Doug Loves Movies - Cinefamily VIII

Episode Date: February 13, 2013

Plugs, a correction, and the opening moments of The Benson Movie Interruption of "Valentine's Day" with guests Paul F. Tompkins and Rory Scovel.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Doug Loves Movies Since last I spoke, you listened. I did a Benson movie interruption at CineFamily, formerly the Silent Movie Theater. It still says Silent Movie Theater on the building, but it is now called CineFamily. Trust me. We showed Valentine's Day with co-interrupters Rory Scovel and Paul F. Tompkins. I'll play the audio from the opening of that show in a moment. Saturday night stand-up show with T.J. Miller at the Traverse City Michigan

Winter Comedy Festival is sold out, but you can still get tickets to see me with Todd Berry at the State Theater on Friday night. I think T.J. Miller has a show on Friday night. Pete Holmes is on Saturday night, and Jeff Garlin will be around as well. It's going to be an arctic blast. Sunday's Douglas Movies taping at Zaney's in Rosemont, Illinois is sold out. I'll try to come back soon. Chicago, Los Angeles, you can get tickets to see the Benson Interruption podcast on Monday, February 18th at 420 at Meltdown Comics on Sunset Boulevard. I've got two words to describe that show in 17 syllables. Zach Galifianakis, schedule permitting. That is not 17 syllables or two words. All of my dates and links are at douglasmovies.com. For those who have been asking, my latest film, The Greatest Movie Ever Rolled,

or hashtag G-M-E-R, Gamer is going to be available soon. Real soon. From the corrections department, Gillian Jacobs confirmed on Twitter, something I couldn't get out of her on the podcast, that her favorite Chevy Chase movie is Caddyshack. Happy birthday to past and hopefully future guest Simon Pegg. If you're looking for the perfect movie to watch at home with your man or lady this Valentine's Day,

Shaun of the Dead is perhaps the most romantic of all zombie movies of all time. I haven't seen Warm Bodies yet. Well, I'm off to Disneyland now to enjoy a day of SoCal sun before flying to chilly Michigan tomorrow. As always, Valentine's Day is a shithead. The holiday and the movie. Fart. Thank you, Adrian, for that inspiring story about Gary Marshall and his style.

I love that. Don't love this movie. Valentine's Day. Maybe by next year at this time I'll have something better to show to represent Valentine's Day maybe we'll watch A Good Day to Die Hard

because if you're in a couple coupling relationship and want to go to the movies for Valentine's Day your options are A Good Day to Die Hard or Save Hayley some Nicholas Sparks bullshit are Good Day to Die Hard or Save Hayley. Some Nicholas Sparks bullshit that I've heard mixed things about.

Haven't heard that much about the new Die Hard. The only thing I like about it is that it's rated R. That's my favorite part. Because McClane should swear, and when he shoots people, blood should squirt out of them. Those things were missing in the last one

quick announcement before I bring out my co-interrupters for the evening CineFamily of course is a great place to be a member and it's even greater on February 24th because we're going to watch TV

can't say what we're going to watch but it's in the afternoon of the 24th at the end of awards season. We're going to watch television for a good four hours. And we're going to have a potluck beforehand, and we are going to tape outside on the patio an episode of one of my many podcasts,

Dining with Doug and Karen. And everybody that brings a dish to the potluck can come by and be on the podcast and tell us what they brought and describe it. And we'll try it and tell you what we think of it. And it'll be a lot of fun. The last one we did was super. And the one before that was golden. And I before that was golden. And I love watching TV with my CineFamily friends. And CineFamily members get in.

It's free and they can bring one guest. But make your reservations through the website or call the theater because we'll cut it off when it's full instead of turning people away an hour before the show is going to start

and they have to scramble to find somewhere else to watch it. Great story, Doug. At least this movie isn't over two hours long. Oh, it's over two hours long? Oh, it's a rom-com like Love Actually but not as charming and all based around a fucking bullshit holiday It's a rom-com, like Love Actually, but not as charming. And all based around a fucking bullshit holiday.

