FOLLOWING FILMS

Episode 211 - Velvet Buzzsaw As we wait for the post-Oscar hangover to subside and for the 7-month long summer movie season to begin, we take a shot on the Netflix joint, Velvet Buzzsaw. Nightcrawler’s Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo reunite with writer/director Dan Gilroy to tackle the art industry and the sycophants that revolve around it. Head over to followingfilms.com and check out the episode. MOVIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK: Cold Pursuit, Polar, The Fast and the Furious, Clear and Present Danger, The Old Man & the Gun, Velvet Buzzsaw

On this episode we are joined by Brad from the  Movie Bears Podcast  to help tackle the elements found in the 2010 horror movie FROZEN and the somber Liam Neeson survival film THE GREY. But first Ben from  Cinematic For the People  joins for a filmgoing summit of new release EVEREST.

THE MAZE RUNNER has us trying to quickly escape the maze of LABYRINTH, and we get lost in debating which path to take in PRISONERS.  GUEST: Patrick McGill of Role Play Craft manages to find David Bowie and co-host Shane Conner equally offensive, which is a compliment to Shane.

On this episode we experience the triumph and tragedy of boxing... from the safe distance of a movie screen. New release SOUTHPAW inspires a trip to the movies with Karly from the podcasts That Pop This Life and Talking Shondaland, and we continue to talk boxing with two older films in FAT CITY challenging Best Picture winner MILLION DOLLAR BABY.

Episode 67 We are honored to be joined, once again, by Kevin Thompson, one of the hosts of the Cinema Geek Cast, to review SouthPaw and to discuss the best and worst single parents in film.

Peter was joined by a couple of friends to give a non-spoiler recommendation of Southpaw. Afterwards Peter gets into his thoughts about the movie in this bonus review!

With Nightcrawler being recently added to Netflix, we go back and dig up an episode where Mike of War Machine Vs. War Horse joins me and we review one of the biggest sleeper hits of 2014 and wonder why Jake Gyllenhaal was snubbed for an Oscar. You can also find us on iTunes and Stitcher. 

On this episode we look at the war abroad in the Sam Mendes film JARHEAD, and the war at home in Paul Haggis' IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH. But first, we talk with Peter from the podcasts Hydrate Level Four and Original Remake about the extremely successful and yet polarizing film AMERICAN SNIPER which is new to DVD and Blu-ray.