Two lifelong friends with an eye for film discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly, with a science fiction bent.
**Saturday Night Fever (1977)**, Directed by John Badham. *You **can** tell by the way he walks.*
Saturday Night Fever (1977), Directed by John Badham. You can tell by the way he walks.
**First Blood (1982)**, Directed by Ted Kotcheff. *Yeeeaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhh!!!!!*
First Blood (1982), Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Yeeeaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhh!!!!!
**They Live (1988)**, Directed by John Carpenter. *Take Philip K. Dick style paranoia, fear of Reaganomics, and one infamously long fight scene -- Now stir.*
They Live (1988), Directed by John Carpenter. Take Philip K. Dick style paranoia, fear of Reaganomics, and one infamously long fight scene -- Now stir.
**Full Metal Jacket (1987)**, Directed by Stanley Kubrick. *Me Love You Longtime!*
Full Metal Jacket (1987), Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Me Love You Longtime!
**Full Metal Jacket (1987)**, Directed by Stanley Kubrick. *Disappear, scumbag! Sir, aye aye, sir!!*
Full Metal Jacket (1987), Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Disappear, scumbag! Sir, aye aye, sir!!
**Vertigo (1958)**, Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. *A Beautiful Remastered Print of the Psychological Thriller. And Sex, Obsession, and Anxiety.*
Vertigo (1958), Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. A Beautiful Remastered Print of the Psychological Thriller. And Sex, Obsession, and Anxiety.
Oceans 11 meets American Sniper or Heat meets Narcos or Unforgiven meets Sicario
Oceans 11 meets American Sniper or Heat meets Narcos or Unforgiven meets Sicario
The first moon landing as it was experienced by the astronauts and the world in 1969.
The first moon landing as it was experienced by the astronauts and the world in 1969.
**Nightcrawler (2014)**, Directed by Dan Gilroy. *Jake Gyllenhaal may be a psychopath -- but so are you, news-viewer.* Links: Nightcrawler Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1uP_8VJkDQ Network Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cSGvqQHpjs Lou and Nina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5srYR6oGJ_k Car chase scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVPocfP-qaI Home invasion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oesEUFty2qU
The Great War as the soldiers experienced it!
Nightcrawler (2014), Directed by Dan Gilroy. Jake Gyllenhaal may be a psychopath -- but so are you, news-viewer. Links: Nightcrawler Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1uP_8VJkDQ Network Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cSGvqQHpjs Lou and Nina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5srYR6oGJ_k Car chase scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVPocfP-qaI Home invasion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oesEUFty2qU
The Great War as the soldiers experienced it!
The Notorious Bettie Page. Bangs and all!
The Notorious Bettie Page. Bangs and all!
Apocalypto (2006) Can anyone pull off a 2 hour movie in the Mayan language?
Apocalypto (2006) Can anyone pull off a 2 hour movie in the Mayan language?
**Altered States (1980)**, Directed by Ken Russell. *Australopithecus Dork-icus.* [Final Transformation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkPM4M6bnB4) [A-Ha: Take On Me Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914) [Alien Brent Death Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YTIMGmZUr4) [Geico Caveman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H02iwWCrXew)
Altered States (1980), Directed by Ken Russell. Australopithecus Dork-icus. Final Transformation A-Ha: Take On Me Video Alien Brent Death Scene Geico Caveman
**The Fly (1986)**, Directed by David Cronenberg. *File Under: 80s SciFi Horror That Holds Up.* [The Fly (1986) Original Trailer, YouTube.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-V3X963DRI) [The Fly (1986) Wikipedia.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film))
The Fly (1986), Directed by David Cronenberg. File Under: 80s SciFi Horror That Holds Up. The Fly (1986) Original Trailer, YouTube. The Fly (1986) Wikipedia.
Platoon (1986) Directed by Oliver Stone. Does it stand the test of time?
Platoon (1986) Directed by Oliver Stone. Does it stand the test of time?
Doug's Best and Worst Films of 2018, with some honorable mentions and the films that let him down.
Doug's Best and Worst Films of 2018, with some honorable mentions and the films that let him down.
The Mule. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Is this Eastwood's swan song?
The Mule. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Is this Eastwood's swan song?
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) Directed by Ben Lewin. A Boston Red Sox player in search of a Nazi scientist in World War II.
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) Directed by Ben Lewin. A Boston Red Sox player in search of a Nazi scientist in World War II.
The Front Runner (2018) Directed by Jason Reitman. The Candidate done in 2018 style...set in 1988!
The Front Runner (2018) Directed by Jason Reitman. The Candidate done in 2018 style...set in 1988!
From the Earth to the Moon (1998). Giving the space program the A list treatment.
From the Earth to the Moon (1998). Giving the space program the A list treatment.
**Apollo 13 (1995)**, Directed by Ron Howard. *Houston, Ron Howard does NOT have a problem.*
Apollo 13 (1995), Directed by Ron Howard. Houston, Ron Howard does NOT have a problem.
Source Code (2011) Directed by Duncan Jones. Time travel done right!
Source Code (2011) Directed by Duncan Jones. Time travel done right!
**The Right Stuff (1983)**, Directed by Philip Kaufman. *Hey Ridley, you got any Beemans?*
The Right Stuff (1983), Directed by Philip Kaufman. Hey Ridley, you got any Beemans?
**Die Hard (1988)**, Directed by John McTiernan. *Yippee-ki-yay, Mother****er!!*
Die Hard (1988), Directed by John McTiernan. Yippee-ki-yay, Mother*er!!*
**First Man (2018)**, Directed by Damien Chazelle. *An intimate look at the inscrutable astronaut's Right Stuff'.*
First Man (2018), Directed by Damien Chazelle. An intimate look at the inscrutable astronaut's Right Stuff'.
Unforgiven (1992) Directed by Clint Eastwood. The reinvention of the western genre.
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