There are no two words in the English language more harmful than "good job".This week we look at the powerful teacher and student relationship at play in Whiplash. Then, our 4th installment of the music docs fest with Scorsese's No Direction Home. Finally, our top 5 teachers and students. Thanks for listening.
As a matter of fact dawg, here's a pencil, go home, write some s**t, make it suspenseful; and don't come back 'til somethin' dope hits you. F**k it, you can take the mic home wit' you. This week we explore the stories of two Detroit City Poets. First is Curtis Hanson's karate kid but rapping story 8 Mile. Then, the third installment of our music Documentary festival, Searching For Sugarman. Finally, our top 5 original songs from a film. Send in feedback!
I'm black and I'm proud! This week we revisit the Alan Parker R & B classic, The Commitments. Then our second installment of the music documentary series, the Beatles documentary Let It Be. Finally, some listener feedback. If you have a second, go rate us and leave a review on itunes! Thanks for listening.
The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool. This week, we travel back to the 1970s to hear some amazing music and meet some incredible people. First, we delve into Cameron Crowe's love letter to rock and roll, Almost Famous. Then, we get into the first of our Music Documentary Festival with 20 Feet From Stardom. Finally, our top 5 streaming music movies. Thanks for listening! We would love some feedback!...
You always believe in other people, but that's easy. Sooner or later, you gotta believe in yourself, too, because that's what growing up is. It's becoming who you want to be. You have to try. This week we are joined by our buddy Gavin Sheehan, podcast producer and blogger extrodinaire! We review the 2011 revival of the Muppets, as well as the final installment of our Robert Zemeckis festival, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Enjoy!...
All is lost here, except for soul and body, that is, what's left of them, and a half day's ration. It's inexcusable really, I know that now. How it could have taken this long to admit that I'm not sure, but it did. This week we realize how much the ocean wants to kills us with two films. First, Robert Redford does a lot of doing, but not a lot of talking in All Is Lost. Then, Tom Hanks falls in love with a volleyball on an island in Cast Away. Finally, Sherlock misunderstands our Top 5 list. Enj...
Usually I follow the Judao-Christian ethic of "Thou shalt not kill". But, that's just me. This week, we travel back to the magical time of the 1990s to usher in Mike Myer's comedy mystery So I Married An Axe Murderer. then, our third installment of the Zemeckis festival, Romancing The Stone. Finally, our top 5 best worst couples. Thanks!...
One final thing I have to do... and then I'll be free of the past. This week it's all about mystery, murder and revenge! We start with Hitchcock's classic Vertigo, then dive into the second installment of our Robert Zemeckis festival with 2000's What Lies Beneath. Finally, our top 5 Movie Homage Scenes. Thanks for listening!
Face-eating, Jack? Is that some kind of a delicacy? This week, we head back to the pool to revisit Ron Howards 1985 classic Cocoon. Then, we begin our Zemeckis festival with 1995's Contact. Finally, we look at Alien movie cliches. Thanks for listening!
Lets go abroad. Somewhere we can be ourselves. This week we focus on Iran. First, a look at the seldom seen underground world of parties, drugs, and religious turmoil with 2011's Circumstance. Then, we end out the you should see this festival with 2011's A Separation. Finally, listener feedback. Thanks for listening!
After the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, I lost my memory. Now in order to remember, I am looking for those who can never forget. This week, we get into animated films about war. We start with 2008's documentary animation Waltz With Bashir. Next, the fourth installment of the You Should See This fest, Grave Of The Fireflies. Finally, our Top 5 Characters That Could Only Be Animated. Thanks for listening!...
You're not from here? Where are you from? This week we go beneath the surface to see what is really there with Johnathan Glazer's sci fi art film Under The Skin. Then, Palcher gives us a glimpse into his favorite from Sundance 2015. Thanks for listening!
Doc may not be a "Do-Gooder" but he's done good. This week we try to sort out the stoned strands of P.T. Anderson's latest weed hazy 70's noir tale, Inherent Vice. Then, we kick off the year with our Tops And Flops! Thanks for listening!
Well they can't all be winners, can they? This week, we take a time out from the festival to bring you the instant holiday classic, Bad Santa. See you next time!
My boy's wicked smart. This week, we delve into the world of therapy. First, we start with Gus Van Zant's masterpiece, Good Will Hunting. Then, our second installment in the You Should See This Festival, Short Term 12. Finally, our top 5 movie therapists. Thanks for listening!
