POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS OF 1979 THE MUPPET MOVIE The Muppet Movie is classic because the Muppets and their sense of humor still hold up today. I’m gonna be up front about it; I love the Muppets, and it’s going to be hard to say anything bad about them. The Muppet Movie came out [...]
TRAILER TRASH In which we review the films opening this weekend, just based on the trailer, to 100 percent accuracy STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS AKA: STAR TREK 2: Killing Time ’til Star Wars REVIEW: The marketing is incredibly deceiving, building up a rivalry between Kirk and crew and the terrorist played by Benedict Cumberpatch (the [...]
Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof ROUND ONE The World Is Not Enough (1999) vs Casino Royale (2006) Before you scream “no contest,” be aware this is a battle between Bonds. Brosnan was a clean-cut, savvy, and sharp Bond, who seemed to lack [...]
The Great Gatsby Based on possibly the most Cliffsnotes-ed book of all time, The Great Gatsby faces the same dilemma that any adaptation of a classic does – everything you need to make it good is right there in the original, but the original is already so important that just making it ‘good’ isn’t [...]
On the 93rd episode of the PopFiler Podcast, the friends discuss Secondhand Rapture by MS MR, Zack Stone is Gonna Be Famous and Crimewave. There’s a lot of yelling. And a lot of love. But mostly yelling and screaming. Lots of the screaming.
TRAILER TRASH In which we review the films opening this weekend, just based on the trailer, to 100 percent accuracy The Great Gatsby AKA: American Classics For Dummies REVIEW: Visually stunning, but that’s not surprising. Baz Lurhmann is a master at creating visual landscapes, but doesn’t really follow through with everything else that makes a [...]
TRAILER TRASH In which we review the films opening this weekend, just based on the trailer, to 100 percent accuracy IRON MAN 3 AKA: IRON MAN 3: This time it’s serious. REVIEW: Shane Black revitalizes the Iron Man series, and kicks off the Marvel Phase 2. While remaining true to the events of what happened [...]
There’s too many gosh darn movies to see this summer, so Mike and Ryan are gonna help y’all out by talking the movies that will undoubtedly (they think) will be the best.
The Place Beyond the Pines Director Derek Cianfrance clearly wants to prove that stories do not need to be told in a traditional linear fashion. His previous effort, Blue Valentine, walked us through the demise of a relationship by intercutting scenes from its romantic beginning with much bleaker glimpses of the same couple on the [...]
On this episode of the PopFilter Podcast, the friends talk about “Everybody Loves Sausages” by The Melvins, Hemlock Grove, and “Definitely Maybe” by Oasis. They then realize how old they have gotten and stab themselves in the eyes. It doesn’t get as loud as you would expect.
TRAILER TRASH In which we review the films opening this weekend, just based on the trailer, to 100 percent accuracy PAIN & GAIN AKA: Jersey Shore Does Crimes REVIEW: Given the oozing charisma of the cast, this movie could’ve actually worked if handled by a different director. Unfortunately, it’s Michael Bay, Lord of Bombastic Unsubtlety. [...]
POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS OF 1979 MANHATTAN For this installment of PopFilter versus the classics, we present 1979’s Manhattan, co-written, directed, and staring Woody Allen. It also stars Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, and Muriel Hemmingway. Now, pretty much any film student or any pretentious butt-munch at the independent coffee house loves to [...]
TRAILER TRASH In which we review the films opening this weekend, just based on the trailer, to 100 percent accuracy OBLIVION AKA: FORGETTABLE REVIEW: Tom Cruise plays a pitch perfect Tom Cruise where he runs around and shoots thing while still remaining somehow charming. Morgan Freeman takes on his mysterious side, where he’s wise, [...]
G.I. Joe – Retaliation Today we’re talking about the half reboot, half sequel to a movie in which an iceberg sinks in water, so we can skip the part where we discuss merit or quality. G.I. Joe – Retaliation is garbage. If you’re watching it for anything other than guilty pleasure you’re already wrong. Go [...]
TRAILER TRASH In which we review the films opening this weekend, just based on the trailer, to 100 percent accuracy 42 AKA: Sports Biopic #1 REVIEW: Living in the “postracial” times that we are constantly told we’re in, it’s surprising we’re just getting the story of Jackie Robinson now. I guess movie studios figured we’re [...]
POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS OF 1979 THE BLACK STALLION Maybe I’m just traumatized from reading The Red Pony in elementary school, but horses in movies make me nervous. Film or otherwise, stories about horses so often bear a price tag of tragedy–if the quadruped isn’t abused or dying, someone else is, as in Black [...]
Welcome back stalwart readers. Had a bit of a hiatus there, huh? I know you all miss my semi-meta rantings and ravings on the subject of movies and movie-makers so this installment will be the most meta yet! If you already like my criticism of film as a general art form wait until you hear [...]
TRAILER TRASH In which we review the films opening this weekend, just based on the trailer, to 100 percent accuracy EVIL DEAD AKA: Eviler Dead REVIEW: The problem with remaking a cult classic is trying to appease the rabid fans while getting a new audience. For Evil Dead, they’ve made the blood bloodier, the [...]
Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. ROUND ONE GIRL, INTERRUPTED VS KING KONG (2005) Both of these movies might as well be called Kung Fu Pandering. In one corner, we have King Kong, the only other Peter Jackson movie the world had seen, [...]
The Croods Dreamworks, in their ongoing crusade to prove that they’re more than just an in-theatre mockbuster scheme, have really stepped up their game of late. No longer content to make movies that look just enough like Pixar to remind us of how much better Pixar is, they’ve started churning out releases like the [...]
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