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#78 – The CARS 2/BAD TEACHER train wreck

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Joining John and me this week is film critic Greg Vellante. Greg writes for the Eagle Tribune, and you can find all of his reviews at site, GregVellante.com. In this episode we 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 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 disbelief… that didn’t happen. We did, however, enjoy the new Pixar short Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation, which plays before Cars 2.

Barbie, Ken, Mr. Pricklepants and Mrs. Potato Head in 'Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation.'

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

We recorded this episode at Panera Bread in Brookline Ma, 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. We consider it ambiance.

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#74 – THE HANGOVER and over

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Alan (Zach Galifianakis) awaits his flight to "Thigh-land" in 'The Hangover Part II.'

On tap this week is the (sort of but not really) new comedy The Hangover Part II, Woody Allen’s likeable farce Midnight in Paris and, briefly, the Edgar Wright-produced action/comedy Attack the Block.

For our Picks of the Week, John says the new David Byrne rockumentary Ride, Rise, Roar is worth your time. And we 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.

We recorded this episode 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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#61 – DRIVE ANGRY 3D, HALL PASS, Steve McQueen’s BULLITT and more!

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Nicolas Cage stars as Milton, the felon from Hell (the actual inferno-y underworld) in Summit Entertainment's 'Drive Angry 3D'

This week, John and I discuss the Nicolas Cage actioner, Drive Angry 3D, and the 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 will screen 35mm prints of two of his films: the quintessential Steve McQueen film Bullitt from 1968, and the rarely seen 1967 British film Robbery, starring Stanley Baker. Click on the film’s title for more information and to buy tickets.

John (Dustin Hoffman) and Mary (Mia Farrow) meet for the first time at Maxwell's Plum, a New York singles bar, in 20th Century Fox's 'John and Mary' (1969), directed by Peter Yates.

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#52 – LITTLE FOCKERS, GULLIVER’S TRAVELS and RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE

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The hunters perpare to sell Santa Claus in 'Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale.'

Lately John and I have been favoring the “live” recording process (we go to a restaurant or coffee shop, find a table, set down the recorder and begin), in part because Skype can be, um … kinda problematic. And eating and drinking while talking comes easy to us. So for the time being we’re sticking with it. Live recording, that is. And eating and drinking, which I’m told is helpful.

Again this week we recorded the show at Panera Bread, next to the AMC Fenway 10 theater in Boston. The films discussed are Little Fockers, Gulliver’s Travels and the Norweigan flick Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale.

Plus we offer our picks of the week. For me it’s Cyrus, I’m Still Here and Troll 2 on Blu-ray. For John it’s A&E’s Billy the Exterminator: Season One.

The total running time is about 1 hour.

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