Over/Under Movies

We have very exciting news for Over/Under Movies fans: We're now officially part of Indiewire's The Playlist (www.theplaylist.net)! From now on, episodes will be first uploaded on The Playlist's podcast feed, and will be available here a couple of days later. Eventually, we're going to move over to The Playlist as their exclusive podcast, so please make sure to subscribe to The Playlist's iTunes feed during this transitional period: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-playlist-podcast/id715084602 We're very happy and excited to take our podcast to the next step! Without further ado: Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, where three Pacific Northwest-based film critics talk about one overrated and one underrated film within the same genre, style, or tone. If you enjoy our show, please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies). We're on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be kept up to date on new episodes. If you enjoy our podcast, or find things that we can improve, or even have your own suggestions for overrated or underrated films, please comment so we can make the show better. The hosts of Over/Under Movies waste no time kicking off a drug-and-drink-fueled road trip through bat country onto Vegas and then circling back several times to The Yabba. Host Ryan Oliver made the picks this time, and as usual he’s joined by Oktay Ege Kozak and Erik McClanahan. Ryan’s overrated selection is none other than Terry Gilliam‘s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson‘s seminal and celebrated gonzo novel. And completing the substance abuse marathon, he naturally chose “Wake In Fright,” the 1971 mix of Ozploitation and Australian New Wave restored and brought back for distribution by Drafthouse Films a few years ago. Both films feature superhuman levels of drug consumption, but all the hosts agree that ‘Fright’ is a far better, and sadly lesser-seen/known film. Listen to find out why. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes), and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is the co-host of the Unspooled Reel podcast and the author of the blog Wellness in 24 Frames. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Playlist, DVD Talk, The Oregon Herald, and Beyazperde. Special thanks to Ryan for editing this episode, as well as writing and performing our new theme music!

We have very exciting news for Over/Under Movies fans: We're now officially part of Indiewire's The Playlist! From now on, episodes will be first uploaded on The Playlist's podcast feed, and will be available here a couple of days later. Eventually, we're going to move over to The Playlist as their exclusive podcast, so please make sure to subscribe to The Playlist's iTunes feed during this transitional period: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-playlist-podcast/id715084602 We're very happy and excited to take our podcast to the next step! Without further ado: Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, where three Pacific Northwest-based film critics talk about one overrated and one underrated film within the same genre, style, or tone. If you enjoy our show, please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies). We're on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be kept up to date on new episodes. If you enjoy our podcast, or find things that we can improve, or even have your own suggestions for overrated or underrated films, please comment so we can make the show better. We have a gruesome and heated Evil Dead showdown. Co-host Erik McClanahan thinks the Evil Dead remake is better than Sam Raimi's original. Will he survive the night despite other hosts Ryan Oliver and Oktay Ege Kozak's love for the "The" Evil Dead? Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes), and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is the co-host of the Unspooled Reel podcast and the author of the blog Wellness in 24 Frames. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Playlist, DVD Talk, The Oregon Herald, and Beyazperde. Special thanks to Ryan for editing this episode.

We have very exciting news for Over/Under Movies fans: We're now officially part of Indiewire's The Playlist! From now on, episodes will be first uploaded on The Playlist's podcast feed, and will be available here a couple of days later. Eventually, we're going to move over to The Playlist as their exclusive podcast, so please make sure to subscribe to The Playlist's iTunes feed during this transitional period: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-playlist-podcast/id715084602 We're very happy and excited to take our podcast to the next step! Without further ado: Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, where three Pacific Northwest-based film critics talk about one overrated and one underrated film within the same genre, style, or tone. If you enjoy our show, please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies). We're on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be kept up to date on new episodes. If you enjoy our podcast, or find things that we can improve, or even have your own suggestions for overrated or underrated films, please comment so we can make the show better. On this 45th episode of the podcast, show host Oktay Ege Kozak finds common ground in two films that could be included in a double feature called "The Kid Dies In The Picture and The Parents Lose Their Minds." It's Lars von Trier's infamous "Antichrist" as the overrated against Nicolas Roeg's classic "Don't Look Now" as the under. Co-hosts Ryan Oliver and Erik McClanahan join in as usual for a lively chat, but don't expect them to agree. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes), and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is the co-host of the Unspooled Reel podcast and the author of the blog Wellness in 24 Frames. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Playlist, DVD Talk, The Oregon Herald, and Beyazperde. Special thanks to Ryan for editing this episode.

