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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 22 hours 25 minutes
Arthur Christmas
Merry Christmas! To celebrate the holidays this week we reviewed an underappreciated Christmas film, Arthur Christmas. From the animation studio Aardman comes a delightful film directed by Sarah Smith with the voice talents of; James McAvoy, Ashley Jensen, Bill Nighy, Hugh Laurie and Jim Broadabent...
Just Friends
This 2005 Christmas comedy starring; Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, and Anna Faris arrived to mediocre reviews. The film found a second life on cable TV in the intervening years. Today we ask if this film has become a cult classic.
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Solo: A Star Wars Story
A spinoff about one of Star Wars' most popular characters Solo's troubled production and a switch in directors caused the film to become one of the most expensive films ever made. It's massive price tag and mismanaged marketing campaign led the movie to lose money at the box office despite earning almost $400 million dollars. A number of Star Wars fans were displeased with the film and critics were divided on it...
Rush
The spirit of competition is on this week as we discuss the 2013 film Rush directed by Ron Howard! Starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl as real life Formula One drivers and rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Despite preforming well internationally the film failed to be a box office draw in the US, and despite high hopes failed to be nominated for a single academy award.
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Ernest Scared Stupid
Happy Halloween! Get ready for our spooky Halloween special where we will be talking about "Ernest Scared Stupid." The final of the theatrically released Ernest films starring Jim Varney and directed by John Cherry saw a drop off critically and financially in previous entries. Is this a Halloween cult classic in the vein of "Hocus Pocus?"
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Terminator Salvation vs. Terminator Genisys
This week we have two movies going head to head! Both Terminator Salvation and Genisys were meant to kick off new Terminator trilogies, but middling box office returns and poor reviews torpedoed future installments. As the series is about to be rebooted a third time we take a look back at the last two attempts and decide which of these was an underrated gem.
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Prometheus
This science fiction thriller following a group of scientists looking for answers to humanity's biggest questions saw Ridley Scott return to the "Alien" franchise but Damon Lindelof's script moved the film to be less of a prequel and more of an original story. The film had moderate sucsess at the box office and with critics but has been lamented online for years.
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Titan A.E.
The final film from legendary animator Don Bluth crashed and burned at the box office so completely the animation studio that released it closed down for good just ten days after it's release. Titan A.E. also received mixed reviews despite; it's all star cast including Matt Damon and Drew Barrymore, a creative plot, and unique villains.
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Monkeybone
Henry Selick has directed four films, and while "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "James and the Giant Peach," and "Coraline" are beloved classics, his only foray into live action has not been remembered as fondly. We discuss why this work by an absolute genius of a filmmaker failed so completely both financially and critically and ask if it deserved the treatment it got.
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Evil Dead (2013)
A soft reboot of the 1981 cult classic "The Evil Dead," Fede Alvarez made his directorial debut in this film starring Jane Levy. The film received middling reviews and moderate box office success while failing to make a cultural impact as prior entries in the franchise had. Does this remake deserve a second look?