What happens when two overly analytical dudes and Kelly Wand watch a summer creature feature? Find out on this week’s podcast. If you don’t want us to spoil Piranha 3D for you, fast forward to this week’s 3×3 for our favorite movie outfits. It starts at the one hour and three minute mark.
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We’re not acquainted with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the book, but we’ve seen the movie and we’re mostly Michael Cera fans. Find out what happens next. This week’s 3×3, our favorite protagonist ass-kickings, starts at the 47-minute mark.
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Winter’s Bone, a country noir set in the Ozarks, is quite a revelation. You should see it and then listen to our podcast about it. And if you listen to just one 3×3 this year, it probably shouldn’t be our discussion of the best uses of lava, which begins at the 52-minute mark.
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Steve Carell and Paul Rudd show up in an Americanized remake of a foreign film. It’s apparently a comedy. This week’s 3×3 begins at the 40-minutes mark. We discuss our three favorite uses of another language.
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Angelina Jolie is Salt. We’re unimpressed. Except for one of us. After that, our 3×3 begins at the 44-minute mark, where we share our favorite trapped underwater moments. Expect a lot of overlap.
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Tune in for our spirited three-way split on Inception, Christopher Nolan’s dreamy mind-bender. We have a “loved it”, “hated it”, and “thought it was okay”. If you haven’t seen it yet, fast-forward to this week’s 3×3 at the one hour and six minute (!) mark. We have an equally spirited discussion of the best last lines spoken by or to a dying character.
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At last it’s a three-way split. One of us really liked Predators, one of us didn’t like it so much, and one of us hated it. Find out who wins! Or, if you haven’t seen Predators, just fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 52-minute mark for movies that you can stop watching after the first scene.
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You probably haven’t seen Don McKay, which just came out on DVD. Tom and Dingus recommend you do so. Kelly not so much. But if you’re going to see this indie movie from a first-time director, you’re probably better off knowing nothing about it. The unfolding’s the thing. Until you’ve seen it, you can skip ahead to this week’s 3×3, in which we discuss least likely jobs for movie characters. We start at the 42-minute mark.
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Summer blockbuster? Forgettable fluff? Romantic comedy? Chick flick? The redemption of Tom Cruise? All of the above? Find out in this week’s podcast. Or, if you don’t want Knight and Day spoiled, just jump to this week’s 3×3 at the 44-minute mark. We discuss the least convincing movie couples, which includes Kelly Wand’s rendition of a character’s inner monologue upon seeing Russell Crowe unclothed.
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We agree that Toy Story 3 is no Toy Story 2, but we don’t quite see eye to eye on how much this matters. If you haven’t seen Toy Story 3, jump to this week’s 3×3 at the 54-minute mark for our choice of the best restroom scenes that aren’t gross.
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The good news is this isn’t one of those podcasts where we sit around agreeing with each other the whole time. The bad news is at least one of us had to sit through The A-Team in order for that to happen. If you can’t bear to see us at odds with each other, jump to this week’s 3×3 at the 57-minute mark for our choice of most effective adaptations.
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We relate this horror sci-fi rom-com to things as diverse as Moon, Rosemary’s Baby, Happy Days, and the Gulf oil spill. If you haven’t seen Splice yet, jump to our 3×3 at the 46-minute mark: movies that should be made into videogames.
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Is Prince of Persia about a magic doo-dad, ostriches, the invasion of Iraq, the fantastical properties of Gemma Arterton’s decolletage, Ben Kingsley’s eyeliner, or all of the above?
If you haven’t seen Prince of Persia, join us for our 3×3 of movie romances in which the characters don’t even kiss. It’s a tough one. It starts at the 51:30 mark.
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Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson are soldiers tasked with notifying the next of kin of killed soldiers. Is The Messengers a war film? A buddy story? An art house movie? Whatever you want to call it — we wrestle with that a bit — the three of us heartily recommend it.
If you haven’t seen The Messenger, join us for this week’s 3×3: movies that recommend other movies. It starts at the 57-minute mark.
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With a little help from director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Brian Helgeland, Russell Crowe is Robin Hood! Or is he?
If you haven’t seen Robin Hood, join us for this week’s 3×3: movies that made you like an actor or director you previously loathed. It starts at the 52-minute mark.
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