62 - Face/Off
Don't just turn your brain off for FACE/OFF - take your brain out and smash it with a mallet. The Travolta/Cage vehicle may rank high on the Tomatometer but it's way down when it comes to IQ tests. Listen to Alex and Julio as they weave in and out of all the plotholes director John Woo scattered throughout the film! Ponder if we really needed a Travolta/Cage overacting competition! Worry for Joan Allen's sanity!
Also, in Real Talk: the results of our first ever poll! Find out what's the consensus when it comes to organizing your Criterion discs! Witness Alex be a sore loser!
TIMELINE:
00:00:00 - 01:03:17 Contrarians Corner (#CC)
01:03:18 - 01:03:49 Promo: Boozy Movies
01:03:50 - 01:05:08 Good Cage meets Evil Travolta
01:05:09 - 01:30:47 Real Talk
01:30:48 - 01:34:07 Criterion Poll results and LWTT feedback
01:34:08 - 01:39:33 Plugs and see ya laters
01:40:05 - 01:41:07 Cutting room floor and shameless self promotion
PLUGS!
- You can find the NO EXCUSES podcast wherever you find podcasts. The episode Julio guested on is #68 (NETWORK).
- The BOOZY MOVIES podcast is (re)launching on July 6th but you can subscribe and listen to their promo today!
- Hans Rothgiesser, the man behind our logo, can be reached at @mildemonios on Twitter or you can email him at mildemonios@hotmail.com in case you ever need a logo (or comics) produced. And you can listen to him talk about Peruvian politics on his own podcast, NACION COMBI.
Up next, it's a PULP FICTION reunion as John Travolta and Sam Jackson star in John McTiernan's BASIC!!! Until then, please rate/review/subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, you know the drill. And let us know what you think about FACE/OFF and Travolta's turn as a villain by emailing us at wearethecontrarians@gmail.com or by tweeting us or Facebooking us. Don't lose your head!!!