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’80s TV Adaptations Month Wraps Up with Michael Mann’s Miami Vice (2006)
This week we're wrapping up '80s TV Show Adaptation Month with a doozy: Michael Mann's 2006 Miami Vice. It's a bold swing that ended up being very divisive but is seeing a rise in popularity lately. With quite a lot of on-set drama—including shootings and hurricanes— and diva-like behavior, there's a lot to talk about and we get into all of it.
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More ’80s TV On the Big Screen with The A-Team (2010)
As '80s TV adaptations month continues on the Weekly Movie Throwdown we're turning our sights this week onto The A-Team, a show that was a big deal for both Mike and Steven when they were young.
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’80s TV Adaptations Month Continues with The Fall Guy (2024)
This week's episode looks at David Leitch's latest film, The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. Much to their surprise, Mike and Steven both enjoyed it for the most part.
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’80s TV Adaptation Month Starts with 21 Jump Street
In this episode we kick off a month of '80s TV show adaptations with one of the best: Lord and Miller's 21 Jump Street from 2012. The film stays fairly true to the series but the tone is way lighter—something we think might be necessary to successfully bring one of these now-campy shows to the big screen. The R rating helps, too. We discuss all of that, along with a whole lot more.
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BONUS EPISODE: Alex Garland’s Civil War
In this bonus episode, we deviate from our usual monthly theme to discuss Civil War directed by Alex Garland.
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Wrapping Up Dev Patel Month with The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020)
This week we round out our month of Dev Patel films with 2020's The Personal History of David Copperfield, a delightful contemporary-feeling period piece directed by Armando Iannucci. Like other films the actor was involved in, this one felt the wrath of COVID times and was barely seen in theaters. A shame since it's beautifully made and a lot of fun. But it is streaming (at least for now), so we recommend you seek it out.
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Director Dev Patel: Monkey Man
Dev Patel makes his directorial debut with this ambitious, message-driven action film.
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Dev Patel: Back to the Beginning with Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
This week we go back to where Dev Patel began his big screen career with Danny Boyle's frenetic and heartwarming story of an Indian underdog, Slumdog Millionaire.
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Dev Patel Month Begins with The Green Knight (2021) and Author Laura Carney
We kick off a month of Dev Patel films with some help from our first guest, the author Laura Carney.
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We Wrap Up Elmore Leonard with a Double Feature of Get Shorty (1995) and Be Cool (2005)
This week we wrap up Elmore Leonard month with a double feature—one good film and one awful one.
