Trilogy in Theory: Recent Episodes
Michael Denniston and Web Bist
Two men and a movie make for a good trilogy. Now give those two men three movies and you have a Trilogy in Theory.
The Third Part in our Liam Neeson is a Short-Term MentorWhen a podcast host programs a Batman movie for a his co-host who usually shows up to record in a Batman t-shirt he expects a little more respect shown to BATMAN BEGINS! Alas, this is an episode in which one man's hatred of Christopher Nolan is put to the test when combined with his love of The Dark Knight... but not that movie because we needed to complete our trilogy on Liam Neeson mentoring young people to fairly bad results. Stay tuned for our episode on THE DARK KNIGHT RISES later this summer when it is included in a trilogy with EYES WIDE SHUT. Enjoy!
Catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch films from 1999 for BEST MOVIE YEAR EVER by Brian Raftery!
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The Second Part in our Liam Neeson is a Short-Term-MentorWe dare to go after the great Martin Scorsese. And also Cameron Diaz.
Catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch films from 1999 for BEST MOVIE YEAR EVER by Brian Raftery!
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The First Part in our Liam Neeson is a Short-Term Mentor TrilogyHow did one podcaster spend his May the Fourth? By running out on his sleeping family for a late night twenty-fifth anniversary screening of the George Lucas opus STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 - THE PHANTOM MENACE.
He then spent a week questioning his commitment to cinema and this podcast and pondering this question: if this podcast sticks around for two decades will people come around to our way of thinking or do we need to be bought out by Disney first to gain that wistful afterglow?
We will probably be dead by then. Enjoy!
Catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch films from 1999 for BEST MOVIE YEAR EVER by Brian Raftery!
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If you have a buck instead of a book you too can time travel with us back to 1999!The delightful ensemble of Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell and who else? I'm forgetting someone. Oh, that's right! Justin Long also stars in GALAXY QUEST which graces the pages of our Movie Book Club in this chapter from the book BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER. by Brian Raftery!. To listen to the full episode please consider throwing us a buck (there is only one Patreon tier and it is a whopping ONE DOLLAR) to hear this and all of our bonus content. No pictures of us in whip cream bikinis. That would require a larger tier of financial support.
Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
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The Third Part in our Pressure of the Pedestal TrilogyIn which Sofia Coppola's nepo baby status is questioned by one host and the other can't get over Josh Hartnett's hair. However that is the case even if we were discussing THE FACULTY. This episode is on THE VIRGIN SUICIDES. Though the hosts may prefer to rewatch THE FACULTY. Less suicide. Obviously. Enjoy!
Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
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The Second Part in our Pressure of the Pedestal TrilogyWe Pick Flick for the second part in this month's trilogy with Reese Witherspoon in a star-making performance (sorry, she was merely the fuddy-duddy in CRUEL INTENTIONS) in Alexander Payne's ELECTION. Competing with the likes of a young Chris Klein at the height of his himbo powers we discuss how this look at high school politics ages somewhat gracefully into middle age.
However we still don't see ourselves in Matthew Broderick. Not now. Not ever. Enjoy!
Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
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The First Part in our Pressure of the Pedestal TrilogyIn this episode we realize that WE... are the Max Fischer Players. God help us. And you! For we relive the glory days of our youth (and when we loved Wes Anderson) with 1998's RUSHMORE... as part of our look at the Best Movie Year Ever... of 1999. WHATEVER. We are very enthusiastic on this one!
Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
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If you have a buck instead of a book you too can time travel with us back to 1999!Just two middle-aged men discussing the greatest Superman story to ever grace the silver screen as THE IRON GIANT graces the pages of our Movie Book Club in this chapter from the book BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER. by Brian Raftery!. To listen to the full episode please consider throwing us a buck (there is only one Patreon tier and it is a whopping ONE DOLLAR) to hear this and all of our bonus content. No pictures of us in whip cream bikinis. That would require a larger tier of financial support.
Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
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The Third Part in our Dealing with the Devil in 1997 TrilogyOne host talks about what a GREAT ASS Connie Neilsen has and how Keanu Reeves has his head... ALL THE WAY UP IT.
Or something to that effect. The other host presents a childhood memory of walking in on his parents watching THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE and we wrap up our dealings with the underworld by debating the merits of bringing about the antichrist or being forced to watch SPAWN again. It's not a tough choice. Enjoy!
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The Second Part in our Dealing with the Devil in 1997 TrilogyDr. Alan Grant is at it again and THIS TIME IN SPACE as continue dealing with the devil of 1997 with the release of EVENT HORIZON. For one host this a pleasant first time watch of unpleasantness while the other host remembers fondly the teenage musing in a Hot Topic on the sick cruelty that Morpheus is exposed to while simply doing his job.
Also the audio commentary informed us that the producers found Joely Richardson very hot. So maybe this podcast isn't such a waste of your EVENT HORIZON audio time after all. Enjoy!
Catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
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The First Part in our Dealing with the Devil in 1997 TrilogySo it's come to this. We (and perhaps you, dear listener) needed a reprieve from the year of cinema in 1999 and we find ourselves a mere two years prior... watching and discussing SPAWN? Blame the need for superhero silliness after the serious business of VARSITY BLUES for our current plight of watching lifeless action, in your face "politically incorrect" humor from John Leguizamo as a cross between Salacious Crumb and Jabba the Hutt and Martin Sheen right before the life jacket that was to be playing President Bartlett.
There is no life jacket for us for this is our episode on SPAWN.
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If you have a buck instead of a book you too can time travel with us back to 1999!Just two guys attempting to relitigate the 2002 AFC Championship game and relive the moment Ali Larter walked out in a whipped cream bikini and Dawson was never the same.
Neither was America as another "cult classic" box office hit in VARSITY BLUES graces the pages of our Movie Book Club in this chapter from the book BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER. by Brian Raftery!. To listen to the full episode please consider throwing us a buck (there is only one Patreon tier and it is a whopping ONE DOLLAR) to hear this and all of our bonus content. No pictures of us in whip cream bikinis. That would require a larger tier of financial support.
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The Third Part in our Taming of the 1999 Shrew TrilogyOne host finds Julia Stiles AND Heath Ledger insufferable while the other is more bothered by the supposed nice guy act of Joseph-Gordon Levitt. Which is to say that maybe middle aged men should not sit in judgement of the charms of teen romcom hits from their youth. They do however really dislike labeling 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU a "cult classic."
On that we and the fanbase for this film can agree. And also Allison Janney. Always Allison Janney. Especially playing an erotica writing guidance counselor named Ms. Perky. Movies are the best. Enjoy!
Did we mention that you can get more of this in our Movie Book Club episodes on Patreon for BEST MOVIE YEAR EVER?
If you've made it this far into these show notes maybe you will follow us for a dollar. Either way, enjoy!
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The Second Part in our Taming of the 1999 Shrew TrilogyOne man faces down forty by watching CRUEL INTENTIONS for the first time. Then he moved on to the audio commentary track (which required finding a used DVD) AND THEN this man moved on to CRUEL INTENTIONS 2.
Which was just a series of unaired television episodes continuing this porny universe starring a young Amy Adams. Still not satisfied he moves to a actual porn with a terribly titled adult film parody of this Sarah Michelle Gellar and Reese Witherspoon classic.
Research was done. The other host just keeps bringing up Selma Blair in HELLBOY. Enjoy!
Did we mention that you can get more of this in our Movie Book Club episodes on Patreon for BEST MOVIE YEAR EVER?
If you've made it this far into these show notes maybe you will follow us for a dollar. Either way, enjoy!
Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch films from 1999 for BEST MOVIE YEAR EVER by Brian Raftery!
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The First Part in our Taming of the 1999 Shrew TrilogyOne host compares this early 1999 hit for the young adult crowd to the works of George Bernard Shaw and Spike Lee. Specifically Usher's appearance as the high school prom DJ as a callback to Samuel L. Jackson's work in DO THE RIGHT THING.
It is at this point that I remind you that he has a very disagreeable cohost. Enjoy, if you can!
Did we mention that you can get more of this in our Movie Book Club episodes on Patreon for BEST MOVIE YEAR EVER?
If you've made it this far into these show notes maybe you will follow us for a dollar. Either way, enjoy!
Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch films from 1999 for BEST MOVIE YEAR EVER by Brian Raftery!
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If you have a buck instead of a book you too can time travel with us back to 1999!Listen to us debate how taking the red pill has aged (yikes) in both a Mike Judge comedy and the Wachowskis very successfull attempt to never paint another house if you subscribe to our Patreon for the full episode on the book BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER. by Brian Raftery!
Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch the following films:
- The Blair Witch Project
- Following
- Go
- Run Lola Run
- The Matrix
- Office Space
- She's All That
- Cruel Intentions
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- Varsity Blues
- The Iron Giant
- Rushmore
- Election
- The Virgin Suicides
- Galaxy Quest
- Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace
- The Mummy
- The Straight Story
- The Sixth Sense
- American Pie
- The Best Man
- The Wood
- Eyes Wide Shut
- American Beauty
- Fight Club
- Being John Malkovich
- Three Kings
- The Insider
- The Limey
- Boys Don't Cry
- Magnolia
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The Third Part in our Follow the Non-Linear 90s TrilogyThe best way to educate young people in their pursuit of the German language is to watch Franks Potente run. And run some more. Preferably with cool red hair. That's about all that one host remembers from his high school foreign language class while the other host is still airing grievances about his father's lack of an opinion on THE MATRIX... but that's for next episode.
Speaking of which subscribe to our Patreon as we read our 2024 book club on the 25th anniversary of the films of 1999 as documented by BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER. by Brian Raftery. This month has featured three of the films from that book and how the 90s loved telling stories out of chronological order. That should be very comforting to any of our regular listeners who try to follow the thread that is our movie grumbling.
Watching RUN LOLA RUN now is just exhausting. Enjoy!
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The Second Part in our Follow the Non-Linear 90s TrilogyBack in 1999 one host was trying to convince his buddies to go see John August and Doug Liman's GO instead of seeing THE MATRIX for a third time while the other lesser host was somehow privy to stars of the adult entertainment world... but had no respect for the work of Canadian great Sarah Polley.
Thus begins yet another disagreement in the joys of youth. However we do agree that Jay Mohr would not make for a convincing drug dealer as there are still some things that almost anyone can agree on. Enjoy!
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The First Part in our Follow the Non-Linear 90s TrilogyChristopher Nolan is like a bad penny on this podcast which is to say that he's good for the numbers (or at least he used to be before we constantly negged him) but also manages to crash the first episode of a year where we will primarily focus on the film of 1999... with a film from 1998. Such is his immense talent!
For his debut feature film FOLLOWING we try to create some distance from what would follow in his filmography but end up extolling the virtues of his Batman flicks while also relaying a horrible date night experience with DUNKIRK. Did we mention that you can get more of this in our Movie Book Club episodes on Patreon for BEST MOVIE YEAR EVER?
If you've made it this far into these show notes maybe you will follow us for a dollar. Either way, enjoy!
Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch films from 1999 for BEST MOVIE YEAR EVER by Brian Raftery!
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If you have a buck instead of a book you too can time travel with us back to 1999!One host somehow avoided THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT until twenty-five years had passed and the other in his senile years is starting to blame this happy pop culture craze of his youth for the Snyderverse. Or something like that. At least a shot at JJ Abrams is taken if you subscribe to our Patreon for the full episode in our inaugural episode on the book BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER. by Brian Raftery!
Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch the following films:
- The Blair Witch Project
- Following
- Go
- Run Lola Run
- The Matrix
- Office Space
- She's All That
- Cruel Intentions
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- Varsity Blues
- The Iron Giant
- Rushmore
- Election
- The Virgin Suicides
- Galaxy Quest
- Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace
- The Mummy
- The Straight Story
- The Sixth Sense
- American Pie
- The Best Man
- The Wood
- Eyes Wide Shut
- American Beauty
- Fight Club
- Being John Malkovich
- Three Kings
- The Insider
- The Limey
- Boys Don't Cry
- Magnolia
Threads/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook: @trilogyintheory Letterboxd: @projectingfilm & @webistrying Artwork by: @nasketchs
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If you have a buck instead of a book you too can time travel with us back to 1999!For 2024 our Movie Book Club episodes will be celebrating 25 years of the films of 1999 with Brian Raftery's BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER. Here's a small introduction of what our Patreon supporters will receive once a month as well as our subscribers on the made theme with some 99 specific themed trilogies!
Enjoy and catchup on last year's Movie Book Club from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch the following films:
- The Blair Witch Project
- Following
- Go
- Run Lola Run
- The Matrix
- Office Space
- She's All That
- Cruel Intentions
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- Varsity Blues
- The Iron Giant
- Rushmore
- Election
- The Virgin Suicides
- Galaxy Quest
- Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace
- The Mummy
- The Straight Story
- The Sixth Sense
- American Pie
- The Best Man
- The Wood
- Eyes Wide Shut
- American Beauty
- Fight Club
- Being John Malkovich
- Three Kings
- The Insider
- The Limey
- Boys Don't Cry
- Magnolia
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The Third Part in our Stuck at School TrilogyOur 2023 holiday episode features an "instant Christmas classic" (if such a thing exists other than the mighty ELF) in Alexander Payne's THE HOLDOVERS. What does the future hold for this film in future shopping seasons? Repeated airings on Freeform? No! It will reside on Peacock! And thus we must promote it on our soapbox which often features the great work of the heartthrob of our time: Paul Giamatti. Merry Christmas!
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If you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to.Our final chapter on Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION is a simple story about a boy in a Frankenstein mask who meets an older lady over a romantic business transaction and the peeping tom teenagers who trespass in his shame for their own amusement.
As do we. We hope you have enjoyed our 2023 Movie Book Club and return next year for a little trip to 1999! See you in that year. Enjoy!
Enjoy and keep reading along with us from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch the following films:
- Bullitt
- Dirty Harry
- Deliverance
- The Getaway
- The Outfit
- Sisters
- Daisy Miller
- Taxi Driver
- Rolling Thunder
- Paradise Alley
- Escape From Alcatraz
- Hardcore
- The Funhouse
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The Second Part in our Stuck at School TrilogyIn which revisiting HAPPY DEATH DAY (again and again) causes us to be both perplexed and increasingly distressed that star Jessica Rothe does not star in EVERYTHING after her charming (and farting) performance in this slasher comedy take on GROUNDHOG DAY. We are simple men with simple pleasures AS LONG AS those pleasures don't include the sci-fi sequel HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U. Enjoy!
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If you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to.We scout out the adult film talent with George C. Scott and get tickled. What else is there to say in these show notes? That's the podcast.
Enjoy and keep reading along with us from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch the following films:
- Bullitt
- Dirty Harry
- Deliverance
- The Getaway
- The Outfit
- Sisters
- Daisy Miller
- Taxi Driver
- Rolling Thunder
- Paradise Alley
- Escape From Alcatraz
- Hardcore
- The Funhouse
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The First Part in our Stuck at School TrilogyHigh above the mucky-muck, castle made of cloudsThere sits Tobey boy sitting oh so proudlyNot much to say when you're high above the mucky-muck.
I'd like to continue the show notes in such a fashion but it would be disrespectful to Curtis Hanson's impressive followup to the all-time classic L.A. CONFIDENTIAL. To do so he needed more than just one Wonder Boy by casting a great ensemble that includes Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr, Rip Torn, Katie Holmes and Michael Douglas as one of the title characters in the Michael Chabon adaptation of WONDER BOYS.
Oh, and also Tobey Maguire. Enjoy (as much as you can with Mr. Maguire present.)
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If you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to.Even MORE practical knowledge is gained by reading Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation: if you are Clint Eastwood all you need is an accordion and some paper mache to break out of Alcatraz. And some other things too. What you don't need is one host being a killjoy. Did we mention that Mr. Eastwood is nude in the opening sequence of this film. QT does. We might as well respect the author and auteur's wishes and mention that in these lowly show notes. Enjoy!
Enjoy and keep reading along with us from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch the following films:
- Bullitt
- Dirty Harry
- Deliverance
- The Getaway
- The Outfit
- Sisters
- Daisy Miller
- Taxi Driver
- Rolling Thunder
- Paradise Alley
- Escape From Alcatraz
- Hardcore
- The Funhouse
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The Third Part in our Obsessed Behind the Wheel TrilogyWe pat ourselves on the back for going with international cinema in our finale for this trilogy on drivers instead of THE OBVIOUS CHOICE of Mel Gibson in the Richer Donner classic CONSPIRACY THEORY.
Look this is no PACIFIC HEIGHTS starring Michael Keaton episode. This one has crying! And driving! And then more crying! Also something called UNCLE VANYA. Enjoy!
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If you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to.Finally some practical knowledge is gained by reading Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation: if you need a man you can count on in a brothel, Tommy Lee Jones is your guy. QT calls this the greatest combination of character study and action movie ever made and we try to keep up with his praise by praising a film where a man can't stand his wife and child. But more than that he can't stand someone taking away his wife and child... that he can't stand. Enjoy!
Enjoy and keep reading along with us from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch the following films:
- Bullitt
- Dirty Harry
- Deliverance
- The Getaway
- The Outfit
- Sisters
- Daisy Miller
- Taxi Driver
- Rolling Thunder
- Paradise Alley
- Escape From Alcatraz
- Hardcore
- The Funhouse
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The Second Part in our Obsession Behind the Wheel TrilogyWe get behind the wheel for the first time (!!) with a John Carpenter flick in the Stephen King film adaptation of CHRISTINE. One host is revisiting a favorite of his youth while his co-host was horrified at a small dorky teenager making out with a tall beautiful woman and in turn getting his best friend hurt during a football game.
With good reason. This movie is truly a horrifying NEVER BEEN KISSED. Enjoy!
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If you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to.Finally some practical knowledge is gained by reading Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation: if you need a man you can count on in a brothel, Tommy Lee Jones is your guy. QT calls this the greatest combination of character study and action movie ever made and we try to keep up with his praise by praising a film where a man can't stand his wife and child. But more than that he can't stand someone taking away his wife and child... that he can't stand. Enjoy!
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The First Part in our Obsession Behind the Wheel TrilogyWe tackle one of the Mt. Rushmore of college dorm room poster movies by throwing a book at those dumb kids for our episode on TAXI DRIVER. Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino to be precise as this is a FULL episode of what we've been covering all year long on our Patreon page. So... welcome all you cheapskates! But also please keep subscribing.
Please.
Is Travis Bickle an antihero like Wolverine (#TheMarvels) or just a big old dork? Check out the entire episode and then double back for more Cinema Speculation!
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If you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to.We resume our reading of Quentin Tarantino's book of essays and this time it's the shortest chapter on Peter Bogdanovich's blissfully short DAISY MILLER. In keeping with the brevity of both the book and film to be discussed we have a brief chat providing a modest amount of sound and very little meaning. Will MOONLIGHTING vanquish polite society? Sure. Maybe. Does Cybill Shepherd have the same amount of moxie as Kate Winslet in THE HOLIDAY? Absolutely not.
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The Third Part of our Building a Better Monster TrilogyPROMETHEUS asked all the questions and answered none. So in the followup Sir Ridley Scott decided to give us some rather dumb answers. SUCH AS:
- Do androids desire a need for haircuts?
- Do mere humans need a commentary track to explain the clumsiness and pratfalls as the humans on screen fend off the Alien?
- And finally when did Russell from Stillwater become so trusting?
We apologize for the short break but we return JUST IN TIME for Halloween with our final monster entry in this trilogy in theory!
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The Second Part of our Building a Better Monster TrilogyWe are back to talking Christopher Nolan joints (but still no TENET) in a dueling banjos of dorks between Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as magicians with a grudge. And vengeance! Plenty of vengeance unlike that DiCaprio bear movie! Because this movie is fun. Perhaps the most fun we've had with one of Mr. Nolan's work though we do have some problems with what happens to Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson and yes, especially Ms. Coyote Ugly. Enjoy!
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The First Part in our Building a Better Monster TrilogyWe welcome M. Night Shyamalan's work to the TiT club with the film where it all started to go wrong for "The Next Spielberg." But you know what (show notes author's note here that nothing subtle ever followed a sentence that starts with YOU KNOW WHAT) we actually like this movie.
Just go ahead and put one giant SPOILER ALERT for this episode as we discuss the dashed hopes of Ain't It Cool News posters and the parenting skills of William Hurt. But it's lovely, the romance is lovely, the cinematography is lovely and Adrien Brody is... well, it's better than THE LADY IN THE WATER! Which we promise is not coming to the podcast soon. But it will at some later date. Enjoy the love story in LARPing!
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If you have a buck instead of a book... we read so you don't have to. We try not to be a peeping tom like the hero in SISTERS (though at heart that's all we are) by throwing in a couple of extra chapters from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION. One on secondary cinema's greatest fan in Los Angeles Times film critic Kevin Thomas. Along the way one host berates the other for his terrible social media branding which is one of the many reasons (but is the MAIN one) on why neither of us will ever become Kevin Thomas. AND THEN we get to the pervy stuff of Brian De Palma!
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The Third Part in our Dolls in Different Worlds Trilogy What began with Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie reinventing BARBIE for the modern age ends with Jennifer Tilly domesticating a tiny ginger-haired twerp. One host sees this as a seminal work in his moviegoing journey and the other feels like his film travels must have ended in failure to get to this point. The point is that we have arrived at the much threatened BRIDE OF CHUCKY episode and our only hope is Katherine Heigl. When is it not? Enjoy!
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The Second Part in our Dolls in Different Worlds Trilogy One host introduces his child to horror and the other is horrified to pay Fathom Event pricing for the re-release of CORALINE. However that's about the only thing we find scary in our lovefest for Henry Selick and Neil Gaiman's film about a girl who dares to like a bit of rain and a good supper BUT that doesn't mean she wants buttons for eyes! A simple request really.
Enjoy the episode dear listeners and if you have the simple request of one host breaking gout his 3D television for a proper rewatch of CORALINE we'd be happy to accommodate. But we aren't made of Fathom money here.
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The First Part in our Dolls in Different Worlds Trilogy The second part of Barbenheimer is the first part of our trilogy playing with dolls at the movies. And before you accuse us of being creepy... EVERYONE IS DOING IT as Greta Gerwig's BARBIE will go on to reign as The Savior of Cinema (sorry, Tom Cruise.) And while we may just be a couple of Michael Ceras standing on the sidelines watching the incredible charisma of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling do their thing we can still hope that some of that wild success rubs off on this little movie podcast.
But probably not. By part three we will have devolved to our natural state of BRIDE OF CHUCKY. Enjoy!
