Ep1154: Doc and Cover: Spinal Tap 2 / Megadoc (2025) - Movie Reviews
Ian and David crank things up to eleven with another---
Nevermind. Not gonna finish that hackneyed joke.
But it feeds right into today's double-feature review of Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues and Megadoc.
What do a legacy sequel about a fake British rock band and a documentary about filming one of cinema's most notorious flops have to do with one another? More than you might expect, as we discover in this spoilerific deep dive.
Spinal Tap 2 picks up with Nigel, David, and Derek reuniting for one last (contractually obligated) concert. But do they still have "it", and do cameos by legends like Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John elevate the absurdist mockumentary humor--or simply drag it out?
Mike Figgis' Megadoc finds the director chronicling the making-of chaos behind Francis Ford Coppola's Razzie Award-winning retro-futurist drama, Megalopolis. From difficult actors to incomplete ideas to entire departments being wiped out on a whim, the film drags shadowy Hollywood mystique into the daylight (for better and worse).
Join us for an examination of two movies that don't quite work--but whose seeds of greatness were trampled on by ego, age, and cynical nostalgia!
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Plus! Listen to Ian and David's other recent (and very raucous) reviews of:
Being Maria / Last Tango in Paris (2025 / 1972)
The Unholy Trinity (2025)
Magazine Dreams (2025)
A Real Pain (2025)
Rebel Ridge (2024)
Duchess (2024)
What Remains (2024)