Last year we celebrated the 30th anniversary of 1984 with out 1984 Movie Draft. 30 years ago from this year, 1985 didn’t have such a wealth of releases, but it did have The Goonies, which just so happens to be February’s Movie of the Month.
Host Jay Cluitt was joined by regular Lambcast co-host and Goonies champion Robert Zerbe as well as Pat McDonnell, Will Slater and Nick Rehak, all of whom had varying...
We’ve got a bunch of hot titles this week on the LAMBScores, whether by virtue of their quality or the talent involved. There’s Clint Eastwood’s latest film American Sniper, surprise critical darling Paddington, Julianne Moore’s Oscar vehicle Still Alice, Kevin Hart’s...
A few months ago we put out a poll for you to vote on who we should do Director Retrospectives on. This show is the fruit of that labour, as one of the highest scoring directors was Paul Thomas Anderson, director of Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood, The Master and, most recently, Inherent Vice.
Jay Cluitt and Robert Zerbe were joined by Lindsay Street, Courtney Small and newcomer...
We’re well into 2015 with February fast approaching, but December’s awards season contenders are still dominating the box office conversation. This week’s pair of new releases – Selma and Inherent Vice – have a total of 4 Oscar nominations between them. Find out below if the lammies agreed with the Academy and don’t...
It’s Lambpardy time again! Yay!
Returning champion Todd Liebenow gets his first shot at defending his title from the newcomers trying to steal it. Today’s competitors are The Vern, a former unsuccessful Lambpardy contestant, and Elwood Jones, a complete newbie to the game, with Jay Cluitt on hosting duties.
Will Todd successfully retain his crown? Will Elwood learn the rules before the end of the games?...
We’ve hit the mother lode! The Christmas Day releases have finally made their way to the LAMBScores and the lammies were quite opinionated about these films. This year’s slate featured The Imitation Game, Into the Woods, Unbroken, Two Days One Night, The Interview, Big Eyes and The Gambler. Check out the reviews for all of these films below:
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We’re already over three weeks into 2015, and literally no-one in the world knows what they should be looking forward to, because we haven’t told you yet! Well fret no longer my friends, because the Lambcast is here to reveal our Most Anticipated Movies of 2015.
Host Jay Cluitt was joined by Jess Manzo, Kristen Lopez, Pete Conway and all-round-podcasting-newcomer Tony Cogan to discuss the next...
The 31st Sundance Film Festival kicks off today! If you’re into independent film like me, it’s a time to celebrate the start of the new crop of films, which may be the new Whiplash and Boyhood, 2014 Sundance debut films that made its way down the long, arduous road a year later to the Oscars. How are you getting involved in the festival?
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...January and February are often described as being black holes for movie watching. The more prestige movies have all been released in time for the awards season, leaving the studios to fill the screens with the dregs left at the bottom of their barrels. Well, we here at the Lambcast seem to follow a similar schedule because, just as last January we celebrated the Jean-Claude Van Damme classic Timecop, this month we get down and confused with...
This week on the LAMBScores we’ve an eclectic trio of films – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Mr. Turner and Annie. Check out the reviews below and don’t forget to have your own say in the forums.
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2014 cannot officially be over until the Lambcast has posted its Best of 2014 show, so I guess we’re now definitely in 2015, because here’s that very show.
Jay Cluitt and Robert Zerbe were joined by DJ Valentine, Eric Hillis and recurring Best of show regular Lindsay Street to count down their Top 5 movies of the year, hand out some personal awards and generally discuss 2014 in movies. And what year end show would...
We’ve got new set of reviews for you this week, with a pair of releases from opposite ends of the quality spectrum. Chris Rock’s new comedy Top Five is also a Top Ten, finding a spot among the year’s highest LAMBScores. On the other hand, the controversial biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings failed to impress. Check out what the LAMB...