Josh and Sandell Review: The Lion King

                                                  There is no written portion this week.

Josh and Sandell review: Warrior

Sandell Stangl: Did you know that there were three movie titles with "The Warrior" when I did an imdb search?
Joshua Efron: That's why this movie was just titled "Warrior" in order to avoid any confusion.
Sandell Stangl:  I just wish they could have picked a better title for this movie. The Warrior? Really? Did that take all of five minutes to come up with? Next thing you know they'll release a movie called "The Fighter" - oh wait they did.
Joshua Efron: To speak on the title's behalf, there is a lot of Warrior-ing going on in this movie, and the majority of it is outside a fighting ring.  The elder brother is warrioring to keep his home, in which he places his value as a father and husband, from being repossessed.  The younger brother was warrioring both (formerly) as a marine and currently in the face of his challenges for his own personal reasons.  The brothers' father meanwhile warriors both against the person he once was and in order to rekindle his relationship with his sons.
Joshua Efron: Oh, and also they punch and fight but the movie is at its best when it's not dealing with that.
Joshua Efron: And its best is pretty good.

Josh and Sandell Review: Another Earth

                        The audio portion of our review contains spoiler-ish discussion.

Sandell: You know Josh, when I leave a theatre I usually still carry the feeling or tone I got from whatever movie I saw.
Sandell: When I left this movie I felt sort of...numb. Honestly, whenever I think about the movie I stil get a numb feeling.  The last time I remember feeling this way was when I saw the "The Fountain".
Joshua:   I interestingly enough I had a quiet urge to go watch "The Fountain" after leaving the theatre, so there was some similarity in reaction for me as well, even though neither "Another Earth" nor "The Fountain" left me feeling numb.  I know the feeling you're describing - Grave of Fireflies, Children of Men, and a few other nihilistically-twinged tragedies have left me feeling numb at their conclusion - but didn't get that from "Another Earth".

Josh and Sandell Review: Conan the Barbarian

                                   This is the audio portion of our review. Run time: 11:09

Joshua Efron: Let's get this over with.

Sandell Stangl: That's a good opening for this review.