Film History on Videotape Podcast

Film History On Videotape Podcast / Oscar Month / Review #171 / The Hunt Do your friends and family really know who you are?  What would it take for them to turn on you?  Film History on Videotape continues our February Oscar Month with The Hunt starring Mads Mikkelsen and directed by Thomas Vinterberg.  This Danish film was nominated for Best Foreign Film for the 2014 Academy Awards and for good reason.  When a local teacher gets wrongfully accused of something horrific and terrible, who is to believe?  What happens in a community when justice and logic prevail, but the pain and anger don't go away?  Very serious and heavy film.  Enjoy our review for The Hunt. Download this episode (right click and save)

Film History On Videotape Podcast / American Football / Review #169 / Any Given Sunday Good game everybody.  Good game.  Film History on Videotape closes out our month of All Things Football movies with the big Oliver Stone directed flick from 1999, Any Given Sunday.  A manic, bloated movie that tries to (and succeeds in some ways) cover the many aspects of the world of professional football.  Grisly coaches, asshole owners, down and out players, crooked doctors, product placements, skeezy announcers, legacies, racism, and Ben Hur.  You have enough stars in this movie to make 4 movies.  Just too many to list.  Enjoy Any Given Sunday here on FHOV and have a good one! Download this episode (right click and save)

Film History On Videotape Podcast / What Is Up? / February 2014 / Legos & Death Well well well if it isn't our little friend Oscar Month.   Film History on Videotape brings you another What Is Up? episode where Max and Danny chew the fat about what they've been watching and what is on the horizons with the months to come. Every February is Oscar month where we run down some of the movies that caught the Oscar Fever and that stand to win or lose come the big night.  We also have a short discussion about the tragic loss of Phil S. Hoffman who passed away earlier this month. What Is Up?   Well there is only one way to find out!   Enjoy! Download this episode (right click and save)

Film History On Videotape Podcast / Oscar Month / Review #170 / The Wolf Of Wall Street Do you have what it takes to put this movie through the STRATOSPHERE? Film History on Videotape kicks things off on our annual Oscar month of February with Marty's The Wolf of Wall Street. A 3 hour headfirst jump into the pools of the stock market game in the late 80's and early 90's.  Based on a "true" story, this hyper realized flick about excess and greed made a lot of top 10 lists last year, but is it all worth the hype (or the time?)  Check it out on FHOV! Download this episode (right click and save)

Film History On Videotape Podcast / American Football / Review #168 / Jerry Maguire I want some money!   We here at Film History on Videotape have this yelled at us only to answer "All of your hello's have me"  The year was 1996, and Tom Cruise could do no wrong.  Jerry Maguire is the story of a sports agent who has an emotional and professional quandary, and lives by his heart, not his wallet. Its an iconic film with many MANY quotable lines of dialogue that has survived over the years.  It won Cuba Gooding Jr. an Oscar, and made Miss Rene Zellweger a house hold name.  Is it good though?  Is this a shmaltzy accessible movie with the soulless face of a weirdo actor, or a modern masterpiece that has something for everyone?  Only one way to find that out.  Help us..... help you. Download this episode (right click and save)

Film History On Videotape Podcast / American Football / Review #167 / Necessary Roughness Welcome to Film History on Videotape.  We continue our Super USA American Go Team Go Football month of February with the Major League ripoff from the early 90's Necessary Roughness, starring Scott Bakula, Robert Loggia, Kathy Ireland, and Sinbad. When a Texas college receives the NCAA "death penalty" they must rebuild their team roster from the actual student body.  This leads to a collection of rag tag misfits that... well.  You get the picture.  The results are right there in front of you. Download this episode (right click and save)

Film History On Videotape Podcast / American Football / Review #166 / Varsity Blues Sometimes having the blues is a real downer. Especially when they are Varsity Blues. Film History on Videotape brings you this 1999 MTV movie that asks the eternal question:  Can James Van Der Beek hold a Texas accent for an entire film?  This is a beloved late 90's high school football sports/drama/comedy that features a stable of young and up and coming stars such as Scott Caan, Ali Larter, Amy Smart, and the late Paul Walker. Jam packed with a then current soundtrack of popular pop and rock fodder, does this movie bear watching after 15 years of sitting on a shelf? Download this episode (right click and save)

Film History On Videotape Podcast / American Football / Review #165 / All The Right Moves Its tough growing up looking like Tom Cruise. Especially when you're stuck in a one horse town with no prospects to get you out of there except the old pigskin. Film History on Videotape continues our Super USA Gridiron Blue Forty Two Football month of movies with All the Right Moves from 1983.  When a spunky and ambitious high school football star goes up against his equally ambitious Coach who will come out on top?  This hammy blend of Flashdance and American Graffiti but with football co stars Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, and Craig T. Nelson.  Is it any good?  Gotta listen to find out! Download this episode (right click and save)

