Second Chance Cinema

207 - Forces of Nature

Is the hurricane bearing down on the Savannah wedding of Ben Affleck and Maura Tierney one of nature or Speed? Sandra Bullock turns in a performance that not even Steve Zahn can steal the show from. (With special guest, Lee Charles!)

206 - Nothing To Lose

Is this Tim Robbins / Martin Lawrence laugh riot the best forgotten buddy comedy of all time? Yes. Yes it is. By the way, you got a spider on your head...

205 - Mom And Dad

"Parents just don't understand." - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

 

Did you see this absolutely bonkers dark comedy? Probably not. If you love ridiculousness, gore, and Nicolas Cage yelling The Hokey Pokey, though, you're missing out. 

204 - Mindhunters

Val Kilmer's hair stars in this underrated suspense thriller about a crew of FBI profilers who, as it turns out, kind of suck at their jobs. 

203 - Men At Work

Our hosts are joined by esteemed film critic, Lee Charles, to seriously aggravate a situation without actually changing the course of history, thanks to this classic hangout film featuring the directorial debut of Emilio "Emilio!" Estevez, Keith David's untouchable character work as an unhinged veteran, and a meditation on what being pals really means.

 

202 - Dante’s Peak

It's James Bond vs The Volcano in this unrelenting 90s disaster flick, which joins our hosts and special guest Jeremy Brown - award-winning author of Zero Limit and Ocean Of Storms - to discuss the logistics of an acid lake, the redemption of an asshole granny, and the film's allegorical impact on modern times.

201 - The Wizard

Special guest Rudy - AKA, "SwampFoxFrias", host of The Vintage Baseball Podcast - joins our hosts to discuss the heroic quest of three friends, the assholes they meet along the way, and the proper way to vandalize a car. 

125 - Michael Bay ”Worthy of Study”

(Originally 3 Parts which aired:
April 19th, 2020 - Part One
April 24th, 2020 - Part Two
May 1st, 2020 - Part Three)

Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965)^[1] is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films characterized by fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of special effects, including frequent depictions of explosions.^[2][3] The films he has produced and directed, which include Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001) and the Transformers film series (2007–present), have grossed over US$7.8 billion worldwide, making him one of the most commercially successful directors in history.^[4][5]

He is co-founder of commercial production house The Institute, a.k.a. The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness.^[6] He co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house which has remade horror films, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).^[7]

Despite his commercial success at the box office, Bay's work is generally held in low esteem by film critics. While The Rock (1996), Transformers (2007), 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), and Ambulance (2022) received moderately positive reviews, most of his other films, particularly the four Transformers sequels, have been received negatively by critics.

SONG PARODY--
"Sitting in a film by the Bay
Turning on a smile and off my brain
Sitting in the dark with my bae
This is what I need today." -Spro
(To the tune of "Sitting by the Dock of a Bay")

LIMERICK--
"There once was a man named Bay
About him, the critics would say:
'His movies are trash.'
'Overshadowed by cash.'
We say-- 'Stay out of his way.' -MC

124 - Outbreak

(Original Airdate - March 31st, 2020)

Outbreak is a 1995 American medical disaster film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by Laurence Dworet and Robert Roy Pool. The film stars Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman and Donald Sutherland, and co-stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Kevin Spacey and Patrick Dempsey.

The film focuses on an outbreak of Motaba, a fictional ebolavirus- and orthomyxoviridae-like virus, in Zaire and later in a small town in California. It is primarily set in the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the fictional town of Cedar Creek, California. Outbreak's plot speculates how far military and civilian agencies might go to contain the spread of a deadly, contagious disease.

The film, released by Warner Bros. on March 10, 1995, was a box-office success, and Spacey won two awards for his performance. A real-life outbreak of the Ebola virus was occurring in Zaire when the film was released.^[1]

HAIKU--
"Grey's Anatomy's
Patrick Dempsy grabs monkey
Becomes killer Friend." -Spro

"Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit,
Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit.
Shit, shit, shit, shit, fuuuck." -MC

123 - Death Sentence

(Original Airdate - December 4th, 2019)

Death Sentence is a 2007 American vigilante action thriller film loosely based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Brian Garfield; although the novel is a sequel to Garfield's Death Wish, the film is unconnected to the previous Death Wish film series. Directed by James Wan, the film stars Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume, a man who takes the law into his own hands after his son is murdered by a gang member as an initiation ritual; Hume must then protect his family from the gang's resulting vengeance.

Death Sentence was released by 20th Century Fox on August 31, 2007, and was released on DVD on January 8, 2008. It was a box-office bomb earning $16 million against a $20 million budget, and received negative reviews from critics, who criticized the graphic violence and plot.

SCRAPPED POEM--
"Kelly Preston is perfection
Did I mention?
She's in Death Sentence." -Spro

HAIKU--
"Kelly Preston, d'oh!
Kevin Bacon wraps his head
and goes tit-for-tat." -Spro

LIMERICK--
"Kevin Bacon kicks everyone's asses.
Not one punk gets any free passes.
He kills one and all.
His morals all fall.
How thick were John Goodman's glasses?" -MC