Posts by Greg
Movie of the Year: 1973 – Mean Streets
Movie of the Year: 1973 Mean Streets This week we discuss Mean Streets! Are these mean streets tough enough to become our Movie of the Year? Mean Streets is principally about three characters. We have Michael-the wanna-be gangster who is trying to will himself to fit into a world of crime that he doesn’t seem…
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Movie of the Year: 1973 Paper Moon This week we discuss Paper Moon! Can it rise high enough to become our Movie of the Year? Paper Moon is a fun little romp about a shady guy and his daughter, seamlessly played by a shady guy and enemy of the show, Ryan O’Neal, and his real-life…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1973 – Robin Hood
Movie of the Year: 1973 Robin Hood This week we discuss Robin Hood! Can it steal the gold and become our Movie of the Year? Robin Hood is about a fox everyone wants to get with even though he hasn’t even kissed his own girlfriend. But here’s something cool about him: he shoots arrows real…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1973 – Serpico
Movie of the Year: 1973 Serpico This week we discuss Serpico! Can it take the cash and become our Movie of the Year? Serpico asks the question, what if it turned out that cops weren’t always the good guys? Now, try to stay with me because this is probably going to blow your mind a…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1973 – Sisters
Movie of the Year: 1973 Sisters This week we discuss Sisters! Is this movie bonkers enough to become our Movie of the Year? Sisters is many things: creepy, funny, campy, doing it for themselves. It follows the struggle of two women to make it in this wacky world. One, Grace Collier, is an intrepid reporter…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1973 – The Sting
Movie of the Year: 1973 The Sting This week we discuss The Sting! Does this con-man mix-em-up have enough beneath the surface to become our Movie of the Year? The Sting is one of the more successful movies we have covered on this show. It won seven of the 10 oscars it was nominated for…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1973 – Westworld
Movie of the Year: 1973 Westworld This week we discuss Westworld! Does this sci-fi/western have enough firepower to become our Movie of the Year? Westworld is a lot of things: cool, well-known, probably about 45 minutes too long. It tells the story of the eponymous Westworld (go to heck Romanworld and Medievalworld) a place for…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1973 – Introduction Part 2
Movie of the Year: 1973 Introduction Part 2 In our 1973 Introduction Part 2 we pick the 16 movies that will make up our season bracket! By the time you are done listening to this episode, you will know the sixteen movies that will make up our 1973 season. Hidden among those movies, still unknown…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1973 – Introduction Part 1
Movie of the Year: 1973 Introduction Part 1 What wonders and horrors will the 1973 Introduction Part 1 unleash on our delicate brains? Wow, 1973. Let me start by saying, congratulations. And, you’re welcome. And, we are so sorry. 1973 was 50 years ago y’all, and it’s the ancientiest season we’ve ever done. Much has…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 2002 – Catch Me If You Can
Movie of the Year: 2002 Catch Me If You Can Can Catch Me If You Can con its way to our 2002 Movie of the Year? Catch Me If You Can is a Steven Spielberg joint, so you know we are going to get rowdy on this one. Steve Spiels has meant so much to the…
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