Duncan and Bo Come Correct

  The long wait is over and the six episode run of brand new installments of The X Files are here!  But, how could you possibly be expected to navigate the conspiracies and new information placed before you without the aid of your dedicated duo, Duncan and Bo?  Well, let’s stop yaping and start X-Filing!  We cover the first two episodes and discuss what’s different and very much the same about thi...

  Season two returns with episode seven, in which your faithful heroes debate two new films centered around the holidays.  Duncan comes strong with the buzz-worthy Tangerine, while Bo goes old school with the Jodie Foster-directed Home for the Holidays!  Can Bo’s pick overcome Duncan’s distaste for Holly Hunter (?!) or will an indie film about transsexuals in Los Angeles take the day?  This, plus...

  Welcome to episode six of season two, an episode where your faithful hosts get criminal!  With Duncan in the lead by a single film, Bo has to get European with the ponderous and deceptively simple Stranger by the Lake.  Meanwhile, Duncan goes American with the recent 2015 thriller, The Gift.  Can this reversal of roles secure Duncan’s lead or will Bo tie things up?  These questions answered, plu...

  It’s that time of the year… the leaves are turning, there’s a chill to the air, and Duncan and Bo have returned to battle on the fields of horror.  With the score tied once more, Duncan gets foreign (naturally) with the Belgian surrealist horror film Calvaire, while Bo goes all American with the tale of a discarded alligator that grows to enormous size in the sewers of Chicago called, naturally,...

  Join your debating duo Duncan and Bo for the fourth round in Season Two of Duncan and Bo Come Correct.  Bo leads 2-1, and this time out the fellas get all mysterious with a pair of modern films that redefine the nature of the classical mystery.  Will Bo secure another win with the Steven Soderbergh social commentary/murder mystery Side Effects from 2013, or will Duncan prove that newer is better...

  What a season, huh?  Up and down, a whirlwind of emotions, disappointments and high points.  We’re going to talk about it all here.  First, we examine the extended-length final episode of True Detective and discuss the resolution of the our characters’ stories, as well as the larger mystery at work.  Then, we talk about the season as a whole and address some of the common complaints, both reason...

  With the scored tied at one apiece, the pugilists of projections turn their sights to the topic of war.  Duncan digs deep for an excellent and complex film called Ulzana’s Raid, set in the American Old West where a veteran tracker played by Burt Lancaster squares off against savage Apaches, but who’s the real villain of this film?  Determined to take home season two with authority, Bo adds a tou...

  With only one episode left, Duncan and Bo take stock of this info-filled episode, as well as a hint of our overall impressions for the season as a whole.  Paul does interesting things!  Ray and Ani are in the thick of it!  Frank is awesome!  Our proposals for True Detective Season Three!  All this and more in this penultimate episode of our True Detective series! The post Duncan and Bo Come True...

  Only two episodes left!  This time around, we talk swanky parties, the range of emotions you see on Colin Farrell’s face, the typical Tuesday night for Bo, Duncan’s knife-based glee, Puddin’ Pop ignorance, more Twin Peaks-ish influences and the sinister nature of Chad.  What’s going on with that folder?  Is Paul actually doing something?  Where do we go from here?  This feels like the the turn i...

  After the disappointing fourth episode, Duncan and Bo steel themselves for the next outing.  Finding ourselves flung two months into the future, we discuss the ways that the lives of the main characters have changed, the state of the ongoing investigation, Paul’s home life, alcohol slang, Colin Ferrell acting the hell out of a scene, and the benefits of the emotional cliffhanger.  Is True Detect...

Ah, love.  To quote Matt Groening, love is like hurtling across the frozen tundra when, suddenly, the snowmobile flips over.  At night, the ice weasels come. We debate the respective merits of the 1981 comedy classic Modern Love and reflect on the true meaning of ‘uncomfortable.’  Duncan gets all European with the coming-of-age tale Blue Is the Warmest Color, which depicts the burgeoning romance a...

  We explore the relative utility of the domestic elephant before launching into a discussion of “Down Will Come,” the fourth episode of season two of True Detective.  Duncan begins to doubt one theory while Bo proposes another, alien-free guess at the killer’s identity.  Is the show just treading water now?  Why doesn’t Paul do anything?  Did the episode earn that ending?  Cheech and The Man!  Al...

WARNING!!! This podcast is intended for those who have seen True Detective Season Two, episodes one, two and three.  If you do not wish the show to be spoiled, go no further!!! Just in time for the fourth episode, Duncan and Bo get down and dirty with episode three, “Maybe Tomorrow.”  After a surprising cliffhanger in episode two, the guys debate the relative impact of the resolution of least week...

