Cutprintfilm Podcast

Tom Cruise is back at the top of the box office with the latest installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise and we're discussing how the film holds up against other modern spy movies, as well as its own predecessors. Then we wrap up our Steven Spielberg Directors Series with a discussion about his 2005 spy thriller, Munich. The film, a dramatization of real events, not only handles a controversial subject with the grace of a master craftsman, it also happens to be one of Spielberg's finest (and most underrated) films. We even find the time to read some listener mail and go above and beyond to recommend three more great movies at the end of the show. What more could you possibly want from us? 03:00 –  Cut Print Film Mailbag 14:01 - Mission: Impossible: Rouge Nation 33:08 - Munich 1:04:20 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

This week we take out our magnifying glass and burn a hole right through Ant-Man, using the power of the sun! Just kidding, but we do talk about Marvel's smallest film to date and try to get to the bottom of why it had such a small take at the box office (relatively speaking, of course). We also usher in part two of our Steven Spielberg Directors Series with an in depth discussion about his 1993 mega-hit Jurassic Park. All that, plus a peek inside the Cut Print Film Mailbag to read a listener letter as well as a fresh crop of Weekly Movie Recommendations awaits you in this episode. 02:15 –  Cut Print Film Mailbag 10:40 - Ant-Man 24:39 - Jurassic Park 58:43 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

The Terminator franchise is back with the 5th entry, Terminator Genisys and we sit down and discuss what makes the film one of the better entries in the series, despite the jeers from fellow critics. Then we bust open a brand new Directors Series on the king of the blockbuster, Steven Spielberg! We're discussing his 1982 classic, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and before the show ends, we're all in tears! Also, a very hip session of Weekly Movie Recommendations ends the show with a cloud of sexual tension between the hosts. Tune in!   02:28 –  Terminator Genisys 22:37 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1:03:27 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Jurassic World exceeded all box office expectations this weekend by opening at nearly double what Universal Studios had previously anticipated. And while the film has received near universal praise from moviegoers, many critics coldly rejected it. Is the film good or what?; we hash it out over tea and dilophosaurus venom. Then it's time to wrap up our Directors Series on Michael Mann with his 1999 investigative journalism drama, The Insider. Was the multiple Oscar nominated film as good as they say or did it deserve to be completely shut out at the Academy Awards? Who knows?! (Us). And as always, we send you into that long goodnight with some top-notch movie recommendations.   01:51 –  Jurassic World 34:13 - The Insider  1:01:00 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Is the concept of the "Summer blockbuster season" dead? We discuss and debate what could be behind this year's lackluster crop of Summer movies, including the terrifying idea that perhaps we're the ones who have changed! After a word from our new sponsor, Audible, we take another mouth-watering bite out of our Michael Mannwhich Directors Series by discussing 1992's epic action-romance, The Last of the Mohicans. Does Mann still deliver when he steps outside his crime-drama comfort zone? And more importantly, are there truly no remaining Mohicans left? Find the answers to one of those questions and  get a heaping spoonful of movie recommendations at the end of the show.   01:58 –  The Death of Summer Blockbuster Season? 21:25 - The Last of the Mohicans 51:20 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

The summer season gets off to an ambitious early start as George Miller's practical effects driven, action packed Mad Max: Fury Road exploded into theaters this week. And while the film was dwarfed at the box office by Pitch Perfect 2, we discuss whether or not hope has been restored for ambitious action movies in the era of copy and past filmmaking. Then we turn our attention toward Michael Mann's sleaze-soaked heist film Thief as we embark on a brand new Directors Series featuring Mann's films. Does the film, starring James Caan, manage to steal our hearts or did we just feel ripped off? Tune in to find out and stick around for our Not-So-Weekly Movie Recommendations! 03:00 –  Mad Max: Fury Road 14:40 - Cut Print Film Mailman 21:32 - Thief 54:50 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Hello everyone! We're taking this time to let our listeners know that, effective immediately, the Cut Print Film Podcast will be operating on a new schedule! Instead of a new episode every week, we will now be releasing new episodes every two weeks. This will give us the time we need to better prepare for shows, as well as continue to make CutPrintFilm.com the best place for film lovers to go on the internet. We hope you stick with us with our new schedule and encourage everyone to leave a positive iTunes review!   See you all next week!

