The Love of Cinema

Starring and Produced by Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal is a little movie with a lot of guts, some thrill, and a compelling story that begs you to ask if you'd make the same choices! Jeff's audio kind of sucked in this one because he's a "f-ing amateur" (his words), but Dave saved his ass again. Also, John was on ayahuasca or something so he missed this week. Listen to us drink some beer and tal...

This week Dave, John & Jeff discuss Vengeance, B.J. Novak's self-referential film take on an affluent writer trying to be a prominent voice in culture by exploiting stories from rural people for their urban gain. In a good way! We discuss the themes brought up, the characters he meets along the way, Texas, and whether he was able to pull it off in that "what if Ginsberg and Kerouac were wealthy na...

This week Jeff, John & Dave discuss Bullet Train, which finally came to theaters after months of the exact same trailer appearing at the front of every single cinema release. This movie is directed by David Leitch (John Wick, Deadpool 2) and stars Brad Pitt, who's just trying to have as much fun in silly life as possible, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Joey King, Brian Tyree Henry, Logan Lerman, Zazie Beet...

This week John, Dave & Jeff discuss The Gray Man, one of Netflix's biggest commitments of all time with a reported $200 million budget. Based on the 2009 novel of the same name, this project originally had Brad Pitt and James Gray attached, then Chris McQuarrie and Charlize Theron, it finally came to the Russo Brothers and the duo of Ryan Gosling and a wannabe Peter Sellers-esque, mustachioed Chri...

This week Jeff makes Dave & John re-watch 90s Sci-Fi thriller (?) Gattaca since he had never seen it! Lots of beer drinking, too. We had consumed a bunch before we even started recording. Anyway, it's on Netflix and it gave us both Jude Law and Maya Hawke, plus it's so 90s. What a premise! Ethan Hawke pretends to be Jude Law so that he can maybe go to space some day. There's something about swimmi...

John, Dave & Jeff saw Nope, and we gave it three (or six?) thumbs up! We start spoiler free before getting into it, we have lots of questions and get into those as well, so tune in whether you loved the movie or didn't! One thing we can agree on, that is one tough, tough way to die. There's a shot of some death that is... actually two different sequences featuring multiple deaths that are really t...

This week Dave, Jeff and John went to the cinema to check out another limited release film, which hopefully will pick up some steam! It's charming. A cleaning lady with a dream, 1957 London, heads to Dior in Paris, wants to buy a frock. If you live near a local cinema, check this one out. Leslie Manville deserves her moment! Fantastic cast, charming story, great score, great 50s fashion... check i...

This week on the pod, John, Jeff & Dave welcome guest Chris Hurte (The Mandalorian asst. editor) to discuss Thor: Love and Thunder, and where Marvel is heading in Phase 4. Thor is back! Jane is back! Loki is not, but Matt Damon is still giving him life on the Orpheum circuit! Christian Bale stars as Gorr the God Hunter, doing some strange shadow resurrecting and a lot of hours in the makeup chair,...

Baz Luhrmann, the legendary director with a unique visual and audio style.  Elvis, the king of rock and roll.  Jam those two things together and you get a movie that's so good, this episode only contains one buzz.  And it's not for the movie.  No TV's were injured in the making of this episode.  (Can't say the same for the film)   Find all of our Socials at: https://linktr.ee/theloveofcinema Hosts...

This week on the pod Jeff, John & Dave say F you to the partisan, hypocritical, power hungry, regressive, contradictory Supreme Court by discussing a really fun genre film! This movie has that 70s-era slow burn horror feel to match the setting- 1978 in North Denver- and enough suspense and jump scares to possibly make this a rewatch-able flick! Fantastic cast, fantastic crew, go check this out. Sc...

Jeff, John and Dave celebrate the renaissance of golf with a giant F-U to the LIV golf tour. Just kidding! We talk about an incredibly charming movie that is more character study than sports movie, yet with all the perks of both. Mark Rylance, perhaps the greatest living English-speaking actor, paired with a luminous Sally Hawkins & antagonized by a yuppy Rhys Ifans, star in this Craig Roberts fil...

A podcast episode 65 million and 29 years in the making.  And with so many glitches you'd think we're covering Gremlins. John, Dave & Jeff ignore all the warnings, disable the fences and wander blindly into the new Jurassic World Dominion starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Isabella Sermon, Sam Neil, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, B.D. Wong and pretty much everyone else in the world.  We promis...

