This is in theaters now?! Huge WTF. Zero advertising in L.A. Arnold, take my money, always…

I personally quite enjoyed Maggie, it is my favorite film this year so far, a very subtle movie with an impressive – because subdued – performance by Arnold.

If Maggie is anyone’s favorite movie of the year, they ain’t seen Jupiter Ascending!

Fuckin Frank and the Mad Max premium. Constant nitpicking. Total kill joy. Needs expositional dialogue to know if old lady May is a relative? wtf lol Instead of good editing, he’d rather see the rape and family get run over?? cocksucker lol

And his trilogy cred nonsense. Thunderdome, I understand. But the first two films lacking cred? Get this guy outta here!! Frankie, you’re the guy on the grass running away with no pants with red abrasions around the butt crack! You turkey! Great premium though.

P.S. I never noticed the red marks on the guy until I saw this in HD…eeek! But again, Frank would rather see the actual rape.

There’s no cure for AIDS either. Line ‘em up…

AIDS doesn’t – in and of itself – cause the host to go crazy and attempt to kill or spread the infection to others. Zombification does… and again, this is all dependent on the assumption that there is no expected cure seeing as the hosts themselves are (living) dead flesh.

Why is it so bad to think highly of great old movies? They have proven themselves as influential and important and in many cases quite enjoyable. Not every classic is “heavy” or “work”. That Sean’s 5-star list that was read on air during that loooong tangent is quite a humdinger of a list, and I appreciate Sean very much for going back in time and watching those films and talking about them on the show. Yes, Hitchcock made many great movies. That’s why he’s Hitchcock. So what?

It’s okay to watch a well-regarded film by an important director such as Polanski and not get it. Also, I’m not sure about The Tenant’s status as a classic. I believe it’s considered to be a more minor Polanski film, certainly the least famous out of Rosemary’s Baby and Repulsion. I haven’t seen The Tenant myself (I think), but I’m pretty sure you’ll like Repulsion better, Sean. And anyway, Roman Polanski is not above misfires. Anybody here seen Pirates?

Man, did someone decide this was the “slam Frank” episode? Give the guy a break. He was just nitpicking the plot because there wasn’t much else to talk about in the review.

Great listen as always though.

It would probably be hard though ever finding a cure if you’d euthanize everyone who is infected. Also it’s debatable if the infected is “crazy” and wants to attempt to kill and spread the information. It’s a transgression into another state of being and as such following it’s needs. I don’t see a problem that a civilized society would not just shoot everyone who’s infected in the head but try to contain them, seeing that they can live out another two months of their live (and maybe even have the choice to drink that darn cocktail right away if they wish).

Is there something wrong with giving a film five stars without knowing “what happens in that movie” like Sean did with Le Samourai? Loving a film for everyone isn’t about plot, or memorizing esoteric lines that are halfway comedic, or knowing character names. Le Samourai, more than any film you listed, is a mood piece that is extremely singular, and a great deal of its charm comes simply from the sparse filmmaking. It makes me laugh, but I’ll never be able to understand why everyone has to enjoy everything the same way Frank does or else they are being fake or giving free passes.

On the flipside, based on my conversations with our theatre manager & owner (recently restored co-op/independent one-screen theatre), there’s a lot of politics and supply/demand in play with digital content management of blockbuster screenings (ie: Age of Ultron, Furious 7, etc.). One thing that wasn’t an issue with the old film reel setup is no DRM implementations. Our theatre takes a beating everytime the big cross-region multiplex (30 min away) gets the big blockbusters. Sony, WB, etc. refuse to play the big movies at our location unless we guarantee an exclusive 2-3 week exclusive running of said movie. Based on our demographics that’s simply not financially feasible, so those movies come weeks late. By that time, people have already watched it at the multiplex or lost interest. The smaller independent or critical darlings only have limited promotion so those only generate good revenue in the first few days and quickly trail off.

No worries, Frank! I loved the choice regardless of the title.

Blu Ray Pricing – I have all the blu rays that I’m interested in on an Amazon Wish List. I check the list every day and it tells you how much the price has gone down from the day you added that movie. I have over 100 movies that I’m tracking and if a movie drops below $5.00, I definitely the trigger.

The short answer, as usual, is that Frank is wrong.Booking a film is a very complicated and very political process. Exhibitors have to figure out a balance that best serves their customer base, while also keeping every studio happy. Because if you don’t keep a studio happy, they won’t give you their movie, or they’ll give you terms that make booking their film financially nonviable.

The Young Einstein soundtrack was my introduction to Icehouse (all those many many years ago) and I’ve loved them ever since. You should grab their greatest hits album and Man of Colours…both brilliant. A bit triva for ya – Iva Davies (the lead singer) went on to do a couple of movies scores including Master and Commander.

In regards to Sean’s classic 5 stars… Of course they’re stacked on the high end! He’s watching the films from 50-60 years ago that were good enough to still be talked about. He watches every current new release, not just critically acclaimed, so his modern ratings are much more varied.