More Than One Lesson

If you’re of the ever-growing variety of holiday movie-watcher who prefers sardonic wit and dark humor to sentiment and sap, or who prefers a bit of menace and violence to caroling or cookies, then top off the eggnog, because there’s a holiday treat in store.

Better Watch Out, a new film from director Chris Peckover (only his second feature), begins simply enough: responsible babysitter Ashley (Olivia DeJonge) is set to watch over 12-year-old Luke (Levi Miller) on Christmas Eve while his parents attend a party. This will be one of, if not THE last time, that Ashley will watch over Luke before she goes away to college and Luke wants things to be special. Unfortunately, the night is not long underway before it appears that someone may be trying to get into their home… if they aren’t already in.

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In this episode, John and Rich discuss Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger.

Listen to “Ep. 5 “Oh, no, aliens! Now it makes more sense!”” on Spreaker.

In this episode, Reed and Nathan discuss Henry Selick’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, produced by Tim Burton

In this episode, John and Jeff discuss Kenneth Branaugh’s Thor!

Listen to “Ep. 4 “I would sit in church thinking about Ocarina of Time”” on Spreaker.

In this episode, Reed and Nathan discuss Tim Burton’s Batman Returns.

“Greetings, my friend. You are interested in the unknown. The mysterious. The unexplainable. That is why you are here. And now for the first time, we are bringing you the full story of what happened. We are giving you all the evidence, based only on the secret testimony of the miserable souls who survived this terrifying ordeal. The incidents, places… My friend, we cannot keep this a secret any longer. Can your heart stand the shocking facts of the true story of…” the making of The Room?

Leading up to the release of The Disaster Artist, James Franco’s comedic account of the making of the 21^st century’s truest bona fide cult movie The Room, many have understandably drawn comparisons to Tim Burton’s masterpiece Ed Wood. Like Ed Wood, The Disaster Artist seems to say to us out of the gate, “Look, we know that you know it didn’t really happen like this, but this is how it should have happened, so let’s just have some fun” (though in many ways it would appear that the true story was even stranger than what we see here). Also just like Ed Wood, The Disaster Artist benefits greatly from this approach.

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In this episode, John and Andy discuss Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2.

Listen to “Ep. 3 “If I was going to learn a language, it would be Elvish”” on Spreaker.

In this episode, Reed and Nathan discuss Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands.

In this episode, John and Chris discuss Louis Leterrier’s The Incredible Hulk.

Listen to “Ep. 2 “I want a William Shatner Bobblehead”” on Spreaker.

In this episode, Reed and Nathan discuss the second season of Stranger Things.