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The Third Part in our Circles of Power Trilogy What more can be said about OPPENHEIMER? Did we see it in IMAX? 70mm? No and no. Emily Blunt? She's pretty good. Matt Damon? Better role than INTERSTELLER! Florence Pugh is naked? Tastefully done! So once we handle those easy questions we wrap up our trilogy on objects of terrible power by doing what J.R.R. Tolkien could not. Tackle nuclear energy! Only as TiT can.
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The Second Part in our Circles of Power Trilogy In which one host questions why the other needs more books when he's already seen the picture show. This is but the first of insults to the fans of Middle-earth in a podcast hoping that some of those very fans give this a click or two. We apologize by attacking the attempted allegorical nature of the power of the ring as nuclear power... which we then immediately backtrack on by featuring OPPENHEIMER next week as the finale of our Trilogy in Theory! Stay tuned!
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The First Part in our Circles of Power Trilogy After 130 episodes we finally answer the burning question this little movie podcast has been building to:
- What happens when Jerry gets mad?
- And what happens when Samuel L. Jackson is really into a good book?
- And more importantly is Dustin Hoffman not a big believer in an honest LinkedIn profile?
All of this and one host admits to rewatching the Barry Levinson adaption of Michael Crichton's SPHERE even after editing this very episode. Being a fan of this movie and this podcast is a good start to our trilogy on terrifying power. Enjoy!
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The Third Part in our Time Traveling with Dads Trilogy Given the box-office reception to THE FLASH perhaps it's appropriate that your hosts found a theme of failure to be the most fulfilling thing about this latest superhero comic book adaptation and we hope the legacy here is that it signals an end.
A sweet merciful end to the capes and funny books.
But until then we try to find the good in a genre of movies that gets far too much coverage. And if you feel the same maybe you could time travel back to our previous two parts of this month's trilogy and give another download to BACK TO THE FUTURE and INTERSTELLAR. Whichever decision you make... enjoy!
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The Second Part in our Time Traveling with Dads Trilogy We apologize (though not with much enthusiasm) to director Christopher Nolan for not being in the appropriate tax bracket to appreciate his appropriately entertaining INTERSTELLAR on our far from appropriate home theater setup.
HOWEVER! One host credits this film for distracting him of the ills of four years of American politics... so that's pretty good, right? It's more than TENET accomplished anyways. Enjoy the podcast of more crying dads and some science mumbo jumbo dialogue!
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The First Part in our Time Traveling with Dads Trilogy In what is perhaps the most dour episode on the all-time classic film BACK TO THE FUTURE we go over the appropriation of black culture, nostalgia for a past that didn't really exist and aging with jowls.
But we love this Robert Zemeckis film! LOVE IT. We just hate ourselves apparently. And our listeners. Please rate, review and subscribe and we promise to be a bit lighter on the second part of our trilogy for... INTERSTELLAR. Maybe we'll switch it to THE DARK KNIGHT. Stay subscribed and see for yourself!
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The Third Part in our On the Road with Ladies of Vengeance trilogy. You can't go wrong with Charlize Theron driving your movie. Unfortunately the prequel to MAD MAX: FURY ROAD does not take the above advice and while we wouldn't dare to advise the great George Miller on his filmmaking sequel choices (BABE: PIG IN THE CITY good and HAPPY FEET TWO not so much) we do hope that Nicholas Hoult can convey his great performance as a likable bald villain into playing Lex Luthor. And there's your one reference to comic book movies that ALL pale in comparison to an action movie that will referenced and spoke of with great reverence decades from now.
And now I will retire from writing these show notes to go watch SWEET NOVEMBER or THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. Because I remember Charlize. And not much else. Good day!
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In which one man thinks he may have a PAYBACK: Director's Cut DVD on a shelf somewhere... Quentin Tarantino uses this chapter of CINEMA SPECULATION to settle some scores with an overzealous hack of a film critic from the 70s, the entire cinematic output of the 80s and lastly with a glancing blow to Mel Gibson in the 90s. The last one is relevant to the screen adaptations of Richard Stark's Parker character who here is played by Robert Duvall. We use this as opportunity to make bald jokes and we think QT would be proud.
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On the road with a backtracking Quentin Tarantino... ...for he apologized for his half of the failed GRINDHOUSE double feature BUT WE DON'T. After suffering through an hour of PLANET TERROR we loved nothing more than taking a ride with Zoë Bell (as The Great Zoë Bell, of course) and the second group of our vengeful ladies. This time their eyes are set on the villainous Stuntman Mike as played by Kurt Russell but we look more to acclaimed filmmakers dealing with failure and how that quest for a perfect filmography limits the conversation on experimentation.
Is this episode our DEATH PROOF? We certainly hope so.
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A dumpster truck filled with love. We're a little late... but Steve McQueen is a forgiving man in Sam Peckinpah's THE GETAWAY. As long as the one being forgiven is Ali MacGraw. And even then it will take the runtime of a feature film and numerous escapes from the law, criminals and dumpster trucks before that grouch gives an inch.
We expect more from our listeners even if they expect less and less from us. Welcome to the Movie Book Club once again!
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To tell the story of female empowerment we must turn to Sir Ridley Scott......and of course the talents of Susan Sarandon, TRILOGY IN THEORY favorite Geena Davis and most importantly screenwriter Callie Khouri. And while one host fails miserably at his attempt at a mini book club by starting (but not finishing) OFF THE CLIFF by Becky Aikman... he did agree with the anecdote of not cheering on the screen death of the wonderfully tall Brigitte Nielsen in BEVERLY HILLS COP 2.
That's neither here nor there but support women!
And we intend to do so this month as we hit the road with leading ladies of action and leave Shooter McGavin behind!
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Floating along the river with QT and Lara Croft's father...In the spirit of Richard Linklater (our most popular filmmaker on the podcast) we present a hang movie.
Just boys being boys. Except for Burt Reynolds who is, as always, the manliest man in a vest. Which leads into our episode primarily on masculinity. Something you can take to the bank coming from two movie podcasters, a creative field dominated by the burliest of men.
Or something like that. Enjoy and keep reading along with us from Quentin Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION!
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Meet a man who manages to hate both Michael Jordan and Toni Collette......and please (PLEASE) stick around for the other host who respects and admires both while also showing some love to the auteur Mr. Ben Affleck. This means it's time for another new release! Though it may be a throwback to popcorn dramas aimed at adults (and not children's movies marketed towards adults who won't grow up) we still must cope with the nostalgia factor that is anything set in the 80s or 90s. No matter as Viola Davis comes in to close it out with a speech on the great American tradition of wage theft.
More fun than ANT-MAN 3 these show notes can assure you!
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We begun our discussion on a modern romcom classic by reading erotica.As one does when discussing NOTTING HILL. It's lovely. And mostly gross. The erotica! Not Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant falling for each other across tax brackets in a Richard Curtis script. One host is late to the game and the other never really left his rewatch of Flopsy & the Movie Star. Nor does he ever want to. In fact this is approximately his eighteenth podcast on the very subject.
No apologies! Except for the erotica talk.
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We travel back to the good old days of courtship......when Orson Welles could still rock a deep V and at the height of his career.
No, not making CITIZEN KANE but instead being married to his co-star in THE LADY FROM SHANGAI, the great Rita Hayworth.
Obviously.
To kick off our trilogy on protagonists out kicking their coverage in like we look at another troubled Welles production which leads into another obvious fact... that he was the Zack Snyder of his time. Enjoy #ReleaseTheSnyderCut community and apologies to everyone else!
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If you didn't think Quentin Tarantino could ever shut up about movies...... how about two OTHER guys who can't shut up about HIM talking movies?? Huh? HUH?? Worth a dollar?
We certainly hope so. On TRILOGY IN THEORY we've talked about the desire to read more and one of the books both of us have been enjoying recently is Mr. Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION. I say enjoying because for our Patreon supporters we are going to produce an episode for each chapter which discusses a film the author into the filmmaker that he is today. Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch the following films:
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- The Getaway
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- Sisters
- Daisy Miller
- Taxi Driver
- Rolling Thunder
- Paradise Alley
- Escape From Alcatraz
- Hardcore
- The Funhouse
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Theatrical movies are back!Which is to say that the old men shouting at clouds FINALLY get a franchise reboot that speaks to their hyper-specific demographic for peak nostalgia.
No offense to CREED 3 and JOHN WICK 4. All the offense in the world to SHAZAM 2.
We finish out our trip to New York City with Ghostface taking the subway and one host finally knows one of the new SCREAM requel cast members name. Mainly because Jenna Ortega was on a Netflix show that he didn't watch. Still... it's progress!
Make sure to come back next week for our Patreon exclusive book club episode on the DIRTY HARRY chapter from CINEMA SPECULATION by Quentin Tarantino!
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When you want to see Gremlins take over Manhattan......but the studio didn't really want to pay for it. Another theme is forming as we continue to look at horror movies in New York City (or Vancouver.) This time around we try to figure out if we were ever the right age for Joe Dante's filmography, it is revealed that THE SANDLOT was actually a trilogy and one host's distaste for Alexandra Daddario befuddles the other host AND THE WORLD.
As the great auteur Chris Columbus would say... kill Gizmo. Enjoy!
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It's a long boat ride to New York City......but thankfully you have this podcast to keep you company. In which one host calls this series part of the Mt. Rushmore of horror while ALSO calling this the worst film to ever be featured on this very podcast!
The other host is befuddled that there is such a thing as The Tommy Jarvis Saga. And he missed out! So this podcast is basically some Crystal Lake Memories for the fans and uninitiated alike as we join the chorus of complaints about the lack of Manhattan in... JASON TAKES MANHATTAN.
But that's what you have a TRILOGY IN THEORY for as this is merely the first part in our horrific journey to New York City!
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If you didn't think Quentin Tarantino could ever shut up about movies...... how about two OTHER guys who can't shut up about HIM talking movies?? Huh? HUH?? Worth a dollar?
We certainly hope so. On TRILOGY IN THEORY we've talked about the desire to read more and one of the books both of us have been enjoying recently is Mr. Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION. I say enjoying because for our Patreon supporters we are going to produce an episode for each chapter which discusses a film the author into the filmmaker that he is today. Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch the following films:
- Bullitt
- Dirty Harry
- Deliverance
- The Getaway
- The Outfit
- Sisters
- Daisy Miller
- Taxi Driver
- Rolling Thunder
- Paradise Alley
- Escape From Alcatraz
- Hardcore
- The Funhouse
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The finest of the Emma Stone/Ryan Gosling dating trilogy.Sure LA LA LAND won Best Picture for thirty seconds but then there is GANGSTER SQUAD. Which leaves us with this ensemble film starring Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, Lio Tipton and Kevin Bacon as the bad guy... but not really. THANKFULLY there is no ambassador of the movie posters full of squares in Greg Kinnear.
For that would be death.
So come with us as we celebrate the death of our First Date Trilogy and move on to... Jason Takes Manhattan? In March... love is truly dead. But TRILOGY IN THEORY lives.
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An actual movie from a trilogy on Trilogy in Theory?We make exceptions for any entry in Richard Linklater's BEFORE trilogy and this time it's BEFORE SUNRISE! However as the producers of this independent podcast we can't pass up on an opportunity to listen to one of our more popular episodes when we covered the second part of Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke's adventures... BEFORE SUNSET.
https://trilogyintheory.pinecast.co/episode/0fbe47144ca6429d/before-sunset-2004-
I'll wait a moment for you to catch your podcast breath after that masterpiece and spoiler alert... we top that episode as one host calls this the ultimate cheat movie while working at a video store and your other host had to get married to finally enjoy this romance without any cynicism. It's beautiful. It's romantic. It's the latest episode of TRILOGY IN THEORY.
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With Woody Allen... it's best to just get the kissing over with.Okay, that was poor form. Maybe. However the legacy ANNIE HALL has had on the romcom can not be denied... even if it does involve sacrificing the peak charms of Diane Keaton to making out with that... comedian.
We hope to take your mind off that by INSTEAD imagining the first date and first kiss from one of your hosts as he cites this very movie as being a go-to in his playbook of courtship!
The other host just hates on THE WEDDING SINGER and Billy Idol for some reason. Enjoy!
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If you didn't think Quentin Tarantino could ever shut about movies...... how about two OTHER guys who can't shut up about HIM talking movies?? Huh? HUH?? Worth a dollar?
We certainly hope so. On TRILOGY IN THEORY we've talked about the desire to read more and one of the books both of us have been enjoying recently is Mr. Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION. I say enjoying because for our Patreon supporters we are going to produce an episode for each chapter which discusses a film the author into the filmmaker that he is today. Follow along at our Patreon page as once a month (although sometimes more) we read AND watch the following films:
- Bullit
- Dirty Harry
- Deliverance
- The Getaway
- The Outfit
- Sisters
- Daisy Miller
- Taxi Driver
- Rolling Thunder
- Paradise Alley
- Escape From Alcatraz
- Hardcore
- The Funhouse
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Horror adjacent but still a generous helping of black humor.That would be a description of TRILOGY IN THEORY but we suppose we can share some of that thinly veiled acclaim with Ralph Fiennes and company in THE MENU. One of the few adult-targeted movies to have some degree of financial success in the fall of 2022 we sit down for seconds of eating the rich and discuss just how weird looking Anya Taylor-Joy remains. Listen to the full episode for more treats like that and a s'more!
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We are experts on Cate Blanchett performances.Which is to say that we think they are mostly pretty good. Good job, Ms. Blanchett. Well... except for that TRUTH movie about Dan Rather. That one was pretty bad, CATE. But Tár is great! Well... one host thinks so. The other is greatly insulted at writer/director Todd Field's views on video game music.
Insert Homer Simpson NERDDDDDS gif here. Or a Youtube clip if you are feeling frisky.
Which you shouldn't. Not when supporting Tár. Tár is too frisky.
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We present a resolution for the new year......and that is a simple request to find the little square on a streaming service (currently Amazon Prime, you're welcome) and enjoy the old-fashioned thrill of discovery as Mark Rylance schools us all in THE OUTFIT!
Now granted we fully support you doing this only after you've had your fill of watching GLASS ONION on repeat, because Netflix needs all that new ad money to pay for it. However there is a joy in the unknown. Especially when one of the hosts knew of this great film for most of 2022... and his idiot co-host did not.
Enjoy!
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Rian Johnson Strikes Back......with another KNIVES OUT entry and OF COURSE it features the return of Ana de Armas as she finds yet another rich liberal family of condescending jerks and challenges them to a laser sword fight. Just as the Internet drew it up.
Fortunately that is not the case as Daniel Craig is the lone returning character to GLASS ONION and this time the target is a Musky group of sycophants enjoying a murder mystery game all in pursuit of... an iPad. It is our Christmas week episode after all! Happy holidays, listeners!
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It's Christmas season which means we should be watching IN BRUGES.Or more likely IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. However we choose instead to continue our look back at our fandom for 2022 with a brand spanking new to HBO Max (though you should have watched this in theaters, jerk) THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN. Martin McDonagh reminds us all that time is limited... and yet here we are podcasting. And here you are listening. Or maybe just reading the show notes. And deciding against listening. Jerk.
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This Rian Johnson mockery will not stand......well, maybe for this episode. But just you wait until the end of the month, dear listeners! Just don't tell Netflix we actually watched a movie in theaters.
ANYWAY we are back with our own version of a "requel" as it was just our last trilogy that featured the black sheep of the SCREAM franchise... and here we are with another entry. 2022 was a decent year at the movies. But really we just want to feel the comforts of childhood again. A place where we can feel like the experts. We may not know who this new Wednesday Addams is but man are we happy to see Neve Campbell back in action.
Even though they wouldn't pay her for the next one. Alas, progress must wait until 2023. Or 2024. Enjoy our look back at 2022 at the movies!
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We accepted our punishment and have reached the end. Again. And again. Our reexamination of the black sheep of highly respected film trilogies (okay maybe not GHOSTBUSTERS) has reached its unnatural conclusion as we kick THE GODFATHER PART III, SCREAM 3 and GHOSTBUSTERS (2016) one last time while they are down... and have a pretty good time doing it. This may be our coldest take in a medium that demands something spicy and controversial. What can we say? We think these three movies still stink. Enjoy!
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Answer the Call? The Female Ghostbusters? We got all the clickable comments. Two men who are decidedly not beholden to the original GHOSTBUSTERS film take on THE hot button issue of 2016... Paul Feig's GHOSTBUSTERS. Notice how we give all the credit to a man there? Does that help? DOES IT?
Unfortunately it doesn't. As much as we want to root for Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig's cosplay this just ends up being the saddest episode ever. We mention STRANGER THINGS a few times... does that help?
No. No, it does not. Enjoy!
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Jay and Silent Bob learned how to overstay their welcome from the SCREAM franchise. This seems like an appropriate lesson for TRILOGY IN THEORY as our little podcast just hit 100 episodes. Spoiler alert: we don't plan on stopping anytime soon because we have yet to make any money off of this crap.
Unlike the SCREAM franchise which still is held in high regards by your hosts... though maybe not this entry. At least there is Parker Posey playing the best Courtney Cox in the entire series. AT LEAST WE HAVE THAT. And 100 episodes. You're welcome.
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We question just how much Francis Ford Coppola values family... ...and how little he valued Al Pacino's hair in THE GODFATHER PART III. Or is it The GODFATHER CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE? Take your pick for we remain decidedly unhappy. Or are we happy in our unhappiness with the finale to the Corleone family saga? Because of this and search engine optimization #ReleaseTheSnyderCut gets mentioned and to a lesser extent our shared love of SCREAM 2.
Which at least mentions The Godfather sequels. Did I mention that I'm going to see SCREAM 2 the 25th anniversary theatrical showing this weekend? I've earned this. For this represents 100 episodes of TRILOGY IN THEORY. And I also watched THE GODFATHER PART III: CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE: BUT NOT REALLY.
It was fun!
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Much like Albert Brooks... one host can't be happy with every version of cinematic heaven. As the host with the opposite opinion of THE MAJESTIC I'll take my cheap shots on my unwitting partner in podcasting. For I write the show notes. Which is clearly important. Maybe.
With DEFENDING YOUR LIFE and THE DESCENDANTS joining us in our idyllic trilogy (in theory, of course) we debate the traumas of our various leading men as they attempt to keep their previous sins away from what should be paradise. As usual, George Clooney comes out ahead. Not much of a spoiler.
What is a spoiler is that THIS is our greatest trilogy and can only be topped by our very next episode. Episode 100. THE GODFATHER PART 3. Naturally.
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Much like Albert Brooks... one host can't be happy with every version of cinematic heaven. As the host with the opposite opinion of THE MAJESTIC I'll take my cheap shots on my unwitting partner in podcasting. For I write the show notes. Which is clearly important. Maybe.
With DEFENDING YOUR LIFE and THE DESCENDANTS joining us in our idyllic trilogy (in theory, of course) we debate the traumas of our various leading men as they attempt to keep their previous sins away from what should be paradise. As usual, George Clooney comes out ahead. Not much of a spoiler.
What is a spoiler is that THIS is our greatest trilogy and can only be topped by our very next episode. Episode 100. THE GODFATHER PART 3. Naturally.
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George Clooney makes a flip-flops sprint of panic iconic. Among his other accomplishments. Such as losing a lover to one Matthew Lillard. Alexander Payne continues to bring darkly comic tragedies to life in his follow-up to SIDEWAYS and in doing so he may have peaked with one host.
But not before said host hated THE DESCENDANTS initially. It's an episode of wild emotional swings and Robert Forster punching children. A new TRILOGY IN THEORY classic!
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George Clooney makes a flip-flops sprint of panic iconic. Among his other accomplishments. Such as losing a lover to one Matthew Lillard. Alexander Payne continues to bring darkly comic tragedies to life in his follow-up to SIDEWAYS and in doing so he may have peaked with one host.
But not before said host hated THE DESCENDANTS initially. It's an episode of wild emotional swings and Robert Forster punching children. A new TRILOGY IN THEORY classic!
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Jim Carrey gets no respect... ...and Frank Darabont is told to get back to his Stephen King books as one host comes out swinging. This instinct for cruelty inspires the host with a heart to also turn to the dark side in what may be the most contentious (and yet joyful) conversation on THE MAJESTIC.
For that matter it may be the only conversation that's currently taking place about THE MAJESTIC in 2022. So we mention THE BATMAN in a futile effort to draw the listener in as two podcasts hosts enter... and both presumably come back as we finish out our Paradise trilogy on the very next episode!
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Jim Carrey gets no respect... ...and Frank Darabont is told to get back to his Stephen King books as one host comes out swinging. This instinct for cruelty inspires the host with a heart to also turn to the dark side in what may be the most contentious (and yet joyful) conversation on THE MAJESTIC.
For that matter it may be the only conversation that's currently taking place about THE MAJESTIC in 2022. So we mention THE BATMAN in a futile effort to draw the listener in as two podcasts hosts enter... and both presumably come back as we finish out our Paradise trilogy on the very next episode!
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We love everything about an Albert Brooks movie except for Albert Brooks! However a little bit of Meryl goes a long way as we kick off our paradise trilogy with this oddly charming movie about a man who gets hit by a bus and scores a date with The Greatest Actress of All Time. Ms. Streep gets a guy who terrorized Ryan Gosling in DRIVE and also made an appearance on THE SIMPSONS. She loses but we all win and can only hope that Rip Torn defends us in the in-between place.
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We love everything about an Albert Brooks movie except for Albert Brooks! However a little bit of Meryl goes a long way as we kick off our paradise trilogy with this oddly charming movie about a man who gets hit by a bus and scores a date with The Greatest Actress of All Time. Ms. Streep gets a guy who terrorized Ryan Gosling in DRIVE and also made an appearance on THE SIMPSONS. She loses but we all win and can only hope that Rip Torn defends us in the in-between place.
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We can only relate to the youth of movies with a reference to THE SIMPSONS. That's still hip right?
We finish our tour of lying about sex in high school across cinematic generations by both justifying titillation (thank you, WILD THINGS) and condemning it (go kick rocks, ASSASSINATION NATION.) Which leaves us to say mostly nice things about the charms of EASY A while acknowledging that its setup only really works if you have the movie star charm of Emma Stone.
And thank god Bo Burnham's EIGHTH GRADE was not involved in this filth!
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Two old guys are scared of young women. So just another movie podcast! Unfortunately for us (and you, dear listener) we come to our final entry in our look at modern-ish high school life with ASSASSINATION NATION. One host maintained hope that he would like this film (both times!) before the hate settles in. For fans of this film we plead ignorance immediately by trying to apply the STAR TREK good/bad rules to the HEATHERS inspired entries to a world that has blissfully passed us by. So there's that. Enjoy?
