Bringing together a very promising cast of Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (aka the King Slayer) and actor- writer- director Nic Cassavetes, The Other Woman might just be one of those movies that rises above the… Read More »The Other Woman: An Unlikely Trio featurette
I feel I haven’t professed my love enough for Gravity probably because when I got around to actually watching it, it was already in the last days of it’s theatrical run, and it seemed that I wouldn’t have anything else… Read More »New Gravity Poster for Imax
The game is on..! Upodcast returns for 2014 with a TV and movie doubleheader. First up we celebrate the return of Sherlock to our screens. The long overdue (in our opinion) resolution of the “how did he die but live?”… Read More »Sherlock Season 3 and American Hustle Review Upodcast
Releasing this week is the movie adaptation of Beat Girl a novel by Jasmine Kallay, about young Heather Jennings (played by Louise Dylan known to some form BBC’s Jane Austin’s Emma) who after the passing of her mother has to move… Read More »Beat Girl Review
A young and in-love couple Kanya (Sadawo Abe) and Satoko (Takako Matsu) see their restaurant burn down in an accident and their savings are wiped out by a compensation claim. Not knowing where to turn or what to do. Kanya… Read More »LFF 2012: Dreams for sale / Yume Uru Futari
If there is a somber gloom over our faces recently, it’s because one of our favorite shows, NBC’s Community, had been put on hiatus before Xmas. With it’s uncertain future dangling between the fingers of US corporate overlords twitter prayers… Read More »Community Returns Trailer
One of the major reasons it can be daunting for casual comic book fans to get back into comics or start reading a new character is just the ton of back story and continuity you have to be aware… Read More »Green Lantern for Newbies
Pretty hilarious video that start a bit slow but the beat kicks in around the 37 sec mark! Before watching though give it a think, how many black actors were there in Friends?
I could only come up with Charlie (Aisha Tyler) and that was in the final seasons. Check out the clip after the jump!
The Big Podcast for the small screen! This week we catch up with all of our favorite TV shows. The gang previews some of the new shows on the block (Boardwalk Empire, Outsourced, Nikita) , we catch up with some… Read More »TV Special: Fall US TV Preview
Like Salman Khan, UpodCast walks it’s own beat. This week we dissect the phenomenon of Dabanng joined by friends of the show Filmigirl and Anandini. We extensively review the movie, ask ourselves if you need to be a Salman Khan fan to enjoy Dabanng to the fullest, debate the return to massala entertainment, rave about Sonakshi Sinha and also discusss what a potential sequel could look like. Oh, if that wasn’t enough to salivate your earbuds, we also discuss the forthcoming releases for the rest of the year! For all this and much much more, Listen to the episode after the jump!
A bit of Friday fun what if Nolan’s second best movie was adapted to a campy/broadway musical? I am sure we all agree this would be a horrible idea. Have you seen Strutting Leo? It’s a new internet meme doing the rounds. Check out the video and some of the best strutting Leo’s after the jump!Read More »Inception: The Musical and Strutting Leo
Occasionally, channel surfing throws up something quite interesting. And not in the “oh I didn’t know fruit bats actually ate fruit” kind of way. This was certainly the case with Charlie Brooker’s Gameswipe, re-screened by the Beeb last week and… Read More »Gameswipe: Charlie Brooker’s done it again
Danny Perasa and his wife, Annie, recount their twenty-seven-year romance. As they remember their life together from their first date to Danny’s final days with terminal cancer, these remarkable Brooklynites personify the eloquence, grace, and poetry that can be found in the voices of everyday people when we take the time to listen. Check out this heartwarming animated video after the Jump!Read More »Danny & Annie: A 27 year long ‘Love Story’
Cee Lo has been dropping awesome tracks his entire career but his profile really got a boost since he started working with DJ Danger Mouse and created Gnarls Barkley. Together they dropped the massively succesfull album “ST Elsewhere”. His latest track from the forthcoming album has even more of that jazzy upbeat sound. And now 50 Cent has dropped a remix version. Check out both versions of Upodcast’s favorite track at the moment after the jump!Read More »Cee Lo Green and 50 Cent say ” F*ck You”
In honor of the US release of Scott Pilgrim vs The World this week, I thought I’d dig up this hilarious video of Michael Cera with Zach Galifianakis at funnyordie!
Check out the video after the jump if you haven’t seen it yet!
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The Upodcast team takes a look back at the first half of 2010. We go over our favorite flicks, our biggest dissapointments and take a look ahead on what’s yet to come. We also review the Spanish SciFi TimeTravel movie TimesCrimes (Los Cronocrimenes-2007) directed by Nacho Vigalondo. Check out the full episode after the jump!
