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Improper Bostonian film critic Sean Burns joins Steve Head and John Black as they discuss: TINTIN, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL, SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS, WAR HORSE and YOUNG ADULT. Plus home video reviews of THE EXPENDABLES: THE EXTENDED CUT and WARRIOR.

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Boston area film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss new Blu-ray and DVD releases including GIRLS NEXT DOOR, THE ROCKETEER, BOY TOY, DRAGON CRUSADERS, THE ROLLING STONE'S SOME GIRLS, GOD BLESS OZZY OSBOURNE, ZEBRAMAN, BELLE'S ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS, ICE AGE: A MAMMOTH CHRISTMAS and more.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 3:44am EDT

Boston area film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss the new films NEW YEAR'S EVE and THE SITTER.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 1:30pm EDT

Boston area film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss the new films THE ARTIST, ARTHUR CHRISTMAS, and ANSWERS TO NOTHING.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 6:32pm EDT

Boston area film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss new Blu-ray and DVD releases including CHILLERAMA, GHOST WARRIOR, RUSHMORE, THE BIG COUNTRY, THE FUTURE, INCIDENT IN AN ALLEY, THE NICKLE RIDE and more!

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 4:35am EDT

Boston area film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss the new films HUGO and MY WEEK WITH MARILYN; plus new films coming soon to the Coolidge Corner Theatre (coolidge.org) -  THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) in 3D, 12 MONKEYS, and FROM THE BACK OF THE ROOM - and the ArtsEmerson Paramount (artsemerson.org) - THE SWELL SEASON.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 1:36pm EDT

We get to talkin' 'bout...

  • Funimation's new Blu-ray restoration/upgrade of "DragonBall Z: Level 1:1"
  • Mr. JJ Abrams' "Super 8" ... which is lookin' super sweet on Blu-ray
  • The super low-budget, Roxbury, MA-filmed horror flick "The House of the Damned” (1966)
  • The Robert Altman-produced drama "Welcome to L.A." (1976)
  • Disney's "Prep and Landing" on DVD
  • Gabriel Iglesias: Fluffy's Back 2 disc set from Comedy Central
  • The Sy Fy Channels' "Being Human"
  • The new "Toy Story" short film "Small Fry," which is attached to "The Muppets."

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 11:47am EDT

In this episode, full-time movie reviewers and part-time film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss 'The Descendants' and 'The Muppets.'

And then there's the other topics: That whole 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn: Part 1' thing; 'The Color Wheel' at the ArtsEmerson Paramount; NBC reboots 'The Munsters;' and Sergio Leone's 'Duck, You Sucker' and 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' at the Harvard Film Archive.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 12:00am EDT

Directors Dennis Dugan's (in actuality, Adam Sandler directed it) 'Jack and Jill,' and Tarsem Singh's 'Immortals' get the full review treatment.

We also discuss new DVD and Blu-ray releases including: 'Darker Than Black,' 'Toy Story' on 3D Blu-ray, 'West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Edition,' Criterion's release of Ingemar Bergman's 'Fanny and Alexander' and The Asylum's 'Three Musketeers' and more!

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 11:48am EDT

Directors Brett Ratner's Tower Heist,' Todd Strauss-Schulson's 'A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas,' and Lars Von Trier's 'Melancholia' get the full review treatment.

Topics also discussed...

Steve raspy voice due to his 'Spooky World: The Fear at Fenway' gig
What's playing at the Coolidge Corner Theater in November
'The Tobolowski Files' coming to The Brattle Theater in Harvard Square (Nov. 11th -13th)

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 12:16pm EDT

We discuss new Blu-ray and DVD releases including: 'Captain America: The First Avenger,' Jewel Staite's 'Mothman' the 'Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy,' 1957's 'Valerie,' 'Earth's Mightiest Heroes: The Avengers' Volumes 3 and 4, 'The Howling: Reborn,' William Shatner's documentary 'The Captains,' 'Page One: Inside the New York Times,' Kevin Smiths 'Red State' and Disney's 'Winne the Pooh.'

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 12:48pm EDT

Directors Paul W.S. Anderson's 'The Three Musketeers,' Sean Durkin's 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' and Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman's 'Paranormal Activity 3' get the full review treatment.

Topics also discussed...

  • John's theory art house film overflow: The Sundace Effect
  • Sergio Leone's films at the Harvard Film Archive, particularly 'Once Upon a Time in America on Nov. 5th
  • John Wayne and Kirk Douglas' 'The War Wagon' (1967)
  • Why thrillers and horror films desperately need more humor
  • The strange return of Teddy Ruxpin and Lite-Brite!

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 11:55am EDT

We discuss new DVD and Blu-ray releases including: 'Scared Shrekless,' 'Monte Carlo,' 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,' 'The Tree of Life,' 'Phase 7,' 'A Better Life,' 'Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginings' and 'The People vs. George Lucas.'

