Episodes
Thursday Aug 30, 2018
Ep. 7 - Any Given Sunday
Thursday Aug 30, 2018
Thursday Aug 30, 2018
Lucky #7 edition of Scoring At The Movies injects some steroids into the run-time and gives you our most in-depth (read: longest) episode yet, as we discuss Any Given Sunday.
Chris & Ryan were conflicted about this one, admiring a lot of parts in the bombastic flick, but not truly connecting with other parts. But Al Pacino & Jamie Foxx nail it and the movie as a whole feels like an accurate depiction of the dirty machinations behind the football scenes. In fact, we talked about those angles almost as much as we talked about Oliver Stone’s opus.
So let the concussions and body trauma begin!
Thursday Aug 16, 2018
Ep. 6 - Talladega Nights
Thursday Aug 16, 2018
Thursday Aug 16, 2018
The 6th shot of Scoring At The Movies does the NASCAR thing with Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Sacha Baron Cohen goofing it up as race-car drivers in Talladega Nights.
This podcast could have been a quote-fest (and we definitely enjoyed referring to the best lines), but we also steered down some chat-worthy avenues. Is the movie homophobic? Is it a bit too hard on NASCAR fans, especially those from the south?
Also, this became the unofficial Tom Cruise podcast, partly because Mister Scientology is hilariously referenced in Talladega, but also because we just felt like branching off into Cruisian territory.
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
Ep. 5 - The Color of Money
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
The 5th Scoring At The Movies podcast covers Ryan’s second-favourite “sport”… and that’s watching Tom Cruise be goofy, as we chat about The Color of Money.
Okay, the intense superstar playing it silly is fun, but really the love is of pool. This solid sequel to The Hustler has Paul Newman reprising his classic role of Eddie Felson, now a liquor salesman who takes the flaky but wickedly talented Cruise on the road to learn and earn. But what are Eddie’s true motivations for taking Vincent under his wing? Is Eddie doing as well in life as he portrays or is it a sham? And does it even matter which of the two leads is the better pool player?
Make your aggressive break on the snap…but then hear what what we have to say about Marty Scorsese’s pool opus.