FOLLOWING FILMS

On this episode we steal, like all great artists do, from the new Danny Boyle/Aaron Sorkin film STEVE JOBS by using our own three act structure focused on different movie launches on this man’s life.  In the TNT television film PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY, the focus is primarily on the battle Jobs and Apple had with Bill Gates and Microsoft, released at a time when Microsoft was the clear victor in this battle back in 1999. Then we jump ahead to a new documentary that arrived this year from Alex Gibney called STEVE JOBS: THE MAN IN THE MACHINE. This film questions the deification of Jobs by the general public and thus offends me as I type this on my iMac. But first, returning guest Ben from the podcast  Cinematic For the People  joins me for a film that presents the deification of Aaron Sorkin in STEVE JOBS.

On this episode we have TWO guests as Dave from the podcast Pop Culture Case Study was kind enough to accept my collect call from the awful state of Ohio, as we did a Trainwreck mini-review on the road to finish off our Sex With Judd Apatow triple feature that includes THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN or KNOCKED UP trying to seduce my co-host Shane Conner and Megan from the Screams and Moans podcast.

What's left to say about The Interview? The Sony hack and the Gaurdians of Peace have had more than enough coverage so I won't bother with a retreading of the events that lead to the eventual day and date release of The Interview. Well that's not entirely true the film was released on VOD on Christmas Eve and in theaters on Christmas day. If you want to read about the full story The Hollywood Reporter  has pretty much up to the minute coverage and Drew McWeeny has written a wonderful piece on the consequences of this story over at HitFix . With all the questions surrounding the film one was left out of the conversation, is the film any good? Simple answer, yes. This is a perfectly fine little comedy, nothing about this movie should have created the controversy it did. This is pretty typical for a Rogen/Franco/Goldberg joint, if you like their other films, you will like this one too. Dave Skylark (Franco) and producer Aaron Rapoport (Rogen) run the celebrity tabloid ...