As means of apology here is a bonus episode to the high school cinematic experience that is pure joy for the hosts as they go back to talking PAPER TOWNS as they often do off-mic.
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Patricia Clarkson becomes the official face of TiT... ...but Stanley Tucci isn't far behind. This duo of perhaps the greatest onscreen parents in EASY A allows two old men to discuss the sexual politics in a high school setting... and now that I'm looking at that sentence I should probably make clear that these show notes are a collaborative effort between hosts.
Mike has very little oversight on this show.
What we do have is a charming film announcing Emma Stone as a movie star and a continued defense of Lisa Kudrow. Kind of. Enjoy!
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A formative film in one man's youth. And a formative film in one man's middle age as well! WILD THINGS is everything to everyone! Especially if you are Matt Dillon. Somehow not reaching his apex of creep as he would later in 1998 with THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY... but he still does pretty well for himself here. We debate if Neve Campbell is white trash enough, how Denise Richards should have been a great sitcom star and whether or not there's enough bacon from Kevin Bacon.
All in all another family friendly episode of TiT. Enjoy!
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We come to the conclusion that we wouldn't have survived 1978. On the other hand we've come of age post 9/11, a recession and a global pandemic so 1978 had the simple amusements of Clint Eastwood and a monkey riding around in a truck; 1978 can go kick rocks. Enjoy!
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One host just doesn't understand the blue collar desire for Clint Eastwood and a monkey. The simple pleasure of life.
The greatest film of 1978.
EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE.
Theme song included.
Enjoy!
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We open the episode with no faith in the human race and end up with a passionate discussion on the musical GREASE. Somewhere in between we talk about possibly the first Academy Award Best Picture winner on TiT in Michal Cimino's THE DEER HUNTER. Giving it the proper respect it deserves. But that Rizzo, my goodness, that brings back awkward school memories...
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A correction is issued by one host for fear of being tracked down by a venomous social club. Meanwhile the other host maintains his composure by doing what most white male film fans do when confronted with an international film he doesn't understand by citing a Tarantino movie that ripped it off.
(This may also just be yet another excuse for him to think of Uma Thurman.)
Regardless of the mistakes that we made much merriment was have by watching THE FIVE VENOMS or FIVE DEADLY VENOMS because we need as much SEO help as possible on this little podcast.
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In which even a trilogy of threesomes isn't enough... what about a foursome? Emotional and sexual rumbles!
Flashback to one host's love triangle!
Another host proudly playing the part of the pervert!
All of this and slightly more as we discuss the functions of threesomes in AS GOOD AS IT GETS, THE STATION AGENT and VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA.
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In which Rebecca Hall gets her revenge. Maybe this was a little THE NIGHT HOUSE buzz talking (currently taking HBO Max by storm... probably) but after her appearance on our episode for THE TOWN last month she gets to enjoy the company of Scarlett Johannson, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. And also two time featured player this month on TiT, the great Patricia Clarkson!
(Notice how these show notes are not mentioning writer and director Woody Allen NOR how many times his films have been featured on this very podcast. We are so good.)
Join us for our most sporting episode yet as we discuss who makes our starting threesome and who rides the bench. It is TiTillating.
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A film so good that two DVD copies are needed just in case of divorce. We continue the least sexy threesome trilogy by going with the quiet, contemplative and platonic Tom McCarthy film THE STATION AGENT. Peter Dinklage and Patricia Clarkson don't contribute much to Bobby Cannavale's one man show of dialogue... which would normally set off two guys whose friendship is based on talking at great length BUT NO MATTER! This film is CHARMING and more importantly is the classic Mr. McCarthy wishes SPOTLIGHT could be!
That's the closest thing to a hot take you will find on a podcast on THE STATION AGENT. Respond with your titillation at the links below:
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Jack plus any other two equals a good time. Even if the character Mr. Nicholson is playing is racist, homophobic, sexist and any other cancellable offense. The thing is though... he was offensive in 1997! But he's Jack Nicholson! Which excuses a lot.
(Disclaimer: but not everything.)
Since we are not Jack we have to work a little harder to out-charm this classic from James L. Brooks WITHOUT using the cheat of an adorable dog and multiple grand gesture monologues. Although this being a movie podcast... there's already some monologuing. Charming!
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Batman is more than an HBO Max premiere. It's a podcast event. And we celebrate all the Batmen in our lives. Mainly because one co-host wants the other to stop talking about Battinson (that unfortunately obsessive man has now watched the latest adventure three times) so he had to offer up these films to the podcast gods:
- Michael Keaton as a hero fighting for squatter's rights in PACIFIC HEIGHTS!
- Christian Bale attempting to elevate the discourse around pop music of the 80s in AMERICAN PSYCHO!
- And last but not least (and the correct host's favorite Batman) Ben Affleck heroically turning down Blake Lively in THE TOWN so that the world may know a true martyr in this godforsaken world!
On that note... happy late Easter everyone!
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In which we travel back to a time when people liked Jeremy Renner. Though he's playing a character in Ben Affleck's THE TOWN that is only SLIGHTLY less likable than Hawkeye. Thankfully if Renner at his best is still not your cup of tea we have Blake Lively (at her worst... which is still really nice) and Rebecca Ferguson continuing her cinematic journey of being the straight arrow surrounded by shenanigans.
Boston shenanigans. Shamrocks! Fenway Park! All brought to you by two movie podcasters from Kentucky and Virginia. Brining some Southern hospitality to the massholes robbing banks. That's the ticket!
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In which even a dork finds many horrific acts more appealing than Reese Witherspoon. Thankfully we don't share Christian Bale's taste in romantic partners... or more importantly his love of HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS in the modern classic of a dark comedy AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Along the way we debate if this avoided becoming a college dorm room poster thanks to the sensibilities of director Mary Harron and NOT the author of the source material in Bret Easton Jack Ass.
Oh and did we mention the protagonist's hatred for Jared Leto in this film? Maybe we have more in common than we thought... Enjoy!
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In which real estate thrillers aren't that thrilling. Michael Keaton upset a young Batman fan back in 1990 but a lifelong devotion to Melanie Griffith was born with that VHS rental of PACIFIC HEIGHTS.
Unfortunately the same can't be said about Matthew Modine as the hosts spend a good few minutes searching for his charisma (answer: AND THE BAND PLAYS ON or when Julianna Moore is sans pants) and answers to the real estate market.
Exciting stuff in the latest episode of TRILOGY IN THEORY!
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In which one host caters to the other who really, really loves his funny books. But also... we are pandering for listeners with the only new release around. Thankfully (?) director Matt Reeves is making the media rounds pulling from superior works such as SEVEN and ZODIAC. Alas, there is no David Fincher behind the camera but there is Colin Farrell in a lot of makeup hiding his pretty face.
I don't know if that's good or bad but enjoy the latest episode of TRILOGY IN THEORY!
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A valentine episode with enough distance from that wretched holiday. Get drunk instead this week for St. Patrick's Day! Traveling to a second love comes very naturally to this podcast especially when a Kevin Smith joint is included. A future month feature a trilogy on the amount of times this great auteur has been mentioned on this podcast... but today is all about Ben Affleck picking up garbage in JERSEY GIRL! Also the amusing nudity of Jason Segal in FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL! And unfortunately (especially after those two previous sentences) we honor the loss of William Hurt as featured here in THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST.
Overall another depressing episode of TRILOGY IN THEORY perked up by male nudity and the appearance of Mr. Affleck. For a brief combination of the two we will program GONE GIRL at a later date. Enjoy!
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In which we applaud the use of crying and male nudity in film. While also still finding it very funny. Also some disagreement to be had in the applause a man deserves for calling off oral sex when having a crisis of conscious.
These show notes for FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL are going to do gangbuster numbers with the SEO material provided by Jason Segal, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Russell Brand, Jonah Hill... let's see who else will provide some hits.
Paul Rudd and oral sex! But not really.
Bill Hader and comments about oral sex! Kind of! Enjoy!
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In which Liv Tyler somehow makes us miss video stores even more. One host could be forgiven for stopping with Ms. Tyler but apparently there are at least two other Jersey girls in Kevin Smith's much maligned JERSEY GIRL. We are glad that the world is a little more welcoming of a Ben Affleck/Jennifer Lopez romance in 2022 but remain split on the idea of fatherhood and musicals being good for The One True DAREDEVIL. Enjoy!
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In which it all comes down (or up) to height. We can assume the above was the tipping point for Oscar voters when appraising the Academy Award performance of Geena Davis in Lawrence Kasdan's THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST. However Kathleen Turner is fine. Very fine.
Okay, we will eventually turn our attention to William Hurt. But not before an odd moment of stanning for Meg Tilly. Who is not in this movie. But remains in one co-host's heart.
(Shameless self-promotion in our own show notes: check out our prior episode on PSYCHO 2 for more Tilly fandom. Yes, it's odd.)
Enjoy!
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Ae winter holidays for an episode wondering why we can not be happy. What began with a Thanksgiving feast Paul Newman's old beautiful blue eyes filled with youthful glee at his pranks in NOBODY's FOOL turned to Sam Raimi decidedly not having fun in the new year with his crime gone wrong in A SIMPLE PLAN.
And then we get to one of the biggest comedy actors of all time choosing to get his heart broken repeatedly on Valentine's Day in ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND. Thanks, Jim Carrey.
Thanks, world.
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In which we look forward to Valentine's Day by looking back at memories we no longer have. As part of the wretched film Internet community at large we ALSO tend to forget how we felt about films in our youth versus what we favor now. Thank god we have a podcast so we can work through those issues as well as assigning blame to this Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet starring classic... for POSSIBLY starting the manic pixie dream girl craze of the mid-2000s.
Don't @ us bro, this film is still better than GARDEN STATE and ELIZABETHTOWN.
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In which we make a New Year's Resolution to eat the rich. Billy Bob Thornton not included... as he is already playing a pretty sad dude in this Sam Raimi thriller. Bridget Fonda on the other hand as Lady Macbeth here...
Okay, enough shenanigans, In 2022 we tackle the American Dream. Simple enough podcasting for the new year as we continue to pick up the scraps in our latest TRILOGY IN THEORY!
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In which one host rediscovers Melanie Griffith. And a few other things to be thankful for ahead of Thanksgiving. Such as:
- The fact that this film is not the Tiffany Haddish comedy from a few years ago.
- Although we haven't seen that flick so maybe we are wrong.
- Wrong like the perennial loser character played by Paul Newman in THIS Nobody's Fool.
- Although he is Paul Newman.
- And we are not.
- But we remain thankful for Melanie Griffith.
- Very thankful.
Happy first Thanksgiving podcast meal and come back for seconds and thirds!
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We test our commitment to sequels as we choose to visit three horror franchise hotels again... ... and it's THE DEVIL'S REJECTS getting the poor Airbnb review. This is just one of many hot takes as we sing the praises of PSYCHO 2 and DOCTOR SLEEP. For that your favorite TRILOGY IN THEORY hosts assign blame on everyone but themselves:
- A podcast history with not completing THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE stopped our HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES research team from completing their task.
- A lack of travel over the last couple of years maybe, just maybe, has made the likes of Norman Bates or Rebecca Ferguson in a top hat much more appealing visits.
- Sherri Moon Zombie is still starring in THE DEVIL'S REJECTS. We do not go out to the ice machine while she's... acting.
All of that and some life lessons from George Costanza!
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In which a director's cut almost causes a divorce... ...but thankfully Mike Flanagan's DOCTOR SLEEP is so good that both your hosts remain married. The tragedy of our respective wives lives is our listeners gain as we do a poor job of maintaining our glee for Stephen King's course correction of THE SHINING cinematic universe.
However... we still love Stanley Kubrick's classic horror film.
And we love Ewan McGregor as the grown up Danny in a sequel to said classic.
We even love Rebecca Ferguson in that ridiculous hat!
This is an episode full of swooning so one host must hate on Jacob Tremblay for a brief moment. Enjoy!
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In which we support divorce for the Zombies. That's a bit unfair to Sheri Moon Zombie as she represents only one third of THE DEVIL'S REJECTS. She is also not a clown.
And on this episode we encourage people to slap clowns.
But do we really want to slap clowns? Tim Curry was fine.
This is not fine. Stop playing Free Bird, Rob Zombie. It's beneath even clowns.
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In which we have fun with gaslighting. As long as that gaslighting is being done to a serial killer! It's fun we promise.
Along the way we talk about what many may perceive to be a great insult to classic cinema in the first sequel to PSYCHO but we look upon with great reverence for inspiring the likes of SCREAM 3 or more importantly... JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK. The day that cinema was complete.
Enjoy!
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We let a trilogy of films ask the questions... ...and then question why the characters in said films asked them. However we do manage to challenge each other on a few points:
- Why has it taken one host THIS LONG to watch TOMBSTONE and does he feel like less of a man because of this absence in his life?
- Is John Cusack more annoying than ghosts?
- And can Emily Blunt ever be unattractive even or especially when she's mid-drunken rant?
All of this AND MORE is answered on the latest episode of TRILOGY IN THEORY!
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Doddering old podcast hosts try to remember the three films they watched last month. And the only reminder we get from our friends on the Internet is that we discussed Rian Johnson's STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI. Those comments were pleasant, as usual. But fear not! For the them of this month that we stole from Akira Kurosawa's RASHOMON is that we can choose to remember fan feedback differently! We can remember Carla Gugino as a fine actress and a healthy figure in Brian De Palma's SNAKE EYES! And... actually we are going to hold on that memory for a moment. Enjoy the rest of the episode and leave us old men behind. Just like Yoda taught.
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In which we discuss the movie that caused us to lose faith in our fellow man. Among other things.
Anyway this is an episode about STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI which proved that once and for all that a small minority of obnoxiously loud Star Wars fans are neither fans of Star Wars nor movies. On the first part we can now agree with them as we are tired of the discourse surrounding this Rian Johnson entry in yet another Disney franchise.
However we have a podcast to produce. So THIS... is the final word on the Skywalker saga. Now leave us alone. But keep downloading.
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In which we discuss an ample bosom. And missiles. Also Brian De Palma's SNAKE EYES. We like to think that the director would be proud of this. For Nicolas Cage with runaway chest hair, hideous fashion sense and overall just being loud in every capacity calls for an episode...
...on the ample bosom of cinema. Enjoy!
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In which we discover that Akira Kurosawa did not in fact make a film similar to BARBERSHOP. As it's long been said by one host on this show "a Kurosawa film is the bran muffin of cinema."
Yes, dear listeners... it is probably time that we retreat back to yet another Tarantino film on this feed. However while we're here we might as well try and discuss the classic bowel movement aid of a film that is RASHOMON. At least three times!
This is a movie podcast on trilogies after all. Three is very important to us. As are bowel movements. We are old. And we are spending our dwindling days on this... whatever this is. Enjoy!
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As usual... this episode starts with our segment called Ask Women As Answered By Two Men. And it goes horribly wrong for one co-host. While the other one giggles we get back to the online arguments that we are comfortable with: movie trilogies of our own making. This month it was a combination of Sidney Lumet's 12 ANGRY MEN, Quentin Tarantino's THE HATEFUL EIGHT and J.J. Abrams' (or one of his fellow silver spooned creatively deceased buddies) 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE and how they all add up to A NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS IN ONE ROOM!
That's the title of this episode. We talk about that. And also womenfolk. But only briefly. Please listen.
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If two movie podcast hosts find themselves in a bunker during the end of the world... they still grumble about J.J. Abrams. ...HOWEVER, we aren't total elitist snobs. An insult to Terrence Malick is included in the first two minutes of this episode. That means it only takes two minutes to conclude that your hosts can never be pleased. Except if you've hit play! And subscribe! Rate! Review! Five stars!
Or we will be forced to release an episode on THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX. You have been warned.
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This is a movie podcast hosted by two dudes. So here's another Tarantino movie. The difference is that this time it's the lesser host Web's favorite QT flick. One could blame the better host (and author of these show notes) Mike for not seeing this coming... but the author of these show notes is far more comfortable blaming his partner on this podcast. In keeping with the theme of this month's trilogy there's plenty of blame to go around! Such as:
- The Roadshow version on Netflix is now quite distasteful (no intermission!)
- The attacks on Michael Madsen's looks are also quite distasteful (he just wants to visit his mother for Christmas!)
- And not enough Zoe Bell (agreed!)
And if you still haven't had enough arguments... wait for the finale of this TRILOGY IN THEORY!
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One host has a new favorite movie... and it's no longer Guy Ritchie's SNATCH. Meanwhile the other host is hoping for a "sluttier" version of the classic 12 ANGRY MEN... and THANKFULLY there exists a cable tv version starring Jack Lemmon and James Gandolfini.
Sexy.
But that is for another episode of TRILOGY IN THEORY as this month's theme is kicked off by the Sidney Lumet "original" but not the crappy television version that both hosts couldn't be bothered to check out on their Criterion Collection discs.
We are busy men! Making podcasts. For you!
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We start with funny books, hate on true stories and in the end save all the compliments for ourselves. It's the ultimate team-up as your two hosts take on the likes of great artist such as Darwyn Cooke, Quentin Tarantino and then we throw in Guy Ritchie because even we make mistakes! But this matters not as we can rewrite our own reality with a historical fiction trilogy where Martian Manhunter, the man who played Superman and Brad Pitt is just around the corner to save the day in (take notes here, because we have three prior episodes that could use the downloads)
- JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER
- THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
- ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD
All of those (and so many more!) can be found at the links below:
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Not since the hosts of this very podcast has there been a more handsome team-up. Slightly better hair on Leo and Brad, though. We should hate them. But we don't. Although it took one host a few rides out to the squatters known as the Manson family before it clicked.
This Brad Pitt guy really IS incredibly handsome. And cool.
We should just hang out with these guys in ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD every week. That's the medicine the brighter host takes. It hasn't helped with hair loss but pretty much everything else. Enjoy!
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Your much beloved hosts team up to take down a cannibal... ... and also Guy Ritchie's film adaptation of THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. which is just silly.
Silly in that the sell by date for this particular IP is well past relevancy?
Silly in that we find it more absurd than our previous selected film which features a shapeshifting martian saving the world?
Silly in... OKAY, we can admit that Henry Cavill really does wear a suit well. Worth a watch and a listen!
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One host gets his way to take this podcast direct-to-video... ...and then keeps apologizing for it. Is it because he does not enjoy our selection of JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER?
No.
But he does admit that his reasoning is he bought a new toy to sit on his shelf and so here we are as we kick off a team-up trilogy with Darywn Cooke's all-hands-on-deck look at the DC Universe and the best comic book adaptation.
That also happens to be a cartoon. That went straight to video. We'll never do this again.
Maybe. Enjoy!
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We restrain ourselves... in a trilogy on film love excess. The three films selected not only are a celebration of three prior months/trilogies on this podcast... I'll wait as you go back and download every single episode. Ahem... THEY ARE ALSO doing a cover of sort of The Master of Suspense as we get callbacks to PSYCHO in Brian De Palma's DRESSED TO KILL.
Some REAR WINDOW in Robert Zemeckis' WHAT LIES BENEATH... which is perhaps the greatest film ever featured on this podcast. REAR WINDOW would be #2.
And last but not least that hack Martin Scorsese gets in on the action with SHUTTER ISLAND. Would this be VERTIGO or THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY? At that point in the podcast we were having too much fun and may have lost the thread. Enjoy!
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We take a trip based solely on our love for pudding. And also Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO. And Woody Allen's BLUE JASMINE... or Cate Blanchett's BLUE JASMINE if you'd rather. But in a third act twist (and one host hates that it comes to this) you have our resident Criterion Collection hater who waits for our wrap-up show to finally warm to Paul Thomas Anderson's PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE.
This marks a year of the journey that is TRILOGY IN THEORY. Thank you for coming along for the ride and ending up not quite like Janet Leigh but you still met a couple of perverts with a weird and abrasive hobby called podcasting. Many thanks. Here's to another year.
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In which Cate Blanchett has more than a few financial problems but is still better off than people who spend their time podcasting. Anytime now, Spotify. Anyway... Ms. Blanchett is great here. As is Sally Hawkins. And we suppose the director (WHO SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS) does some fine work as well.
Casting Louis CK as The Other Man was a curious choice even in 2013.
But Cate Blanchett is so good!
Just to go back to that Louis CK point... he was The Other Man to... Bobby Cannavale.
That's it. This is the last Woody Allen episode. Thanks for listening.
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In which we wonder what Paul Thomas Anderson saw in BILLY MADISON and/or HAPPY GILMORE. And we don't stop questioning universally sanctioned arbiters of taste! One host continues to take the Criterion Collection to task for their choices while the other questions his co-host's mentioning of THE BIG BANG THEORY in relation to the modern classic that is PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE. This is episode 50 of TRILOGY IN THEORY and thank you for taking this trip with us as we continue our breakdown trilogy.
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In which we wonder if there is anything left to say about PSYCHO... and then spend a half hour talking about PSYCHO. But mainly this episode is about one question... when is the right time to watch PSYCHO? And also... do spoilers matter for a film like this that has influenced so much that came after?
And the answer is now. And spoilers don't matter... as longs you are listening to a TRILOGY IN THEORY episode on it.
So now Alfred Hitchcock's film is worthy. That's how that works.
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In which one host still just wants to talk about ALIENS and refuses to honor mothers. As much as I love throwing my co-host under the bus in these show notes (as it truly is the only contribution I make to this podcast) I believe he will suffer no hardship this week.
For neither of our mothers listen to this show. However YOU, dear listener, can fix that by highly recommending this very show to your mothers.
Especially if you have a less than ideal relationship with them.
Like one who abandoned you to hang out with a cat in space. Or maybe switched careers to end up on the more profitable side of the war on drugs. My pick? Always go with Anna Kendrick. This is our episode on ALIENS, TRAFFIC, and A SIMPLE FAVOR.
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Lively. Kendrick. Mike. Web. But only one has a helium tank at the ready. We conclude our mothers trilogy the only way we know how.
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In which we talk about one man's continued hatred for films in The Criterion Collection. When faced with a film tackling the war on drugs... what do the hosts of TRILOGY IN THEORY focus on?
- A teenage addiction to SUNCOAST VIDEO.
- Being ashamed to take one's kid brother to Steven Soderbergh's slightly more enjoyable film OUT OF SIGHT.
- And of course nitpicking the poster of this box-office and Oscar winning ensemble film aimed at adults with serious subject matter now relegated to television miniseries. STILL... not a one sheet worthy of a college dorm room wall.
Ultimately we talk about the things that matter.
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In which we praise sequels... the few that are good. We kick off a new month of a TRILOGY IN THEORY by starting in the middle of the story, specifically with James Cameron's ALIENS. Taking over for Ridley Scott (something we decree to happen again! thank you, ALIEN: COVENANT box-office...) this time we find Ripley as the woman in the room who knows more than the men making decisions... and look what good that does her.
