Four-Color Film Podcast

Allen, Gerald, and Lacey return after a long hiatus to continue the good work of watching every single comic book movie ever made. Picking up right where we left off, this episode tries to focus on the oft-maligned Thor: The Dark World. Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is in full swing here, and the footing isn't exactly firm, and the creative vision is a little cloudy. Join us as we reflect on how far the MCU has come, the essential challenges of telling a story about a god of limitless power, the struggles of talking about a movie with a lot of action and no consequences, and Gerald's inability to shut up about Kat Dennings.

Allen, Gerald, and Lacey reconvene for a belated birthday special! Allen's choice this year was Dark City, one of his all-time favorite films.

Spooky month continues! This week brings us the 1982 George A. Romero/Stephen King team-up Creepshow! Were we spooked? Is this movie scary? Do we still love Ted Danson despite Becker? Did Leslie Nielsen ruin his own career with comedies? Why was Adrienne Barbeau a sex symbol? Find out!

Spooky month begins proper as the crew jumps back to 2007 to pick up the 30 Days Of Night, which was forgotten on the main run. It's not very spooky, but it's where we're starting all the same.

It's Lacey Day's birthday! To celebrate, the crew had to watch her birthday selection, 1992's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, starring Kristy Swanson as the titular character, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, Luke Perry, Paul Reubens, David Arquette, and Hilary Swank.

EJ Moreno joins Allen, Gerald, and Lacey to defend Zack Snyder's Man of Steel. The 2013 reimagining of Superman at the hands of Christopher Nolan and David Goyer, filtered through a Snyder's lens is highly divisive, splitting critics and fans alike. This dynamic translates to here, as everyone very politely disagrees with one another.

The crew watches Shane Black's Iron Man 3 and decide that it's the best movie since Batman Forever. Allen copes with his favorite C-tier character from his childhood becoming the face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Email: fourcolofilm@gmail.comMusic from https://filmmusic.io"Take a Chance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Should you just immediately start sleeping with your dead spouse's clone? These are the big questions we're here to answer, as the crew watches 2013's Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman, and marking Joseph Kosinki's second directorial effort, following up the critical and box office disappoint of Tron: Legacy. Based off of an unpublished graphic novel by Kosinski himself.Email: fourcolofilm@gmail.comMusic from https://filmmusic.io"Take a Chance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

The crew watches Walter Hill's Bullet to the Head, starring Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Jason Momoa, and Christian Slater. It has an axe fight in it, and that's enough to amuse one of us....

In what is certainly the most contentious episode this podcast has ever experienced, Alan Hardy joins the regular crew to side with Gerald in defense of Christopher Nolan's final Batman film, as Allen and Lacey find few redeeming qualities in the in the trilogy's closing chapter. Allen struggles to lay this monolith to rest and close the book on one of his biggest cinematic disappointments, while Gerald contemplates if he can even do this podcast anymore.

2012's The Amazing Spider-Man sees Andrew Garfield pick up the web-shooters and tangle with Rhys Ifans as the Lizard. Does Gerald James really think this is a four-star film? Find out!

It's Gerald's birthday episode! This year, he's selected his favorite film from 2018, Boots Riley's directorial debut, Sorry To Bother You. Nothing could more closely embody what we've come to describe as "a Gerald movie," but also this one is a really good one. As with most films, we spoil the hell out of it, so do yourself a favor and see this picture before listening to this episode.

The crew returns after a laborious move to the new Four-Color Headquarters! 2012's Dredd is this week's subject, and it is minorly divisive. Very minorly divisive.

The crew returns to watch Men in Black 3 and attempt to determine just why Gerald is so miserable.

The crew watches the seminal anime classic, Akira. Widely influential and the film that opened up the American market for Japanese animation, but is it actually good? Does it hold up? Find out.

The crew watches that Netflix version of Death Note that no one seems to really like and we don't really understand the hate.

The crew welcomes Lillian McKinney to discuss Samurai Gourmet, the most wholesome and relaxing show to ever grace Netflix, or any platform. This episode attempts to be wholesome and relaxing, but that proves too tall an order.

The crew rings in Manga May with the incredibly gory cult classic, Ichi the Killer. Lacey Day doesn't watch it because she can't handle the depravity, so Allen and Gerald are left to hash out their very different feelings about this one. But the talents of Lacey Day aren't wasted, as this is the only podcast that discusses both Japanese gore cinema, and just how much of a li'l bitch Cory Matthews was in his treatment of Topanga. RSS: https://fourcolorfilm.libsyn.com/rss Twitter: @fourcolorfilm Facebook: facebook.com/fourcolorfilm Website: fourcolorfilm.com The Four-Color Film Podcast is part of the Flickering Myth Podcast Network.

