RBF Podcast 2- The Drop, True Detective, NHL Hockey

The RBF duo of JJ Truxall Esq and N Albert Roche get together to discuss HBO's True Detective and the upcoming NHL season. Plus, Chris Kuryak joins to talk about The Drop, and Jeremy and Nick each recommend a movie to stream.

First Podcast!!!

JJ Truxall and I get together to discuss Richard Linklater's new flick Boyhood in the first of hopefully many RBF podcasts. Take a listen below.

Movie Review: The Spectacular Now

The vast majority of critics give coming of age movies something of a free pass when they are at least somewhat well done. This is especially true if the film focusses on the trials and tribulations of a socially awkward male character and their growing up rather than a group of popular nubile youngsters parading around a beach (ie ‘American Pie’). Add in a relationship with a waif but unconventionally attractive female character and some conflict resulting from negligent parents or an early life tragedy, and the film is a shoe-in for critical acclaim and adulation. The last several years have seen a number of such movies released on the festival scene, and while most are enjoyable enough to watch, few are truly memorable; moreover, there exists a significant quality gap amongst them that separates them that most critics seem unwilling to point out. In particular, I’m talking about ‘Adventureland’, ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’, ‘The Way Way Back’ and the focus of this piece, ‘The Spectacular Now’.