Dick Tracy

This week we did another random movie night. Sean chose the 1990 comic adaptation, Dick Tracy. This movie is much much MUCH different than we all remembered. Apparently you could get away with a lot in you PG film in 1990, even though there was a perfectly good PG-13 rating sitting right there for anyone to use. If you’ve not seen this movie, or not seen it lately, please do yourself a favor and seek it out. If you don’t have it handy, you might also watch Batman 89 and just imagine it with more colors.

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Director Spotlight: John Carpenter

On this very special director spotlight edition of COtR, the four of us break down almost the entire career of John Carpenter. The movies we love, the movies we hate, the movies that surprised us, and James Woods not being a very good actor…all of it is on the table. Is it possible that one of us doesn’t like one of Carpenter’s absolute classics? Is it possible this happens more than once? Yeah, I mean I probably wouldn’t have asked if the answer was no.

We hope everyone has safe, socially distanced, Halloween.

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West Wing Special & Utopia Season 1

We really couldn’t have picked two more different things to talk about this week. The cast of West Wing got back together for a special performance of one of their best episodes to raise awareness about the importance of voting in the upcoming election. As fans of the show, we were thrilled by this. Then we talk about Utopia, a show about a pandemic and the very worst that our society can be. As people living in a pandemic and seeing the very worst of society, this show was a gut punch.

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PG Horror (Replay)

Due to being a little under the weather, we were unable to record an episode for this week. So to tide you over until our next new episode, here is one of our favorites from a couple of years ago. We know that there are a lot of horror movies to be found in the world, but here are some of our favorite “family friendly-ish” ones. Though really, by the end of this, you may just start to worry about what used to be considered PG.

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3 Ninjas

This week we let Roy pick a movie for us to watch and record about. He chose the 1992 “class” “film” about “ninjas”…3 Ninjas. The classic debate arose, is this movie actually good or is nostalgia doing most of the heavy lifting. Sean assigned which ninja each of us would be with mixed results, while Roy comes to the realization that we watched some kind of much darker extended version of this movie. Good times all around.

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Deep Rising

We continue to try new things as theaters continue to stay closed. This week we started recording, picked a random movie, then paused the record while we watched. So what you’re hearing are the "driving home” thoughts that we had about the 1998 sci-fi monster flick, Deep Rising. Neither Roy or Sean knew what this movie was about at all, which only made the episode better. As we continue to throw everything against the wall, please let us know what you think works, and what doesn’t.

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Mulan

This week we talk about not one, but two different Mulan films, the 1998 animated version, and the new live action remake. Sean had never seen the original, so it is interesting to hear his take on what he liked and didn’t like, and how the new one stacks up to the original. Then, as a treat, you can listen and Drew loses his mind discussing the f****** trolls who want to use the phrase “Mary Sue” when it comes to this movie. Just what you were hoping for in a podcast where we also talk a lot about cartoons.

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This or That

We are trying something a little different this week. Instead of just talking about one movie, or a particular theme, we are answering a series of “this or that” questions where we pit two things against each other, and discuss why we’d choose one thing over the other. Just trying to come up with different idea, since we aren’t ready to go to a theater to see New Mutants. If you have any suggestions for show ideas, please let us know.

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DC Fandome

This week we discuss some of the news to come out of the DC event, DC Fandome. We can all agree that the name left something to be desired, but did Warner Bros give us enough new information to get us excited about Wonder Woman 84, The Batman, The Suicide Squad, and the Snyder cut of Justice League? We even dive into the first looks of some of the new video games being release from DC. So much on the horizon, so much of it looks dull.

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Bill & Ted Face the Music

The movie that we’ve all been waiting 29 year for has finally be gifted to the world. This is a franchise that has sparked many debates among us at COTR, with some loving them, others liking them, and maybe some people actively dislike them. So in the these crazy times, could Bill & Ted manage to build a bridge between our preconceived notions about this particular property? I mean…maybe? I guess you’ll just have to tune in and find out.

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Director Spotlight: John McTiernan

This week we bring you another Director Spotlight episode. For John McTiernan the highs were very high (Die Hard, Predator, The Hunt for Red October) but my god were his lows some of the absolute worst (13th Warrior, Rollerball). Join us as we discuss the complete works of someone we thought was a legend, only to discover that maybe he’s human, just like the rest of us.

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Palm Springs

If you’ve seen the trailer for Palm Springs it would be easy to compare it to other films that use time loops as a narrative device. Obviously everyone wants to make a comparison to Groundhog’s Day and just write it off as such. This romantic dramedy, starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti, is so much more than trailer lets on. So go and watch this movie on Hulu, and then come back and listen to this episode.

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The Vast of Night

Sometime, while we were all mostly stuck in our homes, a small science fiction movie was released on Amazon Prime called The Vast of Night. Sometimes the movies released in these crazy times feel more special than they are just because we are all desperate for anything new. Does The Vast of Night fall into this category, or is it actually a good, if not great, sci-fi entry. Guess you should probably listen to this episode to find out.

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Hamilton

Disney+ gave us all a treat this summer by releasing the stage production recording of Hamilton. There is no reason to leave you in suspense, we were all huge fans of this show before we saw it, and now we are even more impressed by this “once in a generation” show. So prepare yourselves, all we do is just gush about how much we love this musical.

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Pete Davidson Double Feature

This week we watch two movies featuring the SNL star, Pete Davidson. First we discuss the latest film from Judd Apatow, The King of Staten Island. In the vacuum COVID has created, this movie is one of the few “big” movies to be released. Next, we watched the lesser known (though maybe better movie) Big Time Adolescence. So sit back and relax as we try and channel some of Pete’s BDE for this week’s episode.

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The Old Guard

We took a couple of weeks off to prepare ourselves for the new Netflix action movie, The Old Guard. When the trailer first dropped, we responded with mixed levels of excitement. There’s a change that some minds were changed from what we thought this movie would be. We also catch up one what we’ve been doing, since we clearly haven’t been talking to each other.

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Movies We Share with Our Kids

This week on the show, we have two very special guests, Cathy and Matt McCabe. In honor of a new McCabe about to enter the world, we are discussing the movies they will pass onto their child. We also talk about many of our own experiences of watching movies when we were young.

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Jaws

Sometimes you use the 45th anniversary of a movie as an excuse to talk about one of your favorite movies. The OG summer blockbuster is just as good now as it was in 1975, but now also serves as tragic allegory for the world we live in now. So sit back, try to relax, and don’t go in the water.

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Artemis Fowl

Ooof, I don’t even know where to start with this one. Clearly Disney knew that this movie was in trouble by the fact that it was supposed to be released last summer. I know that when you spend over a hundred million dollars on a film, that you are kind of stuck with it, but even as a direct to Disney+ release, it feels cheap and unnecessary. Anyway, I hope I didn’t tip our hand too much on how we felt about this week’s movie, but figured you deserved to know the truth.

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Director Spotlight: Renny Harlin

We had so much fun doing the homework for this one. Even though we can't see each other yet, we watched 7 films from Renny Harlin together online, in what Roy named, The Renny-sance. That joke is the reason you have this extra long episode of COTR. Were all of the movies good? That depends on which of us you ask. Did someone get up and secretly walk to his neighbor’s house during one of the movies? It is certainly possible. Does Renny know how to blow shit up? You’re damn right he does.

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