Along the way one host wonders if this is the film that made his decision on parenthood (it stinks!) and the other host (who made the mistake of procreating) swears that there is still time in the day for DVD special features.
No one believes him.
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Never before have you heard anyone repeat themselves on a podcast. Right? We never promised to break new ground on TRILOGY IN THEORY... which means we are very comfortable with a theme on directors repeating prior works in their filmography with a trilogy of CLERKS 2, DRAG ME TO HELL and BOYHOOD. Kevin Smith, Sam Raimi and Richard Linklater had no fear of proper critics taking them to task for running out of ideas... but it's safe to say they didn't expect this podcast to hold them accountable.
But today is that day. The lack of creativity ends now, filmmakers.
Leave that where it belongs. On movie podcasts.
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In which one host learns just what those crazy teenagers have been up to all these years. Never before has a Criterion Collection been more educational than when one host was appalled to learn about... underage drinking. More revelations would follow as we discussed Richard Linklater's BOYHOOD but also some accusations. Such as...
- Does the boy in BOYHOOD actually know how to read?
- Is he REALLY a fan of the Harry Potter series or just a POSER?
- And finally... is he more attractive than the character of ANGUS? You know... the hefty fellow in that charming family film that gave James Van Der Beek his start.
And a grateful nation thanked Mr. Linklater for adding another masterpiece to the wing of adolescence angst. THE 400 BLOWS. VARSITY BLUES. BOYHOOD!
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In which we judge an old lady for judging Alison Lohman. It's a tradition on TRILOGY IN THEORY (and in particular this month) to rewatch films that are decidedly unpleasant. Sam Raimi does not disappoint in that regard as he returned to his roots of gross-out gags and humorous horror and boy do we feel sorry for Alison Lohman for being the recipient of all those shenanigans in DRAG ME TO HELL.
We feel so sorry that both hosts make a solemn vow to Never. Watch. This. Movie. Again.
But we are asking you to listen to this episode. And also no promises are made about not purchasing this movie in a different format.
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In which we express concern for Rosario Dawson's love life. On this podcast there is one Dante and one Randal... and absolutely no Rosario Dawson around. Kevin Smith kicks off our trilogy of returns with his return to CLERKS 2 and we find that much like the film itself, coming back to these characters changes with age.
But we still feel bad for Rosario Dawson.
Really bad.
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This Will Be A Pleasant Bit of Unpleasantness. Whenever a podcast opens with a Monty Python sketch... show notes must come in to apologize to our dear listeners. And also to assure them that it will end. It will all end. We celebrate another three months of trilogies in theory by going back to our opening to 2021 with End of the World Speeches... only this time Stanley Kubrick finally gets off the bench with his first selection to this podcast in DR. STRANGELOVE: OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB. Then it's Robert Altman's turn with THE PLAYER stepping in as an alternate take on our previous The Love of Movies Brought to Life trilogy. And finally in the company of Kubrick and Altman is naturally Ronny Yu with his equally established classic FREDDY VS. JASON.
All of this is to say PLEASE stick around after the Monty Python bit. Thank you and the host writing these show notes apologizes. Truly. His name is Mike. He's a good guy. Web, also known as The Other Guy... is not.
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In which we want movies to stop fighting with each other. And so they do! For this is the wrap-up to our versus trilogy which includes so much hyper-masculinity that it this episodes has no choice but to be our most sexual. Woody Harrelson as a pornographer freedom fighter in THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT! Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck dismissing the pillow talk and getting down to man and alien grappling in BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE! And Christian Bale receiving a llama bite from Matt Damon in FORD V FERRARI!
Hot.
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In which two film dorks DON'T talk cars. FORD v FERRARI was known as The Great Dad Movie of 2019. Well, one of your hosts is a father and he took offense. The other host finds kids offensive but bad movie takes on Twitter even worse. So we get our revenge! Taking on the world that apparently hated this 92% Rotten Tomatoes score, Academy Award Best Picture nominee... if by the world you mean tweets. Speaking of which follow us on all these platforms that we profess to not care about (and don't!):
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In which we release our Ultimate Edition Snyder Cut of something shorter. Much shorter. Don't @ us #ReleaseTheSnyderCut. But thanks for the download! In this episode we explore more ugliness in movies vs... reason and logic. Oh and also BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE... a film where having a conversation is mostly ignored for more glowering (and in the case of Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor that's probably a wise course of action) naturally two podcasters choose to misunderstand this hyper-aggressive version of children's toys and and one host just wishes for a little more banter with Alfred the butler. However the other host (the one for the home team of DORKS) chose to record while wearing a Batman t-shirt, so he gets it. Mostly. He'd like to. But he doesn't seem to like this movie much. But he bought it. Warner Bros wins. The end. Until inevitably more on HBO Max...
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In which we discover that free speech is unpleasant. And also we have dirty minds. But the blame does not lie with us. Oh no, dear listeners! For the crafting of devious young thoughts we must give credit where credit is due. To one of the greatest Kentuckians who had the pleasure of being played by a man who likes getting arrested in the Bluegrass State. And if that's not enough... the better host on this podcast is recording this very podcast...in...Kentucky. Not merely because he already lives there. It's because that is true commitment to our episode on THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT!
The other host just edits the show but made the crucial error to not write these show notes. Enjoy.
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In which we conclude that GET SHORTY is the end of cinema. Woody Allen is a controversial figure in film... but also has had a professional life of much critical acclaim.
Quentin Tarantino may have a bit of an ego in that massive head of his. And with good reason! He also has lived the life of a critical darling since arriving on the scene with RESERVOIR DOGS.
So when you have a trilogy on a love of movies brought to life that includes Allen's THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO and Tarantino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS there is only one conclusion you can make.
That Barry Sonnenfeld's GET SHORTY is the only film worth discussing. This is the end of Trilogy in Theory. Good night.
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In which we apologize to the Giant Face for being late... ...on the other hand it's probably not a bad idea to be late to INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS considering what Mélanie Laurent has in store for filmgoers. As we wrap up this trilogy on movie lovers we primarily talk about the expectations for this Quentin Tarantino film upon release and also now as he has continued with his alternate history shtick. Brad Pitt as the ultimate bad-ass in the QT cinematic universe? Starts here. Christoph Waltz with the constant sass? Also here. One host's love for Tom Brady? Unfortunately for the other host... yes, that's in this episode too.
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In which we love tall women and hate short men. During the post-PULP FICTION renaissance of John Travolta came him playing yet another charmer in the professional field of crime. Only thing time his character in GET SHORTY shared our love of movies.
Which means all of his crimes can be forgiven. In fact... most everything in this Barry Sonnenfield adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel can be forgive (even Danny Devito as the world's biggest movie star) because the cast is so damn likable. James Gandolfini as the stunt man with a heart of gold. Delroy Lindo as the nemesis who likes purple suits and pink toilets. And the leading lady of the 90s and currently criminally underutilized Rene Russo.
This was fun. You will have fun. Happy Valentine's Day weekend at the movies from TRILOGY IN THEORY!
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In which we fall in love with Jeff Daniels of DUMB AND DUMBER. The premise of Woody Allen's THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO was too hard for your hosts to resist as it leads us to a discussion of choosing the real world or a life in the movies. (And yes, we promise no MATRIX discussion this episode...)
However it wouldn't be TRILOGY IN THEORY without some self-loathing:
- Is heartbreak necessary to make a truly great love story?
- Mia Farrow's fragility is sweet to one host and scary to the other.
- And can we only approach the magical realism entries in Allen's filmography? (Shameless promotion time: our MIDNIGHT IN PARIS episode is our #2 most listened to blockbuster. Freaks.)
Enjoy our our failed attempt at a movie podcast for the Valentine's Day holiday before our listeners presumably go on to succeed on this most loathsome holiday!
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In which we pick out nice words (the best words as a loser FORMER President once said) for the end of the world. Look, it wasn't enough to just survive 2020. To celebrate moving from one tough year to what looks like a marginally less tough year in 2021 we recruit some of our most charismatic screen icons to talk about endings... and hopefully new beginnings.
Mainly we just want an excuse for Ed Harris, Virginia Madsen and George Clooney to talk at us. Okay, so maybe not so much Mr. Harris.
He's scary. We're not. Enjoy as we wrap-up our TRILOGY IN THEORY on THE TRUMAN SHOW, SIDEWAYS and UP IN THE AIR!
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In which one host finally gives George Clooney a chance. The disrespect to the great state of Kentucky continues as our most handsome candidate is FINALLY off the waitlist for one co-host while the other jeopardizes his marriage with trivia about stunt butts for Vera Farmiga in UP IN THE AIR. We assume this is the type of commentary that Jason Reitman expected in his film about rising unemployment released in the shadow of an economic crisis in America and blah blah blah Anna Kendrick has the cutest cry that... We. Have. Ever. Seen.
2021 is here. Things are looking up. If not we will continue to look up to old-fashioned movie star vehicles and be sad with very beautiful people. Enjoy!
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Two Guys Who Love SIDEWAYS But Not Wine No expertise to be had on this episode for Alexander Payne's SIDEWAYS. Oh sure, both your hosts have revisited this film many times. One of them fondly remembers experiencing its charms while eating a frozen pizza. So it shouldn't surprise any of you that neither man on this podcast is a wine snob. Or even drinks the stuff.
Though I assure you that we do drink. Probably not as much as we should the way things have been going. ANYWAY the movie is great and Virginia Madsen delivers an ALL TIMER of a speech and just thinking of the shenanigans that Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church get into makes the poor bastard typing out these show notes want to watch it all over again. Enjoy!
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The Truman Show is depressing. Thank the maker for Jim Carrey though! As we discuss on this episode it takes a light touch to navigate the murky ethical waters of THE TRUMAN SHOW. Thankfully Peter Weir cast a comedian for this part written by Andrew Niccol and what results is a very entertaining film that the Academy could safely ignore. Because it was entertaining!
On this episode your hosts about how it could have all gone wrong and that includes placing themselves in the role of Truman resulting in a show that no one would watch. Which is why we podcast. To thousands. All adoring fans. Enjoy!
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Episode Notes Well... we made it to a new year. And with that in mind we figured 2020 deserved no celebration of joy but instead a trilogy of loss. So board this episode with us as we decidedly are not in the mood for SNOWPIERCER's shenanigans of violence, the privileged gaining time travel powers in ABOUT TIME and/or Rooney Mara being made to feel bad about falling in love.
Yep. This is a trilogy of warm fuzzy feelings that the previous year deserves. Enjoy!
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On this special Christmas Day episode we give our listeners those new identities that they probably didn't even know they wanted. HOWEVER for those that listened closely who could deny putting on the catsuit and becoming Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman in BATMAN RETURNS? Or perhaps a dead ringer for Veronica Lake like Kim Basinger in L.A. CONFIDENTIAL? And Leonardo DiCaprio bedding any number of young starlets as... well, Leonardo DiCaprio in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN?
Doesn't this already sound better than Christmas 2020? TRILOGY IN THEORY works best when facing such weak competition. Happy holidays!
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In the third part in our criminal Christmas trilogy we are granted many a gift from the Steven Spielberg classic (that's right, we're old and you're old) CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. These presents include:
- A great knock knock joke from Tom Hanks that you most definitely should tell to your non-mask wearing family member.
- Amy Adams with an even deadlier combination of disarming charm when you add braces to the mix.
- And Leonardo DiCaprio in no man's land of handsome (which ain't that bad, Leo) in playing too young and too old.
Okay maybe that last one was a bit of coal but I believe one of the finest actors of his generation will get over it. Hopefully you will as well and come back for your stocking of film nerd neuroses as we wrap-up our trilogy of A New Identity for Christmas in our TiT Holiday Special!
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All we want for Christmas is a lovely lady who looks like Veronica Lake. And not, we can not stress this enough, a gift that resembles in ANY WAY one Kevin Spacey.
But he's still pretty good in the Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland film adaptation of James Ellroy's L.A. CONFIDENTIAL. So that means our listeners will have to settle for Guy Pearce. Better than a PS5, right?
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Most people say, it's just not Christmas without Christopher Walken as a scheming businessman with great hair. And if you are most people you also listen to TRILOGY IN THEORY.
Unless it's a month on Michael Cera, you jerks.
But no Michael Cera this month! For it's December which means a podcast is obligated to do a Christmas theme.
Every week.
This week it's BATMAN RETURNS. And one host is not yet in the spirit. For he hates penguins. And cats. But he likes Batman. Which makes him all the more put out by what Tim Burton is laying down.
Merry Christmas Part One!
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On this Thanksgiving we attempt to be thankful for all of the things in our lives.
Right before we get rid of them.
No, this isn't one of this creepy and extremely privileged YouTube minimalist videos from a wealthy twenty something who is tired of having so much stuff. This is about a man dealing with the trauma of destroyed Nintendo Switch cases and the trilogy of films that got him through it.
This is just another month of TRILOGY IN THEORY.
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The ever cantankerous persona of Ron Swanson is only somewhat to be found in the Nick Offerman starring HEARTS BEAT LOUD... sooooo we try our best to fill that void.
But this film is so darn likable.
Forgive us for this corny episode and then promptly go to hell for agreeing that it's corny. Like rate and review! This is TRILOGY IN THEORY.
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Who knew that a mostly ignored Will Ferrell dramedy from 2010 would unite your two favorite podcast hosts even further in their bromance?
Not the filmmakers of EVERYTHING MUST GO but I'm sure they will take this as praise.
In fact they would probably gladly accept a podcast (even this one) a decade later trying to share the surprising amount of joy that this film contains. As long as that joy remains in earbuds and not in the front lawn. Because your hosts have a lot of Criterions. And they have learned no lessons from this month's TRILOGY IN THEORY!
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Listen with great intrigue as two middle-aged men try to understand the whims of teenage girls but do not despair... for these characters come from a comic book! And thus your hosts have a SLIM chance of understanding the motivations of Enid and Rebecca in GHOST WORLD.
We are old and we are tired... but we haven't boarded that bus out of town just yet. For this and many other things we apologize to our listeners.
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For Halloween we play dress up by dressing down comic book film adaptations.
Wait. That sounds insulting.
Maybe even sexual.
None of that! Just two dorks talking about their own strangely paternal trilogy of comic books on the silver screen.
Nothing remotely sexual about this. Just insulting. TO YOUR EARS.
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In an episode on SIN CITY these two movie podcasters feel free to commit all the sins at their disposal:
- Disparaging the director by choosing THE ONE scene directed by someone else as the best (love you, QT)
- Choosing Josh Hartnett as their favorite character because he's the least Chatty Cathy of all these monologue loving dudes.
- And debating if it's worth the end of theatrical exhibition as we know it just to stick it to ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL fans.
Can you handle all this testosterone saturated decadence? If not go back to our episode on AMERICAN SPLENDOR you nerd. Because we need the download. Any downloads!
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Join us as you discover one host's REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE phase of his youth was strangely influenced by the screen persona of Paul Giamatti. Grabbing the podcast microphone and proudly proclaiming that he is a nerd leaves your other host with no recourse but to play the hipster card and go on the record with being early on the AMERICAN SPLENDOR bandwagon.
So, both are dorks. Welcome to TRILOGY IN THEORY!
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In this episode we discover that one host was THE adult in the room back in the summer of 2002; hanging out with the greats of Newman and Hanks.
Meanwhile your other host couldn't get enough of some dork named Tobey and the usual comic book tights as seen in a little movie called SPIDER-MAN. This month... that host becomes a MAN. Not Spider-Man. That's for kids.
STUPID kids. We are so mature here at Trilogy in Theory. Fans of TiT know this.
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When one thinks of rabbits in film... the first thought that comes to one's sick mind is FATAL ATTRACTION.
When one thinks of dreaming in Paris of lives not lived... one judges the scheming of a duplicitous young lady named AMELIE.
And finally when one thinks of Michael Cera you could go with the three prior films we talked about on this very podcast. Or maybe even SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD. But, no... here you will find PAPER HEART.
These films all have one thing in common. They were losers in winning a coveted slot on our previous trilogies in theory. But today... they are on TRILOGY IN THEORY. Enjoy and thank you for being with us for the first three months of this podcast!
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What more can we say about this century's sexiest leading man in cinema? Our listeners would probably say PLEASE GOD NO MORE and to that we say... calm down, we have to take this opportunity to revisit a "physical journey" with Michael Cera.
And that's just the disturbing cold open! What will the rest of the episode reveal about our deviant hosts? Only the bold listeners of TRILOGY IN THEORY will know.
It's time to be bad, dear listeners. And there's no greater bad boy in American cinema than François Dillinger as played by the actor that made all parents concerned for the youth at the end of aughts.
That's right. Double The Cera in this episode on YOUTH IN REVOLT.
If that wasn't panty dropping enough, you also have Mike and Web. And they're pretty good. Not great. But pretty good.
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Our most dedicated listeners may find this very podcast to be an infinite playlist of two men with undeniable sexual chemistry... so why not give them more of the same? Except we switch out our hosts for perhaps the more appealing Kat Dennings and Michael Cera in 2008's NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST.
This particular mixtape has less emo, more Wu-Tang Clan, THE One Direction and a debate over the appropriate amount of support from Ari Graynor.
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2007 was a far gentler time when it came to disagreements. J.K. Simmons DID NOT throw a cymbal at your head for revealing your teen pregnancy. Ellen Page insulting your favorite band was not the most insulting thing in the world (or in that particularly awkward conversation, Jason Bateman). And the great Michael Cera could trust his heart with the full confidence that the greatest of all movie channels STARZ would provide ample evidence of amorous affection. This is our episode on JUNO. Enjoy.
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We open with Hemingway and it's all downhill from there as we lament the lack of travel in 2020 and bemoan the inability for our three male leads in BEFORE SUNSET, INCEPTION and MIDNIGHT IN PARIS to ever achieve satisfaction.
Which puts us closer to being in the same category as Leonardo DiCaprio and Ethan Hawke as we'll ever be.
Okay, so maybe we settle for just being in Owen Wilson's company. We hope you've settled for being in our company as we dreamt of Paris this month and give a hint at what's to come next month with our TRILOGY IN THEORY.
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Though we may never fit into the Parisian lifestyle, at least in Woody Allen's MIDNIGHT IN PARIS we find a kindred spirit in Owen Wilson's bumbling DORK.
Granted a bumbling dork who is engaged to Rachel McAdams and begins an affair across time with Marion Cotillard. But basically the same guy as your favorite hosts on TRILOGY IN THEORY!
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We continue our podcast tour of Paris (which is to say, not really) with great philosophical debate over the nature of dreams (also, not really) as one host finds Christopher Nolan's INCEPTION strangely intimate and the other is four levels deep into the process of filmmaking. By the end of it, no conclusions can be drawn other than we sound like two guys who have no business being in Paris.
Or your ears.
But here we are!
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The dream of TRILOGY IN THEORY started with a conversation on THE BEFORE TRILOGY... which means of course that one host will question the need of Richard Linklater to the whole venture while the other host reveals his true passion for these characters comes back to a rather attractive high school classmate. A finer pair of serious-minded cinephiles you will not find as we discuss BEFORE SUNSET for our second TRILOGY IN THEORY!
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One host looks into the symbol of the rabbit in mythology but can't market our first selected trilogy worth a damn. Meanwhile your other host gets into the weeds of time travel (thanks Richard Kelly!) and accepts the things he will never fully understand... which could very well be our selected trilogy of HARVEY, DONNIE DARKO and JOJO RABBIT.
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A scrappy Nazi youth and his even more precocious imaginary friend Hitler made for unfortunately timely movie watching in 2019 as we wrap up our selections for our rabbit trilogy with the title character JOJO RABBIT. Thankfully there is a little dancing and a little Sam Rockwell (and your favorite podcast hosts!) to make it somewhat palatable.
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In which you find your hosts befuddled by the youth of both the 80s setting of Richard Kelly's DONNIE DARKO... but also by themselves in 2001 when this film was originally released. One host wonders if he missed out on the fun for this cult classic while the other doesn't feel hip for being there... just really, really old.
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In our first proper episode of TRILOGY IN THEORY you will quickly succumb to the charms of James Stewart in the classic 1950 film HARVEY... and also quickly surmise that your hosts Mike and Web are enablers of this great Hollywood star. Our only issue really is with the supposed height of this friend named Harvey...
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Because a podcast trailer is the first in a series of errors we promise to make as we present to you TRILOGY IN THEORY.
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In a time when separation from your friends and family is encouraged we chose a theme of sisters separated and the consequences that come along with this decision. So maybe our theme isn't encouraging the social distancing necessary but we do have a new favorite in INVISIBLE LIFE followed with some kinkier material in VICE AND VIRTUE and SISTERS (the DePalma one, not Tina Fey). And the guest who takes all the blame for this is Dave of A PODCAST DIRECTED BY, because he deserves it.
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On this episode we present next door neighbors to Quentin Tarantino's latest divisive film (that opened to glowing reviews and box-office success... but real divisive!) ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD with an officially sanctioned classic IN A LONELY PLACE and one Oscar contender miss in HOLLYWOODLAND. Programming this seemingly unfair fight is my co-host from 99 FROM 99, Ben Zuk, who states on this episode that all the value he attained from film school resides in this very episode. On that depressing note please subscribe to our podcast where we relive happier times and the films of 1999!
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We invite CAPTAIN MARVEL superfan, but not a fanboy for that's an important distinction, Dave Giannini of A PODCAST DIRECTED BY to tell us just how wrong he is about this Brie Larson "buddy comedy." Along the way we go back to simpler times when Arnold Schwarzenegger could play an everyman in TOTAL RECALL and when Tim Allen "played" an asshole in GALAXY QUEST. For a theme on altered perceptions in science fiction... neither of us change our mind and probably only change your mind on continuing to listen to this podcast. That being said click on the links below:
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The thoughtful and generally kind response to the last in the Fox version of the X-Men saga DARK PHOENIX requires an equally thoughtful and kind dissection of redheads generally being crazy and scary as seen in such films as THE LITTLE MERMAID and PRETTY WOMAN. Are the themes of these transforming gingers enough to make a man develop a distaste for Jessica Chastain? Or was that just her involvement with the bald-cap wielding James McAvoy YET AGAIN? Either way your host gets to disagree with one of his favorite people to disagree with: Web Bist of the single episode COMMENTARY TREK. Which you should check out by clicking that link and then click these:
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Challenged by longtime friend of the show Peter of Original Remake and Podstalgic to reassess the creep factor of BIG we pair it up with the less-foul mouthed version of Ryan Reynolds in ONCE UPON A TIME IN DEADPOOL as we (like the DCU) try to figure out who our target audience is for this podcast. Answer? No one. But click on these links anyway:
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Because I am not a nice person I drag returning guest Natasha of The Rad Ass Bitches not only back to this loathsome movie podcast but also back to high school. Thankfully the selected films include a favorite for both of us in GROSSE POINTE BLANK where John Cusack returns for his tenth year high school reunion after a professional life of assassination and general being a malcontent. But a romantic one! And then it's on to the documentary AMERICAN TEEN which is HEREDITARY levels of uncomfortable at times. Thankfully we kick the show off by dancing on the grave of Spider-Man in the MCU with SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING.
