Episode 126: Playing for Keeps

TagEdit

"Sure, Nicolas Cage is great, but whither Gerard Butler? In this episode we discuss Playing for Keeps."

Website BlurbEdit

The Butler did it.

Movie SummaryEdit

PremiseEdit

StoryEdit

Final JudgmentsEdit

• Bad-Bad Movie (Stuart) @34:25
• Bad-Bad Movie (Dan) @35:05
• Bad-Bad Movie (Elliott) @35:40

Episode HighlightsEdit

TangentsEdit

• Pervazoid #1 (Stuart) @02:40
• Seven Pounds (Batman Villain) @03:40

Movie PitchesEdit

• The Ugly Treyf
  About an orthodox Jew that decides to go non-kosher for Lent (even though he's Jewish, so why would he celebrate Lent?). @04:10

QuotesEdit

• “­There's like no movie in this movie!”
       —Elliott
• “­Gremlin Battler”
       —Stuart

Listener MailEdit

Mailbag SongEdit

@39:00

LettersEdit

"Great Email for the Show*" from Firstnamewithheld Jones @39:40

"Intentionally Bad Movies" from Ben Lastnamewithheld @42:48

"A Request" from Sarah Notdan'swife @45:47

"Flop House Drinking Game" from Peter Lastnamewithheld @49:30

RecommendationsEdit

• Iron Man 3 (2013) by Shane Black (Stuart) @54:10
• Wake in Fright (1971) by Ted Kotcheff (Dan) @55:30
• Gregory's Girl (1981) by Bill Forsyth (Elliott) @58:45
• The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) by Nathan H. Juran (Elliott) @1:01:00
• 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) by Nathan H. Juran (Elliott) @1:02:00