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Pop Filter Vs. The Classics
POP FILTER VS. AUNTIE MAME It’s the saddest story that Hollywood loves to exploit for comedic fodder, and for good reason. Minor child gets orphaned and goes to live with eccentric relatives is a cliché that still produces some of the best fish-out-of-water stories, especially when you totally gloss over the tragedy of a…
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. ROUND ONE RAIN MAN VS THE PROFESSIONAL Rain Man is probably the obvious choice here; it’s a beloved classic quoted ad nauseum and quite possibly the last time Tom cruise played a convincing human being. And of…
Read MoreYourpopfilter Weekend Muvie Revue
Weekend Muvie Revue Looper Here at Yourpopfilter.com we spend a pretty solid chunk of our time talking about Chris Nolan. We spend even more talking about M Night Shyamalan for some reason and I personally can never, ever shut the fuck about Darren Aaronovsky. You probably have three very different opinions about those three very…
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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 Twister Vs. The Prestige Both movies aren’t remembered fondly, if they’re remembered at all. Not that they’re hated, they’re both just vaguely forgettable. Maybe they’ll help you win a…
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Pop Filter vs. All About Eve Let’s get the plot out of the way as quickly as possible. All About Eve starts at an theater awards ceremony in New York, right before Eve is announced to win for Best Actress I guess. They never say that’s what the award is, but it’s the equivalent of…
Read MoreYourpopfilter Weekend Muvie Revue
Weekend Muvie Revue Dredd 3D When you set out to make an action movie you’re eventually going to have to decide whether the action is there to propel your plot forward or the plot and characters are just a there as a framework you can stuff as much action as possible into. Or you can…
Read MoreSome Bitch Reviews a Netflix Movie
Winter’s Bone Good googamugum, filterinos. This movie will get your heart pumping. This powerful tale of a teenager from the heart of the impoverished Ozark region fighting like hell to keep what little she and her family have left has come to Netflix. Well, actually it did a while ago, but if you haven’t seen…
Read MoreSexy Mental Problems #2: Epic!
This week, Alysa and Keith sit down with comedian Tim Groeschel and audio wizard Kristy Plotkin to discuss horror films, death metal, crass explanations of deep issues, and the legend of Mongo. Check it out! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Keith Carey Alysa Breen Tim Groeschel Kristy Plotkin
Read MoreWeekend Muvie Revue
Weekend Muvie Revue Lawless How soon is too soon to call a director Iconic? And how soon after that can I explain that iconic doesn’t mean great? The answers are ‘after only three movies’ and ‘immediately’. John Hillcoat has only directed three films, as long as your definition of film is the same as mine –…
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Weekend Muvie Revue The Expendables 2 Action movies are by necessity the most masturbatory of any genre. Their entire purpose is to allow you to indulge in violence. The goal isn’t to teach you a lesson about violence and when it is or isn’t necessary, the goal is to show you how awesome it is. …
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