Join John Rush and the team on Rush to Reason as they take you through a rollercoaster of reviews and insights on the latest movies. This Friday episode kicks off with a lively introduction and segues into a thoughtful critique of the new release, The Smashing Machine, featuring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. Between movie reviews, the discussion is enriched with health advice from Dr. Scott Faulkner, focusing on personalized and regenerative medicine approaches.
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It’s finally Friday on Rush to Reason with your host, John Rush. So I tell him I’m a pro, Jack. And who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama himself. So we finish 18, and he’s gonna sniff me. And I say, hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know? And he says, oh, uh, it won’t be any money. But when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness. So I got that going. And movie reviews with Andy Payne.
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What do you want to do tonight?
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The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world. Stick a fork in me, Jerry. I’m done. Now, here is your host of Rush to Reason, John Rush.
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All right, it is Friday. Happy Friday, everybody. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Myself, Andy Pate, Charlie Grimes, and it is a beautiful day outside.
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It is gorgeous.
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Love it. Absolutely. We’ll take it. All right, we’ve got, what, three movies to do today, right?
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Yeah, we’ve got The Smashing Machine, Good Boy, and Coyotes.
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All right, so three movies today. We’ll get those wrapped up in this first hour. Second hour, we’re going to do, of course, NFL picks. And the movie rental hour is Howlers, movies with dogs or wolves. Dogs or wolves. That’s a good genre. I like this one.
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Yeah, by the way, that includes werewolves, of course, because they howl.
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Yeah, that’s true. They do.
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Yeah, there you go. Okay. We’re very open-minded here at Rush to Reason.
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Yes, we are. So when it comes to movies, we’ll take any of them. And again, that hour, we have a lot of fun. In a lot of cases, I don’t know about the rest of you, but I will take a lot of the movies that we talk about and think, oh, yeah, that’s when I got to rewatch again. And that’s what I’ll, you know, I’ll pick one of those and do that.
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Oh, yeah. It seems like almost every week I’ll pick one of them and have Corey and I watch it. And we’ll just be like, my gosh, we forgot how much we like this.
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We do exactly the same thing. So that’s partially why we do it during that hour. All right. Without further ado, we’ll take a quick break here. We’re going to come back so Andy can get the three movies in. Dr. Scott coming up next, by the way. Again, he is my doctor. I say it all the time, but he thinks exactly like we do. He wants to take care of you and help you get to your best health. 303-663-6990.
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And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, John Rush, together with Andy Pate and John! Are you ready for a movie? Always. Okay, well, The Rock gets serious in The Smashing Machine.
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Please give a round of applause for Mark Curran.
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Hello, and thank you to everyone for allowing me to be here today. You have been extremely understanding to me, dealing with my personal struggles.
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Let’s do it. He’s the best. There’s no way. I can’t believe that. Why? Because of my tummy.
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You know what that would do to my tummy. I would get sick everywhere.
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No, it’s about perspective, okay? Just let you live without a trace. On the inside, you don’t feel it. You’re like pinned against the wall. When I stand here taking every breath with you. Oh my goodness! That is out! This is truly shocking. When he’s distant, it’s hard.
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I’m sacrificing everything. What do you have for me that’s strong? I’ll do it. A day without pain is like a day without sunshine.
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The skin’s bad.
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The skin’s insane.
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You know what I’m doing, right? This is it. That’s it. What happened? I’m so sorry. It’s me. You don’t have to apologize, okay? I know that you’ve been questioning whether I am the fighter that you thought that I was. And one of my biggest regrets in life is the answer to that question.
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I wasn’t.
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I promise that I’m going to make this up to you.
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To see Mark back out there is truly remarkable.
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I just need you to let me in.
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With everything he’s been through, does he still have it in him? What happens next? It’s simple. Get up, Mark, get up. Am I going to hurt him before he hurts me? Get up, Mark, come on. Ready? I think so. You think so? Come on, Mark, it’s a yes or no answer. Come on, are you ready?
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Yes.
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Ah, Markitos!
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All right, John, that is the Smashing Machine. Does it look interesting?
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It looks very good.
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Okay, here we go. It’s hard to believe MMA fighting was ever a new thing, isn’t it? I mean, today, arenas fill for it. Trump, he largely got elected by it, but back in the 90s, MMA fighters barely got by. Well, enter Mark Kerr, Dwayne the Rock Johnson, and we like him, of course. He was a huge guy who pounded men in the ring, but he had to do most of it in Japan because the laws weren’t friendly here. Now, Mark is a quiet, reasonable fellow, but his whole life is fighting. His girlfriend, Dawn, played, of course, by Emily Blunt, shares a loving relationship with Mark, but she has to deal with the fallout of his professional. Okay, and it’s a lot. That means pain.
