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Sober Cinema

Michael Denniston and Jairo Benavides

A movie podcast that"s late... but still too early.

tv & film film reviews

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00:32:58

Five Years Later: ABOUT LAST NIGHT and ENDLESS LOVE

Sober Cinema ·

2019/05/31

Two 80s remakes released on Valentine's Day weekend 2014 but only one ends with an All-American couple having sex with a chicken mask on. Since this is an audio only podcast we include the clucking sounds but you should really watch ABOUT LAST NIGHT with Regina Hall and Kevin Hart.Oh and the other movie was ENDLESS LOVE. It stinks.Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on PatreonListen: iTunes/PodbeanFacebook/Instagram/Twitter: @sobercinemaFollow your hosts on Letterboxd for sneak

01:28:56

Ten Years Later: HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU and FANBOYS

Sober Cinema ·

2019/05/31

On February 6, 2009 the world finally solved the problem of the battle of the sexes and for those that were not participating in the act of sex... well those poor bastards got a movie that finally ten years later celebrated the release of STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 - THE PHANTOM MENACE. In this very meta episode we bring on Star Wars fan Jason Michael of the Atlantic Screen Connection podcast to discuss the much maligned FANBOYS along with the advice from Drew Barrymore and company in HE'S JUST NOT THAT

00:52:40

Twenty-Five Years Later: BLINK and RED ROCK WEST

Sober Cinema ·

2019/02/12

Twenty-five years ago on January 28, 1994 the world got not one but two noir thrillers. Our forgotten film RED ROCK WEST that opened on one screen to $11k starring Nicolas Cage doing one-armed pushups on the side of a desert highway... and the mainstream hit BLINK which opened to $4 million starring Madeline Stowe as a blind woman WISHING that she could see Cage in all his shirtless glory. Unfortunately she could not and this thriller features a whole lot of mansplaining as she tries to identify a

00:48:52

Thirteen Years Later: UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION and WHY WE...

Sober Cinema ·

2019/01/30

Thirteen years ago on January 20, 2006 the world was exposed to the endless war in two very different films. The box office hit UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION was #1 for the weekend at 26.8 million dollars while the documentary WHY WE FIGHT opened on just six screens to 53 grand. One film presents a very complex issue of how violence and cruelty in the quest for power is passed down from generation to generation... and the other doesn't feature Kate Beckinsale in a catsuit. You be the judge by clicking on

00:40:14

Eight Years Later: THE DILEMMA and BARNEY'S VERSION

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2019/01/14

We go back to earlier times of outrage (because you can't possibly be tired of that, right? RIGHT??) to Vince Vaughn being homophobic to cars and Dustin Hoffman being horny at his wife's grave.... these are the type of show notes one needs to grab your attention when celebrating the eight year anniversary of the release of THE DILEMMA and BARNEY'S VERSION. On January 14, 2011 these two films didn't set the world on fire no matter how much digital or actual ink our lead characters attract as abrasive

01:00:46

Two Years Later: HIDDEN FIGURES and ACCIDENTAL COURTESY

Sober Cinema ·

2019/01/08

Two years ago on January 6, 2017 the world welcomed with open arms yet another attempt by Hollywood to solve race relations once and for all. HIDDEN FIGURES, the story of three African American mathematicians who help put an American into space, opened to box office and critical success as it expanded into wide release. ACCIDENTAL COURTESY: DARYL DAVIS, RACE & AMERICA on the other hand opened to controversy and a weekend gross less than a MacBook Pro. So what three genius level black women

00:58:04

One Year Later: ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD and...

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2019/01/01

One year ago the world heard an awful lot about Kevin Spacey being replaced at the last minute in a film scheduled to be released just over a month later on Christmas Day. For their opening weekend of December 29-31 Ridley Scott's ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD would be the top new release at the box-office but would fade over the Oscar season as Paul Thomas Anderson's PHANTOM THREAD expanded and became the object of cinephiles fascination. We expect the same of our guest Web Bist as he opens the show

01:03:57

Five Years Later: AMERICAN HUSTLE and TRICKED

Sober Cinema ·

2018/12/18

Our episode on con artists and con amateurs includes superfan Jairo who has FINALLY managed to con his way onto the great SOBER CINEMA, bringing his love of comb overs, dogs in the bedroom and sex in the park for our episode on AMERICAN HUSTLE and TRICKED. Five years ago on December 13, 2013 these two films delighted audiences with a look at lust and betrayal... and characters under a lot of stress from the combination of those two things. However we find ourselves totally relaxed as we contemplate

00:58:09

Six Months Later: HEREDITARY and HEARTS BEAT LOUD

Sober Cinema ·

2018/12/12

It's the holiday season... which means we are tired of Christmas movies and jump back six months to June 8, 2018 with warmer weather and the release of warmer family films such as HEREDITARY and HEARTS BEAT LOUD. To do so we bring on Andy From Work as a guest to tackle the horror of Nick Offerman having a heart in a part very much removed from the iconic Ron Swanson. Also the OBVIOUS heir to the DUMB AND DUMBER crown that is Toni Collette making mistake after mistake when her pet's head falls off

00:53:34

Twenty Years Later: PSYCHO and LITTLE VOICE

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2018/12/08

On December 4, 1998 the world was exposed to the great pipes of LITTLE VOICE and the sound of one man's passionate solo love in Gus Van Sant's remake of PSYCHO. Our mainstream release starring Vince Vaughn as the classic Norman Bates character was reviled upon release, and while we may not surprise you with our focus on the sound design of this film (for when do we not spend ten minutes talking about that when it comes to cinema?) we may with a bit of a defense for this experiment. And that surprise

