Fall/Winter 2013 Film Preview and First Half Recap

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and highlighting our film picks for the second

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since we recorded spring summer, I know it wasn't

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true So jumping right in we're gonna do a recap

of what we did what our picks were in the first

half of 2013 Steve What is on your list for the

first half and brief thoughts? I had Star Trek

Into Darkness, Iron Man 3, G .I. Joe Retaliation,

Oz the Great and Powerful and Grown Ups 2. Two

of these films I have not yet seen. Oz and Grown

Ups 2, right? Actually, G .I. Joe Retaliation

I didn't get a chance to see and Grown Ups 2

I'm going to see this weekend. Star Trek Into

Darkness, I went and saw opening weekend. Iron

Man 3, watched by other methods. Oz the Great

Powerful, watched by other methods. But yeah,

I mean, for the most part, I wasn't disappointed

with mine one and two and four on the list. I

probably should have put Man of Steel. they're

in Despicable Me 2 only for the in place of GI

Joe and grown -ups only because I Got to actually

see them and they weren't in my honorable mentions

Star Trek I I've mentioned it before but I like

it, but there's certain elements that I just

found lazy Iron Man 3 I Ended up liking it after

a second and third watching Yeah Was the great

powerful I I found it to be very interesting

and Nice take on the addition to the story that

was set Years later or actually prior to the

original film getting time mixed up because the

original film but But yeah, and then like I said

my That that would pretty much round it out,

I mean I I wasn't disappointed with what I watched

For me, I had honorable mentions of Man of Steel

and Despicable Me 2. I saw both of those, so

I'll have to replace Oz and G .I. Joe with those

because I have yet to see Oz and G .I. Joe. I

still have yet to see Fast Six. Iron Man 3 is

still my number one movie of the year. I don't

care what else comes out after we finish up this

episode. I still really, really enjoyed that

both times. The first time I saw it, I enjoyed

it for what it was. The second time I was able

to see it in the theater, I went back and I kind

of analyzed it a little bit more. And yeah, there

are a few problems. There's a few logic jumps

that you have to make, but it's still an overall

very enjoyable movie. I did see Into Darkness

through other methods, and it was okay. I'm interested

to see where those characters go from there.

I do find it a little slacking off and lazy that

they just did Wrath of Khan redux. But Man of

Steel I enjoyed, Despicable Me 2, best animated

movie of the year for me. That movie was hilarious.

That movie was so damn good. What about you,

Kev? Well, I mean... I don't want to sound negative

at all because I didn't dislike hardly any of

the films I saw so far this year But but nothing

is like just completely blown me on my heels

I wouldn't be surprised if nothing from the first

half of the year makes it to my top ten overall

But I did enjoy that's not saying I didn't enjoy

some of these films like I had honorable mentions

I had Olympus has fallen Man of Steel Iron Man

3 and now you see me I didn't I never got to

see the Phantom or dead man down if they even

came out I don't I must have missed it dead man

down did okay But Olympus has fallen was okay,

you know Man of Steel I really enjoyed, Iron

Man 3 I really enjoyed, Now You See Me I really

enjoyed. But nothing like, like I said, nothing

number one out of the year material like you

were saying with your opinion of Iron Man 3.

My actual choices I have not seen Despicable

Me 2 only because my niece and nephew are coming

down here in a week and I was waiting to see

it with them because I saw the first one with

them in the theater. So we're waiting a little

bit on that but I'm sure I will love it. Sorry,

but I did see the other four that were on my

list Star Trek into darkness I don't even remotely

have the same feelings that that you two do on

that and we will not get into that Great save

for episode 12 Great Gatsby was one that I was

looking forward to again. I enjoyed it, but I

Wasn't wowed by it so much as the great and powerful.

I think some of that movie is amazing I think

some of that movie is awful I just can't get

past some of the things they did with the witch

and anyway But visually there was a lot of cool

things about that movie. So I kind of have a

love -hate relationship with that one 42 I put

that on my list originally just because I'm such

a baseball and historian nut It was what it was

I'm glad I watched it once I probably will never

watch it again But it wasn't bad. So I don't

know and I kind of agree with Dan somewhat with

the lacklusterness of yeah There were some big

movies Iron Man 3 Man of Steel Star Trek, etc.

And I'm not saying any of them were bad but Not

nearly the caliber of movies that I think we

will see in the second half of this year. Dan.

What do you think? Well my top five for the first

half or Man of Steel Pacific Rim Star Trek Star

Trek in the darkness from the guy who's never

seen it by the way Yes, and you say you don't

dislike it. You just don't want to see it. Now

you see me in RAPD. I have not seen Now You See

Me or RAPD. RAPD was on my list before I saw

the trailer. OK, I was going to ask you that.

Once I saw the trailer, I was like, OK, not so

much. Just the concept, the people that were

in it. I thought maybe it'd be interesting. So

that is kind of a black eye. So I made sure when

making my Second best plan ever Yeah, so when

I made my top five for the second half I made

sure not to include ones I didn't see the trailer

for so that doesn't happen again I yeah, like

I mentioned I don't I think last year the first

half was actually surprisingly really strong

there was a lot of good movies that came out

and This year not so much. There wasn't really

anything that really like you said I don't Necessary

seat making my top ten. I think of all my top

five that I came in I think Pacific Rim is probably

the the strongest and I actually didn't have

Iron Man 3 in my top five more anticipated but

of all the summer blockbusters that would probably

also be up there too. There are some movies that

I like that weren't on that. I did a top 10 of

my movies of the year so far that's on the site

if you want to check that out and a few other

reviews of movies have come out since then. Some

smaller films, some things that aren't necessarily

the big blockbusters but are kind of good counter

programming like Before Midnight, Mud which is

a great movie with Matthew McConaughey. It's

a really great movie to watch now because it

looks Very summery, like a nice, like, stand

-by -me -almost type of tale. It's coming to

DVD in a few weeks, I believe, so if you do need

to see it now, you'll see me though, Dan, before

the year's over. Oh, I definitely will, and I

wanted to, it's just that, I don't know if something

else came out that weekend or what have you,

but anyways, I do have strong feelings for the

second half, hoping it can make up for this first

half, so. We're gonna take a quick film trailer

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get you on a ride. I just won 20 bucks. All right,

we are back and briefly we're gonna go over July

really quickly Dan take it away Well, I guess

I'll start with the movies I've have seen. Well,

Lone Ranger, relatively pretty bad in every way

possible. Was that called Lone Ranger or Pirates

of the Caribbean, whatever number we're on? A

little bit of both. Yeah. Yeah, it was it was

pretty much Pirates of the Caribbean, the Western

now starring Johnny Depp's rotting career. Like

I mentioned watch them get army hammer to be

batman I think that actually was one of the rumors.

I think he'd be a great I think he's a good actor.

I think he was just given a bad role in a bad

movie I don't put the failure of that on him.

I put that on korvinsky. I think it was just

kind of gotten a little bit crazy Also, I saw

pacific rim, which I really liked and I will

be seeing the wolverine when that comes out which

Hopefully we'll be probably up at the time this

goes up and the conjuring which I just saw which

I'm not the hugest horror fan But I can appreciate

a good horror movie and the conjuring was definitely

one of them Everything else in July. Nothing

really comes out to me The to do Lewis looked

rather, you know mediocre smurfs to is everything

that's wrong with movies Turbine smurfs to and

not despicable me too. I actually know what I

should mention I would I would see that and we'll

see that when it comes to DVD just Nothing else

really comes out to me. Maybe red 2 the first

one was decent. Maybe the second will be okay

But I love how they're marketing that no giant

robots. No lizards. No this no that just action

stars Red 2 is like Expendables 3 eventually

would be Let's not compare those two franchises

quite yet Pretty much all I have for July Really

quickly for me for July Despicable Me 2 is awesome.