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Right.
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Lots of physical pain. Well, pain brings painkillers, which brings addiction, which brings collapse. Remember Brett Favre? He went through this. Right, right. And through it all, Mark becomes angrier and more depressed as he pushes himself in ways to keep his edge and survive the pain. Well, ultimately, this can’t continue, and Dawn must help Mark recover. But will she? After all, Dawn’s, well, she’s not Mother Teresa herself, John. And when you hit rock bottom, you do it together. Hmm. And somehow you must fight your way back. Well, through it all, Mark has a good friend, an opponent in the ring also named Mark. He was named Mark Coleman, and he’s played by Ryan Bader. And why do I say he was named Mark Coleman? Because this is a true story.
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Oh, okay.
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Okay, it’s based on a true story. Mark Coleman understands and can help. But what about their competition? Destiny awaits both of them in the ring. And that’s the story of the Smashing Machine. What do you think?
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It looks really good, and it looks really weird to see Dwayne Johnson with hair.
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Yep. All right, here we go. Well, what works in the Smashing Machine? Number one, I don’t know about Oscar-worthy. I’m not going to go that far. But Johnson’s portrayal was raw and committed. It was certainly the best acting that he has done. There’s an in-depth look behind the scenes of MMA in its early stages, and I found that kind of fascinating. I really loved Johnson’s style in talking to people, very rational, very fair, very troubled. And he really conveyed this very well. He did a great job of being this rational, fair, calm kind of person. And honestly, that is Dwayne Johnson. In real life, he’s a very rational kind of guy. He can agree with them, disagree with some of his things. But Dwayne Johnson’s a very rational kind of guy when you see him in interviews. And that came through in this movie. Now, the drug addiction was real, complete with methods of getting it. And they conveyed that. I like that. The action in the ring, realistic or not, was brutal. So, you know, I kind of like, you know, showing the various different kinds of MMA. Well, what is MMA? Mixed martial arts. So it is basically different people coming from different kinds of fighting styles to see which one works best. For those who haven’t really thought much about MMA, that’s what you do. You got wrestling, you got boxing, you got karate, all these things come together in the ring. And also they have a good training montage at one point. I kind of enjoyed that. And finally, you got a nice performance. And I actually think maybe the best performance came from Ryan Bader playing his friend Mark Coleman. All right. What doesn’t work in the Smashing Machine? Oh, boy. The struggle here is between is this film impressive versus do I want to watch this? Okay. My, my strong feelings were, I don’t want to watch this. And I mean that feeling, I didn’t want to watch it going in and it grew. And there are times where there’ll be a movie. I don’t want to watch peanut butter Falcon. Okay. And I’m, my mind is totally changed early on in the movie. Not here. It actually grew. It got worse. This is a typical drug addiction film of a performer press too far, seen it before, hated it every time, hate it now. And unlike the Iron Claw, this really doesn’t offer that much hope amidst the depression. Very depressing. His addiction is awful. His girlfriend is selfish. Having finally forgotten Uncut Gems, I now have this misery.
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I was going to mention that one.
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Yeah, I now have this misery damaging my psyche for years to come. And by the way, this was written and directed by the guy who wrote and directed Uncut Gems.
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Okay.
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And now, don’t get me wrong, it’s not as depressing and bad as Uncut Gems. Uncut Gems damaged me.
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Which is still a good movie. It’s just very depressing.
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Right. It’s a well-made movie. It’s a very good movie. That is incredibly depressing that I can’t imagine anybody wanting to watch. It’s a one-time watch. You might have a surgeon who does a tremendous heart surgery. Do you want to watch it? Probably not. Okay. And that’s Uncut Gems.
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Right.