  WARNING!!! This podcast is intended for those who have seen True Detective Season Two, episodes one and two.  If you do not wish the show to be spoiled, go no further!!! Now that we’ve ditched those losers, let’s talk True Detective!  What about that ending, huh?  What about all the weirdo stuff with kids and parents?  And what’s the deal with Paul and his mother?  We get into all of that, plus...

  Cinematic opponents Duncan and Bo turn their attention to the groundbreaking HBO series, True Detective.  The first season was a landmark in episodic television and a legitimate phenomenon.  So how goes season two?  We break down the first episode, do a little comparing and contrasting, engage in bad accents and celebrate the use of brass knuckles.  Come on in! The post Duncan and Bo Come True D...

  Season Two is here! Welcome back to the cinematic theater of conflict that is Duncan and Bo Come Correct!  For the kick-off of Season Two, we come together to discuss two examples of French cinema.  Duncan gets all black-and-white with Luc Besson’s Angel-a, in which a down-on-his-luck crook meets a beautiful woman with an appetite for life and a fantastic secret. Bo brings the rabbit-raisin’, wa...

  It’s the Feast versus the ‘Beast in the final episode of season one, and the first round of Duncan and Bo Come Incorrect!  With victory in hand, Duncan shows up to the party with a 5000-year-old Blood Feast.  With the intention of proving that his pick is the worst-yet-wonderful movie, Duncan’s film boasts inept cops, ridiculous books, ’60s-era cheesecake, and the worst sacrifice in film history...

  After eleven hard-fought episodes, it all comes down to this.  With a loss, Bo must admit defeat to Duncan for season one.  With a win, a tie is still possible, which is technically a win for the United States, based on the same logic that America rules and Scotland drools. Duncan comes armed with a post-modernist tale of revenge in the Australian outback, a Guy Pearce-starring film entitled The...

  Welcome back to the gladiatorial cinematic experience that is Duncan and Bo Come Correct.  With Bo behind Duncan and the season rapidly drawing to a close, Bo is a clear underdog.  It’s only right that we address sports films.  Neither challenger is willing to admit defeat as Bo brings the heat with the baseball drama, Moneyball.  Duncan, riding high on his foreign film picks, goes back to the w...

  In the auspicious return to cinematic battle, stalwart heroes Duncan and Bo look to the world of documentary filmmaking.  Duncan decides to go dark, unsurprising to anyone who knows anyone from Scotland, and Bo finds old people singing to be a worth opponent to Duncan’s selection.  Will the Dark Side win out in this discussion of real-world storytelling?  Listen to find out the surprising answer...

Just in time for Halloween, your hosts do battle on familiar ground as they present each other with a pair of previously-unseen fright flicks! Bo brings a cinematic adaptation of the graphic novel series Trailer Park of Terror, complete with undead demolition derbies, rockin’ zombies and a seductive snuff film director. Not to be outdone, Duncan offers up The Cottage, boasting famed monkey-person...

After seven episodes, our heroes delve into the world of bad children and the parents who may or may not love them.  Duncan goes the deeply serious route with the intense drama We Need To Talk About Kevin.  Bo lightens things up (comparatively speaking) with the Bobcat Goldthwaite film World’s Greatest Dad, featuring the recently-departed Robin Williams.  It’s the battle of the bad kids in the lat...

Having established victories in the previous two episodes, Bo swaggers into this episode with the Kenneth Lonergan-directed comedy-drama, You Can Count on Me.  Boasting incredible performances by Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney, how can he lose? Duncan refuses to be denied, however, returning from two losses with the near-future fantasy Robot & Frank, with the full weight of a Frank Langella master-...

After tying the previous week with the roundhouse pick of The Contender, Bo heads back into the ring with a movie that mixes the sweet science with a con.  With James Woods in his corner, how can he lose? On the other side of the ring, Duncan steps up with a taste of magical realism and a heady examination of the meaning of happiness and fulfillment. It’s mind vs. mayhem, brains vs. brawn and Jame...

Here we are again, faithful listeners, with another round of the greatest battle humanity has yet known.  On the one side, Duncan MacLeish, hailing from Scotland, and avid viewer of cinema.  On the other, Bo Ransdell, American and defender of the freedom to eat a triple cheeseburger with a fork made from an Uzi. This time, they each choose a buddy cop film, but can the strain of competition allow...