This weekend on Episode 131, we’ll be talking about both The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Joel Ederton’s The Gift. With the release of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. last week, for our poll this week, what is your favorite movie based on a TV series? You may have noticed that we left off a few notable ones, such as Star Trek. We left off Star Trek as there are too many to consider, and the real movie based on the show was Star Trek: The Motion Picture, not the best of the bunch if you ask us.
That said, what is your favorite film based on a TV series? Vote now!
This week on the InSession Film Podcast, we discuss the N.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton. Music biopics have been around for quite some time and despite some stigma’s behind them, it’s a genre that has seem some great films over the years. So for this week’s top 3, we strapped on a guitar and came up with some great films to talk about.
That being said, what music biopics would make your list? Here are the one’s that made ours (Keep in mind we all have different criteria for our lists as well):
JD
1) Amadeus
2) Walk the Line
3) Ray
Richard
1) Amadeus
2) I’m Not There
3) The Doors
Honorable Mentions (Combined) Sid and Nancy, What’s Love Got To Do With It
Hopefully you guys enjoyed our lists and if you agree or disagree with us, let us know in the comment section below. As I mentioned on the show a few times, there’s a lot of this genre I’m not as familiar with, meaning we left a lot of films in this genre on the table. That being said, what would be your Top 3? Leave a comment in the comment section or email us at [email protected].
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Warning: Because of the nature of this show, the music and video clips may contain uncut language we normally edit out.
This week on the InSession Film Podcast, Brendan takes the week off but we are joined by Richard Newby from Audiences Everywhere who joins us to discuss Straight Outta Compton, the N.W.A biopic taking the box office by storm. Going off of that, we also discuss our Top 3 music biopics and we start a new segment called Soundcheck, talking our favorite uses of music in film.
Huge thanks to Richard once again for joining us this week, who was an absolute wonderful guest filling in for Brendan. We had a lot of fun with this show and hopefully you enjoy our new music segment! Also, don’t miss our latest Extra Film where we discuss Woody Allen’s Irrational Man and The Stanford Prison Experiment.
Anyway, check out this week’s show and let us know what you think in the comment section. Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting of the InSession Film Podcast!
– Top 3 Music Biopics (35:03)
Music biopics have been around for quite some time and despite some stigma’s behind them, it’s a genre that has seem some great films over the years. So for this week’s top 3, we strapped on a guitar and came up with some great films to talk about. That being said, what would be your Top 3?
– Soundcheck (57:33)
This week we started a new segment called Soundcheck, where we discuss some of our favorite uses of music in film. We didn’t limit this to just score, but rather any piece of music used in the film.
Main Review – The Gift / The Man from UNCLE
Top 3 – Movie Stalkers
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This week on the InSession Film Podcast: Extra Film segment, we review Woody Allen’s Irrational Man starring one of our favorites Joaquin Phoenix and the always adorable Emma Stone. And we also take a look into the psychological study that was The Stanford Prison Experiment.
No guest this week but we have some pretty intriguing conversation on these two indies that came out this month. We go a little long and we apologize for that, but we promise it’s quality film discussion. Don’t forget to vote on our latest poll too, asking for your favorite music biopic!
Anyway, have fun listening to this week’s Extra Film segment and let us know what you think in the comment section below. Hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!
– Irrational man Movie Review (7:12) Grades
JD: B+
Brendan: B
– The Stanford Prison Experiment Movie Review (36:29) Grades
JD: A-
Brendan: B
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This week for our InSession Film Podcast: Bonus Content, we had some more to say about the new Fantastic Four movie as well as Josh Trank and his issues with Fox. Check it out!
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This weekend on Episode 130 we’ll be discussing the NWA biopic, Straight Outta Compton. So for our poll this week, we’re simply asking, what is your favorite music biopics? I think Inside Llewyn Davis should count as a music biopic, but Brendan says it’s not eligible being “fiction” or whatever. At any rate, let us know what your favorite music biopic is in the poll below!
