Ruth and Jeff (and a very special guest) talk through four movies about magic: The Illusionist (2006), The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013), Now You See Me (2013), and Now You See Me 2 (2016). Did these magical movies cast a spell, or should they be locked in a safe with a defective escape mechanism and cast into the bottom of a lake forever?
Ruth and Jeff talk about 2001’s fashion-thriller-comedy, Zoolander, starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, and quote their way through most of the movie. Will this be a “cool story, Hansel,” or will the DVD “can’t not die in a freak gasoline fight accident”?
Ruth and Jeff review Michael Bay's 2007 special effects action-drama (with some LaBoeuf wit to season), Transformers , having recently watched it with their kids. Find out on this episode whether this was a good decision, or whether the trailers decepti-conned them into mis-remembering this movie as good. (Oh, that we could blame the trailers...)
Ruth and Jeff review a Marvel movie that came out before every movie became a Marvel movie: Fantastic Four. No, not the one that came out a few years ago. The other one. Will it be Fantastic? Or is it Doomed?
Ruth and Jeff review Sandra Bullock’s 2000 comedy, Miss Congeniality. Will it win the pageant or will it not even make Top 10?
Jeff and Ruth talk about the 2003 Christopher Guest mockumentary, A Mighty Wind. Will it be a kiss at the end of the rainbow, or will the mighty wind blow it away?
Jeff and Ruth talk about several boxes worth of DVDs they have sitting close enough to the official DVD binder to count, containing Seasons 1-4 of the TV crime procedural, Bones . Will they bury them again back in the binder like any good anthropologist/detective might do, or send them off to the morgue (as in the thrift store)?
Jeff and Ruth discuss Steven Spielberg’s 1991 flight of fantasy, Hook , starring everybody famous in the 90s. Will it learn how to fly back into the DVD case or be devoured by the crocodile of our recycling pile?
Ruth and Jeff discuss the first season of the Canadian comedy, Slings & Arrows. Set in a fictional Stratford, ON, this Showtime series from the early 2000s starred Paul Gross and several other semi-famous Canadian actors. Find out on this episode of the podcast whether a future where their DVD binder still contains this series is “to be, or not to be”?
Ruth and Jeff discuss producer and writer Lorne Michaels’s infamous masterpiece, Three Amigos. Will the DVD survive its encounter with the El Guapo of this podcast or will it ride off into the sunset and out of our house in the direction of Value Village? Also stay tuned for the moment where Ruth mistakes Driving Miss Daisy for a much older movie, and Jeff is right about Dan Ackroyd being in it, but wrong about him being in Driving Over Miss Daisy (that was John Ritter).
Ruth and Jeff discuss civilly (at first) the merits and demerits of Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin’s 1994 library propaganda/fantasy, The Pagemaster. Jeff nerds out on animation stuff and Ruth draws some lines — join us to see if it survives!
Jeff and Ruth discuss the 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ingenious Poirot mystery, Murder on the Orient Express. We may not be a jury of twelve, but we’re going to use every last one of our “little grey cells” to judge this DVD.
Ruth and Jeff discuss the classic Scottish sci-fi musical, Brigadoon. Will this majestic masterpiece vanish into the mists (i.e., the garbage can), or will it live to be rewatched again — and hopefully sooner than a century from now! (Sorry, lots of Brigadoon-centric references in that write-up!)
Ruth and Jeff discuss the celebrity-stacked and profanity-laced 1985 kid's adventure movie, The Goonies. Is this DVD going to stay in their treasure chest (aka DVD Binder), or does it need to walk the plank?
Ruth and Jeff discuss the special-effects-laden 1998 film, Pleasantville. Will their response be black-and-white, or will they have a more colourful reaction?
Ruth and Jeff discuss Whoopi Goldberg’s Catholic masterpiece, Sister Act (1992). Ain’t no river wide enough, baby, to keep us from watching this movie!
Ruth and Jeff discuss the first of Jason Statham's Transporter movies. Are they "transported," or does the movie grind to a halt? Find out this episode!
Ruth and Jeff discuss the 1981 special effects extravaganza, Clash of the Titans. Will they have to "release the Kraken" on this DVD, or will it be a keeper?
Ruth and Jeff discuss the 2004 made-for-tv movie, The Librarian, starring Noah Wyle. As usual, they debate whether or not this DVD is worth keeping.
