It’s once again time for Catching Up On Cinema’s monthly, “Tales From the Shelf” episode! In this installment, Trevor is joined by his buddy Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast to discuss some “Dynamite Documentaries” from their movie collections! Brad’s Picks: Gimme Shelter (1970) The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015) Gates…
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Episode 158 – Force Majeure (2014)
“Kyle’s Cold Christmas” event month continues at Catching Up On Cinema, sans Kyle, with Trevor and his brother Matt’s review of Ruben Ostlund’s, Force Majeure (2014)! Titled “Turist” in it’s native Sweden, the film is a thoughtful and wry examination of a struggling family of ski vacationers. While any back of the box plot description…
Episode 129 – Sound of Metal (2020)
In this episode of Catching Up On Cinema, Trevor and his brother Matt sit down to review Darius Marder’s 2020 Oscar darling, Sound of Metal (2020)! Headlined by Riz Ahmed, and co-starring Olivia Cooke and 2020 best supporting actor winner, Paul Raci, the film is a weighty but refreshingly organic drama focusing on the events…
Episode 127 – Hard Target (1993)
In this week’s installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Action April event, Kyle, Trevor and Matt review Jean-Claude Van Damme’s, Hard Target (1993)! The first American production to be directed by prolific Hong Kong wunderkind, John Woo, the film serves both as a showcase for JCVD’s talents as a legitimate action star, as well as…
Episode 119 – Warrior (2011)
In the final installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Sports Movie Month, Kyle and Trevor get in the cage to review Gavin O’Connor’s, Warrior (2011)! Starring Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, and Nick Nolte in an Academy Award nominated performance, the film tells the gritty tale of a broken family that is inexplicably reunited during the…
Episode 116 – Vision Quest (1985)
February is Sports Movie Month at Catching Up On Cinema! This month we’ll reviewing films that center around some of our favorite sports. First up, Kyle introduces Trevor to the sport of wrestling via Harold Becker’s Vision Quest (1985)! Starring a young Matt Modine as standout varsity wrestler (from Spokane, WA!) Louden Swain, the film…
Catching Up On Cinema: Theatrical Edition – Triple Threat (2019)
*WARNING! Full spoilers for Triple Threat! WARNING!* We interrupt our month of Irish films for a very special, impromptu, Theatrical Edition of the show! In this very special episode of the podcast, Trevor takes his brother to go see the one-night-only, martial arts action extravaganza, Triple Threat (2019)! Directed by Jesse V. Johnson, choreographed by…