TV Reviews
Doctor Who premiered in November of 1963. Through many incarnations it has lasted through the decades, but in 1989 is was canceled. A TV movie tried to bring it back with a focus on an American audience in 1996, but alas that was not enough. It wasn't until
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Download scorsese%20ep%203%20mean%20streets.mp3 The Scorsese-a-thon continues with the big man's third feature, Mean Streets. Arguably the film that put him on the map, Mean Streets is talked about mostly in detail by production rather than plot. Cody also comments on his last
2015 Films
Movies have turned to books for adaptations since the beginning. As the decades rolled along movies found source material in comic books, video games, and true events but books have always been their main source of material when it comes to adaptations. In 2015 they made a movie based on
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Do Streaming Services Stand Up to Cable Shows?
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Download Scorsese%20ep%202%20Boxcar%20Bertha.mp3 Cody takes a different approach to podcasting this episode and focuses on a shorter and more tight approach, and a script! He goes over Scorsese's second narrative film, Boxcar Bertha, and compares it to his debut as well as how this
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The ending shot of The Beach Bum shows Moondog dozing off in a boat being rocked by waves, and in many respects that's the thesis this movie is trying to explore. Directed by Harmony Korine, The Beach Bum stars Matthew McConaughey as the titular character Moondog as he
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Before there was Superman his Grandfather had lived a life on Krypton
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A landmark for Marvel history, Captain Marvel delivers the first female lead solo film that is released from the cinematic universe juggernaut. Vers an amnesiac Kree is yet another warrior in the intergalactic war between them, a noble warrior race devoid of emotion, and the Skrulls. The always dashing Jude
TV Reviews
Instead of retreading Moffat's classic season long adventures Doctor Who's seventh installment into the modern era takes an interesting turn as it is split in two. The first half shows the closing adventures of the Doctor with Amy and Rory, and the second half deals with
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Now that the Oscars have come and gone once again, it's time to not whine about snubs, or the winners, or really anything about the ceremony itself, but celebrate the overlooked. To close out my 2018 overview I thought it would be a fun time going over an