Mark's Movies

This is probably the first sports movie on the show. It's really great, though, and it's called The Sandlot. There are a lot of great moments and a lot of great actors and a lot of great stuff and a lot of great balls of fire! No, that song actually doesn't appear in the movie but I'm just riffing here. Just padding this paragraph. I'm not sure what to say. I let all of this intro stuff kinda hang...

Jimmy Carter should see this Human Right and that's very telling. Scarface, directed by Brian DePalma, definitely runs the gamut of reviews. In this episode I'm going to talk a bit, in a loose fashion, about how this movie impacted me and the world around me. I don't know that there's a whole lot of objective information here but there is a bunch of subjective stuff going on. There are some links...

"Let's make it fifty" is a phrase that screen writer Rudy Wurlitzer, billed as Hot Rod, says right before he gets one-upped and gets his ass handed to him by James Taylor's The Driver and Dennis Wilson's The Mechanic when he races against The Car in Monte Hellman's iconic 1971 art-house road movie Two-Lane Blacktop . This is a hell of a movie and most obnoxious film fanatics, yours included, have...

Listen. If your podcast app or podcatcher or whatever doesn't support images and links you're missing out. This is going to be a multi-media smorgasbord. Let's get live in '95 If you can see pictures you already know where this is going or you're on scummbags.com where this post lives. A lot of podcatchers have the ability to visit the post page and, in this case, I recommend it. Multimedia had a...

Let's rollerblade into 1995's misunderstood coming-of-age? Action? Adventure? Sci-Fi? movie Hackers. Directed by Iain Softley, written by Rafael Moreu, and starring Johnny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Laurence Mason, Fisher Stevens, and Wendell Pierce with an appearance by Marc Anthony (!?). Go on a journey of minutiae and have Mark overstay his welcome in this podc...

Imagine it's 1992 and an animated Batman movie is in theaters. It's true. Batman fights a murderous foe in Mask of the Phantasm. Dive in with Mark as he does some exploration into Mask of the Phantasm, Batman: The Animated Series, and his childhood. Dark Knight: A True Batman Story by Paul Dini - available on Amazon Night In Venice by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5763-...

If you ever really wanted to watch a movie where being in an office was actual cool and exciting then this would be it! 1992's Sneakers is a movie about a professional Red Team getting double-crossed. Needless to say: hijinx ensue. Let's talk a bit about this early-90's premise that is still wildly applicable today. As always you can find me on twitter @coolmarkd Music from https://filmmusic.io "T...

I'm sorry. It's been a while since I've recorded. I neglected to turn off the hardware noise gate that I use. It's fairly abrupt at some times and it's due to me starting my words with an exhale which is, in all probability, poor elocution. I'll never be a member of Skull & Bones at this rate. Eulogia would be upset with me. But also I don't find Eulogia as a goddess on record(TM) so maybe tha...

Welcome to Hollywood... or perhaps Hell. This is wrapping up the trilogy of detective movies that was planned albeit a little late. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a fun postmodern noir/pulp starring Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, and Michelle Monaghan which was written and directed by (in)famous Shane Black. After recording I realized that I never got around to addressing the discussion that Harry has wit...

Hey folks--not an episode today but a brief message. I realize now, while uploading this, that days like this can be difficult for many who have different circumstances than mine and I apologize for that. Enjoy your time with your family if you can. This holiday was definitely made to sell greeting cards and merchandise but there is still that nugget of truth. None of this is actually in the audio...

Let's get going on this classic film noire starring Faye Dunaway and Jack Nicholson. What a good movie. Wow. Seriously. Pardon the lack of verbosity here--it's been a difficult week. Extra-dimensional activities and all that. Interview with Angelica Huston: https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/anjelica-huston-in-conversation.html Roman Polanski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski Those are the...

It's been wild. It's been nuts. It's been crazy. It's been insane. Mark is guesting on Play Comics (playcomics.com) TODAY the 28 of April 2019. Timecop. Jean Claude Van Damme. The Muscles from Brussels. Check it out. It hasn't been awful, though, but this episode originally was. I cut about 75% of it down to what you'll hear here but this is ultimately just a setup for Chinatown. Definitely watch...

Get on the QT and strictly Hush Hush with Mark while hitting up this stellar period crime drama Produced, Directed, and screenplay co-written by Curtis Hanson called L.A. Confidential. This movie is deep Jacques Custaeu-style and it's got layers like a Scottish ogre in a swamp. I forgot to mention some stuff in the show like: * Kim Basinger winning an Oscar for this movie * Kim Basinger winning a...

