With TSR Buzz, you’ll find links to articles, videos and other random things that will help you waste your time just a little bit more. When I was a kid, I used to get upset by lots of property damage in movies. I remember always wondering how the Henderson family could afford to fix all [...]
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TSR Buzz: Avengers Take Manhattan, Jon Hamm Speaks to Girls, and Long Live Foster the People
Episode 110: Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider – ‘Dark Shadows’ and more
0:00-1:45 – Introduction 1:45-19:50 – “Dark Shadows” review 19:50-25:00 – QOTW (what actor/director combo should team up) 25:00-37:00 – “Sound of My Voice” review 37:00-40:10 – “Headhunters” review (Snider only) 40:10-52:10 – Cannes preview 52:10-58:20 – Interquel (“Moulin Rouge” and “Taken”) 58:20-1:04:00 – More French nonsense, Bayer’s plans to break Snider’s jaw, wrap-up and goodbyes [...]
TSR Blog: Who will star in Ready Player One?
This post contains SPOILERS if you haven’t read the book and don’t want to miss out on some surprises. “Ready Player One” is last year’s most inventive sci-fi novel. Like a literary Quentin Tarantino, author Ernest Cline takes tropes from ’80s sci-fi and fantasy movies, video games, and books and blends them into their own [...]
TSR Exclusive: ‘God Bless America’ interview with actor Joel Murray
With origins in Chicago’s Second City Theater, appearances in films like One Crazy Summer and The Artist, and TV shows like “Dharma & Greg,” “Mad Men” and “Shameless,” actor Joel Murray has seen many different aspects of Hollywood. A self-professed character actor, the hardworking Murray (brother of Bill) now has a lead role in God [...]
‘God Bless America’ interview with writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait
Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait stepped out of his Police Academy shadow with his first directed film Shakes the Clown in 1991, in which he also starred as the title character. Since then, Goldthwait has put more of his focus on becoming a filmmaker, releasing absurd cult favorites like World’s Greatest Dad (starring Robin Williams), Windy City [...]
TOP 7 Most Anticipated Summer 2012 Movies
We start the Top 7. You finish the Top 10. Now that The Avengers have blown summer wide open like Loki’s space portal, it’s time to consider what massive flying lizard-ships of movies will be waging the biggest attacks on our excitement bones. The next four months features probably the same amount of players as [...]
Hoosiers Blu-ray Giveaway
Hoosiers is my favorite sports movie of all time. I’m thrilled it’s finally coming to Blu-ray. We’re giving away two copies. Simply leave a comment on this post telling us your favorite sports movie. You don’t even have to consider Hoosiers the best to win it. HOOSIERS Blu-ray Features: Hoosier History: The Truth Behind the Legend [...]
TSR Buzz: Fallon & Poehler Share Memories, Superpowered Kids, and the History of House Stark
With TSR Buzz, you’ll find links to articles, videos and other random things that will help you waste your time just a little bit more. I love Amy Poehler. This interview with Jimmy Fallon pretty much shows why. This video from the Oregon Zoo shows why you shouldn’t dress a small child like a zebra [...]
Episode 109: Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider – ‘The Avengers’ and more
0:00-2:50 – Introduction 2:50-19:50 – “The Avengers” review 19:50-27:40 – QOTW (what team of movie characters would you assemble, and what problem would they fight) 27:40-29:20 – Next week’s QOTW 29:20-31:40 – Snider wrote something about girls and “The Avengers” 31:40-32:40 – Bayer is in San Diego; there is some innuendo 32:40-48:40 – Bayer and [...]
Trailer Truth: ‘The Avengers,’ ‘The Five-Year Engagement’ and ‘Think Like a Man’
I write an article at movies.com called Trailer Truth. Here are the three latest I’ve written. Give it some love, comments, tweets, Facebook affection. I never watch a trailer until after I’ve seen the movie, and I also attempt to avoid as much news as possible. Then I compare what I knew, to what you [...]
May Preview: ‘The Avengers,’ ‘Dark Shadows’ and ‘Battleship’
Monthly Movie Preview – May 2012 Just like its slightly more competent sibling “Award Season,” the fatter movie season known as “Summer Movie Season” returns to roost every year to perpetuate the love for all of the wacky stories it can spin. Some of the stories are good, and some are laughably not so much. [...]
Episode 108: Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider – ‘The Five-Year Engagement’ and more
0:00-1:40 – Introduction 1:40-11:05 – “The Five-Year Engagement” review 11:05-17:50 – “The Raven” review 17:50-28:00 – “Goon” review 28:00-34:15 – “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” review (Bayer only) 34:15-38:30 – “Damsels in Distress” review (Bayer only) 38:30-49:00 – QOTW (what movie have you seen the most times) 49:00-50:55 – Next week’s QOTW 50:55-55:30 – Snider [...]
