The original Jurassic Park worked so well not only because of the dazzling dinosaur effects—which still hold up today—but because the film adapted a fantastic sci-fi thriller and had characters the audience cared about. Jurassic World…well, it has good looking dinosaurs at least. Continue reading
Melissa McCarthy is an interesting performer. On the one hand, she has overcome the stereotypical image of what a leading lady should look like, which is great, but on the other hand, about every other movie of hers is garbage. She was great in Bridesmaids and The Heat, but Identity Thief was not good and Tammy was an affront to God. Does her latest, Spy, keep the pattern going or does it signal another downturn in the quality of McCarthy’s work? Continue reading
Movies based on TV shows are tricky things. Some are great self-contained stories that not only please fans of the series, but also create new fans of the property, like in the case of X-Files, while others are throwbacks to an earlier, more creative period of a long-running series, like in the case of The Simpsons Movie. Then there are movies like Entourage. Continue reading
After seeing the trailer for Writer-Director Cameron Crowe’s Aloha, I was really excited to see a really well done adult comedy/drama about a guy trying to restart his life and win back his old flame while taking nuggets of advice from his eccentric boss. It’s too bad that the movie that ended up on the screen is nothing like that. Continue reading
Dwayne Johnson’s latest starring vehicle, San Andreas, will make you never want to go to California ever again. But, is it a good movie? Continue reading
Episode 76 is all about Disney’s Tomorrowland as Doug and Dirty A welcome back friend of the show author Matt King. After discussing the film and touching on Director Brad Bird‘s other films, the discussion turns to the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot, Matt’s revisit of Michael Bay‘s first Transformers movie, and a…Hodgepodge of other topics. Take a listen! Continue reading
Director Brad Bird makes another foray into live-action filmmaking with Disney’s Tomorrowland. This time he teams with LOST alum Damon Lindelof, but is Tomorrowland another Brad Bird classic or just a time waster until he finally makes Incredibles 2? Continue reading
In Episode 75 of The Hodgepodge Podcast, Doug and Dirty A welcome back friend of the show Matt King to discuss Director George Miller‘s Mad Max: Fury Road starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. They also discuss the big comic book presence at the 2015 TV Up Fronts as well as Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s surprising turn in the zombie drama Maggie. Continue reading
If I told you Arnold Schwarzenegger would have a great performance in 2015, you’d probably assume I was talking about the upcoming Terminator sequel, but you’d be wrong. However, while Arnie’s performance is great, is his new movie, Maggie? Continue reading
Cult antihero Max Rockatansky is back in Director-Co-Writer George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road. However, this is both a very similar and very different Mad Max than audiences may remember. Continue reading
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