Who likes this movie in the audience? That's what I thought. So it helped me to interrupt this cinematic gem. And if this goes well, next January I'll be showing New Year's Eve. Please welcome my friends Rory Scoville and Paul F. Tompkins. Thank you, guys. Thank you for the microphone.

And we're going to grab that one there. Bring it over to your seat. Next to your lovely wife. To be. I think I said three microphones. We gave us four. Tape. Tape. Oh.

This is not supposed to... Bless you. Doug, are you under the weather? I'm allergic to things happening on a podcast that aren't interesting to listen to. I'm recording it on my amazing device. Hold on a fucking second. How dare you critique anything that we're doing with tape

when you're recording this on a phone? I've listened to these and I know how shitty they sound. It sounds better, though, when I get close to you. That's Paul Tompkins, everybody. Everything does, Doug. Paul Tompkins, let's hear it for him. His microphone rocks. Joe got a good shot of him.

I made eye contact with everyone in the room. Have you seen this motion picture, Paul? I have never seen this motion picture the room. Have you seen this motion picture, Paul? I have never seen this motion picture, Doug. Have you seen it? Do it for a treat. I saw it on a plane, I think. Of course you did. I don't think I saw it in a theater.

No, you did not. I saw it on a plane. There's a lot of interweaving stories that they don't weave and they're barely stories. interweaving stories that they don't weave and they're barely stories. I heard it's like, I heard it's pretty much, I heard it described

as a cinematic version of The Wire. It's very complex. It's the whole season of The Wire in a two-hour movie. But romantic. Why not?

Or more romantic. And Rory Scovel is here, everybody! You were such a hit, Rory, at the Love Actually screening, so I feel like you have to be here for every interweaving storyline. Anytime there's interweaving. What about Hugo weaving? Yes. I'm here. I'm here.

Okay, well, you just committed yourself to Cloud Atlas. No! The Cinefamily, they're so crazy here. They want me to interrupt Cloud Atlas. And I said yes. Because I actually, I like Cloud Atlas. And I said yes. Because I actually, I like Cloud Atlas. So look for that date soon, and Rory is already committed. This will be your second time seeing Cloud Atlas.

Third. What? I saw it in the theater. Doug, you know life is finite. I mean. YOLO! And then I got a screener and I was like

I gotta fucking watch this shit again because especially at the end when they show all the characters it's not a spoiler you know Tom Hanks plays multiple roles right? I know it's just insane at the end when they show all the roles he played at least one of them for each actor

you go that was what? wait what? and so it's just insane. At the end, when they show all the roles he played, at least one of them for each actor, you go, that was what? Wait, what? And so it's fun. It's a crazy, it's a weird movie. But we're not here to... It's fun, but nobody describes it that way. You gotta see Cloud 9. It's fun!

It won me over. For a while I was like, this is too long and I don't care about some of the stories. But then when it was over, I was just like, I'm so glad I did that. You did? Welcome aboard the Wachowski Starship. long and I don't care about some of the stories. But then when it was over, I was just like, I'm so glad I did that. Welcome aboard the Wachowski Starship. I know, I feel like I have to go back and watch Speed Racer again

to double check. You feel you have to? No, I'll never do that. They're going to kill my family if I don't watch Speed Racer again. Speed Racer. That's like if somebody called you Rory Scoville. Speed Racer.

His last name is Racer. Speed Racer. Did you see Matrix? The Matrix. The Matrix. I saw the Matrix trick. The Matrix. I feel like that's how you say if you're really rich. I saw the Matrix.

And then I bought it. You're living in it now. Which pill would you like? The blue. I don't remember which one was which. I bet you both pills did the same thing. Yeah. It's the ultimate fucking head thing.