And Steve gets a little ranty with the 'Star Wars' issues.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 3:12pm EDT

Directors David Frankel's 'The Big Year' and Matthijs van Heijningen Jr's 'The Thing' receive the full review treatment.

What's more, John and Steve talk about ...

- Having directors John Boorman ('The General') and Tom Tykwer ('Run Lola Run') get upset with them
- Trying to forget 'The Human Centipede: Full Sequence'
- What's at The Brattle on Halloween: 'White Zombie' with a Live Score by The Volcano Kings (Oct 31)
- What's coming to The Harvard Film Archive: 'The Legend of Taylor Mead' (Oct 21-24)
- What's coming to The Coolidge: director Lucio Fulci's 'Zombie' (Midnight, Oct 21)
- And John being under the uncomfortable contempt of Stephen Baldwin

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 9:01pm EDT

New on video store shelves and up for extensive discussion in this episode is...

  • Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) and Jackie Brown (1997) on Blu-ray - Both films making their debut on blu-ray, with Pulp Fiction getting a little extra love in the form of newly produced special features: New Interviews with the Cast and a Critic's Retrospective on the Movie's Place in Film History with Elvis Mitchel and Scott Foundas.
  • The Honeymooners: Lost Episodes 1951-1957 - The Complete Restored Series on DVD - A 15-disc set running more than 3,000 minutes. It's everything a Honeymooner's fan could want. Really. There's 30 sketches in the set that have never been on DVD, 18 of which haven't been seen since they originally aired in the 1950s. It's $139.00, but all sorts of goodness.
  • Poltergeist II (1986) on Blu-ray - John recalls the horrors of that "attack of the braces" scene. "A dental nightmare."
  • Hero's Island (1961) on DVD - From the MGM Limited Edition Collection, starring James Mason and a young Harry Dean Stanton.
  • Irvin Kirshner's Robocop 2 (1990) on Blu-ray - Featuring all those pre-CGI go-motion effects by the wizardly Phil Tippet.
  • Manhunter (1986) on Blu-ray - Starring a young Stephen Lang (Avatar and Terra Nova) and featuring another psycho bad guy performance by Tom Noonan (Robocop 2)
  • Vidal Sassoon: The Movie (2011) on DVD and Blu-ray - Who would have thought we'd enjoy this film? You've got to love the way Mr. Sassoon did Mia Farrow's hair for Rosemary's Baby, and this doc shows you how that transpired.
  • Ken Burn's and Lynn Novick's Prohibition on DVD and Blu-ray - I'm 4-hours into this 6-hour doc (a 3-disc blu-ray set). Where did the time go?
  • Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill (1980) on Blu-ray - a film that must be seen again to be appreciated. This new Blu-ray offers some nice special features, including The Making of Dressed to Kill and An Appreciation by Keith Gordon Featurette, which is rather insightful.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 1:04am EDT

Shawn Levy's 'Real Steel' and George Clooney's 'The Ides of March' get the full-on review treatment.

Also on tap ...

- I recommend 'Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone,' which is now playing in New York and L.A.
- John recomends 'The Hollies: Look Through Any Window,' which is new to DVD
- I'm inspired to take a stand for journalists before Boston's 'Real Steel' screening

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 6:44pm EDT

New Blu-ray and DVD releases are reviewed.

Noted titles ...

Poltergeist 2 (MGM)
Manhunter (MGM)
Hannibal (MGM)
Robocop 2 (MGM)
The Last House on the Left: Special Edition (MGM)

And titles discussed at length...

Friday the 13th: The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)
The Sophia Loren Collection (Kino Loerber)
Beauty and the Beast 5-disc Set 3D (Disney)
The Lion King 4-disc Set 3D (Disney)
Carolos (The Criterion Collection)
Les Cousins (The Criterion Collection)
Going Postal (NTI)
Master of the World (MGM Limited Edition Collection)
Trigun: Badlands Rumble (Funimation)
Le Beau Serge (The Criterion Collection)
Bridesmaids (Universal)
Prohibition (PBS)
Prom (Disney)
The Revolutionary (MGM Limited Edition Collection)
The Others (Lionsgate)

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 11:58am EDT

Directors Jonathan Levine's '50/50' and Mark Mylod's 'What's Your Number?' get the full-on review treatment.

Other subjects discuessed, particularly ... what's happening at The Coolidge Corner Theater (Coolidge.org) ...

- The forthcoming film 'Blackthorn'
- 'Jimmy Tingle's America' at the Brattle Oct 7-9
- IFFBoston award winner 'Litterock' at ArtsEmerson's Paramount Theater Oct 7-9
- More about the Stephen King flicks at the Coolidge Corner Theater this month

Apologies for the hissy audio quality of this episode. We now know what NOT to do when saving files :)

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 3:13am EDT

Bennet Miller's 'Moneyball' and Gary McKendry's 'Killer Elite' get the full-on review treatment.

Other subjects discussed, particularly ... what's happening at The Coolidge Corner Theater (Coolidge.org) ...

