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Trailer Park: Super Bowl 2013 Edition
I’ve been trying to get this rebooted column kicked off for a while now and this year’s football extravaganza has finally given me the motivation to do so. So welcome to the new trailer park, where we gather the latest trailers and commercials to hit the web and give you our opinions on how interested we are in the movies they promote – in other words, how well the trailers do their...
Weekly Blend #321 – It Gets Better
Between the aromas of Thanksgiving turkey and Rise of the Guardians in theaters, the holidays are definitely upon us. Don’t worry though – as we talk about several times throughout this episode, “It gets better.” Join us for reviews of Guardians and Life of Pi, our take on Chevy Chase leaving Community, a brief memorial of Larry Hagman, and the usual behind-the-scenes mayhem,...
This Means War [Review]
I know that The Vow is the movie with the biggest romantic draw right now, but that doesn’t make it any more appealing to me. Thankfully, my wife isn’t the type to be drawn to mawkish, empty, romantic stories either. Something like This Means War, which combines its rom-com tale with a few rounds of fun confrontation between two adversaries who happen to be good friends. Spies? Buddy story? Romance...
Trailer Park: This Means War
This is not a new trailer, having arrived in theaters and online earlier this year. In fact, it’s so not new that my wife, who has only been to the theater a handful of times this year, has already seen it a couple of times – on the big screen. When I mentioned the trailer on this weekend’s podcast, however, both my co-hosts and our live audience were unfamiliar with the trailer, so here...
Weekly Blend #248 – The Podcast is All Right
The podcast has always designed to be an extension of the website, discussing other things going on around the site. That’s certainly true this week, as the site has dueling reviews of Tony Scott’s Unstoppable. Nicole offers our official review, but Rafe disagrees enough to make some entertaining audio this week. We also discuss the ramifications of early Oscar predictions, Kevin Kline’s...
Unstoppable
The movie Unstoppable stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pine and is directed by Tony Scott. From the barrage of trailers on television, it looked like a passable action film. History tells us that Denzel Washington usually picks solid movies and Tony Scott usually delivers solid movies. However, somehow this turns into more than a solid movie. It is surprisingly good and well put together.
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