cop out

It's our annual pre-Oscar round up. Listen as Rafe, Margaret, and Jeff round up all the contenders and pick which movies they expect to take home awards next Sunday. Will the recent Hurt Locker controversy cost the movie its statue? Is ten selections for best picture too many? Just what is the value of Jeff's life in a bet?

It’s a running gag in Cop Out that the detectives played by Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan have probably watched too many bad buddy-cop movies, and resort to a clichéd, abused use of that dialog when playing “bad cop” with a suspect.

When someone puts a fresh spin on something tried and true, it normally is met with mixed results: those who welcome change by accepting the newer version and then those who stick to fundamentals and tend to say you are ruining a perfectly good thing. That is kind of how it is with Kevin Smith’s new film Cop Out.

After months of prolonged waiting, Shutter Island has arrived and all three of us are impressed, to say the least. We're less impressed with The Wolfman remake and Sidney Poitier's '80s movies, but we dive into those as well. Add in some movie news talk about changes to the Oscars and Kevin Smith, and you have a well rounded hour of entertainment news and reviews.