- 'Tucker and Dale vs Evil' at midnight
- Diggin' 'The French Connection' in 35mm
- Stephen King adaptations
- The strangeness of Kevin Smith's 'Red State'
- And John implores everyone to see 'A Dolphin's Tale'  ... but NOT in 3-D

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 11:25am EDT

Rod Laurie's 'Straw Dogs' and Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Drive' get the full review treatment.

Other areas traversed...

- 'Rolling Thunder' at midnight and the latest Q&A ever at the Coolidge.
- 'Sophie's Key' and a film introducer's worst nightmare
- 'The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training' actually and deservedly gets honored
- 'Dr. Detroit' and Dan Aykroyd at his best (yes, there was a time)
- Recalling the '80s films of Chevy Chase
- What's up with Boston's Stuart Street Theater?

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 9:53am EDT

New Blu-ray and DVD releases are reviewed, including

- 'Scarface: Limited Edition' (dir. Brian De Palma, 1983) on Blu-ray
- 'Straw Dogs: The Unrated Version' (dir. Sam Peckinpah, 1971) on Blu-ray
- 'Trainspotting' (dir. Danny Boyle, 1996) on Blu-ray
- 'If....' (dir. Lindsay Anderson, 1969) on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection
- 'Disco Worms' (2011) on DVD

Other valued concerns ...

- Get on over to The Coolidge Corner Theater and see 'The Debit' starring Helen Mirren!
- John tells of the strangeness that was 'Trainspotting: The Play' in Los Angeles
- Susan George knows how to make an entrance in 'Straw Dogs'
- Steve's resentment of Danny Boyle

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 1:08am EDT

Steven Soderbergh's 'Contagion' and Gavin O'Connor's 'Warrior' get the full review treatment.

Other areas traversed...

- The Harvard Film Archive's 'American Punk' series ruled, like way seriously.
- Matt Damon is a great leading man because he's a great character actor.
- 'Suburbia' in 35mm is a trip.
- Sonny Chiba needs his own retrospective at Harvard.
- Eating during a movie can be exceptionally disruptive; sometimes as much as talking or texting.
- Gweneth Paltrow is a good sport. How can you not love what she lets Soderbergh do to her character in 'Contagion'?
- Find and watch 'Linda, Linda, Linda.'

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 10:24pm EDT

Steve Head and John Black turn their attion to the new Blu-ray & DVD releases: Secret Sunshine, Nikita, The Perfect Host, Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy, Rebirth, If a Tree Falls, Meek's Cutoff, and The Best of Jack Benny. John asks, How amusing are those Lucky Strike cigarrette ads during The Jack Benny Show? And Steve remembers Elke, the cat from The Towering Inferno.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 12:01am EDT

Directors David R. Ellis' "Shark Night 3D" and David Robert Mitchell's "Myth of the American Sleepover" get the full review treatment.

John and I also discuss the slate of films playing this month at the Brattle, The Coolidge Corner Theater, and the Harvard Film Archive; "Class of 1984," "The French Connection," and the films of Woody Allen.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 7:28pm EDT

Inspired by an obnoxious "texter," Steve Head and John Black discuss what should be done to stop cell phone users during movies, and the protocol for booting these selfish, incosiderate jerks (particularly texters!) from a theater. We're at our wit's end. These people must go.

Receiving the full film review treatment is Guilermo del Toro's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and the comedy Our Idiot Brother, starring Paul Rudd.

Also up for discussion is the new documentary Chasing Madoff, and the new home video releases: Akira Kurosawa's High & Low, Jodie Foster's The Beaver, the BBC's Top Gear 16, Blitz starring Jason Statham and Little Big Soldier starring Jackie Chan.

And Steve (having experienced a 5-hour screening of Cleopatra during the Harvard Film Archive's Joseph L. Mankiewicz retrospective) and John (who's seen the film *6* times) reminice about Taylor & Burton's epic 1963 debacle.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 1:36am EDT

Steve is impressed by the 'Life on Mars - Full motion-capture viewing experience with audio commentary' feature on Disney's Mars Needs Moms Blu-ray, and John finds the Conan the Barbarian remake to be one of the most trying theatrical experiences of the year.

Fright Night and Attack the Block get the full review treatment.

Plus the new Blu-ray releases of Top Gun and Stanley Kubrick's The Killing and The Killer's Kiss are discussed.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 4:15pm EDT

Steve learns how to use the new recording equipment, and John marvels at the use of 3D in Final Destination 5 and Fright Night. 30 Minutes or Less gets the full review treatment. We also discuss Disney's Blu-ray release of The Fox and the Hound and the weirdness of The Frankenstein Syndrome.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 10:19am EDT

Continuing our weekly adventures in moviegoing... Steve recounts his over-the-handlebars bicycle accident on the way to see Rise of the Planet of the Apes; and John survives a 32-hour marathon of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

Film critic Peg Aloi of The Boston Phoenix joins us as we discuss Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Change-Up and director Lone Scherfig's One Day. Plus new home video releases The Big Lebowski on Blu-ray, Disney's Mars Needs Moms and Rio.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 4:53pm EDT

Continuing their weekly adventures in moviegoing (actually, it's daily) ...

