Terry Gilliam Career Retrospective: Part Two

We continue to deep dive into Terry Gilliam's filmography by discussing his stone cold dystopian masterpiece Brazil, his over budget bomb (but cult classic) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and his first Hollywood film, as well as first Hollywood success, The Fisher King.

Terry Gilliam Career Retrospective: Part One

This is part one of a series we're doing discussing Terry Gilliam's work as a director. We discuss his beginnings in animation for Do Not Adjust Your Set, Monty Python's Flying Circus, as well as his shorts Storytime and Miracle of Flight. Finally we get to his first features: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Jabberwocky, Time Bandits, and The Meaning of Life.

Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam vs The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

A villain defeats the world two minutes into the movie and takes on a privileged white a-hole in Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam. Then a thousand year old man races the devil for five souls in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

The Nice Guys vs Scream

A private eye and an enforcer join forces to find a missing girl and investigate the death of a porn star in 1970's LA in The Nice Guys. Then two teenage friends dress up silly and dispense trivia in the delightful Wes Craven romp Scream. The theme this week is buddy movies.

Blood Simple vs Johnny Dangersously

Blood Simple is the Coen Brothers' first film about a husband who decides to murder his wife. Then everything goes off the rails, as the Coen Brothers are wont to do. Johnny Dangerously Amy Heckerling's slapstick take on older gangster films starring Michael Keaton. This week it's subversive noir movies with people kicked in the junk.

Roadhouse 66 vs Odd Thomas

A man picks up a drifter after his car is shot and then faces the shooter at pool, in a fight, and in a car race in Roadhouse 66. Then Odd Thomas can see dead people, Bodacks, and a future mall shooting in Odd Thomas. It's Willem Dafoe movies!

Reviews: The King of Staten Island, Da 5 Bloods, and more!

We review Da 5 Bloods, The King of Staten Island, Mandy, Blood Machines, and look back at Dark Phoenix, and Shazam!