Canadian Movie Crew

Of course we checked out the second one, why wouldn’t we?  Mean Mark takes the second step into the cinematic world of mommy porn as he and Sean Taylor provide their commentary to Fifty Shades Darker.  Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey re-visit their relationship based on love, passion, and kinky-fuckery . . . fukery . . . fuckerry . . . I don’t know how that’s supposed to be spelled.

Here are the steps:

1. Get your copy of Fifty Shades Darker. (You have the first one, don’t pretend you don’t own the second one!)
2. Pause the movie once the Universal logo fades to white.
3. Start the commentary.
4. Unpause the movie when instructed.
5. Sit back and enjoy!

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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to watch a shitty movie with the Crew?  Now, you can.  In preparation for this year’s release of Fifty Shades Freed, Sean Taylor and Mean Mark are sitting down and going through the Fifty Shades series and you can listen in as we do.  Just so you don’t have to suffer alone.

Here are the steps:

1. Get your copy of Fifty Shades of Grey. (come on, we know you have one)
2. Pause the movie once the Universal logo fades to black.
3. Start the commentary.
4. Unpause the movie when instructed.
5. Sit back and enjoy!

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Ah, the 80s.  G.I. Joe was one of the biggest toy brands on the market.  With a hit cartoon show on the airways, it was only a matter of time.  But failing to learn from Transformers and He-Man, G.I. Joe decided to use this movie to re-vamp their toy line up.  That’s never a good move.  Aside from that, this flag-waving tale about the Joes taking on plant/snake hybrid villains just doesn’t make sense . . . for a movie about humans taking on plant/snake hybrid villains.

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2017 was a hell of a year in film.  There were some monster highs and valley lows.  As is tradition here on Film Studies, we break down the best of the best and the worst of the worst, handing out meaningless awards to who and what we thought deserved it best.  Do you agree with our picks?  Download the show and find out!

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After a premonition keeps a young student from dying in a tragic vehicle accident, Death chases down everyone who was supposed to die one by one.  Sound familiar?  Yep.  Final Destination proves that you CAN go back to the well for your sequel.  The car crash was pretty cool but now everything is backwards and it’s up to Kimberly to save everyone.  Spoiler alert:  She doesn’t.

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Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of our wonderful listeners!  Today is Christmas Day and you’re getting the gift of Reindeer Games getting the Or Is It? treatment.  Ben Affleck is released from prison, sleeps with Charlize Theron, and gets swept up in a plot to rob a casino.  A naked Theron is the high point but then it slumps way down.

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Well, it’s the most wonderful time of the year . . . for “Mean” Mark.  It’s Star Wars time again and this time, Rey is seeking the aide of Luke Skywalker while Finn, Poe, and Leia continue to fight alongside the Resistance against the First Order.  Will this be the movie that takes the Star Wars franchise in a new direction or does it, as fans feared, just follow the Empire Strikes Back formula?  Download the show now and find out!

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Every year, we take a look at some of the silliest Christmas themed movies on Or Is It? and this year is no exception.  First up, Santa With Muscles starring “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan.  Hogan plays an asshole millionaire who gets knocked out and wakes up believing he’s Santa Claus.  Throw in the cliched “orphanage in peril” and you’ve got a 80s movie from a 90s time.  So whatcha gonna do when good ol’ St. Nick runs wild on you?

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Dick Tracy, the world’s best detective, finally brought to the silver screen in 1990.  This very colourful (VERY colourful) adaptation sees Big Boy (Al Pacino) want to takeover all businesses in the emptiest town in the world.  It’s up to Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) to save the day, fix his relationship with his girlfriend, adopt a child, and bang Madonna.  This was successful movie in 1990 and, for the life of us, we can’t understand why.

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