Two Friends Watch
Chasing Amy
Taking a break from the testosterone-fuelled insanity of The Warriors last week, we change things up with a rather earnest and sentimental comedy, albeit one livened up by Kevin Smith’s trademark flair for vulgarity. We enjoyed Chasing Amy a lot, although some of its treatment of LGBT issues, which were perhaps more transgressive in 1997,…
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The Warriors
A classic of its time, The Warriorshad to contend with real gang violence during filming. Gang problems pursued the movie into the cinema with many gang going to watch the movie upon release and fighting other gangs inside the cinema. Although this movie really hasn’t aged well in certain aspects, it has stood the test…
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When Worlds Collide (1951)
On this week’s Two Friends Watch, we take a gander at the oldest film we’ve covered on the show to date: 1951’s George Pal-produced “When Worlds Collide.” Although very much a relic of its time and somewhat unreceptive to modern standards of criticism, we found there was some considerable entertainment value to be had. 46…
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Without a Paddle
I stumbled upon thismovie many years ago and although it has a few redeeming features overall it’s a bad movie. It centres around a group of three friends who go of on a wacky adventure to find some lost treasure. One can’t get a girlfriend, one can’t keep a girlfriend, and one can’t let go…
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The Hunt for Red October
On this week’s episode, we take a look at one on the best action thrillers ever to feature almost no action: 1990’s “The Hunt for Red October,” which may actually be the last time Sean Connery was cool. 38 mins
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The Mist
A fairly good horror film with a few minor let downs but overall fantastic. The film is full of little shout-outs to Stephen King and some great terror and fear throughout. 42 mins INTRO AND OUTRO “Pop Goes the Weasel” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Dance of Deception” Kevin…
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The Conformist
In an attempt to bring a dash of high culture to Two Friends Watch, Andrew elects to watch Bernardo Bertolucci’s famous anti-fascist classic The Conformist. It turns out we’re in over our head and neither of us have any idea what we’re on about – and we flail around for a while looking for something…
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Waterworld
A disaster of a film for everyone from the cast and crew to the directors and investors. Waterworld has long been considered a terrible movie for many reasons but Andrew and I work hard in this week’s episode to find the enjoyment and brilliance hidden deep within this movie. 42 mins
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A Separation
This week’s episode of Two Friends Watch: we tackle the 2011 drama from Iran that swept up accolades left and right, affording Iranian cinema a previously unprecedented level of exposure in the west. We both agree that although it begins slowly, it eventually reveals a compelling scenario of moral complexity and ambiguity, beautifully acted and…
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Happy Gilmore
A fairly straight forward film about a manic ex-hockey-player-wannabe who intimidates people at golf until he has enough money to save a house. 33mins
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Mandy