Episode 107: Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider – ‘The Lucky One’ and more
0:00-2:30 – Introduction, warning of upcoming “Lucky One” spoilers 2:30-21:50 – “The Lucky One” review 21:50-22:50 – It’s safe to come back after “Lucky One” spoilers! 22:50-30:40 – “Think Like a Man” review 30:40-37:25 – “Coriolanus” review 37:25-41:30 “Chimpanzee” discussion, no review because they didn’t screen it in Portland, who should narrate things? 41:30-42:35 – [...]
‘The Raven’ interview with actor John Cusack
In the newest film from Ninja Assassin and V for Vendetta director James McTeigue, actor John Cusack plays the famous American author Edgar Allan Poe in a horror story that mixes biographical fact with Poe’s own fiction. The end result is something like your great-great grandfather’s version of the Saw saga, with people using fancier [...]
Episode 106: Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider – ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ and more
0:00-2:00 – Introduction 2:00-12:40 – “The Cabin in the Woods” review (totally spoiler-free), including a tangent about “Red Dawn,” for some reason 12:40-23:00 – “Bully” review 23:00-32:55 – “The Three Stooges” review 32:55-36:35 – “Blue Like Jazz” review 36:35-50:35 – QOTW (what movie was spoiled for you before you saw it) 50:35-51:50 – Next week’s [...]
TSR Buzz: Manic Pixie Dream Girls, Cats in Space, and Goyte
With TSR Buzz, you’ll find links to articles, videos and other random things that will help you waste your time just a little bit more. I can’t get enough of making fun of manic pixie dream girls. This spoof is pretty awesome. Speaking of things I can’t get enough of: cats. In space. Why anyone [...]
TSR Exclusive: ‘Damsels in Distress’ interview with actress Greta Gerwig
With a start in independent films like Nights and Weekends with “mumblecore” director Joe Swanberg, actress Greta Gerwig has recently expanded her quirky prowess to larger films, both from the independent and Hollywood scene. Recently, she played Russell Brand’s on-screen love interest in Arthur, playing the part once made famous by Liza Minnelli. Now, she’s [...]
Trailer Truth: The Cabin in the Woods
I never watch a trailer until after I’ve seen the movie, and I also attempt to avoid as much news as possible. Then I compare what I knew, to what you knew. Let’s find out if what we see in the trailer is what we get, and if there is any advantage to going in [...]
TSR Buzz: David Blaine, Star Wars as a Silent Film, and the General Lee Gets Some Air
With TSR Buzz, you’ll find links to articles, videos and other random things that will help you waste your time just a little bit more. I’ve never been a fan of David Blaine’s “tricks.” He’s always seemed a little too desperate for attention. But after listening to his account of how he learned to hold [...]
Trailer Truth: ‘American Reunion,’ ‘Mirror Mirror,’ and ‘The Hunger Games’
I write an article at movies.com called Trailer Truth. Here are links to the first three I’ve written. Give it some love, comments, tweets, Facebook affection. I never watch a trailer until after I’ve seen the movie, and I also attempt to avoid as much news as possible. Then I compare what I knew, to [...]
Episode 105: Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider – ‘American Reunion’ and more
0:00-1:45 – Introduction 1:45-17:10 – “American Reunion” review 17:10-26:30 – QOTW (what movie from 1999 should have a sequel or reunion) 26:30-28:55 – Next week’s QOTW 28:55-33:35 – “Wrath of the Titans” review 33:35-35:10 – Snider’s potential new movie rating system, “Smell the Jar.” 35:10-41:15 – Our memories of “Titanic” 41:15-45:50 – Our new columns [...]
TSR Buzz: The Best of April Fool’s Day, including Charlize Theron’s Sex Tape
With TSR Buzz, you’ll find links to articles, videos and other random things that will help you waste your time just a little bit more. Sunday was April Fool’s Day and the internet lit up with clearly false news stories and parody websites. Most of the jokes were kind of lame (Etsy buys Portland) or [...]
April Preview: ‘American Reunion’ to ‘The Five-Year Engagement’
Monthly Movie Preview – April 2012 Can you smell that? It’s the scent of “Almost Summer.” No, that’s not the name of a cheap fragrant candle, but the aroma multiplexes let waft when it’s almost the main season for blockbusters. But before we focus on mega movies like The Avengers in May, and The Dark [...]
Episode 104: Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider – ‘Mirror Mirror’ and more
0:00-4:05 – Introduction; why we didn’t see “Wrath of the Titans” 4:05-16:20 – “Mirror Mirror” review 16:20-24:00 – QOTW (what overlooked fairy tale should they make a movie out of) 24:00-25:55 – Next week’s QOTW 25:55-34:25 – “The Raid” review 34:25-37:00 – “Undefeated” review (Bayer only) 37:00-45:05 – Character Casserole (Scotty, Sheriff of Nottingham, Rain [...]
TSR Buzz: Prometheus is rising, Winter is coming and cats are beatboxing
With TSR Buzz, you’ll find links to articles, videos and other random things that will help you waste your time just a little bit more. Are you as excited for Prometheus as I am? The trailer looks fabulous, and so do these two viral clips. The first is a Ted talk from the head of [...]
