Watchin' Trailerz with Doug (May 31)

Tomorrow is the first day of Junesploitation, a 30-day celebration of exploitation films. Excited? You are excited. Just like last year, I'm going to feature trailers this month that highlight each day's chosen theme. Obviously, this year is a little more broad, so please watch whatever you want that correlates to a particular category. I mean, just because I'll be watching Coffy on June 4 (Pam Motherfucking Grier!), doesn't mean that you'll be watching it. But, really, if you haven't seen Coffy yet, what are you waiting for? When you're done, post a 50-word (or less [much less]) review in the comment section of that day's post. Fun? You are having fun. #junesploitation

Netflix This Movie! Vol. 28

This week, we've got some regular picks and a whole bunch of titles to watch during Junesploitation!

Junesploitation: A Primer

We're kicking off our first-ever Junesploitation in just two days! Here's a helpful resource to help you get through the month.

Riske Business: The Happening: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

With a new M. Night Shyamalan movie on the horizon (After Earth), I want to posit a theory about The Happening to help you understand why I like to watch it once every couple of years.

Introducing Junesploitation!

Get ready for 30 days of fast cars, hot women, ax murderers, zombies and ninjas!

Heath Holland On...Coppola's Forgotten Film

Oh, we’re going there.

Unsung!: Wonder Boys

“I used to care, but things have changed.”
--from the Bob Dylan song

F This Movie! - Fast & Furious 6

All roads lead to Patrick and Doug.

Weekend Weigh-in: What is Your Favorite Car Movie of All Time?

This weekend, we all live our lives a quarter mile at a time.

Watchin' Trailerz with Doug (May 24)

I'm back! And I've brought the new Man of Steel trailer with me! It's OK Man of Steel -- you can stop now. You already have my money! In other preview news ... hey! Fat face! You! You stay classy!

Netflix This Movie! Vol. 27

From haunted houses to the slums of London, none of this week's streaming choices involve a Wolf Pack of any kind.

It Came From the '80s: Cloak & Dagger

by Patrick Bromley

Video games, imaginary friends, old ladies with missing fingers. It must be a kids' movie from the '80s.

Fast & Furious Six: Just How Did All Roads Lead to This?

by Patrick Bromley

We're one day away from the release of Fast & Furious Six, a movie I'm maybe more excited to see than any other this summer. How the hell did that happen?

Director Essentials: John Carpenter

by Patrick Bromley

Here's something you already knew: John Carpenter is the best.

Heath Holland On...The Endless Franchise Revisited

On second thought…

Like You Were There: JB at Wonderfest 2013

This year’s Wonderfest was fun but strangely subdued. Was it the weather? Was it that most attendees seemed to be suffering from Spring allergies? (Some of the meeting rooms during guest presentations sounded like tuberculosis wards.) Was it that attendance was down? Did some Wonderfesters skip the convention this year because it was held on opening weekend for Star Trek Into Darkness?

Their loss.

Riske Business: Five Requests for Marvel Phase Two

I have a complicated relationship with Marvel movies – more specifically, the movies with the Avengers. This is the group that has completed the studio's Phase One and have begun Phase Two with Iron Man 3. I like most of the Marvel movies to some extent. They are entertaining and energetic. But they are starting to bug me. These movies are not going away anytime soon. They’re too big to fail. They print money. I’m not saying tear them down. I’m saying they need to step it up for Phase Two. Here’s how.

F This Movie! - Star Trek Into Darkness

Patrick, Mike and Adam Beta (formerly Adam Thas) travel Into Darkness and experience some major déja vu.

Weekend Weigh-in: What Movie Are You Most Looking Forward to This Summer?

On our latest podcast, we looked ahead to the rest of this summer and discussed what we are most excited to see. Now it's your turn!

Netflix This Movie! Vol. 26

Watchin' Trailerz with Doug is on vacation this week, so you have LOTS of extra time to stream these suggestions.

Movies I Love: STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN

by Patrick Bromley

I didn't become a huge Star Trek nerd until a few years ago, but I have always loved Wrath of Khan.

