This week it’s a two-fer, with The Great Gatsby discussion for the first 31 minutes, followed by a Star Trek Into Darkness discussion until the 1:14-minute mark. At that point, we drop into this week’s 3×3 for a discussion of … Continue reading →

We regret to inform you that The Great Gatsby podcast will be assimilated into the Star Trek Into Darkness podcast. Or that the Star Trek Into Darkness podcast will be borne back ceaselessly into The Great Gatsby podcast. Tune in … Continue reading →

We might be too cool for Thor, Dark Knight Rises, and Elektra, but we’re not too cool for Iron Man 3. Maybe these comic books aren’t so silly, after all. You can skip this week’s 3×3 about lip syncing as … Continue reading →

Is this modestly budget character-driven thriller Michael Bay’s Fargo, his Once Upon a Time in America, or his Love Guru? Listen to the Pain & Gain podcast to find out. At the 34-minute mark, this week’s 3×3 points out the … Continue reading →

It’s a spirited two-to-one split on Oblivion, which is why the 3×3 doesn’t start until the 1 hour and 17-minute mark. Speaking of marks, this week’s 3×3 is tattoos!

We all agree that The Place Beyond the Pines, the latest movie from Ryan Gosling and Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance, is no Blue Valentine. At the 57-minute mark we focus on our favorite lasers for this week’s 3×3. Next … Continue reading →

This week we see the R-rated, CG-less, soul-swallowing, horror reboot, Evil Dead. At the 54-minute mark, this week’s 3×3 is about smoke. Next week: The Place beyond the Pines

In Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine explores the moral depravity of today’s youth, or something like that. We’re a bit confused. At the 43-minute mark, we talk about American flags in movies. Next week: Evil Dead

This week we see this year’s first White House under siege movie, Olympus Has Fallen. Who’s better at rescuing besieged Presidents? Gerard Butler or Channing Tatum? We won’t know the answer until June. If you want to avoid spoilers, skip … Continue reading →

Among her many roles in Cloud Atlas, Halle Barry did not play a 911 operator who saves the girl from Little Miss Sunshine. To find out how that would look, you have to see The Call. Which we have done … Continue reading →

As one character says in the movie, “Not so great and powerful, after all”. We all agree. But we have a spirited disagreement about the original Wizard of Oz, variously calling it creepy, charming, hilarious, and dated. Then this week’s … Continue reading →

Some of us feel very strongly about this critically panned and commercially disappointing follow-up to that earlier found-footage exorcism movie. Not the one with the nuns. The other one. At the one-hour mark, we discuss our favorite explosions for this … Continue reading →

This week we see Dark Skies, a horror movie from the director of Legion and Priest. You can kind of imagine how that’s going to turn out. But against all odds, one of us quite likes it! Then, at the … Continue reading →

We see A Good Day To Die Hard so you don’t have to! Then we talk about elevator scenes in movies for this week’s 3×3, which starts at the 50-minute mark. Next week: Dark Skies

This week’s podcast is a two-to-one split on the critically panned but commercially successful Identity Thief. If you want to avoid spoilers, jump to the 37-minute mark for this week’s 3×3 of bad ideas with great execution. Next week: A … Continue reading →