It just is it's something you have I know a lot

of people are gonna say Oh, I can wait till it

gets to media release. You have to see that movie

in theater. It's it's that damn good I'm interested

in Lone Ranger, but again, I'll wait till it's

red I'm interested in a more interested in it

than I am seeing Pacific Man. That makes no sense

on this planet Well, it makes sense to me. RIPD

I'm interested in, and I know that's me going

against my, oh my god, I fucking hate Ryan Reynolds

thing, but honestly, for me, I'm more interested

to see it with what Jeff Bridges does and with

what James Hung does, because James Hung is one

of the avatars, because that guy is hilarious.

The Wolverine is gonna be easily the best. one

that they've done to this point. The to -do list,

eh, whatever. What about you, Kev? Obviously,

I'm going to see Despicable Me 2. We already

talked about that. That's probably one of...

I've actually been waiting for three years for

that film. I was ready for that film as soon

as the first one was done. I've never... I don't

know if I've anticipated a movie as much as I

have that one for a long time. Don't ask me,

I just... Very much anticipating that one Lone

Ranger. I wouldn't see if they paid me to go

see it Grown -ups to I didn't see the first one

so I should probably watch that before I watch

the second one. I'm guessing I Echoed Dan sentiment

about Pacific Rim. I went in the no expectations

with that and that was a really enjoyable film

Something that if possible, you should definitely

see in the theater Very very good Breath of Fresh

Air. Turbo, I mean, it kind of looks decent,

but it's coming out in a year chock full of some

pretty good animated films. It's a tough year

to be an animated film this year. We'll get into

that more later. The Conjuring, I respect that

it's kind of like that old school horror film

kind of harkening back to like the 70s and whatnot,

but I'll pass. RIPD. Looks it should be a battle

between that and the Lone Ranger for the dumbest

movie that comes out in July I guess I just did

see red too And I just kind of on a whim went

and saw that and I was actually pretty entertained

I Saw I like both of those films, even though

I don't take them too serious and neither do

they I am actually anticipating complete Disappointment

in the Wolverine I'm kind of we're there with

you. I I'm gonna go see I have some expectations

because I like James mingle as a director and

the fact that they're Going into Japan has me

interested because that's you know, one of Wolverine's

most iconic storylines But I don't know some

of the special effects some of the I don't know

you can't be worse than the last Wolverine So

I guess that's a good thing, but I was really

making if you were making a list of like all

of the big budget type you know superhero or

other films though you know that we had this

year with iron man and with man of steel and

you know all these other ones if there was going

to be a dud my bet is on wolverine Thor the dark

world. No, I don't think so. I think Thor will

be better than Wolverine Maybe it's because I

don't care about Thor as a character and I care

more about Wolverine I am more interested in

Wolverine than I am Thor I guess you can throw

a smurfs to in and they can have a battle royale

with our IPD and the Lone Ranger The tootin the

to -do list it could be funny. I don't know if

the cast did casted the cast the best the girl

for that lead role I'm not 100 % convinced but

So yeah, I guess, you know, out of the ones I

haven't seen, I'm most looking forward to Despicable

Me 2. I've basically seen everything else on

that list except for The Wolverine, which, like

I said... Steve? Well, for me, I've seen quite

a few movies on that list. I mean, like I said,

I'm going to see Grown Ups 2 this weekend. Turbo

has me intrigued. Red, too, I'm actually looking

forward to, just because I liked the first one,

despite having seen it a year after it came out.

Pacific Rim, I'll eventually see it. I'm going

to keep an open mind when I do see it, but that's

not one I care to see right at this moment. I

don't want to watch a shitty quality version

online, which seems to be the trend right now.

Grown -ups, too, I was trying to do that. like

a one -hour cut, and I'm like, eh, I'll wait.

Wolverine I'm waiting for as well, but I'm intrigued

to see how that plays out. I hope it's much better

than the Origins film. R .I .P .D., I think it'll

be a funny movie. It'll be a funny action movie,

more or less. It won't be a good movie, but it'll

be an entertaining movie. There's more or less

what I'm gonna say about that Despicable me too.

I did see that that was really good Lone Ranger.

I saw that the parts parts of it were good And

I will agree it's not a good movie because it's

too drawn out and it's too it feels too much

like the Pirates films I mean, I understand it's

the same I like the the Pirates films and I like

the the national treasure films and stuff by

the same guys, but The addition of Johnny Depp.

I mean, yeah, he does play the part well, but

It's another Captain Jack Sparrow looking character

And I can see where that's the pitfall, but there's

a lot of scenes in the movie where they just

drag So it's that I can see why that's not ranking

very high either But yeah, I think that about

rounds out my July Alright, moving into August,

what are we interested in in August, Dan? Actually

quite a bit August used to be like a dumping

month, but there's actually a good a bit coming

out That's probably the one that jumps out to

me the most is Elysium It's the movie that it's

Neil Blomkamp's long -arrated follow -up to District

9 It's been forever for this movie and he was

a guy He was slated to direct the halo movie

that kind of fell through and this almost looks

like what that would have been if it happened

He does have an app. He does kind of have his

social allegories a little bit too blatant at

times, but I love the way the world looks. I

love how it's futuristic but not too futuristic

and the juxtaposition between like the, you know,

the drab real world and what the Lyceum looks

like and the fact that they shot most of this,

a lot of this movie in Mexico City or parts of

Mexico City. So those slums that you're seeing

in the trailers are actually real locations.

So that really has me pumped. Also, I love Matt

Damon, so that's always a plus. Another movie,

there's a few others that kind of jump out. Kick

Ass 2, I know you guys, I think, I don't know

if any of your fans are the first one. I enjoyed

the first one. I was. I was. I enjoyed the first

one. The second one I'm not 100 % sold on. I'm

thinking I'm just a little worried about what

they're going to do with it. It could be great.

Jim Carrey looks like he can... kind of have

a fun role in that though apparently he's not

going to be promoting at all because of the violence

there's that controversy going on which is funny

because you knew what he was getting into yeah

i i don't personally have an issue with it but

i guess that's a different a different story

for a different day uh but it is kind of odd

uh another one too is the the world's end the

edgar wright's ending of the Carnetal trilogy

like you had Shaun of the Dead hot fuzz now the

world's end. I love Shaun of the Dead I love

hot fuzz Edrigger right and Simon Pegg and Nick

Frost or like to me there's a people who like

love making the movies that they're in they just

have so much fun and I think that transcends

to the people watching so those are the ones

I think I will see in theaters other ones that

I will see but probably either rent will be Where

the Miller's looks like it could be funny Not

100 % sold on it, but I think either it's gonna

be a lot edgier than the trailer lets on or maybe

more broad It's hard to tell so that's why I'm

not really that sold on it In August 16th the

Butler that's coming out that looks like it can

be have potential. There's a actually controversy

with that too. Warner Brothers is being a little

bit of a pain not allowing the Weinstein's to

register the name The Butler. So when that comes

up, may actually have a different name because

the Warner Brothers have it like a 1939 silent

film that they have yet to release on DVD and

they're just kind of sticking it to the Weinstein's

because they don't get along, which is stupid.

But I think Lee Daniels who did the, you know.

precious movie Which I wasn't the hugest fan

of but I'd like to see Forrest Whitaker actually

be in a good movie again and then The last two

that I'll pass on the mic was jobs again big

reason I'm not sold on that is that guy just

did not see Ashton Kutcher as a serious actor

so it's I'll talk about that in a bit so we can

get in that too later and the last one that comes

up is like getaway, which looks interesting with

a movie about a guy whose family gets abducted

and he's driving around the city with Ethan Hawke,

the driver. That looks like it could be fun.

It's kind of a concept that's been done different

ways. So it's not all that groundbreaking, but

there's potential there. So that's all I have

for August. Steve, what about you for August?

