This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'Hamlet' (1948) and talk about...

https://tubitv.com/movies/100014849/hamlet

• Our personal history with the play
• How many movies get their titles from this story?
• Cutting out some of Ryan's favorite bits
• The OG brooding male hero
• Mandela effect on a famous line
• Some Oedipal leanings? Weird choice.
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'Lost Horizon' (1937)

https://tubitv.com/movies/658715/lost-horizon

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'The Trouble With Angels' (1966) and talk about...

• Ryan and I get to apply a little real-life understanding
• A 60's live-action Disney vibe, but it's not Disney
• Giving a story the space of years to watch gradual change
• The believability of the friendship
• Blending zany antics with heartfelt realism
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'Hamlet' (1948)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'The Bells of St. Mary's' (1945) and talk about...

• We were promised wacky conflict. Where is it?
• Was this supposed to be an anthology film?
• Ethical and moral weirdness
• Did we miss something here? Are there missing scenes?
• St. Bing.
• Doctor's advice: Become the next Typhoid Mary, or is it TB Mary Benedict?
• Negligence!
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'The Trouble With Angels' (1966)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'Road to Bali' (1952) and talk about..

• Crosby and Hope, that other comedy duo.
• The feel of great improvisational chemistry
• Why don't we have more of this kind of film?
• Keeping the plot lively 'till time runs out.
• Some of our favorite gems of silliness
• A truly horrifying reason for anyone to be attracted to Bob Hope
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'The Bells of St. Mary's' (1945)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'On Our Merry Way' (1948) and talk about...

• Our history with anthology films.
• Loony Tunes vibes
• Really bad instrument playing / faking
• Did you like that joke? Here it is again!
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'Road to Bali' (1952)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'High and Low' (1963) and talk about...

• Examining Japanese Shame/Honor culture and class conflict through 60's crime drama
• Kurosawa done as deep south drama? What are the possibilities?
• Making procedurals interesting. Comparisons to "Jigsaw" (1962)
• One scene that could be the basis for a whole other movie.
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'On Our Merry Way' (1948)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'Murder!' (1930) and talk about...

• Is Alfred Hitchcock overrated?
• Do you like a lot of talking and not much happening?
• We learn a new, unpleasant phrase used against people of mixed race.
• When the "check character motivation depth" light comes on
• When the shot matters more than the story
• Experimenting in the early days of 'talkies'
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'High and Low' (1963)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'Forbidden Planet' (1956) and talk about...

• A higher pedigree and lineage B-Movie
• The lore of "Robbie the Robot"
• Does the pedigree help it though?
• When the effects start superseding the story.
• A behind the scenes connection to Walt Disney animation
• Killing sympathy for the crew by making them pigs (no, not like in "the Odyssey")
• Who is the character of Altaira supposed to be?
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'Murder!' (1930)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'Fists of Fury' (1972) and talk about...

• What was the political situation in Shanghai?
• Were we expecting too much?
• Comparing the trajectory of Kung Fu films to Kaiju films
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'Forbidden Planet' (1956)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'Dead Ringer' (1964) and talk about...

• The "One Bad Day" template with an interesting twist
• When a downfall character arc starts too low.
• A small change that would make a big difference.
• Nothing to see here, no. No sloppy murder going on anywhere...
• Sooo many questions about the dead husband
• What about a version where we followed the investigators instead
• or a version that has Jim's character at the center
• Dog growling or whoopie-cushion fart? You decide.
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'Fists of Fury' (1972)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'How to Steal a Million' (1966) and talk about...

• Honorable mention to Hugh Griffith's eyebrows
• Busting at the seams with charisma
• Comparing Audrey Hepburn's on-screen relationships
• We officially join the Peter O'Toole fan club
• Blending the heist film with screwball comedy
• Comparing notes on some of our favorite points
• The icing on the cake that is the full-cast-buy-in
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'Dead Ringer' (1964)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'Hang 'Em High' (1968) and talk about...

https://tubitv.com/movies/100027256/hang-em-high

• Comparing / Contrasting with "Big Country"
• An early example of a morally complex western
• The depth added to the 'villains' and economy of dialog in developing them
• Questioning whether ends justify means
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'How to Steal a Million' (1966)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'The Big Country' (1958) and talk about...

• Starting with the best... Gregory Peck's "James McKay"
• The slow-burn western
• If a film like this really needs a shootout at the end.
• Ryan helps Justin understand that fight scene
• We beef about the supporting characters
• Need a longer movie or better use of screen time?
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'Hang 'Em High' (1968)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'A Raisin in the Sun' (1961) and talk about...

• Brilliant confined environment adaptation
• Not even nominated for best picture? What?!?!
• A remake starring Who?
• Seeking good things in bad ways
• Unexpected turns that lead to better endings
• Referencing Prometheus in connection with Walter
• The metaphorical use of the physical body of a deceased father
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'The Big Country' (1958)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into '13 Ghosts' (1960) and talk about...

• Intentionally funny or accidentally funny... hmmm
• It's the Wicked Witch of the West! Margaret Hamilton, ladies and gentlemen
• Why are characters surprised by things they already know
• The special relationship kid has with ghosts
• The questions posed by owning a "murder-bed"
• The better story about the kid and his ghosts
• A prime example of gimmick-led filmmaking
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'A Raisin in the Sun' (1961)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'Son of the Gods' (1930) and talk about...

• "you can't even tell he's Chinese" is not a great way to start your objection to racism
• apparently the solution to racism is "just be white"
• would Sam's 'friends' even speak a word for him if he didn't have gobs of money
• "with friends like these", as the saying goes...
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: '13 Ghosts' (1960)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'The Little Shop of Horrors' (1960) and talk about...

• Justin's sweet-spot of wierdness
• In a cast of oddballs, Jack Nicholson, stands out above them all - with only one scene
• Teasing the potential that the musical would bring out
• Roger Corman tells a story - a first!
• Protecting the integrity of your main character with accidental murder
• comparing at-length the musical version to the original
• did not see that ending coming
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'The White Reindeer' (1952)

We apologize for the mis-airing of the episode. Was supposed to release this a few weeks ago, but it got lost in the order sometime during editing. In any case, here it is!

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'Tarzan the Fearless' (1933) and talk about...

https://tubitv.com/movies/100054685/tarzan-the-fearless

• The look that says "Pepper-Spray Me"
• Should a hero be able to understand the difference between 'person' and 'thing'
• Why Mary? What happened to Jane?
• Everybody irrationally wants Mary.
• The sexism that almost obscures the racism
• The impossible task of making a movie by chopping up a serial
• Dude, you're no "Johnny Weissmuller"
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'Son of the Gods' (1930)

https://tubitv.com/movies/100045295/son-of-the-gods

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'A Night at the Opera' (1935) and talk about...

• The Marx Bros. as 'living cartoons'
• a multi-talented act
• masterful set-piece comedy
• integrating just enough story to connect the bits
• timing, timing, timing
• the natural human-ness of the Marx Brothers
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'Tarzan the Fearless' (1933)

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This week, Justin and Ryan dig into 'Intermezzo' (1939) and talk about...

• how this film's portrayal of infidelity could have been handled better
• the problems of cutting a romantic drama down to just over an hour of film time
• important scenes left out as 'implied' scenes
• the competition for worst-spouse award is neck-and-neck
• looking at the 'groomer' aspect
• hellllooo substitute family!
• a remake with Willie Nelson? Wut?
• how it should have ended
• Our Verdict
• Next week's film: 'A Night at the Opera' (1935)

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