Netflix Book Club

Netflix Book Club Episode 69 comin atcha! We watched a recent indie - thriller of the trapped in a house/keep you guessing variety called The Invitation. Directed by Karyn Kusama and starring a bunch of people you've seen in things before, The Invitation made for a pretty interesting conversation. If you enjoyed They Look Like People I would suggest giving this a shot. Alright I'm in the midst of...

Episode 68 is brought to you by Carl, and Rachele O'Hare, Stephen, and Me. It's an intergalactic lovefest over here! We watched Contact, a movie I'd never seen. It's one of those "big" movies with "ideas" and "ambition", both to it's credit and it's fault. But maybe not, the hell do I know? Listen to us rap about this movie, it's a good episode with lots of laughs and more importantly...dynamic mo...

Hey guys, Dennis Rooney here. Thank you for checking out Netflix Book Club, where every once in a red mariner's moon I get to watch a movie OF MY OWN CHOOSING. AND IT'S THIS WEEK BABY. EPISODE 67 AS CHOSEN BY ME IS they look like people (They Look Like People). Stand up comics and good friends Dan Barry and John Ziegler weigh in on this strange first effort from writer/director Perry Blackshear. H...

Episode 66 again proves we are a cultured and intellectual podcast, it's Y Tu Mama Tambien! The diplomatic and well spoken Lauren Grudzien sat with us and talked the finer points of seeing such a sex-laden film in your teens as opposed to a wee bit later in life. Morality, lust and more are discussed in the arena of Alfonso Cuaron's international hit film on this episode, and if you have something...

We had a week off, but we are back strong, and what an appropriate pick for it. Episode 65 is Phoenix, a 2014 German film by Christian Petzold. Why, that sounds rather high brow, doesn't it? Well of course it is, as our guest is none other than comedian and actor Matt Burke (@heymattburke). You might remember him from our The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover episode. Phoenix is a debatably...

Seventeen years ago I saw this movie in theaters, and I've since thought of it fondly without ever revisiting it. Until now. Courtesy of stand up comic and writer Corey Reppond (@reppocs) episode 64 is science fiction comedy send up of sorts, Galaxy Quest! Tim Allen had just finished Home Improvement, a long ass run on a major network that yielded him a ton of money. And then, love him or hate him...

Episode 63 reunited us again with stand up comedian, photographer and film buff extraordinaire Ryan Brook! He comes on to talk about the very divisive People, Places, Things starring exactly one half of the New Zealand musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, Jemaine Clement. It's a movie about a sloppy sort of irresponsible dude who is left by the mother of his kids, and where will he take it...

Continuing our theme of foreign tribulations, Netflix Book Club episode 62 is Beasts of No Nation. Stephen sits this one out (you'll notice a lack of in depth knowledge on the actual situations in Africa) so we keep it nice and short. We're joined by Brian Jian (brianjian.com) and Lori Palminteri (@loripalminteri), two good friends and hilarious stand up comedians - seriously check them out. Beast...

You might just learn yourself a thing or two if you check out Episode 61, Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom! Comedian Joey Giarratano (@YourFriendJoeyG) came on and talked to us about this Netflix Documentary (we love Netflix, you know that, right?) about the crisis in the Ukraine in 2014. If you're an idiot like me, these sort of documentaries are great to make you feel like less of a d...

Netflix Book Club trucks on with Episode 60, The Good, The Bad, The Weird! Full disclosure: this was a canned episode from over a year ago that features KC Arora and Neil Constantine from the early days of NFBC (we may have gone by Crossing Streams or Flix Book Club). We canned it exactly for this purpose - when real life takes too much demand and we can't do our favorite thing, get together with...

Episode 59 finally let's Stephen and I get cozy and do one of these things by ourselves. We talked Blade Runner, the sci-fi noir classic by Ridley Scott. Harrison Ford gets pulled outta retirement to hunt down four skin jobs, or replicants - robots who can blend in with humans. It was 1982 and cyberpunk was starting to turn up and William Gibson was getting all Neuromancer'd! Subscribe on iTunes,...

I reckon NFBC episode number 58 is Sling Blade with Billy Bob Thornton, mm-hmm. I reckon you might've seen this movie before, like comedian/director/writer Joe Pontillo (@JoePontillo), our guest today. I reckon you maybe do the voice and have a few laughs over it. But this movie wrecked me. WRECKED ME. I'd never seen it, knew very little about it, and it's stuck with me since. That's it. Listen to...