We have very exciting news for Over/Under Movies fans: We're now officially part of Indiewire's The Playlist! From now on, episodes will be first uploaded on The Playlist's podcast feed, and will be available here a couple of days later. Eventually, we're going to move over to The Playlist as their exclusive podcast, so please make sure to subscribe to The Playlist's iTunes feed during this transitional period: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-playlist-podcast/id715084602 We're very happy and excited to take our podcast to the next step! Without further ado: Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, where three Pacific Northwest-based film critics talk about one overrated and one underrated film within the same genre, style, or tone. If you enjoy our show, please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies). We're on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be kept up to date on new episodes. If you enjoy our podcast, or find things that we can improve, or even have your own suggestions for overrated or underrated films, please comment so we can make the show better. This episode focuses on Ryan's picks, as the critics dive into two R-rated comic book adaptations in "Watchmen" and "Dredd." With Zack Snyder's latest, "Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice," set to demolish theaters next week, and the recent massive box office success of the gleefully violent "Deadpool," plus Netflix's second season of "Daredevil" opening this weekend, it seemed like a good time to revisit those films. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes), and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is the co-host of the Unspooled Reel podcast and the author of the blog Wellness in 24 Frames. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Playlist, DVD Talk, The Oregon Herald, and Beyazperde.

Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, where three Pacific Northwest-based film critics talk about one overrated and one underrated film within the same genre, style, or tone. If you enjoy our show, please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies). We're on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be kept up to date on new episodes. If you enjoy our podcast, or find things that we can improve, or even have your own suggestions for overrated or underrated films, please comment so we can make the show better. In this episode, we discuss the career of one of the most creative and influential blockbuster directors of all time, James Cameron. Erik's picks for this episode highlights the ups and downs of the seemingly indestructible box-office titan. First, we dive into (Pun totally intended) the Special Edition cut of The Abyss, which seems to do a better job of explaining the sci-fi elements of its story than the theatrical version does. We also don't forget to bitch and moan about the terrible home video options we currently have for this gem while praying for a decent Blu-ray release in the future. That being said, here's a Cameron movie that doesn't need a new Blu-ray since it already has a demo quality one: Avatar. Still the #1 highest grossing film of all time, despite the recent efforts of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avatar was a cultural juggernaut during its 3D IMAX release. Of course that doesn't mean it's devoid of any glaring faults, and we're here to dive into them (There isn't a pun this time around, since Avatar doesn't take place in water) as Cameron's Blue Man Group remake of Dances With Wolves serves as Erik's overrated pick for the episode. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes), and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is the co-host of the Unspooled Reel podcast and the author of the blog Wellness in 24 Frames. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Playlist, DVD Talk, The Oregon Herald, and Beyazperde.

Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, where three Pacific Northwest-based film critics talk about one overrated and one underrated film within the same genre, style, or tone. If you enjoy our show, please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies). We're on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be kept up to date on new episodes. If you enjoy our podcast, or find things we can improve, or even have suggestions on overrated or underrated films, please comment so we can improve the show. This episode focuses on Oktay's picks, and was intended as a palate cleanser after our discussion about the most underrated movies of 2015, which included some great but fairly depressing films (Make sure to check that one out. And while you're there, check out our episode about the most overrated movies of 2015 as well). So after all of that heavy stuff, we decided to have a bit of fun with some goofy genre fare as we dove into two martial arts films with african-american influences, or vice versa. First up, we discuss the 1998 hit Rush Hour, the buddy-cop comedy that propelled Jackie Chan to the US mainstream (Good), and turned Chris Tucker into a bona fide movie star (Bad). Of course, since this is un film de Brett Ratner, the discussion quickly turns into a desperate attempt to understand why people in Hollywood keep hiring such a mediocre hack. Then, it's time to meet Sho Nuff, The Shogun of Harlem, as he makes the honorable kung fu master Bruce Leroy kiss his Converse, in the glorious Motown/chopsocky mash up The Last Dragon. Does The Last Dragon deserve its reputation as a "so bad it's good" 80s artifact, or is it a genuinely good and entertaining bit of 80s fun? Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes), and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is the co-host of the Unspooled Reel podcast and the author of the blog Wellness in 24 Frames. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Playlist, DVD Talk, The Oregon Herald, and Beyazperde.

Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, where three Pacific Northwest-based film critics talk about one overrated and one underrated film within the same genre, style, or tone. That being said, we have a special episode for you this time around. If you enjoy our show, please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies). We're on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be kept up to date on new episodes. If you enjoy our podcast, or find things we can improve, or even have suggestions on overrated or underrated films, please comment so we can improve the show. It's that time of the year for film buffs, where we get more than our fill of articles, blog posts, and podcast episodes about the best/worst movies of the year. Hopefully we can give you a fresh new angle as each of the critics dive into their picks for the most underrated films of 2015. This episode covers the second half of our year-end list. If you would like to find out our picks for the most overrated films of 2015, check out Episode 40 of the podcast. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes), and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is the co-host of the Unspooled Reel podcast and the author of the blog Wellness in 24 Frames. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Playlist, DVD Talk, The Oregon Herald, and Beyazperde.

Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, where three Pacific Northwest-based film critics talk about one overrated and one underrated film within the same genre, style, or tone. That being said, we have a special episode for you this time around. If you enjoy our show, please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies). We're on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be kept up to date on new episodes. If you enjoy our podcast, or find things we can improve, or even have suggestions on overrated or underrated films, please comment so we can improve the show. It's that time of the year for film buffs, where we get more than our fill of articles, blog posts, and podcast episodes about the best/worst movies of the year. Hopefully we can give you a fresh new angle as each of the critics dive into their picks for the most overrated films of 2015. This episode covers only the first half of our year-end list. We'll post our episode about the most underrated films of 2015 sometime next week, so keep an eye out for that. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes), and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is the co-host of the Unspooled Reel podcast and the author of the blog Wellness in 24 Frames. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Playlist, DVD Talk, The Oregon Herald, and Beyazperde.

Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, where three Pacific Northwest-based film critics talk about one overrated and one underrated film within the same genre, style, or tone. If you enjoy our show, please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies). We're on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be kept up to date on new episodes. If you enjoy our podcast, or find things we can improve, or even have suggestions on overrated or underrated films, please comment so we can improve the show. This episode is all about criminal lovers on the run from the law, as Ryan picks two extremely different films on the subject. We start off with Ryan's underrated pick, the somber Texan period crime drama/romance Ain't Them Bodies Saints. Can the 2013 indie by Robert Lowery get by with an assured direction and a beautiful visual style, despite some script problems? Then we move on to 1994's insane media satire Natural Born Killers, a film that Ryan and Erik find annoying, but Oktay still claims to the be quintessential masterpiece of the 90s. Will Ryan, Erik, and Oktay's friendship stay strong after this cinematic deathmatch, or is the fellowship already broken? Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes), and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is the co-host of the Unspooled Reel podcast and the author of the blog Wellness in 24 Frames. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Playlist, DVD Talk, The Oregon Herald, and Beyazperde.

Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, where three Pacific Northwest-based film critics talk about one overrated and one underrated film within the same genre, style, or tone. If you enjoy our show, please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies). We're on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be kept up to date on new episodes. This is the third and final episode of our Halloween-themed series where each critic got to discuss their own horror or Halloween-related picks. The final films in the series come from Erik's depraved mind, as we end things on an equally disturbing and humorous tone. First up is Wes Craven's first feature as a director, the notorious exploitation classic Last House on the Left. Is it as horrifying as its fame suggests, or is it an atonal mess? Next, we dive into Rob Zombie's gruesome and hilarious whitesploitation grindhouse classic The Devil's Rejects. Is Zombie's fascination with bad hillbilly humor and his wife's ass as grating as it is in every other movie he made, or is this a pleasant exception? Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes), and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is the co-host of the Unspooled Reel podcast and the author of the blog Wellness in 24 Frames. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Playlist, DVD Talk, The Oregon Herald, and Beyazperde.

Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, where three Pacific Northwest-based film critics talk about one overrated and one underrated film within the same genre, style, or tone. If you enjoy our show, please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies). We're on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be kept up to date on new episodes. This is the second of three Halloween-themed episodes where each critic will get a turn at their pick of one overrated and one underrated horror or Halloween-appropriate film. For this middle section, we dive into Oktay's picks as we discuss two Halloween-appropriate childrens' fantasy/adventure movies from the golden age of the sub-genre, the 1980s. It's time for Oktay to prep for his soon-to-be-filed divorce while protecting himself against death threats after insinuating that The Goonies, the beloved childrens adventure flick from 1985, might not be as great as many others think. Will Ryan and Erik agree with him, and will Oktay survive the open criticism of his wife's favorite movie? Next, we find out whether or not The Wolfman has "nards" as we talk about the magnificent piece of awesomeness that is 1987's The Monster Squad. Fred Dekker's Halloween classic is about a, you guessed it, squad of cursing, violent, and irreverent kids who vow to fight a bunch of classic Universal monsters hellbent on ruling the world. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes), and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is the co-host of the Unspooled Reel podcast. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Playlist, DVD Talk, The Oregon Herald, and Beyazperde.

Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, where three Pacific Northwest-based film critics talk about one overrated and one underrated film within the same genre, style, or tone. If you enjoy our show, please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies). We're on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be keep up to date on new episodes. This is the first of three Halloween-themed episodes where each critic will get a turn at their pick of one overrated and one underrated horror or Halloween-appropriate film. We kick things off with Ryan's picks and start the discussion with one of the holy grails of nostalgia; Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Do our rose-colored nostalgia glasses prevent us from noticing Lucas and Spielberg's Raiders follow-up's many flaws, ranging from the ever-annoying Willie Scott to the blatant racism? Or was the darker, scarier approach and relentless action what Indiana Jones needed at the time? Next, we move onto a misunderstood sequel that takes a complete 180 from the tone and visual approach of the original (Shockingly helmed by the same director), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Is Tobe Hooper's batshit crazy comedy-horror sequel to one of the most genuinely unsettling horror masterpieces worthy of praise, or was it just following the genre trends of the exuberant 80s? Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes), and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is the co-host of the Unspooled Reel podcast. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Playlist, DVD Talk, The Oregon Herald, and Beyazperde.

Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, where three Pacific Northwest-based film critics talk about one overrated and one underrated film within the same genre, style, or tone. If you enjoy our show, please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies). We're on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be kept up do date on new episodes. In this episode, we dive into two R-rated comedies from 2009, both released by Warner Bros, and both dark comedies about characters that can be described as woefully unsympathetic at best. The films for this episode were picked by our awesome co-host Erik McClanahan. First, we discuss the phenomena known as The Hangover, and whether or not it was good enough to deserve two unnecessary sequels and a bunch of terrible copycat movies. Then, we move onto Observe and Report, a dark comedy homage to the great Taxi Driver, an impressive undertaking to be sure. Does Seth Rogen's psychopathic version of Paul Plart: Mall Cop succeed in pushing the limits of R-rated studio comedies while creating memorable characters and a relatable story? Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes), and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is a contributor at Gotchamovies.com. He writes reviews and articles for them, and co-hosts their Unspooled Reel podcast. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Oregon Herald, Beyazperde, DVD Talk, and is also a contributor and film critic at The Playlist.

Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, and we wanted to remind everyone to please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies) if you enjoy our show so we can get more people like you to listen to us complain about or praise overrated and underrated movies. In this episode, Ryan, Oktay, and Erik talk about Oktay's picks; two revered Japanese dramas that deal with some heavy themes like life, death, the importance of family, tradition vs. individuality, in a brutally honest but life affirming way. First off, a vital clarification: Yes, this episode's overrated pick is Yasujiro Ozu's sublime and profoundly moving family drama Tokyo Story. But before Ozu fanboys pull out their knives and axes (They tend to be a violent bunch), we'd like to point out that yes, Tokyo Story is a great film, a masterpiece even. But the main question of this section is, "Can a film you agree to be a masterpiece still be overrated?" Next, we move on to Akira Kurosawa's seminal masterwork Ikiru, about a monotonous government bureaucrat (Takashi Shimura in perhaps the greatest male performance in film history) who finally begins to live when he finds out that he will die in less than a year. Yes, Ikiru is considered to be one of Kurosawa's best, but general audiences, even many film buffs immediately think about his jidaigeki Samurai films when his name is mentioned. Therefore, we wanted point out his amazing work as a director of contemporary dramas. As usual, thank you for listening, please write us your comments and iTunes reviews so we can improve the show, and look forward to new episodes when our killer Pacific Northwest-based film critics will discuss one overrated and one underrated film that share the same genre, style, or plot. You can find us on iTunes if you search for Over/Under Movies and on Twitter @overundermovies. You can also like our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/overundermovies so you can be kept up do date on new episodes. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes) and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is a contributor at Gotchamovies.com. He writes reviews and articles for them, and co-hosts their Unspooled Reel podcast. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Oregon Herald, Beyazperde, DVD Talk and is also a contributor and film critic at The Playlist.

