SMART-POPcast Episode 5

Get it while it's hot!  Both Mitch and Phil join Thom for Episode 5 and it's a fun (albeit unorganized) listen.  Just in case you're wondering, there was no podcast last week...  Sorry about that, and we'll try to avoid that happening again.

Cast: Thom Stricklin, Phil Stricklin, Mitch Goossen

Topics:

• Movie Review: Domino
• Thom and Phil rank this among the worst movies ever made.
• Consider this a "brit-sploitation" film. Keira Knightly shows some skin, but it's NOT worth wasting eight bucks or two hours of your life.
• Tony Scott needs to stop playing GTA and pick up a copy of Filmmaking for Dummies.  He's forgotten how to make a decent movie.
• Movie Review: Kingdom of Heaven
• A good movie...  if you compare it next to Domino.  Otherwise, not so good.
• Mitch had problems telling the scenes apart, and Thom couldn't tell apart the characters.  They had no apparent motivations, and the audience develops no concern for them.
• Don't let Ridley Scott fool you...  This is no political commentary film.  It's an action flick, and a mediocre one at that.
• Preview Review: Running Scared
• Not a remake of the Billy Crystal/Gregory Hines starrer...  This has got Paul Walker sporting a New York accent.  Fagedaboudit, bra.
• Serenity Recap
• Thom bought the Firefly complete series, and it's even better than the movie.
• Don't bother seeing Domino or renting Kingdom of Heaven.  If you want to support good filmmaking, go see Serenity.  It's a must!
• Industry News
• Daniel Craig is James Bond.  Who is Daniel Craig? Will this save the next Bond movie from disaster?
  
• Spielberg promises technology to deliver an "emmersive film experience".  He's also teaming up with EA to develop some original concept video games.
• The Wallace & Gromit warehouse burned down, but Aardman is looking ahead.
• Peter Jackson signs on to produce the Halo movie.
  

Next Week: Special guest Rob Worley (Owner of Comics2Film; Author of "Advent Rising: Rock the Planet") joins us to discuss Batman Begins and the future of comic book movies.  Also: Doom movie reviews, and more.