Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) is one week away from beginning to shoot his latest film Italia, the only problem is that he hasn’t written the script yet.  He’s being harassed by the press, his producer, his costume designer and even his star actress, Claudia (Nicole Kidman) for this script that he has no clue what it’s going to be about.  We follow Guido as he searches his life and looks back at all the women that influenced him into being who he is today as he tries to figure out exactly what he’s going to do about this film. Read the rest of this entry »

God has lost faith in mankind, and so he decides to end it (like he’s done in the past).  Michael [Paul Bettany] is an angel that hasn’t lost his faith in men.  He decides to go to Earth and make sure that man’s one and only chance of surviving is born.  Michael comes to Paradise Falls (a diner in the middle of nowhere) and help a bunch of random people live through this apocalypse that the Lord himself has ordered. Read the rest of this entry »

With Douglas out of commission Damion and I sail the high seas in a huge submarine under the command of Capt. Lt. Willenbrock in Das Boot. Read the rest of this entry »

 

 The Unnamed Movie Podcast [Episode 44 - Das Boot] [73:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s Tuesday, so here’s what’s on DVD today: Read the rest of this entry »

After 30 years of working Hyakken Uchida [Tatsuo Matsumura] decides to retire as a professor and live out his retired life as a writer.  The Professor finds himself going through ups and downs at home in Japan during the war in the forties and as he enjoys his birthdays along with his former students who always want to know “Mahda Kai?” (Not Yet?) as after downing a massive glass of beer replies “Madada Yo!” (No Not Yet!). Read the rest of this entry »

Once again it’s time to talk about movies I may or may not be seeing at the cinema this week: Read the rest of this entry »

This week we soldier on without Damion as Douglas and I talk about Asburgers and how it conquers love or something like that as we watch Max Mayer’s Adam. Read the rest of this entry »

 

 The Unnamed Movie Podcast [Episode 43 - Adam] [63:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The world as we know it has ended.  Eli [Denzel Washington] carries the one book in the world which holds the secrets for the Earth’s salvation across America as he attempts to reach his destination where he believes it will be safe and it will serve its purpose.  Along the way he reaches a small town which Carnegie [Gary Oldman] rules over with a slew of men who do his bidding.  Carnegie wants this book and Eli refuses to give it up as he tries to move on in his travels while at the same time staying alive and keeping the book. Read the rest of this entry »

Film has always wanted to capture the future.  So why not give into the pessimists view that the world is going to end (as soon as tomorrow) sometimes because it just is, or because we’ve been horrible to it.  So here are my Top Ten End of the World Films. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s Tuesday so we must be heading off to the stores to get us some new DVD goodness…. Read the rest of this entry »