Showing posts with label John Cusack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Cusack. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

CLVIII: Licorice Pizza, Con Air Deep Dive

 Recorded - 1/9/2022

On this episode of the Almost Sideways Movie Podcast, we review one of our most anticipated 2021 films before deep diving our first 2022 anniversary film.  Here are the highlights:
  • What We've Been Watching
    • Todd Review: Steve-O Bucket List Tour (7:30)
    • Zach Review: The Tender Bar (11:30)
    • Terry Reviews: Chasing Ice Oscar Review, The King's Man (14:00)
  • Featured Review: Licorice Pizza (19:50)
  • 25th Anniversary Deep Dive: Con Air
    • Trivia (36:10)
    • First Impressions (51:20)
    • Mt. Rushmore: Movie Men with Shoulder-Length Hair (1:04:20)
    • Recasting Con Air (1:12:40)
    • Highest WAR, Worst Performance, Minor Character (1:31:20)
    • Stickman, Douchebag, Best Scene, Sequel (1:42:00)
    • Gripes & Conspiracies (1:55:00)
    • MVP, LVP, Quote of the Day (2:00:20)



Thursday, May 27, 2021

CXXVII: Supernova, High Fidelity

 Recorded - 5/23/21

On this episode of the Almost Sideways Movie Podcast, our three hosts (Terry Plucknett, Zach Saltz, Todd Plucknett) discuss a forgotten film from this last awards race that just debuted on Hulu before we review a classic 2000 film that helped make top 5 lists cool.  Here are the highlights:
  • What We've Been Watching
    • Todd's Cager Review: Season of the Witch (6:00)
    • Terry's Oscar Review: Fried Green Tomatoes (10:30)
      • Other Review: The Mitchells vs. the Machines
    • Zach's Criterion Review: Down by Law (17:10)
  • Featured Review: Supernova (23:20)
  • Deep Dive: High Fidelity
    • Trivia (34:00)
    • Initial Thoughts - Is Todd really secretly Dick? (46:40)
    • Mt. Rushmore - Chicago Films & Recasting (59:30)
    • Highest WAR, Worst Performance, Best Minor Character (1:18:00)
    • Stickman, Douchebag, Best Scene (1:30:50)
    • If There Was a Sequel, Gripes, and Conspiracies (1:38:00)
    • LVP, MVP, Quote of the Day (1:52:30)