It’s Gatsby time! The latest adaptation of the classic novel comes from Baz Luhrmann, a divisive name in entertainment, who Rafe is predisposed to dislike. So how does he wind up giving Gatsby, and what issues does Thomas take with the adaptation? Have a listen to find out. We also discuss Disney’s plans for adapting Into the Woods (or, as we call it, the next Johnny Depp weirdness project),... 

As an artist, Baz Luhrmann frightens me. He has shown a history of taking complex ideas and concepts and boiling them down to a pudding-like mess, robbed of all substance. Add in a rapid-fire style of presentation designed to overwhelm the senses, and Luhrman is representative of many of the problems with contemporary filmmaking – using film as an overwhelming assault on viewers without utilizing... 

Iron Man is, please excuse the pun, the steel foundation of Marvel’s Avengers series. If the first film hadn’t done well, they would have had little to build upon to lead into the collective picture. Iron Man 2 went a long way to laying the groundwork for all of the heroes to finally team up, unfortunately to the detriment of Tony Stark’s individual story. Iron Man 3 shows us that, while Stark’s... 

As with Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge, and… well, just about every other picture he’s directed, Baz Luhrman has decided to go in a unique direction with his adaptation of The Great Gatsby. While the film remains in its traditional 1920s era setting, Luhrman’s adaptation makes use of an eclectic R&B soundtrack, produced by Jay-Z and featuring artists ranging from Beyonce and... 

It’s officially the summer movie season and Iron Man definitely starts things off with Grade-A Bang Bang. Thomas and Rafe offering their views on the third picture in the Marvel franchise (or seventh picture if you want to count all of the Avenger tie-ins). From there, it’s a look through the coming summer months as we talk about what’s coming out: what has caught our eye, what we... 

Yes, the gaps between episodes are growing – something we address in the first few minutes of the show. Hopefully we’ll get that sorted out soon, but otherwise we’ll produce episodes as we can. Don’t worry – we’ll have a big blowout if we ever decide to call it a day (it won’t happen silently). In the meantime, we catch up over reviews of G.I. Joe: Retaliation... 

We’re back and making up for lost time with reviews of The Last Exorcism Part II, Jack the Giant Slayer, and dueling reviews of Oz the Great and Powerful. We also catch up on a couple of movie trailers, with varying opinions on Now You See Me and Iron Man 3. Somehow, regardless of the discussion topic, we keep coming back to analyzing franchises of the past like Nightmare on Elm Street or The... 

The Oscars are over and now it’s time to deconstruct Hollywood’s biggest night. We analyze quite a few aspects of the show, from the awards themselves to host Seth MacFarlane to the strengths and weaknesses of the “theme” of the evening. We discuss some of the surprise awards of the night (although there weren’t many of those) and some of the fallout to come from the festivities,... 

Despite the best predictions, the 85th Annual Academy Awards wound up being filled with a bit more tension than most people would have expected. The first upset came early in the evening as Best Animated Picture went a different way than a lot of people expected, and some surprises just kept coming. I know my Twitter feed was filled with fellow web critics commenting on how quickly some of their predictions... 

I probably should have put up my actual Oscar predictions a week ago, but let’s be honest: nobody is using what I say to place any bets in office betting pools. There are certainly a lot better qualified people to use as a basis for gambling, say Nate Silver, for example (whose predictions I still haven’t looked at beyond bookmarking the page). Hell, I still haven’t even seen all...