Film History On Videotape Podcast / American Football / Review #164 / North Dallas Forty Lets go football!    Film History on Videotape starts off 2014 with a DOWN, SET, HIKE! with North Dallas Forty from 1979 starring Nick Nolte and Mac Davis.   Based on an eye opening account of the glory days of football in Dallas, Texas, this comedic drama of a flick is at the top of a lot of people's lists as far as sports movies go.  We honestly has never heard of it, but when this theme of Football Super USA Go Team January was decided, we had to jump at the chance to review it.  Are you ready to get chewed up and spit out of the pro football machine?   North Dallas Forty on FHOV. Download this episode (right click and save)

It was a very good year.  A year of sequels and originals.  A year of Presidential hilarity once again. A year of reboots and rehashes and stupid ideas and the return of Matthew Mcconaughey.  What Is Up??  Film History on Videotape hashes out the year of 2013 in a way only we could. Max and Danny go over the good ones, the bad ones, and the ugly ones.  Sometimes we were surprised, other times let down immensely.  Which movies did we love?  Hate?   How much of this year was a joke meant to be forgotten before the new year rings true?   Well you wont know unless you listen.  Enjoy and Happy New Year! Download this episode (right click and save)

Film History on Videotape Podcast / Christmas Movies / Review #163 / Christmas Vacation The shitter is full.  Film History on Videotape brings you the review of the Christmas season with what some consider to be the pinnacle of Xmas hilarity; National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.  After 2 away from home vacations the Griswold family settles in for a nice holiday at home with the family, but its anything but.  Max and Danny have always thought very little of this movie with its re-hashed jokes and hokey demeanor, so what did they think of it this time around?  Its gonna be the best Christmas since Bing Crosby danced with Danny fucking Kaye.  A happy holiday season to you and your kin with The Griswolds and Cousin Eddie and we will see you next year! Download this episode (right click and save)

Film History on Videotape Podcast / Christmas Movies / Review #162 / Scrooged Take A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and bring it up to modern 1980's speed.  Add some of the most successful and professional people in the industry.  Add Bill Murray, who is known to star in blockbuster comedies involving ghosts.  Whats do you get?  You get Scrooged from 1988 directed by Dick Donner.  This movie is beloved by fans of Christmas and Bill Murray alike for its special effects, one liners, and satirical commentary on the world of corporate TV production.  Is it any good though?  Would Dickens be spinning in his grave?  Only one way to find out.  Film History on Videotape gets Scrooged! Download this episode (right click and save)

Film History on Videotape Podcast / Christmas Movies / Review #161 / Ernest Saves Christmas Christmas is a time for love, glad tidings, and Ernest P. Worrell.  Film History on Videotape brings another Christmas review into the fold with Ernest Saves Christmas from 1988.  When Santa gets old and starts forgetting the names on his list, he has to search for a replacement, when Our Man Ernest gets involved, its nothing but trouble.  With slapstick and sight gags out the ying yang, can Ernest help Santa with his sleigh and his bag of toys to save Christmas?   Check it out! Download this episode (right click and save)

Film History on Videotape Podcast / Christmas Movies / Review #160 / One Magic Christmas Who needs Scrooge when you have Mary Steenburgen? Film History on Videotape reviews One Magic Christmas from 1985. This Disney studios production tells the story of a down on their luck working class family and how the spirit of Christmas conquers all. This was a home video favorite of ours during the month of December when we were kids so we thought it appropriate to re-visit it for our series of Holiday Movies. Tragic events, Santa Claus, The North Pole, and Harry Dean Stanton as the angel Gideon fill the screen in a quite somberly toned movie that kindof surprised us. Have you seen One Magic Christmas? Check it out! Download this episode (right click and save)

Film History on Video Tape Podcast / Christmas Movies / Review #159 / Silent Night Deadly Night ave you been good this year... or naughty?   Film History on Videotape takes the high road with Silent Night, Deadly Night from 1984.  A young orphan boy with a tragic past becomes becomes wrapped up in something that he cannot control, and all must be punished for their naughty ways.  This Christmas horror flick is more remembered for the controversy surrounding its release than the content of the movie itself.  Picketing and protesting parent groups successfully had it pulled from theaters only to have it find new life on the then new medium of "home video".  Enjoy! Download this episode (right click and save)