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And a lot of this was going on here. Now, the pace in this movie is glacial. It is so slow. I mean, it’s really slow. Trudging through arguments and addiction and pain and collapse. Emily Blunt, she is fine as the gorgeous girl stereotype, but anybody could have done her role. I really don’t know why they needed Emily Blunt for this role, but why not? You know, she does a good job. She’s obviously a hottie, and she’s also a great actress. But there wasn’t that much. I don’t know. Perhaps the worst part of these downfall stories is the predictability. OK, you know where everything you know, everything that’s coming, you know where it’s going. And OMG, does this take a long time getting there? Painful. Basically, this had about 40 minutes of story and over two hours of film. It really did. All kinds of extra moments needed editing badly. Ever since the CIA dumped enhanced interrogation, I thought this kind of torture ended. OK, and even the ending. The resolution of it is not good. It’s not fulfilling at all. I felt totally unfulfilled at the ending. So I’m just sitting there going, well, let’s see. I haven’t enjoyed any of the last two hours. Yes, I’ve gotten to see some impressive acting. I’ve gotten to see a lot of very good acting. I’ve gotten to see a peek behind the world of MMA in its early stages. I think seeing something modern would be more interesting. I’ve gotten to see The Rock do things that he can’t do. I’ve gotten to see a true story. But you know what? It wasn’t uplifting. this true story really wasn’t very uplifting at all um this was awful this was an awful experience for me at the theater it was awful for me okay but now as you know the reviewers are going to grade it up why because of the artsy nature of it and because you’ve got I mean, look at what they did for Uncut Gems. They gave it great reviews. A movie nobody would want to go to. Okay? So I’m just going to be honest. Rotten Tomatoes, 75%. No. Okay. I’m sorry, but do I think that some of the artistic quality of it is 75% worthy? Yes. Do I think it’s that good of a movie to go to? No. Quality, one and a half stars. For me, it was zero. I’m actually being very kind with the 1.5. Okay. This was not fun to go to at all. And by the way, the storyline didn’t move along as well as Uncut Gems. it dragged more. And it was just, it was a rough watch. It was a very rough watch. Political three, moral, religious two, you know, nothing big. I’m not saying everybody’s going to go into this and hate it like I did. No, I’m not reviewing the movie for me. I’m reviewing it for everybody. But I will say this, John, this is a very slow movie. This is a movie that has a lot of moments where, because they’re trying to do it kind of a documentary style with the shaky camera. So they’re trying to make it very real. So a lot of times those movies will include a lot of content that you probably don’t need. There are some good poignant moments, but a lot of dragging in between. This was a hard watch. This was not an enjoyable movie. I’m sorry. That’s the truth. It’s just no fun to watch. And so do I recommend going to the Smashing Machine? I’ll say this. I’m not going to say no, because if you really like these kind of documentaries and people’s lives spiraling downward, I’ll be honest. No, but I’ll be honest, John. You like these kind of movies. You do.
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I’ll watch it once probably.
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A Star is Born. You like movies where stars, music stars or whatever, their lives go downhill because it’s fascinating for you because you study that kind of thing. All right. And I think for people like you, I think you might actually enjoy this movie. Okay. Might not because it’s slow.
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The slowness would be hard.
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That would be hard. Would I recommend you go to it? No. I think people who are really, really, really wanting to see The Rock— I won’t pay to watch it.
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I’ll watch it at some point in the future on a rental or something, probably.
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Yeah, because then you can turn it off. But, I mean, if you’re talking about people who really, really, really want to watch The Rock do something real like this, and he does a fine job, and you want to watch a little bit of MMA and how that starts out— See, I’m not— They don’t show enough in the ring.
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Well, for me, that’s the biggest thing that I’m, and people might be surprised at this, I’m not an MMA fan.
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Oh, me either.
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At all. There’s something about two people in a ring bloodying each other up that I just, I’m sorry. And I know Trump and a lot of guys love it, but I’m not one of those, Andy.
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Well, I’m actually kind of a purist. I like boxing.
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I like boxing better than this.
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Yeah, to me, boxing is really cool, and I’m also pretty fascinated by karate. I like the pure forms, but when you mix them like that, for me, it’s not as fun. I like watching pure karate or pure boxing. I think it’s really entertaining. This isn’t as much. Look. It’s a slow movie. That’s all I’m going to say. This is a slow crawl and very depressing. Is it as depressing as Uncut Gems? No, not nearly. Nothing is. But it is.
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He just spirals out of control.
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Yeah.
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Constantly. Every time you think he’s going to get ahead, he doesn’t. Now, I will say, the one thing about Uncut Gems is you don’t know the ending. You think, because most of those shows like that, you would think at the end, he’s going to come back and have big success.
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Yeah, we can do total spoiler here.
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Yeah, we don’t care.
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Yeah, Uncut Gems, don’t watch it, so we’re going to spoil it for you. No, it gets worse and worse and worse, and then he dies.
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Right. There is no comeback at the end. That’s the worst part about the movie. It’s like, oh, there’s no celebration or anything like that at the end, like there isn’t a lot of movies, Andy.
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Right, and while Dwayne Johnson did a good job in The Smashing Machine, was he as impressive as Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems? No.
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Well, he’s not as good of an actor. Sorry, he’s just not.
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No, he isn’t.
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He’s a fun actor, and he’s always fun in movies, and he’s one of those guys that, yes, you’ll go pay to watch, but is he Adam Sandler? No.
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No. Did he stretch himself in this? Yes. But a little example here. Every time he cried, he had to bury his head in his hands. Why?
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Because he’s not an actor that cries.