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It wouldn't be a movie podcast without a couple of dudes trying to put the pieces together on things they don't fully understand and that is very fitting for the recent film UNDER THE SILVER LAKE. Thankfully we have a new guest Melvin Benson of the podcast CINEMATIC DOCTRINE to lead our unfortunate host in a discussion on the missing women of Hollywood and the foolish men who follow. And there is a lot of foolishness in our selected double feature of THE BLACK DAHLIA and THE NICE GUYS. Also if you click any of the links below... fools!
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Having been looked upon for years as the movie podcast of record for this art form known as cinema we've taken it upon ourselves to celebrate 1001 films covered on this show (don't ask why two extra were covered on a premise based around a triple feature but I remember one of the extras was MONEY MONSTER, obviously you fools) by looking at the paper of record on film. In the recent (we said we were the record, not punctual) Steven Spielberg picture THE POST we find Meryl Streep challenged to maintain her family's legacy under pressure from everyone else and Tom Hanks. Spoiler alert: Hanks has more sway than EVERYONE ELSE. This inspires a conversation on the changing power of the daily newspaper as seen as far back in 1931's THE FRONT PAGE and unfortunately the every bit as dated 1994 movie THE PAPER.
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On this episode with Jairo from the great MARK AS PLAYED podcast (and to a lesser degree THE TRUE BROMANCE FILM PODCAST) discusses one of his great passions in life: Ethan Hawke. Unfortunately much like our theme revolving around JULIET, NAKED of the more you know the the more your passion wanes, our esteemed guest finds himself in the same spot with our double feature of TRAINING DAY and THE PHENOM.
Along the way we both do a terrible job of promoting our other podcast MARK AS PLAYED so here's a reminder on that particular misfire. Also these links:
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We invite our listeners to one last dinner with us, machine and horse, as we do the polite thing and talk politics over the dinner table. BEATRIZ AT DINNER features two great performances from Salma Hayek and John Lithgow doing battle across the political divide and we in turn present Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE and Stacy Title's THE LAST SUPPER as dinner party rivals where philosophical differences lead to murder.
And then we announce our intent to murder this podcast (as if we haven't done that before!)
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On this episode where we get lost to search engine shenanigans (and maybe pick up a few new disappointed listeners) we look at girls gone wild... on film. Good films. Films like Peter Jackson's HEAVENLY CREATURES. Films where Mandy Moore would slap you upside the head with a bible for thinking such dirty thoughts. She'd recommend watching SAVED! instead. So we did. All because of the release of BOOKSMART and our love for a film that maybe didn't get as much love as we'd hoped in THOROUGHBREDS. Listen and click these links before you go back to trying to find other girls going wild:
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Amy Schumer recently had a stand-up special that I'm sure will force Netflix to change their rating system yet again, but before they do that we put in our two cents on her last feature film I FEEL PRETTY.Web Bist joins the show again and re-examines his past physical assessment of others while suffering through another double feature from your host Mike that will undoubtedly end his assessment of guesting on this podcast. THE TAO OF STEVE goes up against SHALLOW HAL as its a battle between two questionable cads that make both guest and host feel better about themselves.
And that's really the point of this podcast.
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For your consideration... give Sam Elliott a damn Oscar already. Since we don't yet have that power (once again, YET) we do the next best thing: podcast about three Sam Elliott movies with Jamison Rabbitt. All three films feature characters reflecting on their respective lives, but only one gets it completely right by having Mr. Elliott play the title character of THE HERO. As for our double feature, we'll just have to settle for a great rant from The Hero in THE CONTENDER and the acknowledgment that The Hero is hot in I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS. You should be clicking already:
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We held back on our episode for WIDOWS for its inevitable Oscar nominations. No dice. So how about the same week there's yet another movie about revenge starring Liam Neeson. Well, goddamnit that publicity won't help this little movie podcast. So you know what? Enjoy an early spring break as our episode theme on women pulling off heist movies features SPRING BREAKERS going up against the classier (but perhaps not as neon flashy) OCEAN'S 8. And god help us if we held back this episode any longer. Thankfully our guest Web Bist's impression of Andy Rooney never goes out of style. Or always is. Anyway click these links!
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99 FROM 99 host Ben Zuk is back to educate us on NOT ONLY all the versions of A STAR IS BORN but also DEATH TO SMOOCHY. Naturally. The other half of our rivalries in the performing arts double feature is Best Picture winner CHICAGO. And while your host may prefer the Razzie contender starring Robin Williams and Edward Norton, both voices on this podcast seem agreeable to Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga's Oscar contender. Because God knows that Bradley needs a win in this life.
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It's early January so that must be a cheesy horror movie we can watch instead of homework films like ROMA. Thankfully ESCAPE ROOM arrived right on time and also gave us the opportunity to let Laurence Oliver and Michael Caine in SLEUTH try to outwit other guys stuck in a room with Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott in the remake of 12 ANGRY MEN. All of this could lead somewhere gentlemanly but instead somehow we get on the subject of Mike Judge's EXTRACT and Zach Braff in THE LAST KISS displaying the finer points of cuckolding. Don't @ us Trump fans. But if you must click on the links below:
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On an episode programmed by a SOBER CINEMA superfine (but definitely not this podcast) Andy From Work joined the show for a New Year's edition inspired by BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE. We go back to the much maligned FOUR ROOMS (though Andy From Work says it's "close a perfect film") where Tim Roth runs into all sorts of nonsense that he must deal with as a lowly bellhop. While in SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS The Great Sam Rockwell creates the nonsense as he tries to help his screenwriter film in his writers block. For movie podcaster's block we simple just went to ETHEREAL BREWING and produced this. Please don't blame the brewery for our stupid movie thoughts at the links below:
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As we head into 2019 we have one New Year's Resolution to make... and that is never trust a nun. To do so Josh Dotson of SOBER CINEMA joins the podcast for the newest entry in THE CONJURING cinematic universe: THE NUN. This inspires a double feature of nuns gone wild with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams in DOUBT and Aubrey Plaza and Alison Brie in THE LITTLE HOURS. One is very suspicious of sexual activity within the church, while the other is ALSO very suspicious of sex acts... but also an active participant. Based on these show notes it seems obvious which film we would choose, but that's why you have to listen to the show at these links below:
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New release BOY ERASED inspires a conversation on coming out in cinema, but more importantly how to record podcasts with pets. This very sensitive subject is handled with grace as your host Mike tells guest Dave Giannini of THE GRAND GESTURE that he'll just include his cat in the episode. Much like the beloved WAR MACHINE vs. WAR HORSE mascot, Brody Boy. I suppose at this point in the show notes I should stop talking about pets and mention that the two older films are great. Mike Mills' BEGINNERS and Dee Rees' PARIAH make this show worth doing (along with the sex and drugs) as they take two decidedly different looks at age groups coming out to their families. And then your host ruins it by mentioning Vince Vaughn's wack-off scene in the remake of PSYCHO as a "gentle push." Enjoy!
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For our Thanksgiving episode we open up the family for ALL of The Funky Bunch with a triple feature of Mark Wahlberg flicks. The first is new release INSTANT FAMILY which inspires a conversation on adopted families in Mark Mark joints. TRAVELLER features Mr. Wahlberg forcing his way into a family of gypsy con men with the great Bill Paxton as his mentor/adopted father figure, while in FOUR BROTHERS the man who would be Dirk Diggler is avenging the death of his adoptive mother. Along the way we lament the Celtics and wonder why Dwight Yoakam isn't ALWAYS playing the father figure role since he was so good at it in SLING BLADE. You will be thankful once this episode is over! Happy holiday wishes at all the links below:
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On our latest episode we look at movie screens bringing people closer together. This could mean Aubrey Plaza making a new friend through Instagram in INGRID GOES WEST. Or even Kristen Stewart texting pleasantries with a ghost in PERSONAL SHOPPER. The possibilities are endless with modern technology! Except on this episode because it's a three movie format and the John Cho starring SEARCHING just had its digital video release. Enjoy and make us the next Ingrid by following at the links below:
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We lost our Movie Pass sponsorship (I don't think those guys paid their internet or ANY bill this week) so it's another trip into host Mike's hard drive. And with that type of passionate setup, he finds a recording with returning guest ALICE BISHOP on one of their favorite films of LAST year in A GHOST STORY. This inspires a conversation with co-host CHRIS MAYNARD on films where men take a long and complicated journey of their own making to return to places they don't recognize in THE SWIMMER and THE PASSENGER. Come for the podcast talk and leave with an idea to google search Mr. Lancaster in a speedo. Also follow the links below (sorry, no Lancaster speedo with these clicks):
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For our episode on the games of men and monkeys we bring on a man who records from his own gaming chair, Jared Dotson of SOBER CINEMA, to wrassle with another action flick starring Dwayne Johnson in RAMPAGE. This inspires a conversation on the masculine lifestyles of Clint Eastwood in EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE and Billy Mitchell in THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS. One is something every man aspires to and the other is one every man should be ashamed of. Just like you for listening to this podcast! Thanks and follow us below:
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Jairo of MARK AS PLAYED (and to a lesser extent THE TRUE BROMANCE FILM PODCAST) brings his romcom wrecking expertise (no relation to THE GRAND GESTURE, the greatest podcast on romance in film) to a 90s classic starring The movie star of the time, Julia Roberts in MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING as she seeks to destroy Dylan McDermott (or Dermot Mulroney)'s wedding plans. He then finds the buy-in too much when it comes to the relationship of Jay Baruchel and Alice Eve in SHE'S OUT OF MY LEAGUE. All of this is inspired by the saboteurs of sex (not us of course) on display in BLOCKERS.
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We stake our reputation on this episode on young love, after our host gleefully boasts about his LOVE, SIMON pick as perhaps the only film he has liked this year. The poor bastards that have to listen to this are co-host Shane Conner (who should be used to it by now) and guest Dave Hart of THE GRAND GESTURE! That is, by the way, a podcast you should get to used to by hitting the link to subscribe and then perhaps you will forgive us recounting our own awkward teenage experiences which thankfully don't resemble the events in THE RULES OF ATTRACTION and also (this time unfortunately) that of the charming EASY A.
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We tackle the merits of nostalgia in READY PLAYER ONE by hosting a grueling contest of debasement for you our dear listeners with a double feature of THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? and WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. To do so your master of podcast pain ceremonies, Michael Denniston, brings on his co-host from the new podcast 99 FROM 99, Ben Zuk to do a bit of breakdancing with Jane Fonda and belching behind Gene Wilder's back. Join the competition at the links below!
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For our episode on I, TONYA we discuss Ugly American Rivalries on film as seen in CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR and THE BRONZE. And the conclusion we come to? It's tough to stay friends with Sebastian Stan. Thankfully we bring on an old friend and co-creator of this podcast, Josh Dotson of the new retro-movie podcast SOBER CINEMA, to pick the ugliest American, the best rivalry, and the Sebastian Stan you'd want to be friends with in our latest triple feature we've programmed for your listening enjoyment. Check it out at the links below:
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For Jennifer Lawrence's latest RED SPARROW we decide to be social with guest JD Duran of Insession Film. He joins the podcast to discuss the problems the characters of REDS and RED HEAT have navigating personal relationships when they conflict with their political beliefs. So on the one hand we have the film that won Warren Beatty his Best Director Oscar and the film that SHOULD have won Arnold Schwarzenegger one of many Oscars. All of that and we implore our guest to stop going on social media. Follow us at the links below:
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On this episode we continue our games (GAME NIGHT was the previous episode if you skipped that one, you jerk) but this time with THE CHASTAIN. The greatest actor of our generation, Jessica Chastain, plays a woman who runs into the greatest asshole actor of our generation, Tobey Maguire (as played by Michael Cera), and to do so we celebrate (?) two other roles this actor played that exposed him for the bag egg that he is. In Steven Soderbergh's THE GOOD GERMAN, Maguire plays a soldier taking advantage of post-war chaos, and in Sam Raimi's franchise killing SPIDER-MAN he plays a "good guy" gone bad when his girlfriend breaks up with him and he starts wearing a evil, mind-altering space suit. Pretty standard stuff and to cover it we welcome back WEB BIST of the upcoming podcast TRILOGY TALK!
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On this episode we take in a triple feature of Jason Bateman comedies and come to the conclusion that he is one man that you don't play games with. In COUPLES RETREAT he tricks his friends into covering some of the financial and emotional costs to save his marriage, while in his directorial debut BAD WORDS he plays a man set on revenge and destruction with the contests of spelling bees as his weapon of choice. However in new release GAME NIGHT we find the actor just simply wanting to enjoy his weekly board games with his friends... and then everything is ruined when we invite Jairo of The True Bromance Film Podcast and Mark as Played to come on and discuss the film. Listen and follow at the links below:
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On this episode we expand the definition of family films with two personal favorites in ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES and WE BOUGHT A ZOO. Guest Ben Zuk and your host have threatened to feature these two films for quite some time, and last year's release of THE COMMUNE (now available on Hulu) gave us somewhat of an excuse to do so. Hopefully we can change some hearts and minds to appreciate some of Cameron Crowe's best work, but failing that check out our new podcast launching this week: 99 from 99. A movie podcast that presents 99 episodes on the films from 1999.
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Guest Andrew of AB Film Review & The Last New Wave joins the podcast to experience first contact multiple times as we continue to feature favorite films from our guests. On this episode we learn that ANOTHER EARTH does not earn that distinction from our Australian friend, but he shares a passion for Steven Spielberg's CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, which celebrated a 40th anniversary re-release this year. Along the way we also make time to question the existence of God when Jake Busey exists, which is the main takeaway from the Robert Zemeckis adaptation of Carl Sagan's CONTACT... right?
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We return from exile, rested and with far too much blue milk for our episode on STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI. Critically applauded as a return to the peak of this franchise, a vocal minority of fans feel otherwise. Since we are aware that you waited for this podcast to advise you on a possible ticket purchase, WEB BIST of DARN THAT DREAM answers the call and tries out some new material. This is a hint to please keep listening after the cold open.
Please.
If you do make that choice, you will hear us debate the expectations we place on characters decisions depending on the type of film being sold. Previous sci-fi favorite THE MATRIX RELOADED arguably doomed the series with a hero agonizing over his options, and yet a rallying cry of defense came Jennifer Lawrence's fate in mother! What gives? We do. You're welcome.
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And we're back. We wake up this podcast to discover that we are in love with Kumail Nanjiani in THE BIG SICK. Unfortunately Jairo of THE TRUE BROMANCE FILM PODCAST is also with us at his weepiest as he raves about this new film, while expressing some displeasure with our two older film selections on love stories on the external influences surrounding our onscreen couples. In AWAY WE GO Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski travel across country to find the perfect place and the perfect people to raise their unborn child with, while in I LOVE YOU, MAN Rashida Jones is happy with her upcoming marriage to Paul Rudd but has slight concerns about the groomsmen or lack thereof. We also get a bit meta as we talk about the outside influences of film discussion and how it impacts our own experiences with this medium, which leads to the creation of a brand new podcast: MARK AS PLAYED.
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Back for her second straight episode Amanda Iman from Amanda Picture Show A Go Go and Culture Pop A Go Go discusses the highs and lows of seeing con men get conned in our episode inspired by Sofia Coppola's latest film THE BEGUILED. For the double feature we travel back to the more innocent (?) times of Neil Labute's IN THE COMPANY OF MEN, which without a single murder is more unpleasant than the surprisingly sweet JACKIE BROWN from Quentin Tarantino. Join us as we plot a happily ever after for Pam Grier and Robert Forster and not-so-much for Aaron Eckhart's character of Chad.
On this episode we welcome two first time guests. Amanda Iman of Amanda's Picture Show A Go Go and Culture Pop A Go Go joins the podcast for a very late ROUGH NIGHT discussion on women behaving badly in comedy. This inspires a conversation on two older films that share this premise with co-host Chris of Following Films and our second guest Christine Schiefer from And That's Why We Drink on BRIDESMAIDS and BACHELORETTE.
ALSO: We apologize to Adam Scott for the content of this podcast, but not Adam Sandler.
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On this episode we plan to podcast through technical difficulties to promote our favorite film and performance of the year (so far) with THE WEDDING PLAN. This 2016 Israeli film makes its way to the States by tackling a lot of rom-com conventions we have grown accustomed to with a female lead's worth being determined by their romantic partner or lack thereof. Two previous films have also explored this idea in comedic fashion. One from our Australian friends (we promise this ends the streak of films from that penal colony) in MURIEL'S WEDDING, and the other from a gentler time when America didn't hate Adam Sandler in THE WEDDING SINGER. Join us for what is our first and last wedding season episode!
ALSO: Congratulations to friend and contributor to the show Derek Stewart for getting married this past weekend!
On this episode Andrew of AB Film Review and The Last New Wave put his Patreon dollars to use by programming a triple feature of Australian crime films. New release HOUNDS OF LOVE starts off this podcast abduction as Chris and Mike debate the merits of enjoying a film that isn't designed to be enjoyed. Thankfully we turn to the more gregarious nature of crime with Eric Bana's breakout performance in CHOPPER going up against more established Aussies in Joel Edgerton and Guy Pearce in ANIMAL KINGDOM.
ALSO we pitch future TNT television series based on Australian cinema.
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We get back behind the podcast wheel for the much anticipated BABY DRIVER, Edgar Wright's latest dork-fest which takes a look at the much used trope of the stoic getaway driver. To celebrate its release we look back at other films using a character's experience or lack thereof against veteran criminals in the two action films classics SPEED and THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS. For that conversation we welcome one of our earliest podcast supporters in Jeremy from the Movie Madness Podcast, but first we consult on the perfect driving playlist with returning guest and fellow hater, Alice Bishop.
ALSO, a shoutout to Emilie Zarnow for the kick in the podcast ass!
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After producing three hundred episodes we decided to dig into our archives for a "lost" episode. Originally scheduled for August 2016 this show on TO STEAL FROM A THIEF is revived for two reasons: 1) we are incredibly lazy and 2) this Spanish film which was unable to get a theatrical release in the U.S. has now hit Netflix where it will presumably be ignored for more hate-watching of FULLER HOUSE. But we couldn't ignore it as it gives us a chance to look back at two great heist films set in banks and more specifically the content of safety deposit boxes in THE SILENT PARTNER and INSIDE MAN.
And if that isn't enough Jodie Foster for you, we also are the only podcast (hopefully) to celebrate the one year anniversary of MONEY MONSTER! All of this and a bit less on the latest episode of War Machine vs. War Horse!
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For episode 300 we did not select that particular Zack Snyder "classic" but we do have a number of guests doing their best readings from that film. Dwight of The Broken Brain, Dave of Pop Culture Case Study, Jairo of The True Bromance Film Podcast, Jason of Atlantic Screen Connection, Kevin of Cinema Geeks, Daniel of Get Reel Movies, and Jess & Non of Joy Sandwich are all here to blot out the podcast sun as we debate Our Future Identity as seen in new release THE CIRCLE. This disappointment leads us to look back at alternate futures in Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL and Richard Linklater's A SCANNER DARKLY. All of this and a debate on the future of cinema, Netflix, Marvel, podcasting, and the very nature of good and evil as seen in our hosts Chris and Mike.
A breezy podcast listen all around. Thanks supporting any of the first 300 episodes, we promise at least two more.
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We had to do it before we reached episode 300, otherwise we just wouldn't have the respect of our listeners if we didn't tackle the greatest question every filmgoer has these days... just why does everyone hate Katherine Heigl? To answer that question, Dave of Pop Culture Case Study discusses the arc of this leading lady's career from a budding romcom star trying to finally be the bride 27 DRESSES to the cold, controlling wife in HOME SWEET HELL. All of this and the new release UNFORGETTABLE which is here to keep Hollywood in business in between the latest FAST & THE FURIOUS and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY.
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On this episode we do what we've been doing for damn near 300 episodes: preach against children. To do so we bring in a couple of our favorite men of faith who share this ideology in Robert Mitchum's Father of the Year from THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER and John Lithgow's life of the party pastor from FOOTLOOSE. This is of course for the video release of BRIMSTONE starring our favorite Australian Guy Pearce as a man who just can't stand Dakota Fanning and THAT of course means we bring in as a guest our second favorite Australian who also hates Dakota Fanning, Andrew of AB Film Review and The Last New Wave. This leads to a fun conversation (but still no dancing) and also Andrew exercises some of his Patreon support by bringing back a co-creator of this podcast, Old Bald Dotson, for some words of wisdom.
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On this episode we talk about our passion for the look of Terrence Malick films with William Lindus of the Movie Bears Podcast and Jairo of The True Bromance Film Podcast. This is something we share with two of the filmmakers featured on this podcast as we discuss the merits of the Malick influence on Jonathan Levine's ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE and David Lowery's AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS. But before we get into those troubled love stories, we see if the man himself continues to trouble former fans as Mr. Malick continues to lose the narrative in his latest, SONG TO SONG.
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Our countdown to episode 300 begins with fellow Following Films podcast host Peter of Original Remake. Inspired by the new Netflix original film THE DISCOVERY we take a look at accidents in the afterlife in Warren Beatty's HEAVEN CAN WAIT and Albert Brooks' DEFENDING YOUR LIFE. Alyssa from the Hindsight Movie Podcast joins us to debate which film you should give a second chance. The one with the confidence of the ultimate movie star, or the neurotic everyman facing his fears? Face your fears and download this episode... we promise it's better than the last 295.
ALSO: Our host defends the life of Charles Grodin every chance he gets.
On this episode we don't take off for spring break as we hang back with the creepy girls of new release THE BLACKCOAT'S DAUGHTER. This much delayed but well worth it film inspires a look back at other anti-SPRING BREAKERS films in the very influential cinematic classics DIABOLIQUE and SUSPIRIA. But even with this great material we still manage to get away from our film studies to take shots at Tim Allen, David Spade, and GHOST IN THE SHELL.
ALSO: This podcast is labeled explicit for a necessary reference to BOOGIE NIGHTS and the unnecessary reference to the Jeremy Piven starring PCU. You have been warned.
