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What do you associate with summer? Of course Al Pacino screaming at you to SIT DOWN! Heat is considered to be a quintessential film of the 1990's. Being the first film since The Godfather Part 2 to feature both Pacino alongside his contemporary Robert De Niro this crime epic mixes much more character development into what on paper is a simple cat and mouse game. So what makes this film such a corn...

ACTION STAR SUMMER CONTINUES!!! After Schwarzenegger it's time to look at the other biggest action star of the 1980's Sylvester Stallone, and we are of course looking at the movie that put him on the action map First Blood! Released in 1982 this is the first in a very long running series of frustratingly named films, this was audiences first introduction to John Rambo. Despite what the Rambo movie...

Our discussion on Avatar: The Way of Water last week inspired the theme of this week's episode "Sequels That Came Out TOO Late" and that is the epitome of the term Independence Day: Resurgence. Rather than making a sequel to the mega hit blockbuster a few years after the original, Emmerich and Co. decided to wait and do one only AFTER they'd squandered all their good will in the public eye. Why is...

Welcome ladies and gents to ACTION STAR SUMMER! Once a month every month this summer we'll be looking at a film from one of the biggest action stars in Hollywood, and starting off it doesn't get much bigger than this ARNOLD WEEK. And how fitting of us to look at the movie that put him on the map The Terminator, this is the coming out party of not just him but director James Cameron as well. So how...

After a brief hiatus we are finally back with our 20th anniversary episode on Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can. The 2002 film was the capper on what ended up being a great year for Spielberg with this film and Minority Report being regarded as 2 of the filmmaker's best. So what is it about this film that makes it stand out? We answer that question. We talk the movie plus the NFL Draft, lates...

After a lot of uncertainty Baseball has returned, and in celebration of that we decided to look at a baseball movies so we turn our eyes to 2011's Moneyball. The movie was a critical and commercial smash with many calling it one of the best films of the year. What is it about baseball this film gets so right? We find out! Tune in as we discuss Moneyball plus latest trailers like Stranger Things 4,...

It's time for a new tradition here on Notorious by Chance. Starting this year we're gonna review Best Picture winner after every Oscars. Our first film is gonna be the little movie that could CODA. This film had a meteoric rise on it's way to winning all 3 Oscars it was nominated for but surprising amount of people have since come out against it. Why is that? We find out plus talk latest sports ne...

Another Movie March has concluded, and we are going out as big and as stupid as possible with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. After the success of the first film a sequel was all but inevitable, and while Fallen Kingdom raked in a ton of cash critical and audience reaction was pretty mixed to negative. We can't say it's without good reason but how could this reinvigorated franchise go so bad so qu...

After Jurassic Park 3 didn't strike the chord with audiences Universal had hoped it would be 14 long years before we'd get another Jurassic movie. But when they came back they came back with a vengeance, because Jurassic World wasn't just big it was HUGE. This movie singlehandedly revived the Jurassic brand, so what is it about this film that made it such a big hit? We find out. We talk that plus...

Movie March continues with Jurassic Park 3. This one saw Steven Spielberg lave the director's chair in favor of Joe Johnston, and saw a half hour thankfully shaved off the running time. Many consider this to be the worst film in the Jurassic Park Franchise but is it really? That's the question we're gonna answer here today. We talk JP3 plus all the craziest news in the world on NFL Free Agency (an...

This week marks the beginning of one of our favorite events of the year Movie March! That's where we take a deep dive into a particular series of films. This year that series is the Jurassic Park Franchise. The first film was a smash hit in 1993, so naturally expectations were sky high. Did it live up to them?.............No not at all. So how could the same director fail to capture the same magic...

2007 was an absolute BANGER of a year for film. We probably could've spent entire year just talking about all the great films that came out. But we had to settle on just 1 and you guys decided on Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz. Arguably the greatest satire of American Action Movie ever made what is it about this film that resonates with so many? We find out. We have our review of Hot Fuzz, our sports tal...

Love is in the air this month so we decided to look at a movie starring a real life couple: Edward Scissorhands. The 1990 gothic fantasy romance marked both the first collaboration between Johnny Depp and Tim Burton but also the first and only film to star Hollywood's strangest couple at the time Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder. A film that in hindsight is actually a really good reflection of their r...

