The Overthinkers tackle Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire and Neil Young’s hatred for music compression.
Episode 186: Wrong Enough to be Human
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You Want Me To Be Eye Candy? Thoughts on Soderbergh and Stunt Casting
“Haywire,” “The Girlfriend Experience,” and the casting of professional bodies in lead roles.
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except the there’s no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.
Is punching a guy’s face an art? Is it a speech? Is it protected?
Open Thread for September 9, 2011
This Open Thread contains 7 minutes of additional footage which nobody thought were necessary. First off, FOOTBALL! Our American audience will already know that professional football, a season on the edge due to a labor lockout, started up again last…
Open Thread for April 8, 2011
It’s like the old nursery rhyme: in the second week of April, something something Open Thread. What’s on the plate? Hanna, the Cate Blanchett / Saoirse Ronan action-thriller (words I never thought I’d type), opens this weekend to largely favorable…
Episode 127: Silly Meaning Bad
The Overthinkers tackle the Spider Man musical and homoeroticism.
Episode 112: Sylvester Stallone’s Improv Comedy Night
The Overthinkers tackle The Expendables. And kick their asses.
Karate Kid Week: Never Back Down!
As part of our Karate Kid week, Stokes subjects himself to one of the most apalling remakes in recent memory.