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On this episode we celebrate (?) the release of T2: TRAINSPOTTING by traveling across the Atlantic to take a tour of Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor's collaboration of crime in cinema. As our tour guide we have a local in Alice Bishop take this podcast through Boyle and McGregor's first work together in 1994's SHALLOW GRAVE up to these filmmakers attempt to go Hollywood in 1997's A LIFE LESS ORDINARY. Are we Americans to blame? Or did Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor just get old? Tune in and find out the only Cameron Diaz role we approve of, and also how distasteful we find Heaven's policies to be when it comes to playing Cupid.
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On this episode we try to respectfully discuss films focused on mass shootings. Because we are incapable of this, we bring on our resident political correspondent Dwight Hurst of The Broken Brain for new to video TOWER. This critically acclaimed film has us looking at two more controversial "day of" films in Gus Van Sant's ELEPHANT and Tim Sutton's DARK NIGHT. All three movies approach the subject matter with interesting stylistic choices though the subject matter remains a hard sale. And all three people on this podcast seem to recommend a different film. So in the end... no conclusions are made, as usual. Thanks for the download!
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On this episode one of our hosts is out of the country, so this podcast does the same. SUNTAN, a Greek film that our listeners have demanded, makes it ways to the U.S. and to your ears alongside two other films about middle aged men dabbling in the affairs of young women. First is Alexander Payne's ELECTION where Matthew Broderick attempts to stop Reese Witherspoon from adding one more victory to her young life by becoming her high school class president. As if that wasn't unlikeable enough, Noah Baumbach introduces us to GREENBERG played by Ben Stiller, who while dog sitting for his brother meets Greta Gerwig who thwarts his attempt to "do nothing."
Guest: Austin Shinn of The Film Room talks with us about the generational appeal of these films that pit generations against one another.
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On this episode we participate in a cinematic home invasion with Melanie Lynskey to celebrate her new film, the 2017 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner I DON'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE. To make sure we're comfortable in our selected double feature on homes, we bring back a favorite guest in Karly from the Core Temp Arts network podcasts That Pop This Life and Talking Shondaland. We discuss Lynskey having her home invaded by sister-in-law Anna Kendrick in the improvised HAPPY CHRISTMAS, and then Lynskey herself being the home invader as a divorcee returning back to her parents home in HELLO I MUST BE GOING.
Also an appreciation of the Kiwi accent, as always.
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On this episode we drive to save the girl with Robert De Niro in TAXI DRIVER and Ryan Gosling in DRIVE. These two film classics are the favorites of many so we bring back one of our favorite guests in Margo D. from the Book Vs Movie podcast to debate if either film glorifies extreme violence and vigilantism in pursuit of saving Jodie Foster or Carey Mulligan. We also seek to answer the ever important question of why Cybill Shepherd ever went on a date with Travis Bickle to begin with. All of this, and hosts Ben and Mike put new release COLLIDE and Nicholas Hoult in the unfortunate position of trying to out drive two of the best in this genre.
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For new release THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS we found the easiest theme ever for this podcast with MORE films about girls with all the gifts in MATILDA (1996) and FROZEN (2013). Unfortunately what we did not find was a lot of films starring and marketed to young girls like in the mid-90s, so we discuss this with Jessi Lauren of Search to Find You. Is FROZEN receiving credit for being one of the few films featuring a girl with all the gifts? And how come we have to mention the film CHUCK & BUCK every time we attempt to do a family friendly episode? All of these questions and more, such as "Why am I listening to this podcast?" will be answered on this episode.
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On this episode we browse the Tall, Dark and Assassin section of the cinema to celebrate Keanu Reeves as our favorite dog owner in JOHN WICK: CHAPTER TWO. This sequel to one of the great surprises of 2014 has us looking at the differences in style between films on assassins. The critically loved 2015 film THE ASSASSIN puts little action on display but stunning imagery, whereas the 1995 movie ASSASSINS has little in the way of surprises (the great Julianne Moore paying her dues with this material being one of them) but contains characters who are driven insane by inaction. Thankfully guest Jason Michael of The Film Faculty and Atlantic Screen Connection is here to talk us off the assassins ledge and help us decide on a new #1.
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On this episode we partner up with the world's biggest Michael Pena fan, Jairo from the True Bromance Film Podcast, for an episode on this great actor's films as one half of a law enforcement duo. In new release WAR ON EVERYONE, Pena rampages through New Mexico with Alexander Skarsgard as two cops who spend their days sharing a philosophy of hating any and everyone. This divisive film from John Michael McDonagh has us taking a look back at another film seeking to offend in OBSERVE AND REPORT. In Jody Hill's take on TAXI DRIVER, Pena and Seth Rogen are mall cops on the pursuit of a thief and a perverted flasher. Something we wish we could say that Jake Gyllenhaal does as Pena's final partner on this podcast in David Ayer's END OF WATCH. Which of these actors earns the right to ride along with the great Michael Pena? Find out on this episode of War Machine vs. War Horse.
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On this episode Martin Scorsese once again puts his faith in film with new release SILENCE but we look at how that faith may have changed during his career by going back to his earlier work in MEAN STREETS and BRINGING OUT THE DEAD. In the former, Harvey Keitel tries to carry himself as a man of honor and reconcile his life between the church and the streets, while in the latter Nicolas Cage finds himself burned out and questioning himself professionally and personally as a paramedic who can not truly save anyone. All of this and our Top Ten Films of 2016 which may see SILENCE honored once again in this podcast, or it will have to settle for our attempt to match its exhausting runtime with our longest episode ever.
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For new release 20th CENTURY WOMEN we take a closer look at Annette Bening's career (something the Academy should have done) by discussing a double feature where this great actress takes on the challenges of motherhood. In Stephen Frears' THE GRIFTERS Bening must deal with Anjelica Huston blocking her con artist plans for Huston's son played by John Cusack. And in THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT Bening herself finds her relationship with Julianne Moore challenged when Mark Ruffalo becomes a complicated third party to their non-traditional family. For these films on two people battling for the love of others I invite on returning guests Dave Hart of Pop Culture Case Study and Dwight Hurst of The Broken Brain to battle for mine.
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The episode the Internet demanded: Hot lesbian action! Other than cynically abusing search engines with this description, we are inspired by a very good film from 2016, which is new to Amazon streaming, THE HANDMAIDEN from director Park Chan-Wook. Avoiding being simply simple pleasures for simple podcasters, this great film provides a fun and thrilling caper, much like The Wachowskis debut film from 1996 BOUND and not so much like Atom Egoyan's CHLOE. Yes, this is the episode where returning guest and fellow Julianne Moore fan club member Dwight Hurst of The Broken Brain podcast may actually vote against one of her films.
ALSO our Australian correspondent Andrew of AB Film Review and The Last New Wave talks of his excitement for being tickled and latest entry in the soon-to-be classic film trilogy FIFTY SHADES DARKER.
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On this episode we celebrate the Best Picture Oscar nomination for HIDDEN FIGURES and more importantly the power of cinema to bring attention to people cast aside by history. In our selected double feature we look at two other characters who stand beside history through choices they make and choices that they are not given. In THE REMAINS OF THE DAY Anthony Hopkins gives himself completely to his role as a butler to a man conspiring with Nazis, removing any trace of personal belief in politics or the pursuit of love for Emma Thompson. And in another 2016 Best Picture nominee, FENCES, Denzel Washington takes out the limited options of his professional life in 1950s Pittsburgh on his son and wife.
ALSO: Kristen Lopez of Journeys In Classic Film joins the podcast to discuss the changing audience reaction to melodrama.
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On this episode we take a DETOUR from the season's Oscar bait for a genre film reminiscent of 90s films such as RUN LOLA RUN and GO. In all three films the narrative is split among different choices the characters make. Lola must decide between violence or gambling to solve her boyfriend's financial problem, while the actors of GO clearly decided this was the best PULP FICTION-like script to come their way in 1998.
ALSO we make the choice to rebrand this podcast as a DAWSON'S CREEK recap show. Enjoy!
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On this episode we answer the call of A MONSTER CALLS... and based on its box office earnings, we were the only ones. Thankfully you can listen to our advice as the hosts of the podcast Joy Sandwich, Jess and Non, join the show to steer you and your children to better monsters to befriend in LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE.
ALSO: Co-host Ben Zuk briefly educates the listeners on the possibilities of procreation for the character of Ripley in the ALIEN franchise.
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On this episode we sing, dance, and dream about Hollywood making films about the dream of being able to sing and dance in Hollywood. Thankfully new release LA LA LAND is here to claim that prize and many more. But will it claim the heart of both hosts on this podcast? And can this film compete with two genuine classics in SWINGERS and MULHOLLAND DRIVE? In one film we find creative and romantic failures being cushioned by a support system of friends, and in the other a cautionary tale of putting all your dreams and love into one safety net.
More importantly, both films teach us that eating out in L.A. can get loud and scary very quickly.
For new release JACKIE we take the power of looking at how the powerful respond to death in Robert Altman's COOKIE'S FORTUNE and Stephen Frears THE QUEEN. In the former, Glenn Close covers up a family suicide to protect her perceived honor in small town Mississippi, while Helen Mirren debates the appropriate response from the British monarchy in the wake of Princess Diana's death. All of this and a thirty second review of WHY HIM? Which is what's really important currently in cinema.
Inspired by one of this year's Best Picture frontrunners MANCHESTER BY THE SEA we track down the other brothers in HUD and RAIN MAN for perhaps the biggest battle in War Machine vs. War Horse history: Paul Newman vs. Tom Cruise. From the podcast Pop Culture Case Study, Dave Hart helps us diagnose the black sheep of these respective film families while hosts Ben Zuk and Michael Denniston debate the likeability of gingers on screen.
Inspired by new release MISS SLOANE we attempt to control gun control cinema as seen in the Michael Moore documentary BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE and the John Grisham film adaptation of RUNAWAY JURY. To take on such heavy hitters as Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman we need Dwight Hurst of The Broken Brain podcast, and a huge fan of The West Wing in Ben Zuk to walk and talk with Jessica Chastain.
ALSO: We propose MySpace as a place for former jury fixers to find their next gig.
In preparing for new release NOCTURNAL ANIMALS we take the threats of authors very seriously by looking back at Jack Nicholson terrorizing his family in THE SHINING and Emma Thompson picking on Will Ferrell for being a dork who needs to die in STRANGER THAN FICTION. To do that we welcome back returning guest Margo from the podcast Book vs. Movie, and the world's biggest Tom Ford fan, Ben Zuk.
On this episode we discuss vulnerability in male sexuality with David Hart of Pop Culture Case Study. To do so, we reveal our own hopes, dreams, and desires such as the goal line stand of Jack Nicholson's hairline in CARNAL KNOWLEDGE. Or our innermost fears such as an inability to speak Spanish on a road trip with friends in Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN. All of that and a look at a frontrunner in 2016's Best Picture race with MOONLIGHT.
Also: Our Oscars expert Ben Zuk blindly predicts the Academy Awards, and our host Mike struggles to name ten good movies.
New release LOVING has us IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, albeit of a particular scandalous variety. For that we of course turn to Judi Dench in NOTES ON A SCANDAL as that relatively forgotten Oscar contender goes up against Wong Kar-wai's modern classic. But first, is the latest from Jeff Nichols going to be perceived as a new classic come Oscar time? All of that and a battle between MIDNIGHT SPECIAL and ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES in our latest episode.
On this episode we present an anthology of New York anthology films. Starting with new documentary TRUE NEW YORK, listen as your favorite Arizona and Kentucky residents explore this city of numerous romantic comedies through the eyes of Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen (NEW YORK STORIES) and Brett Ratner (NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU).
Also: we concoct a new electoral path to the Presidency with friend of the show Michael Shannon, by drawing a big red dildo over the country.
Returning guest Ben Zuk joins the show to help us translate the glowing critical response to new release ARRIVAL. Being less than enthusiastic on that film we hang out with the jaded and bored Scarlett Johansson & Bill Murray in Sofia Coppola's LOST IN TRANSLATION. That modern classic battles it out with Brad Pitt and the rest of the INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS in Quentin Tarantino's tribute to international cooperation.
Also: Ben refuses to come back to discuss Sofia Coppola's SOMEWHERE, even with the promise of WE BOUGHT A ZOO.
For an episode that confronts the domestic terror that is Dakota Fanning we need three guests. Ben Zuk and David Hart of Pop Culture Case Study discuss new release AMERICAN PASTORAL which inspires a look back at Steven Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS and Kelly Reichardt's NIGHT MOVES with Andrew Pierce of AB Film Review and The Last New Wave. Do we prefer Dakota young, innocent, and running from an alien invasion with expert runner Tom Cruise OR plotting with Jesse Eisenberg on nefarious uses for fertilizer? Find out in this episode and also...
Andrew speaks with great authority on the DVD black market in Thailand.
For new release CERTAIN WOMEN guest Ben Zuk helps us present our own anthology of Kelly Reichardt and Michelle Williams film collaborations. In WENDY AND LUCY a young woman becomes financially stranded in Oregon during a trip cross country with her dog, while in MEEK'S CUTOFF a group of settlers' wives are unable to participate in the decision making when their guide gets them lost on the Oregon Trail. Which place from these films proves the biggest roadblock for their respective characters? For that we bring in Andrew from AB Film Review and The Last New Wave as he is the self-proclaimed most isolated podcaster on Earth.
Also: two of the three voices on this show verify that they did not record naked.
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We continue to reflect back on the presidential election, though this time we do so with the help of Philip Baker Hall as Richard Nixon in SECRET HONOR. That 1984 Robert Altman film is up against J.C. Chandor's 2013 movie ALL IS LOST. This episode has been inspired by the election of Donald Trump which has hosts Chris and Mike considering a life of isolation with new release PETER AND THE FARM.
Also in this darkest timeline episode: Alfred Hitchcock is accused of being the James Cameron of his time, Hugh Jackman is anointed the hero of CHAPPIE, and James Cromwell's character from L.A. CONFIDENTIAL shoots BABE.
The episode that everyone has been waiting for, our Holocaust Denial Super Fun Happy Hour inspired by the new film starring Rachel Weisz, DENIAL. Listen to the insane ramblings of your two hosts Chris and Mike, along with some other far more harmful ramblers found in the 1999 Errol Morris documentary MR. DEATH: THE RISE AND FALL OF FRED A. LEUCHTER, JR. and the 2014 German film LABYRINTH OF LIES.
Also: we discuss the merits of moving to Canada post 2016 Presidential Election and decide that America is the It from IT FOLLOWS.
We go off the grid with guest Ben Zuk and Viggo Mortensen for new to video CAPTAIN FANTASTIC. Our travels and limited supplies do include copies of previous situation this actor has found himself in with A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE and THE ROAD. Along the way we discuss David Cronenberg's portrayal of baseball and sex (one of which bothers our host a great deal more) and eating canned fruit with Robert Duvall as the best way to spend the end days.
Join us for Mike and Ben's murder-suicide pact in our latest episode!
On this episode we account for the cinematic crimes of Ben Affleck in his new film THE ACCOUNTANT. This inspires guest Ben Zuk to join in a MIDNIGHT RUN of assessing the merits of that film starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin against De Niro and Kevin Costner in THE UNTOUCHABLES. All of this and some compliments to the beauty of Andy Garcia in an episode produced from the set of MIDNIGHT RUN!
On this episode Ben Zuk returns to program another Woody Allen film INTERIORS, which is combined with HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG for the biggest downer double feature after seeing the new popcorn thriller THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN. Though not similar in style or tone, all three films feature women who long to go home but doing so results in tragedy.
We also discuss the literary merits of beach reads and AMERICAN PASTORAL as a $14.99 paperweight.
On this episode we get all dressed up with Jairo from The True Bromance Film Podcast for an Australian film making its way to the States in THE DRESSMAKER. The fashionable feud fought by Kate Winslet inspires us to battle it out between ZOOLANDER and THE NEON DEMON.
Also Jairo gives advice on the appropriate attire for an evening at the bondage club.
On this episode we take a trip to the states of Kevin Smith. First we travel True North with guest Kristen Lopez of Journey in Classic Film and the podcast Ticklish Business for the second part of that trilogy in YOGA HOSERS. Then it's back to the States with co-host Chris Maynard and one of his guilty pleasures in JERSEY GIRL going up against the extreme and horrific politics of middle America in RED STATE.
We also make time (as we do every episode) to objectify the glorious onscreen nudity of Jeff Goldblum and Patrick Swayze.
We take a trip SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU with Cinemabun podcast host Tonja to discuss the city of Chicago and challenging first dates. Tonja also talks about her new web series WINGCHICK. Then returning guest Dwight from The Broken Brain and the Amygdala Magazine podcast dives into THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT's policy on gun control, DAVE's overthrow of the government, and the troubles of dating when the likes of Michael J. Fox and Martin Sheen are on your back about running the country.
We look at the world of finance (something we know nothing about) from a female perspective (also something we know nothing about). Thankfully we have three films and three women directors to guide us, led by the 2016 summer indie EQUITY. This thriller causes us to question the thrills we get out of watching Jennifer Aniston suffer in 2006's FRIEND WITH MONEY and the failure to build the Orlando version of Versailles in the 2012 documentary THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES.
This episode is brought to you by the latest cargo pants craze from Old Navy.
This episode is a walk in the woods with Andrew from AB Film Review and The Last New Wave as we go on the search for one of our cinematic favorites THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. Will the new 2016 BLAIR WITCH bring back our teenage obsessions with the original or kill the franchise again like BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2?
Also we educate listeners on how to acquire podcast funding from the Australian government.
We return from our podcasting disappearance with an episode on the Norwegian black comedy action film IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE. Stellan Skarsgard plays a grieving father out to get the men responsible for his son's death, playing it in a very different way than Tom Wilkinson IN THE BEDROOM from 2001, and of course differently from Jack Nicholson in the 1995 film THE CROSSING GUARD. All of this and our prediction for the remake of IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE starring Liam Neeson (that is not a joke).
On this episode returning guest Ben Zuk participates in a Woody Allen threesome for the release of CAFE SOCIETY. Our other two films of varying degrees of sex appeal include the classic MANHATTAN starring the filmmaker himself embroiled in a love triangle with an Allen favorite in Diane Keaton. Allen is absent from VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA but gives us the gift of Javier Bardem, Scarlett Johanssen, and and Oscar winning performance from War Machine vs. War Horse favorite, Penelope Cruz.
Mr. Zuk provides yet another great mashup of these two Allen films, while Mike mostly sits in the corner and watches.
Inspired by new horror film SHELLEY we look at surrogacy on the silver screen in THE WAY OF THE GUN (2000) and BABY MAMA (2008). Along the way we both court and insult meninists as we ponder if both of these movies would be better served with a role reversal. Listen to our pitch of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler kidnapping surrogate Greg Kinnear and Benicio Del Toro bunking with James Caan who insists on pissing in sinks. After this great film analysis we proclaim our show the podcast version of THE WIRE.
Inspired by the horror film LIGHTS OUTS we look at the use of light on the silver screen, which proves to be a source of madness for the characters of our two selected older films INSOMNIA (1997) and SUNSHINE (2007). In the former, Stellan Skarsgard fights through the disorienting effect of constant daylight to both find a killer and keep his own sins from being revealed. In the latter, Cillian Murphy leads a crew on a quest to reignite the sun to save humanity, while battling increasing philosophical differences with his shipmates. We also discuss pubic hair on screen.
On this episode we try out elective goat testicle surgery in the new documentary NUTS! This strange procedure and film inspires a look back at goats on the silver screen, such as the poor victims of Sith and Jedi alike in THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS and the Satanic plotting of one very sneaky goat in this year’s early horror hit THE WITCH. We also make our case for advertising dollars from FarmersOnly.com so we can continue our contribution to podcasts on goat cinema at FollowingFilms.com.
On this episode we play peeping toms with the cinematic master of that lost art by discussing the new documentary DE PALMA. This inspires a conversation on that director’s approach to movie making and watching films in BLOW OUT and BODY DOUBLE. We also take a trip down memory lane to the days of VHS, the current state of our tangible film collection and the move to digital, all of which you can find more of on our site Following Films or my bitching on Twitter @warmachinehorse.
On this episode we HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE with guest Ben Zuk, as that new movie inspires a double feature of father figures and kids on the run from powerful forces in Clint Eastwood’s A PERFECT WORLD and the Sam Mendes film ROAD TO PERDITION.
On this episode we try to relive our youth through the films of Richard Linklater. In the new to video EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! Linklater’s “spiritual sequel” to DAZED & CONFUSED, the director looks at an incoming college freshman as opposed to the latter film’s high school experience. And in SUBURBIA he adapts another person’s view of youth with the film version of Eric Bogosian’s play SUBURBIA.
On this episode we challenge the new documentary LIFE ANIMATED to make us fall in love with Disney films. Given that we are cynical by nature, to take on this task we seek inspiration in other cartoonists and how they approach the process of making art in the Harvey Pekar biopic AMERICAN SPLENDOR and a documentary on the making of a South Park episode 6 DAYS TO AIR.
On this, our 250th episode, we celebrate not only over 250 hours of producing the equivalent of film discussion farts, we actually have a new release on farting to go with it. In SWISS ARMY MAN Paul Dano is inspired to live again by a farting corpse played by Daniel Radcliffe. This buddy comedy inspires us to find more life affirming dead bodies in film, so we present to you a double feature of Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY vs. WAKING NED DEVINE.
On this episode returning hater Web Bist joins the podcast to defend our land against an invasion of sea creatures in MARCH OF THE PENGUINS and Stephen Chow’s THE MERMAID. This double feature has been inspired by new release THE SHALLOWS.
On this episode, two Woody Allen superfans try to manage his talent in the director’s film BROADWAY DANNY ROSE. Unfortunately a strange mob subplot in that movie has us heading to Los Angeles with John Travolta as he attempts to GET SHORTY. This double feature on talent wranglers has been inspired by new release GENIUS.
On this episode we bring in our resident clown expert, JD Duran of InSession Film to face his fears and a double feature of Stephen King's IT and Kevin Smith’s buddies in VULGAR. This particular combination has been inspired by Jon Watts’ new film, which is actually his first film, CLOWN.
On this episode writer and director Joseph Pernice joins me to discuss his new film CHASING YESTERDAY, which inspires a conversation on young people using sports to escape their small town and small minded people in BREAKING AWAY and WHIP IT.
On this episode film critic Erica Peplin joins me in a discussion on new release MAGGIE’S PLAN, a film about an odd strategy to reunite a divorced couple, which inspires a conversation with Margo from the podcast Book vs. Movie on PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED and Steven Soderbergh’s OCEAN’S ELEVEN. And while we fawn over the obvious heartthrobs Clooney, Damon, and Pitt… we save our love for show favorite Bill Hader.
