This week we review Pixels! We make some bad Christopher Columbus jokes and threaten to make a Men of the Future calendar. Plus, loyal listener Lauren claims I have a “sexier podcast voice” than Alan.
Download: Films of the Future 036: Pixels or subscribe on iTunes
Episode 36 Notes
- If you like listening to people eat, I recommend Mike & Tom Eat Snacks
- Alan’s favorite Adam Sandler films are Billy Madison (1995), Happy Gilmore (1996), and Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
- This movie seems influenced by The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) and similar in spirit to Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
- Some of Chris Columbus’ early directorial highlights include Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Home Alone (1990), and Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- Robin Williams played a robot in Chris Columbus’ adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Bicentennial Man (1999)
- Alan and I both love The Last Starfighter (1984)
- We reviewed Ted 2 (2015) in “Episode 32: Ted 2”
- Pixels opens in the USA on July 24, 2015
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Pixels Official Trailer