I don't know why you're feeling this way. Which roofie would you like, young lady? Do you think they were the same but one was the generic version? Yeah, one was cheaper, like you would have saved some money on his insurance. Yeah. We're not talking about Valentine's Day right now.

You've never seen it, right, Rory? I have not. I've sort of seen it, and you guys haven't seen it, and everyone here is now going to be forced to see it. Unless there's a miracle Beyonce power outage that keeps us from having to sit through it. We're really going to do this, Hadrian. Okay, he's giving the nod.

You know, I've come to really enjoy showing movies that I actually like at these things, or that I think I will enjoy. When does that happen? It's going to happen when I show Skyfall. February 27th. Glad I mentioned that.

Could you just sing a little of the theme song for Skyfall for us? Please. Just a little bit of it. Skyfall! Oh, I didn't know I was doing Daniel Craig, yeah. Some Oreo.

Someone has to do a holiday special with a microphone as a gun doing James Bond, right? Oh, that has to have happened. That has to have happened. 23 Bond movies later. There was a David Cook poster

where I think he had a microphone that was a sword and he was a Terminator? Like, he had a glowing red eye and he had a microphone that, like, the ball of the microphone was the hilt of the sword.

What? Yeah, I don't know what, what did that mean? I'm a robot, and I'm going to kill you with a sword. With comedy. Robots did not swordplay, you're unstoppable. Robots are capable of love. Even for hobbies, does not compute. Well, speaking of

incapable of being in love here come my parents please enjoy Ashton Kutcher in by Lynn is there somebody else you prefer I single out

Pastor Elizondo I like he's committed just like Rory's committed Is there somebody else you prefer I single out? Pastor Elizondo? I like... He's committed. Just like Rory's committed to Cloud Atlas, he's committed to Gary Marshall films. Like, he has to. It's Marshall Law. He has to.

He has to. He's hacked. Born on the set of The Flamingo Kid. And his part gets smaller every time, right? Yeah. This time he gets saddled with Shirley McClain. That had to be a nightmare. I feel like he was not even supposed to be in this one

and somebody dropped out or something. Oh, that's right. Somebody probably died. Because he plays the old couple with Shirley McClain. That's right. The ultimate dropout. I think it was Alec Guinness. Well, thank you so much for being here. Everybody and Rory and Professor Dropout please

let's all let's all be fucking sick of Valentine's Day before it even happens Casino Family shows Casablanca on Valentine's Day that's a tradition here and that makes perfect sense

so let's watch this now This shows Casablanca on Valentine's Day. That's a tradition here, and that makes perfect sense. So, let's watch this now. This is key. To get ready for tomorrow. I don't even think there's conflict in this movie. You have to have conflict, right? Surely somebody plans something on a date that's inconvenient for someone else? Robert Dempsey's a real shitheel, that's what happens.

Patrick Dempsey. You think of Robert Dempsey too? I don't know Robert Dempsey. He plays Steel Man. It is Iron Man. Iron Man. You can tell how bad the movie is that we're about to watch these by how long

this part drags on. Like, if I am not anxious to see the movie, that we're about to watch these by how long this part drags out. Like, if I am not anxious to see the movie, this part goes on forever. I'm trying to get a kid to go to bed. Oh, I need some more, I think. Oh, yeah, I need to seriously stay in this bathtub. Why do you want to stay in the bathtub? Get out and watch this movie with us. Uh-oh, Paul's adjusting.

Something's happening. Should we wait for you? Nope. Decided to make a restroom run. That's probably pretty smart, because they show some creepy trailers here. Oh, I just found out there's a fucking two-hour movie. He didn't know it was going to be two hours.

So that's why he ran to the restroom. Do you need to go? Yeah. You're good? I think I can make it. Plus, I could also go during the movie. Who cares? So with or without Paul F. Tompkins, this is Valentine's Day.

Now it's time for Doug to watch another talkie. This is Valentine's Day.