The Butter Crew is back from their summer sabbatical ready to dig their heels into bringing you a mix of recommendations! What have we been watching? What have we enjoyed in our time off? And how was our summer break? Spoiler alert: a few of us got Covid.
Read MoreThe Butter Crew is still making its way across the sands of cinema as our Desert Movie theme rolls on with Connor's selection, 2021's Dune! How did Villeneuve and crew create a movie with such a unique level of detail and such a huge sense of scale? How well does this ensemble cast bring their characters off the page and onto the screen, and could more time have been spent on them in this already long film? When will the world finally see Sam's Beetlejuice-Dune Sandworm crossover? We answer these questions and more, so tune in!
Read MoreThe Butter Crew reunite for their new theme: Desert Movies! This week, the gang put the pedal to the metal with Dave's selection, 1981's The Road Warrior (aka Mad Max 2)! How incredible are the practical effects, stunts, and production design of this cult classic? How riveting are George Miller's vision and world building of the post-apocalyptic Wasteland? And where, "in this blighted place", did the Humungous's gang get ahold of so much hair dye? Buckle up as we find out!
Read MoreThe Butter Crew wasn't able to assemble this week, which left Dave (Daves?) to his own devices! Join him as he tumbles headlong into the 1953 Merrie Melodies short Duck Amuck! Is this one of the best and most experimental shorts of the Loony Tunes catalogue? Can an iconic character such as Daffy Duck be recognizable even when stripped of not only their voice, but their physical form? Is Dave ok, or has discussing this classic cartoon warped his brain irrevocably? Tune in and find out if "it makes sense if you think about it"!
Read MoreAs our Movies We Dragged Our Parents To theme concludes, we dive into Chrystine's selection, 1995's Waterworld! Could the roles of antagonist and protagonist be any murkier? Why, in a movie that seems to hate everyone, does it hate women so much? Was this conceived as something of a "Mad Max goes surfing"? And do the spectacular technical elements and production design of this "water-flop" warrant a reassessment? We wade into these questions and more this week!
Read MoreAs our Movies We Dragged Our Parents To theme rolls on, we sink our teeth into Sam's selection, 2008's Twilight! Did we all find ourselves under the spell of this strange teen melodrama? Yes. Do the insane and disparate decisions and themes come together to make a memorable film? Yes! Baseball? YES! All this and more as we glisten in the light of this truly special picture!
Read MoreThis week as we continue our look back on Movies We Dragged Our Parents To, we're blown to smithereens by Dave's selection, 1996's Independence Day! This movie was a smash-hit blockbuster upon its release, but does it hold up? Can the practical effects hold a candle to today's CGI? Does its ensemble cast bring its best to the film? Is it still as captivating in spite of all its glaring plot holes? The answer to these questions (all yes!) and more, so tune in!
Read MoreNostalgia season has set in as we roll into our new theme, Movies We Dragged Our Parents To! This week, we're dissecting Connor's pick, 2001's Osmosis Jones! Who thought it was a good idea to let the Farrelly Brothers direct a kids movie? Who exactly was this movie made for and what is it driving at? Why, in a world where a man's interior anatomy becomes a bustling cityscape, does everything look like a sphincter? All this and more as we reminisce about this disgusting movie!
Read MoreOur Thuds and Duds theme concludes with this week's episode and Dave's selection, 1999's American Beauty! Why were we supposed to like Lester Burnham? Why was this movie such a huge and celebrated phenomenon in a year of other fantastic films? Why were we supposed to like Lester Burnham? Does the film hold up today, or have shifting cultural attitudes and necessary social conversations aged it too much? And WHY...were we supposed to LIKE Lester Burnham? Seriously! Tune in as we "look closer"!
Read MoreThe Thuds and Duds roll on as we discuss Connor's pick, 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse! Even our tech couldn't handle this movie, leading us to rerecord the first half! Join us as we struggle to remember what we had already covered, and struggle to wade through this jumbled mess of a superhero flick! Do we really need this many characters and locations? Why did the same creative team behind the other films undercut their work in this prequel? And why doesn't anybody remember meeting Wolverine? All this and more, so tune in!
Read MoreOur Thuds and Duds theme continues, and this week we're exploring the infinite abyss that is Chrystine's selection, 2004's Garden State! Was it a good idea to hand Zach Braff the keys to writing, directing, and starring in his own movie? Was Natalie Portman's character supposed to be written as a child? Did we all collectively age out of this movie, or was it actually just pretty bad to begin with? Tune in to find out!
Read MoreThe Butter Crew is sinking to the bottom of the barrel with our new theme, Thuds and Duds - films that haven't aged well, weren't that great to begin with, and/or just plain stink! This week we discuss Sam's likely controversial choice, 2010's Inception! Does this heist/action movie suffer from pacing issues? Are the aggressive subconscious projections a cool device or just plain goofy? And what's up with Christopher Nolan's League of Dead Wives? Tune in as we go several layers deep and decide if Inception is a modern cultural touchstone or just another dud!
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