All The Right Movies

The Rock is on the rock! John, Westy, and Matt break down Michael Bay's 1996 action classic — Connery's swagger, Cage's chemistry quirks, Ed Harris's tortured general, and how a script nobody could crack became one of the 90s' loudest, glossiest, most quotable blockbusters. Big opinions, big laughs, and a lot of green smoke.
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James Mangold's name sits on some of the most accomplished films of the last thirty years, and this month we bookend his career with two of them.
Cop Land (1997) was Mangold's second feature, a slow-burn ensemble drama set in Garrison, New Jersey, a commuter town governed by crooked NYPD cops. Sylvester Stallone plays the partially deaf sheriff who spends most of the film being underestimated by Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Ray Liotta before he stops letting it slide.
Logan (2017) finds Mangold two decades on, working at blockbuster scale on a film that's anything but. A greying Wolverine drinks his way across 2029, minding a potty-mouth Charles Xavier and protecting a young girl with claws of her own.
John, Westy, and Matt give their verdicts on both, single out the scenes that stuck, and answer a Patron question on each film before turning to Mangold himself and his fondness for melancholy men on their last legs. After that, the shortlist vote, and only one of these is making it onto the ATRM Classic list.

It's all happening. Luke, Matt and Westy hit the road with Stillwater to tell the story behind Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous, his 1973-set love letter to rock and roll and arguably the greatest movie soundtrack ever made. We get into the decade-long script, the Brad Pitt casting saga, how Led Zeppelin cleared their music, and being a golden God. Big opinions and bigger laughs as we board the bus for one of the most beloved films of the 21st century.

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Back to the Bates Motel for the second half. John, Matt, and Westy continue the story of Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece, turning to the people who built the scares and the ending that rewrote the rules of horror.
We get into the crew behind the film — the screenplay, Bernard Herrmann's screeching score, and the visual craft — before breaking down the climax, the box office and critical reception, and the enormous influence Psycho had on cinema. Plus the hosts' final verdict and scores.
If you've not heard Part 1 — the beginning, Hitchcock, the cast, and the middle — go back and start there.
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Mother's not quite herself today… but we are. John, Matt, and Westy check into the Bates Motel to begin the story of Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece — the film that reinvented horror, traumatised a generation of shower-takers, and proved you really can kill your leading lady 47 minutes in.In Part 1 we cover the film's opening, the Master of Suspense himself mortgaging his house to make it happen, the cast, and the second act. Expect chocolate syrup, screeching violins, big opinions, and big laughs.Part 2, covering the crew, the finale, reception, and the film's lasting legacy, is available now.

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