Everyone's a Critic

Alien

critics — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:07:35 +0000

It's no fun being an illegal alien....

We talk about the Balloon Boy, Obama getting the Nobel, the illegal alien costume controversy, the violence in Brazil, Bank of America and Raw water. We review Alien, both of us enjoyed it. Tom gives it a 4.25 and Cecil gives it a 4.9. We go over some e-mail. We talk about the movie review site Pajiba and the discussion group about the movie “Let the Right One In.” Both Tom and Cecil endorse Pajiba heartily. The listeners decided to inflict High School Musical 3 on us, be sure to vote for the next turkey for turkey month. Here is the list:

The Watchmen

critics — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:11:29 +0000

This weeks show:

We talked about the recent discoveries in paleontology that show yet again that the world isn’t 6,000 years old. We talk about banned books, astrological sandwich signs, the Afghanistan war, that Ahmadinejad might be a jew, the olympic decision, and Roman Polanski.

We review The Watchmen. We both dislike it for lots of reasons, Tom rates it a .75, Cecil gives it a 1.5.

We will be reviewing Alien next time, but we want your vote for Turkey month. Shoot us an e-mail or comment on the blog. We are giving 10 choices for this years 2 turkeys. Vote for two of the following:

District 9 and The Wrestler

critics — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:47:48 +0000

This week’s show:

We start out talking about health care, the upside and downside to reforming our healthcare system. We move on to some funny stories about moon rocks and bitten off fingers. We do a non-spoiler review of District 9. Tom and Cecil both think it is an amazing film, Tom rates it a 4.7 Cecil rates it 4.9. Tom thought the Wrestler was a fine film, giving it a 4.8, Cecil gives it a 3.8. We read e-mail and then talk about the next film: The Watchman, and then our Halloween episode after: Alien.

Let the Right One In

critics — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:36:05 +0000

This week’s show:

We talk about moon landing nutters, And a bunch of other things I will list later when I have better internet access. Tom rates the movie a 3.4 I go 3.9.

The next choices are:

1. Pink Panther 2

2. Knowing

3. Watchmen

4. Ben Button

5. Valkyrie

Iron Man

critics — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:41:25 +0000

This week’s show:

We begin by talking about news that isn’t news, we talk about the 2010 US budget and the Gates arrest, a euthanasia arrest in Great Britain and finish the segment talking about Whale Wars. We review Iron Man. Tom doesn’t care for it and gives it a 2.0, Cecil likes it despite it’s flaws giving it a 3.62. We finish by reading email.

Our next review is “Let the Right One In.” Please vote on the following review!

Milk

critics — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:05:20 +0000

This week’s show:

We being by talking about the Iranian elections and the riots, we also talk about Mark Sanford and his record on marriage equality, the worst day care ever, President Obama swatting a fly, the EU and the elected Pirate party candidate, eco-friendly products that aren’t so eco-friendly and Sam’s club’s pharmacy push.

We review Milk. Tom thinks it isn’t a great plot but all the other elements are seemless, he gives it a 3.2, Cecil likes it much more giving it a 3.9.

We go over the e-mail and votes. We decide on the next two movies:

Next time Iron Man.

The time after, Let the Right One In.

Slumdog Millionaire

critics — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:13:03 +0000

This Week’s Show:
We begin by talking about waterboarding and the recent waterboarding of morning drive time shock jock Mancow Muller, and the former Minnesota governor talking about waterboarding on The View. We also discuss the outrage over the Canadian governor’s general eating a seal heart. We talk about the recent shootings in the holocaust museum and of the abortion doctor in Kansas as well as Sheppard Smith on Fox news talking about “scary e-mails.” We move on to the loss of data, which reveals the location of nuclear fuel by the government and a mock hanging/trial in Australia. We finish our intro talking about the anti-feminist movement Quiverfull.

We review Slumdog Millionaire. While both of us think it is cleaver, the story isn’t great, Tom gives it a 3.0 and Cecil gives it a 2.5. We find something else to criticize and bring back our Critics on Critics segment where we dissect the Animal Planet show, Whale Wars. We finish the show with a bit of e-mail. Our listeners have chosen Milk as our next movie review.

Here are the choices for next time:

Please vote via e-mail or comment.

Twilight

critics — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:07:54 +0000

This episode:

We talk about the 13 year old illiterate child who has Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, we also discuss the idiotic Air Force One stunt, and an atheist who is cashing in on the rapture. We review Twilight, both of us hate it, and we both give it a .9. We finish the show with e-mail and tally the votes for our next movie. We will be watching Slumdog Millionaire next time. Here are the five audience choices for next time:

The Dark Knight Explodaganza!

critics — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:27:41 +0000

This one is for British Andy.

Thanks for the intro. If you would like the bits sent to you, let us know.

Cecil and Tom

Episode 42 – American Beauty

critics — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:27:27 +0000

This Week’s Show:

Our first conversation is about the TEA Parties and taxation, we also talk about abortion and how that has to be Obama’s fault. We move on to Bristol Palin preaching abstinence. We talk about the Freddie Mac Chief killing himself and how a 62 year old Brit staved off pirates on a cruise ship. We review American Beauty, Tom does like some of the themes but finds it clumsy and gives it a 2.8, Cecil dislikes it but does find some redemption and gives it a 2.3. We finish the show with e-mail and mention our next film review, Twilight.

We have a newish format on how we will pick the movie reviews: Every episode we will give the audience a chance to pick from 5 movies. Send the name of the movie you want us to review to our e-mail or post it as a comment on the blog. We will tally the results and let you know which one we will review. This week’s 5 choices: