Movies
The 602 Club 100: The Rudy Giuliani of Gotham
The Dark Knight. We discuss raising the stakes, contemporary themes, the truth, the joker, new Bat toys and our ratings.
The 602 Club 99: An Overindulgence of Bond
Thunderball. We discuss Bond history, bigger, better and tired, Bond needs a holiday, a devious plot, worthy villains, women of substance and more.
The 602 Club 98: Lost History
The Fellowship of the Ring. We discuss our journey to Middle Earth as well as Peter Jackson’s, the extended editions, the design of Middle Earth, the cast, the women, good and evil, the music and our ratings.
The 602 Club 97: Batman for Real
Batman Begins. We discuss beginning again, the Nolan influence, the cast, themes, music, Gotham, the suit and our ratings.
The 602 Club 96: She’s a Witch
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. We discuss the aftermath, propaganda and politics, Dumbledore, new characters, new director and composer, wizard battles, love, the lost prophecy and ratings.
The 602 Club 95: The Magic Bond
Goldfinger. We discuss the phenomenon of the film, it’s marketing, a new director, villains, gadgets, women and our ratings.
The 602 Club 93: Comic-Booking it Up
Suicide Squad. We discuss our head space coming into the movie, the cameos, the connective tissue, the characters, themes production and ratings.
The 602 Club 92: Out of Mothballs
Jason Bourne. We discuss the previous movies, being re-Bourne, revenge destruction, the character of Bourne, privacy vs security, Nicky, new players, production and our ratings.
The 602 Club 91: Don’t Explain the Pants
The Avengers. We discuss ending Phase One, the center, goodness and badness, secrets have secrets, villains and philosophy, music, action, Hulk’s Pants and our ratings.
The 602 Club 90: Awkward Stage Potter
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. We discuss being back at Hogwarts, new character, a bigger world, the looming threat, old magic vs. brute strength, the music and our ratings.
The 602 Club 89: Indelible Mark
Superman. We discuss what keeps us coming back, his endurance, different interpretations, what the truest expression of him is, nature vs. nurture, public and personal personas, reinvention rejection, if he’s been explored enough and some comic recommendations.
The 602 Club 88: The Sword in the Stone
The Last Starfighter. We discuss something old and something new, a familiar story, the cast, the effects, the soundtrack, does it hold up and our ratings.