This week we’re underwhelmed by The Rum Diary, which is the prequel to Hunter S. Thompson, directed by the guy who did Withnail & I. But first, we make up for our week off with a recap session to briefly discuss why Dingus hates Paranormal Activity 3, why Kellywand hates Meek’s Cutoff, and why Tom loves Margin Call. At the 54-minute point, this week’s 3×3 is our favorite examples of Chekhov’s gun in movies. If you don’t know what that is, don’t worry. We’re on shaky ground ourselves.
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In this podcast, at least one of us correctly pronounces the names of Matthijs van Heijningen and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, the director and one of the actors in the 2011 version of The Thing. Then we recall fondly how good movies called The Thing were back in 1982. At the 57-minute mark, this week’s 3×3 covers our favorite accidental deaths in movies that don’t have the words Final Destination in the title.
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The new technology introduced in this week’s podcast is more dramatic than anything in Ides of March, a rather sleepy political yarn from George Clooney. We have perfected our bleep technology to shield you from a spoiler someone (i.e. Kellywand) lets slip about an unrelated movie. Exciting stuff. And if you don’t want Ides of March spoiled, fast-forward to the 53:30 mark for a 3×3 of our favorite post-coital lines of dialogue.
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Although we’re thrilled to talk about Take Shelter, we have to ask that you don’t listen to the podcast until you’ve seen Jeff Nichols’ spectacular sign-of-the-times slow-burn thriller. All three of us loved it and we’d hate to ruin it for you. So until then, fast forward to the 3×3 starting at the 1:26 mark. We discuss the best practical makeup effects. Oh, and when we ask you to fast forward to avoid Lake Mungo spoilers, the spoiler discussion lasts 14 minutes. But for best results, see Take Shelter and Lake Mungo before listening to this podcast.
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Is Kevin Smith’s Red State a horror movie? A showcase for actors like Michael Park, John Goodman, and Kerry Bishe? A polemic about religion and government? A combination of all those things? We have a pretty broad three-way split on this movie, ranging from a conditional thumbs up to one of us being offended on multiple fronts. Then at the 1:04 mark, for this week’s 3×3, we discuss scenes we wish had been in movies.
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Ah, what a relief! After a long summer of mostly junk, it’s nice to finally see something like Drive, which we all liked. A lot. Even those of us who weren’t already fans of Ryan Gosling and Nicholas Winding Refn. But first, a little impromptu Straw Dogs talk. Later, for our 3×3 this week, we discuss the most convincing movie scientists.
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Is Stephen Soderbergh’s Contagion the Traffic or the Ocean’s 13 of global pandemic movies? And how much does it suck that the trailer spoils important plot points? Much like this podcast. At the 59-minute mark, we start this week’s 3×3 of our favorite uses of the camera from a first-person point of view. Spoiler: Doom didn’t make any of our lists.
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Hey, look, it’s a found footage movie that goes, pow, straight to the moon! If you don’t want Apollo 18 spoiled, then fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 57-minute mark, where we discuss our favorite battles of the sexes.
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This week it’s a two-fer! We talk Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) and Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2011). What a difference 38 years make! Then, at the 1:16:00 mark, this week’s 3×3 is a discussion of our favorite sidekicks not named Chewbacca.
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Based on its box office performance, most people knew better than to see Conan the Barbarian 3D this weekend. We had no such luck. Speaking of wrecks, join us for this week’s 3×3 at the 58-minute mark, where we talk about our favorite wrecks in movies.
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After a week off, we’re back with a few surprise recommendations which may or may not include Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Change Up, Final Destination 5, and/or The Help. Then we get down to the unfortunate business of all having seen 30 Minutes or Less. If you just want to hear our 3×3 of the finest moments of slow motion, fast forward to the 1:01:30 mark.
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Uday Hussein would not approve of our take on Devil’s Double. Neither would his double Latif Yahia, whose life is the subject of the movie. Dominic Cooper, who plays him, might not even approve. If you don’t want Devil’s Double spoiled, fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 52-minute mark. We have a catch-up session in which we plug this year’s movies into earlier 3x3s.
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Captain America might not have won over all of us on this podcast, but it beat Harry Potter. And at least one of the guys on the podcast loved it. Listen to find out who (it’s not who you expect), or fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 1:10 mark. We discuss our favorite tears.
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We know what you’re thinking: “What’s Phase 7?” It’s a cool apocalypse thriller from Argentina that got very limited distribution and will hopefully be on DVD soon. We can spoil it for you now or you can listen to the podcast after you’ve seen it later. Either way, our 3×3 of movies we’re bummed never got made starts at the 1:03 mark.
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Since the alternative was Transformers 3D and since we thought Colin Farrell was pretty funny in In Brugge and Alexander, we decide to see Horrible Bosses this week. Find out how that turns out or skip ahead to this week’s 3×3 discussion at the 43-minute mark. We try to have an erudite discussion about great examples of production design, but we’re not entirely up to the erudite part.
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