Comic strip artists discuss the state and future of the artform with the decline of the newspaper medium.
The Screen Watchers Guild Podcast #227: Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
We have a BONUS review for you this week, in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. Comedy sequels are not traditionally good, as they tend to just be a re-hash of the same film. Neighbors 2 manages to create some new laughs along with a feminine twist on the story from the first film, and maybe some genuine heart as well.
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:52 Film Discussion
00:21:52 Final Rating
00:26:04 Film Recommendations
The Screen Watchers Guild Podcast #226: The Nice Guys
This week we check out Shane Black’s latest film, The Nice Guys. Featuring Hollywood heavy-hitters like Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling, and a great performance by newcomer Angourie Rice, The New Guys manages to deliver solid laughs along with some pretty good action.
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:49 Film Discussion
00:25:39 Final Rating
00:28:37 Film Recommendations
00:30:50 Spoiler Talk
2016 Movie-A-Day #143: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television to the film genres he so successfully satirized.
2016 Movie-A-Day #142: Frank and Cindy
Frank & Cindy is a deeply personal documentary about Frank Garcia, an 80’s one-hit wonder musician, and his blonde bombshell wife Cindy, who makes him live in the basement.
2016 Movie-A-Day #141: Chaos on the Bridge
The story of the struggle to create the television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation.
2016 Movie-A-Day #140: The Champions
The Champions is an inspirational story about the pit-bulls rescued from the brutal fighting ring of Atlanta Falcon’s star quarterback Michael Vick, and those who risked it all to save them, despite pressure from PETA and The Humane Society of the United States to euthanize the dogs.
2016 Movie-A-Day #139: Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Filmmaker Nicholas Wrathall examines the life and career of the late author with numerous TV clips and interviews with Vidal’s contemporaries, such as journalist Robert Scheer.
2016 Movie-A-Day #138: Search Party
Two buddies (Adam Pally, T.J. Miller) travel to Mexico to rescue their friend (Thomas Middleditch) after a carjacker leaves him naked, penniless and stranded in the desert.
2016 Movie-A-Day #137: The Invitation
While attending a dinner party at his former house, a man (Logan Marshall-Green) starts to believe that his ex-wife (Tammy Blanchard) and her new husband (Michiel Huisman) have sinister plans for the guests.