Director Steven Soderbergh returns to feature filmmaking with Logan Lucky. Is Soderbergh still at the top of his game or has TV work dulled his cinematic edge? Continue reading
Film Reviews
Doug Reviews: Wind River (2017)
Written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, Wind River follows a tracker and an FBI agent as they hunt for a murderer on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Does Sheridan make the successful jump to directing or should he just stick to screenwriting? Continue reading
Doug Reviews: Detroit (2017)
Academy-Award-Winning Director Kathryn Bigelow re-teams with Screenwriter Mark Boal to deliver one of 2017’s most important and, sadly, relevant films, Detroit. Continue reading
EPISODE 151: THE DETROIT TOWER
Sometimes, life gets busy…and you forget to post the latest episode of your podcast. 😀
On Episode 151 of The Hodgepodge Podcast, friend of the show Matt King returns to discuss The Dark Tower. Then, Doug and Dirty A talk about Kathryn Bigelow‘s Detroit! Continue reading
Doug Reviews: The Dark Tower (2017)
After years in Development Hell, an adaptation of Stephen King‘s The Dark Tower has finally arrived. I call it “an” adaptation, because how do you squeeze seven novels into a single film? Answer: You Don’t. Continue reading
Doug Reviews: The Little Hours (2017)
Written and Directed by Jeff Baena and based on The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, The Little Hours is sure to shock the faint of heart. However, is there more to the movie than its crass humor? Continue reading
EPISODE 150: WAR FOR THE DUNKIRK BLONDE
It’s Episode 150 of The Hodgepodge Podcast!!! On this milestone episode, Doug and Dirty A discuss all the goings on at this year’s San Diego Comic Con and then give their thoughts on the films War for the Planet of the Apes and Dunkirk. They wrap up with an EARLY REVIEW of Atomic Blonde! Continue reading
Doug Reviews: Atomic Blonde (2017)
Directed by David Leitch and adapted from the graphic novel The Coldest City by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart, Atomic Blonde is a stylistic beat-em-up with a killer soundtrack. But, is the movie itself any good? Continue reading
Doug Reviews: Dunkirk (2017)
Since The Dark Knight and Inception, Christopher Nolan’s films have been fantastic spectacles, but lacking narratively (The Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar). Does his World War II film, Dunkirk, return him back to excellence or are Nolan’s best days as a filmmaker behind him? Continue reading
Doug Reviews: War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
When Rise of the Planet of the Apes was about to be released in 2011, I was very wary of it, because prequels, as a general rule, are horrible. However, Rise was a surprisingly great film and its sequel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, is practically a masterpiece. Now comes the third film in the series, War for the Planet of the Apes. Does it continue the streak of quality or does it fall into the typical traps of most trilogy-cappers? Continue reading
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