Movie Wars

Episode Summary:  One could argue that films like Gladiator and Braveheart are basic examples of why movies exist. To transport the audience to a different time and place. These two films do that in a huge way. Gladiator and Braveheart are larger-than-life epics that set new standards for scale and grandiosity in a movie. Join the guys as they break down these two historical epics.  &nbs...

Episode Summary:  You cannot assess the history of cinema without assessing the history of mob films. Filmmakers discovering that crime offered a new narrative form changed the direction of movies to come. Today, the guys discuss two of the most celebrated mob movies in history. The Godfather is in the constant rotation of films that are considered “Best Of All Time”. Goodfellas builds on the...

Episode Summary:   Cops and robbers are a sacrament of film. Once crime was introduced to cinema, filmmakers and writers uncovered its narrative power. Like any popular subject matter, it tends to get bland as films present watered-down versions and half-assed attempts at telling a compelling crime story. Fast forward to 1995’s  Heat .  Heat  is art meets action in the for...

Episode Summary: On episode 0008 of the Movie Wars Podcast, Kyle, Drew, and Phil dissect two modern masterpieces. These films duked it out for best film (No Country edged TWBB out) in 2008. Both qualify as American classics of masterful storytelling. These movies were even filmed in the same place. One of Kyle’s Rando’s covers how one film’s pyrotechnics halted the production of another. Kyle’s Ra...

Episode Summary :  Rocky  and  Raging Bull  are two of the greatest boxing films of all time. Although seen as two drastically different films, they make a great pairing for episode 0007 of the Movie Wars Podcast. Kyle, Drew, and Phil discuss the themes that tie these two films together. Although Rocky and Jake LaMotta are very different, Kyle surmises that they make up two sid...

Episode Summary:  After the brain-searing, philosophically exhausting episode 0005(The Matrix Vs. Inception), the guys needed a week or two to catch their breath. For a change of pace, they give comedy a whirl. What better than quite possibly the best two buddy comedies of all time? Buddy comedy is its own subgenre of comedy. It appears throughout comedy in every decade.  Dumb And Dumber...

Episode Summary:  Kyle, Drew, and Phil were asking for a brain bruising when they decided to do this matchup.  The Matrix  carries its equal weight in philosophy as it does innovative action and camerawork. The only film that comes close in recent years is  Inception.  Both require multiple watches to understand. Typically, the first viewing amazes with their visuals. Howe...

Episode Summary:  Film is often a canvas that can be used for so many things. They reflect the politics of the time. They often reflect the issues that people faced. Artists embody those by reflecting them onto the big screen But you also have movies like  Jaws  and  Jurrasic Park . Two movies that can only be described as downright adventures. In the heaviness of any time peri...

Episode Summary: How does a director develop a sequel to a masterpiece? Ask James Cameron. Cameron originally directed The Terminator in 1984 and created the sequel T2. He also took on the daunting tasks of developing the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece Alien. Hindsight is 20/20 now that we’ve seen Cameron make relevant and innovative films every decade since he came on the scene. At the...

Episode Summary:  Alien  and  Predator  are two films that get mentioned in the same breath frequently. There are video games and the eventual fan-craved  AvP  series. At surface level, it seems that the only thing linking these two films are the extraterrestrials. There is a deeper thought there. In the estimation of the Movie Wars crew, what really links this film i...

Hear Kyle, Drew, and Phil as they navigate the "War Score" card for two of the greatest Sci-Fi Action films of all-time. Movie Wars starts off with a bang(an explosion?) by pitting two of the greatest heavyweights of all-time against one another. Can Arnold defeat Peter Weller in the top billed cast category? Who would win in an all out brawl? Have you ever wondered which Machine is more like...