A day late and a dollar short. Life, uh, finds a way (to kick Mark in the ass). A lot of stuff has happened that is personal in nature but here we are with Season 2 Episode 2 and Gone in 60 Seconds. For being extra rushed it's actually extra long! Check out Nic Cage being awesome but really check out the unsung heroes. Check out the things you overlooked. Check out these carssss . You can always t...

Mark is going to go through 2002's Men In Black II--sequel to the bangin Men In Black starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. This is a movie that follows big footsteps and has otherworldy themes and is a franchise that is maybe favored among the movies that Mark has seen. It was really a hastily put together episode--not gonna lie--but it it was still super fun. Men In Black II is a movie that h...

Hey Mark finally gets to watch 300!!!! But he has a bit of a warm take. This take was kept in the microwave for a while and then nuked for 15 seconds. Again, age and perspective maybe change how a movie is received. Not all the way--but definitely some. This is just an intraseason short episode, though. Drop some feedback on twitter @coolmarkd and thanks for listening. Thinking about it now... wer...

And we continue Mark's #1 all-time favorite movie . This movie is that cool and is that deep and subsequently has so much to talk about! This is movie is #62 on the AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies list . Additionally Mark is going to be on the SUNSHINE SUMMIT 2019 ! The Sunshine Summit, hosted by Sunshine and PowerCuts' Heather Welch. Mark will be appearing live March 12th at 8PM E...

And we have reached Mark's #1 all-time favorite movie . Is it too soon? He thinks not because there are so many other movies in the collection that are great. This movie is #62 on the AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies list . American Graffiti is the 1973 film by George Lucas that may, in fact, have changed the way that movies were made. Aside from being o ne of the most profitable movies based on budget...

Do you like car chases and spy stuff? If so you'll like Ronin. Probably. I like Ronin. I love Ronin. Ronin is my #3 favorite movie. There are car chases. And spy-like stuff. Heist-like stuff, too. You like heists, right? Don't give me that face--I know you like heists. Spies doing heists? That's even better. I have the Ronin DVD but I watched it on Starz. It's available for rent in a bunch of plac...

Do you like mysteries? If so you'll like Brick. I like Brick. I love Brick. Brick is my #3 favorite movie ever and we're counting down from 3 -> 1 to close out Season 1 of Mark's Movie Collection. You really should watch the movie before listening. Brick is on Netflix right now and might be on other services. If you buy Brick on DVD you get some really really good commentary tracks with the lov...

If you ever wanted to watch a movie about stealing cars and running from the cops you probably came across GISS '74. You probably didn't learn a whole lot about stealing cars or running from the police but you may have realized that you came across the inspiration for Need For Speed:Most Wanted and countless of other movies. Meet Eleanor and check out this crazy indie film f or free on Amazon Prim...

B-B-B-BONUS! It's actually a bonus because it's a bad episode. I recorded this after being way tired, under the weather, and ostensibly intoxicated. It didn't sound great, either. It's actually a long episode so re-recording it wasn't really on the table. Critical response was quite poor but let's go through this age-appropriate Joel Schumacher version of a John Hughes movie. Yes, I realize that J...

What's better than two villians? THREE VILLIANS!!!!1 And that's the main thrust of this Sam Raimi-directed web-fest chalk full of kinetic comic panels and quippy wall-walkers. Lets go over this Sony-fueled '00s nostalgia whiplash together as we wade through the mire of Spider-man 3's script. Catch me @coolmarkd on Twitter and let me know what you though of it.

Hi, everybody! Hi, Dr. Nick! This is actually just a little bit of a restrospective on the current state of Mark's Movie Collection: The Podcast: The Movie: The Podcast: The Collection and how we're doing. It get's going but I drop my Top 3 favorite movies EVER and I lay out the path for the rest of Season 1. Sounds good? Good. HMU FAM @coolmarkd

Check your assets and make sure your station chief has the latest status reports because this is the Tony Scott-directed spy thriller aptly titled Spy Game. Spy Game is perhaps one of the better movies in terms of addressing what spies actually did. Robert Redford and Brad Pitt hit up various locales, do various things, in a really cool movie that is very unlike the others in its cohort (it came o...