Middle Class Film Class

The gang get blue this week, as they watch the Academy Award winning coming of age drama, Moonlight (2016) written and directed by Barry Jenkins. Follow along the in the shoes of Little, Chiron, and Black... all different versions of the same person through life's trials and struggles. Does the pedigree of Best Picture come well-deserved? Were there tears to be shed? Or should La La Land be t...

The gang leaves all the loose ends loose this week, as they review Under the Silver Lake (2018)Robert David Mitchell's follow up to It Follows (2014). Follow along with Sam (Andrew Garfield), the not so lovable protagonist, as he unlocks his inner gumshoe and tries to solves a myriad of mysteries in the modern noir mystery. What's in store for you, if you choose to follow along with is o...

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**1st half spoiler free **   The gang lets them fight this week, as they review Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) Just released on HBO Max. Was this double monster movie everything it promised? Or should you just watch The Great British Baking Show again this Friday night? Tune in to listen to our take on it all Email us at MCFCpodcast@gmail.com   Tyler Noe   Joseph Navarro   and Pete Abeyta

The gang leaves Nakatomi Tower, and heads to NYC this week, as they review the third in the Die Hard franchise, Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) Directed by John McTiernan. This peak 90's action flick stars Bruce Willis as the gruff and sarcastic John McClane on his home turf of New York City, and Samuel L. Jackson as a good samaritan named Zeus. As John McClane plays a game of Simon Says wi...

The gang speaks fake Italian this week, as they review the British-American heist comedy, A Fish Called Wanda (1988) starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, John Cleese, and Michael Palin. While not a Monty Python production, the silliness prevails, and the laughs come from both the obvious, and the subtle bits. Kevin Kline won best supporting actor as his role as Otto, and the film itself won a l...

**1st half spoiler free **   The gang gets Justice this week as they review the long awaited 4 hour Zack Snyder cut of Justice League. After exiting production of the original release from 2017, due to the sudden death of his daughter, Zach Snyder returns to finish the vision he had originally, for the movie. Is this new  DC superhero epic worth the 4 hours? Or should you watch reruns of Golden Gi...

The gang goes bat-shit crazy this week, as they review the insane Chinese action prison movie, Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991). Submitted by listener, Brendan early in the history of the podcast. Over the top practical gore, cheesy dialogue, false eyeballs, opium dealers, shape shifting wardens prevail, to make Riki Oh a one of a kind B-movie for the ages. How did the gang feel about it? How do...

The gang gets in and out of ultra sticky situations this week as we review the hard-R rated SNL movie, MacGruber (2010) starring Will Forte, Kristin Wiig, and Ryan Phillipe. Arguably one of the better SNL sketch series made into a feature length movie, MacGruber is 80's/90's action movie trope after trope, with ridiculous, dirty, foul mouthed comedy peppered throughout. And with Val Kilm...

The gang gets the boot this week, as they review The Canadian low budget sci fi thriller, The Cube (1997) directed by Vincenzo Natali. Natali would later go on to direct Splice (2009) and In the Tall Grass (2019). Setting the ground work for limited story telling horror thrillers like Saw and The Platform, Cube used the horror of human nature as the main point of danger and fear, Also a mystery cu...

The gang gets deep this week, as they review James Cameron's follow up to Aliens and The Terminator, The Abyss (1989). Starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Beihn, in a space lab far below the waves, on the oceans on the Bahamas. Tasked with saving a crew trapped in a downed nuclear submarine, they quickly find more than they bargained for. Not available to stream or re...

**1st half spoiler free **   The gang hist the road for good this week, as they review the new Chloe Zhao movie, Nomadland (2020) just released this Friday Feb 19th on Hulu. Starring Francis McDormand as Fern, a 60 something woman leaving her life behind in the small Nevada mining town of Empire, and hitting the  road with her outfitted van. Learning how to spend a life on the road, Fern meets a s...

The gang saves the galaxy this week, as they review the 80’s classic adventure video game adventure flick, The Last Starfighter (1984). After beating the high score on his local arcade game, Alex Rogan find that the game was just a test to find the galaxy’s best star fighters. A movie full of teen angst, cutting 1980’s CGI, and Ernest Borgnine look alikes. What more could you want? In News this we...