Hi everyone, here's a new episode of Over/Under Movies, and we wanted to remind everyone to please write us a review on iTunes (You can find us if you search for Over/Under Movies) if you enjoy our show so we can get more people like you to listen to us complain about or praise overrated and underrated movies. In this episode, Ryan, Erik, and Oktay discover their badass feminine sides as they dive headfirst into two action flicks about ladies who are well-versed in the delicate art of killing a whole heap of men (And Cate Blanchett). Ryan's picks for this episode starts with Lucy, a pseudo-sci-fi actioner about a woman (Scarlet Johansson) who ingests a deadly chemical that allows her to use 100% of her brain, which turns her into Mystique from The X-Men for some reason. Is Luc Besson's new age wankfest a worthy addition to 2014's "Scarlett Johansson sci-fi trilogy" along with Her and Under The Skin, or did LB go too far up his own ass this time? Next, we have Hanna, an unexpectedly effective smart action flick about a teenage assassin (Saoirse Ronan) on the run from the big bad government. Director Joe Wright delivered this overlooked gem in the middle of his distinguished career as a peddler of Oscar-bait dramas. Also, Keira Knightley's not in this one, which is a big plus. As usual, thank you for listening, please write us your comments and iTunes reviews so we can improve the show, and look forward to new episodes when our killer Pacific Northwest-based film critics will discuss one overrated and one underrated film that share the same genre, style, or plot. You can find us on iTunes if you search for Over/Under Movies and on Twitter @overundermovies. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes) and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is a contributor at Gotchamovies.com. He writes reviews and articles for them, and co-hosts their Unspooled Reel podcast. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Oregon Herald, Beyazperde, DVD Talk and is also a contributor and film critic at The Playlist.

After Erik came up with Gremlins 2 as his underrated pick, we decided to watch as much as director Joe Dante's filmography as possible and thought that he was underrated enough to warrant a bonus episode discussion. An integral part of the 80s Blockbuster movement along with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Robert Zemeckis, we believe that he doesn't get as much credit as some of the other big names from the era. Therefore, we wanted to give this Looney Tunes and 50s B-movies-inspired madman a special shoutout. As usual, thank you for listening, please send us your comments so we can improve the show, and look forward to new episodes when our kick-ass Pacific Northwest-based film critics will discuss one overrated and one underrated film that share the same genre, style, or plot. You can also find us on iTunes if you search for Over/Under Movies and on Twitter @overundermovies. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes) and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is a contributor at Gotchamovies.com. He writes reviews and articles for them, and co-hosts their Unspooled Reel podcast. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Oregon Herald, Beyazperde, DVD Talk and is also a contributor and film critic at The Playlist.

In this new episode of Over/Under Movies, a podcast where we review one overrated and one underrated film, Erik, Ryan, and Oktay catches sequel fever and dig into two blockbuster sequels from the very late 80s (One of them technically counts as being from the very early 90s, but whatevs). The movie picks for this episode comes courtesy of Erik. First we discuss whether or not Back to the Future Part II is a good film or even a good sequel on its own, regardless of how fun and crazy it might be. If Ryan and Oktay disagrees with Erik's assertion that the beloved sequel is overrated, is there an alternate timeline where they agree with him? Then we move on to not only the craziest sequel ever made, but one of the most deliciously deliberate bats--t crazy big budget movies to came out of the Hollywood system, Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Will our critics embrace the sequel's wildly shifting tones between smart anti-corporate satire and live-action Looney Tunes cartoon, or will they act like a bunch of squares? As usual, thank you for listening, please send us your comments so we can improve the show, and look forward to new episodes when our kick-ass Pacific Northwest-based film critics will discuss one overrated and one underrated film that share the same genre, style, or plot. You can also find us on iTunes if you search for Over/Under Movies and on Twitter @overundermovies. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes) and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is a contributor at Gotchamovies.com. He writes reviews and articles for them, and co-hosts their Unspooled Reel podcast. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Oregon Herald, Beyazperde, DVD Talk and is also a contributor and film critic at The Playlist.

