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Archive for August 2010

Summer Oscars

Posted in film, movies on Aug 25th, 2010 Comments

Joe and Chris give out their awards for the best -- and worst -- that summer 2010 had to offer.

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The future of video

Posted in film, movies on Aug 16th, 2010 Comments

In this week's show, Joe and Chris yap about the future of video. Sales and rentals of Blu-ray and DVD discs are trending down, while downloaded and on-demand movies are through the roof.

Will the future continue to be dominated by discs, or will streamed/downloaded flicks prevail?

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Beta male badasses

Posted in film, movies on Aug 11th, 2010 Comments

Back in the 1980s, movies heroes were muscle-bound, super-confident alpha males -- Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Van Damme. Nowadays even superheroes are more likely to be wimpy outcasts like Peter Parker and Michael Cera.

What gives?

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Crappy actors who made good

Posted in film, movies on Aug 4th, 2010 Comments

Sometimes actors improve with age, like Mark Wahlberg. In this week's show, Joe and Chris talk about bad actors who turned it around and become watchable.

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