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Right. He’s not an actor. He’s not an actor. He couldn’t convey real crying. And you could tell the director was covering for him. I’ve seen this done, by the way, with other jock actors when they have to have a crying scene. A lot of times they bury their heads. Why? Because to really cry in a show, yeah, they wet your eyes and so forth, but to convey it takes acting quality. He couldn’t do it, and I know he couldn’t do it. But do I feel that Dwayne Johnson did a good, good job acting in this movie overall? Yes. And do I credit him for that? Yes. Would I ever want to see even five minutes of this movie again? No.
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private and we guarantee that you will enjoy the experience the best export we have is common sense you’re listening to rush to reason welcome back to rush to reason denver’s afternoon rush klz 560 john rush together with andy pate and john are you ready for another movie absolutely all right john well what would it be like to be a dog in a horror movie let’s find out in good boy
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I guess I’m next.
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All right, John, you get virtually nothing out of that preview.
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I have no idea what’s going on.
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Well, let’s jump in. Have you ever noticed how in the movies dogs seem to know when evil is lurking? Yes. They got that sixth sense. They really do. They bark at the dark corner. They suspect someone is behind that bench. Well, in Good Boy, Indy is a retriever raised from a puppy by Todd, who’s played by Shane Jensen, his owner. They’re best friends, and Todd is Indy’s whole life. But then Todd goes through serious health issues and winds up moving into his grandfather’s house that he inherited. Everyone says don’t go there because it’s haunted. Yes, people actually agree on that, John. That’s kind of a bad sign right there. Well, we’ve all seen good men driven mad in horror films. Remember The Shining? But what if that man has a dog who looks to him for everything? What’s more, Indy is a dog and as such can see evils in the home. which is kind of interesting happening. So you’ve got the dog, and he’s seeing the darkness in the corner grow into a person or whatever, right? So he’s seeing a lot going on that the man can’t. Well, most of the actual dialogue is in the distance, as this was from Indy’s perspective. We’re watching a horror film unfold through a dog’s eyes. It’s something I’ve never seen done before. And this home has a history where a pet was killed. Well, that’s not good for Indy, right? That’s kind of a bad sign. And, of course, Grandpa, he died there too. That was him talking. I guess I’m next. I should have never come here. Well, he was watching film of Grandpa. Todd was watching film of Grandpa talking. All right. No one lasts here that long. So what will happen to Indy’s world? Because his whole world is Todd. Right. Who will survive and what will we learn about how pets see us and the world around them? And that is the story of Good Boy. What do you think?
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It’s interesting.
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Interesting.
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Interesting story. Yeah.
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All right. Well, let’s jump in. Well, what works in Good Boy? Well, first of all, a totally different look at horror from someone who can’t understand it because the dog can’t understand what’s going on here, but he is seeing it. Now, if there’s an Oscar for best non-human actor, this dog gets it.
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Okay.
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I was really impressed with what they were able to do with this dog. I’ve never quite seen a dog directed in this way. And I was a little taken aback at how they set up the dog. and had the facial expressions and all these kinds of things with what was going on in the movie. Very well done. Next, this is a short film, John. Only an hour and 13 minutes. 73 minutes. Wow. Yeah, exactly. Short. Exactly. Well, there’s a plot point that becomes more real. As it goes along, but you can tell they’re developing this rather quickly. Finally, solid scares with a raw, low-budget feel. Great camera work and perspective. That was what a lot of the horror was, was almost all camera work, perspective, perspective, camera work. And, you know, sometimes wearing various makeup and so forth. Basically, this was cheap. This was cheap. He had very little CGI. He had some, but not a lot. All right. What doesn’t work in Good Boy? Well, first of all, the dog’s perspective limits the scope of the drama. You barely see people’s faces. And it’s really hard. It’s hard to really connect with what’s going on. I know you’re supposed to connect with the dog, but, you know, I got a news flash here, John. We’re not dogs. Right. And it’s a little hard to. Next problem, really low budget. I mean, really low. I think the dog wrote it. All right. This was an incredibly low budget film and it shows. Next. I hate to say this. This is the long hour in 13 I’ve seen in years. More depressing than scary. It was very depressing, very sad as his owner, as Todd goes through his health issues. I saw this after the Smashing Machine. Okay, so I’m entering an asylum today after the show.
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So it didn’t take you.
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Yeah, I’ve already booked a spot.
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Didn’t lift your spirits.
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No. Watching the Smashing Machine and then this. Wow. This was very rough for me. Good horror is kept alive by hope. Right. You got to have hope for the main characters. I hope it works out. I hope they get through this. I hope she survives this slasher who’s coming, breaking through all these doors with axes and so forth. I hope, I hope. Well, there is no hope in this movie. Not much. And that’s really hard. OK, that gets hard. Supposedly, critics saw artfulness. That’s what they saw in following a dog around and then adding cheap effects as if the dog is reacting to them.
