Repeat Viewing - Why People Rewatch Movies

Our celebration of Chadwick Boseman continues, with easily his funkiest biopic, Get On Up, directed by Tate Taylor. We discuss the very unique story structure, immersive make-up & costumes, use of music, and above all, Boseman's bravura chameleon performance. Plus we take a long look at the many fascinating and well rounded characters that populate the world of James Brown, and gape at the truly physical transformation Boseman made for this role. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod! Theme music by Samuel Oak.

With the recent sudden and shocking passing of Chadwick Boseman, it seems only right to honor his powerful work toward equality and the portrayal of positive, powerful black role models & icons. He left a strong legacy in an incredibly short career, and perhaps no film anchors that legacy better than the story of Jackie Robinson, 42. We discuss the film in light of recent national events, it's craft as a biopic of rare quality, it's heart, humor, and so much more! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod! Theme music by Samuel Oak.

After a three decade wait, the world has finally received Bill & Ted Face the Music, so it's only fitting that we close our sci-fi block with their entire trilogy. Returning guest, animator Neil McLean joins us to parse the many details and dissect the various special effects. Do these movies hold up? What did we notice after all this time? And how does this new installment clock in on the scale of being excellent to us? Follow Neil McLean on instagram @remediavieo & neilmclean.net for his many stop motion animations and various other creations. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod! Theme music by Samuel Oak.

As a companion to our recent episode covering the film 1984, we tackled the unholy progeny of that story, amped up on steroids and bureaucracy-- Brazil. What genre IS this movie? How is it aging with all that's happening in the world? Just what the hell is up with the genius madman Terry Gilliam?? All this and more! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod! Theme music by Samuel Oak.

In what is surprisingly our first anime film, we cover perhaps the most famous of them all in Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira. Does this 32 year old animated feature measure up to today's standards of pyrotechnic visual marvel? Does it deserve it's rank among anime and cinema in general? What circumstances allowed a movie like this to get made? We dig into it all and more in this deep, fast paced exchange. (Akira is currently streaming on Hulu.) Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, and please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film community. Please follow the show @repeatviewpod. Theme music by Samuel Oak.

Our wild ride through the prophecy laden science fiction of the 1980s continues, bringing us to the meanest possible streets of old Detroit. With it's avalanche of bravado, social commentary and wit, the undeniable classic Robocop is ripe for another installment, even today. But how does the 2014 remake stack up against the OG Robo, and what does it offer in the dialogue about corporate ethics, gentrification and policing, started by the Verhoven original? We get to all that via a dense talk about growing up with the '87 version, and by peeling back those many layers woven by Paul Verhoven, Ed Neumeier, Michael Miner, and company. "Go Robo!" Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

Our Science-Fiction-Social-Commentary exploration continues with the inescapable 80's action entry, the Running Man, loosely based on the book by Richard Bachman aka Stephen King. We discuss the world building and execution of both formats, along with the 1980s world that spawned both, and the super stark, startling reflections of our own world today. You may know this movie, but you may not know the story, or the powerful meaning behind it, and we share a fascinating talk about all the hidden and overt elements, in another deep episode! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

In perhaps our most detailed exploration so far, we dive into the '84 adaptation of 1984 by Michael Radford, weighing the quality of translation, the missing & present underlying themes, the classic story's applications to modern society, and what Orwell was up to with this idea. Plus, a TON of creative pondering on what a modern adaptation might be like. It's a cinephile's delight in this deepest of dives, where little is left untouched. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow us on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

We turn our gaze to the American war machine with two films uncannily matched for such a task, sending us into a deep discussion about the heart of America and our penchant for imperialism. It is our second podcaster battle in a row, as we deeply debate one of these films. Buckle up for a crazy ride up river! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

Two films, one title. It's a no holds barred, bare knuckle brawl of a film chat, complete with some very unexpected twists, and a bevvy of deep cuts info on both movies. After the results of this match, expect us to do more vs. style episodes, because you're in for an intense and hilarious round!! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

In an episode that was destined to happen, we tackle one of our mutual favorite films, and share a compelling, dense discussion about it, as well as it's subject, brilliant 1980s painter Jean Michel Basquiat. As artists, we have a unique perspective on this film, as well as the world it portrays, and that angle leads to one of our best dissections yet! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

For a last minute tribute to Pride month, we dive into the best picture winner from 2016. While many have discussed it, we felt it worth a fresh look in these times, and dig into it's connections to the issues at the core of Black Lives Matter, but more importantly, we dig even deeper into what it offers emotionally and philosophically, as well as cinematically as we chat about the merits of director Barry Jenkins. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

In an upbeat companion to our previous episode on Boyz in the Hood & Clockers, we follow the thread to relevant and connected tales, one an epic music biopic, the other perhaps THE quintessential stoner movie-- both are directed by the uber-talent F. Gary Gray. We tie everything together thematically between all four films, while also lavishing specific attention on Gray as a director and digging behind the scenes of his wide ranging career. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

Continuing our discussion about the core issues at the heart of the Black Lives Matter protests, we turn our eyes on policing and the systemic marginalization of black Americans through two definitive classics. It's another talk laden with hard truths and fascinating observations, but also plenty of heart and fun along the way, because that is what both films and auteurs John Singleton & Spike Lee, offer the viewer! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

In the wake of the #BlackLivesMatter - #GeorgeFloyd protests, it was a trick to find the right film to talk about, but thanks to Warner Bros. making Just Mercy free to rent all month, the choice became easy. In an interwoven discussion of the protests, systematic racism, the death penalty and our collective social responsibilities, we explore the way this film compares to similar dramas, and whether or not you should watch it! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & Instagram @repeatviewpod!

In a packed episode, we cover the news about Zack Snyder's Justice League finally happening, a Justice League animated movie, the Equalizer films, and the rare inclusion of a documentary, Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics. TO close things out, we turn our attention to celebrating two wonderful people who recently passed, Lynn Shelton & Fred Willard. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!  

In a rare double first take, we look at two very recent films, Bloodshot from the Valiant Cinematic Universe, and the Gentlemen from Guy Ritchie, giving our two cents on whether you should or should not rent them. As usual we stray into some interesting and varied tangents on filmmakers, comics & special effects quality or lack thereof. Also, we take another look at Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and try to settle a few uneasy feelings about it. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!  

In this fast paced and hilarious episode, we have our "first take" review of Sonic the Hedgehog, featuring a deliciously maniacal Jim Carrey, and then we go down macho memory lane with our compare/contrast of Navy SEALs & Under Siege-- the description of which pretty much speaks for itself. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

Recorded in December 2019, just after our first viewing of TROS, this episode was saved for the return from hiatus, and the digital release of the film. As the finale of an epic, 40 year saga, a lot rides on Episode IX. Do we think it lives up to the responsibility of satisfying hordes of picky fans and wrapping up dozens of dangling threads? Does it undo the Last Jedi?? Listen to find out! Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!

This long awaited (by us) dive into our mutual favorite genre includes a wide selection, both from film & tv, of mostly recent crime entries, but with one sweaty, notable exception. We talk why crime is a great canvas for broad story & character possibilities, and how amazing performances come from such characters when actors are given chances to be emotionally risky or vulnerable. Highlighting the brilliant work of Christopher Meloni, Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Juliette Lewis & Annabella Sciorra, as well as the extra impressive Lucy Liu, we also discuss how actors grow on you over time, and how certain characters change how you feel about them permanently. Subscribe to Repeat Viewing wherever you listen, please rate & review kindly before sharing with your film friends! Please follow the show on Facebook, twitter & instagram @repeatviewpod!