by psaprez | Jul 20, 2023 | Duel of the Greats
It’s “Con Man” Week! Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can goes toe to toe with Ridley Scott’s Matchstick Men. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve are the marks in a long con. Two cons, actually. Spielberg and Scott both used the early aughts to...
by psaprez | Jul 11, 2023 | Duel of the Greats
It’s “War Movies” Week! Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan goes up against Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve discuss two movies about soldiers engaged in military combat, though at very different times in...
by psaprez | Jul 3, 2023 | Duel of the Greats
It’s “On the Run” Week! Steven Spielberg’s The Sugarland Express goes up against Ridley Scott’s Thelma & Louise. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve discuss two movies about people on the run. From law enforcement, from last mistakes,...
by psaprez | Jun 27, 2023 | Duel of the Greats
It’s Spy sv Spy week! Steven Spielbergs Bridge of Spies goes up against Ridley Scotts Body of Lies. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve discuss two spy thrillers with vastly different approaches. One more of a cold war, slow-burn thriller. The other, a post-9/11...
by psaprez | Jun 19, 2023 | Duel of the Greats
It’s Cyberpunk Detective Week (aka Cyberpunk DICKtective Week)! Two movies this week involving detectives in the future! Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report, based on the short story “The Minority Report by Phillip K. Dick, goes up against Ridley Scott’s Blade...
by psaprez | Jun 12, 2023 | Duel of the Greats
It’s Frankenstein Week! Neither director has helmed a movie version of that famous novel but they have both tackled the premise at the core of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece: playing god. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve take a look at a tandem of films for...