John Hall joins the crew to talk a little about the original Avengers, Avengers: Endgame (no spoilers), and to half recall this Ghost Rider movie he barely watched once.

The FCF crew gathers to examine the first true pillar of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, 2012's The Avengers. Allen and Gerald hash out their very different feelings on the work of Joss Whedon, and Gerald finds an unlikely ally in Lacey Day.

The crew watches Jon Favreau's 2011 film, Cowboys & Aliens, featuring a ridiculously stacked cast headlined by Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. Witness, as we learn how an ultimately mediocre film was born from the ultimate Hollywood/comic book scam.

The crew celebrates John Hall's birthday with a decisive agreement on the merits of the 2011's Joe Johnston directed Captain America: The First Avenger. Conversation careens wildly between the film at hand, the lesser moments of the career of Tommy Lee Jones, the varying values of shout-outs from celebrities via Cameo, and much more.

Alan Hardy joins the crew to discuss one of the biggest disappointments he's ever faced as a fan of superhero films. 2011's Green Lantern, directed by Martin Campbell and starring Ryan Reynolds, is a cavalcade of bad decision making, questionable editing, and poor writing, from a team of filmmakers that really should have known better.

The crew watches 2011's The Green Hornet, and the only things they can agree on are that Christoph Waltz is always good and that Seth Rogen isn't very good at writing a Seth Rogen movie.

After days upon days of delays, delivered to our door by a diligent delivery service, it's Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, on DVD.

Allen, Gerald, Lacey, and John Hall join forces to talk about X-Men: First Class and... fetish gear. Gerald wants to wear leather pants to goth clubs, and Allen questions his sexuality whenever faced with Michael Fassbender. The film itself was a tremendous push for all of the principal actors, and everyone who says they don't like Jennifer Lawrence is lying.

Via special listener requests, the regular crew watches the 1993 Disney-produced The Three Musketeers. A childhood favorite of Allen's, this odd action-adventure-comedy take on the classic tale is made even odder by its cast, with the primary cast being entirely American or Canadian and never attempting to hide it. Tim Curry stars as the villainous Cardinal Richelieu, with a wonderful henchman in FCF Legend, Mr. Michael Wincott. And don't you ever forget Herbert Fux.

Skipping ahead due to the unavailability of Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, John Hall joins the crew to talk about the Kenneth Branagh-directed Thor, the 4th Marvel Studios film. Laying the foundations for Thor as a character and the cosmic side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the film isn't really still on anyone's lips when discussing the MCU, but it's ultimately one of the better efforts from the studio.

Allen and Gerald watch 2010's RED, starring Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Morgan Freeman, Richard Dreyfuss, and Karl Urban. This movie is all over the place, and so is this episode.

John Hall joins the crew to talk about 2009's Surrogates. We all learn a lot, like that a Harvard education can't help you write a good movie, that the only technology that will progress by the 2050s is robotics, while cellular phones and cars regress to a time before this film was made, and that everyone you've ever heard of is probably a bad person. 

Allen and Gerald go back and pick up 2009's Whiteout, and wish to god that they hadn't. Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, and Tom Skerritt do fine with bad material and director Dominic Sean continues his streak of underwhelming films by adapting a graphic novel by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber. 

The crew watches 2010's The Losers this week, but talk routinely devolves into discussions of regional fast food, misguided advertisement campaigns targeting millennials, and... some kid's dad's Instagram. The film fails to capture anyone's interest for any extended amount of time, but we all do what we can to get by in this world.

Gerald prepares to defend another morally questionable piece of fiction from the Allen/Lacey purity tests as the crew talks out 2010's Kick-Ass. The Matthew Vaughn directed adaptation of a Mark Millar comic received mostly positive reviews in its day, but is it showing its age nearly a decade on? Come on in and find out! RSS: https://fourcolorfilm.libsyn.com/rss Email: fourcolorfilm@gmail.com Twitter: @fourcolorfilm Facebook: facebook.com/fourcolorfilm Website: fourcolorfilm.com The Four-Color Film Podcast is part of the Flickering Myth Podcast Network.

For Allen's birthday, the FCF crew sit down and watch almost objectively the best film this podcast has ever covered. Blade Runner is Allen's favorite film, and there is no better time to cover it than the beginning of 2019, the year in which the film is set. This dive is deep, and this is a 2 hour episode that is shockingly entirely on topic.

