We’re back from another little break with a lot of grumbling and a lot of laughter. Hear multiple reviews of The Campaign and The Bourne Legacy, tributes to Jerry Nelson and Tony Scott, updates on the lives of the Widescreen Warrior crew (including Rafe’s “brain cloud”) and an awesome look at Detention – the film so bad it makes Thomas want to toss away his ironic hipster... 

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... 

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. The... 

Margaret and Rafe have some interesting disagreements this week, as the group review Iron Man 2 and compare Walter Matthau’s The Taking of Pelham One Two Three with the Tony Scott remake. We also discuss Matthau’s Charlie Varrick, discuss the Bond franchise being on hold, and belittle Jeff as frequently as possible. Weekly Blend #226 – 25 Hours Later…(60 min, 27.51MB) Direct... 

I’ve done a lot of complaining in the past few years about the action genre. While we’ve gotten some good stories, the execution of those stories tends to mar the final product, with cameras shaking beyond comprehension and shots framed so close that the audience loses all context of what’s actually happening. I’m happy to say that The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 doesn’t fall into those traps,...