The men who stare at Fox

the men who stare at fox

How the years fly by. It seems like only yesterday that a nineteen-year-old Jamie was bringing in the millennium in Georges Square and a fourteen-year-old, shell suit clad Graham was down the park quaffing cheap cider and terrorizing old-folk, but ten years later providence has brought these cineastes together to reveal their favourite films of the decade, beginning with the finest efforts from 2000 and 2001. The Oscar indorsed movies of these years were, respectively, overblown sword-and-sandals romp Gladiator (Ridly “not-made-a-great-film-since-Blade-Runner” Scott) and asinine sucrose-slop A Beautiful Mind (Ron “not-made-a-decent-film-since-Parenthood” Howard). But, as all film fans know, the Academy Awards are sycophantic horseshit; here at Screen Shrapnel is where the real film discoveries are.

Also on this week’s show: the Shrapnel boys discuss the vulpine charms of Megan Fox in Diablo Cody’s sophomore writing effort, Jennifer’s Body; we debate the virtues of the Nick Hornby scripted An Education; and we lament the travesty that is Ewan McGregor’s attempt at an American accent in The Men Who Stare at Goats.

Go on, have a listen; you’ll only be slightly disappointed

Posted at 13:37, 7th November 2009