SPEAKER 05 :
OK.
SPEAKER 04 :
All right. John, I saw a dog walking around with cheap CGI and makeup tricks plastered in later. That’s what I saw. All right. I just it’s like, you know, nothing is really happening here or not much. I mean, I watched a dog walk around for an hour. That’s a rough watch.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, that would be.
SPEAKER 04 :
You have dogs.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes, I do.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, I want you to imagine, John, just taking an afternoon. Do this tomorrow afternoon. Spend an hour watching your dog.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, thanks.
SPEAKER 04 :
No?
SPEAKER 05 :
I’ve got better things to do. Not brave enough? I’ve got other stuff to do.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, well, I just did that, and that was kind of hard. I was looking forward to this film. I really was because I thought it was really fascinating having a horror story from the dog’s perspective. I was really, really looking forward to this. But if every hour were as long as this one, I’d live forever.
SPEAKER 06 :
Got it.
SPEAKER 04 :
All right. Not bad. Oh, yes. Hour 13, and I’m serious, it felt like a solid two hours. It did. It was just too slow, just not enough happening. Once again, the actual storyline of what was happening in this movie, just like the previous movie, Smashing Machine had about 45 minutes of story, two hours of movie, seriously, dragged out all over the place. Here, you probably had about 20 minutes of actual plot line, maybe 30. And they dragged it out because they were showing what it’s like for a dog to experience things slowly. Well, okay, that can be artful, and I can enjoy that for a while, but it becomes tedious, and it did. Rotten Tomatoes, once again, they loved it. You know, I’m starting to think Rotten Tomatoes is getting lower standards. We’re going to talk about that in the next segment. They gave it 91%. Wow. No, no, no. This was, come on. This is 91%. That’s four and a half stars. That means I’m coming out of this movie, and I just saw Ford v. Ferrari. Yeah, you’re ready to go to see it again. And I’m saying, man, I want to see this again. I’ll wait a few months, but then I’ve got to rent this again. This is really good. Hey, I can’t wait to watch this with the wife. No.
SPEAKER 05 :
Not that good.
SPEAKER 04 :
Come on. No, two stars quality. And I’m being nice because the dog was terrific, and I love dogs. And it was interesting, and also a lot of the camera work was very well done. And the cheap scares, they really worked them well. And I’m going to give them credit for that, but I can’t go above two stars. I was bored out of my mind. Come on. Political three, moral, religious three, said nothing in any way, shape, or form, so I like that. No agenda. But, John, don’t go to Good Boy. You’re going to be bored. Good Boy is a bad movie.
SPEAKER 05 :
Be a good boy and stay home.
SPEAKER 04 :
Be a good boy. You know what you should do? Just take your own dog out for a walk.
SPEAKER 05 :
Go have fun.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah. And, you know, because watching misery, and I understand there are some people who love watching misery. No. Who can watch Brian’s song eight times or whatever. Beaches. You know, I’m sorry, but it’s not fun.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, that’s not uplifting.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, and I didn’t see, there were actually quite a few people in this movie watching this. It’s going to be a bit of a sleeper hit at first just because it’s so intriguing. I don’t think it’s going to last. So there you go. Good boy. Do I recommend it? No, I do not.
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Now back to Rush to Reason on KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 04 :
And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, John Rush, together with Andy Pate, and John! Are you ready for a third movie?
SPEAKER 05 :
Hopefully it’s better than the first two.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, that was depressing. Okay. Well, John, fires in L.A. I mean, we’ve seen that recently, right? So what’s the bigger concern? What’s the biggest concern when you have fires in L.A.? Well, bloodthirsty coyotes, of course. You didn’t guess that, right?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, here we go.
SPEAKER 04 :
Let’s watch coyotes.
SPEAKER 10 :
Gigi, walk. Oh, my God, I’m so done with this dog.
SPEAKER 02 :
Oh, my God, I love your dog.
SPEAKER 10 :
Gigi, go potty now. It’s exhausting being this hot. Are you worried about the tree out front?
SPEAKER 15 :
I’m not worried.
SPEAKER 01 :
You did say that you were going to trim it last year.
SPEAKER 15 :
We can wait.
SPEAKER 07 :
Guys, guys, guys. There’s something outside.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay. Give me, give me.
SPEAKER 07 :
No, right now.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right now.
SPEAKER 07 :
Wow. Make sure it’s okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
What was it?
SPEAKER 14 :
Just a sketchy little coyote. No big deal.
SPEAKER 04 :
Do you hear that sound? Sounds like somebody’s singing or dying. Oh, it’s gone now.
SPEAKER 07 :
They can open doors?
