We get to talkin' 'bout... Funimation's new Blu-ray restoration/upgrade of "DragonBall Z: Level 1:1" Mr. JJ Abrams' "Super 8" ... which is lookin' super sweet on Blu-ray The super low-budget, Roxbury, MA-filmed horror flick "The House of the Damned” (1966) The Robert Altman-produced drama "Welcome to L.A." (1976) Disney's "Prep and Landing" on DVD Gabriel Iglesias: Fluffy's Back 2 disc set from Comedy Central The Sy Fy Channels' "Being Human" The new "Toy Story" short film "Small Fry," which is ...
Nov 24, 2011•27 min
In this episode, full-time movie reviewers and part-time film critics Steve Head and John Black discuss 'The Descendants' and 'The Muppets.' And then there's the other topics: That whole 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn: Part 1' thing; 'The Color Wheel' at the ArtsEmerson Paramount; NBC reboots 'The Munsters;' and Sergio Leone's 'Duck, You Sucker' and 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' at the Harvard Film Archive. Email us at contact[at]post-movie.net http://www.post-movie.net is where all the other stuff...
Nov 21, 2011•48 min
Directors Dennis Dugan's (in actuality, Adam Sandler directed it) 'Jack and Jill,' and Tarsem Singh's 'Immortals' get the full review treatment. We also discuss new DVD and Blu-ray releases including: 'Darker Than Black,' 'Toy Story' on 3D Blu-ray, 'West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Edition,' Criterion's release of Ingemar Bergman's 'Fanny and Alexander' and The Asylum's 'Three Musketeers' and more! Leave us a review on iTunes (because it's morally the right thing to do). Visit us online at post...
Nov 13, 2011•1 hr 1 min
Directors Brett Ratner's Tower Heist,' Todd Strauss-Schulson's 'A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas,' and Lars Von Trier's 'Melancholia' get the full review treatment. Topics also discussed... Steve raspy voice due to his 'Spooky World: The Fear at Fenway' gigWhat's playing at the Coolidge Corner Theater in November'The Tobolowski Files' coming to The Brattle Theater in Harvard Square (Nov. 11th -13th) Leave us a review on iTunes (because it's morally the right thing to do). Visit us online a...
Nov 07, 2011•1 hr 10 min
We discuss new Blu-ray and DVD releases including: 'Captain America: The First Avenger,' Jewel Staite's 'Mothman' the 'Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy,' 1957's 'Valerie,' 'Earth's Mightiest Heroes: The Avengers' Volumes 3 and 4, 'The Howling: Reborn,' William Shatner's documentary 'The Captains,' 'Page One: Inside the New York Times,' Kevin Smiths 'Red State' and Disney's 'Winne the Pooh.' http://www.post-movie.net is where it all happens.
Nov 02, 2011•50 min
Directors Paul W.S. Anderson's 'The Three Musketeers,' Sean Durkin's 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' and Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman's 'Paranormal Activity 3' get the full review treatment. Topics also discussed... John's theory art house film overflow: The Sundace Effect Sergio Leone's films at the Harvard Film Archive, particularly 'Once Upon a Time in America on Nov. 5th John Wayne and Kirk Douglas' 'The War Wagon' (1967) Why thrillers and horror films desperately need more humor The strange re...
Oct 23, 2011•43 min
We discuss new DVD and Blu-ray releases including: 'Scared Shrekless,' 'Monte Carlo,' 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,' 'The Tree of Life,' 'Phase 7,' 'A Better Life,' 'Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginings' and 'The People vs. George Lucas.' And Steve gets a little ranty with the 'Star Wars' issues. http://www.post-movie.net is where it all happens.