Dave had 4 flights totaling many hours of plane movie & TV watching, so we rapid-fire through a bunch of content including: Belfast, Stranger Things, Sing 2, Obi-Wan, Raised By Wolves, Gravity, Lost City, Mitchell vs. The Machines, Superman & Lois, maybe even some more, I don't remember. Shout-out to Sydney, Adelaide, Queensland, and the rest of Australia. Find all of our Socials at: https://linkt...

Dave & Jeff drink beer and discuss Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg's first feature film directed in 8 years, his first script in 23 years, and it begs the question: Is a future where surgery is sex worth it? Should we go there? Or should we avoid it entirely. Intimacy, pain, the long-term side effects of self-medicating and the plastic waste bins that we are, we all are, in truth, no better...

This week on the pod Jeff and John discuss Top Gun: Maverick. No Dave, so the audio and video aren’t 100%, but we couldn’t wait to discuss this epic summer blockbuster. IMAX cameras on the planes, rigorous training regiments, great storytelling… Mav is back! Teaming up with another bird, Rooster, son of Goose, doing some dogfight training, getting ready to stop some pigeons from enriching uranium,...

This week on the show, Dave left John and Jeff to record, edit and mix an episode with minimal professional experience, and we did! We did it. Dave's rediscovering his love for Cutter beer, Tim Tams, and Australian courtesy in the land of his youth. We discuss the horror genre-subverting film Men (2022), writer/director Alex Garland's third feature (Ex Machina, Annihilation, the Hulu limited serie...

Dave & Jeff whip out the beer and discuss Paddington 2. This film was recently hailed as one of the greatest movies of all time by ranking websites (Rotten Tomatoes) friends (our friend Ryan), and other films (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: "It Made Me Want To Be A Better Man"). Is it that good? Yes. The answer is yes. Holy hell, yes. We discuss. Find all of our Socials at: https://linkt...

So, let's talk about this movie. Sam Raimi is back to superheroes, there are some horror elements going on, reviews seem pretty good, there's a ton of excitement around this film, we helped crash the AMC ticketing service, buying in advance, renting Spider-Man: No Way Home the Thursday night before release. Is it worth getting picky over this movie? We break it down. Let us know what you think. We...

Dave & John attempt a discussion that leads to the discovery that Nick Cage's new film is almost unreviewable and should just be experienced.  We then delve into other hard hitting scenarios like where can we put Nick Cage in the MCU (John adamantly refusing to acknowledge the existence of Ghost Rider) Finally, we wrap it up with some What You Been Watching before all hosts attempt Australian acce...

Sjón and Robert Eggers wrote The Northman together, and it was made into a major motion picture, Robert Eggers third feature as director. The Witch, The Lighthouse, and now this, his biggest budget yet at $60 million. We discuss. What's your favorite North myth? Any Scandinavian friends have comments about the authenticity? It was well shot and staged out there in Iceland, which is apparently a ve...

With Jeff missing and last seen heading towards the Canadian border with a trunk full of things that he swore were not toys ordered from the dark web, we dive into the new Fantastic Beasts movie with special guest host Chris Hurte, assistant editor from The Mandolorian which makes him special enough to be on our show, but not special enough to receive an award on TV at the Oscars (yes we're still...

Jeff and Dave saw Sonic 2 alone, separately, in NYC, and fkcing loved it. We both tidied up with Sonic 1, available on Paramount+ which we actually both have and pay for separately, and liked it but it let set Sonic 2 just get up and GO. Great Easter Eggs, great sendoff for Jim Carrey maybe, great fan service (...apparently. The families were going nuts. Moms and Dads- love seeing you hype!). We d...

This week on the pod Dave, Jeff, and John discuss Morbius, the 2022 Sony (Marvel) movie that the internet got giddy about hating on. We drink and try to keep it positive! Yes, there were re-shoots and delays and Spider-Man was removed from the film (in case you hawkish-ly watch trailers), but the film is worth discussing with some nuance! Perhaps more believable nuance than Adria Arjona's Martine...

This week we cover The Daniels' film about... about a lot of stuff. International treasure Michelle Yeoh leads an incredible cast that includes Ke Quan, James Hong, Stephanie Hsu, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr., and Jamie Lee Goddamn Curtis. This movie has so much, it's so original, it's very inventive, and we're sorry we talked about the Oscars before this discussion because it deserved better than...

Want a fun 2022 Oscars? Dave and Jeff offer up some story lines and see if our Should Win/Will Win predictions are in line with Las Vegas' betting odds. We are not sponsored by any of the 20 gambling sites that hired a celebrity and advertised during the Super Bowl. We would love to be sponsored by them. But we're not. All we have is a beer sponsor. To our Queensland, Australia listeners, cheers,...