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L’arnacouer is a French movie with a mistranslated English title starring French Heart throb and box office golden boy Romain Duris and the lovely singer-actress Vanessa Paradis. It tells the story of a Alex Lippi, playboy for hire specializing in… Read More »FilmBlog: L´Arnacoeur (HeartBreaker)
Beautiful short film by Portugese Director Nuno Rocha commisioned by LG. I have one of their TV‘s and am very satisfied (so LG throw some money the Upodcast way) and besides that the short film is beautiful. But then again , I have a heart that beats hard and fast. Keep a tissue handy for any tears and check out these achingly moving 6 minutes of cinema after the jump:
Since I saw a small newsreel about a new form of entertainment created in the banlieue’s of Paris, I have pretty much been obsessed with Free Running or Parkour. Then came Yamakasi and both of the District B-13 movies (Banlieue 13)
A past-time for bored kids that has slowly turned into a global phenomenon partly because of the Bourne movies and the James Bond reboot, Casino Royale. Check out a Parkour video after the jump as you have never seen it before.
Jimmy Kimmel has launched a handsome men’s club, obvisously the Upodcast team was the first to receive an invitation. Jimmy presents a late night entertainment show and altough he may not be as well known as his rivals Jay Leno, David Letterman and previously Conan ‘O Brian but he is a lot younger and has been better at creating a few viral campaign that have generated quite a lot of buzz. First there was the “F*cking Matt Damon” with Sarah Silverman, and his celebrity appearance laden retort “F*cking Ben Affleck“. This time he takes it up a notch. Check out the hilarious clip after the jump!Read More »Handsome Men’s Club
 In this new segment to our site we will highlight some of the Music Albums or Artists that had a major impact on our lives. Imperial Asiatiques Men or Invasion Arrivée de Mars was known to most French rap… Read More »Soundtrack to our lives: IAM, Gods of French Rap
The Upodcast team visits the 70’s for the first time on the show and enjoys watching the one and only Mr. Charlton Heston! Check out the podcast, the Soylent Green trailer and the full show notes after the jump! The… Read More »Episode 9 SciFi Classic – Soylent Green
The Upodcast team revisits the 80’s for the second time after our Midnight Run episode this time accompanied by THE 80’s star par excellence, the evergreen Michael J Fox. Check out the trailer and the full show notes after the… Read More »Episode 8 The 80’s Classics – The Secret of My Success
Jean Pierre Jeunet’s long awaited follow up to A Long Engagement (his second and oscar nominated Audrey Tatou movie after Amelie) has finally arrived after a hiatus of 5 years. And for me it has been a long wait as… Read More »Filmblog: Review MicMacs
Hey all and welcome to one more episode with the gang! Tonight we will be battling it out with The Thomas Crown Affair, so pretty much who prevails between Pierce 007 Brosnan versus Steve McQueen, who will win!!!! Here are… Read More »Episode 6 Battle of the Remakes: Thomas Crown Affair
I’m fully on board of the Lost– train whilst it breezes by to it’s (probably unstatisfying) conclusion. I’m not used to watching a show episode as I just can’t muster up the patience. So I usually just wait for the whole… Read More »College Humour: Lost writers need your help!
Hallo alle, Today the gang and I will be reviewing one of Germany’s best! The Counterfeiters or should I call it Die Falscher, which is a true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis… Read More »Episode 5 funf UPODCAST The Counterfeiters!
OK folks, roll up roll up! Time to tide you over with a Bonus episode! Join the Upodcast team go mainstream and worship at the altar of one Kevin Costner… Postman style. The gang discusses the demise of Kevin Costner’s… Read More »Bonus episode: a post-apocalyptic Postman!(and a discussion about Futuristic Movies)
ANother Friday, another chance for American TV to get it in the neck from me… This time and with due consideration that this is a bit like shooting fish in a barrel I have chosen two and a half men.… Read More »Friday rant part three: Two and a half men
With the release of the Last Airbender trailer during the Superbowl (The SuperBowl has something to do with American Football a game no non-american can ever understand, but the also have cool movie trailers and Janet Jackson Nip Slip so… Read More »Movies to look forward to in 2010
A story in my book is effective if it makes you feel something that you have no first hand experience with. Indiana Jones puts you in peril and makes you feel the advernture of being a hero (and a life… Read More »Filmblog: Review Brothers
A happy 2010 to everyone! This period of the year when we are curled up on our couches under a cozy blanket and a cup of soup, we start to reminisce about the year gone by. How we wish we… Read More »Favorite Movies of 2009
The Under Promise Over Deliver Podcast- a weekly dose of small ticket entertainment! A podcast with 3 distinctly different voices: Ahmed -PopCorn- K loves his blockbuster entertainers Michael Bay , animated movies and anything with big explosions Party Marty C… Read More »Episode 1 Bollywood – Kaminey!