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108 - Hot Fuzz

11/24/2022

 
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After the success of Shaun of the Dead, Edgar Wright continued working with collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to deliver 2007’s Hot Fuzz. This genre-bending send-up of buddy cop movies found success at the box office, but is it the same comic gem as Shaun of the Dead, or did it simply enjoy momentum from audience goodwill?

107 - Shaun of the Dead

11/17/2022

 
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Few modern filmmakers have earned as much respect from fantasy and film fans as Edgar Wright. After a successful run on the cult TV series Spaced, he took on the zombie apocalypse with collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in 2004’s Shaun of the Dead. Does this work remain a genre-busting artistic success, or is it a nostalgic comedy from a past era?

106 - Casino Royale

11/11/2022

 
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Bond truly went back to basics in 2006’s Casino Royale, featuring Daniel Craig’s debut as 007. Based on Ian Fleming’s first novel, it updated and reconstructed Bond for a modern age. Martin Campbell returned to the franchise to introduce the new Bond as he had in 1995’s GoldenEye. Was Campbell hampered with this new attempt to reinvent or successfully re-tool his approach for a new actor?

105 - GoldenEye

10/28/2022

 
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Martin Campbell and Pierce Brosnan are finally here as Houselights reviews 1995's "GoldenEye." We continue our "Wing of Bond" as we start in on this soft reboot of the franchise.

Was this a breath of fresh air, or did it stir the martini? ​

104 - The Living Daylights

10/20/2022

 
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​Timothy Dalton brings a new spin to James Bond in "The Living Daylights" with the help of John Glen. Dalton only had two outings as our favorite spy. Was this a blessing, or was he unappreciated in his time?

103 - For Your Eyes Only

10/14/2022

 
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​John Glen's directorial debut of "For Your Eyes Only." saved Eon, and some regard it as putting #JamesBond back on track. 

This started the perpetual "Just one more" for Roger Moore. Should Moore have quit before this, or was it the mark of something golden?

102 - The Man with the Golden Gun

10/6/2022

 
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10 years after Goldfinger, Guy Hamilton offered one last Bond pic with “The Man with the Golden Gun.”It was a box office misfire that prompted producers to re-evaluate their next steps and almost killed the franchise. 

Were audiences right in 1974, or is this Roger Moore vehicle an underrated gem?

101 - Goldfinger

9/29/2022

 
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6 films. 5 Bonds. 3 directors.

Guy Hamilton kicks off our look at different filmmakers' takes on James Bond through the decades with 1964’s "Goldfinger.”

We have commentary GALORE on this seminal work. Does this Goldfinger keep its luster, or has it faded with age?

100 - Metropolis

9/22/2022

 
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​The Houselights team celebrates 100 episodes! They decided to go back almost 100 years to celebrate 1927's "Metropolis" by Fritz Lang. 

Does this influential sci-fi silent feature hold up to its reputation, or is it a good thing some scenes have been lost to the ages?

99 - The Insider

9/9/2022

 
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Michael Mann’s The Insider saw him team up again with Al Pacino, this time as the TV producer-journalist who helped expose the deceit undergirding Big Tobacco companies’ business practices. Russell Crowe earned acclaim playing a research chemist-turned-whistleblower, and the film won numerous awards. The biggest question is whether this film is a quiet masterpiece that remains relevant to today’s audiences, or is it a historical curio to be studied at a distance?
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    The show started with revisiting all of David Fincher's directorial works but we just had to keep going. Listen week by week, film by flim, as we review every movie from our favorite directors.​

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Ceti Alpha 3
Filibuster
Goodnight Moon
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Owl Post
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RetroPerspective
​Time & Space
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