SPEAKER 06 :
Is it bad? Uh, no, don’t look. Why? Why don’t you want me to look? Everybody in it? Everybody okay? It’s just… It’s okay! Oh, shit. This is definitely a bad idea. Get away!
SPEAKER 1 :
Fuck!
SPEAKER 15 :
They want your shelter, your food, your water, your sanity. I just want to say…
SPEAKER 04 :
I hope those aren’t my last words. Okay, John, what do you think of coyotes?
SPEAKER 05 :
Even the preview is wild.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah. Well, you know, what’s the biggest difference between coyotes and wolves?
SPEAKER 05 :
They’re smaller.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, no. The biggest difference is wolves have a lot more movies.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, there we go.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah. I mean, I’ve never seen a movie about coyotes. I’ve seen coyotes in movies, but not like this. And these coyotes were pretty big, by the way. I was pretty surprised. All right. Well, we find our story in Los Angeles where fires have taken a terrible toll, not in the city, but in the hills behind it.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, these fires have forced animals out of forests. Now, one group of animals is coyotes, and hey, they gotta eat. Did you know people are just walking meat?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, now you do. They are. Now you know that, yes. Well, Scott and Liv, they’re played by real-life married couple Justin Long and Kate Bosworth, and they’re a couple living in L.A. They have a teen daughter named Chloe, who is played by Mila Harris, and some kooky neighbors. Hey, it’s L.A., of course, they have kooky neighbors. And a rat problem in their walls. So, they get an exterminator. Now, Devon, the exterminator is played by Kier O’Donnell, is determined to get these terrible pests since since, you know, if it starts here, the whole neighborhood is at stake. He’s very serious. Meanwhile, the family blames their sloppy neighbor, Trip, who likes to party. That’s why they’ve got these rats. But now they and their neighbors and of all people, a prostitute named Julie. She’s played by Brittany Allen. They’re overrun by the elements and by coyotes. So coyotes are just flooding into the area. This is a lot like Crawl. Remember the movie Crawl, the film that has a hurricane that floods gators into a town, and the gators just tear everybody apiece. Okay, well, the normally standoffish coyotes are now hunting to survive, and people are tasty. So it’s a blood-soaked battle to the finish. Who will survive? Who will die? Will everyone die? Will LA’s population be replaced by a new population of coyotes? That is the story of coyotes. What do you think?
SPEAKER 05 :
Again, the previews are even weird.
SPEAKER 04 :
I know they are. Okay, well, what works in Coyotes? Well, first of all, you have a clever premise, right? Since Coyotes are really bigger than most people realize. It’s surprising. I did not know they were this big.
SPEAKER 05 :
Good-sized dog?
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, it’s a good-sized dog, and they can be pretty mean. It’s very gory. This movie is very gory, starting with an influencer filming herself in L.A. fashion, and she’s a supermodel filming herself. Bye-bye!
SPEAKER 05 :
I saw the preview.
SPEAKER 04 :
I kind of enjoyed that. The funniest character is Devin the Exterminator. They should have used him more. And Keira O’Donnell did a terrific job as Devin the Exterminator. Justin Long and Kate Bosworth. They have a very relaxed chemistry together. And I guess you would expect that since they’re married. But it shows on screen. Sometimes I’ve seen movies where married couples are in them together and it does not work at all. So here it did. That’s good. What doesn’t work in Coyotes? Well, for a horror comedy, this has too little comedy, especially in the second half. The first half I thought had some pretty good laughs. Second half it really tailed off. The writing just isn’t good enough, John. And that’s a real waste of such comedic talents in the cast because they’ve got some very funny people. This horror film had more stupid people basically asking to get eaten than I’ve ever seen. I mean, seriously, my goodness. Does no one in LA ever lock their doors and windows? Ever? With coyotes overrunning the area, would you leave a coyote-sized doggy door unsecured?
SPEAKER 05 :
No.
SPEAKER 04 :
I mean, are they kidding? No, you would not. It’s sitting there for like 20, 30 minutes, the doggy door, right?
SPEAKER 05 :
And these coyotes are all through the— Yeah, you’d lock that thing up.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, I’d nail it shut. Of course you would. I’d do something. Yeah, unbelievable. And when they shoot, didn’t anyone ever bother to, you know, aim? No. I mean, I haven’t seen this many bullets wasted since Roger Moore was making James Bond movies. Remember all the bullets in the air and one or two guys would drop? That’s what this was like. It was unbelievable. Next. These coyotes were so CGI, they looked like paintings. I mean, it was crazy. Everyone was getting eaten by a wild pack of rabid paintings. I… It’s hard to explain, John. The solution was one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen. I won’t explain it. The area is being overrun by countless coyotes, but Justin Long finds a solution that’s personal to a couple of the coyotes.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 04 :
Why would that matter? I don’t know. I mean, there are hundreds of them. They’re coming down from the hills. They’re overrunning. You hear screaming in the back. They’re listening and they’re hearing people throughout their neighborhoods screaming and running in terror and being eaten, right? He finds a solution that I guess matters for a couple coyotes. Dude, I have no idea why. Okay. Yes, let’s see. Oh, here’s one. The coyotes, they fled the wildfires, but they don’t run from a burning building that’s right behind them.