For this new episode, Erik, Ryan, and Oktay head into the unforgiving American frontier as they discuss three Westerns told from a female perspective. First off, instead of one overrated pick, our critics offer two films for the price of one. They delve into both the 1969 and the 2010 versions of Charles Portis' classic Western revenge novel, True Grit. They try to answer the question, "If a remake is better than the original in every possible way, can it still be overrated?" Then, it's time for a worthy oddity within the genre, director Tommy Lee Jones' introspective and brutal anti-Western, 2014's The Homesman. Ryan calling it an action-free Western version of "Mad Max: Fury Road" is a stroke of genius, since both films are about a strong woman trying to transport three abused and battered women through a desolate, dangerous, and unforgiving landscape. Both movies also take a male-centric genre and give it a feminist spin. Find out if Ryan and Erik agree with Oktay's assertion that it's one of the unsung masterworks of last year. SPOILER ALERT: From the 50-minute mark until the end of the episode, our critics begin talking about a delicate and controversial twist in The Homesman's story, so if you don't want to find that out, please stop listening to the episode at that point. That being said, we'd of course love it if you'd continue listening to the episode after watching the film. As usual, thank you for listening, please send us your comments so we can improve the show, and look forward to new episodes when our kick-ass Pacific Northwest-based film critics will discuss one overrated and one underrated film that share the same genre, style, or plot. You can also find us on iTunes if you search for Over/Under Movies and on Twitter @overundermovies. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes) and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is a contributor at Gotchamovies.com. He writes reviews and articles for them, and co-hosts their Unspooled Reel podcast. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Oregon Herald, Beyazperde, DVD Talk and is also a contributor and film critic at The Playlist.

"The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door." - Fredrick Brown It's time for Oktay, Erik, and Ryan to wallow in their manly loneliness in a post apocalyptic hellscape as they drive around Manhattan in a corvette, hunting dear, and talking to mannequins. Then, they try their best to make sense out of a New Zealand where every other living thing disappeared without a trace. Maybe they forgot that the Return of the King premiere was taking place in Wellington at the time. It's time to dive into the ever reliable "Last man on Earth" premise with two very different examples, both picked by Ryan. First up, a discussion on whether or not 2007's mega hit "I Am Legend" is overrated turns into a dissection of Will Smith's recent career choices. Then, 1985's trippy and unpredictable Kiwi sci-fi "The Quiet Earth" takes the co-hosts to a world where complex ideas about parallel dimensions and a man in a dress yelling at a cardboard cutout of Hitler can coexist. As usual, thank you for listening, please send us your comments so we can improve the show, and look forward to new episodes when our kick-ass Pacific Northwest-based film critics will discuss one overrated and one underrated film that share the same genre, style, or plot. You can also find us on iTunes if you search for Over/Under Movies and on Twitter @overundermovies. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes) and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is a contributor at Gotchamovies.com. He writes reviews and articles for them, and co-hosts their Unspooled Reel podcast. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Oregon Herald, Beyazperde, DVD Talk and is also a contributor and film critic at The Playlist.

We're changing things up a bit at Over/Under Movies this time around so instead of talking about one overrated and one underrated movie as usual, we're focusing on the early work of a lesser-known but talented director that at least one of our co-hosts thinks is underrated. That director is Ben Wheatley, who uses his low budget but impressively beautiful mumblecore-style digital cinematography skills to create equally hilarious and disturbing stories about British working class folks going off into a world full of wanton violence and chaos. First up is Wheatley's no-budget first feature Down Terrace, which starts off as a quirky crime comedy and gradually turns into a full-blown Shakespearean tragedy. Next, we got Kill List, a nightmarish hitman movie with an insane finale. And finally we talk about Sightseers, a relatively accessible dark comedy about a truly disturbed couple taking a blood-soaked trip through the British countryside. There's a point in the podcast where we get into spoilers about Kill List. If you'd like to skip the spoilers at the point I warn the listeners that the spoilers are beginning, go to the 52-minute mark on the episode. As usual, thank you for listening, please send us your comments so we can improve the show, and look forward to new episodes when our kick-ass Pacific Northwest-based film critics will discuss one overrated and one underrated film that share the same genre, style, or plot. You can also find us on iTunes if you search for Over/Under Movies and on Twitter @overundermovies. Erik McClanahan is the lead film critic at Oregon Arts Watch, co-host of the Adjust Your Tracking podcast (Also available on iTunes) and a contributor at The Playlist. Ryan Oliver is back on Gotchamovies.com after a short absence. He writes reviews and articles for them and co-hosts their Unspooled Reel podcast. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic for The Oregon Herald, Beyazperde, DVD Talk and is also a contributor and film critic at The Playlist.