When you're in the middle of a story, it isn't a story at all. It's only afterwards that it becomes anything like a story at all, when you're telling it to yourself or someone else. This week, reality and truth are blurred and the conventional narratives we depend on are blown away. We start with the 2012 Sarah Polley documentary Stories We Tell. Then, our first installment in the newest You Should See This festival, Life In A Day. Finally, our top 5 unconventional storytelling. Send us some fee...
I'm not dying yet. I have to kill quite a few men first. This week, we take a look at the western influenced Kurusawa film, Yojimbo. Then, it's our final installment of the film westival with The Outlaw Josie Wales. Finally, our top 5 loners. Thanks for listening!
Death has come to your little town, Sheriff. Now you can either ignore it, or you can help me to stop it. This week, for this spooky holiday, we revisit the classic John Carpenter Horror masterpiece, 1978's Halloween. Thanks for listening folks! We'll see you next week!
We're all just playing our parts now. This was written long before we got here. I'm at your command. This week, we get caught under the spell of the 2010 uber-realistic western, Meek's Cutoff. Then we get into our fourth installment of our Film Westival, The Searchers. Finally, our top 5 abduction movies.
This week, we bring you the interview Adam Palcher did with Bill Hader, Craig Johnson and Mark Heyman from the movie Skeleton Twins back during Sundance this past winter. Next week, we get back into the festival. Thanks for listening!
Don't get me wrong! I only want to kill you, or be killed by you. This week, it is all about the parody. Two great send ups of two similar genres. We start with 2004's Live action cartoon, Kung Fu Hustle, then get into the third installment of our Cinema Westival 2, Mel Brook's Blazing Saddles. Finally, Top 5 Directors Who Are In Need Of A Comeback! Thanks for listening....
I was different. The whole damn country was different. Everything would be different right now too if I'd been half as a paranoid as I am today. This week, we take a closer look at the lone gunmen who change history with a single bullet. We start with 1993's In the Line Of Fire, and then move on to the 2007 western The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford. Finally, we get into listener feedback....
Give me the strength to be what I was, and forgive me for what I am. This week, we match up Robert Rodriguez's classic revenge film, Desperado with the first in our film westival, Once Upon A Time In The West. Then, sadly, our thoughts on the life and death of one of our greatest comic actors.
Well, what am I supposed to do? You won't answer my calls, you change your number. I mean, I'm not gonna be ignored, Dan! Here we go, you guys! One of the weirdest match ups we have ever done! At first, it was supposed to be about infidelity, but then we mixed in the punishment review, so this episode is about....relationships? Maybe? Is that a stretch? At any rate, we throw together Adrian Lyne's terrifying Fatal Attraction with the last installment of the Woody Allen fest, Hannah and Her Siste...
This is gonna work. It's a movie, I'm a good guy. This has got to work! Oh, sh*t! I'm a comedy sidekick! IT'S NOT GONNA WORK! This week we break apart reality, the fourth wall, logic and then some! First, it is the 1993 action movie send-up with Last Action Hero. Then we get into the fourth installment of our Woody Allen festival, The Purple Rose Of Cairo. No Top 5 this week, sorry!...
It's showtime, Folks! This week, we dive headfirst into the messy world of production. We start with Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical world of All That Jazz, then it's time for the third installment of the Woody Allen festival with Bullets Over Broadway. Finally, our top 5 Behind The Scenes Movies.
This week, Palcher sits down with acclaimed documentary director, Joe Berlinger (Brother's Keeper, The Paradise Lost Trilogy) about his new documentary, Whitey, about James 'Whitey' Bulger, the notorious gangster. New episode next week, folks!
Look, Mommy! Dinosaurs! Aw, hell yeah! This week, ADMP goes full Kaiju!! Is that a euphamism for something? Anyways, we start with Gareth Edwards 2014 reboot of Godzilla. Then, it's Guillermo Del Toro's turn with 2013's Pacific Rim. Wait, that HAS to be a euphamism for something... Right?
Sometimes, in order to see the light, you have to risk the dark. This week we head into the future! First, the 2003 Speilberg dark fantasy, Minority Report. Then, our second installment of the Woody Allen festival with 1973's Sleeper. Finally, top 5 movie robots. Enjoy!
To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life. This week we leave the comfort of our safe little lives and see the world! Well, sort of. To kick off our Woody Allen festival, we pair up 2011's whimsical comedy Midnight In Paris with the new Ben Stiller comedy, The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty. Then, top 5 daydreamers. Plus, Sherlock's curmugeoned rant about the beloved new Lego movie....
