It certainly feels great to cover a good movie again! Our mini-run of new releases ends with Gina Prince-Bythewood’s crowd-pleaser - the African female warrior epic “The Woman King”. We’ve ...
2022-09-25 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostJoin BC:SF's for a review of Confess, Fletch. Topics include: the lack of promotion, the box office performance, streamers, the Mad Men secret past, a subtle Marcia Gay Harden performance ...
2022-09-21 04:06:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The King of the Uncanny Valley - our boy Bob Zemeckis - is back with his spin on perhaps the most iconic un-real boy in cinema…it’s Pinocchio, baby! Our friends from Podcast: The Ride - two Dis...
2022-09-18 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostYes, it's Moore Bond! BC:SF's commentary series continues with 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me! Topics include: 70's wood grain, British luxury cars, Dive restaurant, swimming, Zach Cherry, an...
2022-09-11 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
George Miller returns with a sweeping romantic fantasy and if we had a djinn, we’d wish that more people went to see this movie in theaters! Plus - Ben wishes for infinite sandwiches, and t...
2022-09-11 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
How did they ever make a podcast of LOLITA? Let’s just say that it wasn’t easy, but thankfully our guest Fran Hoepfner is in her “brave era” and was more than up for the task! If our SPARTA...
2022-09-04 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostBC:SF is back with post-sandwich energy and more Roger Moore era Bond! Topics include: third nipples, James Bond being a bit of a creep, Street Fighter II, the J.W. Pepper treatment, Madame Tussaud...
2022-09-01 04:01:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I am Spartacus! I am Spartacus! Heck, we’re *all* Spartacus today as we talk about the “sword-and-sandals” epic that solidified Stanley Kubrick’s hit-making potential…and soured him on Ho...
2022-08-28 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostCheckmates! Presenting this year’s March Madness winner: the James Bond films starring Sir Roger Moore. Griff, David, and Ben kick off the new commentary series with 1973’s Live and Let Die...
2022-08-21 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Perhaps the most humanistic of Kubrick’s films, PATHS OF GLORY is a blistering study of injustice, middle-management, and anti-war sentiment. We’re down in the trenches this week with Sarah Mar...
2022-08-21 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
If Stanley Kubrick’s previous two films were exercises in learning on the job, THE KILLING is where we start to see him put that knowledge into action. A thrilling noir, it allowed Kubrick to con...
2022-08-14 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Passengers: this is your captain speaking. On June 8th, 300+ souls managed to sit through our Bell House live show dedicated to Clint Eastwood's SULLY, despite us experiencing dual laptop failure. ...
2022-08-11 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
He dominated the field in this year’s 20th Century March Madness competition, and now we’re celebrating with a parade and a big brass band…it’s time for our series on the films of Stanley K...
2022-08-07 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostMarie Bardi joins BC:SF for the conclusion of our #NotAllBatMen commentary series with 2022’s The Batman. Topics include: the runtime, the l
Marie Bardi joins BC:SF for the conclusion of ou...
2022-08-01 04:01:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Oof - this is a tough one. Incredibly divisive, is “STAR 80” a darkly cynical triumph about the perils of Hollywood and the failings of men? Or is it a too-sympathetic “Portrait of An Incel a...
2022-07-31 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s SHOWTIME, folks - and boy, are we jazzed about this episode! Broadway icon and actual Blank Check listener Lin-Manuel Miranda joins us to talk about what many consider to be Bob Fosse’s ma...
2022-07-24 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Batman commentary series continues with 2017’s The Lego Batman Movie. Topics include: the hybrid CGI animation using real Lego bricks an
The Batman commentary series continues with 2017...
2022-07-21 04:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Sure, Bob Fosse’s “Lenny” has beautiful cinematography, but does it effectively communicate that Lenny Bruce was funny? Is the narrative of stand-ups as “tortured truth tellers” overdone?...
2022-07-17 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor July's bonus episode, BC:SF is taking a deep dive into all things Liza Minnelli with the Bob Fosse directed 1972 concert film Liza with a Z. Marie Bardi joins the gang to discuss their...
2022-07-11 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Wilkommen and Bienvenue to our “Cabaret” episode! Literal Disney Princess and musical theater superstar Rachel Zegler joins us to gush over Fosse’s 1972 film - a game-changer for the musical ...
2022-07-10 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The minute you walked in the joint…I could see you were a man of distinction, A REAL PODCASTER! “Pod That Jazzcast” - our series on the films of Bob Fosse - kicks off with a real humdinger of...
2022-07-03 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostBack in March of 2016 when Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was first released in theaters, Griffin, David, and Ben recorded a one-off episode about the film. Due to technical issues, much of the...
2022-07-01 04:01:27 +0000 UTC View PostJoin Griffin, David, and Ben for the extended cut of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice! Topics include: Batfleck, kryptonite origins, getting into the tub with clothes on, Mark Zuckerberg as the n...
2022-07-01 04:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostTowards the end of the Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness episode with guest Patrick Willems, David has to leave to make a screening of Elvis (2022), and soon after Griffin wraps things up...
2022-06-26 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Our Sam Raimi series concludes with his most recent film - not to mention the first MCU film we’ve covered on the main feed - it’s time for Doctor Strange 2! Patrick Willems joins us to address...
2022-06-26 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post#NotAllBatMen commentary series continues with 1997’s Batman & Robin! Topics include: Clooney’s acting ticks, the careers of Uma Thurman and Alicia Silverstone, hail vs rain, The Wife sandw...
2022-06-21 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Ah, yes - we’ve arrived at the reason why we held off on covering Sam Raimi for so long…because we didn’t want to end our series on such a dismal note! “Oz the Great and Powerful” - Raimi...
2022-06-19 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
After the massive box office success of his Spider-Man movies, Sam Raimi went “back to basics” - returning to the gnarly demonic possession genre that he put his stamp on back in the “Evil De...
2022-06-12 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
On a balmy evening last month, Griffin, David, Ben, and Marie gathered with 300-some Blankies at the Bell House in Brooklyn to screen a remarkable motion picture.
That's right - we're talking...
2022-06-11 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
If “Spider-Man 2” had the reputation of being the greatest superhero movie of all time, “Spider-Man 3” had the inverse - a bloated mess with too many villains, and a very goofy Peter Parker...
2022-06-05 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post