Doc Hollywood: Leonardo DiCaprio

Hi, Leo! Come on in and have a seat.

Heath Holland On...Superman Unbound

Because the title Dragon Ball Z was already taken.

F This Movie! - The Year So Far (2013)

Patrick and JB won't get too far into summer without looking back at the first months of 2013. It's a mixed bag.

Sh!#ting on the Classics: The Great Gatsby (2013)

I recently attended director Baz Luhrmann’s new screen version of The Great Gatsby. No matter what you may have heard about this movie, I was not disappointed. I went in expecting to hate it, and I did!

Review: The Great Gatsby

by Adam Riske

Find a nice quiet room. Turn on four stereos, each playing different styles of music. Now invite over 500 people who have been drinking all day and doing speed all night. Pick the most boring person of the bunch and ask them to read you The Great Gatsby. This, my friends, is what the first 30 minutes of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby feels like. I wanted an ejector seat. It felt like Vietnam. Then a miracle happens. The movie settles down and while never becoming good, it ceases to be terrible.

Review: Aftershock

by Patrick Bromley

Well, that was unpleasant.

Weekend Weigh-in: What's the Best Film Adaptation of a Book?

And how soon can Baz Luhrmann remake it in 3-D?

Watchin' Trailerz with Doug (May 10)

Anyone notice the new "look" of the MPAA's rating screens before movie previews? They're weird, right? I mean, maybe they're not -- maybe I'm just opposed to change. But they seem fake -- like a fan trailer for an existing movie, or a trailer for a really bad student film by the guy in film school who isn't going anywhere ... but HE THINKS he's going places, and just to prove it, he's "approximated" the old green screen from a distant, drunk memory. I could be wrong about this whole thing (and I see they've embraced the 2008 branding of Barack Obama by selecting the now-eponymous Gotham font, so that's a good start?). Again, I could be wrong.

Netflix This Movie! Vol. 25

We're all going pretty mainstream this week. Deal with it.

Heath Holland On...The Spielberg Hypothesis

Who’s up for a good conspiracy theory?

Review: Upstream Color

This has to be one of the best movies of the year, right?

Doug Asks Patrick Questions About Movies

Patrick knows a lot about movies. Doug has seen Gobots: Battle of the Rock Lords dozens of times. In an effort to expand Doug's cinematic horizons, he'll be asking Patrick questions about movies in a column we're calling "Doug Asks Patrick Questions About Movies."

Riske Business: Adam's Beloved Silver Linings Playbook

This column contains spoilers.
I promised to never talk again about Silver Linings Playbook on F This Movie!. Guess this makes me a liar, don’t it?

Unsung!: The Hidden

Today we look at yet another film I first saw in my wasted youth and then did not see again for twenty years or MORE… so, does it hold up?  Is it trash… or treasure?

The Curse of Superhero Movie Part Threes

And does Iron Man 3 break it?

F This Movie! - Iron Man 3

Patrick and Doug kick off another summer movie season with a super-sized bang. This podcast is spoiler free until it isn't.

What is Your Favorite Superhero Movie Sequel?

It is the chilling sound of your doom.

Watchin' Trailerz with Doug (May 3)

You guys, based on this new trailer from WonderCon, Pacific Rim has replaced Man of Steel as my most anticipated movie of the summer. What's yours?

Netflix This Movie! Vol. 24

Netflix dumped about 1,800 titles from its streaming option this week. Good thing they left these excellent movies we think you should watch.

Director Essentials: Richard Donner

by Patrick Bromley

Richard Donner is old school. He doesn't make movies. He makes "pictures."

Review: To the Wonder

by Adam Riske

I want to be able to recommend Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder, but cannot in good conscience do that. Even if you are a fan, like me, prepare to be frustrated. Have you ever been sad and laid on the floor for five minutes (please say yes)? To the Wonder feels mostly like that.

Heath Holland On...The Endless Franchise

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine conflicted.

Heavy Action: The Rock

Second time's the charm for Michael Bay.