SPEAKER 05 :
Hmm.
SPEAKER 04 :
Why?
SPEAKER 05 :
Good point.
SPEAKER 04 :
I mean, there are people to eat throughout the whole area. Why would they stay right next to a burning building? Makes no sense. At one point, a guy’s entire rib cage is exposed and his flesh eaten off. Isn’t that disgusting? Yeah, I know. I know. But it’s cheap and silly and stupid. Well, anyway, he’s still alive. That’s disgusting. No, no, no. Look, this movie was stupid, John. It was. And don’t get me wrong. I mean, I’m okay with that because I’m thinking, okay, stupid comedy. Tremors. It’s not like Tremors tried to be realistic throughout the movie, but Tremors was obviously much, much, much funnier than this. For those who haven’t seen Tremors, four stars across the board. Trust me, that’s worth seeing. Coyotes is not. Rotten Tomatoes gave the 69%. Man, are they being forgiving lately.
SPEAKER 05 :
That’s high.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, and I do not understand it. Quality, one and a half stars for Coyotes. And by the way, I was reading some of the audience reviews. They were not as friendly. Okay.
SPEAKER 05 :
You’re being kind.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah. Well, I mean, they were not as friendly as the critics.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right, right.
SPEAKER 04 :
I don’t know what’s going on with the critics right now, John. They are giving a lot of very friendly reviews and giving a lot of bad advice. I have no idea why. We’re going to talk about that here in a moment with another movie. But they’re crazy. Political three, more religious three. It doesn’t say a thing. That’s nice. This is just… You know, this is trying to be a horror comedy that I’m going to give it one and a half stars. You know what? Let me be nice. I’m going to bring it up to two because I like Justin Long a lot, and I thought the first half was actually… Decent? Decent. Fairly funny for a while, and then it just drags. Then it falls apart. So I’m going to give it two. I’m going to go two because I was thinking it’s pretty good for one and a half.
SPEAKER 05 :
So this wasn’t near as good as Cujo? No.
SPEAKER 04 :
No. No, it was not.
SPEAKER 05 :
That’s too bad. All right, give us one more.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, you remember we were talking about a couple weeks ago, One Battle After Another?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, a new movie that came out.
SPEAKER 04 :
Was that last week?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, it was last week. Total Lib movie, just came out.
SPEAKER 04 :
Leonardo DiCaprio. Now, I didn’t go to it, not because it was liberal, but because it’s very long, and it would have made it so I couldn’t have seen anything else, because at the theater, it was crossing over the other movies. That’s why I couldn’t see it. But anyway, I got a good friend. His name is Eric Schreiber. We talk movies now and then. And Eric went to this movie. And I’ve got just a minute or two to give his review just to warn people. He goes, total leftist propaganda. At first, I thought it was supposed to be satirical. I’m reading from Eric here. But as plot twisted toward the ending, ugh, I’m so disappointed because I really like his other work. He’s talking about Paul Thomas Anderson, who’s done a lot of other work. Let’s see here. And I will never trust Rotten Tomatoes again. I’m telling you what, a lot of people don’t right now. The use of stereotyping to manipulate has never been used to more effect, and by the end, a director’s bias is revealed. Sean Penn, who obviously is ultra-left, he never would have agreed to do the equivalent character representing the other side. Pure bias. He says, this is the sponsored trailer which portrays DiCaprio’s character as a Rambo-esque version of Che Guevara. Okay. I haven’t been able to uncover who the sponsor is. George Soros? But he just said, this is awful. This is crap. And I saw online, I did see a couple of videos of conservative reviewers reviewing this, and they were just mocking it and just saying, my gosh, this isn’t even a movie. This is a pro-Antifa, I don’t know, advertisement. It is so bad.
SPEAKER 05 :
It’s that bad. Well, I know I saw some of the previews, didn’t it? Even the previews made it look that way.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right. And what, of course, are the reviews like? Probably high. Oh, very high. Go see the movie.
SPEAKER 05 :
It’s great.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, yeah, yeah. Four and a half percent. Four and a half stars it should be because they’re in the 90s. And it’s just like, oh, it’s the greatest movie ever. And this is as big an example as you could ever find of reviewers just loving a movie because of the agenda and being very forgiving. Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m sure that Leo did a great job acting because he always does. There was probably a lot of fine acting.
