Mildly Pleased

It’s that yule time of year, so we of course had to talk about a Christmas movie on The Pick. What John picked was Love Actually, a “Christmas classic” that he’s long had a beef with. This movie’s many flaws are discussed over the course of a somewhat cranky Christmas conversation, which sees us breaking […] The post The Pick: Love Actually appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

In this penultimate episode before we go on a little hiatus from The Pick, we bring things full circle by talking about a film we all admitted to not having seen in the very first episode. Yes, we’re talking about crime thriller Training Day, the film that launched director Antoine Fuqua and writer David Ayer […] The post The Pick: Training Day appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

If Martin Scorsese’s new film The Irishman was a little too long for your tastes, here we offer a more abbreviated, 95-minute conversation to give you all you need to know about the film. That said, it’s a film well worth seeing and one filled with all kinds of juicy scenes and weighty themes that […] The post The Pick: The Irishman appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

Hope everyone’s Thanksgiving and Black Friday were pleasant and free of family fighting. This week we’re talking about a different kind of family – a cyber family. Yes, after talking about the original Tron last week, we’re returning to the grid to talk about Sam Flynn’s odyssey to retrieve his long-lost father played by who […] The post The Pick: TRON: Legacy appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

This week, we’re hackin’ into Master Computer as well as Disney+ by reviewing 1982’s Tron. It’s a film that’s far from perfect, but also far ahead of its time in terms of its visuals and emphasis on the limitless possibilities of computers. It’s not just a fun conversation, but the episode even sees John making a […] The post The Pick: Tron appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

Just in time for the weather to get a little more frigid and a Frozen sequel to blow into theaters, we’re talking this week about the original Frozen. While its popularity is unquestioned, the boys talk about what makes it so appealing and how it stacks up to the other Disney fairy tales it follows in the […] The post The Pick: Frozen appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

Roland Emmerich has blown up the White House (twice!), ravaged Earth (twice!), and unleashed a giant lizard on Manhattan (once, that we know of). But Universal Soldier is where his road to action movie immortality started, by making a movie about PTSD-laden super soldiers trying to blow up each other. This all intersects with Emmerich’s […] The post The Pick: Universal Soldier appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

After a month of writing about people trapped in spooky houses with Shocktober, on this latest episode of The Pick we talk about the spookiest house of all.  A house that’s a byproduct of capitalism! Parasite has been regarded by many as a film that is best enjoyed if you know as little going into it […] The post The Pick: Parasite appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

Instead of writing another Shocktober post, today I’m putting up our latest episode of The Pick. Keeping with this year’s Shocktober theme, we’re talking about one of the truly immortal horror franchises of the 2010s – Goosebumps! Ok, so maybe it’s less of a horror movie than a wacky comedy that aims to introduce kids […] The post The Pick: Goosebumps & Goosebumps 2 appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

For Day 4 of Shocktober, we’re doing something different… something… INSIDIOUS! Screw the written word we’re doing this one in podcast form! In this episode, we talk about James Wan, Torture Porn, and Darth Maul. Check it out if you dare. Or should I say “SCARE?!?” John’s Little Pick: What the Golf? (Game) Sean’s Little […] The post The Pick: Insidious appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

The first rule of podcasts is… nevermind, you get it. We’re talking about Fight Club this week, in honor of both Brad Pitt starring in Ad Astra and in honor of the worst kinds of white males getting their due in the upcoming Joker. While talking about Fight Club, Colin, Sean, and John wrestle with […] The post The Pick: Fight Club appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

Looks like it’s pick season, as we take a trip to Looney Tune Land while talking about the non-Space Jam sequel Looney Tunes: Back in Action. Well, actually we don’t go to Looney Tune Land so much as a cartoony version of our reality, which is rife with slapstick, self-awareness, and bizarre black-and-white cameos. This might […] The post The Pick: Looney Tunes: Back In Action appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

This episode we’re making our first foray into reviewing a movie currently in theaters on The Pick, as we take a look at It Chapter 2. John shares with us not only his thoughts on the film in question, but also its relation to the book it’s based on, the 1990 made-for-TV adaptation, and the […] The post The Pick: It Chapter Two appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

We’re back with a very sexy episode of The Pick in which we’ll be talking about Lawrence Kasdan’s 1981 directorial debut, Body Heat. We’ll discuss the film’s noir motifs, excellent performances, twisty-turny plotting, and copious amounts of sweat. Also, we introduce a new segment where we’ll be giving our own individual “Little Picks” to supplement […] The post The Pick: Body Heat appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

After ringing in this new podcast by reviewing Olympus Has Fallen, this week we’re talking about a movie that’s a little less, well, dumb. A Face In The Crowd saw legendary director Elia Kazan and writer Budd Schulberg teaming up once again after the success of On The Waterfront. As we discuss, A Face In The Crowd […] The post The Pick: A Face In The Crowd appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

Ever since Top Ten Thursdays ended back in 2016, we here at Mildly Pleased have been a bit inconsistent with our podcast output. With this new show The Pick, we hope to change that. It seems doubtful we’ll do this show every week, but I think we could strive to post one every week we […] The post The Pick: Olympus Has Fallen appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

Fifty years ago today a bunch of hippies got high, slid around in the mud, and listened to Country Joe and the Fish… Or so we thought! Turns out there was more to the story. A festival was had Wood-something? Well apparently they made a movie about it and John and Colin watched it. Not […] The post Rokk Talk Ep. 21: Woodstock appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

It’s the halfway point of the year, and you know what that means. It’s time for Mildly Pleased to share what movies, music, TV, and video games we’ve been enjoying this year, while making no claims that we’ve caught up with everything worthwhile. After all, we have ’til the end of the year to do […] The post The Best of 2019… So Far appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

…And Rokk Talk is back again! This episode, we’re doing the same format as last – going through a band’s entire discography album-by-album (while joined by Sean Lemme). This time, we’re doing The National, those dapper boys from Brooklyn via Ohio now residing all over the globe apparently. We’ll also talk a little about the […] The post Rokk Talk Ep. 20: Fake Empire appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

Love ’em or hate ’em, Vampire Weekend have gone the distance and continued to reinvent themselves like few bands of their generation. On this episode of Rokk Talk, John and Colin break down Vampire Weekend’s entire discography, album-by-album. They also give their first impressions of V-Dub’s new album, Father of the Bride, just for those […] The post Rokk Talk Ep. 19: Unbearably White appeared first on Mildly Pleased.