This week, Oz and Curtis rewind the clock with Be Kind Rewind — the Michel Gondry VHS-era ode to community, creativity, and electrocuted Jack Black vision quests. It’s part conspiracy comedy, part neighborhood fairy tale, part DIY filmmaking fever dream, and all wrapped in the warm analog fuzz of a Family Video rental that definitely wasn’t rewound.
The Hosts break down:
• Most Def as the soft-spoken heart of the story, trying desperately not to disappoint Danny Glover — the video-store dad we all wish we had. • Jack Black as Jerry, a man who becomes magnetized, erases an entire store’s inventory, and still somehow ends up the assistant director of the neighborhood. • The birth of "sweeted" films — cardboard FX, yarn proton streams, and 20-minute remakes with budgets lower than a laundromat vending machine. • A neighborhood that slowly transforms into a filmmaking co-op, complete with VHS economies, pizza-sauce blood packs, and a shockingly supportive senior citizen cameo. • A finale that turns homemade cinema into a communal love letter before the bulldozers roll in.
Final Verdict:
Oz — 82 New York Suburbs Curtis — 789 Marshmallow Men Made of Bagged Marshmallows
Next week: Rhyming Titles Month marches on with Super Troopers — syrup-chugging, mustache-twirling, cat-naming chaos from the Broken Lizard crew. Bring your liter of cola.
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