Will you be as bored listening to us talk about Iron Man 2 as we were watching Iron Man 2? We hope not, but we don’t make any guarantees. If you haven’t seen Iron Man 2, you can fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 29-minute mark for movie lines that should be famous.
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You probably haven’t seen 44 Inch Chest, which just came out on DVD. You should do something about that. Then you can listen to our podcast about this brutal profane poetic British amalgam of Othello, Reservoir Dogs, and Sexy Beast.
Until then, you’ll just have to fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 48-minute mark: movies that break the fourth wall.
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Hey, it’s our second comic book movie in a row! Does The Losers go over with us as well as Kick-Ass did? Spoiler: no. Listen to three Idris Elba fans commiserate.
This week’s 3×3 starts at the 44-minute mark. Join us for our top three fights in movies.
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After our week off — all you would have missed was three dudes agreeing that Hot Tub Time Machine was no Hangover — we’ve returned to discuss Kick-Ass.
Haven’t seen Kick-Ass? No problem. Join us for this week’s 3×3 at the 47-minute mark: double features that you have to explain.
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If you listen to one movie synopsis this year, make it Kelly Wand’s Clash of the Titans movie synopsis. If you haven’t seen Clash of the Titans yet, we can help. Listen to our podcast instead.
This week’s 3×3 begins at the 44-minute mark. We talk movies that best establish a sense of place.
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Following some confusion about sardonic actor Chris Eigeman, Watergate co-conspirator John Ehrlichman, and celebrity Nazi Otto Eichmann, we discuss Greenberg and the challenge of making a movie about an a-hole. What does it say about us that we all three loved the movie?
If you haven’t seen Greenberg, you should probably get on that. Until then, fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 50-minute mark for our top three depictions of drug use.
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Repo Men. Does it have a twist? A reveal? Is it more like Brazil or Blade Runner? Is it a biting commentary on health care or a Philip K. Dick adaptation, or both? How are you supposed to say RZA’s name? In which Star Wars movie was the quote “The Force is strong, Luke”? And why are there a handful of great scenes in this movie? These questions and more are answered, followed by this week’s 3×3 for our choices of MacGuffins worth remembering. Fast forward to the 47:30 mark if you don’t want Repo Men spoiled. Well, “spoiled”.
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Here’s our review of Green Zone, in which Paul Greengrass treats the invasion of Iraq with all the nuance of James Cameron’s Avatar: “Please to stand there, drink my wine. Come and dig my herb.” Alternatively, fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 42-minute mark. Oops, or not. Not everyone can hear the musical cue, so hilarity ensues and the 3×3 doesn’t actually start until the 45-minute mark.
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Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is another 2 vs. 1 split. Two in favor, one opposed. Or maybe it’s the other way around. It’s curiouser. But we all agree on the excellence of Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, and the word “acreage”.
If you haven’t seen Alice in Wonderland, join us at the 50:00 mark for this week’s 3×3. We discuss movies for which there is no forgiveness. It’s probably not going to go where you think it goes.
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So, yeah, a remake of a George Romero zombie movie that didn’t really have zombies. You can imagine how that turns out. Tom Chick recommends Impulse, Kelly Wand recommends Shivers, and Dingus admires the mayor’s swimming pool. We also perform a short sketch based on a Kevin Smith movie.
If you haven’t seen The Crazies, go ahead and listen anyway. Or just skip to this week’s 3×3 at the 43-minute mark, in which we each fix three movies by recasting one of the parts.
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We don’t agree on Shutter Island. One of us wants to punch someone. The other two of us embrace the mystery. If you haven’t seen Shutter Island, I’d normally recommend fast forwarding to the 52 minute mark for this week’s 3×3: best depictions of parenting. However, I can’t really do that this week since Shutter Island spoilers got sprinkled into the conversation.
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Ah, finally a good movie. Wait, scratch that. A great movie. We all loved Fish Tank and hope we can find at least a few more movies in 2010 even half this good. What a revelation. If you haven’t seen it, well, you’re missing out. See if you can do something about that.
Until then, you can fast forward to the 54-minute mark for this week’s 3×3. We discuss the stupidest computers, robot brains, or cybernetic organisms.
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Tom Chick, Christien Murawski, and Kelly Wand go see an artsy German movie and get in over their heads. You can fast forward past the chaos, confusion, and uncertainty about White Ribbon to our 3×3 at the 39-minute mark. We discuss our three greatest scenes in cars.
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Tom Chick, Christien Murawski, and Kelly Wand on the 2009 Academy Award nominees. Who was nominated, who wasn’t nominated, and who would we each pick for the categories? What’s the difference between sound mixing and sound editing? Why was Avatar robbed of its nomination for best animated film? How much longer before we have to say “Academy Award winner” every time we say “Sandra Bullock”?
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Tom Chick, Christien Murawski, and Kelly Wand shout at each other about the latest Mel Gibson movie, Edge of Darkness. If that’s not the sort of thing that you want to hear, fast forward to our 3×3 this week: the best uses of the F-word in a movie. Explicit content. Duh.
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