Steve explains how he hurt himself entering Lowe’s Boston Common, and how he didn’t have the guts to tell two very large black fellas to stop talking during a screening of Cowboys & Aliens.

John explains why he walked out of the blurry Smurfs press screening, then reconsidered.

Films discussed ... Cowboys & AliensCrazy, Stupid, Love, The Smurfs and Another Earth.

New home video releases discussed ... Ken Loach's Kes, [Rec] 2 and Donnie Darko: The 10 Anniversary Edition.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 3:26pm EDT

Joining John Black and Steve Head again is Bob Chipman, a.k.a. MovieBob and The Game Overthinker, and contributor to Escapist Magazine.  This time it's all about Captain America: The First Avenger ... one damn good movie!

For our picks of the week, we discuss the new home video releaes: Take Me Home Tonight, Limitless, the Roger Corman Sword & Sorcery 2-DVD set from Shout! Factory, and Dangerous Babes, a new 12-film collection from Mill Creek Entertainment.

Spoiler Alert: In our Captain America discussion gets spoilery around 35 minutes in. You have been warned!

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 9:00pm EDT

Joining John Black and Steve Head again this week is Eagle Tribune film critic Greg Vellante. They discuss this week's, scratch that, this year's most eagerly anticipated film ... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.

Also up for discussion is the film opening opposite Mr. Potter's, Winnie the Pooh. Plus our picks of the week: Criterion's release of director Mike Leigh's Naked (1993), Rango, The Warrior's Way, Season of the Witch (mind you, only Steve recomends this one), The Making of a President, and Hobo with a Shotgun.

This episode was recorded at Panera Bread in Brookline, Ma, located across the street from the historic Coolidge Corner Theater. Our apologies for any obtrusive background noise.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 7:39pm EDT

Recently recorded in Boston, film critic John Black participated in a roundtable interview with actress/singer Selena Gomez, whose new film Monte Carlo is now playing nationwide.

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Category:Interview -- posted at: 11:01pm EDT

Can't say we didn't warn you. But then, we all know what to expect from Michael Bay, right? So John and I endured the mega-mechanical CGI onslaught of Transformers: Dark of the Moon. All 156 minutes of it. Do we really have to explain why this is such a giant chunk of Hasbro-mash, you might ask? Sure, the movie is critic proof, but it's our job. And we will not shy away from it. We might cower and squirm in pain.Beyond that, the energizing act of eviscerating a movie is fun, and Michael Bay is an easy target. This is a pretty much a giant turkey shoot.

We did however enjoy Larry Crowne, which Tom Hanks wrote, produced, directed and stars in. It's a wonderful character-driven film, with Julia Roberts delivering her best performance in years. Do see it.

For our picks of the week, John says White Lightnin', starring Edward Hogg and Carrie Fisher, is worth a look. And we both agree the Criterion Collection's release of Kiss Me Deadly (1955) is truly a must see.

We recorded this episode outdoors, sitting on a bench in Boston Common - where there happened to be some sort of Anime festival taking place; a lot of college students dressed as anime characters. And they cheered from time to time. So... our apologies for any obtrusive and/or amusing background noises. Stuff happens on the Common, you know?

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 5:44pm EDT

Joining John Black and Steve Head this week is film critic Greg Vellante. Greg writes for the Eagle Tribune, a New England daily. And you can find all of his reviews at GregVellante.com. This week they lament Pixar's dive into cold commercialism with Cars 2. Sure, Cars was Pixar's arguably least well received film. And, at least by Pixar's standards, it did alright at the box office. But the real money here is in its merchandising. It's billions, people. Billions. We also discuss the new Cameron Diaz comedy Bad Teacher. To enjoy it, we needed to willingly suspend our disbelief. But that didn't happen. We did, however, enjoy the new Pixar short Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation, which plays before Cars 2.

For our picks of the week, John and Steve recommend the documentary American: The Bill Hicks Story, Steve can't say enough about the comedy Cedar Rapids, and Greg says you definitely have to check out Louie: Season One.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 5:00pm EDT

Bob Chipman (a.k.a. MovieBob and The Game Overthinker, and contributor to Escapist Magazine) joins film critics John Black and Steve Head again this week to discuss the new Warner Bros./DC Comics offering: Green Lantern.  Again it all leads to 135-minutes of wrath and bewilderment.

John, Steve and Bob also discuss the new Jim Carey family comedy, Mr. Popper's Penguins. Plus the new Blu-ray releases of  Funimations Dancing in the Vampire Bund, the Coen Brother's True Grit, and the 1979 musical Hair, starring Treat Williams.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 3:56pm EDT

Film critic Brett Michel (The Boston Phoenix and the Boston Herald) joins Steve Head and John Black to discuss J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg's nostalgic fantasy adventure Super 8. They also attempt to figure out Terrence Malick's Palme d'Or winner The Tree of Life, which is now playing at The Coolidge Corner Theater and Kendal Square.

