In another trilogy driven episode, Dan Carver guides us on a journey into Middle-earth with a deep dive into Peter Jackson’s seminal works between 2001 and 2003. Oh, and Jack Smit’s along for the ride too.
Jack and his Journal production team are huge Back to the Future nerds. Naturally it would come up as a topic for Ripped Ticket. Join Jack and Dan for a look in to the past, present and future of one of Hollywood's finest franchises.
This week, Jack and Dan go in to the world of RoboCop, and why even after all these years, Paul Verhoeven's original film is still a cracking movie.
In the second of a two-part series opener, Jack and Dan take a good look at Netflix series Cobra Kai, how it continues the Miyagi-verse, and why it is a great example of how to reinvigorate a franchise that had been treated very poorly by its corporate overlords (yes, we're still not over Karate Kid 3, Next Karate Kid, and even the 2010 'reboot' with Jackie Chan).
As 'Lockdown 3: With A Vengeance' kicks in, Jack Smit and Dan Carver return with a brand new run of The Ripped Ticket Review, bigger, better and more independent than ever. This week, in the first of a two-part series opener, the boys tackle legendary franchise The Karate Kid, its sequels, and how it spawned a Netflix series we'll be looking at in next week's show.
Jack Smit and Dan Carver are once again joining forces to create a podcast. Series 2 of Ripped Ticket Review is coming, get ready for more deep dives into the good, the bad, and sometimes the ugly side of the most prolific movie stories in the industry. Follow the show on social media - Twitter is @Ripped_Ticket, and Facebook is @TheRippedTicketShow. The Ripped Ticket Review is a TheJackSmit Ventures production.
With the reopening of UK cinemas just days away, Jack and Dan bow out with a season finale about the man who Hollywood are touting as the director who can save the film industry from COVID-induced disaster - the one and only Christopher Nolan.
This week, the boys look at the art of the superhero movie- especially the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the movies that came before it, what exactly it got right compared to other superhero movies (looking at you DC), and how the genre has evolved both before and after Endgame.
A few weeks ago Jack binged on the entire first series of 1999 sitcom Spaced. It was the first time Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost had worked together. So this week, the boys discuss how two 7 episode runs resulted in the creation of the seminal Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End.
The year is 1979, and Jaws was looming large over the industry- naturally James Cameron pitched an idea to make a similar movie, but in space. What he also did was create the first badass female character in modern Hollywood. On this week's Ripped Ticket, Jack and Dan look at that film, and how Sigourney Weaver's work on Alien pioneered new archetypes.
On this week's Ripped Ticket, Jack and Dan delve deep in to Jean-Claude Van Damme's first film Bloodsport, and the disputed claims by Frank Dux that inspired the creation of the movie.
It's been the belief of our own Dan Carver for many years that Alex Proyas' 1994 movie The Crow is actually a gothic romance. Naturally it was only a matter of time before he told Jack Smit about his theory.
Dan knows his stuff about the world of video game films. Jack doesn't. So join the boys on this week's Ripped Ticket as they look at the work of the only film director who has had to shut a Kickstarter campaign down because people don't care about a third Rampage movie. And yes, he told the backers to go f**k themselves afterwards- true story.
Jack and Dan are huge fans of Tommy Wiseau’s disasterpiece that is The Room. But what makes it so enjoyable? Join the lads - with your spoons ready to throw - as they deconstruct the 2001 film that redefined the midnight screening for a new generation.
On this week's Ripped Ticket, Dan spotlights another 90s animation that really delivers the goods, Jack looks at how Hollywood is adapting its model to deal with the lack of cinema screens, and the lads realise that Tommy Wiseau's The Room is a better film than you think. Apologies for Jack's mic volume- new setups take a while to perfect. FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: @Ripped_Ticket Facebook: www.facebook.com/therippedticketshow
On the pilot episode of The Ripped Ticket Review, Jack is joined by fellow film nerd Dan Carver to discuss the best movies, TV and boxsets to binge while the world is shut down. FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: @Ripped_Ticket Facebook: www.facebook.com/therippedticketshow