What piques your interest? For me, it's kind

of a hit and miss. I think We're the Millers

will be funny. I do like and enjoy stupid comedies

and stuff that's and I like that Jason Sudeikis

actor anyway from SNL so I like a lot of how

he portrays characters and stuff so I want to

see that. Disney's planes, I know it's gonna

be like a Cars rehash just with airplanes, but

I kind of want to see that anyway. I like Pixar

films. Elysium looks like it could be pretty

good. I'm kind of looking forward to that, seeing

how that is. I generally like Matt Damon films.

Well, I like when he's in more or less action

films. I don't really like his kind of calm,

serious roles. I agree with Dan on the butler

could go either way It looks interesting based

on the cast but and some of it, but I don't know

what to think about it yet Kick -ass 2 I like

the first film so I'm On board for seeing the

second one and especially through me because

there's Jim Carrey in it instead of Nick Cage,

so I'm down for that, but nothing else for the

rest of the month really stood out to me. How

about you, Kev? What stands out for you for August?

Well, first of all, I think I would find a calendar

and I would circle the date August 16th on it,

because a good movie will come out that day.

You have other jobs coming out on the 16th. Think

all of those have potential to be good. So make

sure you go see at least one of them that week

or the next week after that With the butler,

I think that has the potential to be an epic

film It has the feel of like a Forrest Gump type

film. Will it follow through with that? We will

see but I can see the potential just kind of

lurking there with that one or whatever. It's

gonna be called jobs. I agree that the biggest

hurdle there is is accepting Ashton Kutcher as

that role I'm gonna give him a chance if he can

pull it off that movie could be pretty darn good

If he can't he is gonna single -handedly ruin

that film though Obviously a lot of the feel

of you know like a social network type feel So

that could be good a kick -ass to watch eventually.

I'm not a huge huge on those films, but I do

enjoy them And I actually am somewhat looking

forward to paranoia. Nobody's mentioned it yet.

So I'm assuming most people are not I Just kind

of think that it's an interesting dynamic with

Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford Yeah, they've made

a lot of Not so hot movies, but I'm gonna give

it a shot. So August 16th. I'm definitely looking

forward to before that two guns I'll see it just

because I like action films, so put action films

and put Denzel on the screen and I'll go give

you some of my money. So I'll watch that. Percy

Jackson, I just can't get into that franchise.

We're the Millers. Like everybody said, it could

be funny, but I'm not looking for anything like

best comedy of the year style. Planes will be

good if it's not exactly like Cars. Sorry, Mike.

Elysium is by far the film I'm looking forward

to the most out of the entire month. I think

that looks absolutely amazing. I'm a huge Matt

Damon fan. This just looks like it could be something

that has a big impact in its genre, etc. So I'm

definitely looking forward to that. And then

after the 16th, The Mortal Instruments City of

Bones, I'm not on board yet, but maybe I'll be

swayed that way. The World's End, just not my

thing. You're next not my thing Getaway, I'm

undecided, but the fact that it seems like The

car is the setting for 90 % of the movie is a

huge turnoff to me And closed -circuit looks

interesting kind of has that James Bond feel

so I'll wait and see Until it gets a little bit

closer on what I'm gonna do with closed -circuit

All right, well first of all I I watch a lot

of Disney Channel, so I see a lot of these Previews

and promos and behind -the -scenes things I'm

a huge fan of cars and cars too and those characters.

I would have rather had a cars 3 than this fucking

movie planes I don't see I don't see any no it

does not not not if if the If it wasn't a friggin

crop duster as the underdog Maybe I could see

that While they're still having cars in it Well,

yeah, it's the Cars universe, but still it's

not Lightning McQueen and Mater and this anyway,

so I will not be seeing planes I have no interest

in it whatsoever. Also just on that real quick

before you go. That's also not a Pixar movie

It's it's made to Disney. It's Disney Toon Studios

It was originally made to go direct to video

and then they're like, you know what people are

dumb enough to go see this So let's put in the

theater and that's what they did. So it that

You can't even put that one on Pixar because

this one's just Disney trying to like, you know,

squeeze as much out of that car franchise as

they can. Maybe we'll get boats. You know, what's

next? Maybe like tanks. We already got boats

in cars, too. But yeah, no, I know. I know what

you're saying. Yeah. As far as for me, there

are five films in August I'm interested in. Two

guns looks absolutely interesting like Kevin

said put Denzel on screen and you're there But

the interesting thing about two guns is who he's

teamed up with mark friggin Wahlberg. That's

that's interesting casting The butler looks interesting

jobs There's gotta be some other actor that could

emulate Steve Jobs better than Ashton Kutcher

They've already done this like ten years ago

15 years ago. I know. Okay. But see, that's the

thing. Recently, um, Oh God, maybe three or four

weeks ago. I don't know if you, I don't even

know if you saw it, Dan. I stole Dan's, uh, streaming

for your pleasure blog type thing. And I did

a kind of quick take mini review of one last

thing. The Steve jobs documentary story that

came out a couple of years ago. I think it was

like right after his death or something. Um,

Jobs, the film Jobs with Ashton Kutcher is basically

the documentary except set in fiction. And there's

actually another Steve Jobs movie coming out,

not this year, probably later down the line.

That's going to be written by Aaron Sorkin, the

guy who did Moneyball and The Social Network.

And I'm far more interested in that than I'm

probably this one. It could be good. I think

honestly, if it wasn't Ashton Kutcher, I probably

would be giving it more credence. But to be fair.

To be fair the social network also started Jesse

Eisenberg and up to that point really didn't

prove himself as an actor But ended up getting

no really critical acclaim for that role So there's

a huge difference between Jesse Eisenberg who

I never even really knew before the social network

and friggin Ashton Kutcher who was Michael Kelso

from that 70s show He's done in plenty of other

comedies. He's made comedy as thing I think the

only serious film I've seen I've ever seen him

in And I haven't seen all of his films, I just

choose not to. The only serious kind of film

I saw him in was that Butterfly Effect movie.

No, I know it's a bad movie, but I'm just saying

that his schtick is comedy and I don't, I just,

I don't know. I just don't know. Jobs would be

interesting. The butler looks good. Like Kevin

said, it's going to be interesting to see what

happens with closed circuit. That kind of grabbed

my attention when I watched the trailer. The

getaway, I know Kevin hates cars. Kevin hates

racing. But the getaway to me looks like ten

times better than what Drive was supposed to

be. The getaway to me looks like what Drive should

have been. You mean mediocre? Because that's

what that movie looks like. What, Drive? No,

Drive is friggin fantastic. No, Drive was friggin

horrible. Drive was like... Sub it in French

and it would be better because it was a French

film done here in America And it was just god

-awful. I agree. It is like a foreign film, which

I think makes it good All right, we need to review

that one day, I think that'll be a fun fun review

I'd be on it sure. Have you seen Mike would be

phoning it in? No, I wouldn't be phoning it in

I'd be raging at the mouth. We're talking about

drive. Okay What did you think we were talking

about get out of you get away? I'm sorry. Oh,

yeah Yeah, no, we'll get to get away eventually.

Alright, so that's for August. What about September,

Steve? What peaks your interest for September?

Well, for me, for September. Insidious Chapter

2 looks like it'll be pretty good for a horror

film, only because I saw the first one and the

only thing confusing to me is part of the trailer.

