Mildly Pleased

Labor Day weekend is upon us and for all intents and purposes summer 2014 is dead and gone. But we’ve decided to let it go out with a laugh by reflecting on some of the best unmade concepts for summer movies. Yeah, this week we pretty much go in the direction you’d expect anyone to […] The post Pitching Tents 06: Summer appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

The Stream Police investigate whether or not Pod People walk among us in this week’s review of the 1956 sci-fi classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Michael and John also take some time to discuss the decline of the Simpsons and what that means for future generations. Episode Breakdown 2:28 – Simpsons Discussion 24:20 – […] The post Stream Police Ep 04: Invasion of the Body Snatchers appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

The sudden and tragic death of Robin Williams seemed to hit the entire world pretty hard. Harder than most celebrity deaths. Part of that may be because the circumstances of his demise stand in such stark contrast to the kind of person we all wanted to believe he was. But I’d like to think it […] The post T3 80: Top 10 Robin Williams Performances appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

This week the Stream Police grade the Ryan Phillippe (not even gonna spell check that), Anna Paquin “indie” project Straight A’s. Michael and John also talk about some of the best tune of 2014 and some of the not so best. Episode Breakdown 2:08 – 2014 Tune Talk 13:47 – 48: 20 – Straight A’s […] The post Stream Police Ep 03: Straight A’s appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

Fists are flying in this review of Jackie Chan’s Kung Fu cult classic, Project A 2. Additionally, Michael and John gab (mostly complain) about the geektacular phenomenon that is the San Diego Comic Con. Here’s the breakdown San Diego Comic Con: 3:26 – 10:08 Project A 2 Review: 10:11 – 36:40 Michael and John Recommend: […] The post Stream Police Ep 02: Project A 2 appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

In an effort to remain a contributing member to Mildly Pleased, I and my fellow film friend-o Michael Sevigny have decided to put together a ‘lil podcast. “Stream Police” is a movie review podcast with a bit of a twist. The twist being that our movie choices will be completely in the cold calculating hands […] The post Stream Police 01: Jack Reacher appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

The new Transformers movie is out and it really looks like Michael Bay has another hit on his hands, to basically no one’s surprise. If you read any of the reviews, you’ll see just how weary America’s critics are at trying to explain how deeply flawed this franchise is, especially compared to other quality sci […] The post Pitching Tents 05: Robots appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

In this, the month of dads and grads, we are happy to bring back Pitching Tents. Inspired by Father’s Day, which was a week ago if you haven’t been calendar watching lately, we decided to come up with the best movies about fatherhood that haven’t been made. And that’s a tricky one, given that there […] The post Pitching Tents 04: Fatherhood appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

Did you guys see Louie this week? I guess it was something we knew was coming, but can you believe, just conceptually, that a show about a comedian living in New York would ever get to the point of showing a harrowing hurricane rescue? That’s a pretty special show, and we’re all lucky to be […] The post T3 79: Bottom 10 Disaster Movies appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

The new Godzilla was not very original when it picked its name, but does the rest of the movie suffer from that same laziness. Find out by listening to this, the fifth episode of Some Kind of Movie. Seems like it would be higher, doesn’t it? It’s been a long time since we did one […] The post Some Kind of Movie – Ep. 5: Size Does Matter appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

What started as a fun list of the unsung heroes of the Star Wars universe quickly took a turn for the horrific this week as we ended up spending well over an hour coming up with a new hope for the legendary franchise that… Well, you’ll just have to listen. Why did we do this? […] The post T3 78: Top Characters We’d Like to See Return in Star Wars: Episode VII appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

If you’re going to release a self-titled album, you damn well better do it in 1969. That’s right, this week we’re talking about music again as we take the ship of the imagination back to 1969 in honor of Mad Men‘s return to television. If this isn’t the boldest, most groundbreaking podcast episode you’ve ever […] The post T3 77: Top 10 Albums of 1969 appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

This week on Top Ten Thursdays Sean learns he cares too much about the shows he spends his time watching, John finally opens up about what it’s like to still care about The Simpsons, Colin has a bone to pick with Everybody Loves Raymond, and Matt makes his triumphant return! It’s a jam-packed episode that […] The post T3 76: Top 10 TV Shows That Lasted Too Long appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

I had intended this to be our triumphant return to form, but some unforeseen technical difficulties and foreseen better things to do has led to this comeback being more a whimper than a bang. But don’t take that as any indicator of the quality of this episode to which you’re about to listen! Sure, it’s […] The post T3 75: Bottom 10 One-Hit Wonders of the 2000s appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

Now that America has caught up to – and maybe even surpassed – us on anti-Shia LaBeouf sentiment, we return to the well of unfair criticism with a list of directors who just aren’t doing it for us. Maybe they’re just hacks, maybe they’ve been screwed over by the studios, maybe they were once great […] The post T3 74: Top 10 Directors Who Should Quit appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

It’s the long-awaited return of Pitching Tents, just in time for the big game! This week on the show we come up with our best ideas for a movie about sports. Not just football, that would have been too constraining. I mean, if we had done football, would we have really done another show for […] The post Pitching Tents 03: Sports appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

It wouldn’t be fun if it was easy and that’s never been truer than this week on T3, when we battle technical problems and the very limits of our bodies to make a new episode for you. Yeah, sounds pretty exciting, doesn’t it? Like you can’t wait to hear it? Like you feel like you’ve […] The post T3 73: Our Top Anticipated Movies of 2014 appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

Talk about the ultimate Grudge Match! There are no ties this week as only three Warm Bodies show up to host our last 2013 wrap-up podcast. And, boy, we sure do bring The Heat and sling the Mud this week. When we kicked it into Turbo, I’m surprised World War Z didn’t break out during […] The post T3 72: Top 10 Movies of 2013 appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

Is the golden age of television over? Breaking Bad, 30 Rock, The Office, and at least one other show that’s been mentioned too many times all came to an end in 2013. And while there might be some hope in fresh meat like Rick and Morty, The Americans, Axe Cop, some people seriously believe TV […] The post T3 71: Top 10 TV Shows of 2013 appeared first on Mildly Pleased.

It’s a tradition older than the royal baby, the PlayStation 4, and SnapChat. More respectable than Duck Dynasty, Paula Deen, and probably some not racist things too. That’s right, it’s the Mildly Pleased Awards, America’s chance to look back at a year of mediocrity. Even though 2013 seems to have been particularly grueling and painful […] The post The Second Annual Mildly Pleased Awards appeared first on Mildly Pleased.