#213: The Fall / Kung Fu Panda / Man Who Fell to Earth / Top 5 Sydney Pollack Movies
From whirling dervishes to whirling red pandas…
Read More"The Flagship Film Podcast"
“The flagship film podcast” featuring in-depth reviews, top 5 lists and interviews.
From whirling dervishes to whirling red pandas…
Read MoreSlip on your Manolo Blahniks, lounge about in your best Dior, and hold onto your Louis Vutton Beverly Clutch as Filmspotting boldly goes where it's never gone before...
Read MoreDun-da-dun-daa, dun-da-daaa ...
Read More"A man distracted is a man defeated." How distracted were Adam and Matty by Ricky Jay and company's performances in "Redbelt?”
Read MoreThis week the boys decide which was more gut-wrenching: "Standard Op’s" vivid depictions of the Abu Ghraib atrocities, or being subjected to the Wachowski brothers big-screen adaptation of "Speed Racer."
Read MoreThis week... What is this Iron Man? A small arthouse documentary on the legendary heavy metal band Black Sabbath? The long awaited Cal Ripken biopic?
Read MoreMatty promises not to do his Michael Caine impression as long as Adam doesn't break out his Saffron Burrows.
Read MoreAdam and Matty ship off for an extended tour of duty with Ryan Phillippe as they discuss "Stop-Loss."
Read MoreWill Matty reject Michael Haneke's ultra-violent "Funny Games" and Gus Van Sant's languid "Paranoid Park," or revel in both?
Read MoreThe boys are back after a week off and ready to blow off some steam, fight the man, and storm the old Chicago Amphitheatre.
Read MoreFor all those who wondered what would have happened if Pete Best and Ringo Starr had performed with The Beatles at the same time, or if Dick York and Dick Sargent had appeared on "Bewitched" together, well, your wait is over.
Read MoreWhen they're walkin' down the street (yeah), and they see a little ghost (what)…
Read MoreAdam counts Woody Allen as one of his favorite directors; Matty, unfortunately, has not been able to muster much love for Woody's post-1994 canon -- "Curse of the Jade Scorpion," anyone?
Read MoreMatty and Adam give a "C'est bon!" to Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis."
Read MoreThis week your hosts travel to the apocalyptic near-future with lunchbox idols Justin Timberlake, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Read MoreAdam and Matty spend about as much time together on screen in "American Gangster," Ridley Scott's quasi-epic crime tale of real-life Harlem kingpin Frank Lucas, as stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe do.
Read MoreAdam and Matty review Sean Penn's latest film as writer/director, "Into the Wild."
Read MoreThere have been plenty of comedic fairy tales in the 20+ years since "The Princess Bride," but few have so taken their cue from that film's cocktail of magic, irreverence and sincerity as Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "Stardust."
Read MorePart one of Sam's interview with the man, the myth, the legend... Werner Herzog.
Read MoreSince its debut last March, Cinecast has spent roughly 200 hours at the movies. For this special 2005 Year in Review episode, Adam and Sam tried to distill all that cinematic input into an hour-long conversation ... and failed miserably. Your windbag hosts managed to talk long past the average length of a feature-length movie, so we decided -- at the last minute, naturally -- to split the show into two parts. Part II featuring Massacre Theatre and our Top 5 Movies of 2005 will be posted Friday.
In this installment, hear the first half of Cinecast's Best Movies of 2005, plus our picks for the Worst of 2005, the biggest Breakthroughs, Surprises and Cameos. Also, a quick look at "Vertigo" -- the 5th film in our six-week Hitchcock Marathon. We'll close out the Hitch Marathon next week with "Frenzy."
Music by Jude from the album "No One Is Really Beautiful" ... Cinecast theme music by Age of the Rifle.
Cinecast #70 (Part I)
:30-24:24 - Best of 2005: Top 6-10
24:25-29:23 - Worst of 2005: 'Overreaching'
Music: Jude, "I'm Sorry Now"
30:31-43:13 - Hitchcock #5: “Vertigo”
43:14-50:28 - Worst of 2005: Braindead Blockbusters & Sequels
50:29-1:01:59 - Surprises, Breakthroughs and Cameos
Music: Jude, "You Mama You"