While everyone was wetting their pants over Spotlight (a solid film but, C'MAWN, BEST PICTURE?!) me and Netflix Book Club were jawing over a real Boston classic. Episode 57 is Good Will Hunting! Bryan McKenna returns to talk about his FIRST viewing of this Gus Van Sant...dare I say masterpiece? I dare. We also have stand up comedian Tim Krompier sitting in offering a perspective of having seen the...

WHAT YEAR IS IT?! Episode 56 is Turbo Kid! Yes, that weird movie you keep passing while browsing on Netflix! It's a movie obsessed with the 80's, set in 1997, and came out in 2015. It's a post-apocalyptic wasteland, there's no water, yada-yada-yada... Mad Max on BMX bikes. That's really all you need to know. It's super violent and feels awesome. We're joined by OG KC Arora (www.kcarora.com)who is...

Happy Valentine's Day! Okay we're a little late. Episode 55 is Notting Hill, was recorded on Valentine's Day, and we are joined by walking rom-com-protagonist/stand up comedian Anthony DiDomenico (@comicanthonyd)! Notting Hill is a movie about a a gorgeous American celebrity falling in love with a quiet, underachieving, extremely apologetic Brit. 'Cause it's a fictional story, guys. But it has mer...

Yo, just look at Cage's face in that picture. Okay, now: We may have strayed from the righteous path, but Episode 54 brings us back in good favor! Neil Constantine (comedian, podcaster, @constantneil) had us watch Nicolas Cage's Left Behind. Based on the book series of the same name, Left Behind has a strange pseudo-super-christian vibe, and tanked at the box office. It got terrible reviews and ev...

Episode 53 finally lets Netflix Book Club let her hair down after a few heavy-hearted weeks...To some degree at least. This week we wax on over Sean S. Baker's Tangerine. We're joined by native New Yorker Meg Charlton, who fittingly lent us her LA expertise (she did a short stint out in Tinsel Town before coming to her senses and returning East). There's a lot of cool shit going on with this film!...

Episode 52 concludes our two part Not How to Make a Murderer series. We watch the granddaddy of 'em all, the original crime documentary with real life consequences - The Thin Blue Line. The wonderful John Trueson was our guest this week and are we ever thankful to him for having us watch this. Without a doubt, there is no Making a Murderer series without The Thin Blue Line paving the way. It's tag...

Episode 51 marks the first part of our two part special! Netflix Book Club presents the NOT How to Make a Murderer series! This episode and the next will focus on documentaries in the same vein of How to Make a Murderer, 'cause maybe you don't have 12 hours to kill or maybe you're just that person who can't be into what everyone else is into. We start with The Central Park Five! Our guest this wee...

50th Episode Special Introduction Blurb!!! Unnecessary Capitalizations!!! Excessive Exclamation Points!!! We'll save anything corny for Episode 100. Ya boy Ryan Brook (follow him on twitter @ryanbrook) pitched our 50th episode pick, a Polish black and white drama. Ida, the titular character, leaves the convent where she studies to become a nun so that she may visit her only relative - an aunt that...

Episode 49 is brought to us by a very good person, and the movie (documentary) is about a very good person! Rachel O'Hare, the better half of one half of Netflix Book Club had us view Call Me Lucky, a movie highlighting Barry Crimmins! Directed by fellow Boston comedy scene vet Bobcat Goldthwait, Call Me Lucky is a very real story, showing Crimmins' work in comedy, activism, and even politics. Thi...

GUYS. EPISODE 48 IS ROAD HOUSE, AND OH MY GOD. First of all big ups to our old cohost turned guest - KC Arora is the man responsible for making us watch and talk about Road House! KC had never seen it, surprising everybody, and neither had I. Stephen refused to acknowledge that it's a favorite of his (hmph), but we got together and talked about it. It's a great episode, 'cause it's a great movie....

Christmastimeeee is here...Episode 47 is Ernest Saves Christmas. Happy Holidays errybody. Thank you Scott Schendlinger for being on this week. Next week we talk about ROAD HOUSE so be ready.

Fitting for the holidays, episode 46 is Children of the Corn! Picked by our former child-preacher turned podcast guest Zefrey Throwell! This 1984 film spawned one of those weird horror franchises that just seems to keep going (even though the first sequel didn't happen for almost ten years). Originally based on a Stephen King short story, Children of the Corn stars the Terminator lady and some guy...

Episode 45 proves we're not a bunch of commercial low brow animals! It's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, And Her Lover, as chosen by comedian Matt Burke(@heymattburke)! What? You've never heard of it? Well neither had I, but then I watched it, and my body split into two beings - one saying "Of course I'd never heard of this!" and the other saying "Why hadn't I heard of this?" AND GUESS WHAT - They...