#19: Godzillas
Show notes. Puff Daddy ft. Jimmy Page – Come With Me Music Video Taco Bell Godzilla Commercial ft. the Taco Bell chihuahua
View Article#20 Snowpiercer and Unstoppable
We review the snowpocalypse train thriller “Snowpiercer” and the capitalism-run-amok train thriller “Unstoppable”. Show Notes The Langoliers trailer (wow!) Age of Miracles Unstoppable – train is...
View Article#21: The Best of 2014
Join the Dollar Theater in looking back at 2014 in Dollar cinema and picking out our favorite films, actors, actresses, cameos, one-liners and deaths. There are plenty of spoilers. Yeah, I’m thinking...
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Dollar Movie Oscar Success
When we try to define a “dollar movie” (or explain it to an outsider), we often have to stress that these aren’t “bad movies” or B-movies, they’re simply fun-oriented or entertainment-oriented flicks...
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Days of Thunder
Cruise about to gnaw on some Duvall. The farmer mechanic is your enemy. Now he’s your friend. Your racetrack opponent is your enemy. Now he’s your friend. You almost died in a crash. Now you’re fine....
View Article#23 – John Wick and Point Break
Listen to us wax poetic on the finest film of 2014, John Wick. Also we look back on some tubular fellas lookin’ for some killer waves, bro. Celebrate Keanu Reeves with us. Spoilers galore!
View Article#24: Interstellar and Frailty
We discuss Matthew McConaughey in two very different roles. One’s an astronaut, the other’s a demon slayer.
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Léon: The Professional and the Art of Visual Restraint
I finally sat down to watch the acclaimed action thriller “Léon: The Professional” recently for the first time in my life and within minutes regretted that it took me so long to fix this blind spot in...
View Article#25: The Loft and The Skulls
Films about two nefarious secret groups are reviewed by the The Dollar Theater, 2015’s “The Loft” and 2000’s “The Skulls”. One of them is great, one is terrible. Can you guess which one is which?
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Caddyshack vs. Happy Gilmore
Debating hypotheticals from the movie world is a classic Dollar Theater pastime. I was a big fan of World Wide Web Fights back when they would do weekly debates over such pop culture competitions, and...
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Happy 30th Anniversary, Commando!
The saddest line in all of cinema is at the end of “Commando”, when General Kirby proposed restarting John Matrix’s military unit. “No Chance,” Matrix responded. With those two words, he cut down...
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A Mnotable Mnineties Gem
Um, ok, HOW had I not seen JOHNNY MNEMONIC until recently?! (My sole interaction with it was its pinball machine.) The AESTHETIC of that film is RIGHT up my alley…cyberpunk mayhem, a pop-philosophy...
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A Very xXx Christmas
Before every Christmas, a friend raids the $5 bin at Wal-Mart and distributes the discovered dollar movies on Christmas Eve. This year I received “xXx”, the 2002 xXxtreme sports Vin Diesel vehicle....
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#26: Jurassic World and Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation
Must go faster, must go faster; Tom Cruise is gaining on you. Join us on this journey back to two blockbusters from last summer, Jurassic World and Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation. Hammond encourages...
View ArticleBeautiful Loser
As we look back at the films of 2015, let’s not forget, let’s not forget, Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser. Dollar Theater die-hards may have missed this one since it was released directly to Crackle in...
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#27: Mad Max: Fury Road and San Andreas
Was Mad Max the movie of the year? Or was it San Andreas (LOL!)? Listen in and hear us discuss Max, crow people and chrome people. Witness us!!! the character of 2015, easily.
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#29: Straight Outta Compton and Get Rich or Die Tryin’
This is some crazy shit. Tune in as we discuss one of the best films of 2015, “Straight Outta Compton.” We’ll also dive into “Get Rich or Die Tryin;” about 50 Cent’s rise to rap fame. As of this...
View Article#30 The Best of 2015
Forget about the Academy Awards, THIS is where the action’s at, and the true glory. Find out what won the coveted Dollar Theater awards for best film, actor, actress, cameo, death and one-liner. You...
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#31: The Definitive Bruce Willis
In one of our occasional episodes discussing which movie best defines an actor, director or genre’s style and influence, we debate the definitive Bruce Willis film. Is it the classic,...
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