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This 1996 film directed by James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross) and starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg is an underrated terrible movie. It's also a thoroughly enjoyable watch with the standout scene containing what a friend of mine affectionately refers to as "RCFF." This blog post says it all if you need more convincing. http://coloradosmovieblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/roller-coaster-of-love.html?zx=d1a5e3ab5cf1e98a

Is the biker-filled club where Stamos sees Velvet Von Ragner for the first time the same biker-filled club Whatshisnuts rescues Diane Lane from in Streets of Fire?

I think something needs to be said for how progressive Cliff's performance is, considering the context of when this movie was made. He's an Asian-American supporting character from the 80's that doesn't speak with an embarrassing accent or make offensive Asian metaphors. The fact that he's Asian-American isn't even referenced, which seems pretty much unthought of back then. Granted, he's a genius inventor, which could be considered a stereotype, but at least it's not an offensive one, which was a rarity.

They also started a thread about how unattractive Stanwyck is, for what its worth. But yea... the 'baby's are awesome. One key to understanding the best noir... is it's funny as hell. That's how I take the 'baby's. It is a simple character trait and has its purpose for sure, but it's also REALLY funny. Besides that, it's a cheap connection between two basically strangers to fake intimacy. I think it should be clear here, in this movie especially, that every word and line is intentional. It's there for a reason. Anyway, I had not seen Double Indemnity before and I LOVED it. Everything. As a Coen Brothers diehard, I felt like I was watching their favorite movie. The dry humor, the incredible dialogue, the cool plot, the femme fatale, all of it. I probably could trace something in every Coen movie back to this film. As a viewer, I felt like I'd been perfectly trained for a noir like this because of them. Paul at the end mentioned that next week's Singin' In The Rain is a good companion for Double Indemnity, but I actually think All About Eve was a great pair for it. (Maybe all three are a good menage a trois?) The dialogue, deep allusions, rewatchability, questionable motives, just the vaguely pulpy fun. And while I was slower to get my head around Eve than this one, seeing these two really made me glad I'm doing this endeavor in catching up on film history.

@Sam. please don't fall into the trap of feeling like you need to talk more to prove you're better than the other engineers. This is a ploy Sean and Hayes use to make sure they're the only ones that come off as likable. You're already the only good one left.

First Earwolf podcast to have Seeso's Da Shrink on in almost a year. So bend over and suck on deez Obscure!

For July: Technicality No Down June Over

This was so fuckin good. 3 new characters that all hit it out of the park, that's rare. Has to be a top ten, was belly laughing from all 3 of them.

Come back again soon, Carmine

William Petersen can't escape this podcast. Either for this, The Skulls or MullHolland Falls.

BUMP! They need to do this movie. I saw it in the theater with my then-girlfriend and her friends and I guess one of their friends' moms [or something?]. Even then at the age of fifteen, I knew it was TERRIBLE!

Roller coaster... enough said.

I have a feeling that they're not going to do this movie. They passed on doing The Happening and have ignored Dreamcatcher, both of which feature a Wahlberg. I think Paul is in the pocket of big Wahlburger.

I joined just to reccomend this movie. We used to watch in repeatedly in college and laugh at so much of it. There are some of the worst editing mistakes I've ever seen in a movie. When Grisham hangs up the phone angrily, it cuts to a different take, mid-slam and the cord is across his body where it wasn't before. And, of course, Nicole 4 eva!!!! Check this one out. I remember it being so bad it was good but that was when I was 20. It might now be anywhere near as much material to pull apart like Birdemic or Pluto Nash but I remember thinking it was hilariously terrible.

Oh, definitely want to vote this up, for the roller-coaster scene, for young Mark Wahlberg's absolutely insane-o performance, and the BEHEADED DOG! It's really slickly-directed with lots of talented actors, and it starts out seemingly a little sane, which makes the escalating craziness so much more entertaining.

if everyone wants to fuck their brother and everyone wants to kill Engineer Cody, then Cody's brother must get rowdy as hell at family reunions - a famous logic argument from Lewis Carroll

I don't really know enough about any of them to make a big decision like this. I could really only answer confidently if I'd spent time living with them, so maybe a better question for me is FMK my mom, my dad, and my brother. F my brother, obviously, 'cuz he's very attractive (and married which only makes it hotter lol I'm so bad), M my mom 'cuz she's a giving person and I can tell she cares about me a lot, K my dad because he has a bit of an attitude problem.

U Talkin U2 To Me? Hmm, how bout U Fuckin Too Stupid To Book Guests

God bless girlfriends though. They always think you and their dad are a match made in heaven. "Please don't make me have to do this." "I dunno why you're being like this, my parents love you." "No, your mom just grudginly accepts me and your dad hates me." "Why would my dad hate you?" "Well...you know...<a couple hip thrusts>" "Haha, my dad is not thinking about that..." "What?! He totally is!"

Heh, you've probably reversed this on them unintentionally at some point. My GF's dad had recently got a blu-ray player and really nice LCD TV at the same point that criterion released a Blade Runner edition. Knowing that he was a sci-fi buff I purchased this for him. EVERYONE insisted this film could not be watched until we were all together. I have to add that they were a little 'born again': Me: "Heh, I don't remember there being this many bare breasts..." Everyone else squeezed into a couch for 2: <silence> Me: "That's so funny...I really didn't realize there were so many bare breasts in this film...<shove face in criterion box as I pretend to examine it> Worst night of my life, and I'm pretty sure my GF's parents think I'm a pervert. I kept thinking, 'OK, this is one scene in the criterion edition, and we aren't going to have anything else awkward while I'm rubbing elbows with my GF's mom...oh...we ARE...OK...sure, just yank your titties out irrelevant character...". I think I suggested several times that we turn the film off and do something else, but they were pretty adamant jerks about it: "Noooo, you got this FOR US. We should all watch it together. We don't have time for anything else because we need to get to bed as we have some sunday school classes to teach tomorrow..."

Plus you get to see Alyssa Milano in one of the few theatrical appearances she did post-"Who's the Boss" and pre-"Charmed", as well as William Petersen pre-"CSI" and Amy Brenneman pre-"Judging Amy".

My favorite part from this movie is when Mark Wahlberg carves his chest with the phrase "Nicole 4 Eva" just to get her back!

For some reason, my parents took me to see Fear in theaters when it came out. At 10 years old, I was way too young, so it was instantly my favorite movie. It look me a long time to realize just how awful it technically is, but it's a gloriously fun watch, and I'd kill to hear the HDTGM crew rip it apart.