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Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between. Today we try to be cool like the cool kids. Who are the kids liking these days? Someone we hear they like is Dylan O'Brien, and our buddy Billy Ray Brewton joins us to break it down. Brewton runs the entertaining The Incinerator Podcast as well as the Scripts Gone Wild podcast. Together, we cover The First Time, American Assassin, Love and Monsters, and The Outfit. We also dig deep into The Maze Runner trilogy (A-Sides though they may be) and a little less deep into Taylor Swift's All Too Well short film (of which O'Brien is the star). There's chatter on the nearly career-ending (nearly life-ending) accident O'Brien suffered on the set of Maze Runner: The Death Cure, his scene-stealing and star-making role on the hit MTV show Teen Wolf, and the enduring legacy of generational teen shows in general. The O.C. gets a lot of love here, so be ready for that. Cue the iconic “Dear Sister” SNL Video. Billy Ray takes a minute to cover the recent Dylan O'Brien/Zoey Deutch starrer Not Okay, we chat briefly on Deepwater Horizon (the best of the Peter Berg/Mark Wahlberg films), and why we think O'Brien has made the right career decisions so far. Be sure to give us a follow on Twitter and Facebook. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor.
A ten hut, jingoistic joiners in sights, sounds, and succulence! It’s time for the fourth episode of FOOD COURT, your new favorite podcast where we brave the malls and movies halls so you don’t have to! Your guilty pleasure filmwatching duo Sean & Jon take in the latest volley from the guilty pleasure filmmaking duo of Peter Berg & Mark Wahlberg. Will their latest missive be an overly patriotic hellride that leaves your toothy twosome enthralled or will it be......an overly patriotic hellride that leaves us with a bad case of bubble guts? Explosive fun or tragic misfire? Give it a listen and find out. Grab your popcorn, sneak in your snacks, and get out your antacids, because it’s time to feast your ears on some celluloid cellulite! Bon Appetit, Food Court Jesters!
This week Jon reviews the highly anticipated Crazy Rich Asians, the latest Peter Berg/Mark Wahlberg collab Mile 22, the much delayed caveman drama Alpha, plus GhibliFest's August release Grave of the Fireflies. Then, a discussion on why movies get delayed and if delays are a bad thing.
In this episode we get in to some details of the sickness they have by answering Roger Ebert's Movie Lovers Questionnaire. Intro and Movie News 3' David Fincher to direct World War Z sequel? 9.5' Split and Unbreakable sequel! 13' Peter Berg/ Mark Wahlberg films mini review 16' Assassins Creed mini-review 18' The Founder mini-review 19.5' Hell or Highwater 21' Magnificent Seven 22' Open Range diversion 22.5' Magnificent seven 24.5' Movie Questions 26' Where did you grow up and what was it like? 29' Was anyone else in your family into movies? If so, what effect did they have on your movie going tastes? 37.75' What was the first movie you remember seeing, and what impression did it make on you? 42.5' What’s the first movie that made you think, “Hey, some people made this. It didn’t just exist. There’s a human personality behind it.” 47' What was the first movie you ever walked out of? 50' What’s the funniest film you’ve ever seen? 53' What’s the saddest film you’ve ever seen? 58.5' What’s the scariest film you’ve ever seen? 1:7.5' What’s the most romantic film you’ve ever seen? 1:10' What’s the first television show you ever saw that made you think television could be more than entertainment? 1:13.5' What book do you think about or revisit the most. 1:17.5' What album or recording artist have you listened to the most, and why? 1:19.25' Is there a movie that you think is great, or powerful, or perfect, but that you never especially want to see again, and why? 1:23' What movie have you seen more times than any other? 1:25' What was your first R-rated movie, and did you like it? 1:28.25' Who are your favorite leading men, past and present? 1:34.5' Who are your favorite leading ladies, past and present? 1:40' Favorite modern filmmaker? 1:42.5' Least favorite modern filmmaker? 1:45'What film do you love that most people seem to hate? 1:47.5' What film do you hate that most people seem to love? 1:50.75' Tell me about a movie going experience you will never forget-not just because of the movie, but because of the circumstances in which you saw it? 1:56' What aspect of modern theatrical movie going do you like least? 1:59.5' What aspect of movie going during your childhood do you miss the most? 2:01.5'Have you ever damaged a friendship, or thought twice about a relationship, because you disagreed about whether a movie was good or bad? 2:04.5' What movies have you dreamed about? 2:06' What concession stand item can you not live without? 2:07.25' Closing Cinematic Syndrome would like to thank Reborn Tunes for the use of their music in our show!
It’s been a rough year, but 2016 has finally come to a close, and not a moment too soon given all of the beloved celebrities who have left us! Unfortunately neither Dave nor Kris could make it for this week’s episode, so special guest stars Charlie Nash and Sean Burns join Evan to put the year to bed. They join forces to tear PATRIOTS DAY a new one (at 4:39). All three of them delve into the reasons this Peter Berg/Mark Wahlberg vehicle about the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing is insulting to Bostonians — like Walhberg’s made up character, its exploitative shots of grisly carnage, its selective focus on victims, and its hard-on for authoritarianism. Not surprisingly, there is an overlap between that segment and the next one, where the guys discuss the Worst Movies of 2016 (at 33:54). Several films come up that have been mentioned on the show before, although the most spirited debate occurs between Charlie and Sean over ARRIVAL and CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, which make them feel very emotions.
This week Erik Childress does a quick analysis of the box office before getting to Sergio Mims for their weekly DVD discussion. After that, Sergio sticks around to kick off a new segment as they analyze the history of the disaster film, a title that may follow around the new Peter Berg/Mark Wahlberg effort in more ways than one. 0:00:00 – 0:02:05 – Intro 0:02:05 – 0:16:46 – Box Office 0:16:46 – 1:25:56 – Blu-rays with Sergio Mims 1:25:56 – 2:15:05 – Disaster Films & Deepwater Horizon with Sergio Mims 2:15:05 – 2:17:39 – Outro
A conversation about celebrity encounters on this week’s episode leads to an anecdote about Kris’s brief run in with James Taylor. Then the guys jump into the one movie they’re allowed to talk about: DEEPWATER HORIZON. Since other films they've seen don’t come out until next week, Kris and Evan go in-depth with this Peter Berg/Mark Wahlberg disaster flick. The picture’s character development is stupid and it doesn’t know which plot points should be explained, but it does a good job playing up the enormity of the events, and Mark Wahlberg is solid as an average guy who rises to the occasion in a way that’s not annoying. Following that conversation, Dave caps off this short episode with an accidental spoilerpiece of the Bond movie LICENSE TO KILL, as he shares his story of meeting Robert Davi.