For our Picks of the Week, Steve explain why United Artists' Harry in Your Pocket (1973), starring James Coburn and Michael Sarrazin, is worth checking out. And John recommends Kino International's release of five new films from documentarian Nicolas Philibert, including Louvre City (1990), In the Land of the Deaf (1992), and Every Little Thing (1997).

This episode was recorded at Panera Bread, across the street from the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA. As always, they tried to find a quite spot to record. Apologies for any obtrusive background noise.

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It's all X-Men this week, as Bob Chipman (a.k.a. MovieBob and The Game Overthinker, and contributor to Escapist Magazine) joins John and me to discuss director Matthew Vaughn's excursion into the world of Marvel: X-Men: First Class. So many characters. So many mini-plot-lines. It seemed a recipe for a $160-million dollar mess. But... well... things ain't so messy. Turns out this darn X-Men prequel is perhaps the best of the lot. This we attempt to explain in 54 minutes.

For our picks of the week, John and I both admit our amazement for Fumihiko Sori's TO, the newly released Blu-ray/DVD anime set from Funimation. As for a couple more new titles, I say you've gotta check out director Leslie Zemeki's documentary about the history of burlesque in America,  Behind the Burly Q; John says the Sofia Loren Award Collection 4-disc set is an absolute Must See, in particular, her 1964 film Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; and Bob says the Nicolas Cage actioner Drive Angry is all the over-the-top goodness it was intended to be.

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Steve Head and John Black discuss the (sort of but not really) new comedy The Hangover Part II, and Woody Allen's likeable farce Midnight in Paris.

For our Picks of the Week, John says the new David Byrne rockumentary Ride, Rise, Roar is worth your time. And they both agree that Jason Robard's 1965 film, and Best Picture nominee, A Thousand Clowns is a nice find among MGM's new online-only retail offerings. John also recommends David Niven's 1975 flick Old Dracula.

This episode was recorded at Panera Bread across the street from the Coolidge Corner Theater. As always, we tried to find a quiet spot to record. Our apologies for any obtrusive background noise.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 5:30pm EDT

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Much to our surprise, the ever-dependable John Black couldn't make this recording session. Fortunately, film critic Sean Burns (The Improper Bostonian and Philadelphia Weekly) valiantly stepped-up to fill in. And so our Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas episode lives!  Terry Gilliam's 1998 adaption of Hunter S. Thompson's "failed experiment in Gonzo journalism" was recently upgraded to Blu-ray by Criterion. And we go on and on about it as, you know, fans do.

Plus we discuss Kelly Reichardt's Meek’s Cutoff - a film we agree needs more love at the box office.  Do see it if you can.

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Bob Chipman (a.k.a. MovieBob and The Game Overthinker, and contributor to Escapist Magazine) joins film critics John Black and Steve Head again this week to discuss the new Walt Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer box office pillager Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Amid this episodes' 107-minutes, wrath and bewilderment ensue.

John, Bob and Steve also discuss director Céline Danhier's documentary Blank City, which is now playing at Kendal Square, and the latest release from The Asylum, The Almighty Thor. Plus our picks of the week, including the new 50th Anniversary blu-ray release of Robert Rossen's The Hustler (1961) starring Paul Newman.

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Joining John Black and Steve Head this week is Meg Quinn, film critic with Gatehouse Media's Ipswich Chronicle. We discuss all the goodness that is Bridesmaids, the latest product from the Judd Apatow factory. And, I must say, one of his best films to date. (Thank you, Ms Wiig.)

Also in this episode, we talk about the new film Hesher, starring Joseph Gordon-Leavitt, and Everything Must Go, starring Will Farrell. Meg and I aren't so keen on Everthing Must Go, but John explains why the movie is "well worth seeing, especially if you had any addictions."

And for our picks of the week, we can't say enough good things about Jonathan Demme's Something Wild (1986) And we can only say a couple good things, if that, about Richard Lester's How I Won the War (1967) co-starring John Lennon.

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Joining film critics John Black and Steve Head is Bob Chipman, a.k.a. MovieBob and the Game Overthinker, and contributor to Escapist Magazine. Our critical concern is Thor, Thor and nothing but Thor. So prepare to be Thor'd.

We recorded this episode outdoors, sitting in the bleachers alongside a softball diamond in Boston Common, immediately after seeing Thor.

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From good ol' Panera Bread, across the street from Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss a number of films from the final two days of the Independent Film Festival Boston (iffboston.org), among them: the wonderful (we agree) documentary Buck; the young magicians documentary Make Believe; the foodie flick El Bulli: Cooking in Progress; the Narrative Short Film award winner The Strange Ones; the John C. Reilly dramedy Terri; the Narrative Feature award winner, and my favorite flick of the fest, Littlerock; and the Audience Award winner, and John's favorite flick of the fest, director Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins.

