Two Friends Watch
Django Unchained
Although violent, gory, and at times repulsive, this is one fantastic movie.Quentin Tarantino pulls another classic out of the bag with this wonderful story about two fairly odd characters facing a culture of racism, violence, and unrest. There really is little we could find wrong with this film; a strong stomach is recommended though. 38…
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Cinema Paradiso
Tonight we tackle a perennial favourite of international film, the French/Italian co-production Cinema Paradiso. A bildungsroman dealing with the adolescence of a boy growing up in a small Italian village in the wake of World War 2, Daniel was enraptured by the sweet coming-of-age tale, and correspondingly frustrated by Andrew’s rather cooler response. 36 mins
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The Dark Crystal
On our sudden Jim Henson themed run we look at the rather odd and not particularly great “The Dark Crystal”. One of the first all-puppet-no-people films to hit the big screen. While it does have some good points they are seriously overshadowed by some major failings throughout. 26 mins
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The Blood on Satan's Claw
Happy Halloween, everyone! We’ve got a especially spooky episode for you tonight – we take a look back at a vintage piece of British folk horror, Tigon Productions’ The Blood on Satan’s Claw from 1970. Despite having some terrific performances, production values and atmosphere to spare (as well as possibly the most metal title in…
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Blowout
On this week’s episode we take a look at one of the most acclaimed films in the corpus of Brian De Palma, and one of the films that best encapsultes his highly energetic directorial style in a tribute to Hitchcock and Antonioni. Daniel says he finds the plot dull, causing Andrew to just about blow…
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil
RIP Gene Wilder, if we had to pick any film to honour your memory it wouldn’t have been this. This was an odd movie, it had one joke that it told in 50 different ways. Some of those ways were funny, many were not. 24 mins
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Foxy Brown
This week, in the interest of expanding our horizons, we take a look at a key film in a genre neither of us have much experience in: ’70s Blaxploitation! In spite of the crudity and prurience of 1974’s Foxy Brown, we both found ourselves having a thoroughly good time with it, due in no small…
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Titanic
On the 15th of April 1912 the RMS Titanic sank on her maiden voyage to New York. 85 years and $200 million later, James Cameron (with a fantastic team) created the best Romantic-Disaster film based on the same ship. This film held the Box office gross record for 12 years before beingsupplanted by James Cameron’s…
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Southpaw
This week, at the request of Andrew’s Dad, we take a look at Southpaw, the boxing film that set the internet all aquiver when it saw how shredded Jake Gyllenhaal had suddenly gotten. It’s well-executed and compelling stuff, assuming you’ve never seen a boxing movie before (which, apparently, Daniel hasn’t, so he was enthralled). 38…
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Baahubali: The Beginning