Convicted Cinephiles
Convicted Cinephiles
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Convicted Cinephiles #47 - The Damaging Effects of Jack Lemmon Swearing
56 minutes Posted Oct 22, 2014 at 5:58 pm.
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There was a fair bit of searching for a topic this week as our original idea fell through (a topic to be picked up later). That left Matty scrambling to figure out something for us to talk about. Scouring Netflix, he noticed that Wolf of Wall Street was added and thought "Hey, let's do office movies!" which Stevil quickly informed him "Uh, dude? It's a major stretch to call that movie an 'Office movie'." Was Stevil crushing dreams again for a second week in a row? No, he gave the option of changing the topic to excessive films, but it was too late as Michaela threw down her choice. It was then finalized, this week would be Office films.
 
Here's what the Cinephiles had to say about their films:
 
"When the topic of 9 to 5 films was first proposed, Matt and Steve engaged in an epic battle over what films truly fell in this category. Do they need to take place mostly in an office? Can they just be surrounding people's working lives? I decided to go as literal as possible to settle the dispute and picked Nine To Five. I love this film, even when it veers into the realm of the ridiculous. Not only is it funny, but it's also a timely and largely still relevant look at women's struggles in the work place and their battle against the dreaded 'glass ceiling.'" - Michaela @avidcinephile
 
"There are really so many great and forgotten films that revolve around the office. Secretary, Swimming With Sharks, Boiler Room were circling around in my head, but I decided to go with an iconic 90s film with some powerhouse acting. Glengarry Glen Ross is an absolute clinic of some of the greatest character actors of the time and all around a brilliant David Mamet script. How could I NOT choose this one?" - Steve @thestevildead
  
"Office Space was a movie I wanted to see the minute it was released on video. Being a huge Mike Judge fan I wasn't prepared for not how funny, but how sad the day in the life of a typical office worker was. I immediately wanted to stay in school and never work in an office." - Matt @mattydub604
 
What is your favorite office movie? Do you or did you enjoy our picks? Listen to the episode and let us know what you think in the comments below! We leave you with this little ditty! Thank Michaela....
 
http://youtu.be/a8MWAfETtEY
 
There are our Staff Picks of the Week:
Stevil had some family movie time with the kids recently and decided to bring some fun for all ages this week with an Aardman gem. Pirates! Band of Misfits is a fun little movie that definitely fell far below the radar but is a fun watch for kids as well as some great adult jokes thrown in throughout. They don't make movies like this very often!
 
Matty is full of disappointment this week as two films he was looking slightly forward to ultimately crapped the bed. Firstly A Million Ways To Die In The West, which suffers from all the best bits of the flick being crammed into the trailer. Also adding that Seth MacFarlane is a terrible leading man which even your great ensemble cast can't improve on and you have a lame ass comedy. Just go watch Blazing Saddles.
 
His other "Oh God, don't watch this!" pick was probably pretty obvious to a large majority of people. Transformers: Age of Extinction is Michael Bay returning to blowing stuff up, nonsensical plot lines and character motivations with in your face product placement peppered in constantly. It was so bad Matty couldn't even finish it! That's got to be bad!