I don't know if it's reusing part of the first

film in it or if it's... Retreading some of the

first film into the second film with it. I Just

I don't know Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

too because I enjoyed the first one It's just

that kind of goofy type film And it's animated

so it's I don't know it was just it was really

good the first one So the second one looks nice

that it's continuing where the first one left

off. The only other film I had on there was Prisoners,

which looked halfway decent just because it's

got Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal in it and

it's like a home version of Taken in a sense,

but it's not quite that level. It's more down

-to -earth version Interesting so What about

you Kev for September I mean I think September

pales in comparison to August like Dan was saying

August is weirdly Seems like it's packed with

a lot of potential good films in September Okay,

Riddick starting off the month. No, I will not

pay money to see anything Vin Diesel is in, thank

you. The Family has the potential to be god -awful,

but I will watch it because Robert De Niro is

in it and that's just one of my rules. No matter

how many bad movies he makes, he makes good ones

every once in a while. Battle of the Year, to

me, that could be my guilty pleasure if it's

done right, kind of like Pitch Perfect was last

year. but I don't think it'll be that good. Prisoners,

I'll be seeing that one in the theater. That's

like take Taken and take Edge of Darkness and

then replace with Hugh Jackman and it could be

interesting. So I will definitely see Prisoners.

I might even go see The Wizard of Oz and IMAX.

I know that's not a new film but that seems like

something I should do. Baggage Claim, I think

they left out a name in the casting list of that

trailer. I'm pretty sure Tyler Perry should be

in that. The deus baggage claim, that's what

it should be. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2, like I said, this is a good year for animated

films. At least I think it has the potential

to be, and not saying all of them will deliver,

but I think Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

will be up near the top, just not quite as far

as Despicable Me 2. Don John, I am loving Joseph

Gordon -Levitt right now, and I think that's

kind of a sleeper film. I think that could be

better than people are going to think it's going

to be. Hopefully I'm right. And Rush, I think

that'll actually do amazing in the box office

because there's a gazillion race fans out there

and this is like, if there was ever a film made

that could deliver on the thousands and billions

of NASCAR and race fans then this one's going

to be it. Myself, if I have to see the trailer

one more time I probably won't watch it. That's

how I felt about premium rush, which is something

completely different that came out was a bike

messenger movie so yeah, the only films I'm looking

forward to our prisoners and Don John and this

one which with the Caveat there that I probably

will see clouded with the chance of meatballs

to at some point Dan your September picks. Well,

I think Riddick kind of looks interesting I do

agree that Vin Diesel's kind of void of charisma

and like him on screen is kind of Horrible typically

though the pitch -perfect character kind of works

with him or not that character in pitch -perfect

They're not pitch -perfect cheese pitch black

Vin Diesel pitch -perfect be a very different

movie But and I though I didn't like Chronicles

at Riddick and the Riddick seems more like pitch

pitch black than Chronicles, so that might be

okay. I won't see in the theaters no high expectations,

but curious about it like Steve said I did like

Insidious the first film James Wan who directed

that and also directed the conjuring and It's

also directing insidious chapter 2. So I really

curious about that. I Horror sequels they're

hit and mess at times, you know, it probably

horsey films have more sequels any other genre

Because they're cheap and easy and make a lot

of money. But with James Wan directing the original

director I have a lot of faith and then Wizard

of Oz, like Kevin mentioned, it feels like almost

like you're obligated to go see that in a good

way. I do wish it wasn't 3D IMAX, just regular

IMAX, but I think it'll look gorgeous. I did

see a preview for it when I went to see Pacific

Rim. It wasn't in 3D, it was just normal IMAX,

and it looked great. It looked like I'd never

seen it before. Prisoners, like you all mentioned

too, that looks kind of almost like a 70s film

in the way it feels, and Kicktail and Hall has

me sold after... Last year when he did end up

watching I was very impressed with him. Yeah

almost all everything he's done you mentioned

Don john again. I think that looks great. That's

jordan gerson Joseph gordon levitt's first directorial

film was almost well, so i'm curious how that

would go Metallica through the never it looks

Ridiculous the film that's coming out. It's like

a concert film mixed with a like actual narrative

of like a riot or something it the fact that

that's actually getting released in theaters

is I Don't understand. It looks more like something

you'd throw on during a concert and not actually

release it could be God -awful and I'm pretty

sure it is regarding rush I haven't actually

seen many trailers for it. I think before we

started doing this. I didn't only seen I've only

saw one and Ron Ron Howard is a director he Can

do some amazing things. I love frocks nixon frocks

nixon. I love apollo 13 But then he has some

misses as well like uh, so it's hard to tell

um, chris henworth thor starring so and I i'm

not a big racer and myself i've never watched

a car race, but There's potential, you know,

I mean it can be better than days of thunder

So I want to live where you live because every

film i've seen in the last two months has previewed

rush for me Uh, I haven't really I don't know.

I haven't really I don't know why just worked

out that way. I guess i'm guess i'm guess i'm

lucky that way Uh, and that's pretty much it

for this year battle of the year. I maybe that

could be a hit I just I don't know like i'm dance

movies to me always seem kind of ridiculous,

but maybe it's because I suck at dancing uh in

cloudy with the chance of meatballs two One seat

in theaters. Um, probably nice little rental

though For me wizard was imax 3d What I find

interesting about IMAX 3D versus regular 3D theaters

is the 3D doesn't bother me as much in IMAX because

the screen is so much larger or at least it seems

that way So I'll see that Metallica through the

never I am a casual Metallica fan I like some

of their songs when it comes on my iTunes playlist

and stuff like that When I saw this trailer,

I think I saw it in front of might have been

in front of Despicable Me 2 I was like, ooh,

wow, Metallica is finally doing something after

20 years. Because I mean, seriously, what have

they done? I mean, I know they released a new

album a couple of years ago, but like they haven't

been in the mainstream limelight in a long time.

And Through the Never looks interesting. It's

not theater worthy, I don't think, but it's something

that I'm interested in. Other than that, that's

it for me for September. Alright, moving into

October. Dan, what are your October choices?

I think October gets a little bit better than

December. Maybe not in quantity, but in quality.

The first one that comes out to me is... Gravity

the trailers that come out don't really give

you much which I think is the right thing to

do All you really know about them is it's you

know, Sandra Bullock and George Clooney and something

happens in their space and then it goes from

there Our thoughts of Quran who did who's directing

it? He direct children of men and similar to

Neil Blomkamp who's doing a lesion It's like

his long follow -up. It's been forever since

he's come out with a movie He's like the king

of the long shot. He either really Professor

director, so I'm really looking forward to gravity.

I think it has potential to be absolutely fantastic

Another one that jumps out to me is Captain Phillips.

I think that looks freaking phenomenal I love

Paul Greengrass Tom Hanks as like a ship captain

with a weird accent somehow it works. It just

it looks frightening and just really compelling

and the fact that it's really getting at a story

that Is really new and interesting that's really

never been covered in American films is really

fascinating to me. Some other ones that come

up. I'm not a big horror film, like I mentioned,

but I do think Carrie has potential. This is

one I've seen a lot of trailers for. I've seen

a few horror films recently. I do like Stephen

King. The original Carrie was pretty fantastic.

There've been like a billion different versions

of this movie since then, but I hope maybe this

one will be another good one. And also... October

25th, maybe another day there will be another

great movie because Ridley Scott's coming out

with the counselor Which looks completely different

than a normal Ridley Scott movie doesn't have

that epic feel It's really just a personal tale

with Michael Fassbender and he's an actor I'll

go see in almost anything and another movie I'm

really really looking forward to because I love

the original old boy Spike Lee is another director

that I can love and hate at at times. Usually

I'm hating him when he's talking but This movie

looks I think it looks gorgeous. Josh Brolin

looks really great in it Has I think again some

of like of this month in October some of my Movies

I'm looking most forward to so and then there's

a few others like machete kills I think that

Grindhouse type of style movie is kind of gone.

We've seen a lot of them with like Hobo with

a shotgun and Death Proof and I think this is

kind of it's run its course and I just I don't

know I have no interest in that Runner Runner

with could be okay I just think Joshua Timberlake

works better as a side character than the lead

actor and I like Ben Affleck more as a director

than an actor So that's why I'm a little hesitant,

but it could be good. It could surprise me and

Romeo and Juliet I had no idea that movie was

coming out. And the fact that they're taking

it straight, that's pretty interesting. So that's

the movie that's set out to me for October. For

me, I didn't know Steve became a captain. That

went completely over my head. No, it didn't go

over our heads. Captain Phillips looks interesting.

