FTM 480 - THE PLAYER

Patrick and JB go Hollywood.Download this episode here. (29.7 MB)Listen to F This Movie! on Stitcher.Also discussed this episode: Anna and the Apocalypse (2018), All the Colors of the Dark (1972), Cold War (2018), Braid (2018), Made for Each Other (1939), Happy Death Day 2 U (2019) [...]

Celluloid Ramblings: One Outta Three

by JBStep right up, ladies and gentlemen. Listen while I explain how I can save all of you THIRTY-FIVE BUCKS!This week I present the following proposition to all of my loyal readers. With one hand, I’m going to gift you with $35. You’re welcome. How, you ask? Simple—by persuading you NOT to buy two recent discs that would set you back $35. No matter how curious, how bored, or how much of a @#$*&^%#! completist you consider yourself to be, just clutch your wallet or purse tightly and KEEP [...]

Reserved Seating Swings for the Fences: TROUBLE WTH THE CURVE

by Rob DiCristino and Adam RiskeThe review duo who have trouble with the cursive. Can’t do it. Can print all day, though.Adam: Welcome to another season of Reserved Seating Swings for the Fences. I’m Adam Riske.Rob: And I’m Rob DiCristino.Adam: As MLB players report for Spring Training this week, we’re bringing you our first baseball review of the year: the 2012 Clint Eastwood vehicle Trouble with the Curve, which was directed by Eastwood’s longtime producer Robert Lorenz. You wouldn’t be able [...]

Weekend Open Thread

Open your heart and let the open thread in. [...]

I Stream, You Stream Vol. 104

by Patrick BromleyStream your post-Valentine blues away.Abducted in Plain Sight (2018, dir. Skye Borgman) I saw this documentary as part of the 2018 Chicago Critics Film Festival and then heard nothing else about it until it appeared on Netflix a few weeks back. It's a crazy, heartbreaking story, and though the actual documentary isn't especially cinematic (it's mostly talking heads), the events and insane twists the truth takes are so shocking and strange that the movie is totally compelling [...]

24 Hours of Movies: Valentine

by Patrick BromleyCelebrate love by watching way too many movies.Since watching movies has become my preferred way to celebrate any and every occasion, it just makes sense to program an all day, all night marathon devoted to love, both romantic and otherwise. I know this day isn't everyone's bag, but how can you dislike it when it gives you an excuse to watch a bunch of really cool movies?10 am - A Life Less Ordinary (1997, dir. Danny Boyle)I usually program a classic film first for these [...]

Reserved Seating Goes All Pacino: FRANKIE & JOHNNY

by Adam Riske and Rob DiCristinoThe review duo who makes roses out of potatoes.Rob: Welcome to Reserved Seating. I’m Rob DiCristino. Adam: And I’m Adam Riske.Rob: Our All Pacino series continues with 1991’s Frankie & Johnny, the Garry Marshall-helmed romantic comedy that reunites Al Pacino with his Scarface co-star, Michelle Pfeiffer. When Johnny (Pacino) is released from prison after an eighteen month stretch for forgery (remind me that we need to come back to this), he finds work as a [...]

Six DREAD Titles to Check Out

by Patrick BromleyThere's an indie horror label doing some very cool stuff you need to know about.Since the release of their first film Terrifier last year, I have been following Dread Central Presents -- recently rebranded as simply Dread (An Epic Pictures Genre Label) -- in part because I like the tastes of the people involved and in part because I'm always looking to support smaller genre movies that could use good word of mouth.Full disclosure: Rob Galluzzo, who runs Dread, is someone I [...]