SO CALLED CRITICS

The So Called Critics review their first Pixar movie! The theme for this show is Adventure and whats more adventurous than moving your house via ballons or how about jumping into a volcano!

On this show we compare Pixar's Up to Joe Versus the Volcano, starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ossie Davis, Llyod Bridges, Robert Stack and the most intense luggage salesperson.

Our Top 5 features Cinema's Greatest Adventures.

This week our guest reviewer is Peter Hedlund.

Its ok to feel alone in the world. But how about adding some CRAZY to the mix? Throw in some guns, forget the meds and make some poor choices with a beautiful girl.... Now we're talking!

On this show the So Called Critics tackle two of cinema's loneliest characters. We compare Observe and Report against Taxi Driver.

Our Top 5 list features our picks for Cinema's Loneliest Characters.

Side note: Charles has had to step aside. In his place is my brother, Pete Van Vleet. Some would argue that Pete is the ultimate film snob, give a listen and decide for yourself.

The So Called Critics compare Watchmen to Dr. Strangelove.Best of all, the So Called Critics reveal their first listener email!

The So Called Critics break from their usual format to bring you their
first BEST OF show.

Charles and Paul name their Top 5 films of 2008 and Most Anticipated
films of 2009. The discussion gets heated as one of Paul’s picks
shocks Charles. Enjoy!

The topic for this show, Politics. While it can change a person or even put them in grave danger, it does make for some good cinema.

We look at Gus Van Sant's Milk and compare it to the 1949 classic All the King's Men.

Charles and I pick our top 5 political movies.

Happy New Year!

What better way to cure those holiday post-yuletide-depression-blues than with a brand spanking new episode of So Called Critics?  We know the prospect of keeping those new years' resolutions are grim, so this episode we're giving you our top five dark comedies to lighten your spirits.   Also we've got reviews of Burn After Reading and Spies Like Us, two movies that deal with buffoons and our newly coined phrase The Idiot Ambition.  (You can use that one -- it's free:)  John Landis is well known for his comedic undertakings, but can the Coen Brothers rekindle the comedic flame that was The Big Lebowski after the I'm-so-serious-and-I-deserve-an-Oscar No Country for Old Men?  Tune in to find out!

Special Trivia note: one of us is drunk in this episode.  If you can figure out which one you're well on your way to discovering the secret of creating a succesfull podcast.  Enjoy!

The So Called Critics are back! After a little bit of a lay off Charles and Paul are back at it with a review of Righteous Kill.

Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are together again, we compare Righteous Kill against Michael Mann's Heat.

This show features our more contentious Top 5 debate yet.

For show number six So Called Critics takes a break from it's regular format to bring you an episode focused exclusively on The Dark Knight.  One podcast just wasn't enough to discuss this dense summer spectacle so we're bringing you a special edition 15 minute podcast to further explore the themes and philosophies of this extraordinary film.  Enjoy! 

Our fifth show! To celebrate this mile stone we take on our biggest show yet.

Is Gotham big enough for two Batmen and two Jokers? To settle the score Charles and I review The Dark Knight against Tim Burton's Batman.

Also on this episode we have our Top Five Villian Performance.

Growing up isn't easy.

SON OF RAMBOW shows us two friends sorting out an unlikely relationship while making their own version of Rambo.

AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS follows two rivals that soon share a bond and a secret.

In our Top 5 list we both present our Top 5 Child Performances.

Our review of THE DARK KNIGHT vs BATMAN is being edited.