You know what's a good film? Ben Stiller's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. In this episode we talk about it, as well as the original it is a remake of, writing our own sitcom, high school politics, 4k players, upcoming Halloween, and the sickness.
Yes folks, we are going to go through the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, and what better way to start than with the movie that started it all, Iron Man (2008) and it's sequel Iron Man 2 (2010). Does the original still hold up? Is the sequel as bad as everyone makes it out to be? All this and more answered on this premier episode of our MCU series.
We discuss some of those non-blockbusters, unsung heroes, under appreciated films that we think the world should have a second look at.
To mark the second year of the podcast we are returning to our namesake. Instead of just a regular podcast we are recording while watching the movie so you can watch along with us! Cue up the film to just after the 20th Century Fox fanfare, and we'll count in when to play. We hope you enjoy, we know we did. Commentary starts at 00:12:15
We celebrate our 52nd episode, marking one full year of releasing weekly podcasts, by doing what we do second best: talk about movies. ... The thing that we do best is watch movies.
We tackle 1995's Goldeneye, jump to the 1hour mark to hear the movie discussion vs us just yelling about star ratings. Special guest Evan joins us once again.
We got to see Christopher Nolan's Tenet and share our thoughts on his latest mind-bending thriller. Is this the return to cinema we need right now, or is it trying to be too clever for its own good? We'll let you know in our spoiler-free discussion. Spoilers start at 1:25:00.
We discuss Orson Welles' Citizen Kane and what makes the greatest films great. Show start 6:20 mark.
There are been a lot of great science fiction films in the past 10 years. But what exactly is Science Fiction? We debate what actually counts, list off a few of our favourites, and some others that aren't as great as we'd like them to be. Some notable titles are: Interstellar, The Martian, Ex Machina, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, Under The Skin, and take a deeper dive into Passengers (2016).
This week we go back to the early 2000's and revisit Peter Jackson's masterpiece The Lord of the Rings. We tackle all three films having just recently watched them all in a marathon session. Our good friend Evan joins us once again. Normal episode start at 6:55.
We welcome back our good friend Steve, and discuss a load of films new and old including but not limited to, The Old Guard, Zero Dark Thirty, Kingsmen, Dolemite is my nam, Spencer Confidential, One Week, Greyhoud, My Neighbour Totoro, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Crystal Skull, Zodiac, Noah, Road House, Galaxy Quest, The Far Country, Homeward Bound, Casino Royale, and the War of the Worlds (1953).
We love movies. We love owning movies. We love owning physical copies of movies. And we love talking about physical media. On this weeks episode we discuss the size and sorting of our collections, where our collections began, our favourite pieces, boutique releases, the future of physical media, streaming services, and get an expert opinion on what makes physical media so great. Featuring special guest Aaron DelMonte of Think Cinema.
We go back to our beloved 1990's and take a look at Martin Campbell's The Mask of Zorro and the 2005 sequel The Legend of Zorro.
We go more recent this week and take a look at Chris Hemsworth's new Netflix Original movie Extraction , written by Joe Russo, and directorial debut from Avengers stunt coordinator Sam Hargrave. Since it's pretty new (April 24, 2020) we save some spoiler discussion for the end, so have a listen whether you've seen it or not!
We go deep into Christopher Nolans Dark Knight Trilogy with special guest and Batman expert Evan. Join us as we discuss and debate these films while doing our best Bane impressions.
Get it? Because we're talking about what we watched in MAY... and it's our 40TH episode? Ironically, we did not watch any Star Wars.
This week we tackle Volcano and Dante's Peak. Tommy Lee Jones vs Pierce Brosnan, LA vs some place in Colorado. Things get hot.
We watched it so you don't have to, yes we are referring to 2000's Battlefield Earth staring John Travolta, Barry Pepper and Forest Whitaker. Is it as bad as everyone says? Yes it is. Join us as we do a deep dive into this dumpster fire. Do you want lunch?
Nathan had never seen 1997's The Fifth Element, and after watching it he found it bared quite the resemblance to 2017's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which Adam had never seen. And wouldn't you know it, they're both directed by Luc Besson. This was originally going to be two separate episodes, but to due to some technical difficulties, and a bit of convenience, you get this extra special double feature episode!
We go through the career of one of our favourite directors, Steven Spielberg. If we have time we'll even do a very special Line of Sight exclusive Q&A with him.
This week we go deep into Steven Spielberg's holocaust film Schindler's list. Its amazing, the movie that is, this episode is just pretty good.
Quarantine has us a bit on the silly side. As we continue to podcast from our separate homes, we catch up with what we watched in April including a bunch of boat movies, Werner Herzog films, back to back sequels, Prince of Egypt, Netflix and Disney+, and get back into arguing over Aquaman.
This week in honour of Corona, lockdown, self isolating, pandemic, social distancing, incubation period, physical distancing, Covid-19, coronavirus, #doyourpart, quarantine, flattening the curve, symptomatic, community spread, herd immunity etc we discuss Prison movies with a very special guest, Brad. Don't worry Brad is recording and we also dip into the Greatest Showman, Star Wars Star Trek and of course Passover.
Have you ever had a perfect 3 course meal? You start with a surprisingly great appetizer full of flavour that did just as it's name implies: it appetized you. You think it can't get much better than that, but then they bring out the entré, and against all odds it was just as good as the first course. Now some time has passed, you've had this food sitting in your belly for a while, and they're about to bring you your dessert. Do you really need this dessert? Is it going to ruin a good thing? You'...
Here at Line of Sight we tackle life's big questions. In this week's episode we go back to the year 1999 and do a deep dive into Star Wars Episode I the Phantom Menace. Who is this phantom and why is he so menacing? Tune in to find out. This week we are joined by our first guest on the show Mr. Steve Howard, a self proclaimed expert on menace type personalities. I hope you will join us. Initial thoughts at first then the actual debate starts at 1:01:45ish.
Everyone needs a pick-me-up every now and then, now more than ever. Rather than focusing on the bad, let's focus on all the good in the world. The movies that make us feel warm and fuzzy inside. In our inaugural "Skype-cast" we share the movies we love that will get you through isolation with a smile on your face.
You know what's weird? Twins. You know what's even weirder? When two movies with the same general plot/premise come out within the same year. Since we're in the end times, we might as well start off with two "rock from space is going to end the world" movies released in 1998: Armageddon and Deep Impact.
This episode we discuss what we have been watching the last few months. In order of appearance Space Camp, Double Indemnity, China Town, The Tree of Life, Super Girl, Rain Man, Say Anything, Network, Leap Year, The Darkest Hour, So I Married an Axe Murderer, King Pin, The Flintstones, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Rocky 2, Assault on Precent 13, Wine Country, Quiz Show, The Meg, Spencer Confidential, and Another Earth.
This week the we finally get to answering listener emails. No topic if off limits. Tune in for our wisdom on all things film related. Should you date a person with poor taste in film? How do you watch? Favourite actors? And of course physical media?
Better late than never, we discuss some movies that we finally got around to seeing in January and February, the Oscars, and we solve sexism for the world. You're welcome. As usual we really hit our stride around 2 hours in...
