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Reconsidering Jody Hill’s “Observe and Report”: Is It Transgressive Cinema?

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by Andy and Jason Pyles
Movie Podcast Weekly.com

Andy and Jason Pyles, the authors of this essay, are two of the hosts of Movie Podcast Weekly, a new movie podcast that launches on October 1, 2012. Andy and Jason revisited Jody Hill’s dark comedy “Observe and Report” (2009), and then had the following discussion via e-mail. Here is Jason’s perspective:

The Flawed Defense of Transgressive Cinema. There’s a phenomenon called “transgressive cinema.” It’s not new. I believe that term was originally coined in the ’80s, but transgressive cinema has been around since the birth of the medium. Indeed, Georges Méliès (“A Trip to the Moon”) used to make nudie films, Continue reading →

Written Review: End of Watch (2012)

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by Jason Pyles
Movie Podcast Weekly.com

Premise: While going about their daily duties, two LAPD officers keep stumbling onto a ferocious drug cartel with zero tolerance for ambitious cops.

Review: “End of Watch” may be the first found footage, shaky-cam, docu-drama, pseudo-documentary cop movie that also doubles as a feature-length PR commercial for the Los Angeles Police Department. (Seriously, this whole movie could be an advertisement for the LAPD. Perhaps it is.)

Actually, “End of Watch” is quite a number of things: It’s also a love story between two men played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña, not too far off from Gyllenhaal’s most famous role in “Brokeback Mountain” (2005). Continue reading →

Your Host, Karl Huddleston, in “Alien Abduction”

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Hi,
A big congratulations to our fellow co-host, actor Karl Huddleston, who starred along with Jaclyn Hales in this hilarious short film titled “Alien Abduction.” (By the way, the screenplay was co-written by our good friend, director Josh Ligairi.) We’ve embedded it below for your viewing pleasure. Leave a comment and let Karl know what you think.

Written Review: Being Flynn (2012)

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by Jason Pyles
Movie Podcast Weekly.com

Premise: A delusional, dead-beat dad (Robert De Niro) resurfaces in the life of his son (Paul Dano), who works at a homeless shelter where he finds it especially difficult to serve his father as a patron.

Review: Unless you have an affinity for dramas or Robert De Niro, the trailer for “Being Flynn” doesn’t look like anything to write home about. It appears to be just another little indie drama with a big star, some clever dialogue, and a few poignant moments, something along the lines of another “Smart People” (2008) or the like. Continue reading →

Movie Podcast Weekly Launches on October 1, 2012

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Movie Podcast Weekly is an hour-long, audio podcast that’s released every Monday, starting October 1, 2012.

Every single week, between 1 to 5 hosts will choose a brand new film that was just released in theaters the Friday before, and rate and review it in-depth, saving their discussion of any spoilers for the very end of the review. In the time remaining, the hosts will give Mini Reviews of whatever films they’ve been watching lately.

Follow us on Twitter: @MovieCastWeekly