#7: The Ruins, Knock Off Theatre, The Breeders, and Music Mix Tape!

This week Rock and Reel returns, after another slight delay in postings. We promise that we're working on improving our turn-around; we both have had some pretty crazy schedules. We should improve on that within the next month or so!

First up comes the beach-novel-thriller-cum-Young-Adult-Horror-movie, The Ruins. This film wasn't provided to critics for early reviews; typically, this is a bad sign. Does this film fall prey to that stereotype, or is this a case of a studio not giving a film enough of a chance?

Following that, we introduce the long-in-the-making segment, Knock Off Theatre. In this segment, we introduce and review a film that's been released direct-to-video in an effort to steal some of the thunder of a much bigger release. This week: The Transmorphers!

Then its time for the album of the week. Kim Deal of the Pixies and her twin sister Kelley return with their band The Breeders (best known for their song "Cannonball") for their new CD Mountain Battles. They've not released an album since 2002's disappointing Title TK, and we were both interested to see how this one would turn out.

We then introduce something new: our Theme Mix Tape! This week, to follow the sisterly duo of the Deals, we feature several songs from bands whose members have the same last name:

The Ramones (song: "We're A Happy Family")
Oasis (song: "Cigarettes and Alcohol")
Los Campesinos! (song: "Death to Los Campesinos!")
The White Stripes (song: "Sister, Do You Know My Name?")
Radiohead (song: "Anyone Can Play Guitar")
Tegan and Sara (song: "You Wouldn't Like Me")

And that's the show for this week! Stay tuned though: shows featuring Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Flight of the Conchords, and Iron Man are in the process of being edited, and will be posted as soon as possible!


:00-1:03 Intro
1:04--23:37 - Our discussion of The Ruins
23:38-34:18 - Knock Off Theatre: The Transmorphers
34:19-41:22 - Album of the Week The Breeders' Mountain Battles (Featuring "Bang On")
41:23-1:03:48 - Music Mix Tape: Bands with the Same Last Name (Feat. The Ramones, Oasis, Los Campesinos, White Stripes, Radiohead, and Tegan and Sara)
1:03:49-1:05:08 - Preview of next week/Closing

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Episode Six

Another couple weeks, another show. Not that we're trying to churn these things out over longer periods of time, but both Kevin and I happen to have been extremely busy these past few weeks. That pattern still continues, actually. But we have more episodes in the can that are just awaiting the magical touch of editing, so we'll post them as soon as we're able.

This week's show is a Neil Marshall double feature on the movie side, and a couple of interesting and fun music choices.

For those unfamiliar, Neil Marshall is a film director. You may not have seen any of his films. His feature film debut was a movie called "Dog Soldiers," which came out a few years back, and Kevin starts things off by giving his analysis of the werewolf tale. Later on in the show, we both tackle the most recent Neil Marshall film, "Doomsday," which seemed to be in-and-out of movie theatres after about a week. Still, give a quick listen to our analysis of this killer virus action flick and make your own choice about either trying to seek it out in second-run theatres or possibly renting it on DVD when that happens.

And for the record, perhaps the best-reviewed and most seen Neil Marshall film in recent memory is "The Descent," which is a horror film about a group of women exploring a cave. We briefly discuss it during the Neil Marshall double dip, but I thought it'd be worth mentioning in this summary in case you were still wondering who Neil Marshall was and by chance had seen "The Descent."

On the music side of things, we talk about the new R.E.M. record, "Accelerate," and one of us reveals a secret prejudice against the band. Who do you think it will be? Why does this person hold a grudge? Find out those answers, as well as hear the track "Supernatural Superserious," as part of this episode.

We also introduce a new feature, simply titled "Song of the Week." The premise is to pick a song from an album that has not yet been released. As a matter of fact we're just in time with the song "Ladies of the World" by the band Flight of the Conchords. Their self-titled album is in stores on Tuesday. Also, keep an eye out in a coming episode for our full review of that album.

That about covers it for this week! Here's the show rundown if you like to skip around:

:00-0:55 Intro
0:55-15:38 Classic Neil Marshall Movie Review: Dog Soldiers
15:38-29:40 Album of the Week: R.E.M. - Accelerate (feat. song "Supernatural Superserious")
29:40-50:02 Current Neil Marshall Movie Review: Doomsday
50:02-56:27 Song of the Week: Flight of the Conchords - "Ladies of the World"
56:27-57:11 Preview of next week/Closing

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