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Rumble Fish

A real conflicting film today. Andrew absolutely loved it; while Daniel started the episode kind of liking it, but by the end clearly hated it. 45min (In hindsight, it was a good film but far to ‘Artistic’ for my liking – Daniel)

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Cop Land

Come listen to Daniel and Andrew discuss the many merits and detriments to today’s film. With a star-studded cast, is Daniel a little too harsh? 43 mins

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Uncut Gems

On today’s episode we look at the very well received Adam Sandler movie, Uncut Gems. A film depicting how addiction and some fairly poor decision making can lead to an awful situation. 43 mins NOTE: This episode is heavily edited due to several recording and technical issues. Sorry

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A Time to Kill

This week’s episode in which a radical shift in tone brings us an emotional legal drama about racism and potentially justifiable homicide. A quick disclaimer – Due to our recording schedule and backlog note that at the time of recording the controversy surrounding Kevin Spacey was not yet known to us, thus why it is…

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Sicario

Not sure what I was expecting but this wan’t it. A very powerful and rather bleak look at the War on Drugs. This film is about a principled FBIagent who is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutalMexican Drug Cartel. This film (and the episode) touches…

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Serpico

Serpico is one hell of a sad film as you get through it. It’s basically one mans consistent trials and tribulations through his time in the NYPD. All he wants is to be an honest Cop, but back in the early 1970’s that wasn’t an easy task. Sorry about the poor audio quality, we are…

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8mm

Following a run of episodes devoted to films we’ve both rather enjoyed, we thought it was high time we saw a film with no significant redeeming features for us both to get good and grouchy at as a pallette-cleanser. What’s that you say? A sleazy, sordid little crime thriller starring Nic Cage from the director…

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The Shawshank Redemption

If you go to pretty much any popular list like “100 greatest movies” or “Movies to watch before you die”, you are fairly likelyto find this movie in the top 10. This film is incredibly popular and for good reason too. An entrancing story, wonderful characters, and brilliant cast is topped of by narration by…

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The Taking of Pelham 123

We turn the clock back this episode for a look at a vintage 70s thriller, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Though you might be familiar with the mediocre Travolta/Washington remake from a few years back, this original is a taut, fast paced hostage-situation potboiler that serves equally well as a time capsule of…

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Blue Ruin

On this week’s Two Friends Watch, Andrew picks one of his favourite films of 2014 – the tough, bleak anti-revenge thriller Blue Ruin, the product of a successful Kickstarter campaign that would seem to vindicate crowdfunding as a means of supporting the arts. We’re both looking forward to what director Jeremy Saulnier has cooking next….

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