Posts by Mike Gravagno
POPFILTER VS. OUR CHILDHOOD
Popfilter Vs Our Childhood In which we reminisce about childhood entertainment, then go back and watch it and re-assess. STEPHANIE ROSE VS VERUCA SALT’S EIGHT ARMS TO HOLD YOU One of the things that makes going back and consuming something you loved as a kid such an interesting experience is the propensity for embarrassment. It’s one of those…
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Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. ROUND ONE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS VS TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE A stoner movie versus a movie that most people have to be stoned to see. Many people claim that Pineapple Express is the best stoner movie ever (it’s…
Read MoreSUCK MY DISC
KILLING SEASON *1/2 (out of ****) Killing Season, directed by Mark Steven Johnson (Daredevil, Ghost Rider), and starring Robert DeNiro and John Travolta, is a film about two sexagenarian actors desperately trying to remain virile and relevant as they pad their mutual fund accounts. In order to make the crass affair more palatable there is…
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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. TREMORS Tremors is a monster flick that came out January 19th 1990, it was made for $11 million and stands out, as well as holds up, as a kick ass horror/comedy film with…
Read MorePOPFILTER VS. THE CLASSICS
POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS OF 1978 MIDNIGHT EXPRESS The opening scenes of Midnight Express grab you by the scruff of your neck and rub your face right in the tension and fear that follow Billy Hayes as he attempts to smuggle hash out of an airport in Turkey. You know that he’s going to get…
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PopFilter Vs Our Childhood In which we reminisce about childhood entertainment, then go back and watch it and re-assess. RYAN HALEY VS AN AMERICAN TAIL When you’re a kid, you’re an idiot. You’re an idiot in almost every conceivable way, but none more evident than your opinions on pop culture. As a kid, I was an animation…
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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. LISTEN TO DULL TOOL BY FIONA APPLE I even made it easy for you! Press play. This song is off of the This is 40 soundtrack, and I definitely don’t want you…
Read MorePopFilter Vs. The Classics
POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS OF 1978 HEAVEN CAN WAIT Joel Pendleton (Warren Beatty), a possibly mentally retarded 2nd string quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams, is struck in a terrible head on collision while riding his bike through a dark tunnel on Mulholland Drive. This act – in and of itself – would…
Read MorePopFilter Vs. Our Childhood
Popfilter Vs Our Childhood In which we reminisce about childhood entertainment, then go back and watch it and re-assess. ERIN WILSON VS ROUNDHOUSE Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen of the show “Portlandia†are right–the ‘90s were full of possibility. I also remember the ‘90s (yes, the nineteen-nineties) as a time of dancing and unironic enthusiasm. A lot…
Read MoreFLICKCHART’S GREATEST BATTLES
Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. Spaceballs VS Groundhog Day Bill Murray is going up against Mel Brooks who co-wrote, acted as two characters, and directed? Okay, time for a fair and just comparison… I’m rooting for you, Bill. Groundhog Day is…
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