Another week, another comedy pick from me. This one is about the absurdity of high school politics. You know how they say those four years shape you into the person you’ll be for the rest of your life? Let’s find out if its true as we’re currently in the midst of a presidential race.
Category: Debt to Cinema
Debt to Cinema 032: Cat People (1942)
I thought Steve was kitten when he said hiss pick this week was made to coincide with the release of Key and Peele’s Keanu. Is cat seriously the best he could come up with? Meow, I personally try to make purrfect selections, but when I’m feline lazy I might slip up too. (Note: Puns can be dangerous, I tail’ya stay safe out there)
Debt to Cinema 031: Up in Smoke
If I’ve learned anything from this show its that Steve doesn’t exactly get comedy. I can’t fault him for thinking Freddy Got Fingered is the second coming of the plague, but surely he must appreciate the original stoner duo, right? International Pot Smokers Day is the perfect time to find out.
Debt to Cinema 030: Rope
I’m sure I’ve mentioned this film a couple of times on the show, either in my review of Victoria, or just in passing; but I got a special amount of satisfaction in having Steve pick a classic that I had the good fortune of seeing despite my limited exposure to Classical Hollywood, let alone Hitchcock’s filmography. This is an absolute gem that needs to be seen, even if only one of us is keen on the particulars outside of the technical wonderment.
Debt to Cinema 029: Freddy Got Fingered
Ripped straight from the headlines of Two Cents 040, I made Steve watch what he basically claims is the cinematic equivalent of waterboarding. This is our most divisive episode yet and probably the most telling of our personalities (followed by Anomalisa’s AFDM). Consider this a warm up for Bio-Dome.
Debt to Cinema 028: Near Dark
Unbeknownst to me, I had actually seen this the Halloween before last; either way, it was a great rewatch, despite my prior reservations. Really can’t recommend Kathryn Bigelow’s take on the vampire romance more than I do here, #52FilmsByWomen or not.
Debt to Cinema 027: The Passion of the Christ
For the first time since 2012, David Junco returns to help us review Mel Gibson’s controversial origin story of the Easter Bunny. Join us for this borderline sacrilegious episode that’s full of so much passion it practically hurts.
Editor Note: Its pretty ironic that the original file was dead, then resurrected on Easter
Debt to Cinema 026: Daredevil (Director’s Cut)
This week Steve finally got me to watch Mark Steven Johnson’s cut of that other Ben Affleck superhero movie everyone always shits on. As a fan of the theatrical cut, I was satisfied with the version I grew up with, but agreed the timing with this month’s related releases was too perfect to pass on.
Debt to Cinema 025: Teen Wolf
Maybe it was because in my Justin Bieber story from Two Cents 035 I was wearing a Teen Wolf shirt, or lycanthropes were on the mind because I’d just seen Universal’s Wolf Man, but I felt like making Steve watch this 80s gem.
Debt to Cinema 024: In the Heat of the Night
Given that #OscarsSoWhite is a thing, its important to remember not every black Best Picture winner is Driving Miss Daisy. We knew we had to see this one eventually, but 2015’s film politics just made it that more appealing.
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