Romeo and Juliet. Can we just get a Nomeo and

Juliet sequel, please? I think we have. I don't

know if they've made Nomeo and Juliet 2 yet.

For me, way back in school when they showed us

the original film, I was bored as hell. Leonardo

DiCaprio, Claire Dain's version in the mid -90s

was alright. I just don't care about that story

that much. It's something I'll probably... Red

box or something like that, but it's not something

I'd pay money to see in a theater Gambit not

the Marvel character because as soon as I saw

that I asked even like hey wait a second Marvel's

putting out a third movie this year Gambit looks

interesting and the escape plan for me looks

looks really really interesting. What about you

Steve? For this particular month I I really only

have a Few that I think might be cool The captain

Phillips looks interesting only because Not because

the names don't even say it Because it's more

based in reality because I think Isn't that based

on a true story? Yes, it is. Okay Then yeah,

that that's another reason why I think I found

it interesting. I thought it was but I wasn't

a hundred percent The other one that I'm kind

of looking forward to just for 80 shits and giggles

is the escape plan Because it has Arnold and

Stallone yeah So that's that's pretty much the

only reason why I want to see that is because

those two are in it It has nothing to do with

the plot. It's just it's pure nostalgia Yeah,

you know the a lot of the 80s action stars have

come back and become action stars of the new

century at this point They're broke and how we

would like some None of them have really been

successful like they've all been kind of duds

like, you know a bullet to the head failed uh,

the last stand failed the new diehard wasn't

Taking really well. Well, the next diehard is

gonna be terrible too. So yeah It I think they're

trying to come back. I didn't escape land looks

like of all the ones that are coming out It does

look kind of interesting because I think it's

it's not that huge over the top like, you know

Schwarzenegger taking out a billion dudes and

lifting cars with his arms. So I think it has

potential but yeah, they're coming back But I

think it's more so out of need because they need

money. That's about it Let's not let's not quite

put up Bruce Willis in the same class with Arnold

and Stallone though quite yet. Well, no, he's

he's For instance die hard is just the subject

of bad writing And direct and direct They should

have kept him in America the minute they moved

him jump the shark and moved him overseas like

police Academy did then I knew it was over True,

I just think he has more acting ability than

those other guys at least. Well, I mean his die

-hard Five -roll was pretty much saying John

John John True, and then diving over stuff like

it he wasn't even John McClane. He was that was

a phone in I would have rather have watched the

whole 11 yards and see that character again.

They should have made like Olympus has fallen

into Die Hard 5 and had John McClane running

through. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What about you Kev

for October? What are your choices? Well, first,

what are not my choices? No, I don't know machete

kills. I have no interest like Dan said that

has I wasn't interested when they first started

those types. I'm still not interested in. I definitely

think it's run its course. The Shadow King honestly

sounds like one of the most retarded synopsises

I've ever read for a film. I don't even know

how that's being turned into a film based on

the pitch. I don't know. I'm mind boggled about

that one. Escape Plan slash Expendables 3. It's

like... the red movies or the expendable movies.

It's gonna be worth a watch at some point just

for shits and giggles, but I won't be seeing

it in the theater. Ones I'm actually looking

forward to, Gravity. I think there's a ton of

potential with Gravity. I'm just hoping it's

not just the expensive attempt at a version of

Moon, since Moon was so good. I hope they're

not just trying to like... Take things from moon

and like make a big -budget movie out of it and

try to be successful. I hope it's an actual sincere

You know that they follow through with the potential

that they have there That's one that you don't

really know what you're getting yourself into

when you go watch that I guess so Who knows runner

runner? I'm actually intrigued by the pairing

of Affleck and Timberlake I think they could

be magical together in a very flamboyant way

to know I don't know I think I think that could

be very interesting. I actually, I'm intrigued

to see how that plays out. I'll go see that one

in the theater just out of pure intrigue. Captain

Phillips, I gotta appreciate Tom Hanks getting

back some limelight in the big screen and some

big films. I know he was there kind of last year,

but this seems more Tom Hanks, like the old Tom

Hanks that I'm used to rather than some of the

stuff that he's done recently. I'm very surprised

that it took this long to make this into a movie.

The the modern -day pirate stuff has been going

on for a long time and I would have thought somebody

would have capitalized on it sooner But I'm definitely

looking forward to that one Romeo and Juliet.

I am one of the biggest Shakespeare fans that

I know I'm surprised they're doing this again

and like Dan I had no clue they were doing this

again. I Don't know why they're doing it again

I think there's other Shakespeare stuff that

hasn't been done as much that could really be

done successfully now. I do find it interesting

that they're going straight with it, but I just

don't think there was a need after the Clare

Danes and the Bas Lorman version of this because

I really enjoyed that. So I'm undecided on that

one. I'll try to keep an open mind for it, but

I don't really see what they hope to accomplish

with this. It's already been done in the classic.

Form and it's already been done in a modern take

So I don't I don't get the point um get money.

That's the point I don't think it's a guarantee

to make money, but we'll see Gambit I'll watch

on DVD at some point. It looks interesting Counselor

looks interesting and an old boy though is probably

I guess if I had to pick one besides the Captain

Phillips there and possibly runner -runner old

boy I just think that looks insanely intense

it Will definitely be seeing that in the theater.

I have high expectations for old boy Very cool

very cool all right moving on into November I

have zero films that I'm interested in November

zero absolutely none what Thor the dark world

I don't I like Thor when he's with the Avengers.

I don't care about him when he's on his own can

we make a bet No on which film is better between

Wolverine and Thor Between what? Between Wolverine

and Thor. I'm on Camp Thor. You can be on Camp

Wolverine. Yeah. Anyway. Kev, what are your choices

for November? Since you have none. Wow. Ender's

Game could be terrible and could be good, but

I'll definitely see it in the theater. Freebirds,

if I'm not mistaken, that was the film that was

originally called Turkeys. Serious like I think

there's even movie promotional art that calls

that turkeys and they changed the name to freebirds

If I'm not mistaken is that let me tell me range

turkeys. Yeah, it is It was originally called

turkeys in like some type of early draft. Now.

It's freebirds I actually think that again is

a decent looking comedy that's coming out this

year or animated film that's coming out this

year But it's made the mistake of coming out

in the wrong year possibly I actually am looking

forward to Las Vegas. I don't know why, but it

seems like it has a good cast and comedies are

hit or miss, but I'll give it a shot. Thor, I

really like Thor. I like Thor apparently more

than most people like Thor. And I like the setting

and I like... Everything about Thor really and

I wasn't expecting to because I had no opinion

of Thor a couple years ago So I'm definitely

looking forward to Thor the Dark World. I don't

care what Mike says The Book Thief That one like

Rings Oscars to me. I know nothing about the

film, but I just have a feeling that's something

that the Academy might like I don't know I don't

know enough about the film to form an opinion

about it the Wolf of Wall Street I guess the

question there is is it gonna be better or worse

than Greg Gatsby? Um, I find it very weird that

Leonardo DiCaprio took those two roles in the

same year. Cause there's a lot of like about

them. Um, I don't know. We'll see. Um, delivery

man again. Why does Vince Vaughn or not Vince?

Uh, yeah. Vince Vaughn. Did I say the right name?

