====== On Cinema at the Cinema Season 5 Episode 8: "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" ====== | [[s05e07| ← S5E07]] | **[[ocatc|On Cinema at the Cinema]]** | [[s05e09| S5E09 β†’]] | | [[d01e05| ← Decker S1E05]] | **[[timeline|Complete Timeline]]** | [[s05e09| S5E09 β†’]] | | **On Cinema at the Cinema** || ^ Season | [[season5|5]] | ^ Episode | 8 | ^ Hosts | [[tim]] | ^ Guests | [[gregg]] | ^ Released | August 13, 2014 | ^ Films reviewed | //[[wp>Sin City: A Dame to Kill For]]// (2014, 102 mins.) | ^ [[popcornclassics]] | //[[wp>I.Q. (film)|I.Q.]]// (1994, 96 mins.) | ^ Segments | [[onlocation]]\\ Popcorn Classics | ^ Runtime | 9 min. 36 sec. | ^ Video link | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P93K-73MshM|YouTube]]\\ [[https://www.adultswim.com/videos/on-cinema-at-the-cinema/season-5-episode-8-sin-city-a-dame-to-kill-for|Adult Swim]]| Tim discusses the future of Decker and the state of Hollywood sequels while guest Gregg Turkington gives us a cool "behind-the-scenes" look at a classic cinema location. ===== Synopsis ===== Congratulations are in order for the successful completion of the first season of //[[decker]]//. Gregg says he continues to receive encouraging [[cardsandletters|cards and letters]], and presents Tim with a bouquet of flowers, a bottle of champagne, and a framed screenshot of //Decker's// first review. Tim, almost getting emotional, is grateful given the challenges of the past two years, and thanks Gregg and the audience. Gregg asks what the future of //Decker// looks like; Tim says he wants to bring in some big-name actors, but isn't sure about Gregg's character. The only film up for review today is //Sin City: A Dame to Kill For//, with some tough-to-pronounce names in the cast. Tim loved the dark noir quality of the film, and awards it five bags. He uses this opportunity to plug the [[app|On Cinema mobile app]], which he used to refresh his memory about the original //Sin City// film. Gregg also like the film, but he laments its failure to bring back several beloved cast members from the original movie. He draws a comparison to //Back to the Future Part II//, which flopped without Crispin Glover, and hopes Tim will not make the same mistake with //Decker//. Tim isn't receptive to the idea, describing Gregg's role as a "bit part." The two get into a prolonged argument about the merits of bringing beloved actors back for sequels. Next up is [[onlocation]]. Gregg visits the schoolhouse featured in the film //Oh, God!// (1977, 98 mins). As soon as he announces this, however, Tim immediately shuts down the segment and upbraids Gregg for choosing yet another //Oh, God!// location. He tells Gregg there will be no more On Cinema On Location segments from now on. Shifting gears, he asks Gregg to do a [[popcornclassics]] on the fly. Gregg goes off set to retrieve a copy of //I.Q.//. Tim says he recognizes it from a previous episode, but Gregg says Tim is thinking of //Q&A//. He isn't sure, however, and wonders if Tim is right. He likes the film, though, praising the "comic genius" of Walter Matthau and the rest of the cast. ===== Ratings ===== **//Sin City: A Dame to Kill For// (2014, 102 mins.)**\\ **[[tim|Tim]]**: 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿\\ **[[gregg|Gregg]]**: 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 ===== Trivia ===== * The schoolhouse Gregg visits is Colfax Charter Elementary School in Los Angeles. * //I.Q.// was not, in fact, previously featured as a Popcorn Classic.