It’s May already, and that means it’s time for movies! Movies! MOVIES!!!
Blockbuster summer movies, that is - Tagline’s speciality, our forte if you will. The stakes are high; the budgets are gigantic; the tentpoles are massive. There’s all to play for. Who will win? Who will lose? Who will get fed to the lions? We’ll find out over the next few months as the Hollywood studios duke it out for your hard-earned time and money.
Up first, it’s the biggest three movies of the summer - and they’re all three-time winners. These box office behemoths stand astride the month of May like… three very hyped movies. We’re talking about Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. Are they worth your money? Are they worth their own budgets? And just how much might they make in US domestic gross receipts, anyway?
These questions and more (like, what would Empire Strikes Back have been like if Han Solo had been a creepy stalker?) are asked and answered in this, our greatest podcast yet. (No really. If you’re arriving for the first time, you totally want to download this, dude.)
We’ll be back for much more real soon, including our views on Spidey 3… in the meantime download, listen and enjoy. Drums, please….
Show #18 - Summer movies... three by three [31:59m]:
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With the sun shining down on good ol’ Blighty, and I don’t just mean in Danny Boyle’s new flick, you’d think we’d have no inclination to go sit inside for a couple of hours and watch movies. You’d be wrong!
This time out we’re talking Grindhouse, and how it’s flopping harder than a fat kid throwing themselves into the deep end. We’re talking Premiere magazine, and mourning its death. We’re talking The Forbidden Kingdom, even though we know nothing about it. And of course, we couldn’t let a podcast go by without mentioning Indy IV, or talking about random superhero flicks. (Although of course since this podcast has gone by, Shia “No, I’m not in Indy IV, honest” LaBeouf has actually ended up in the movie. Fo’ real.)
As for the movies we went to see, well there’s the much-hyped Sunshine, and much-discussed Days of Glory (aka, Indigènes). Are either up them up to snuff? Download and find out.
Music this time from the soundtrack to Clerks - a charming little ditty called Violent Mood Swings.
Show #17 - Grindhouse and Sunshine [45:16m]:
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Hard to come up with a witty headline when all you’ve got to work with is glistening pecs, Hollywood’s version of history, and a pun on a number. I suck. It’s the cold.
Back online after we’ve watched at least one movie between the two of us. We’re here for you despite the pressing needs of gardens overgrowing with weeds and colds that might get lesser podcasters down. But not us! We’re here to talk about the fanboy phenomenon that is 300, or Frank Miller’s 300 if you prefer, because it surely isn’t Zack Snyder’s.
That’s the big movie review along with plenty of news about Indiana Jones and the Movie We Can’t Shut Up About, Rodriguez and Tarantino’s Grindhouse and Danny Boyle’s epic-sci-fi attempt, Sunshine.
Music this time out is a brief blast from Harry Connick Jr. No really. He did this blues album. Two of them actually, although one of them was a concept album. What? He’s an actor too. There’s a connection, dammit.
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Show #16 - 300 minutes... okay, men [32:15m]:
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… I’m talking about V for Vendetta, of course, a movie which seems to think that stringing together words that begin with the letter ‘V’ makes for thought provoking dialogue. Don’t get me started! Just download and listen, and hear me go ‘off on one’ on a movie I was sure was going to be… well, you’ll hear.
Apart from that, we’ve got news! Reviews! And me doing a bad impression of Tom Cruise acting as a Nazi in Magnolia!
For the news, there’s more on casting for Indiana Jones and the… that would be telling; plenty of superhero stuff even when Al tells me to shut up about it; the much unneeded prequel to Escape from New York that might happen… and other random bits.
For your discerning moviegoing palate I also nibble on The Illusionist and then spit it right out, plus encourage you all to chow down on The Ice Harvest. With John Cusack. And Billy Bob Thornton. It’s a movie. It so was released in cinemas!
Music is again a clip from the opening title to The Firm by Dave Grusin. It’s light, somehow whimsical, yet funky with an undertone of serious. In other words, it’s all Tagline aspires to be.
Oh, and do tell us if you don’t like the filesize… okay? Bueller? Bueller…?
Show #15 - V for Very, Very Vocal [36:45m]:
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It’s about time we got around to reviewing a few movies, so… here we go with almost wall-to-wall (or end-to-end, if you prefer) reviews of flicks we have seen down the cinema. Erm, and on DVD.
As well as my views on Rocky Balboa - a flick now so old, it’s starting to look like Sly Stallone (Oh, the hilarity) we also talk about Dreamgirls, Hot Fuzz and French action flick / le parkour showcase, District 13 (aka Banlieue 13). Oh, and somewhere in there Al saw Children of Men on DVD.
All this, plus news on 300’s box office success, some talk about Indiana Jones 4 (again) and a brand-new, punchy reviews format devised by that mad genius, my brother Al.
Opening and closing music is a gentle ditty from The Firm by Dave Grusin - me likey. Tried a higher bitrate for this show and I think it sounds a bit better… do let us know if you object to the larger filesize. You know where to find us!
Show #14 - Overdue reviews [36:15m]:
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