Mini bonus ep to tell everyone about the Unstreamables event this Friday on Twitch.tv/trashisattractive or https://www.facebook.com/events/428545185093927 Plus some raw unedited pre-show banter from the gang, just for fun. Enjoy! Email us at MCFCpodcast@gmail.com          Joseph Navarro     Pete Abeyta    and Tyler Noe    

The gang gets awkward and romantic this week as they review Paul Thomas Anderson's film, Punch Drunk Love (2002) Starring Adam Sandler (in his first real serious role) as Barry Egan, a small business owner on the edge of a nervous breakdown, and wrestling with the prospect  of finding love in his life. Dive into this forgotten gem from the modern legend, PTA, and listen to  Pete, Joseph and T...

The gang goes undercover this week, with Spike Lee's 2018 thriller drama based off real events, BlacKKKlansman (2018) starring John David Washington, Adam Driver, and Topher Grace. The 80's period piece set in the heart of Colorado follows Colorado Spring's first black police office, as he helps infiltrates the local chapter of the KKK.  A lot of powerful emotions, fantastic acting,...

The gang gets destroyed this week as they review Destroyer (2018) starring Nicole Kidman as a grizzled LAPD officer on the prowl for vengeance or something. Directed by Karyn Kusama, Destroyer is a gritty vengeance flick where Nicole Kidman doesn't play her typical porcelain doll character. How did the the boys take to this flick chosen by Joseph? Tune in and find out! In News this week: Para...

The gang works blue this week, as they review Blue Valentine (2010) Tyler's choice this week. Follow along as Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams lead us down a life of love and loss. Written and Directed by Derek Cianfrance, in his break out feature before he made A Place Beyond The Pines. Was Blue Valentine too depressing for its own good? Or was it just depressing enough? Also, Adam Murphy...

The gang drives a $5,000 car, and wears a $100 suit this week, as they review Black Dynamite (2009) Pete's choice this week, as they watch this comedic homage to 70's black exploitation movies... warts and all. Does Michael Jai White strike black gold with his first feature length writing credit? Watch the movie ahead of time, then tune in to find out. Special inaugural episode of Tyler...

The gang goes the church this week, as they review The Passion of the Christ (2004), Mel Gibson's ultra violent retelling of the last 12 hours of Jesus' life. A Tyler episode this week, so the movie on Pluto TV, and listen to us endure this iconic religious drama. Adam Murphy joins us for an Adam's Plop, and we talk 2020 releases.  In Gab & Chatter: Tammy and the T-rex, Verotika...

The gang goes their separate ways this week, as they review the Noah Baumbach divorce story, Marriage Story (2019) Starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, the view is taken on an exciting and frustrating journey through the highs and lows of divorce in an affluent family. Does the best feature nominated movie blaze new trails for Hipster icon, Baumbach? Or is Marriage Story a lesser The Squid...

The gang swallows their pride this week, as they review the classic Jane Austin romance, Pride and Prejudice (2005). Starring Keira Knightly, Talulah Riley, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan, Donald Sutherland, and more. Set it in olde tyme England, it is a classic tale of forbidden love, the haves and have-nots, and a man with too many daughter struggling to keep his sanity. Streaming no...

The gang gains control this week, as they review Swallow (2020) staring Haley Bennett. This character piece follows a young newly-wed house wife, with nothing to do, that starts swallowing household objects for unknown reasons. As her new husband and her in-laws begin to tighten their grasp on her life, her condition worsens and she begins to unlock secrets from her past unknown to even herself. W...

The gang takes their coporate punishment this week, as they review Mac and Me (1988) This bizarre family adventure movie, that is a clear ripoff of E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982) and was funded by the McDonald's Corporation. Used as a running gag by Paul Rudd on the Conan O'Brien show, Mac and me is a movie that you are not soon going to forget... that is, if you can find a way to wat...

**1st half spoiler free **   The gang gets cochlear this week as we do a release-day review of Sound of Metal (2020) starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, and Paul Raci, available on Amazon Prime. This deeply impactful film follows Ruben, a drummer for a 2-person experimental band, as he loses his hearing very rapidly. Forced to separate himself from his ubiquitous girlfriend, Lou, he takes refuge in...