New Movie Mezzanine review! This time on Jaco Van Dormael’s ambitiously muddled sci-fi film about the infinite possibilities of ever decision. You’d think that would sound like a great, interesting sci-fi film, but you’d be dead wrong. Click here to read the full review.
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It’s Halloween! And nothing says Halloween like good scary movies! We go through a nice, well-rounded list of horror films. One that’s very gory, another that’s subtle and disturbing, and another that’s just completely, utterly batshit. Be afraid. BE VEEEWWWY AFWAAAAIIIID.
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EPISODE TIMELINE
(0:00) Maniac OST (by ROB)
(0:17) Intro to the Spooktacular Horrorthon
SPOOKTACULAR HORRORTHON FILMS
(6:22) Maniac
(20:56) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
(39:12) House (Hausu)
(1:18:43) Outro/Links
(1:20:17) House Main Theme
My latest Movie Mezzanine review is of this year’s controversial Palme d’Or winner, the lesbian drama Blue is the Warmest Color, which is as good as you’ve heard, though it could’ve been just a little better? Regardless, this is an incredibly engrossing drama that keeps hold of your attention for the entire 3 hour and 7 minute runtime. Click here to read my full review.
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The entire Movie Mezzanine team takes a gander at the entire filmography of one of our most prolific filmmakers, Ridley Scott. I contributed a few entries in the retrospective, as did many other talented writers. Click here to read the entire retrospective.
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JAM-PACKED episode this week! In which Alex and I discuss the latest release of Captain Phillips, the now-on-VOD Escape From Tomorrow, Telltale Games’ Walking Dead follow-up The Wolf Among Us, the latest Pokemon, the season premieres of Brooklyn Nine-Nine & American Horror Story: Coven, and also KINGDOM HEARTS. Just… KINGDOM HEARTS, you guys.
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EPISODE TIMELINE
(0:00) The Wolf Among Us Main Theme
(0:11) Intro Discussion
GAMES
(6:24) Rune Factory 4
(10:56) The Stanley Parable Demo
(16:49) Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD + General Kingdom Hearts Discussion
(31:23) Pokemon X & Y
(39:11) The Wolf Among Us
TV
(56:50) Brooklyn Nine-Nine
(1:01:53) American Horror Story: Coven
MOVIES
(1:12:01) Escape From Tomorrow
(1:38:54) Captain Phillips
(1:58:00) What’s Next Week?
(2:08:33) Marvel Casting News & Rumors
(2:11:49) Links
That History of Film thing is still going on at Movie Mezzanine! And as always, I contributed with my Top 10 of the decade. This time, we delved into the 70s, which many argue to be the best decade for film, and it was certainly tough to pick from a whole slew of incredible movies. Click here to read my Top 10, and many others from various great critics from around the internet.
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Fellow Movie Mezzanine writer Dan Schindel joins Alex and I on this week’s podcast, as we discuss Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, the potential of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, Upcoming releases, the end of Grand Theft Auto V, and other shenanigans.
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EPISODE TIMELINE
(0:00) Gravity OST by Steven Price
(0:56) Introduction & Special Guest Dan Schindel
GAMES
(4:26) Grand Theft Auto V
TV
(10:50) Orphan Black
(14:49) Masters of Sex
(16:52) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
MOVIES
(24:27) Enough Said
(30:38) Gravity
(52:44) Outro/Links
(54:06) What’s Coming Next Week
(1:05:40) Gravity OST
So how ’bout that Breaking bad, eh?
Finally back on schedule, we review some new games like Rockstar Games’ hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto V and Platinum Games’ The Wonderful 101, while also reviewing some movies. Movies of Yesterday (Prisoners, from 2 weeks ago), movies of Today (Don Jon, from last week), and movies of Tomorrow (Escape From Tomorrow, releasing next week on limited and VOD). There’s also some more talk of Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs! So fun times all around!
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EPISODE TIMELINE
(0:00) Skeletons by Stevie Wonder
(1:02) Breaking Bad Finale (NO Spoilers)
GAMES
(8:58) The Wonderful 101
(22:12) Grand Theft Auto V
(48:42) GTA Online
(53:37) Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs
MOVIES
(1:06:43) Escape From Tomorrow
(1:21:55) Prisoners
(1:37:42) Don Jon
(1:49:35) What’s Next Week?
(1:55:12) Links/Goodbyes
(1:57:05) Escape From Tomorrow OST by Abel Korzeniowski
I reviewed one of the most talked about films from the Sundance film festival: The Disney theme park-set black-and-white surrealist horror film, Escape From Tomorrow. Click here to read the review.
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SOME STUFF, I GUESS.
To listen to the episodes, click here for Episode 14 and Episode 15.
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EPISODE 14
(0:00) Becomes the Color by Emily Wells (Stoker OST)
(1:03) Intro
GAMES
(9:59) Splinter Cell Blacklist
(19:27) Outlast
(35:17) Saint’s Row IV
(40:14) Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (With SPOILERS)
MOVIES
(1:05:36) Stoker
(1:21:22) Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
(1:57:09) Outro/Links
(1:57:59) Cruel Angel’s Thesis (NGE Theme)
EPISODE 15
(0:00) Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs OST
(0:47) Intro
GAMES
(8:13) Amnesia: The Dark Descent
(21:45) Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs
TV
(47:06) Orphan Black
MOVIES
(52:56) No
(1:00:52) The Family
(1:07:26) Insidious: Chapter 2
(1:28:31) What’s Next Week
(1:31:00) Outro/Links
(1:33:08) Orphan Black Theme
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