The Open Road

The Open Road is a Baseball movie partly filmed in our fair city of Corpus Christi. The opening fly over of the baseball stadium is our own Whataburger Field. Anybody see it this weekend?

Episode 27 - A Japanese Ricky Gervais is now available!

Episode 27 of The Movie Hour, "A Japanese Ricky Gervais" is now online!

We discuss 500 Days of Summer, Inglourious Basterds, Ponyo, Big Man Japan, Hard Beats Yale 29-29, and Summer 2009 Movie LRFF.

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Here are the trailers for the movies we reviewed this episode:

500 Days of Summer


Inglourious Basterds:


Ponyo


Big Man Japan


Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

Youth in Revolt

Here is the poster for Michael Cera's new movie Youth in Revolt.

Christophe Waltz Interviews

Late last week we uploaded our interviews with Christophe Waltz, breakout star of Inglourious Basterds. You can download the episode from the iTunes feed, or you can listen to it here:

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District 9, Moon, The Cove, and Thirst

Here are the trailers for the reviews in Episode 26:

District 9


Moon


The Cove


Thirst

Episode 26 - Prawns, Clones, Dolphins and Vampires is now available.

Episode 26 of The Movie Hour, "Prawns, Clones, Dolphins and Vampires" is now online!

We discuss District 9, Moon, The Cove, and Thirst.

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Eli Roth's Method Acting

In this video we shot on the INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS press junket, Eli Roth discusses some peculiar approaches he took to acting, and especially eliciting the desired reactions from his co-stars. Not interested? 1) Hannah Montana 2)Necrophilia.

NYT article on Weinsteins

There's an excellent in-depth article in the New York Times about the Weinsteins and their struggle to regain momentum since leaving Miramax/Disney. The article makes it clear that the Weinstein Company needs some hits, and they need them now. I'm sorry to say that I don't see any chance that Inglourious Basterds is going to fit the bill. The best reference point within the article is that Pulp Fiction was made for $9 million dollars, while Inglourious Basterds cost $70 million. There is no chance Inglourious Basterds will catch on ANYTHING like that film did. The not so subtle subtext of the article is that while Harvey Weinstein might have gotten distracted by non-film ventures in recent years, a bigger problem might be that he's lost his creative if also not-so-subtle promotional touch. Case in point: the article mentions a possible Oscar campaign for Brad Pitt. Friends, that is ridiculous. It's the sort of idea that comes from Brad Pitt being a big star, not the role or the performance justifying it. What the Weinstein Company OUGHT to do is wage a campaign for Christophe Waltz, who truly carries the movie. Not only does he deserve it, but that would signal that the Weinstein Company has not become just another part of the Hollywood machine, and still has the creative sense and chutzpah that distinguished the Weinsteins in the first place.

Drinks at the Arclight Theater on Sunset in LA

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KRIS-TV Story on The Movie Hour

Corpus Christi NBC affiliate KRIS-TV stopped by to do a story on the podcast. We had a blast talking to Lee Sausley who did a terrific job on the story. Have a look.

Episode 25 - Inglourious Basterds Blitzkrieg

Our mega-sode coverage of The Inglourious Basterds, including our thoughts and reactions to the film, interviews with the stars, and other tales from the press junket in LA, is now online as Episode 25.

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Episode 24 - Hemp will Fuel Our Cars is now available.

Episode 24 of The Movie Hour, "Hemp will Fuel Our Cars" is now online!

We discuss Funny People, The Garden, and The Union. Also, lots of good docs in the LRFF.

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Hear Our EXCLUSIVE Lawrence Bender/Inglourious Basterds Interview

Is there a more anticipated film for the rest of '09 than Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds?

Available now is our EXCLUSIVE interview with Inglourious Basterds producer, Lawrence Bender. Bender has produced most of QT's films as well as Good Will Hunting and An Inconvenient Truth. Bender was not scheduled to do press with ANYONE, but Joe saw him, told him The Movie Hour story and he graciously agreed to sit down with us for a few minutes. The interview contains mild spoilers.

Hear the Lawrence Bender interview NOW on our iTunes feed. Click the subscribe with iTunes button to your Right. The rest will do itself. It is free and the easiest way to hear ALL of the upcoming Inglourious Basterds coverage. If you are already an iTunes subscriber then go to iTunes and it's there for you now.

Coming soon: our strange reviews of the film, a detailed account of what happens at a press junket, interviews with most of the film's stars and reviews of Moon, The Cove, and Thirst (which we also caught in LA--three movies not coming to our hometown).

Thanks again for your support!

Inglourious Basterds Press Junket Live

Three Mad (Men) Podcasters

Podcasters succumb to the latest Internet time killers, too. Be on the lookout for these three if you're in the Los Angeles area August 8-10. We'll be Twittering our whereabouts as we hop from movie theatre to press junket to movie theatre.

Episode 23 - It Beats Crucifixion is now available

Episode 23 of The Movie Hour, "It Beats Crucifixion" is now online!

We discuss G-Force, Away We Go, Whatever Works, and The Great Buck Howard.

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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Trailer

Here's the trailer for the upcoming Wes Anderson written/directed, all-star version of Roald Dahl children's book, Fantastic Mr. Fox. It's an adaptation, so it's got to be different from everything else he's made, right? Or not?