Vin Diesel? Yeah. I don't know. Don't know why

he said yes to that the Hunger Games. I'll probably

see that one in theaters I forgot I didn't see

the first one in theaters I waited until it was

on DVD and that's a film that you should probably

see in theater I'm guessing I'm still not sure

that's a film that would have never been Made

in the 80s or even the 90s. They wouldn't allowed

that they would not have allowed that film to

be made There's a lot of films that are out now

that would never have been made That one though,

even watching the first one, I was like, whoa,

nobody had a problem with this? Like no parent,

no parental groups, no anybody had a problem

with kids killing kids? And that movie in the

80s would have either been rated triple X or

X or whatever it is. It wouldn't have been rated

like that. It just wouldn't have been allowed

to be made. True. But I'll see it in the theater

because I think it's something that you should

see in a theater rather than on a TV. Nebraska,

I would have to see a trailer on that. Homefront,

I have to see a trailer on that. Frozen, I think

that's possibly the only film with the potential

to beat Despicable Me 2. I expect big things

from that. I think Frozen and Despicable Me 2

might be one and two as far as animated films

this year. Out of the Furnace. Has a ridiculous

cast it kind of gave me the feel when I watched

that trailer Similar to like the town and the

fighter when those films came out so I'm really

looking forward out of the furnace and I Would

not be surprised if Mandela a long walk to freedom

is a best picture nominee That looks amazing.

So I guess the ones that I'm looking forward

to the most would be Thor Out of the furnace

and Mandela Dan, your November picks. My November

picks. Like Kevin mentioned, Ender's Game has

potential. I mean, that's a classic novel. It's

well -acclaimed. The trailers haven't really

wowed me, though. They've seemed kind of just

blah. And if it didn't have that pedigree of

that novel behind it, I don't think it would

be nearly as... I don't think I would nearly

have any interest in it. Though Harrison Ford

going back to science fiction is intriguing,

even if he's just kind of a side character. The

movie About Time... looks kind of like almost

like the time traveler's wife but more comedic

and less uh pretentious in a way and it could

be nice cute little comedy again not expecting

much but i won't see that in theaters again one

of those movies that's great for rental or on

demand or something like that uh thor i do like

the character of thor i'm a big fan of the character

of thor Like I've said previously, he is kind

of like the Hulk. You get the right writer and

he is an amazing character. There's a lot of

history there. There's a lot of Shakespearean

elements to that character. I like the first

Thor movie. I think the best, I thought the best

parts of that were the Asgardian aspects of it.

And I like the fact that this Thor seems to be

focusing on that and I hope they expand that

world a little bit more. If we're going to bet

what movie is better than Thor or Wolverine,

put me on the Thor side. I have more faith in

that than I do. Wolverine I just I've stated

before the character of Thor the reason why I

don't care for him in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Unless he's with the Avengers is because it's

all serious and dark the four character I know

is comedic and you know, he's basically Don't

seem it's just serious and dark though I mean

there was a lot of like fish out of water moments

when he came down to earth and the first one

like him trying to order a Horse and like him

on her and not understanding. Yeah, there weren't

the funniest things in the world They were kind

of broad, but I'd never I'd never saw if the

war is a dark movie Maybe the dark world will

be but I never saw the first one The Wolf's of

Wall Street I another one I'm looking forward

to huge Scorsese fan him tackling this This time

period is great. Another great cast, Matthew

McConaughey, who's been on fire lately, the guy

who I wrote off a long time ago, has been freaking

amazing. Jonah Hill, too, in that. I honestly

didn't even see the connection between DiCaprio

and Gatsby, that now you bring that up. I could

kind of see that, but I have more faith in Scorsese

as a director than I did. Oh, I do, too. So I

really have a lot of hope for that. I'm pretty

sure it'll probably get a Best Picture nomination

just because of Scorsese. Plus, I think it's

very relevant today, even though it's really

taking place in the 80s. So I think that is kind

of interesting. The Hunger Games. I was not the

hugest fan of the first film. Like a lot of people,

the movie Battle Royale, which is like a... foreign

film or japanese i can't think of where it came

from that covers like the same the same type

of idea of kids killing each other which starts

a lot better than that movie uh though i do like

because i love a jennifer lawrence i thought

her performance and that was fantastic catching

fire i think has even more more potential i know

i'm going to be seeing it because my wife loves

those movies and she loves the book so this is

fine So I will be there. She'll she'll be sitting

through Thor, you know I'll be sitting through

the Hunger Games and I don't really mind it I

think the catching hopefully catching fine. It'll

be be a little bit better. It has Philip Seymour

Hoffman So that has me intrigued to like Nebraska

like you mentioned Kevin I need to see a trailer,

but I'm probably gonna see it because it's Alexander

Payne and He he too can be hit and miss but I

love the descendants. The brass guy has a pretty

solid cast as well And frozen looks like you

mentioned could be a really solid you know that

that That a animated film of the summer that

winter months that really takes off I forgot

to say but I just want to throw this in there

and sorry to interrupt you but one thing I appreciate

about frozen and the reason why I think it has

more potential than than your typical animated

film right now is Number one they didn't just

try to get all the big names to do the voices.

Yeah, I understand Kristen Bell is in there,

but they didn't just try to get recognizable

names to just sell the crap out of it for me.

The fact that Idina Menzel is in there with her

pedigree, just, I don't know, and it's directed

by one of the people that did record Ralph. I

don't know, I just think this has a feel of not

your typical just throw some big names in it

and try to make some money off a kid's thing.

I think it might actually be good. Yeah, I think

so too. I didn't even realize the cast with that.

That is good to see when it's not just like big

star A, do it in there just for name recognition.

Out of the furnace, I'm kind of just... repeating

what you said but to again looks fantastic great

cast Christian Bale and Casey Affleck and something

and Woody Harrelson looks That guy is so underrated.

It's it's it's it's criminal. He can do so many

things He's great in committee as a great comedian.

He can play good villain. So I'm really excited

for out of the furnace I didn't even like hear

anything about that. So hopefully that gets more

buzz because it looks like it could be fantastic

and Mandela walk long walk defeated him. You

know, it's interesting. I'm sorry string your

bell playing Nelson Mandela, which I love at

Idris Elba. He's a great actor. I was hoping

for a very long time that he would get the opportunity

to really show what he can do, like he did in

The Wallflower. He was fun in Pacific Rim, but

he really hasn't had a role that's really stood

above and made him award -worthy. Playing someone

like Nelson Mandela has an opportunity. The voice

is kind of off -putting but it is Nelson Mandela's

voice but seeing it out of his mouth It's kind

of does seem kind of odd, but I think it's something

you get used to after a while So I like you mentioned

Kevin I could see that one being up for awards

and being you know I just hope it's not just

kind of your normal biopic where it's kind of

dry Yeah, I actually think I don't know. I think

that I think November is pretty stacked to a

lot of good films coming out Steve your picks

for November My picks for November are Ender's

Game, which again, I agree with you guys, go

either way. And if it weren't for the fact I

read the book years ago and did a report on it

in school years after I read it the first time,

I probably wouldn't have paid too much attention

to this trailer. The Delivery Man, I want to

see it only because I like Vince Vaughn. It has

nothing to do with the plot because it makes

no sense and it's stupid. Even showing my wife

that trailer, she's like, that makes no sense.

That's just stupid. And I said, I know. I said,

but it still looks like it'll be funny. And of

course, I'll be going to see The Hunger Games

as well, only because my wife really likes it.

So I know I'll be seeing that. I liked the first

film. I mean, it's not my favorite thing in the

world, but it's not Twilight. I'm fine with that.

And the other film that I have on my list is

Frozen, for pretty much the same reasons you

guys listed. I think there's a lot of potential

with that one. All right, let's move into the

last month of 2013, December. I have one pick,

Jack Ryan. I will see any of the Jack Ryan character

movies because I like seeing what the different

actor I mean the Jack Ryan character from Tom

Clancy movies in his novels has been played by

Ben Affleck Harrison Ford I think now it's Chris

Pine So it's gonna be interesting to see what

happens there other than that. I don't give a

crap about anything that's coming out in December

All right Kev Well, obviously being the furthest

month out, there's a few that we don't really

have a lot to go on at this point, so I don't

want to make the same mistake Dan did. And I

was ready to say a couple of these. I guess if

I was going to make a mistake, it was going to

be on the Monuments Men, because I looked at

the cast and I said, I don't really care. I don't

need to see a trailer for this. I want to see

this. But I don't want to say that now, because

I might end up with another RIVD. So anyways.