We decided to dedicate this episode to the work of one of our favorite new filmmakers Yorgos Lanthimos. In the last decade he's gained a lot of notoriety for his work regarding his work involving strange, dark, and often twisted films like the one we're reviewing today The Killing of a Sacred Deer. So what is it abut this director that people are raving about? We find out. We talk that plus the NF...

And now begins the yearly exercise of making everyone feel old by reminding them how much time has really passed. This year marks the 10th Anniversary of Looper, a movie which performed very well for an R Rated original Sci-Fi film especially in this modern age of blockbuster filmmaking, but after the explosion of Rian Johnson how does it hold up? We find out. We talk Looper plus the next chapter...

As mentioned in the episode this season premiere comes with a brand spanking new commentary. Watchalong with us as we rediscover why we wanted to review this film in the first place.

Happy New Year everyone! We are so happy to be bringing you another year on Notorious by Chance. Starting with the episode that was intended to close out 2021 Dear Evan Hansen. A movie that was intended to be a major Oscar contender that became one of the biggest disasters of the year, but what was it exactly that rubbed people the wrong way? We find out. We talk that plus we talk latest trailers...

This week's topic was Unconventional Christmas Movies, and we got maybe the king of them all Die Hard. The polarizing Christmas Movie (and by polarizing I mean in terms of whether or not it IS a Christmas movie) came out in 1988 was praised by both critics and audiences, and becaem an instant classic. Is it deserved? You're goddamn right it is! But we examine why. Plus we talk latest trailers like...

Tis the season Ladies and Gentlemen. We're starting off the Holidays right with a modern take on a timeless Christmas Classic. This was the 80's interpretation of A Christmas Carol: Scrooged. Like many holiday favorites of today it did moderately well in theaters but mostly gained a following thanks to TV. Is this a Christmas movie better left in the past? We find out. Plus we talk latest trailers...

Nothing screams Holiday Season like a big summer blockbuster about blowing up some aliens. We wanted to look at a movie from one of the biggest stars of our generation Will Smith, and Independence Day isn't a bad place to start considering it's the movie that really elevated him to Star Status. How does this hit of the 90's hold up when compared to modern day blockbusters? We figure that out. Plus...

We're a little dumbfounded this week, in a poll that included such greats as Body Heat and Chariots of Fire it was decides we would take a look at the 1981  ensemble comedy The Cannonball Run.........we don't understand it, but we do at the same time. We review this hit comedy, as well as talk about latest trailers like Spider-Man: No Way Home, latest news like Mel Gibson maybe directing Leth...

We decided to take Scare Fest a little outside the month of October and got the chance to look at the 1968 pivotal horror film Night of the Living Dead. So what is it about this film that made it such a phenomenon? We find out plus we talk NFL, latest trailers like Swan Song and 8-Bit Christmas, latest news like the Wicked Movie finding it's Glinda and Elphaba, &more right here on Notorious by...

Scare Fest continues as we delve into the much maligned world of Horror Remakes. We start our journey with the Kinda Remake/Kinda Reboot/Kinda Crap 2009's Friday the 13th. As you clear tell we weren't fans of this attempt to reintroduce Jason Voorhees to a new generation. Why? Well there's only one way to find out. Tune in as we review why this movie doesn't plus talk the latest trailers like Pixa...

This marks the first episode of an abridged Scare Fest here on Notorious by Chance starting with one of our favorite events Stephen King Week. This year we had the pleasure of revisiting 2003's Dreamcatcher. Is this movie a misunderstood masterpiece or the insane ramblings of a writer who was high on painkillers........you probably already know the answer but we see why! Plus we got latest trailer...

We've reached the end of our dive into the filmography of director Denis Villenueve, and we're ending off with what many consider to be his masterpiece Blade Runner 2049. The long awaited (?) sequel to Ridley Scott's seminal 1982 sci-fi classic was Denis' biggest film to date and it famously didn't do well in theaters at all. However it is a common candidate in the topic of "Movies We Wish Made Mo...