Adam and Matty start of this week’s Filmspotting exercising their psychic powers in their review of The Men Who Stare at Goats.  Unfortunately, both of the guys agree that the film doesn’t live up to its brilliant premise, the story of an Army unit infused with paranormal abilities. Adam says that the last thirty minutes played like the writer (Peter Straughan) had no idea how to end the film.  The film is sufficiently star-studded, but Ewan MacGregor’s character is entirely unbelievable and George Clooney’s great performance isn’t nearly enough to save Goats.

Farewell My Concubine marks the second film in Filmspotting’s Cannes Golden Palm Marathon and the show closes out with the top 5 movies of 1999, which include The Matrix, Three Kings, and Being John Malkovich.  Adam and Matty also managed to rope in the guys from FlickChart.com (an addictive tool for ranking your favorite movies) to get their aggregated list of great films of the end of the last century.

:13-11:25 – Review: “The Men Who Stare at Goats”
Music: Crown City Rockers, “Break”
12:16-16:48 – Massacre Theatre (Winner: J. Medeiros)
16:49-22:51 – CPR Event, Polls
22:52-36:28 – Cannes #2: “Farewell My Concubine”
Music: Crown City Rockers, “Go Away”
37:210-43:59 – New DVDs / Donations
44:00-1:05:23 – Top 5: Films of 1999
1:05:24-1:15:59 – Flickchart Interview
1:16:00-1:19:22 – Close / Next Show

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