A lot of them the trailers aren't around for

Dallas Buyers Club. I didn't see a trailer there

America's Hustle or American Hustle, excuse me

the monuments men Labor Day and the secret life

of Walter Mitty I didn't find trailers for those

so I'm not gonna say one thing about them For

the ones that there was stuff there. I think

I'm probably gonna say this wrong inside Lewin

Davis. Is that how I say that name? I believe

so I think that's a sleeper not necessarily a

sleeper, but that's a best picture candidate

possible There's a lot of potential there Obviously,

I'm gonna go see The Hobbit I'm not anticipating

much and I'm not gonna go up with a lot of expectations

But I will say that a lot rides on that film

The first one Whether you like it or don't like

it. I think this second one will either make

or break this second trilogy So I think a lot

rides on it, so I'm really hoping that it surprises

me and is more so akin to the Lord of the Rings

films in their quality and that it doesn't take

a step down and just completely ruin the whole

Hobbit trilogy. Saving Mr. Banks, I am super

excited for this one. First of all, I don't know

why I never saw it, but Tom Hanks is absolutely

perfectly cast as Walt Disney. I agree. I don't

know how I didn't see that he looks exactly like

Walt Disney ever before. So I think he's completely

believable as Walt Disney, and I think this is

a cool and unique way for someone to, yes, tie

into films that have already happened, but do

so in a way that's not just a remake, that's

not just a reboot, that is a unique and clever

way to add a chapter to this franchise. I'm very

excited for saving Mr. Banks, and I think it's

going to be a good film. Other than that, they

still allow Keanu Reeves to make movies. He makes

real movies? It just takes 10 years for movies

to come out. 47 Ronin was scheduled to come out

in 1980. Oh, that's fine. It's been pushed back

so much and I didn't think it was coming out,

but a trailer just came out today. So Don't forget

they were pushing it back eventually would just

quit I guess they were he was he was waiting

for matrix four, but I guess it's not coming

I'm undecided on the jack ryan one I do like

all the other jack ryan films, but I need to

see more and think more about that before I'm

accepting of that And I think august osage county

I think that'll do well. That'll get some nominees

or something or some acclaim of some sort. I

think the whole baby boomer generation will definitely

go out and see that one. But yeah, I think probably

the biggest one I'm looking forward to outside

of just my personal want to see the Hobbit would

be saving Mr. Banks. Dan, what about you? Again,

I think December has a lot of movies to mention.

There's not a lot of trailers out yet. Though

I was kind of speaking crap about 47 Ronin. I

am kind of interested in it. The trailer just

came out today and it does have a really epic

feel to it. I'm a big fan of samurai movies.

It looks like a cross between The Hobbit and

The Last Samurai, if that makes any sense. But

if you do and you see it, I think you'll see

that. The special effects still look kind of

iffy. I don't know if that's because they're

just not done yet, so they're not all up to par,

but they look kind of cheap. So hopefully that'll

be a little bit better by the time the movie

actually comes out, because I know they have

some time to kind of fix that a little bit. Inside

Lewin Davis, I am super pumped for. I'll see

any Killen Brothers movie. This got great buzz

out of Cannes. Not that that means anything,

but I love the Killen Brothers. This, again,

is a departure from them. They're directors that

never kind of do the same thing. They always

do something different. The music here is great.

The cast is a mixture of at least all character

actors. Again, Justin Timberlake in this, I think

it makes more sense because he's a really...

good side character. John Goodman. Anything John

Goodman is going to be at least worth a watch

for his performance. American Hustle. Again,

there's no trailer for it like Kevin mentioned.

I do like David O 'Russell. You know, he did

Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter, a bunch

of other films. So that does look like it could

be good. It's hard to sell without seeing anything

and just kind of going off of what's there. And

like I mentioned, I learned from R .I .P .D.

not to distrust things based on that. The Hobbit.

I liked the first Hobbit. Like Kevin mentioned,

it's not necessarily Lord of the Rings level.

The Desolation of Smaug could be interesting.

I don't, you know, finally get to see the actual

dragon. Maybe it'll hopefully won't be the two

towers of the franchise, but it could also, who

knows? It's better than Cumberbatch doing the

voice of the dragon does have me intrigued as

well. And again, like you mentioned Kevin's,

Tom Hanks says Walt Disney is perfect casting.

It looks like a 1950s studio film, in a good

way. It just has that pleasant, non -cynical

feel. So few films are made like that anymore.

And I think it'll be a nice little pleasant watch.

It's probably not going to be the most dynamic

movie, but I think it'll be something that you

can go with an entire family, a really solid

family movie that is so rare today. So I think

that, again, has a war potential. I should say

that it's not just Tom Hanks that's excellent

casting. I think Emma Thompson is excellently

casting that too. Yeah, that's true. The Monument

Spent. I love George Clooney as director. He's

only done two films. Good Night and Good Luck.

That movie to me, I watch that constantly. It's

such a beautiful -looking movie. Ides of March

wasn't nearly as good. It was okay, but The Monuments

Men, that cast is ridiculous. That's why I said

I would almost put this on. If it wasn't for

what you did with RIPD, I would say that I would

pick this one, but I'm afraid to. Yeah, and just

the idea of it too has me intrigued like that.

I think that has I into I don't I can't tell

if it's gonna be a comedy Is it gonna be serious?

It's really like just on this description. It

could go in either way So I that to me is a huge

question mark. I can't wait for a trailer to

come out. I Anchorman 2 I really loved the first

anchorman. I thought it was hilarious I am a

real Will Ferrell fan and I don't think the trailer

for anchorman 2 is all that great But I don't

think that matters because if you look at the

first anchorman trailer, none of that's actually

in the movie unlike most comedies like they Don't

just put all the best parts like they kind of

there's so much that they do so much They cut

out like, you know anchorman actually has an

entire film made of things They just cut out

of the film and it's just because it's so random

and I love those characters You know comedy sequels

are impossible to make like there's I can't think

of really minus like the vacations films comedy

sequels that work so I don't see it being as

good as the first one, but I hope, I have high

hopes and I'm hoping it's funny because I'm going

to use a good comedy here and there. Other ones

like August, Orange County, I don't even know

how to say that. I can't believe that's done

by the same playwright that did. uh bug and killer

joe which are really gruesome kind of movies

it meryl streeps in that so it's going to get

an oscar nomination because she gets an oscar

nomination for showing up uh so grudge match

if that's actually coming out this year that's

kind of intriguing the fact that you have rocky

versus raging bull i mean you know a movie about

uh rocky or you know sylvester salone and robert

de niro as boxers coming back to you know and

fighting one last Round it could be cheesy, but

who knows it could also be interesting It sounds

like a train wreck, but it does but who know

it could be it depends how they do it, you know

Neither of them are really, you know going off

a strong footing right now, but Jack and but

it could be good Maybe it'll kind of be the movie

that they need to kind of launch them back to

their stardom though I mean, I guess you'd say

De Niro was great in silver linings playbook

last year. So he has that going for him unlike

Sylvester Stallone who can't really seem to find

anything lately Jack Ryan Again, I Chris Pine

is Jack Ryan that works those those people are

fun. They're they're good. I Like they're trying

to bring that series back can't go wrong with

something, you know That's not been afflict as

Jack Ryan. The last one wasn't all that fantastic.