Marvel had a giant weekend with their latest superhero punch-em-up, Avengers: Age of Ultron but the critical response has been somewhat lukewarm. Were we blown away by Ultron or did it leave us wanting to do a hard reboot on the "Marvel Cinematic Universe"? After the robot puns are put to rest, we wrap up our Akira Kurosawa Directors Series with a discussion on his Spaghetti Western precursor, Yojimbo. Find out whether the film stole our hearts or just stole $20 out of our wallets while we weren't looking and then stick around for our Weekly Movie Recommendations.   02:46 –  Avengers: Age of Ultron 35:49 - Yojimbo 1:01:56 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Drafthouse Films is re-releasing the absolutely bonkers Roar this week and we discuss the wisdom of pairing trained human actors with untrained lions/wild killing machines. Also released this week was A24's new existential sci-fi feature, Ex Machina. The film stars newcomer Alicia Vikander as well as Cut Print Film heartthrob du jour, Oscar Isaac. We ponder the limits of humanity and ask, "Are we human or are we dancer?" The answer will shock everyone. Part two of our Akira Kurosawa Directors Series finds us talking about his endlessly influential action-adventure masterpiece Seven Samurai. Find out which one of us is a true warrior before we harvest our Weekly Movie Recommendations.   01:34 –  Roar 07:18 - Ex Machina 20:31 - Seven Samurai 1:00:34 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

We delve into the realm of cerebral confusion this week on the podcast as we discuss Clouds of Sils Maria. The film stars Juliette Binoche as an aging actress who must confront the inevitability of time and also stars Kristen Stewart who continues her streak of excellent performances (coming off the Oscar winning Still Alice). We then take a swim in Ryan Gosling's flawed-but-ambitious Lost River, a film with a troubled post-production timeline and a lukewarm critical reception. A new Directors Series finds us tackling the films of Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa, starting with his 1950 film Rashomon. We give our conflicting versions of the truth when discussing the film and leave it to you to sort things out. Just kidding, we leave nothing to the imagination on how we felt about the film. As always, we wrap things up with our Weekly Movie Recommendations.   02:25 –  Clouds of Sils Maria 10:21 - Lost River 18:42 - Rashomon 1:00:33 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

This week the Cut Print Film Podcast is broadcasting from the back seat of a fast car that goes vroom! No, we're safe and sound in our studio, but we are talking about the latest installment of the Fast & the Furious saga, Furious 7. Does the film improve upon the previous six? Are the explosions bigger and louder? Do the cars go faster than ever? And most importantly, how does Furious 7  hold up as a metaphor for our patriarchal, testosterone-fueled society? Just kidding, let's hear those cars go vroom again! After all that nonsense, we wrap up our David Lynch Directors Series with a discussion on his 2001 dream-haze masterpiece, Mulholland Drive. Were we left spellbound by the film's obtuse narrative or did we turn it off mid-way and pop in an HD-DVD copy of The Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift? Download this episode to find out!   02:57 –  Furious 7 13:57 - Cut Print Film Mail Call 23:00 - Mulholland Dr. 1:06:33 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Due to some unforeseen technical difficulties, the Cut Print Film Podcast is taking the week off. While we're busy making the necessary repairs to our studio, feel free to take a trip down memory lane as we present to you volume 2 of our greatest hits! Laugh at our irreverent jokes all over again and revel in our spot-on assessments of some of the finest films ever released (Mortdecai). We'll see you all next week with a brand new episode and the finale of our David Lynch Directors Series which finds us discussing his 2001 film Mulholland Drive.

Spring has sprung but we're not quite out of the woods when it comes to bland-to-terrible Hollywood offerings (The Divergent Series: Insurgent, we're looking at you).  Fortunately, we live in an age where independent films are more freely available than ever before which means there's a respite to the slop playing at the multiplex.  This week we're discussing two of the best films of the year so far that just so happen to have been released by small, indie studios with no star power to speak of - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter and Spring.  After that we get out our anesthesia inhalers, take a deep breath, and discuss David Lynch's sexy, twisted murder-mystery, Blue Velvet as part two of our David Lynch Directors Series. Once the blood has been mopped up we hand out our Weekly Movie Recommendations and call it a day.   02:42 –  Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter 09:14 - Spring 18:43 - Blue Velvet 1:00:22 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

In case you haven't heard the good news, Adam Sandler has a new, terrible film out called The Cobbler and our very own Chris Evangelista has some strong opinions on the matter. With indie horror on the rise thanks to director Ti West's low budget/high tension films and last year's critically acclaimed The Babadook, we take a look at the micro-genre and discuss this week's wide release of It Follows. After all that spooky talk, we kick off our Director's Series on the surreal films of David Lynch by discussing one of his most accessible films, The Elephant Man. Marvel as we link our trunks and tails and walk in a circle for your entertainment. As if all that weren't enough, we find the time to give out our Weekly Movie Recommendations before lying down for a permanent sleep.  Just kidding! We'll see you all next week!   01:32 –  The Cobbler 08:06 - It Follows 31:28 - The Elephant Man 1:08:17 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