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From the Davis Sq. Diesel Cafe in Somerville, Ma, John and I discuss three new documentaries from the Independent Film Festival Boston: director Ian Cheney's "light pollution" exposé The City Dark; James Marsh's follow-up to Man on Wire, Project NIM; and Liz Garbus' biography of chessmaster Bobby Fischer, Bobby Fischer Against the World.

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Reporting from the Somerville Theater in Somerville, Ma, John and I review more films from the Independent Film Festival Boston: the Morphine documentary Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story, the documentary Page One: Inside the New York Timesand the Bruce MacDonald film Trigger.

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Film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss the new film Bellflower with its star and director Evan Glodell.

The interview was recorded at the Independent Film Festival Boston

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Film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss the new film Stake Land with its director Jim Mickle.

The interview was recorded at the Independent Film Festival Boston

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Joining John and me on the podcast is Andre Ovredal, director of the Norwegian fantasy adventure Troll Hunter.

Our 25 minute interview was recorded Friday, April 29th, a few hours prior to the New England premiere of Troll Hunter at the Independent Film Festival Boston. Visit http://www.iffboston.org for showtimes and tickets.

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Steve Head and John Black interview writer/director Miranda July, whose new film The Future screens Saturday, April 30th, at the Brattle Theater during the Independent Film Festival Boston.

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Reporting from the Somerville Theater, John and I review couple films from the first two days of the Independent Film Festival Boston: the documentary Being Elmo (the openning night film), the apocalypitic vampire actioner Stake Land, and the rock doc Color Me Obsessed: An Oral History of The Replacements.

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Film critics Steve Head and John Black participate in a roundtable interview with actor slash director Jodie Foster, who visited Boston on behalf of her new film The Beaver. In this 30-minute interview, she discuss the making of The Beaver, working with Mel Gibson, and marketing the film in light of Gibson's career fallout. Ms. Foster also offers great insight into her 40 years in filmmaking, from the TV series Paper Moon to David Fincher's Panic Room.

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Joining film critics John Black and Steve Head this week is Brian Tamm, Managing Director of The Independent Film Festival Boston. The 9th annual festival runs Wednesday April 27th through May 4th, 2011, with films playing at The Somerville Theater, the Brattle Theater, the Stuart Street Theater and Coolidge Corner.

In this episode, we preview and discuss a number of films including The Troll Hunter, The Future, 13 Assassins, Bellflower, The Catechism Cataclysm, Trigger, The Trip, The City Dark, Being Elmo: A Puppeteers' Journey, Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story, Tatooine, Superheroes and Conan O'Brien Can't Stop - which closes the festival on May 4th at the Coolidge.

Please visit IFFBoston.org for a complete list of films, events and tickets.

This episode was recorded at Panera Bread in Brookline, Ma, across the street from the Coolidge. Our apologies for any obtrusive background noise.

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On hand to help film critics Steve Head and John Black consider the merits of Wes Craven's Scream 4 is Tom Meek - film critic for the Boston Phoenix and president of the Boston Society of Film Critics.

They also discuss the films of Brian De Palma, in particular the Criterion Collection's refurbishment of his 1981 film Blow Out, and the films of Sidney Lumet.

Plus picks of the week: The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Luchino Visconti's Senso, the BBC's Road to Coronation Street, Jeff Malmberg's award winning documentary Marwencol, and Clair Denis’ White Material.

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Film critics Steve Head and John Black recently participated in a roundtable interview with Duncan Jones, the director of Source Code. The interview was recorded in Boston, just prior to the April 1st release of Source Code.

SPOILER WARNING: (Do note the capital letters and bold-faced type of the prior two words) The interview contains lengthy discussion about the ending of Source Code; in particular, Mr. Jones' own interpretation of the repercussions of the film's ending. That being the case, we decided to wait until after the film's release to publish this interview, with the hope that many of you have seen Source Code and that this discussion might help answer any lingering questions.

The total running time is approximately 35 minutes.

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Film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss the new releases Hanna, Arthur and Your Highness.

Plus their picks of the week: Anywhere U.S.A.; Darren Aronofsky's Metamorphosis: A Three-Part Series (on the making of Black Swan); The Asylum's Battle of Los Angeles, and Jack Nicholson's Drive, He Said (1971) - from the Criterion Collections box set America Lost and Found: The BBS Story.

This episode was recorded at Panera Bread in Brookline, Ma, directly across from the Coolidge Corner Theater (coolidge.org). Apologies for any obrusive background noise.

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Film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss the new releases Source Code, Insidious and Super.

Plus their picks of the week: from the Criterion Collection - Topsy Turvy, The Mikado and Au Revoir les Enfants; and from MGM - The Secret of NIMH.

We recorded this episode at the Regal Fenway 13 Theater in Boston. We tried to find a quite spot to record. Our apologies for any obtrusive background noise.

