger Games related products, we discuss the incredible effectiveness of hoods, and ponder why nobody is talking about what seems to be an incredibly controversial (not to mention topical) ending for this […]