This week on the InSession Film Podcast, we talk a lot about the mess of Fox’s new Fantastic Four, which of course features some interesting characters with some well-known superpowers. And who wouldn’t want to have a superpower? The idea of being able to fly or read people’s minds is endlessly fascinating and it’s fun to think about how it would change our lives in the real world. So, going off of our discussion of Fantastic Four, we decided to talk about our favorite superpowers that we’d like to have that we’ve seen used in film.
That being said, what superpowers would make your list? Here are the one’s that made ours (Keep in mind we all have different criteria for our lists as well):
JD
1) Web-Slinging
2) Batman’s Wealth
3) Shrinking Powers (Ant-Man) / Powers of The Avatar (The Last Airbender)
Brendan
1) Telepathy
2) Iron Man’s Intelligence
3) Being Unbreakable (Unbreakable)
Brian
1) Batman’s Disappearing Act
2) Groot
3) Telepathy
Hopefully you guys enjoyed our lists and if you agree or disagree with us, let us know in the comment section below. Clearly there are a lot more superpowers that you could want that we didn’t have a chance to talk about. That being said, what would be your Top 3? Leave a comment in the comment section or email us at [email protected].
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This week on the InSession Film Podcast, Paul and Brian from the Blokebusters Podcast join us once again as we discuss Fox’s disaster that is Fantastic Four as well as our top 3 superpowers in film. We also have another edition of rants and raves that was really exceptional and a lot of fun.
Huge thanks once again to Paul and Brian who were fantastic guests and very funny on the show. Their show is really good and one we’d definitely recommend. We had some great banter during this week’s Top 3 and Rants and Raves segments especially. Also, don’t miss our latest Extra Film where we discuss Vacation and Paper Towns!
Anyway, check out this week’s show and let us know what you think in the comment section. Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting of the InSession Film Podcast!
– Fantastic Four Movie Review (7:22) Grades
JD: C-
Brendan: C-
Paul: C-
Brian: D
– Top 3 Superpowers (41:54)
Who wouldn’t want to have a superpower? The idea of being able to fly or read people’s minds is endlessly fascinating and it’s fun to think about how it would change our lives in the real world. So, going off of our discussion of Fantastic Four, we decided to talk about our favorite superpowers that we’d like to have that we’ve seen used in film. That being said, what would be your Top 3?
– Rants and Raves (1:21:08)
This week we have another edition of Rants and Raves, where we take a film related topic and either rant about it or discuss why we are happy.
Main Review – Straight Outta Compton
Top 3 – Music Biopics
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This week on the InSession Film Podcast: Extra Film segment, comedian Brent Allen joins us to discuss Vacation, the sequel/reboot of the 80’s classic as well as Paper Towns, the latest John Green novel adapted for the big screen.
Big thanks once again to Brent Allen, who we love having on the show. He’s always phenomenal when he’s on the show and it was nice to finally get him on to talk about a comedy. Also, don’t miss Episode 128 where we discuss Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and our favorite 90’s action movies!
Anyway, have fun listening to this week’s Extra Film segment and let us know what you think in the comment section below. Hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!
– Vacation Movie Review (7:47) Grades
JD: F
Brendan: N/A
Brent: C-
– Paper Towns Movie Review (29:17) Grades
JD: B-
Brendan: B-
Brent: C+
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As we lead up to Fox’s new Fantastic Four film coming out this weekend, we wanted to look at other Marvel films that aren’t in the MCU. While some have not been very good, there are some that stand out as really great films. Last year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past comes to mind as well as Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2, which I’d argue is one of the best superhero films we’ve seen yet.
At any rate, what is your favorite Marvel film not featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Vote now!
This week on the InSession Film Podcast, we take a look back at the great ole decade of the 1990’s. And when you think of film in the 90’s, it’s hard not to think about the action genre. While many may consider the 80’s to be the best decade for action, the 90’s was no slouch and had it’s fair share of greatness. And since Mission: Impossible came out in the mid-90’s, we figured it’d be a great topic of conversation this week.