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Steve Head and John Black interview writer/director James Gun, whose latest film is Super, starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon and Nathan Fillion.

The interview was recorded in Boston.

The intro and outro was recorded at the AMC Lowes Boston Common 19.

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On hand again to help Steve Head and John Black consider the merits of Zach Snyder's Sucker Punch is Bob Chipman, a.k.a. MovieBob and The Game Overthinker, and contributor to Escapist Magazine.  They go to town on Sucker Punch with a 70-minute episode in which they agree, disagree, laugh, cry, chide, and fall in love all over again.

For picks of the week, they discuss the films of Andy Sidaris, as featured in Mill Creek Entertainment's new 12-movie set Girls, Guns and G-strings. And then Warner Bros.' newly announced Blu-ray edition of Brian DiPalma's Scarface takes center stage.

Spoiler Alert: In the discussion of Sucker Punch, spoiler material abounds between 30:30 and 32:30.

Editors note: In the discussion of Scarface, the Debbie Harry song we can't recall is "Push Push."

This episode was recorded at Panera Bread, next to the Regal Fenway 13 Theater in Boston. So as always, the conversation is spurred by coffee, muffins and sandwiches - which helps. And that's why there's the clickity-clacking of plates and silverware you're

hearing at times in the background. Our apologies for that.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 6:24am EDT

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The Eagle is released to UK cinemas this Friday, March 25th, and journalists Steve Head and John Black spoke with its star, Channing Tatum, about the making of the film.

Tatum also discusses his work on Steven Soderbergh's action film Haywire (starring Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender), which is expected to be released later this year.

The interview runs approximately 11 minutes.

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Steve Head and John Black interview actor/director Tom McCarthy, whose latest film is Win Win.

The interview was recorded in Boston.

The intro and outro was recorded at Panera Bread next to the Regal Fenway 13 theater in Boston.

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Film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss the new releases The Lincoln Lawyer, Limitless, Jane Eyre and Paul.

This episode was recorded in Boston, Ma, at Panera Bread, next to the Regal Fenway 13 Theater.

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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost discuss how they were able to get Stephen Spielberg to appear in their new film Paul.

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Steve Head and John Black participate in a roundtable interview with Jane Eyre star Mia Wasikowska and director Cary Fukunaga.

The interview was recorded in Boston.

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Steve Head, John Black and Bob Chipman interview Simon Pegg and Nick Frost for their movie Paul.

The interview was recorded in Boston.

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Category:Interview -- posted at: 11:04am EDT

Joining John and me this week is Bob Chipman, a.k.a. MovieBob and The Game Overthinker, and contributor to Escapist Magazine.  Our critical concerns are director Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood and Jonathan Liebesman's Battle: Los Angeles.

For our picks of the week, we discuss Criterion's new Blu-ray release of Federico Fellini's Amarcord, and a few more new home video surprises.

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Film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss the new CGI-animated flick Rango, Matt Damon’s venture into the world of Philip K.Dick with The Adjustment Bureau, and the Topher Grace comedy Take Me Home Tonight.

For our picks of the week, Steve says Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, starring James Franco, is worth it on Blu-ray. And John goes for Blake Edward’s 1971 western Wild Rovers – all 140 minutes of it.

They recorded this episode at the Harvard Film Archive in Cambridge, Ma.

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 11:53pm EDT

A complete recording of The 2011 Boston Society of Film Critics awards ceremony proceedings, featuring BSFC members Tom Meek (President), Joyce Kulhawik, Wesley Morris, Peter Keough, Gerald Peary, David Wildman, James Verniere, Peg Aloi and Brett Michel.

Awards presented to director Frederick Wiseman (accepted by his his colleague, Karen Konicek), Juliette Lewis (Best Supporting Actress - "Conviction"), director Jeff Malmberg ("Marwencol"), ArtsEmerson, filmmaker Saul Levine and editor Andrew Weisblum ("Black Swan").

Highlights:

- Musical performance of Trent Reznor's "Hurt" (from "The Social Network")  by the acoustic duo Carriage House (David Wildman and violinist Clara Kebabian)

- Juliette Lewis's recorded message to the BSFC

- Wesley Morris on the career of Frederick Wiseman, with a message from the director.

- Peter Keough on the plight of jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi

- An extended post-movie Q&A with the makers of "Marwencol" - director Jeff Malmberg, producer Chris Shellen and star Mark Hogancamp -  by Peg Aloi

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This week, your hosts Steve Head and John Black discuss the new Nicolas Cage actioner, Drive Angry 3D, and Farrelly brothers' comedy, Hall Pass, starring Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis.

For our picks of the week, John selects 1957's Sweet Smell of Success on Criterion, and I select two titles from the filmography of director Peter Yates, who passed away last month: the 1969 Dustin Hoffman/Mia Farrow drama John and Mary and the 1973 Boston crime film The Friends of Eddie Coyle, starring Robert Mitchum.

