It’s always interesting when more than one of us gets to see the same movie in a week. This week Margaret and Rafe take a look at Where the Wild Things Are, Rafe discusses the difference between an over-saturation of Gerard Butler vs. Jude Law, and the gang looks at Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and Rear Window – a double helping of Hitchcock and James Stewart! Also, new projects from... 

I’d heard from many of my colleagues that Adventureland was grossly mis-represented in the marketing for the movie. Instead of a sophomoric raunch comedy, the movie is more of a coming of age story, with a decent emotional core to it. I didn’t realize the weight of that until I sat down to watch the movie myself and realized just how right those other critics were. Do not approach this movie expecting... 

We haven’t been reporting on it, but there’s been a lot of movement on the Green Lantern movie over the last couple of days. As of yesterday, the title role in the comic book adaptation was down to a few contenders, including the widely rumored Bradley Cooper and even Justin Timberlake (according to some venues). Sometimes it pays to hold off on reporting rumors, however, because the role of Green... 

It’s Father’s Day 2009, and the first celebration of the holiday by Rafe. As usual, Father’s Day means an appearance by The Podcast Dad. We discuss romantic comedies, the disappointment of Year One, and Sometimes Tim’s dream of something that might resemble more than meets the eye. Also, a discussion of Michael Moore’s latest “trailer” and how it ties into... 

Every year we get quite a few new romantic comedies. You know the type – a mismatched man and woman have a series of odd encounters which plays out in a comedy of errors before the two realize they really do have feelings for each other and kiss (or more) as the credits roll. Sometimes the new movies bring something new to the genre – focusing more on the guy, or even having the audacity...