SPEAKER 05 :
Still.
SPEAKER 04 :
But yuck. And basically what I was hearing in a number of these other reviews was boring, slow, unbelievably biased. This is the most biased movie since Barbie. In fact, this is more biased possibly than Barbie. Wow. I mean, so far left wing. So there you go. Anyway, when we warn you about movies, we warn you about movies. This one I didn’t even bother going to. Thank you, Eric Schreiber, for warning all of our customers. Yep, take one for the team for us. Yes, you took one for the team, Eric.
SPEAKER 05 :
Thank you, Eric. Yeah, that one I can almost tell from the previews that’s like, yeah, this isn’t going to be a great movie.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right. This is going to be just awful. You’re going to go into it as a conservative and be bashed over the head with how bad you are. This was the ultimate anti-MAGA movie.
SPEAKER 05 :
You might as well just do the liar, liar move in the bathroom.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, exactly. I’m kicking my own ass.
SPEAKER 05 :
Just do that instead. You’d be better off.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
Because that’s what’s going to happen inside the theater.
SPEAKER 04 :
And it doesn’t take as long. Exactly. Take your beating quick.
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SPEAKER 05 :
Live and local, back to Rush to Reason. All right, real quick question of the day. This is yesterday. Name the 2009 sitcom that was canceled after airing just one episode. It immediately followed American Idol. It was Osbourne’s Reloaded. It starred Ozzy, Sharon, Jack, and Kelly. The one episode aired on Fox after American Idol in March of 2009. But most of the affiliates refused to air it due to concerns of vulgar language and risque subject matter. So it ended.
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Okay.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right. Today’s a possible question. Approximately how much does an average cumulus cloud weigh? That is the question of the day today. So there’s an article I was telling Andy, Wall Street Journal I was reading today. L.A.’ ‘s entertainment economy is looking like a disaster movie. In other words, it’s a dumpster fire.
SPEAKER 04 :
It is. And it’s because of regulations. It’s because of cost of labor. And that’s a lot of it. And it’s not just that people are moving a lot of their movie making out of L.A., which they are. They’re moving it around the country, but they’re also moving out of the country.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right.
SPEAKER 04 :
Period. And they’re filming everywhere around the world because labor is so much cheaper. I’ve heard directors basically say, look, I can film something in America. Or I can fly the entire crew overseas to like Ireland or New Zealand or one of these places or China, film one film there. And by, you know, I can pay for all of them to have free lodging the entire time. Right. And do all kinds of things for them the entire time, then come back and still save a dramatic amount of money versus trying to pay the union workers here in America to make a movie.
SPEAKER 05 :
Doesn’t shock me.
SPEAKER 04 :
Doesn’t shock me. Remember when unions drove the auto industry out of Detroit? I think unions are really crushing the movie-making industry here in America. And of all people who’s trying to save it, it’s Donald Trump.
SPEAKER 05 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 04 :
I mean, he is obviously putting tariffs on making movies overseas. I’m not sure how that will play because there are so many aspects of it. But he’s also pointing the finger at Gavin Newsom and saying, you guys have got to dramatically lower tariffs. Your restrictions that you put on them because you put them through all these environmental restrictions. You put them through all these labor restrictions and you make it too expensive to make a movie. Let me ask you, John, businessman. What do you think of the wisdom of what they’re doing in Hollywood? Are they ending Hollywood?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, they are. They’re going to kill it. They’re on their way. It’s a dumpster fire right now. This article basically says exactly everything you’re talking about, Andy. It’s just they’re ruining themselves.
SPEAKER 04 :
What would you recommend? Because you’ve turned around businesses. What would you recommend?
SPEAKER 05 :
The biggest issue there, to your point, is on the state level, they’ve got to get some things changed around to where they can do things that they’re not doing right now, lower their costs, and the union being one of the big ones.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
The problem is in California, Newsom, good luck. Right. No, I agree. Because that guy’s a moron.
SPEAKER 04 :
Look, the problem we can sum up in one word, Democrats. You know, I just watched a movie, Coyotes. They should do one just called Democrats.
SPEAKER 05 :
Because it’s exactly what they do.
SPEAKER 04 :
That’s a horror movie.
SPEAKER 05 :
They’re just devouring everything that they, you know, they roam around seeking who they can devour. They do. They’re locusts. They move on.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
You say that all the time.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah. And everybody flees their states and moves to Florida. Exactly what they do.
SPEAKER 05 :
They screw it all up and then leave.
SPEAKER 04 :
Exactly.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right. Hour number two, movie rental hour. We’re going to do movies with, it’s called Howlers, basically. So movies with dogs or wolves. We’ll do NFL picks to start with. Don’t go anywhere. Hour two is next. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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Average guys.
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Average guys.
