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#72 – Even Stranger Bilge-Sucking PIRATES

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Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz search for the Fountain of Youth in the narrative mess that is 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.'

Bob Chipman (a.k.a. MovieBob and The Game Overthinker, and contributor to Escapist Magazine) joins John and me 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 I also discuss director Céline Danhier’s documentary Blank City, which is now playing at Kendal Square, and the latest release from The Asylum, 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.

We recorded this episode at Panera Bread, across the street from the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA. As always, we tried to find a quite spot to record. Our apologies for any obtrusive background noise.

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Episode #66: ‘Source Code,’ ‘Insidious,’ ‘Super’ and ‘The Secret of NIMH’

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That pesky Demon and the kid in a coma (Or something like that. Doctors aren't sure.) in director James Wan's 'Insidious.'

This week, John and I discuss Duncan Jones’ sci-fi thriller Source Code, James Wan’s supernatural oddity Insidious, and James Gunn’s humanist superhero flick Super.

And then for our picks of the week, we discuss three titles from The Criterion Collection – Mike Leigh’s Topsy Turvy, Victor Schertzingers 1931 adaption of The Mikado, and Louis Malle’s Au Revoir Les Enfants, and one from MGM – Don Bluth’s 1982 animated feature The Secret of NIMH.

We recorded this episode at the Regal Fenway 13 theater in Boston.

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#64 – THE LINCOLN LAWYER, LIMITLESS, JANE EYRE and PAUL

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On NZT, an intelligence-enhancing "wonder drug," Lindy (Abbie Cornish) learns to escape and subdue a pursuer, and fast, in Relativity Media's 'Limitless.'

In this episode, John Black and I discuss four new releases: The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Matthew McConaughey; Limitless, starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro; Jane Eyre, starring Mia Wasikowska; and Paul, a road trip geek-fest showcasing the comedic talents of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Seth Rogan.

And for our picks of the week, we discuss the grindhouse homage Sugar Boxx and Shout! Factory‘s release of Reboot.

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#46 – HEREAFTER, JACKASS 3D and THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW on Blu-ray

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This week John and I discuss the new Clint Eastwood-directed paranormal thriller Hereafter. We also go on about Jackass 3D and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which is new to Blu-ray, and, as it so happens, performed each Saturday at midnight at the AMC Lowes Harvard Square Cinema.

For our home video picks of the week, The Asylum’s MILF and Crown International’s Deathrow Gameshow and My Mom’s a Werewolf are offered for your consideration. And John goes for Benny Hill’s Complete & Unadulterated Megaset (1969 – 1989).

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Total running time: 49:55

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#43 – THE TOWN and its Fenway Park premiere

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FBI agent Adam Frawley (John Hamm) and his team pursue bank robbers at Boston's Fenway Park in Warner Bros. Picture's 'The Town.'

This week, John and I discuss Ben Affleck’s Boston-filmed thriller, The Town. But before that, we reminisce about the film’s premiere, which was held last week at Fenway Park. (Click here for my photos.)

For this weeks picks, I recommend Fox’s The Cleveland Show: Season One and FX’s The League: Season One on DVD, and John implores you to catch FUNimation Entertainment’s Hetalia: Axis Powers, also new to DVD.

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Total running time: 33:58

Ben Affleck introducing his film "The Town" at Fenway Park. He's the blurry, glowing blob in the center. (Trust me. It's him.)

The outdoor screen of screens.

A better photo of Warner Bros.' dugout-toppin' movie screen.

(l to r) Happy fun time! John, Meg, Sarah and me.

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