Obsessive Chat

An Obsessive Chat About 'The Hunger Games'

Mike Ryan | Posted 05.22.2012
Mike Ryan

Because you are surely not aware at this point, a very popular movie called The Hunger Games (which is based on a very popular book called The Hunge...

An Obsessive Chat About 'Gone'

Mike Ryan | Posted 04.25.2012
Mike Ryan

Earlier today, Cinemablend's Katey Rich, IFC's Matt Singer and myself ventured out into the cold, dark Gotham dawn to see a new movie that was not s...

An Obsessive Chat About "This Means War," With Mike Ryan Movieline's Alison Willmore

Mike Ryan | Posted 04.18.2012
Mike Ryan

The plot of this movie is so preposterous that Movieline's Alison Willmore and myself thought an obsessive chat was definitely in order. (Spoiler alerts, obviously.)

An Obsessive Chat About 'The Phantom Menace'

Mike Ryan | Posted 04.09.2012
Mike Ryan

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace returns to theaters on Friday in 3D -- 13 years after its original release. In 1999, anticipation was high...

An Obsessive Chat About 'Chronicle'

Mike Ryan | Posted 04.03.2012
Mike Ryan

Today, as you're reading this, a new "found footage" film titled "Chronicle" is playing at your local theater. But there's something that makes "Chronicle" slightly more interesting than past entries in this genre: It's not a horror movie. "Chronicle" is the tale of three high school students -- Andrew, the shy loner; Matt, Andrew's slightly more outgoing cousin; and Steve, the popular star athlete -- who develop mysterious powers after an encounter with an unexplained, underground orb-like object. "Chronicle" is an interesting movie. So interesting, in fact, that Jordan Hoffman (from Next Movie, /Film and formerly UGO's movies editor) and myself decided that an Obsessive Chat was necessary. (Spoilers ahead, obviously.)

An Obsessive Chat About "One For the Money," With Mike Ryan and AV Club's Alison Willmore

Mike Ryan | Posted 03.28.2012
Mike Ryan

As I read Alison Willmore (of the A.V. Club)'s review of One for the Money on Movieline, it became obvious that an obsessive chat was necessary. (Spoiler alerts, obviously.)