That being said, what 90’s action movies would make your list? Here are the one’s that made ours (Keep in mind we all have different criteria for our lists as well):
JD
1) Point Break
2) The Rock
3) Mulan – Don’t worry, I explain.
Honorable Mentions (Combined) The Matrix, Bad Boys, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Die Hard with a Vengeance, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Goldeneye, The Last Boy Scout
Hopefully you guys enjoyed our lists and if you agree or disagree with us, let us know in the comment section below. Depending on your criteria, you’ll certainly have a lot more to choose from within the genre and clearly we only scratched the surface. That being said, what would be your Top 3? Leave a comment in the comment section or email us at [email protected].
This week on the InSession Film Podcast, Michael from Back Seat Viewer joins us to discuss Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, the latest film starring Tom Cruise hanging off of the side of an airplane. We also talk about our favorite 90’s action movies and we feature another InSession Film Showdown, this time pinning Ethan Hunt vs James Bond.
Anyway, check out this week’s show and let us know what you think in the comment section. Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting of the InSession Film Podcast!
– Top 3 1990’s Action Movies (44:34)
When you think of film in the 90’s, it’s hard not to think about the action genre. While many may consider the 80’s to be the best decade for action, the 90’s was no slouch and had it’s fair share of greatness. And since Mission: Impossible came out in the mid-90’s, we figured it’d be a great topic of conversation this week. That being said, what would be your Top 3?
– InSession Film Showdown (10:03)
This week for our InSession Film Showdown, we feature a matchup between Ethan Hunt and James Bond. These two have a lot in common but what is it that separates the winner here? Well, we argue and debate it in this segment.
Main Review – Fantastic Four
Top 3 – Superpowers in Movies
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This week on the InSession Film Podcast: Extra Film segment, Michael Denniston from the War Machine vs War Horse podcast joins us once again to help us review two new indies out over the last couple of weeks, The Overnight and The Wolfpack.
Mike is super great and we love having him on the show. Go check out War Machine Horse, it’s a wonderful show that we listen to every week. Also, don’t miss our latest main show where we talk about Jake Gyllenhaal and Southpaw!
Anyway, have fun listening to this week’s Extra Film segment and let us know what you think in the comment section below. Hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!
– The Overnight Movie Review (7:47) Grades
JD: B
Brendan: B+
Michael: B
– The Wolfpack Movie Review (29:17) Grades
JD: B+
Brendan: B-
Michael: B
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I am a firm believer that people come into your life for a reason and whether it’s a lesson, blessing or a damn headache. Quentin ( Nat Wolff) is a safeguarded High School senior who always does things by the book. Quentin plans to attend Duke with hopes of becoming a doctor. Quentin has lived next store to Margo Roth Spiegelman (Cara Delevingne) since he was 9. The first time he laid eyes on her; she became his shining light on a darkened day, too bad she never knew it.
Quentin’s century was made one night when Margo recruits him to help her play mischievous pranks on the friends who betrayed her. Margo introduces Quentin to several things that day, but the most important is Paper Towns. Margo vanishes over the next few days, and Quentin enlists the help of his friends Ben (Austin Abrams) and Radar (Justice Smith) to help him piece the together the clues Margo left him.
Paper Towns is based on the novel by John Green ( The Fault in our Stars), not as emotionally invested as his former film but this is still an excellent film. Paper Towns delivers a heartfelt story about love and friendship, backed by excellent performances by Wolff and Delevinge.
Paper Towns is a movie you have to be in the mood for, just as you would need to be in the mood to eat a whole bucket of Ice Cream by yourself watching Downtown Abbey. Paper Towns is a slow-moving film that’s filled with heavy dialogue, but screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber tell the story in a way that relates to us in some way or another.
As good as this film is there are several huge problems with it, and it all has to do with the high-schoolers having free rein to do whatever the hell they want. Margo can just disappear like a welfare check, The kids can just leave school and travel by themselves over 1,200 miles away in the middle of the night. I know Florida has the weirdest things happen, so in the scope of the film this makes sense.
