The Film Yap

This special effects-free horror is matinee or rental fare, but gets points for trying.

Movies heroes these days are less likely to be muscle-bound alpha males and instead be wimpy outcasts. What gives?

Lauren Whalen counts down five of the worst dance scenes on film.

Here are some of the cinema’s cleverest cleaning sessions.

Here are some of the cinema’s cleverest cleaning sessions.

In this week’s show, Joe and Chris yap about the history and influence of IMAX movies, and recent controversies surrounding multiplex knockoffs.

“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” — a zippy modern-noir action-comedy — continues Nick Rogers’ daily look back at the 365 best films of 2000-2009.

Joe and Chris yap about movies in which animals and inanimate objects that shouldn’t talk, do.

“Racing Dreams” is the most insightful look into youth sports since “Hoop Dreams,” after which it was clearly modeled.

Special guests Richard Propes, Gina Wagner and Ed Johnson-Ott join us this week to discuss chick flicks.