This week, Travis is joined by DiceTomato to discuss the 2000 neo-noir-ish time and memory bending movie Memento, from writer/director Christopher Nolan. Is it as good as Travis remembers? How is it for a first time watcher like Dice 20+ years after it’s release? Does it even make any damn sense? Thanks go out to …
Tag: Thriller
Joining Travis this week is Kit London, to talk about her first time seeing the award winning thriller The Silence of the Lambs. One of three movies ever to win the “Big 5” at the Academy Awards, but is it up to the hype? Is it scary? Creepy? Or just late 80s/early 90s cheese? Thanks …
This week, Travis is joined by Gerald of Two Peas on a Podcast to talk about the 1999 thriller Stir of Echoes starring Kevin Bacon, written by and directed by David Koepp. Does it hit the right notes for Gerald, the self-described “horror guy”? Or is is a lesser version of The Sixth Sense, a …
Sean (aka @headgamer) from The Genepool Variety Hour joined Travis this week to talk about the 1998 action thriller Ronin, starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, and Natasha McElhone, and directed by John Frankenheimer. It’s widely considered to have some of the best car chases in film. But how is the rest of it? Find …
This week, Travis fixes a glaring omission in Stephen’s list of films with the 1995 thriller, The Usual Suspects. Fantastic performances, great writing, and a twist that people talk about to this day. Also, a little discussion on some of the less than great personalities involved in the film. Check it out! Thanks go out …
This week, Travis welcomes back the Dustie White and Dusty Red from Grey Muzzle Geekery to talk about the military thriller from director John McTiernan, Basic. Starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson. How was their first viewing of this one? Did they figure it out early, or did the whodunit style of story fool …
This week, Travis, Christina, and Keith take a look at a film none of them has seen before. It’s 2011’s Haywire starring Gina Carano. It was a small-ish budget action film. How does it hold up almost 10 years later? What does the career look like for it’s star-in-the-making? Is it even any good? Let’s …
On this episode of the show, AJ and David join Travis to talk about the 2010 Martin Scorsese directed film, Shutter Island. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo as US Marshals investigating the disappearance of a patient from Ashecliff asylum in Boston harbor. Thanks go out to Audie Norman (@OddlyNormalOne) for the album art. …