On this episode we enjoy a bit of motherhood, a bit of death, and a whole lot of Penelope Cruz in a triple feature starring this great actress. In two previous films with her frequent collaborator Pedro Almodovar, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER and VOLVER, Cruz plays a woman doing what she can to protect her child’s future in the face of death. This is also the premise of her latest film MA MA.
On this episode we look at lives suspended by the loss of youth in LITTLE CHILDREN and CHILDREN OF MEN. In the former, Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson play a married couple whose affair recaptures a passion in their lives that they no longer feel with their own families, and in the latter families aren’t being made anymore as Clive Owen becomes responsible for the care of a woman who has given birth to the first child in almost two decades. But first we discuss documentary that is not an easy watch, but is ultimately very rewarding in new release PERVERT PARK.
On this episode we travel to Brooklyn to look at a great real estate investment with one of the Fabulous Baker Boys in Hal Ashby’s first film THE LANDLORD. This little-seen gem which was out of circulation for decades goes up against new release HIGH-RISE in a look at the relationship between tenants and landlords in film. But first, an even newer release with CASH ONLY which you currently find on iTunes and other VOD services.
On this episode we celebrate two years of this podcast by traveling to an in between place with friend of the show Colin Farrell in the Joel Schumacher Vietnam war drama TIGERLAND and Martin McDonagh crime comedy classic IN BRUGES. This episode is not only a celebration of our podcast (in true War Machine vs. War Horse form we didn’t even show up to our own party) as this is a lost episode we recorded a while back for THE LOBSTER which A24 picked up from the brink of not having a theatrical release, and is in limited release now.
On this episode we try to talk Jon Favreau and Emily Blunt through their cold feet in two very different wedding comedies that share cases of body horror. In the Peter Berg film VERY BAD THINGS Favreau and his groomsmen led by Christian Slater dispose of a dead body on an ill-fated bachelor party in Las Vegas. In THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT Jason Segel loses a toe waiting around for his nuptials in the most-hated state of Michigan. This particular pairing has been inspired by new body-horror film BITE which you can now find on iTunes, Amazon, and other VOD services.
On this episode we welcome Non, host of thepodcast Joy Sandwich into our green room for an episode onmusical performers dealing with the threat of violence while theyperform. This theme inspires a double feature of The RollingStones documentary GIMME SHELTER and the Elijah Wood starring GRANDPIANO. Those two films face off in a conversation that includesMuppet matchmaking with co-host Shane Conner and our other guestPaula from the Tell Me Stories podcast. But before youfind out which piece of Muppet ass that Elijah Wood can crush,let’s talk about one of the best films of 2016: GREEN ROOM.
On this episode we try to sell our listeners on the idea of waiting to see the disappointing film adaptation of Dave Eggers’ novel A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING with Brian of Movie Hot Take. Fortunately this film inspires a double feature with guest Dwight Hurst of The Broken Brain on men waiting to convince other men on what they are selling, whether it be a not guilty verdict in 12 ANGRY MEN or industrial lubricants in THE BIG KAHUNA.
On this episode we welcome two guests as THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR inspires a conversation about Emily Blunt’s plotting sisters. Erica Peplin, film critic for Spectrum Culture, PopOptic, and Vague Visages joins me for a double feature of SUNSHINE CLEANING and YOUR SISTER’S SISTER. But first, Andrew from The AB Film Review rolls some dice with me on the latest adventure of The Huntsman seeking a successful film franchise.
On this episode we welcome returning guest Margo from the Book Vs. Movie podcast as we debate ideas formed by the presence of former movie star Kevin Costner. In Lawrence Kasdan's THE BIG CHILL, his stunning portrayal of a corpse is the catalyst for his character’s college roommates to reexamine their youthful ambition and the disappointments of settling into middle age. Oliver Stone lets Costner run wild with conspiracy theories in JFK, as this fever dream of a film shakes the Costner character out of his comfortable life and on the trail of the President’s assassins. This double feature of two cinematic classics has been inspired, and will probably be the only thing inspired by the new Costner film CRIMINAL.
On this episode we welcome guest Ben Zuk of the podcast Cinematic for the People to help take film characters' lives apart. In THE GAME Michael Douglas is an isolated rich man who has existed in a world of great wealth and power for so long that he seeks out something new in the form of a live action game that will take over his life. And in EVERYTHING MUST GO Will Ferrell plays an alcoholic whose failed marriage forces him to examine the life and possessions he has built for himself from the comfort of his front lawn. This double feature has been inspired by the new release starring Jake Gyllenhaal: DEMOLITION.
On this episode we see the light in the crafting of country music personas by first seeing new release I SAW THE LIGHT starring Tom Hiddleston which leads us to a talk with musician Jacob Haller and host of the podcast Tell Me About Your Song on the Oscar winning biopic on Johnny Cash, WALK THE LINE. This very successful film goes up against a documentary on the struggles of the Dixie Chicks after a political comment made on the eve of the Iraq War in SHUT UP & SING sends the band's career in a very different direction.
On this episode we try to get the timing right in a discussion with Margo from the podcast Book Vs. Movie as we waste our youth on a double feature of Nancy Meyer’s SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE vs. David Fincher’s THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. These films show couples dealing with the complications of age and romance in the comforts of beautiful scenery, be it kitchens or at sea. But before we get ahead of ourselves I had a chat with Chris Revill of the podcast Let’s Chat on new release HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS.
00:35 - War Machine vs. War Horse theme.
1:02 - Episode intro
1:45 - HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS trailer.
4:07 - Guest Chris Revill of the Let’s Chat podcast discusses new release HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS.
32:10 - An It’s Terrific reading from Web Bist of THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
44:05 - Margo from the podcast Book vs. Movie talks about what she’s been reading and watching on her show.
48:55 - SOMETHING’s GOTTA GIVE and THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON mashup.
52:48 - Margo discusses our double feature.
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On this episode we torture our listeners by bringing back former guest Dave from the podcast Pop Culture Case Study and we also talk quite a bit about the response to torture in Kathryn Bigelow’s ZERO DARK THIRTY. That film goes up against Stanley Kubrick’s PATHS OF GLORY in a theme of characters reacting to the distance between themselves and the killings they decide on, inspired by new release EYE IN THE SKY.
On this episode we have a battle with exes. After watching Warner Bros. apology for MAN OF STEEL in the form of BATMAN V SUPERMAN we bring on former host of this podcast, Jared Dotson, to reminisce about the format changes we’ve made to the show without having the character of Batman to fall back on. As a celebration of Jared’s appearance on the show, we discuss one of his favorite films, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, and see if the infatuations of a shallow young man still holds weight in our older years. Unfortunately we are much closer in age to the problems seen in KRAMER VS. KRAMER as Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep play a newly divorced couple fighting over custody of their son. A film very much of its time and seemingly a counter response to the women’s lib movement of the 70s, we discuss how the strong performances of Hoffman and Streep make up for the crushing disappointment that Meryl didn’t punch Dustin into a pile of a quarters. For more of that type of quality cinema, we turn to Zack Snyder’s newest meditation on motherhood in BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE.
On this episode I had the pleasure of forcing two other movie podcasters to experience first time watches of little seen films that deserve a big audience. That’s a not so subtle hint to our listeners to go check out 2001’s GHOST WORLD starring Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson as two best friends fresh out of high school and facing an adulthood pulling them apart. This goes up against my favorite film of 2013, THE SPECTACULAR NOW starring Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley as opposites influencing each other in the present and future as they leave youth behind. Both of these great films square off in a conversation with Ryan Snelling of the Filmbeef podcast, but first, I talk with Nate of The Best and Worst of the Best podcast about one of the best films of 2015 which is new to DVD and VOD, JAMES WHITE.
On this episode we bring in a friendly Canadian podcaster, Daniel of Get Reel Movies and a A Tale of Two Dans, to discuss a not so friendly Canadian film starring Christopher Plummer as a Nazi hunter. This inspires a conversation on two other films about past memories coming back to haunt characters hunting Nazis in Bryan Singer’s APT PUPIL and John Madden’s THE DEBT. But before we get ahead of ourselves and discuss the greatness of Jessica Chastain and Helen Mirren (which is really all we want to do), we talk about the new release REMEMBER.
On this episode we lock ourselves in from the monsters on the outside, only to find ourselves fighting monsters on the inside. Those two monsters are Dwight Hurst from The Broken Brain podcast, who discusses those in control and being controlled in THE VILLAGE and COMPLIANCE. But first, our other guest is Ben Zuk from the podcast Cinematic for the People as we talk about the need to open one more of J.J. Abrams' mystery boxes in the new release 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE.
On this episode we attempt to comedically cover films that comedically cover wars. In GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM Robin Williams tries to balance entertainment with truth in his broadcasts to men serving their country in a divisive war. And in WAG THE DOG Robert De Niro and Anne Heche outsource the creation of a fake war to a Hollywood producer played by Dustin Hoffman in an attempt to distract from a sex scandal involving the President during his reelection campaign. This double feature has been inspired by the new film starring Tina Fey: WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT.
On this episode we attempt to out-talk fast talking foxes as seen in our double feature of Disney’s ROBIN HOOD, a traditionally animated film with a liberal use of the traditional art of tracing, going up against the modern stop-motion animation film FANTASTIC MR. FOX which frustrated the artists involved due to director Wes Anderson’s insistence on old fashioned techniques. The conversation on these two films that center around anti-hero foxes who operate outside of the law has been inspired by Disney’s new release ZOOTOPIA where a con artist fox teams up with a bunny cop for a buddy cop comedy that also has serious matters on its mind.
On this episode we discuss the choices of Terrence Malick. New release KNIGHT OF CUPS goes back to similar territory about choices in love, or how the lack of making a choice has lead to an unfulfilling existence, which we also see play out in his previous films THE NEW WORLD and TO THE WONDER. However both of those films differ greatly in providing a straightforward narrative, so we also discuss the continued evolution of Malick as a filmmaker, where he assaults the viewer with an unrelenting amount of visual choices, and confounds them with his storytelling choices of dropping characters in and out of his films with little or no explanation. Unable to explain KNIGHT OF CUPS, we make the choice to discuss timing your sexual prowess by the length of a GREEN DAY song, how THE TREE OF LIFE is similar to BRING IT ON, and also a shoutout to NBA legend Tom Chambers.
On this episode we play good cop, bad cop with COP LAND and L.A. CONFIDENTIAL. These two modern classics about cops using other cops for criminal gain make it hard to play bad cop so we look to interrogate new release TRIPLE 9, and see if there is more to praise other than our undying love for Casey Affleck.
On this episode I’m joined by this podcast’s resident therapist, Derek Stewart, who you may remember from the 45 YEARS episode, to plot against perfection. In GATTACA, Ethan Hawke plays a man whose future accomplishments have already been genetically determined at birth, and his plan with Jude Law to surpass them. Then we have THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, where Ben Stiller and Matt Dillon attempt to scheme their way into Cameron Diaz's heart, in a film that presents a more horrifying present than seen in GATTACA’s future. But first we travel back to the past in the new screen version of Jesse Owens' story in RACE.
On this episode we fulfill our side of the podcasting pain crossover challenge with our friends over at the True Bromance Film Podcast by creating an episode centered around the new release RISEN. In this story starring the soon to be screen version of Michael Jackson, a Roman soldier plays detective after the death of Jesus, but unless we wanted to get into really dicey waters that has felled such great artists as Martin Scorsese… we decided to go a different route and look at films that show creators bringing their creations back to life. In the Rob Reiner film adaptation of the Stephen King novel MISERY, James Caan plays a man who is forced by his #1 fan to bring back her favorite fictional character in a new novel. And then in the slightly more heartwarming Tim Burton film BIG FISH, a father and son attempt to connect with each other for perhaps the first time, by reliving the narrative of the father’s life in his dying days.
On this episode I have a bit of phone sex with Web from It’s Terrific, as we carry out our long distance relationship in podcast form by discussing the new date film HOW TO BE SINGLE. This inspires a double feature of Cameron Crowe’s SINGLES vs. Jason Reitman’s UP IN THE AIR which I talk about with Dwight from The Broken Brain podcast. But first, see if Web and I learn how to be single.
On this episode we decide that Ryan Reynolds talks too much. This conclusion was based on the extensive research of watching a double feature of the man’s work in DEFINITELY, MAYBE and THE VOICES. A matchup inspired by Mr. Reynolds first (?) box office success, the new release DEADPOOL.
On this episode we bring in author Ivan Infante as the fixer to this podcast, as he talks about fixers in the films SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS and MICHAEL CLAYTON. All of this inspired by the new Coen Bros. film HAIL, CAESAR! And right after that, we try something new on the podcast as Web Bist from the show IT’S TERRIFIC reads a chapter from Mr. Infante’s novel FALSE RANSOM.
00:00:15 - Podcast theme
00:00:35 - Episode intro
00:01:10 - Hail, Caesar! trailer
00:03:30 - Hail, Caesar! and Coen Bros. filmography discussion.
00:33:18 - FALSE RANSOM chapter reading by Web Bist of IT'S TERRIFIC.
00:51:50 - Ivan Infante discusses his two novels and the upcoming FAKE BANK.
01:08:40 - SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS discussion.
01:20:20 - MICHAEL CLAYTON discussion.
01:52:00 - Episode outro
01:53:20 - Bonus Twitter talk on the genius of LexG.
On this episode we take a trip to the cinematic universe of Jane Austen with two returning guests. Karly of CoreTempArts and Natasha of Kentucky Geek Girl join the show for a double feature of CLUELESS and AUSTENLAND, inspired by the new release PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES.
On this episode we seek immortality in films with rock stars. In Tony Scott’s THE HUNGER, David Bowie plays a man promised eternal life dealing with a betrayal that puts his relationship and future in perspective. Whereas in DOGMA we see a lot of perspectives on the presence (or in this case lack of presence) of Alanis Morissette as God, debated by mortals and immortals alike. These lofty questions, plus we state a preference on Dungeons & Dragons character classes, maintain a hard line in negotiations with vampires, and obviously choose a Tony Scott film over Charles Dickens as our final act in this life. But before it comes to that, we discuss the new to video HE NEVER DIED starring Henry Rollins.
On this episode we welcome a professional therapist, Derek Stewart, onto the podcast to do a little marriage counseling with Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford in WHAT LIES BENEATH. We also debate who controls a life story in the very interesting Sarah Polley documentary STORIES WE TELL. This podcast session (which much to the distress of the creators is free of charge) has been inspired by the new release 45 YEARS.
On this episode, I welcome TWO guests to the show to come over and play with my dolls. In our double feature matchup, Claire from the Filmback podcast gives me advice on if I should move to Stepford where there’s something just a little off about THE STEPFORD WIVES, and also answers the pressing question of if my man crush Ryan Gosling will ever notice me after ordering a sex doll in LARS AND THE REAL GIRL. But first, regular guest Dave of Pop Culture Case Study, joins me for a pleasant surprise in this January dumping ground of cheap horror films, new release THE BOY.
On this episode we fend off home invaders with the help of Macaulay Culkin in the Christmas classic HOME ALONE and what we hope will one day be considered a horror classic in YOU’RE NEXT. Both films show the home invaders getting more than they bargained for from their victims and that’s also the case with our experience watching new release INTRUDERS.
On this episode we welcome guest Dave from Pop Culture Case Study for a family friendly episode on films about sex addiction. In Steve McQueen’s SHAME, Michael Fassbender plays a man with very few attachments struggling privately with sex addiction until his sister comes to stay with him and threatens exposure and intimacy that he can not bear. While in Joseph Gordon-Levitt���s film, DON JON, he plays a man attempting to have an intimate relationship that is more satisfying than his connection to Internet pornography. But first we cheat on those films by doing a mini-review on new to video SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
On this episode we hang out inside Charlie Kaufman’s head in honor of his latest film ANOMALISA. This film about being trapped in one own’s skin and being unable to connect with loved ones inspires a look back at previous Kaufman attempts to tackle these themes in ADAPTATION where Nicolas Cage plays… well, Charlie Kaufman who fails to remove himself from a screenwriting job adapting a book about flowers. And in ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet play a brokenhearted former couple who have removed the memory of their failed relationship and in the process lose part of their own respective identities. But first, the identity of those around David Thewlis becomes hard to distinguish in new release ANOMALISA.
On this episode we freeze our asses off with Leonardo DiCaprio in THE REVENANT, and while we wait for another fight with a bear we watch two other films about people escaping a murder into the magic hour of Stanley Kubrick's BARRY LYNDON and Terrance Malick's DAYS OF HEAVEN. But first, let’s see if Leo can be like Anthony Hopkins and kill the bear!
On this episode we welcome guest Karly of CoreTempArts.com to enjoy the dangers of football from the comfort of our respective couches with Oliver Stone’s stylized look at sex, drugs, generational divide and race relations in his 1999 film ANY GIVEN SUNDAY. In stark contrast to that film (especially when it comes to sequences with alligators showering with large men) is the documentary LEAGUE OF DENIAL which looks at the concussion crisis that was recently dramatized in a new film starring Will Smith, CONCUSSION.
On this episode we are inspired by David O. Russell’s new film JOY to look at life changing inventions for inventors on film with co-host Shane Conner and guest Patrick McGill of Role Play Craft. In FLASH OF GENIUS, Greg Kinnear plays a man whose passion for engineering destroys his personal and professional life when his design is stolen by the very car companies he attempted to help. However in TEMPLE GRANDIN we see Claire Danes playing a woman whose designs enable others to see the world as she does as she finds both personal and professional success on her own terms. But first, co-host Tangible Teddy is the only man willing to talk with me about the much loathed JOY.
On episode 208 for THE HATEFUL EIGHT, I lock myself in a room of paranoia with Web from the podcast It’s Terrific and Berook from the Cinemabun podcast for a mix of more Kurt Russell and Quentin Tarantino in THE THING and RESERVOIR DOGS. We attempt to suss out the ultimate betrayer between these two films but first we take a ride to Minnie’s Haberdashery in Tarantino’s latest film.
On this episode I am joined by the host of Cinematic for the People, Ben Zuk, as we take a gamble on Adam McKay in THE BIG SHORT which inspires us to do some cinematic number crunching by revisiting the documentary STARTUP.COM and JC Chandor’s MARGIN CALL. But before that we see if this latest Michael Lewis adaptation crashes on the silver screen.
On this episode Todd Haynes' new film CAROL inspires NOT ONLY a conversation with Dave from Pop Culture Case Study on this Cate Blanchett/Rooney Mara romance, but ALSO a previous Haynes' movie in FAR FROM HEAVEN. That film was inspired by Douglas Sirk melodramas such as ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS and for that particular Julianne Moore/Jane Wyman throwdown, I bring in the only podcaster I know with a Jane Wyman calendar on his wall, Andrew of the great AB Film Review!
On this episode we are joined Jairo of The True Bromance Film Podcast to tinker with Star Wars. First with the creator-approved tinkering of Star Wars: A New Hope the Special Edition and then with the fan fixing of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in The Phantom Edit. But first, we see what type of fan service JJ Abrams provides to resurrect the franchise with Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
On this episode we make a home for those suffering from arrested development with Karly of Core Temp Arts and Ash Blodgett of Laugh Stache and the podcast Let’s Rewatch. The double feature we've selected to keep us young at heart stars Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn in OLD SCHOOL as middle-aged men have a mid-life crisis and try to recreate frat glory days, and then Will Ferrell once again as one half of STEP BROTHERS who refuse to leave the nest. But first, Karly and I attempt to get along as SISTERS to kick off this podcast party.
On this episode Ben Zuk of Cinematic For The People joins the show to talk about sea beasts killing the movie star in JAWS and DEEP BLUE SEA. This particular pairing has been inspired by the new Ron Howard/Chris Hemsworth collaboration IN THE HEART OF THE SEA.
On this episode we welcome the return of Andrew and Bernadette from THE AB FILM REVIEW for an episode inspired by new release BROOKLYN as we look at small defeats and victories between two worlds in CLERKS and ABOUT SCHMIDT.
On this episode we begin our second honeymoon phase after episode 200 with Andrew and Bernadette from The AB Film Review by taking an unfortunate trip to see BY THE SEA. Thankfully this film inspired a more interesting double feature with couples traveling through a marriage in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD where Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio plan to save their marriage by moving to Europe and in CERTIFIED COPY a couple who may or may not be married go through various stages of a relationship as they spend a day in Tuscany walking and talking.
On this episode we celebrate two hundred of these conversations by not only talking about the new film SPOTLIGHT with Jairo from the True Bromance Film Podcast, but also spotlighting some of our favorite shows and friends we’ve made on this podcasting journey. Big thanks to all of those podcasters for participating and an even bigger thanks to our guest Shannon Strucci of Strucci Movies for watching a double feature for this episode on journalists covering cover-ups in ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN and SHATTERED GLASS.
On this episode we celebrate the rise and fall of capitalist ventures. Starting with the documentary from Colin Hanks on The Rise and Fall of Tower Records, ALL THINGS MUST PASS. This loosely inspired a look back at the con artists from AMERICAN HUSTLE who find themselves involved with too big of a con and Leonardo DiCaprio playing a man who can’t get big enough in THE WOLF OF WALL STREET.
On this episode we celebrate the kickoff of the Christmas shopping season by giving our listeners the gift of a late review of the summer hit THE GIFT. This inspires a conversation on the gifts of the bullied with CARRIE and HEATHERS being our double feature of choice. Make sure to stick around until the end of the show for a bonus segment with our expert on all things young and virile, as the younger Dan from A Tale of Two Dans provides insight on these two films from the millenial generation.
On this episode we throw a Christmas party by watching a double feature of GREMLINS and THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS with Gillian and Jaclyn from The Following Has Been Approved podcast. But first, my good friend Peter from the Hydrate Level Four podcast joins me for a drug-fueled experience with THE NIGHT BEFORE.
On this episode we train for the new film CREED by talking with guest Peter from Hydrate Level Four and War Machine vs. War Horse featured player Tangible Teddy about two prior Apollo Creed stories in ROCKY 2 and ROCKY 3. As you will hear in that conversation, we're no experts on the Rocky mythology but Ryan Coogler’s take on the series has made new fans.
On this episode we bring in two extremely smart guys to talk about brainy films. First off, regular guest Dave from the podcast Pop Culture Case Study talks about the new to DVD STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT, and then we continue our little podcast experiment with Dwight from The Broken Brain podcast on Richard Kelly’s THE BOX and a relatively new film to VOD starring Peter Sarsgaard in EXPERIMENTER.
