It could be said that Spider-man is the franchise that proved to the world that comic book based movies could be successful if treated popular. After Batman & Robin the entire genre nearly doubled over and died of shame until X-Men was released in 2000. Reinforcing the legitimacy of the superhero genre Spider-manbroke records and comic book fans
You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! This week the boys travel to meet the Amazon Women on the Moon. This 1987 satirical comedy parodies the experience of watching low-budget movie on late night TV. Brought together by directors Joe Dante and John Landis, the movie is made up of 21 shorts
Ted is the first feature film from writer/director Seth MacFarlane, who is most known as the creator of animated TV series Family Guy and American Dad. After the success of those series, it wasn’t a big surprise that he’d take on a big-budget comedy film. Ted is a simple story about a boy, John, who
I’d be lying if I told you that every single thing about this manga and anime is ground-breaking or original. Let’s face it: the human race has been around for a long time, and we are running out of totally new and innovative ideas. So what makes Ouran High School Host Club, an anime and
You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! This week the boys watched the often-heard-of Every Which Way But Loose, a 1978 film where Clint Eastwood is a bare-knuckle-boxer and hangs out with an orangutan. Yes, you read that right. This is a product of the 70s and a film
Honest Abe split rails – and now, he’s splitting vampire skulls in this week’s Dual Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Another book-to-movie adaptation, this one follows little Lincoln through his secret life of vampire slaying and his rise in politics. Follow along as the boys give their two Lincolns about history’s tallest hunter with the
Rock’n’Roll will never die – as long as it never sees Rock of Ages. The cinematic version of a Broadway love letter to rock in the 80’s is a far cry from the spirit of what rock actually was at the time. This movie does its best to capture the success of the original live
You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! It’s Father’s Day weekend, so Leland and Spooky wanted to watch a suitable tale of paternal love. Thus, Bill Cosby’s Ghost Dad. What a terrible mistake that was. This 1990s family comedy, directed by the great Sir Sidney Poitier, is still one of
Superman has fought some of the toughest villains in all of comic book history. While his morals have never faltered, at times he is tested. In the latest from WB Animation, our beloved Superman is faced with an age-old question: is it right to kill? Join our heroes as they review Superman vs the Elite.