The Film Thugs Movie Show

Clint Eastwood. Is there anything else that needs to be said? What other actor has taken a role in a small, throwaway foreign film where he barely speaks and turned it into a career this big? From gruff, stoic western nomad to gruff, stoic police detective, to gruff, stoic boxing coach he has truly run the gamut of gruff, stoic leading men.

This week we take a look at the career of one of the most iconic stars in the history of film and discuss steak, because it seems fitting.



As usual the Thug hotlines are both still open and awaiting your phone calls, if you live in the US call 512-666-RANT and leave a message about your most memorably awful movie theater experience. If you don't live in the US and want to avoid costly international charges, just Skype us at The_Film_Thugs. You can also e-mail us at thefilmthugs@gmail.com, or thugquestions@gmail.com to be a part of the next run at this show. We are also on Twitter @TheFilmThugs, on Vine @TheFilmThugs, and on Facebook. Reach out, connect with us, and become part of the Film Thug family.


Jim out...

Wordy title, I know, but it gets the point across.

As long as there have been famous people there have been famous people who want nothing more than to be more famous. For some reason, acting seems to be the go to way of achieving that end.

This week we take a look at people who took the long way around to becoming actors.


As usual the Thug hotlines are both still open and awaiting your phone calls, if you live in the US call 512-666-RANT and leave a message about your most memorably awful movie theater experience. If you don't live in the US and want to avoid costly international charges, just Skype us at The_Film_Thugs. You can also e-mail us at thefilmthugs@gmail.com, or thugquestions@gmail.com to be a part of the next run at this show. We are also on Twitter @TheFilmThugs, on Vine @TheFilmThugs, and on Facebook. Reach out, connect with us, and become part of the Film Thug family.


Jim out...


 

It's kind of funny how a partnership between two people can go on to define those people long after the partnership ends. Look at Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Friends who wrote a movie together which won them an Oscar. The have appeared only around a half dozen movies together, but they are still viewed as parts on a whole on some level.



This week we look at the parallel careers of Damon and Affleck and see if we can figure out how they ended up in such similar, but different, places in the film world.

As usual the Thug hotlines are both still open and awaiting your phone calls, if you live in the US call 512-666-RANT and leave a message about your most memorably awful movie theater experience. If you don't live in the US and want to avoid costly international charges, just Skype us at The_Film_Thugs. You can also e-mail us at thefilmthugs@gmail.com, or thugquestions@gmail.com to be a part of the next run at this show. We are also on Twitter @TheFilmThugs, on Vine @TheFilmThugs, and on Facebook. Reach out, connect with us, and become part of the Film Thug family.


Jim out...



 

Sometimes a person knocks it out of the park their first time at the plate. Hell, some people do it on their first swing.

In 1962 a film was released that redefined EPIC. Almost more impressive than the size and scope of this film was the performance of its lead. Why was this so impressive? Because it was not only a character that appeared in almost every frame of the four hour behemoth, but it was also this actors FIRST FILM ROLE.

The film was Lawrence of Arabia, and the star was Peter O'Toole.


Since then, O'Toole has racked up one of the most impressive resumes of any actor in the history of film. He has been a ubiquitous part of the cinematic landscape for over 50 years, and this past week he slipped free this mortal coil, and the world is a less cool place because of it.

This week we discuss the life and films of Peter as well as a bunch of other stuff.

Actually... if we are being honest, we talked about a bunch of random stuff and then a little bit about O'Toole. I think he would have liked it.

As usual the Thug hotlines are both still open and awaiting your phone calls, if you live in the US call 512-666-RANT and leave a message about your most memorably awful movie theater experience. If you don't live in the US and want to avoid costly international charges, just Skype us at The_Film_Thugs. You can also e-mail us at thefilmthugs@gmail.com, or thugquestions@gmail.com to be a part of the next run at this show. We are also on Twitter @TheFilmThugs, on Vine @TheFilmThugs, and on Facebook. Reach out, connect with us, and become part of the Film Thug family.


Jim out...

 

In the not too distant future...

For people of a certain age those words are the foundation of much of their sense of humor.


Comedy Central, at the time known as The Comedy Chanel, took a chance, and a rather big one. They decided that a public access show from Minnesota would be  perfect for national broadcast. Not just any show, mind you, but a two hour long weekly show that revolves around people watching a different bad movie every week. But for those of us who looked beyond that surface...we discovered the most amazing comedy of our lives.



A guy named Joel had an idea. Watch bad movies and riff on them... and 20 years, almost 100 episodes, different casts, and at least 3 different spin offs... we take a look at the fathers of movie riffing, the geniuses who gave us, Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Crow... the men and women of Mystery Science Theater 3000!!


As usual the Thug hotlines are both still open and awaiting your phone calls, if you live in the US call 512-666-RANT and leave a message about your most memorably awful movie theater experience. If you don't live in the US and want to avoid costly international charges, just Skype us at The_Film_Thugs. You can also e-mail us at thefilmthugs@gmail.com, or thugquestions@gmail.com to be a part of the next run at this show. We are also on Twitter @TheFilmThugs, on Vine @TheFilmThugs, and on Facebook. Reach out, connect with us, and become part of the Film Thug family.


Jim out...