The two cows head to Texas with their pal Edward to consider one of the best film adaptations of a book ever. Topics discussed include encounters with the unintelligible, grappling with our shared fate of becoming lost to the passage of time, Sartrean bad faith, and Anton Chigurh’s quarantine haircut. Conservatism is a clinging toContinue reading “NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007)”
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THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010)
The two cows revisit a more innocent time, when Facebook was just a silly site where people posted relationship statuses and the only concerns about it involved whether your mom saw that frat party photo your friend tagged you in. Is Sorkin overrated? Is this a breakup movie? Is it a movie about revolutions withoutContinue reading “THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010)”
CONTACT (1997)
The two cows are joined this week by special guest Molly Moltario; together, they embark on an interstellar journey into the bureaucratic maze of academic funding. Join us for a discussion of aliens (where are they?), McConaughey vs. Fichtner (who best?), scrunchies (what do they signify?), our favorite first contact movies, and whether this isContinue reading “CONTACT (1997)”
MINORITY REPORT (2002)
The two cows go running with Tom Cruise and discuss the future as it was projected in 2002, the nature of middle knowledge, themes of blindness/control/justice, and give their top five Spielberg movies. Cruise tries to outrun both his past and his future and ends up taking a second chance at life in a worldContinue reading “MINORITY REPORT (2002)”
FIVE STREAMING DOUBLE FEATURES
The two cows recommend five double features, all streaming on either Netflix or Amazon Prime. The themes are: High and Low, Paranoia, Families Falling Apart, The Rules of the Universe, How to Win Friends and Influence People. High and Low: Bringing out the Dead (1999) // Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Paranoia: Clue (1985) // TheContinue reading “FIVE STREAMING DOUBLE FEATURES”
CAN’T HARDLY WAIT (1998)
The two cows go back to high school to revisit this classic 90s teen comedy and discuss house parties, a real life Trip McNeely story, and Siskel & Ebert’s rating scale. A gay man tries to get his buds to dump their girlfriends so they can spend the summer together, a lovelorn incel pines afterContinue reading “CAN’T HARDLY WAIT (1998)”
JOY RIDE (2001)
The two cows take a road trip to discuss how a decade of bored contentment in America gave rise to both the Gen-X slacker and prank culture, laying the seeds for a generational conflict that takes center stage in this highly re-watchable 2001 John Dahl thriller. Oh to be young and in college, destined forContinue reading “JOY RIDE (2001)”
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)
The two cows discuss time travel, religious themes, and the nature of sequels in this action-packed episode. It’s fitting that the best sequel ever made is a meta-reflection on dualities and copies. Here, the basic conflict of the first movie is transposed from human vs. machine to reproduction vs. original, as the humans fight againstContinue reading “TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)”
THE DEPARTED (2006)
The two cows go to confession with Martin Scorsese’s Boston crime drama. Two men from the same working class Boston neighborhood fall under the spell of false prophets and the promise of power, autonomy, and comfort that a life of crime or civil service offers. But spiritual salvation is not forthcoming when your boss isContinue reading “THE DEPARTED (2006)”