Oct 18, 2011•33 min
Directors David Frankel's 'The Big Year' and Matthijs van Heijningen Jr's 'The Thing' receive the full review treatment.What's more, John and Steve talk about ... - Having directors John Boorman ('The General') and Tom Tykwer ('Run Lola Run') get upset with them- Trying to forget 'The Human Centipede: Full Sequence'- What's at The Brattle on Halloween: 'White Zombie' with a Live Score by The Volcano Kings (Oct 31)- What's coming to The Harvard Film Archive: 'The Legend of Taylor Mead' (Oct 21-24...
Oct 17, 2011•44 min
New on video store shelves and up for extensive discussion in this episode is... Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) and Jackie Brown (1997) on Blu-ray - Both films making their debut on blu-ray, with Pulp Fiction getting a little extra love in the form of newly produced special features: New Interviews with the Cast and a Critic's Retrospective on the Movie's Place in Film History with Elvis Mitchel and Scott Foundas. The Honeymooners: Lost Episodes 1951-1957 - The Complete Restored Series ...
Oct 11, 2011•37 min
Shawn Levy's 'Real Steel' and George Clooney's 'The Ides of March' get the full-on review treatment.Also on tap ... - I recommend 'Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone,' which is now playing in New York and L.A.- John recomends 'The Hollies: Look Through Any Window,' which is new to DVD- I'm inspired to take a stand for journalists before Boston's 'Real Steel' screeningLet us know what you think of the show! Send us an email at contact@post-movie.netLeave us a review on iTunes (because it's ...
Oct 09, 2011•45 min
New Blu-ray and DVD releases are reviewed.Noted titles ...Poltergeist 2 (MGM)Manhunter (MGM)Hannibal (MGM)Robocop 2 (MGM)The Last House on the Left: Special Edition (MGM)And titles discussed at length...Friday the 13th: The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)The Sophia Loren Collection (Kino Loerber)Beauty and the Beast 5-disc Set 3D (Disney)The Lion King 4-disc Set 3D (Disney)Carolos (The Criterion Collection)Les Cousins (The Criterion Collection)Going Postal (NTI)Master of the World (MGM Limited E...
Oct 07, 2011•1 hr 8 min
Directors Jonathan Levine's '50/50' and Mark Mylod's 'What's Your Number?' get the full-on review treatment.Other subjects discuessed, particularly ... what's happening at The Coolidge Corner Theater (Coolidge.org) ...- The forthcoming film 'Blackthorn'- 'Jimmy Tingle's America' at the Brattle Oct 7-9- IFFBoston award winner 'Litterock' at ArtsEmerson's Paramount Theater Oct 7-9- More about the Stephen King flicks at the Coolidge Corner Theater this monthApologies for the hissy audio quality of ...
Oct 03, 2011•44 min
Bennet Miller's 'Moneyball' and Gary McKendry's 'Killer Elite' get the full-on review treatment.Other subjects discussed, particularly ... what's happening at The Coolidge Corner Theater (Coolidge.org) ...- 'Tucker and Dale vs Evil' at midnight- Diggin' 'The French Connection' in 35mm- Stephen King adaptations- The strangeness of Kevin Smith's 'Red State'- And John implores everyone to see 'A Dolphin's Tale' ... but NOT in 3-DLet us know what you think of the show! Send us an email at contact@po...
Sep 26, 2011•49 min
Rod Laurie's 'Straw Dogs' and Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Drive' get the full review treatment.Other areas traversed...- 'Rolling Thunder' at midnight and the latest Q&A ever at the Coolidge.- 'Sophie's Key' and a film introducer's worst nightmare- 'The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training' actually and deservedly gets honored- 'Dr. Detroit' and Dan Aykroyd at his best (yes, there was a time)- Recalling the '80s films of Chevy Chase- What's up with Boston's Stuart Street Theater?Let us know what ...
