Feb/100
OK, Good Stuff
Each episode Pat and Rob chill out and discuss what’s new in the world of web television and film. Also featured: the “Instant Movie Review”… the freshest film review on the web, given while walking out of the theater! Watch show here.
Mar/100
Instant Movie Review: Cop Out
See what Rob & Pat thought of the movie “Cop Out” directed by Kevin Smith, and starring Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis as buddy cops. Then comment below and let us know what you thought of this film. Also featuring Rashida Jones, Seann William Scott, Kevin Pollack, Adam Brody, Jason Lee, Michelle Trachtenberg, & Ana De La Reguera.
Check out the full review on Wednesday March 3rd on the show OK, Good Stuff!
Feb/100
Internet TV Weekly Picks: Brainstorm
I’m just gonna come right out and say it: This is my favorite Internet TV series so far. I watched all eight episodes in a row, and then I watched the series for a second time just for the hell of it. Very funny stuff. You can see Robby and Pat discuss the show on this week’s episode of OK, Good Stuff, “RPG”.
Brainstorm (which can be found at brainstormtheshow.com and DailyMotion) is a show about an ad agency called “Yogurt” which is going under due to an inappropriate TV spot leading to the sudden firing of a majority of the employees. The agency needs to nail a pitch for a campaign for “THE” Altoids, & so they bring in the best in the business: Rock Shanz! The main character of the show, Ben (played by Jamie Elman) has a history with Rock as he stole Ben’s ideas & girlfriend at the same exact time. Hilarity ensues. Watch the trailer below, and then head over to brainstormtheshow.com to watch the entire series. It’ll be the best 45 minutes you’ll ever spend on the internet. This show also stars Michael Blaiklock, Todd Grinnell, Peter Holden, Charlotte Newhouse, & Genevieve Jones.
Good stuff, okay?
Feb/100
Instant Movie Review: Shutter Island
Today on the Instant Movie Review, Pat & Rob talk about the film “Shutter Island”, the psychoanalytic thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Mark Ruffalo – directed by Martin Scorsese. In the film, DiCaprio plays a US Federal Marshall who goes with his partner (Ruffalo) to Shutter Island (a home to the criminally insane) to investigate the disappearance of a patient.
Find out what Pat & Rob thought of the film immediately after seeing it in the theaters. Then, come back on Wednesday for an all-new episode of OK, Good Stuff where they will talk about the movie again, now that they’ve had some time to digest what they saw.
Lexi Scherr
Feb/100
Internet TV Weekly Picks: Derrick Comedy and hitRECord.org
This weeks Internet TV picks have to do with some past episodes of OK, Good Stuff. Last week we reviewed the movie, “Mystery Team” from the guys at Derrick Comedy. This was their first movie and was wildly funny. You can check out our full review of, “Mystery Team” here. We liked the movie so much that we thought we could highlight some of the best from Derrick Comedy.
The second callback is from a couple weeks back, the new production company from Joseph Gordon-Levitt, hitRECord.org. They had their first test as a production company at Sundance 2010. They set up a booth for the ten day festival and spent those days working with people at Sundance and around the world to create some great collaborations worth showing off the closing day. To see exactly how they work together to make their records click here. Our picks from the show are below. If you want to see our conversation on these videos watch Episode 11 of OK, Good Stuff.
Derrick Comedy:
Opposite Day: Imagine working at an office that replaced casual Fridays with opposite day Fridays. That can’t end well.
Feb/100
Internet TV Weekly Picks: So On and So Forth
On this week’s Episode of OK, Good Stuff we found the Crackle show So On and So Forth for your viewing pleasure. The story revolves around 5 people who are all interconnected in some way. There are ten episodes each take place with two of the characters. By the end each character has one video with every other character. It is a comedy series by the director Matt Spicer and starring Camille Chen, Diana Gitelman, Jake Johnson, Jon Togo, Armen Weitzman.
The series is more of an experiment in film and in producing internet content then an attempt to tell a full story. There are ideas that follow through the 10 episodes, but it is more about the interactions and treatment of the characters. There is plenty to enjoy in this likable internet comedy. To see our full conversation watch Episode 11 of OK, Good Stuff. Check out the trailer and first couple episodes below.
Trailer:
Jan/100
Instant Movie Review: Edge of Darkness
Welcome to the Instant Movie Review! Here’s where Robby, Pat, and sometimes special guests talk about the movie immediately after leaving the theater! Revolutionary concept, eh?
Well, today they went and saw the new Mel Gibson flick, “Edge of Darkness”, which I know at least Robby was apprehensive about at first. For a bit of background, the screenplay was written by William Monahan who also wrote The Departed, and it coincidentally also takes place in Boston. In the film, a man (Mel Gibson) watches as his daughter is shot and killed. He then makes it his mission to find out why, and a number of crazy things unravel.
After you’ve watched the Instant Movie Review, head over to OK, Good Stuff Episode 9 for their full and complete thoughts.
Lexi Scherr
Jan/100
Instant Movie Review: Extraordinary Measures
Welcome to the Instant Movie Review! Watch as Pat, Robby, and sometimes special guests discuss the latest films right as they leave the theater. Maybe Hip is the only place you’re gonna find that.
This week, the boys (along with special friend Beth) went and saw “Extraordinary Measures” starring Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford. The film is based on the true story of John Crowley and his family – two kids suffering from Pompe Disease (a form of muscular dystrophy) – and a theoretical scientist who helps him find a cure for his children.
What did you think of this flick? Tell us about it below!
Lexi Scherr
Jan/100
Internet TV Weekly Picks: The Bannen Way
The Bannen Way is a very exciting step forward for internet TV. The story takes place over 90 minutes of professionally produced high energy fun. ”Neal Bannen wants to get out of the criminal lifestyle forever… but he owes $150,000 to the notorious prison gangster Sonny Carr. After failing to triple his money and losing all his money in a poker game, Bannen’s forced to do one more job.”
The show is split into 16 short episodes that add up to an entire movie. The full length movie was released in iTunes the same day that the show launched of Crackle. The show had some big money and Sony Pictures behind it. The episodes rival the production quality of any show on TV. Could this be a the big step that internet TV was waiting for to step into some larger show? Only time will tell.
Starring Mark Gantt, Vanessa Marcil, Gabriel Tigerman, Michael Ironside, Robert Forster, Michael Lerner, Ski Cutty Carr, Autumn Reeser, Brianne Davis, Brittany Ishibashi, Brynn Thayer, Gary Grossman, Wallace Langham and Directed by Jesse Warren. If you would like to see the whole conversation watch Episode 7 of OK, Good Stuff. Check out the first couple of episodes below.
Episode 1: Neal Bannen wants to get out of the criminal lifestyle forever… but he owes $150,000 to the notorious prison gangster Sonny Carr. After failing to triple his money and losing all his money in a poker game, Bannen’s forced to do one more job.
Jan/100
Internet TV Weekly Picks: hitRECord.org
To learn about what hitRECord.org is watch this weeks episode of OK, Good Stuff.
I am very excited to see what comes out of hitRECord.org. If I weren’t so busy I would like to be more of a part in hitRECord.org. The biggest reason that Maybe Hip exists is because you no longer have to live in a certain location to be able to do something in film and media. I love that Joseph Gordon-Levitt has taken this idea and tried to do something really profound and game changing with it. He wants anyone in any part of the world to be able to be part of Hollywood. As he says it isn’t fair that some people just don’t get a chance to do something they want to because they don’t live 20 minutes from LA.
