Going to the cineplex this weekend? Every Friday morning at 9 a.m. you can listen to Mike Schulz dish on recent movie releases & talk smack about Hollywood celebs on the Quad City Rocker 104.9FM, with the fabulous morning team of Dave and Darren. The morning crew previews upcoming releases, too.
Or you can check the Reader Web site and listen to their latest conversation by the warm glow of your computer.
Never miss a pithy comment from these three scintillating pundits again.
Friday, February 7, 2014: After an appreciation of the gone-far-too-soon Philip Seymour Hoffman, discussion of "Labor Day," "That Awkward Moment," and "All Is Lost," previews of "The LEGO Movie," "Vampire Academy," and "The Monuments Men," and the guys' pitch for a really great-sounding movie: A comedy -- maybe starring Bill and Ted? -- in which time travelers convince a young Adolph Hitler that his artwork is actually sensational, thereby changing the future for the much, much better.
Friday, January 31, 2014: Discussion of "I, Frankenstein" and "Gimme Shelter," previews of "That Awkward Moment" and "Labor Day," and an audio-free preview of the Robert Redford drama "All Is Lost," which leads to jokes about Propecia and Marty Allen. Who says these guys aren't hip?!
Friday, January 24, 2014: Discussion of "Ride Along," "The Nut Job," "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit," and "Devil's Due," discussion and an audio-free preview of "Nebraska," and previews of "I, Frankenstein" and "Gimme Shelter," the latter followed by Dave's spirited reenactment of the clip. Vanessa Hudgens, eat your heart out.
Friday, January 17, 2014: Reactions to yesterday's Oscar nominations (with a clip of Thor announcing the Best Picture nomineees), discussion of "Inside Llewyn Davis," "Her," and "August: Osage County," and previews of "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit," "Ride Along," "Devil's Due," and "The Nut Job" -- all four of which Mike plans to knock out in a consecutive eight hours today. Nut job, indeed.
Friday, January 10, 2014: Discussion of "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones" and "47 Ronin," discussion and an audio preview of "Lone Survivor," verbal previews of "August: Osage County" and "Inside Llewyn Davis," and a snippet from "The Legend of Hercules" ... all six seconds of it. It's the clip so nice they play it twice!
Friday, January 3, 2014: Discussion of "The Wolf of Wall Street," "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," "Saving Mr. Banks," "Grudge Match," and "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," and a preview of "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones." Yup. The first new release of the year is a sequel. The line for the abjectly shocked forms at the rear. Happy 2014, folks!
Friday, December 20, 2013: On the guys' last segment of 2013, they preview Saving Mr. Banks and Walking with Dinosaurs 3D, discuss The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas, and preview and discuss American Hustle and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Prepare to want to listen to that last clip a few times over-- Steve Carell kills it. Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!
Friday, December 6, 2013: After a Friday off, the guys are back to preview Out of the Furnace, and discuss -- deep breath -- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Frozen, Delivery Man, Dallas Buyers Club, Enough Said, Homefront, The Book Thief, Philomena, and Black Nativity. And what'd you do on your Thanksgiving vacation?
Friday, November 22, 2013: Discussion of 12 Years a Slave and The Best Man Holiday, and previews of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (with audio), Dallas Buyers Club (with no audio), and Delivery Man (with brief audio of Vince Vaughn -- clearly on the interview circuit -- attemtping to rationalize his participation in yet another high-concept comedy whose trailers make it look unbearable). No show next week -- Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Friday, November 15, 2013: Discussion of Thor: The Dark World, About Time, and the Putnam Museum's Jerusalem, and previews of 12 Years a Slave (albeit with no audio) and The Best Man Holiday. If the latter is even half as entertaining as Dave's and Darren's version of it, crowds are gonna go nuts.
Friday, November 8, 2013: Discussion of Ender's Game, Free Birds, and Last Vegas (with particular mention of the continuing awesomeness of Mary Steenbergen), and previews of Thor: The Dark World and About Time. The poster for the latter is an image of Rachel McAdams in the rain. Dave doesn't play a clip from it. It's a Rachel-McAdams-in-the-rain movie.
Friday, November 1, 2013: Discussion of Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa and The Counselor, and previews of Ender's Game, Last Vegas, and Free Birds. Plus an audio montage of Harrison Ford's greatest scenes of yelling, and a shameless plug for Last Call, the new musical Mike's directing that runs through November 17. Well, look at that. Another shameless plug.
Friday, October 25, 2013: Discussion of Carrie, Escape Plan, and The Fifth Estate, and previews of The Counselor and Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. Cormac McCarthy and Johnny Knoxville being repeatedly bent in half by an adjustable bed? Promising weekend.
Friday, October 18, 2013: Discussion of Captain Phillips and Machete Kills, and previews of Escape Plan, The Fifth Estate, and the latest Carrie. Mike admits that he's looking forward to that latter title ... though perhaps not as much as he'd look forward to Darren's suggested remake starring the current Price Is Right host: Carey.
Friday, October 11, 2013: Discussion of Gravity (again), Runner Runner, Metallica Through the Never, Grace Unplugged, and Generation Iron, and previews of Captain Phillips and Machete Kills. But the guys actually spend most of their time talking about the legendarily awful local disaster flick Megafault and the impending Sharknado follow-up Avalanche Sharks. Really, can you blame them?
Friday, October 4, 2013: Discussion of Rush, Don Jon, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, and Baggage Claim, a preview of Runner Runner, and a preview and discussion of Gravity, which Mike caught during a Thursday-night screening. Quote: "You have to see it." Making his inevitable hundreds of words about the experience in review form utterly superfluous.
Friday, September 27, 2013: Discussion of Prisoners and Battle of the Year, and previews of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Don Jon, and Rush. The guys' segment actually starts at the halfway point of the .mp3, and, unfortunately, gets cut off about two minutes before the actual end of their chat (hence no Baggage Claim preview here), but still ... seven-and-a-half minutes of bliss!
Friday, September 20, 2013: Discussion of The Family and Insidious: Chapter 2, and previews of Prisoners, Battle of the Year, and the re-release of The Wizard of Oz. What a wo-o-o-or-r-rld! What a wo-o-o-or-r-rld! (Seriously. That's the clip they play. It's as much fun as you remember.)
Friday, September 13, 2013: That's right! After an almost-two-year Reader-site hiatus, the boys are finally back online with reactions to Riddick and The Ultimate Life, and previews of Insidious: Chapter 2 and The Family. Yeah. They wish more exciting movies were being discussed, too.
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