On March 2nd and 3rd, in tribute to Peter Yates, the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Ma, will screen 35mm prints of two of his films: the quintessential Steve McQueen film Bullitt (1968), and the rarely seen British film Robbery (1967), starring Stanley Baker.  Visit brattlefilm.org for more information and to buy tickets.

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This week, John and I discuss the Dark Castle flick Unknown, starring Liam Neeson, the Miguel Arteta comedy Cedar Rapids, and the DJ Caruso-directed, Michael Bay production I Am Number Four.

Plus our picks of the week. I say Tony Scott’s runaway train flick Unstoppable is an excellent Blu-ray choice, John implores you to put the anime Summer Wars in your player, and we both re-live the love of Mel Brook’s 1977 Alfred Hitchcock homage High Anxiety.

The total running time is about 56:37

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 11:30pm EDT

In this episode, John and I discuss the sword and sandals actioner The Eagle, talk with its star, Channing Tatum, and try to figure out why Elton John made the 3D animated confection Gnomeo & Juliet.

For our picks of the week, I say Frank Tashlin’s 1967 spy spoof Caprice, starring Doris Day and Richard Harris, is the one you must find and watch, and John says Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1994 thriller $hopping, starring Jude Law and Sadie Frost, is not to be missed.

The total running time is about 50:02

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This week, John and I discuss the new thriller The Roommate and the James Cameron-produced 3-D flick Sanctum.

And for our picks of the week, I revisit Joseph L. Mankiewicz's classic All About Eve, which is now on Blu-ray, and John says Skin is the film you must see.

We recorded live at Panera Bread, next to the Regal Fenway 13 Theater in Boston.

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The total running time is about 43:39

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Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 11:34pm EDT

Joining John and me this week is Boston Phoenix film critic and Albany Times-Union blogger Peg Aloi. Our objective: discuss the new Anthony Hopkins thriller The Rite and the Javier Bardem melodrama Biutiful. Then John and I discuss the Jason Statham/Ben Foster actioner The Mechanic - in which I (attempt to) explain The Mechanic's unintentional homoeroticism. Such fun.

We then offer our picks of the week. I recommend the new Blu-ray release of Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull. Peg says The Last Exorcism and the Red Riding Trilogy are worth your time. And John implores you to view Man in a Suitcase, which is also new to DVD.

We recorded live at Panera Bread, next to the Regal Fenway 13 Theater in Boston.

Enjoy!

The total running time is about 52:39

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Direct download: Ep-57-The-Rite-Biutiful.mp3
Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 12:05am EDT

This week, John and I argue about Ivan Reitman's No Strings Attached and discuss Mike Leigh's Another Year.

And for our picks of the week, I say Irwin Allen's '60s TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is what you must watch, and John says The Mechanic, not the Jason Statham re-make but the 1972 original starring Charles Bronson is well worth your time.

The total running time is about 50:20.

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Intro music by Stereo Soul Future (stereosoulfuture.com).

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Direct download: Ep-56-No-Strings-Attached.mp3
Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 4:59pm EDT

This week, John and I discuss Michel Gondry’s big budget endeavor The Green Hornet, Dominic Sena's medieval escapade Season of the Witch and Gaspar Noe’s metaphysical mind-bender Enter the Void – which is now playing at the Brattle Theatre (brattlefilm.org).

And for our picks of the week, I opt for Robert Rodriguez’s Machete on Blu-ray, while John suggest you check out Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story on DVD.

The episode was recorded “live” at the Trident Bookseller’s & Cafe in Boston.

The total running time is about 40:30.

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Intro music by Stereo Soul Future (stereosoulfuture.com).

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Direct download: Ep-55-Green-Hornet.mp3
Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 4:45am EDT

Yes, dear listeners, we reveal and discuss the ones that hurt the most: Our Top Five Absolute Worst Films of 2010 (with punches at The Town, Scott Pilgrim vs The World and The Social Network thrown in for good measure).

John and I are again joined by fellow film critics Sean Burns (The Improper Bostonian and Philadelphia Weekly) and Brett Michel (The Boston Phoenix and The Boston Herald) recording "live" at Panera Bread next to the Regal Fenway 13 in Boston.

WARNING: This episode contains persistent invective.

The running time is about 1:10:53.

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Intro music by Stereo Soul Future. http:www.stereosoulfuture.com

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Direct download: Ep54-Worst-Of-2010.mp3
Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 7:46pm EDT

Part 2 of our Top 10 Films of 2010 discussion with guest critics Brett Michel (The Boston Phoenix and The Boston Herald) and Sean Burns (The Improper Bostonian and Philadelphia Weekly), recorded live at Panera Bread next to the Regal Fenway Stadium 13 in Boston.

The running time is about 57:47.

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Intro music by Stereo Soul Future. http:www.stereosoulfuture.com

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Direct download: Ep53-Part2.mp3
Category:Film Reviews -- posted at: 7:23pm EDT

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