We're going to be off for a few weeks, but we'll be back!
The guys continue into the Man with No Name trilogy but it gets a little Bad. They talk about the complexity of the story, how the shooting scenes talk about character and, of course, Klaus Kinski.
Sergio Leone's Five
1) A Fistful of Dollars
2) For a Few Dollars More
3) Once Upon a Time in the West
4) Duck, You Sucker!
5) Once Upon a Time in America
Cue the Morricone score! The guys start their Sergio Leone Five with the beginning of his Man With No Name trilogy. They talk about its Kurosawa roots and what makes his movies so cool.
Sergio Leone's Five
1) A Fistful of Dollars
2) For a Few Dollars More
3) Once Upon a Time in the West
4) Duck, You Sucker!
5) Once Upon a Time in America
The guys look back at the career of one of their favorite working actors, tangent briefly to talk about Alan Rickman and then reveal the subject of their next Five...
And we're back in the suburbs. Last time we discussed the nuance of Little Children and this week we're discussing the.....we're discussing Revolutionary Road!
Kate Winslet's Five
1) Heavenly Creatures
2) Quills
3) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4) Little Children
5) Revolutionary Road
In which Eric is in town and wants to talk about the nature of art criticism.
Austin and Eric record in person for the first time since Season One to discuss the adaptation of Tom Perrotta's Little Children.
Kate Winslet's Five
1) Heavenly Creatures
2) Quills
3) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4) Little Children
5) Revolutionary Road
Didn't we already record this? The guys continue their Kate Winslet Five with another Oscar nomination for her on the modern sci-fi classic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. A movie where she gets to wear jeans!
Kate Winslet's Five
1) Heavenly Creatures
2) Quills
3) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4) Little Creatures
5) Revolutionary Road
Get washed up and get ready for the guys talk about the 2000 film, Quills, about the final months of the Marquis de Sade and the young woman who risks everything to get his work to the public.
Kate Winslet's Five
1) Heavenly Creatures
2) Quills
3) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4) Little Children
5) Revolutionary Road
In her first feature film, Kate Winslet shocked the world with her bold and complicated performance of one of the two notorious participants in the Parker-Hulme case. Listen as the guys talk about the nuances of sympathy in the movie as well the ambitious of tone in this early Peter Jackson film.
Kate Winslet's Five
1) Heavenly Creatures
2) Quills
3) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4) Little Children
5) Revolutionary Road
The boys have made it to the end of their Jackie Chan Five and one of them is very relieved. They talk once more about what makes Jackie Chan action movies different from other action movies and then get distracted talking about 90s cartoon adaptations of movies. Then they unveil the new Five...
Are you listening to the words coming out our mouths? Yes, the guys changed up their line-up so they can talk about the wildly successful Rush Hour.
Jackie Chan's Five
1) Project A
2) Wheels on Meals
3) Police Story
4) Rumble in the Bronx
5) Rush Hour
We've been to Hong Kong, we've been to Spain and now we're in America* with Jackie Chan! The guys had to change their schedule due to availability, but that means they get to watch this movie earlier than expected. Is that a good thing?
*Canada
Jackie Chan's Five
1) Project A
2) Wheels on Meals
3) Police Story
4) Rumble in the Bronx
5) Rush Hour
The guys have hit Jackie Chan's biggest international hit, Police Story. It is filled with awe-inspiring stunts and a more grounded story. But.....what do they think?
Jackie Chan is in Spain! The guys talk about this wacky comedy of two food truck cooks teaming up with a fake private eye to save a secret heiress by storming a castle. Obviously. Find out if this movie broke Eric!
Jackie Chan's Five
1) Project A
2) Wheels on Meals
3) Police Story
4) Operation Condor
5) Rumble in the Bronx
The Jackie Chan Five has begun and it's time to go into the simple story of sailors who are now pirates who are tracking down illegal gun sales to pirates. (We think). The guys discuss Jackie Chan's directorial intent, the pros and cons of how much should action heroes bleed and what are the stakes of this movie.
Jackie Chan's Five
1) Project A
2) Wheels on Meals
3) Police Story
4) Operation Condor
5) Rumble in the Bronx
The time has come! The guys look back at their time with Francis Ford Coppola and where he stands in cinema's past and present. Also they announce their next Five that will start next week.
Is it, though? Is it actually Bram Stoker's Dracula. For better or worse, I'm pretty sure it's Francis Ford Coppola's. Listen as the guys gleefully try to figure out if this movie is any good.
Francis Ford Coppola's Five
1) The Godfather
2) The Conversation
3) Apocalypse Now
4) The Godfather Part III
5) Bram Stoker's Dracula
Finally, the guys are here to talk about the most beloved entry in the Godfather franchise. They are actually looking at both versions of Part III, the original and the newly re-edited version. Listen as they try to answer the immortal question "Does this movie work?"
Francis Ford Coppola's Five
1) The Godfather
2) The Conversation
3) Apocalypse Now
4) The Godfather Part III
5) Bram Stoker's Dracula
Madness....madness. Eric and Austin wrestle with their admiration and confusion about the iconic Vietnam war film. They discuss what it's like to dislike the protagonist and how this fits in as an anti-war movie.
Francis Ford Coppola's Five
1) The Godfather
2) The Conversation
3) Apocalypse Now
4) The Godfather Part III
5) Bram Stoker's Dracula
Did you hear that? The guys end up being recorded as they talk about Francis Ford Coppola's paranoid thriller, The Conversation.
Francis Ford Coppola's Five
1) The Godfather
2) The Conversation
3) Apocalypse Now
4) The Godfather Part III
5) Bram Stoker's Dracula
No episode this week, but The Conversation will be out next Friday.
Well....it's The Godfather! Eric and Austin look at this immortal classic and how it embraces immersion, authenticity and scale. Also Austin talks about You've Got Mail.
The guys have finished another Five and are looking back at how much they just like this good boy. They look at what seems to drive Ethan Hawke, his interest in getting better and they get distracted to talk about Warcraft. They also announce their next Five...
As we enter the end of our Five, we maybe get to Ethan Hawke's best performance of a depressed priest who starts to radicalize himself. They talk about the movies ambiguous qualities as well as how the film embraces transcendentalism. Don't sit on this underseen masterpiece.
Ethan Hawke's Five
1) Training Day
2) Before Sunset
3) Sinister
4) Before Midnight
5) First Reformed