The month of March arrives with cold temperatures, unforgiving snow, and two horrendous new movie releases in Chappie and Unfinished Business.  We discuss Neill Blomkamp's new sci-fi misfire and what it means to truly be Chappie before tackling Vince Vaughn's new culturally tone deaf new road trip comedy, the aforementioned Unfinished Business.  Then we wash our hands of all that swill and finish off our Kathryn Bigelow Director's Series in grand fashion with her 2012 politics-of-war film, Zero Dark Thirty.  Does the film live up to the high expectations of the last film in this series, Strange Days? Yes, it does.  Strange Days was a terrible movie. Find out what we thought of the film and then take our hands as we guide you through the week with our Weekly Movie Recommendations.   01:46 –  Unfinished Business 11:18 - Chappie 23:05 - Zero Dark Thirty 1:09:03 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

We're comparing and contrasting two new films that opened this past weekend:  Focus, the Will Smith-fueled conman drama and The Lazarus Effect, the budget-conscious PG-13 horror film starring Olivia Wilde.  Surprisingly, there are few surprises!  Will Smith charms his way through Focus while The Lazarus Effect fails to have much of an effect at all aside from persuading audiences to avoid it in droves.  Then we jack into Kathryn Bigelow's 1995 cyber-punk nightmare (based off a dream James Cameron had in the 80s), Strange Days.  How strange are these days?  Let me put it this way: Tom Sizemore has his wig ripped off and no one bats an eyelash!  As if all this weren't enough, we leave you with our Weekly Movie Recommendations to see you through another week.   01:50 –  Focus 8:21 - The Lazarus Effect 20:44 - Strange Days 59:33 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Oh my!  The 87th Academy Awards have come and gone and we're here picking up the pieces of everyone's broken hearts.  That is, if you aren't involved with Birdman, Whiplash, or The Grand Budapest Hotel.  Or if you aren't Julianne Moore.  You know what, it was a great night for films that actually deserved to be awarded.  Of course, the Oscars wouldn't be the Oscars without some nonsense and unbelievably low low points.  Neil Patrick Harris did his best to shine up the dreadfully humorless material he was given but to not much avail.  Come listen to our reactions to the Oscars winners, losers, musical performances and much more on this week's episode.  As always, we give you our Weekly Movie Recommendations to see you through the cold, dark night. [line] 01:00 –  The Oscars! 1:00:07 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

It was a huge R-Rated Valentine's Day weekend at the box office as the BDSM phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey was released to the tune of $90 million!  The hyper-violent Kingsman: The Secret Service also came out this weekend with a healthy box office take of $41 million.  After discussing these unlikely wintertime hits, we look toward next week's Oscars ceremony and give our predictions for who will win as well as our personal picks for who should win.  In the end, the real winner is you, the listener!  Then we start a brand new Director's Series featuring the films of Kathryn Bigelow.  In this first installment we're discussing her surf-heist action film Point Break starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze.  Did we find the film radical or did we pray for a tidal wave to snap our necks after watching?  You'll have to tune in and find out.  Naturally, we wouldn't leave you high and dry without signing off with our Weekly Movie Recommendations.     01:38 – Kingsman: The Secret Service 09:22 - Fifty Shades of Gr

Bad news everyone; it's February!  That means we're smack-dap in the middle of bad movie season.  To celebrate, we're discussing Jupiter Ascending, the new sci-fi space-fantasy epic starring Mila Kunis as a janitor-turned-queen of the cosmos and Channing Tatum as an dog-man creature thing.  With characters like that at your film's core, what could possible go wrong?  After we recover, we wrap up our Robert Altman Director's Series with a discussion about his 1985 film Fool for Love, based on the play by Sam Shepard.  Did we fall head over heels for the film or did we hop in our trucks and drive 3,000 miles just to escape our Fool for Love DVD?  Listen to find out and as an added bonus, we've thrown in our picks for our weekly movie recommendations!  What more could you ask for?   04:55 – Jupiter Ascending 19:32 - Fool for Love 54:54 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

The Sundance Film Festival has come and gone and with it comes a brand new batch of independent films that were snatched up by the studios.  We go over some of the films coming out of Sundance that we're looking forward to seeing in the near (and not so near) future.  In other news, the all-female cast for the Ghostbusters reboot has been announced and we weigh in with our thoughts.  Finally, we discuss the 1973 neo-noir film The Long Goodbye as part of our ongoing Director's Series on the genrebusting Robert Altman.  Does his deconstruction of the 50's detective story charm the pants off of us or does it leave us out in the rain?  Who knows?  (We do).  And as always, we leave you with our Weekly Movie Recommendations to get you through the week.   01:26 – Ghostbusters reboot 12:20 - Sundance Film Festival favorites 25:00 - The Long Goodbye 1:10:08 - Weekly Movie Recommendations