SE02EP29: The Merry Gentleman (2008)

So for the week of April, we are going back and looking at the comedies of cohost Cameron's childhood.  This week it's the mafia comedy My Blue Heaven starring Steve Martin and Rick Moranis.  But will the viewing experience be heaven or...not heaven?

So you know how exciting geopolitical conferences can be? Well imagine that but with ancient bog creatures!

A film that divided opinion here at the Better With Booze Film Club Podcast.  Tune in to find out where the lines were drawn.

We continue our trip through movies we missed in 2024 with Conclave.  With all the acting muscle on call here, how bad could it be?

This month we will be looking at films we missed out seeing last year.  And we begin with a film that technically premiered in 2023, but didn't hit the theatres until 2024, so we're counting it.  It is the Anthony Hopkins led biopic One Life.

We end our month of romcoms on a high, and all it took was a gay romantic comedy adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Guest host Elisa joins us for the fun.

For our month of romcoms, we revisit a late era Hugh Grant flick in which he pairs up with Sarah Jessica Parker.  Basically what City Slickers would be like if you replaced Billy Crystal with Hugh Grant and both Daniel Stern and Bruno Kirby with Sarah Jessica Parker.  And Jack Palance with Sam Elliott, which is probably the nearest to a 1 to 1 ratio.

"Hey what should we call this film?""How about we name it after Tom Cruise's character?""So 'Miller'?""No his character's actual name.""What, Knight?""Yeah!""But you don't learn that until the end of the film.""Doesn't matter...oh and we should add 'and day' afterwards."Who is Day in the film?""Nobody.""So why Knight and Day?""Because that's the expression!""Uh huh."

David Tennent has to choose between the ultra successful, ultra nice movie star and the ultra charming, ultra nice small down Scottish lass.  Oh the hardships that man goes through.  First the Daleks and now this...

Hey remember that crime noir thriller that Michael Keaton directed and starred in back in 2008? Yeah, me neither.  But we watch it anyway, because sometimes we here at BWBFC do the heavy lifting so you don't have to.  You're welcome!