The famiglia gathers at the request of our resident Italian, to pay homage to the quintessential Italian-American crime drama. Yes, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Francis Ford Coppola directed adaptation of Mario Puzo‘s 1969 crime novel – The Godfather. The Godfather tells the story of the Corleone family, one of the five…
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Back from the dead, just in time for Halloween, the group reunites to watch the 1987 horror classic – Hellraiser. Written and directed by Clive Barker based on his novella series The Hellbound Heart This film introduces one of the horror genre’s most iconic villains, Pinhead or “Lead Cenobite” as the character is credited. The group discusses fashion in the S&M…
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In the series finale, the gang discusses another cult classic – Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Forest Whitaker stars as Ghost Dog, a hitman in the employ of the Mafia, who follows the ancient code of the samurai found in the Hagakure.
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On this week’s release, our season two finale, episode 12, we are watching the Quentin Tarantino written/Tony Scott directed 1993 classic, True Romance starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette. On this episode we geek out on our love of Tarantino’s work, we gush about Arnold’s Google-like memory, and we discuss how Gary Oldman’s character proves…
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This week, the gang watches the 1999 cult classic ‘The Boondock Saints‘ starring Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, and Billy Connolly. Written and Directed by Troy Duffy, ‘The Boondock Saints’ tells the story of two Irish Catholic brothers (Flanery & Reedus) commanded by God to wipe out the crime lords of Boston. A…
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This week we discuss the 2015 film “Steve Jobs“. Starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Jeff Daniels, and Seth Rogen. Directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin. “Steve Jobs” recounts the moments before three pivotal product launches in Apple/Steve Jobs’ history, centering on the late Steve Jobs and his complicated relationship with his estranged…
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In this episode we breakdown the un-iconic, masturbatory, Warren Beatty vanity project that is “Dick Tracy”. The film stars Beatty in the titular role, Al Pacino as the over-the-top, mustache-twirling villain and Madonna, the wife of a director who apparently never showed her how to act her way out of a paper bag. In this…
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While Justin launches his streaming career, the rest of the gang takes on Aaron Sorkin’s dramatized biopic – The Social Network. We discuss whether Mark Zuckerberg is actually an android wearing human skin, reminisce on our first social media profiles, a few of us think we may be on the spectrum, and Arnold tells us…
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