Well, that’s settled. Finally, the world can rejoice with the concluding chapter in the Hunger Games trilogy tetralogy—rejoice because it’s over. Thank God I’ll never have to hear the names Peeta or Gale ever again. Continue reading
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Doug Reviews: Mockingjay Part 1
A few years ago, Warner Brothers started the trend of taking the final volume of an adaptation and splitting it into two films. That film/adaptation was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Lionsgate has continued this questionable trend with the final volume of the Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay. Harry Potter was 759 pages, while Mockingjay was 400. The former probably deserved the split film treatment, while the latter just feels like it’s milking the audience. Continue reading
Video Review: A MOST WANTED MAN
Can’t say enough about this one, but we tried in our latest video review. Take a look! Continue reading
Episode 44: Lucy, A Most Wanted Man, Wish I Was Here, and the Rest
One of these things is WAY better than the others.
In Episode 44, Doug and Dirty A discuss four disappointments and one of the year’s best. We’ll let you guess which is which, but here’s a hint, the best one has Philip Seymour Hoffman in it. Continue reading
Doug Reviews: A Most Wanted Man
A Most Wanted Man made me angry. Don’t get me wrong, Director Anton Corbijn’s adaptation of John le Carré’s novel of the same name is a fantastic film, but it’s also the final film Philip Seymour Hoffman completed before his death of a drug overdose last year. I’m angry that we won’t see him lead another film. Continue reading
Doug Reviews: God’s Pocket
Mad Men’s John Slattery makes his feature directorial debut with God’s Pocket, an adaptation of Pete Dexter’s novel of the same name. The film features one of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s final performances, but is it any good? Well, that may be in the eye of the beholder. Continue reading
Episode 23: Philip Seymour Hoffman Career Retrospective
In Episode 23 of The Hodgepodge Podcast, Dirty A and I take time to discuss the life and career of the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman,
who passed away on February 2, 2014. Continue reading
