The Film Yap

Diablo Cody’s follow-up script to “Juno” certainly doesn’t ring as sweet and real as its predecessor, but that was hardly the intention.

With five Academy Award noms (winning in 1986 for “Cocoon”), his resume includes “Return of the Jedi,” “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Jurassic Park,” “Minority Report,” and “Star Wars: Episode I.”

Michael Bay is the king of the big, dumb summer action flick, and “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” is as big and dumb as they come.

On DVD this week: a little movie called “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and its great big star Optimus Prime. Also – Michelle Pfeiffer in “Cheri.”

In this week’s podcast, Joe and Chris yap about cinematic portrayals of robots, androids and other manufactured forms of life, from “Metropolis” to “Transformers.”

Joe and Chris make like Autobots and Decepticons over the new “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”

Chris explains why 2007 was Hollywood’s Worst Summer Ever.