But yeah, there is a lot I didn't There's actually

a lot coming out a lot of great directors, you

know, some really Scorsese, you know, David O

'Russell the Coen brothers Ridley Scott I mean

huge directors coming out this year with the

movie. So I think there's actually quite a bit

that is worth seeing so What about you Steve,

what are your picks for December 2013? My picks

I have three Jack Ryan's a little bit iffy for

me it's Kirk yes but I mean it just depends I

I mean I'm not familiar with the games or the

the books that they're based off of or anything

so I I'm you honestly don't need like even if

you know I know but I mean I'm I'm more or less

just it's one of those things I'll I'll see it

when I see it I'm more in favor of The Anchorman

2 than I am The Hobbit at this point, just because

I'm tired of Lord of the Rings. I loved Lord

of the Rings, but The Hobbit for me, honestly,

I'm kind of done with that whole thing. Really,

the only saving grace for the month that I find

is the saving Mr. Banks. I'm really looking forward

to that. Seeing Tom Hanks play Walt Disney, that's

just kind of an epic choice right there. All

right, well, that's it for the second half of

2013. We're gonna take a quick short commercial

break and then we're gonna come back to each

go through our top five list of the films we're

most interested in seeing. We'll be back after

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top five for the second half of 2013? I'm going

to cheat a little bit because I have a few honorable

mentions. Ones that I probably would make this

list if there were trailers out. American Hustle,

The Monument's Men, again, probably may have

gone on there. Some other honorable mentions,

Elysium, The Counselor, Out of the Furnace, and

Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom. those have potential,

but my actual top five, starting at five and

going down to one. Number five, old boy. Number

four, the Wolf of Wall Street. Number three,

gravity. Number two, inside Lewin Davis. And

number one for me is Captain Phillips. Speaking

of Captain Phillips, Mr. Phillips. For me, I'll

have to say and in no particular order. I these

are my five Captain Phillips Insidious chapter

two Claudia with a chance of meatballs to Hunger

Games to and saving mr. Banks are my top five

Kev I will mention potential here to Don John

old boy and out of the furnace And if I have

to narrow this list down to five, I guess I will

go with Captain Phillips at five, Alessio at

four, Thor, the Dark World at three, Mandela,

Long Walk to Freedom at two, and saving Mr. Banks

at one. For me, five to one, Jobs at number five.

It's only at number five because I just, Ashton

Kutcher, I just don't fucking know. I just, I

don't know. The butler at number four the getaway

at three escape plan at number two and Wolverine

at number one Let the battle begin Any final

thoughts from the from the group here about the

second half of 2013 Steve Honestly, for me, it's

a little bit harder to choose films from this

second half. I mean, this is a more serious half

of the year, which is, I guess, what normally

happens anyway, because you spend the beginning

of the year ramping up for the summer blockbusters

of superhero movies, big action battle things,

sci -fi. So, I mean, it's more or less the more

stuff that would have got trampled earlier in

the year. Mm -hmm, so I mean I'm kind of wishy

-washy anyway because I'm biased I like superhero

movies and action sci -fi and all that stuff,

but There's not some there's not really that

bad a stuff I mean I when I went through the

list the first time I think I had like 26 27

films highlighted of that were potentials Right,

right. What about you Steve Kev for final thoughts?

I mean, like I said before, I think that the

second half is going to be better than the first

half, first of all. It's not going to have those

big, huge budget films that we had with a few

of those, Star Trek, Man of Steel, etc., Iron

Man. It is chock full of under the radar films,

sleeper films, films that could potentially be

epic. I think there's just so many. When I was

coming through this list, I had like 25 films

and I'd say like outside of the ones that most

of us listed in our top five, there's just like

a good dozen at least that could just end up

being really good films that kind of steal it.

For me, August is a pretty good month. Thankfully,

you can save a lot of money in September because

you're really going to need it the rest of the

year. I mean, November, for me, with Ender's

Game, Las Vegas, Thor, The Book Thief, The Wolf

of Wall Street, Frozen, Out of the Furnace, Mandela,

I mean, that is a chock full month. And that's

October, December, nothing to sneeze about. So

yeah, save your money in September and be ready

to spend it the rest of the year. Then I think

this second half the year has it's gonna be hopefully

far superior the first half again the lot of

like really great directors coming out with movies

I It's you talked about science fiction. I think

this half the year has the potential to have

the best science fiction film with Elysium I

think there are some decent like comedies in

there some fun films peppered within the serious

movies a Lot I'm looking forward to coming up

in my top five. It's really difficult. I Movie

that I knew were gonna be my top five I nearly

ended up not making it as I was looking through

this list and there are a lot There's a lot coming

out that I didn't even realize you know, like

like the prisoner or out of the furnace that

I had no idea But looks really great and I think

can be fantastic like like Kevin mentioned a

lot of sleepers here And I think there are some

potential for big blockbusters. You have Thor

you have the Hobbit 47 Ronin could be something

of that nature too, but I don't know, I think

this second half can be really great. I have

a lot of high hopes. Can I just say too, the

second half of the year has, which it doesn't

have a lot of times, because you know what, it

leaves the first half of the year usually to

do those big budget films and the superhero films

and whatnot, but the second half of 2013, and

I know this is cliche, but it has something for

everybody. Sci -Fi, you have Elysium, you have

Gravity, you have Ender's Game. you know, for

your superheroes, you have Thor and Wolverine.

For your fantasy, you have The Hobbit. You know,

for straight action, it has the old stuff that

we talked about with some of the machete types

or the different ones with Stallone and Schwarzenegger,

et cetera. And then you have... You know some

of the just straight at you action that we that

we talked about you have, you know some of the

more Historic films with like mandela and the

butler So, I mean I I really think of saving

mr. Banks kind of in that realm maybe there's

literally a little bit for everybody there was

a few if anything there was there was not very

many romantic comedies or chick flicks at all

Not just that we didn't mention there wasn't

any period So I guess there hasn't been many

this year at all really and I can think in comedies.

There was a few here and there with With Anchorman

and a couple like that But I still think there's

a little bit for everybody. It's just gonna be

interesting to see which ones You know live up

to the potential and which ones kind of fall

flat, I guess For me final thoughts easily in

my opinion the first half of the year is better

And and the reason why I say that is I judge

stuff on the fact of What am I really going to

go shoot? I'm not like Dan. I don't go to the

theater every weekend. I'm not like Kev I don't

go to the theater every day. I'm off I go to

the theater for stuff that I really really want

to see in the stuff in the theater stuff like

Iron Man 3 Star Trek 2 Oz the Great and Powerful,

even though I haven't seen it yet. Stuff that

is big and huge, and to me, I've never had any

interest in Lord of the Rings. I've never had

any interest in The Hobbit. I have no interest

in The Hunger Games. I have no interest in Thor,

even though it is a superhero movie. For me,

it just seems that the first half of the year

is just so much better. Yeah, there are going

to be some sleepers. Yeah, there are going to

be some cool... you know, stuff like Get Away

and Escape Plan and stuff like that, but, like,

this isn't a year where November and December

have, like, a Bond movie or another, you know,

like, if they... I know they won't do this because

they usually use Spider -Man and all the comic

book stuff from May, June, July, but, like, if

they had ever put a comic book movie that wasn't

Thor in November or December, like, if they put...

It's going to be interesting. I don't think this

is going to happen when Captain America Winter

Soldier comes out. It would be interesting to

see it come out in winter versus a summer blockbuster.

There's so much wrong with what you just said

that I can't even address it. Shut up. History

will prove you wrong. There's just so much wrong

with most things that you say, too. But overall,

second half of the year, I just don't care enough.

Moving right along. Anyways. so that's gonna

do it for this film preview 2013 fall winter

we will be back sometime in say late December

probably after Christmas to do the spring summer

preview for 2014 maybe I don't know might be

later than that might be sometime January next

year coming up next on Mwire You will be going

through 12 weeks of Star Trek as Steve and Kev

kick off with Star Trek The Motion Picture in

Movie Weekend Review episode 101. And for now,

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