Allen, Lacey, and Gerald are joined by Alan Hardy to discuss the Edgar Wright cult classic, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Everyone discusses their year, and what they hope for in 2019. And once again, the Four-Color Film Championship is on the line in a rousing game of Hi-Lo Rotten Tomatoes!

The Four-Color crew is joined live and in person by Mr. John Hall and Lillian McKinney, as they gather 'round the fire to regale listeners with tales of animated superhero Christmases past: Justice League - "Comfort & Joy," as told by Lacey Day Batman: The Animated Series - "Christmas with the Joker," as told by John Hall Batman: The Brave and the Bold - "Attack of the Secret Santas!" as told by Gerald James X-Men - "Have Yourself A Morlock Little Christmas," as told by Lillian McKinney All of this, and Gerald presents a rousing game of "Miss the Mark," as he tasks Allen, John, Lacey, and Lillian to discern between titles he made up and titles of actual Hallmark holiday specials!

This week is 2010's Jonah Hex! Much maligned upon its original release and forgotten in the years since, we revisit this adaptation of DC's fantastical comic book cowboy to see if it really is as bad as the 12% Rotten Tomatoes score would suggest, or if perhaps the world simply expected too much of a comic book Western. RSS: https://fourcolorfilm.libsyn.com/rss Email: fourcolorfilm@gmail.com Twitter: @fourcolorfilm Facebook: facebook.com/fourcolorfilm Website: fourcolorfilm.com The Four-Color Film Podcast is part of the Flickering Myth Podcast Network

Alan Hardy joins Allen and Gerald to discuss perhaps the most undeservingly maligned film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  

Allen, Gerald, and Lacey watch the justly maligned X-Men Origins: Wolverine and unexpectedly find in it a lengthy conversation that is surprisingly on topic throughout. Also: Kate Winslet is unduly deified, a plan is made for a Fantastic Four spec script.

Allen and Gerald are joined again by Mr. Alan Hardy to discuss 2009's Watchmen, directed by Zack Snyder and all of the questionable decisions involved in the existence of this adaptation of Alan Moore's most lauded work.

Allen, Gerald, and Lacey celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday by revisiting 1982's Conan the Barbarian. Not everyone shares the same enthusiasm for this picture, apparently.

A Halloween episode well misses its deadline. Everyone is absolutely baffled that Dennis Miller was ever thought to be a reasonable casting choice for a lead in any quality of movie, and we all feel really sorry for Corey Feldman. The podcast truly returns! Lacey Day joins as a regular host, and John Hall guests!Email: fourcolorfilm@gmail.comTwitter: @fourcolorfilmFacebook: facebook.com/fourcolorfilmWebsite: fourcolorfilm.com

Allen and Gerald are joined by Lacey Day, Alan Hardy, and Good Ol' Rudy to celebrate the hundredth episode of the podcast! Games are played, and everyone talks about their favorite and least favorite films so far.

Allen and Gerald talk to Alan Hardy about the latest and everyone's favorite installment in the main Star Wars saga, The Last Jedi. Everyone likes it, because we're not a bunch of crybabies that wanted to see the same movies over and over again, though it isn't a movie without its flaws.

Allen and Gerald discuss the first of the new trilogy with Alan Hardy. 

Allen, Gerald, and Alan close out the original trilogy with an in-depth look at Return of the Jedi. It's no one's favorite, but everyone likes it.

Allen and Gerald continue their discussion with Alan Hardy as they tackle everyone's favorite star war, The Empire Strikes Back. 

Alan Hardy calls in to talk to Allen and Gerald about the film that started it all. 1977's Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) launched a science fantasy universe that has captured the imagination of billions of humans. Plenty of bitching about the Special Editions, and lots of memories about the first time we saw the film. Hardy in theaters, Allen on VHS in the early 90s, and Gerald a couple years ago.

Allen, Gerald, and Alan tackle the off-beat prequel film, Rogue One. Everybody likes it, but nobody likes fake Peter Cushing all that much.

We continue to pound the galactic pavement in our quest to watch and review all of the Star Wars films. Revenge of the Sith is probably the best of the prequels, but still pretty trash. Whatever. 

The boys are all back in the saddle again! Allen Christian, Steven Granger, Gerald James, and Alan Hardy gang up on Attack of the Clones in the worst ways. While not without its good moments, this one is easily the worst Star Wars movie.