Sep 20, 2011•50 min
New Blu-ray and DVD releases are reviewed, including- 'Scarface: Limited Edition' (dir. Brian De Palma, 1983) on Blu-ray - 'Straw Dogs: The Unrated Version' (dir. Sam Peckinpah, 1971) on Blu-ray- 'Trainspotting' (dir. Danny Boyle, 1996) on Blu-ray- 'If....' (dir. Lindsay Anderson, 1969) on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection- 'Disco Worms' (2011) on DVDOther valued concerns ... - Get on over to The Coolidge Corner Theater and see 'The Debit' starring Helen Mirren!- John tells of the strangenes...
Sep 16, 2011•28 min
Steven Soderbergh's 'Contagion' and Gavin O'Connor's 'Warrior' get the full review treatment.Other areas traversed... - The Harvard Film Archive's 'American Punk' series ruled, like way seriously.- Matt Damon is a great leading man because he's a great character actor.- 'Suburbia' in 35mm is a trip.- Sonny Chiba needs his own retrospective at Harvard.- Eating during a movie can be exceptionally disruptive; sometimes as much as talking or texting.- Gweneth Paltrow is a good sport. How can you not...
Sep 13, 2011•35 min
Steve Head and John Black turn their attion to the new Blu-ray & DVD releases: Secret Sunshine, Nikita, The Perfect Host, Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy, Rebirth, If a Tree Falls, Meek's Cutoff, and The Best of Jack Benny. John asks, How amusing are those Lucky Strike cigarrette ads during The Jack Benny Show? And Steve remembers Elke, the cat from The Towering Inferno.Let us know what you think of the show! Send us an email at contact@post-movie.netVisit us online at post-movie.ne...
Sep 09, 20110
Directors David R. Ellis' "Shark Night 3D" and David Robert Mitchell's "Myth of the American Sleepover" get the full review treatment.John and I also discuss the slate of films playing this month at the Brattle, The Coolidge Corner Theater, and the Harvard Film Archive; "Class of 1984," "The French Connection," and the films of Woody Allen. Let us know what you think of the show! Send us an email at contact@post-movie.net Visit us online at post-movie.net
Sep 03, 2011•39 min
Inspired by an obnoxious "texter," Steve Head and John Black discuss what should be done to stop cell phone users during movies, and the protocol for booting these selfish, incosiderate jerks (particularly texters!) from a theater. We're at our wit's end. These people must go.Receiving the full film review treatment is Guilermo del Toro's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and the comedy Our Idiot Brother, starring Paul Rudd.Also up for discussion is the new documentary Chasing Madoff, and the new home...
Aug 28, 2011•1 hr 6 min
Steve is impressed by the 'Life on Mars - Full motion-capture viewing experience with audio commentary' feature on Disney's Mars Needs Moms Blu-ray, and John finds the Conan the Barbarian remake to be one of the most trying theatrical experiences of the year. Fright Night and Attack the Block get the full review treatment. Plus the new Blu-ray releases of Top Gun and Stanley Kubrick's The Killing and The Killer's Kiss are discussed. Follow us online at post-movie.net Questions or comments about ...
Aug 20, 2011•48 min
Steve learns how to use the new recording equipment, and John marvels at the use of 3D in Final Destination 5 and Fright Night. 30 Minutes or Less gets the full review treatment. We also discuss Disney's Blu-ray release of The Fox and the Hound and the weirdness of The Frankenstein Syndrome. Post-Movie.net is the place. contact@post-movie.net is the way to reach us.
Aug 13, 2011•42 min
Continuing our weekly adventures in moviegoing... Steve recounts his over-the-handlebars bicycle accident on the way to see Rise of the Planet of the Apes; and John survives a 32-hour marathon of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Film critic Peg Aloi of The Boston Phoenix joins us as we discuss Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Change-Up and director Lone Scherfig's One Day. Plus new home video releases The Big Lebowski on Blu-ray, Disney's Mars Needs Moms and Rio. Follow us online at Post-Mov...