00:28:45

Eight Years Later: TANGLED and BURLESQUE

Sober Cinema ·

2018/11/28

Eight years ago on November 24, 2010 the world let its hair down at the movies with Disney's TANGLED and some poor bastard's BURLESQUE. The former may now be the little sister to FROZEN but at the time it was another major animated hit for the company that would soon own every IP, while the latter was a not-so-successful flick at the box office for Cher's no longer animated face. However this Christina Aguilera starring film does offer some valuable lessons even now: like how completely asexual

00:36:58

THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL

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2018/11/22

On November 17, 1978 stern, disapproving fathers everywhere were coming to terms with the fact that their sons were absolutely, positively DORKS. For Ralph Bakshi was bringing her hybrid animation adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS to the big screen while George Lucas was cashing a (hopefully) big check to see his Star Wars universe adapted to a television variety hour now known infamously as THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL. One of these is an earnest but lesser attempt to get a fan

00:37:47

Three Years Later: LOVE THE COOPERS and JAMES WHITE

Sober Cinema ·

2018/11/13

We continue the Hollywood tradition of celebrating Christmas on early November weekends by taking a trip back to November 13, 2015 when LOVE THE COOPERS and JAMES WHITE hit the silver screens with decidedly different examinations of families in crisis. In the former, the top new box office opener stars Diane Keaton and John Goodman as parents of a large star-studded family on the verge of their last Christmas together due to an impending divorce; and in the latter Christopher Abbott must come to

00:50:22

One Year Later: A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS and LADY BIRD

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2018/11/05

Much like Hollywood and your obnoxious neighbor, once Halloween is over... the Christmas season begins. One year ago on November 1, 2017 A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS rang in the holiday two months early, and Greta Gerwig's solo directorial debut LADY BIRD opened in limited release and immediate Oscar consideration. And although the BAD MOMS sequel would go on to gross $130 million worldwide, strangely it may be our forgotten film as people (monsters) may be unaware that there even was a sequel to spotlight

00:56:10

Eleven Years Later: DAN IN REAL LIFE and BEFORE THE...

Sober Cinema ·

2018/11/01

On October 26, 2007 Steve Carrell betrayed his on-screen brother Dane Cook and America cheered for DAN IN REAL LIFE, which opened second to SAW 424, at the box office. The nation was not so kind to similar antics from Philip Seymour Hoffman when he tried to pull the same shit with Ethan Hawke in Sidney Lumet's final film BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD which opened on the same day. Some things are expected of a sitcom star taking the leap to big screen romantic lead that would be beneath the

00:47:28

Thirty-Five Years Later: ALL THE RIGHT MOVES and THE...

Sober Cinema ·

2018/10/29

We've seen FIRST MAN. And now thirty-five years later we finally get around to the three plus hours to see if we have THE RIGHT STUFF. That's obviously doubtful to our listeners, and perhaps even more so is if we have ALL THE RIGHT MOVES, the other and initially more successful film released on October 21, 1983. Both films look at expected masculinity of their time, which is why we forgive them for not living up to the manliness of THE Nasty Hellcat. Find a real hero, not these astronauts or Tom

00:42:16

One Year Later: HAPPY DEATH DAY and BAD LUCKY GOAT

Sober Cinema ·

2018/10/27

We compare the hellish existence of THE Nasty Hellcat against another cursed creature in BAD LUCKY GOAT... and also an attractive white college girl being punished by movie geeks for the ultimate sin of not having seen GROUNDHOG DAY in HAPPY DEATH DAY. On Friday, October 13 2017, this light slasher horror film opened to $26 million while our forgotten but charming foreign film starring a dismembered goat made $170.One hundred. AND seventy dollars.Do we right this wrong and choose the forgotten film

00:46:42

Eighteen Years Later: MEET THE PARENTS and BAMBOOZLED

Sober Cinema ·

2018/10/25

On October 6, 2000 the world was introduced to the awkward humor of Ben Stiller explaining the process of milking a cat to Robert De Niro in MEET THE PARENTS and the continued exploration of race in America from Spike Lee in BAMBOOZLED. And as usual this great country found the idea of milking a cat more palatable (who wouldn't???). We attempt to discuss these films with as much respect as three white dudes (a rarity in podcasting really) can while talking about intimate moments with house pets. For

00:43:26

Eight Years Later: THE SOCIAL NETWORK and CHAIN LETTER

Sober Cinema ·

2018/10/20

As we are probably one of the most popular producers of online content, we feel it is our responsibility to celebrate the anniversary of David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's classic THE SOCIAL NETWORK. However this was not the only film on the end of anonymity released on October 1, 2010... for our forgotten film on this episode is THE Nasty Hellcat selected slasher flick CHAIN LETTER. One film should have won Best Picture and the other is the usual vengeance tour from one of our co-hosts and "friends"

00:33:27

Twelve Years Later: JACKASS NUMBER TWO and FLYBOYS

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2018/10/17

In honor of co-host THE Nasty Hellcat's birthday, we program what he calls "the greatest achievement in cinema" JACKASS NUMBER TWO. Much like the second GODFATHER this film met with instant critical acclaim upon its release on September 22, 2006, while this was very much not the case for the presumably respectable war drama FLYBOYS. Journey back twelve years with us as we see if we've gained the maturity needed to applaud the heroes of WW2 as opposed to our usual desire to see a man kicked in the

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