Paper Towns is on my Top 10 list of best films of 2015 so far, and if you are a fan of The Fault in Our Stars you will love this one Paper Towns has terrific young leads.
For our poll this week, as we lead up to Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation this weekend, we are talking about Tom Cruise. There are a lot of options to choose from, certainly, but we focused on the films where he is unquestionably the lead star and of course some of his best work as well.
All that being said, what is your favorite Tom Cruise film?
In Hollywood, there seems to be an obsession with boxing where two competitors usually face-off in a battle that’s bigger than the sport. The problem with all this films is that the plot is pretty much the same. Southpaw is the latest film that puts Jake Gyllenhaal in the squared circle. Southpaw has all the same boxing clichés that you would expect: the fall, the comeback, the climactic fight. The main draw for this film to me was Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams. Jake Gyllenhaal has owned every role he has done as of late, especially in NightCrawler. McAdams to me can do no wrong.
Billy Hope (Gyllenhaal) who after winning the World Light Heavyweight Championship gets advised by his wife Maureen ( McAdams) that it’s time to hang it up. Hope is challenged by an upcoming boxer named Miguel “Magic” Escobar but he refuses as he wants to respect his wife’s wishes. Tragedy leaves everything taken from Hope, and he will need to raise again to reclaim his family and his status.
This film is maybe six boxing films too late to be a top 10 film because it’s very predictable and puts the focus in the wrong places. One place they could have put more focus on was the relationship between Hope and his daughter Leila (Oona Laurence). The moments with them were easily the best moments of the film and showed Hope as a man first and not a fighter.
Director Antonie Fuqua (The Equalizer) along with cinematographer Mauro Fiore (The Equalizer) again do a fantastic job of making the film’s four fights thrilling and entertaining. The opening bout starts off like an HBO-style fight where we rarely get an up close view of the fighters. The last fight, however, we get an intimate viewing of Gyllenhaal’s mean mug, and I love it.
The thing that saves this film is Gyllenhaal’s performance. Gyllenhaal’s eccentric presence, awareness, and self-indulging behavior dance circles around Kurt Sutter script. McAdams, I love you girl, but that accent needs to go like away like bad breath.
Southpaw is a recommended if you like boxing films or if you are a fan of Gyllenhaal’s work.
You can also listen to our review of Southpaw on Episode 127!
This week on the InSession Film Podcast, we discussed the latest boxing film starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Southpaw. And if you’re a fan of sports movies, then you’ll know there are some pretty powerful scenes in this genre, some that are uplifting and some that we just didn’t see coming. We personally love sports as well as movies, so this top 3 was a lot of fun to discuss and gave us some goosebumps along the way.
That being said, what sports movie scenes would make your list? Here are the one’s that made ours (Keep in mind we all have different criteria for our lists as well):
JD
1) Court Room Scene – Mystery, Alaska
2) Coach Yoast Sideline Speech – Remember the Titans
3) Ending Scene – Rocky
Brendan
1) Coach Gary Gaines Halftime Speech – Friday Night Lights
2) Casino / Hotel Scene – Warrior
3) Running with the People – Rocky II
Steve
1) Billy’s Dunk – White Men Can’t Jump
2) Rudy on the Field – Rudy
3) Hospital Scene with Adrian – Rocky II
Honorable Mentions (Combined)
More scenes from: Field of Dreams, Major League, Million Dollar Baby, Hoop Dreams, Miracle, Seabiscuit, Cool Runnings, Rush
Hopefully you guys enjoyed our lists and if you agree or disagree with us, let us know in the comment section below. By the time this post goes live, we’ve already received comments for tons of options we left on the table for this top 3. Clearly there’s a lot of other movies and scenes we didn’t get a chance to discuss. That being said, what would be your Top 3? Leave a comment in the comment section or email us at [email protected].