Aug 06, 2011•1 hr 14 min
Continuing their weekly adventures in moviegoing (actually, it's daily) ... Steve explains how he hurt himself entering Lowe’s Boston Common, and how he didn’t have the guts to tell two very large black fellas to stop talking during a screening of Cowboys & Aliens . John explains why he walked out of the blurry Smurfs press screening, then reconsidered.Films discussed ... Cowboys & Aliens , Crazy, Stupid, Love , The Smurfs and Another Earth. New home video releases discussed ... Ken Loac...
Aug 02, 2011•50 min
Joining John Black and Steve Head again is Bob Chipman, a.k.a. MovieBob and The Game Overthinker, and contributor to Escapist Magazine. This time it's all about Captain America: The First Avenger ... one damn good movie! For our picks of the week, we discuss the new home video releaes: Take Me Home Tonight , Limitless , the Roger Corman Sword & Sorcery 2-DVD set from Shout! Factory, and Dangerous Babes , a new 12-film collection from Mill Creek Entertainment.Spoiler Alert: In our Captain Ame...
Jul 23, 2011•1 hr 16 min
Joining John Black and Steve Head again this week is Eagle Tribune film critic Greg Vellante. They discuss this week's, scratch that, this year's most eagerly anticipated film ... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 . Also up for discussion is the film opening opposite Mr. Potter's, Winnie the Pooh . Plus our picks of the week: Criterion's release of director Mike Leigh's Naked (1993), Rango , The Warrior's Way , Season of the Witch (mind you, only Steve recomends this one), The Making ...
Jul 16, 2011•1 hr 3 min
Recently recorded in Boston, film critic John Black participated in a roundtable interview with actress/singer Selena Gomez, whose new film Monte Carlo is now playing nationwide. Visit the Post-Movie Podcast online at Post-Movie.netIntro music by Stereo Soul Future (stereosoulfuture.com)Follow Steve on Twitter at twitter.com/steveheadQuestions? Email us at contact@post-movie.net
Jul 13, 2011•21 min
Can't say we didn't warn you. But then, we all know what to expect from Michael Bay, right? So John and I endured the mega-mechanical CGI onslaught of Transformers: Dark of the Moon . All 156 minutes of it. Do we really have to explain why this is such a giant chunk of Hasbro-mash, you might ask? Sure, the movie is critic proof, but it's our job. And we will not shy away from it. We might cower and squirm in pain.Beyond that, the energizing act of eviscerating a movie is fun, and Michael Bay is ...
Jun 29, 2011•52 min
Joining John Black and Steve Head this week is film critic Greg Vellante. Greg writes for the Eagle Tribune, a New England daily. And you can find all of his reviews at GregVellante.com. This week they lament Pixar's dive into cold commercialism with Cars 2 . Sure, Cars was Pixar's arguably least well received film. And, at least by Pixar's standards, it did alright at the box office. But the real money here is in its merchandising. It's billions, people. Billions. We also discuss the new Camero...
Jun 27, 2011•49 min
Bob Chipman (a.k.a. MovieBob and The Game Overthinker, and contributor to Escapist Magazine) joins film critics John Black and Steve Head again this week to discuss the new Warner Bros./DC Comics offering: Green Lantern . Again it all leads to 135-minutes of wrath and bewilderment.John, Steve and Bob also discuss the new Jim Carey family comedy, Mr. Popper's Penguins . Plus the new Blu-ray releases of Funimations Dancing in the Vampire Bund , the Coen Brother's True Grit , and the 1979 musical H...
Jun 19, 2011•1 hr 35 min
Film critic Brett Michel (The Boston Phoenix and the Boston Herald) joins Steve Head and John Black to discuss J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg's nostalgic fantasy adventure Super 8 . They also attempt to figure out Terrence Malick's Palme d'Or winner The Tree of Lif e, which is now playing at The Coolidge Corner Theater and Kendal Square.For our Picks of the Week, Steve explain why United Artists' Harry in Your Pocket (1973), starring James Coburn and Michael Sarrazin, is worth checking out. An...
Jun 13, 2011•42 min
