Larry and the critics review the week's new movies, including Clash of the Titans, The Last Song, The Greatest, and The Secret of Kells. Later, Mystery Science Theater 3000's Mike Nelson is back to poke fun at Hollywood blockbusters, and Peter Rainer reviews the Bermuda Film Fest. Live tweeting this week's reviews: Then, TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 had an odd but entertaining premise- viewers watched as host Mike Nelson and his robot pals cracked jokes over terrible B-movies. Over 11 seasons, the program gained a cult following and won a Peabody award. Now with an internet venture called RiffTrax, Nelson and fellow hosts have turned their humor towards big budget Hollywood films. For RiffTrax, users download a comedic commentary track that is played in sync with a movie's DVD. Whether it's The Lord of the Rings, Dirty Dancing, or even Casablanca, Nelson aims to make movies good and bad a bit funnier. Peter Rainer checks in about the movies screened at the Bermuda International Film Festival.
Peter's picks from Bermuda:
Dive- documentary about dumpster diving in Los Angeles Do It Again- documentary about a newspaper reporter's quest to reunite The Kinks Real Injun: documentary about Hollywood's portrayal of Indians Henri-George Clouzot's Inferno- documentary about his unfinished film Dark Light- documentary about successful blind photographers The 3rd Africa World Documentary Film Festival
Guests:
Claudia Puig, USA Today film critic Henry Sheehan, henrysheehan.com Charles Solomon, animation critic and historian for Amazon.com Mike Nelson, creator of RiffTrax. He is the former host and writer of the Emmy-nominated and Peabody award-winning show Mystery Science Theater 3000 Peter Rainer, KPCC film critic and film critic for The Christian Science Monitor