This week’s /Filmcast begins with Devindra discussing some of the movies he’s been watching. Salt receives some positive feedback along with Centurion and The Pallbearer.
On the news front, Blockbuster’s impending bankruptcy stirs up a discussion about the company’s historically questionable decision making and the value of competition for Red Box and Netflix. Anime director Satoshi Kon passed away recently, and Devindra and Adam lament the loss of a great film maker in his prime. Looking ahead, the next installment in the Mission:...
Dave starts this episode with guns blazing, taking shots at Johnnie To’s Vengeance and the generosity American critics seem to show towards foreign films. Devindra then espouses his appreciation for Barking Dogs Never Bite (the first film by Bong Joon Ho). Futurama’s resurrection gets some examination – the consensus seems to be that despite an overall drop in quality as compared to the original incarnation, a few stellar episodes make it worth the effort.
In covering some news, a discussion develops regarding the new David Fincher movie...
Jeff Cannata of the Totally Rad Show joins the crew for this week’s episode of the /Filmcast, starting off with Sundance favorite Catfish. Devindra shares his impressions of Batman: Under the Red Hood, which axes the lighthearted approach to Batman and revives the heavier tone of The Animated Series or even Batman Beyond. He also highlights the new voice talent, which deviates from the typical Kevin Conroy/Mark Hamill pairing of Batman and Joker and adopts Bruce Greenwood and John Di Maggio.
The news segment is dominated by the recent remarks...
This week’s /Filmcast starts off with a little Party Down inspired “What We’ve Been Watching”, with Dave’s impressions of a series of live-action shorts on Adult Swim called Childrens Hospital which stars many Party Down actors. Devindra takes it yet another step farther, discussing his recent rewatching of Veronica Mars on Netflix Instant View and how well the series holds up over time. The segment closes out with Adam’s thoughts on the Blu-Ray version of Kick-Ass and its focus on Matthew Vaughn’s vision...
After a one-week hiatus due to Comic-Con, the /Filmcast returns to report their time there. However, things start off as usual with “What We’ve Been Watching”, which is largely dominated by recent films like Dinner for Schmucks and Sorcerer’s Apprentice as well as a fair amount of television. Devindra particularly weighs in on Covert Affairs, a new USA show produced by Doug Liman which channels shows like Alias except without the sci-fi elements.
The news segment is totally dominated by Comic-Con, with Russ beginning the conversation...
This week’s episode of the /Filmcast is all Inception, all the time. Before things start, Dave takes a quick moment to plug The Tobolowsky Files, which recently got aired on Seattle Public Radio. If you don’t listen to Dave’s other major podcasting venture, it’s definitely worth trying out.
The first half of the show is dedicated to the reviews from the regular /Filmcast crew, starting things off with Devindra. As a soundtrack-loving podcast, he quickly comments on the great score by Hans Zimmer, which he says never...
This week’s /Filmcast starts out with a followup to last week’s review of The Last Airbender. Guest C. Robert Cargill talks a little bit about the animated series which Shyamalan adapted, giving a little bit more context to the severity of the film’s review and insisting that the show could be a sci-fi/fantasy touchstone for a future generation. The What We’ve Been Watching segment wraps up with Adam’s thoughts on Despicable Me, which he thought was surprisingly entertaining yet ultimately underwhelming.
News is...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has recently hit Blu-Ray, DVD, and Netflix Instant Streaming and everyone got a chance to check it out, with Adam opening things up by praising the strength of a believable female lead character. Dave comments on the length of the film, which admirably follows the story through a full plot arc. Devindra gets a chance to speak on the faithfulness of the conversion from writing to film, which he feels David Fincher may do better in his upcoming remake.
News that Andrew Garfield is going to play Spider-Man in the...
This week’s /Filmcast starts off with Dave’s impressions of the Party Down Season 2 finale, which seems to have become the series finale. Everyone agrees that it is a good ending to both the season and series despite not wrapping up all of the loose ends. War of the Worlds gets a little bit of talk due to the Tom Cruise quotient in Knight and Day, which turns out being a lot more positive you might expect because the guys blame a lot of the film’s failure on audience backlash to Cruise.
News is a little thin this week, dominated...
Katey Rich joins the /Filmcast this week, starting things off by talking about her impressions of Cyrus, the latest from the Duplass Brothers. In a bit of a followup to last week’s review of Splice, Dave got a chance to check out Vincenzo Natali’s earlier film, Cypher. He enjoyed the movie and sets in stone his love for Natali’s full spread of work, especially with his praise of Cube in past episodes. Devindra reports in with a boatload of television, including a follow-up from his initial impressions on Spartacus that he...
The /Filmcast returns for a more typical episode this week, starting things off with Dave and Devindra’s impressions of The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie. Overall, they both agree that while the show’s individual episodes were always funny, a feature-length picture is simply too much. Rounding out the first segment is Devindra’s experiences with the season 2 finale of Fringe, which he dramatically declares to be better and more fulfilling than the Lost series finale.
The second segment is dominated by the two biggest piece...
Dan Eckman joins the /Filmcast this week, adding a little bit of spicy dissention while also promoting the DVD release of his film, Mystery Team. As always, the show starts off with What We’ve Been Watching, with Dave opening up discussion of the latest episode of Breaking Bad, which was directed by former guest and director Rian Johnson. Everyone agrees that the episode was great despite the fact that it didn’t drive the central plot very much. Most of this success was in fact due to Rian’s injection of much of his style...
Highly respected and professional director Rian Johnson joins the /Filmcast this week to the blaring sound of a banjo, appropriately marking the hundredth episode of this podcast. He dominates the What We’ve Been Watching segment, first discussing Cowboy Bebop and considering the possible quality of the planned live action adaptation starring Keanu Reeves. He then rains praise upon Exit Through The Gift Shop, a documentary covering the work of British graffiti artist Banksy.
The Rian Johnson love-train continues into the next segment,...
This week’s /Filmcast comes in a little bit shorter than usual, cutting a bit from the usually lengthy first segment. Devindra briefly hits on some of the films he saw at the Columbia University Film Festival before transitioning to Adam’s recent viewing of The Abyss. The film gets a ton of high praise from everyone on the show, though they all agree that the Director’s Cut is indisputably more worthy of viewing.
Bill Cordon has been confirmed as the director for Twilight: Breaking Dawn and he wrote a letter to Twilight fans...
