Posts by Mike Gravagno
FLICKCHART’S GREATEST BATTLES
Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. ROUND ONE TOMMY BOY VS LOVE, ACTUALLY There’s something about Love Actually that makes it very watchable, until you think about it for more than ten seconds. Tommy Boy, however, actually gets better when you think…
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HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD WATCH? In which we tell you about awesome things that you must look into and enjoy. THE HEART, SHE HOLLER Unless you are a fan of Adult Swim, this may have flown under your radar. If you don’t like fluids, holes, or feeling violated on someone else’s behalf,…
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Blue Jasmine This year’s submission of Woody Allen’s annual railing against wealthy pseudointellectuals is “Blue Jasmineâ€, the story of a woman recently single, recently broke, and recently nervously broken-down. The titular Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) moves to San Francisco to live with her adopted sister to recover from the collapse of her life. There, she…
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PopFilter Vs. Our Childhood In which we reminisce about childhood entertainment, then go back and watch it and re-assess. MIKE GRAVAGNO VS DISNEY’S GARGOYLES In my head, Disney’s Gargoyles was a silver lining in the post-OJ Simpson trial world. That event changed my life, because it took away most of my favorite afternoon shows for what…
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Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. HOT FUZZ VS 28 DAYS LATER How do you compare and contrast a brilliant comedy with probably the best apocalyptic zombie movie ever? That’s like asking, “Which is better? Homemade macaroni and cheese, or red velvet cake…
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HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD WATCH? In which we tell you about awesome things that you must look into and enjoy. Watch The Wire (AT LEAST season 1) We here at the popfilter podcast were recently tasked with watching the first season of The Wire, the critically jizzed on HBO series. I was not looking…
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POP FILTER VS THE CLASSICS OF 1979 DAYS OF HEAVEN There are a lot of reasons, at least on paper, that I should hate Terence Malick. Hate is probably a strong word. There’s a lot of reasons why sitting down to watch one of his movies — the few that there are — scares me.…
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Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. WIZARD OF OZ VS O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? I have to admit, this pairing didn’t just force me to think for a minute–I agonized over it. Some movies are hard to pit against each other…
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HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO? In which we tell you about awesome things that you must look into and enjoy. “Left and Leaving” by The Weakerthans The Weakerthans are a band that you probably have heard of from that one guy at work that you don’t like very much. He’s probably very…
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POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS OF 1978 THE BOYZ FROM BRAZIL Learning about evil things in the world is like eating spoiled food. It sticks with you for a while, troubles your bowels, and makes you wish for death. It moves through you with a sure, merciless snake-path while you scream inside, scream so loud…
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