On this episode we get trapped in a small room with guest Daniel from the movie site A Tale of Two Dans. Thankfully we are also joined by the likes of Victoria Tennant OR Heather Graham in FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC and Jodie Foster in PANIC ROOM. But first, we talk about a great performance by Brie Larson in the new release ROOM.
On this episode we MAN UP with a new film starring Lake Bell and Simon Pegg, which inspires a conversation about movies with deceptive characters in love with MRS. DOUBTFIRE and THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY.
On this episode we recruit Karly of Core Temp Arts and Dave from the Pop Culture Case Study podcast to track down SPECTRE, the new James Bond film from Sam Mendes that brings back that villainous organization, by looking at previous appearances of this gentleman's club in DR. NO and THUNDERBALL.
Also special appearance by fellow Following Films podcast Cinematic For The People!
On this episode we leave the marital home to talk EYES WIDE SHUT and LOVE IS STRANGE. The conversation on these two films where married couples spend time apart and out of the homes they’ve made together has been inspired by new to video DIGGING FOR FIRE.
On this episode we get back in touch with nature and other creatures that call this planet home… by watching movies. Specifically documentaries, as we have Jamison Rabbit of the Real Films podcast as our guest, talking about the attempts of man and animal to coexist in GRIZZLY MAN and PROJECT NIM. This particular pairing has been inspired by the Alamo Drafthouse rerelease of ROAR.
On this episode we track cannibals across a triple feature of films. First we posse up with Kurt Russell and his fantastic mustache for the new film BONE TOMAHAWK. We are then joined by friend of the show Derek Stewart who has no mustache but talks 1999’s RAVENOUS vs. 2013’s WE ARE WHAT WE ARE. In the former, Guy Pearce is adopted into a cannibal family of soldiers exiled from society, while the latter introduces us to a long line of cannibals under threat of exposure by a small town detective.
We also debate the leading man abilities of James Woods, who has nothing to do with any of these films.
On this episode we get BURNT with Bradley Cooper as we have a full course meal of films dealing with differences in the kitchen. In 1996’s BIG NIGHT, two brothers battle over the direction of their failing restaurant, one unwilling to bow down to local customer ignorance, the other afraid of returning home to a less exciting life. Whereas 2014’s THE HUNDRED FOOT JOURNEY sees an initial cultural clash between an Indian family and a French woman that produces a better experience by combining sensibilities of the two. Joining our show to provide some True Bromance Film Podcast sensibilities is the host of that show and returning guest Jairo.
On this episode we jump inside a pop culture bubble by living with Jim Carrey in THE TRUMAN SHOW and (unfortunately) Tobey Maguire in PLEASANTVILLE. Non from the great podcast Joy Sandwich joins us for that excursion, but first we take a look at a Sundance hit just now making its way to DVD with THE WOLFPACK.
On this episode we steal, like all great artists do, from the new Danny Boyle/Aaron Sorkin film STEVE JOBS by using our own three act structure focused on different movie launches on this man’s life. In the TNT television film PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY, the focus is primarily on the battle Jobs and Apple had with Bill Gates and Microsoft, released at a time when Microsoft was the clear victor in this battle back in 1999. Then we jump ahead to a new documentary that arrived this year from Alex Gibney called STEVE JOBS: THE MAN IN THE MACHINE. This film questions the deification of Jobs by the general public and thus offends me as I type this on my iMac.
But first, returning guest Ben from the podcast Cinematic For the People joins me for a film that presents the deification of Aaron Sorkin in STEVE JOBS.
On this episode we talk about the much anticipated CRIMSON PEAK with our friend Web Bist from the podcast It’s Terrific and then we move on to Creepy Marriages with a Third Party by checking out Alfred Hitchcock’s REBECCA and the Stephen King film adaptation of A GOOD MARRIAGE with our friends over at the Plain Label Podcast, Eric and Rachel. But first, we are first in line for the latest socially acceptable chance to stare at Jessica Chastain for two hours.
On this episode we give the people what they want, a PAN spectacular, as we discuss a film that has probably already been exiled from theaters, YET ANOTHER reimagining of the Peter Pan story, one that has been toyed with before as we see with HOOK where Peter Pan grows up, and in FINDING NEVERLAND where J.M. Barrie starts hanging out at the park with kids for inspiration. And yes, we realize how illicit that sounds. Thankfully Natasha from Kentucky Geek Girl joins us to keep things above board, but before that, Brendan from the InSession Film podcast paid his debt for many guest appearances on his show… by talking PAN.
On this episode we go on THE WALK with Joseph Gordon-Levitt which inspires an episode of adrenaline with the actor in two prior films: THE LOOKOUT and PREMIUM RUSH. Tim from The Late Reviews YouTube channel and the podcast Pan Tilt Zoom joins us for that conversation, but first we preview a portion of sister show Original Remake which you can also find on FollowingFilms.com. The new Robert Zemeckis' take on the story previously seen in MAN ON WIRE is discussed with Jamison Rabbitt of the Real Films podcast.
We go on multiple movie home invasions inspired by Eli Roth’s latest, KNOCK KNOCK. First, a look at the American remake of FUNNY GAMES from 2007 where Naomi Watts and Tim Roth play an unsuspecting married couple vacationing at their summer home when two strange young men stop by to borrow some eggs and things escalate from their with horrific results. Then in THE PURGE, Ethan Hawke and his family think that they are well prepared and protected from the annual night of crime, death, and destruction sanctioned by the government. All of this because Eli Roth came knocking on our podcast door with his new film.
On this episode we attempt to survive in space with Hadas from the Common Room podcast, and thankfully we have a couple of movies on the subject to entertain us. In APOLLO 13, Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Bacon rely on each other and the crew back on Earth to put together a plan to return home after a failed trip to the moon, whereas in GRAVITY it’s Sandra Bullock in a solo quest to return to our home planet, although George Clooney does provide a brief pep talk.
But before all that grim business, we express a little bit of joy with Jess and Non of the Joy Sandwich podcast, as we admire the humor with which Matt Damon approaches being stranded on Mars in new release THE MARTIAN.
On this episode we are joined by Tom from the podcast Second Class Cinema as we work to a decision on two workplace comedies: IN GOOD COMPANY and THE INTERNSHIP. In the former, a young, inexperienced Topher Grace becomes Dennis Quaid's boss, and in the latter Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson find themselves over their heads with their young, tech-savvy fellow interns at Google. Our own battle of old vs. young has been inspired by the new Nancy Meyers comedy THE INTERN, and Hadas of Common Room is hired on for her insight into the film.
On this episode we are joined by Matt and Ed from the podcast Shot Reverse Shot as we attempt to win the war on drugs, by watching the reviled Steven Soderbergh movie TRAFFIC and the classic Ridley Scott film THE COUNSELOR. And yes, this is shameless trolling in the hopes that you’ll keep listening to a movie podcast on THE COUNSELOR. But before that mess of a movie we have one of the few great films of 2015, and a conversation with Dave from Pop Culture Case Study on new release SICARIO.
On this episode we look at the pressures of chess, not by actually playing the game ourselves, but instead watching a small child get berated by his father and the best chess player in the world berate a machine. Our resident nerd expert, Patrick McGill of Role Play Craft, joins us for a double feature of SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER and GAME OVER: KASPAROV AND THE MACHINE. But first, Ben from the podcast Cinematic For the People was kind enough to join me for a conversation on how I will get my first Oscar and also new release PAWN SACRIFICE.
On this episode we talk about the role of the grandparent in film by hanging out with the distant beekeeper played by Peter Fonda in ULEE’S GOLD, who has to make a decision to become more involved than he would like to be in his son’s criminal dealings in order to protect his grandchildren. And in WHALE RIDER a young girl seeks to reconcile her fractured family by seeking a destiny and a role that could damage her relationship with her traditional grandfather. But first, we talk about Lily Tomlin returning to comedic form in new release GRANDMA.
On this episode we are joined by Brad from the Movie Bears Podcast to help tackle the elements found in the 2010 horror movie FROZEN and the somber Liam Neeson survival film THE GREY. But first Ben from Cinematic For the People joins for a filmgoing summit of new release EVEREST.
On this episode we take a trip to Boston with David from That Moment In on a mission to uncover some rats. Martin Scorsese's Best Picture winning THE DEPARTED has Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio as a compromised cop and an undercover agent who are looking to reveal the other in a deadly game of cat and mouse. And in THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE we have movie god Robert Mitchum trades criminal contacts like baseball cards in an attempt to save himself, unaware of others playing the same game with his fate. These two cinematic crime classics do battle after new release BLACK MASS attempts to join their ranks.
On this episode we talk about one of our favorite films of the year, Andrew Bujalski’s RESULTS. This film is about two personal trainers played by Guy Pearce and Cobie Smulders whose lives are altered when a rich client arrives seeking to improve himself but finding the trainers themselves to be searching for something as well. This inspires a conversation on benefactors in film, and we start with the grandaddy of them all in Charles Dickens' GREAT EXPECTATIONS. It goes up against James Gray’s latest love triangle set in a world of crime, with Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner both promising a better life for Marion Cotillard in THE IMMIGRANT.
We also debate the effect that crickets and a computer fan can have on the sound quality of a podcast.
On this episode we go stay with some old people in a pair of horror films. BURNT OFFERINGS has us hosted by Karen Black, Oliver Reed, and Bette Davis as a family gets the deal of a lifetime with very cheap rent for a huge estate, with the catch being that they have to care for an elderly and extremely private woman in the attic. In the more recent THE SKELETON KEY, Kate Hudson's job as a caregiver sends her to the swamps of Louisiana as John Hurt plays a man who has suffered a stroke... and may be suffering in silence under the watchful eye of his creepy wife. This visit with creepy old folks in creepy old houses has been inspired by fallen director M. Night Shyamalan's new film, THE VISIT.
On this episode we celebrate the end of the 2015 summer movie season with a new to video release, one of my favorite films of not only the summer but the year in LOVE & MERCY. This inspires a conversation with Ben from the Cinematic For the People podcast on the films AMADEUS and I’M NOT THERE. We talk specifically on how both films are unconventional music biopics focusing primarily on identity.
On this episode we celebrate Labor Day by hitting the road with journalists developing a professional and personal relationship with their subjects. The first film is one of those that is perhaps too famous among cinephiles to talk about with any objectivity or fresh insight, Cameron Crowe’s modern classic ALMOST FAMOUS. Nevertheless guest Rod from The Listening Party podcast helps us do just that by sending the film that won Jeff Bridges an Oscar up to the War Machine Horse slaughter with CRAZY HORSE.
But first, regular collaborator and man crush, Dave from the Pop Culture Case Study podcast hits the road for new release THE END OF THE TOUR.
On this episode we bond during a breakdown with Karly from the podcast That Pop This Life. To comfort us during these troubling times, we watched Roman Polanski's REPULSION and Lars Von Trier's MELANCHOLIA, both about sisters dealing with trauma in very different ways. This lighthearted episode has been inspired by Alex Ross Perry's great new film, QUEEN OF EARTH.
On this episode, Greta Gerwig’s latest MISTRESS AMERICA has us talking about her influence in two prior starring roles in LOLA VERSUS and DAMSELS IN DISTRESS. In one, a breakup has her leaning on friends and in the other she seeks out people to help guide them to happiness. Britt from the pop culture blog Eclectic Pop guides us through The Greta Gerwig Effect.
But first, we talk with Sam Levy, director of photography for MISTRESS AMERICA, about his work with writer/director Noah Baumbach.
On this episode we are joined by guest Dan Lizette from The Podcast Digest, a show where Dan recommends and interviews producers of great podcast content, so I can not recommend this podcast enough to both listeners and podcasters alike. And since Dan attempts to wake up listeners to podcasts they may not be aware of, we will be discussing THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT vs. THE BOURNE IDENTITY in which Geena Davis and Matt Damon awaken to skills and past lives that lead to knife fights and general good times.
BUT FIRST… we discuss the new film that is really just an excuse to get Dan and Jason Bourne on the show, with the new release AMERICAN ULTRA.
On this episode: Tim from First Time Watchers helps us pick a side in the battle between kids and crooked cops as well as Leon: The Professional vs. Killer Joe. This family friendly double feature (which is to be served with fried chicken) has been inspired by the do-gooder attitude of Kevin Bacon in his new film Cop Car.
Special introduction by Jairo of the the True Bromance Film Podcast who manages to project as much podcast jealousy as possible in ninety seconds.
On this episode we are joined by Web Bist from the podcast It's Terrific in a quest to change for love. Inspired by new release PRINCE we do our selfishly romantic research by breaking out our copies of CHASING AMY and THE SHAPE OF THINGS.
Special introduction from Dave of Pop Culture Case Study who agreed to maintain our friendship by avoiding a clinical diagnosis of our love lives.
On this episode new to video BURYING THE EX inspires us to have a love affair with zombie films WARM BODIES and LIFE AFTER BETH. Helping us in this deadly quest for love is Rilla from the Soiled Restroom Cinema podcast.
Also thanks to Peter from Hydrate Level Four for providing the introduction to what is most assuredly the greatest podcast episode ever produced.
On this episode we present part two of our MAMO themed week. A great podcast that recently celebrated its tenth year. Last time we had Matt Brown on the show to talk superhero reboots, this time it’s the other half of MAMO in Matthew Price who joins me for a theme of keeping murder in the family with two horror classics: PSYCHO and HALLOWEEN. You can find more from Mr. Price on this genre by checking out his other podcast, the aptly titled Let’s Scare Matthew Price to Death. But first, we discuss the inspiration for this particular battle of the horror titans, the second Gillan Flynn big screen adaptation in DARK PLACES.
On this episode we talk superhero reboots on film with superhero film expert Matt Brown from Super Zero podcast and the long-running MAMO. We look at the best example of this tall but financially mandated task with Christopher Nolan’s BATMAN BEGINS going up against the much loathed Marc Webb’s AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. But speaking of being loathed, my co-host Emily Mackay and I recorded our day one responses to the long hated (even before its release) Josh Trank’s FANTASTIC FOUR.
On this episode we dive into a Tom Cruise Conspiracy with Christopher McQuarrie as this particular writer and actor combo worked together previously on VALKYRIE and JACK REACHER. And make sure to hang around at the end of the episode with a bonus discussion with one of our most popular guests, Shawn Pryor of The Black Box podcast. But first... we accept and impossible mission, one no other film podcast dare tackle, a review of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION.
On this episode we experience the triumph and tragedy of boxing... from the safe distance of a movie screen. New release SOUTHPAW inspires a trip to the movies with Karly from the podcasts That Pop This Life and Talking Shondaland, and we continue to talk boxing with two older films in FAT CITY challenging Best Picture winner MILLION DOLLAR BABY.
On this episode we are joined by Jessica & Non from the podcast JOY SANDWICH, to run away and recapture our youth with two films MOONRISE KINGDOM and THE KINGS OF SUMMER. But first, a road trip, tracking down clues for the new release PAPER TOWNS.
0:00 - War Machine vs. War Horse Theme
0:30 - Episode Intro
1:10 - Paper Towns trailer
3:30 - Paper Towns review
35:43 - Moonrise Kingdom/The Kings of Summer clips
37:06 - Discussion on missing kids in love movies with Jessica & Non of Joy Sandwich.
1:36:54 - Outro with music.
1:38:22 - Now what?
On this episode we have TWO guests as Dave from the podcast Pop Culture Case Study was kind enough to accept my collect call from the awful state of Ohio, as we did a Trainwreck mini-review on the road to finish off our Sex With Judd Apatow triple feature that includes THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN or KNOCKED UP trying to seduce my co-host Shane Conner and Megan from the Screams and Moans podcast.
On this episode we are inspired to think small with guest Paul from the Blokebusters podcast as we watch THE BORROWERS go up against ARRIETY in a battle of tiny thieves taking their orders from Marvel’s latest release ANT-MAN.
On this episode we are the weird old guys watching a kids movie with the new release MINIONS, but this does inspire a look back at decidedly more adult minions affair with the Coen Bros. MILLER’S CROSSING going up against Matt Reeves’ American remake of Let The Right One In in LET ME IN.
Joining us for that battle of right handed men will be Roscoe Myrick from the podcasts DATE NIGHT, SHIT’S LEGIT, and the PORTLAND TIMBROS.
On this episode: Jairo from the True Bromance Film Podcast joins the show as we look at aging performers coming to terms with being replaced by younger artists in ALL ABOUT EVE & A STAR IS BORN. But first, Jairo compares one host to Juliette Binoche in the new to video CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA, before we hate on the Judy Garland movie for being the MARVEL release of its time.
On this episode, we lament the lack of dramatic weight in the new MAGIC MIKE XXL, so we harken back to the struggling economic stituation of the first film with a dancing battle between FLASHDANCE and THE FULL MONTY.
GUEST: Jim from the MOVIE BEARS PODCAST joins the show to talk Soderbergh, time capsules, and a bear in Game of Thrones.
We have the unfortunate task of hanging out with not one, not two, but three rebooted TERMINATOR films in a post-Cameron apocalypse. The newest version in TERMINATOR: GENISYS has us looking at the two prior models with an attempt to finish the Terminator trilogy in TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES fighting the abandoned start of a new trilogy in TERMINATOR: SALVATION.
Guest: Peter of Hydrate Level Four joins the show as our time travel expert, because after all his podcast is named after an obscure BACK TO THE FUTURE reference.
On this episode we attempt to recreate favorite movie moments in podcast form by looking at films where characters recreate movie moments. SON OF RAMBOW and BE KIND REWIND provided a great opportunity for a guest appearance by David from THAT MOMENT IN to talk about what he looks for in film and how he talks about the art form. Before that, we love similar moments in ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL, but have different reactions to this new release as a whole.
On this episode we are joined by Nick Antosca, writer on the critically acclaimed television series HANNIBAL, to talk about FRIDAY THE 13th, a film he knows a little something about as he is the writer behind the upcoming reboot of the series. The other movie we will be pairing up with that horror classic is another favorite of the genre in ON GOLDEN POND. Keep listening to the episode to see if Mr. Antosca will be taking over the reboot of that particular property.
This odd double feature of Film Families on the Lake has been inspired by Sarah Adina Smith’s new film THE MIDNIGHT SWIM, who was nice enough to talk with us about the inspiration for the script and the filmmaking techniques she used to put audiences in a character's head.
On this episode we are joined by actor Adam Guthrie to attend a cinematic party of CAN’T HARDLY WAIT and SUPERBAD. This extremely white pairing has oddly been inspired by the trailer for the Sundance hit DOPE which just went into wide release in America, and as you will see in our spoiler-free review of this film, there’s a lot more to it than just high school hijinks.
On this episode we celebrate our 150th episode by taking a journey within ourselves, which doesn’t get particularly deep as we just end up watching FANTASTIC VOYAGE and INNERSPACE. Those silly but classic films are inspired by what looks to be a new classic from Pixar in INSIDE OUT.
On this episode we take a look at the theme of revenge, something we know quite a bit about if you look at some of the movies we’ve made the other watch for this very podcast. In this particular instance we will be joined by guest Web Bist from the movie podcast IT'S TERRIFIC to watch anthology films filled with vengeance, such as the 1972 version of TALES FROM THE CRYPT going up against the George A. Romero/Stephen King collaboration in CREEPSHOW. This combination of vengeful short films has been inspired by the video release of the 2014 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film nominee WILD TALES.
On this episode we return to Jurassic Park with the new release JURASSIC WORLD. Choosing the following double feature didn’t require too much thought, and some would say the same about watching the sequels THE LOST WORLD and JURASSIC PARK 3. So we instead reserve our deep thoughts for the footwear of Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt, pick on terrible child actors, and of course play a game of Hot or Not matchmaking with William H. Macy.
On this episode we look at films on talk show breakdowns. This comes naturally to us since we already have a failed talk show in this very podcast, so we watch two other gentlemen dealing with their own personal demons in the format. In Oliver Stone’s 1988 film adaptation of Eric Bogosian’s stage play, Bogosian plays Barry. A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Barry and Talk Radio go up against the shock jock Jack, played by Jeff Bridges in the 1991 movie THE FISHER KING, directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Richard Lagravenese. Here instead of a breakdown on air, we see the damage that can be done off air, as an offhand remark sends a listener into a restaurant with a gun, where he guns down a man’s wife and causes the husband played by Robin Williams to hide his grief by living in a fantasy world.
Heavy stuff, with strange doses of comedy make for a perfect double feature to followup new to video WELCOME TO ME.
On this episode we look at films set in small towns with big secrets. The 2007 action comedy HOT FUZZ from writer and director Edgar Wright stars Simon Pegg as an annoyingly straight-laced cop exiled by his less professional London colleagues to a small English village with very little crime… that is, crime that the townspeople recognize as crime.
Our second film is a mixture of a remake and a sequel to a 1976 horror film, sharing the same name of THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN. In this new 2014 version, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon delivers a funny, scary, and stylistically cool slasher film about a masked serial killer stalking a small town in Texarkana, and the townspeople who dread reopening this decades long wound of previous murders.
But first, a smaller film that we have been looking forward to in this summer of disappointing big budget kids movies in WE ARE STILL HERE. The writer and director of that film Ted Geoghegan joined us to talk about his fun new horror film.
So this episode exists because co-host Chris Maynard was wronged into unnecessarily watching The Human Centipede for the podcast. And now we are about to wrong you the listener with a War Machine vs. War Horse special looking at the entire Human Centipede trilogy. To make this undesirable cinematic act more palatable I have tried to make this as much of a clip show as possible, with a little help from my barking dog during the recording process leading to ample opportunities to spotlight creative work I actually like and promote another podcast @FromPage2Screen. But first a look at the third Human Centipede.
On this episode we look at Cameron Crowe's repeated professional meltdowns, some leading to more cinematic success such as JERRY MAGUIRE and then the familiar formula not working in ELIZABETHTOWN. Peter from Hydrate Level Four and the Original Remake podcast joins the show to see if Crowe's new film ALOHA is a remake of the charm of his earlier work or the missteps seen in his later filmography.
For the remake of POLTERGEIST we look at two other cursed properties in cinema that were eventually remade way back in 1999. Along the way we answer the very important question of whether or not Catherine Zeta Jones "owned it" in THE HAUNTING and explain what happens when two people really love each other in the HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL.
For TOMORROWLAND, we look at former animated film directors making the leap to big budget live action properties with Tim Burton’s very successful BATMAN going up against Andrew Stanton’s box office disaster JOHN CARTER. Hopefully with his new expensive summer film, Brad Bird continues to carry over his success from MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL.
GUEST: Josh Dotson from the podcast PROJECTING FILM helps us project the fortunes of TOMORROWLAND, and warns of the peril of Bat-Dancing breaking out again.
On this episode, a Kentuckian and an Arizonan watch the Apocalypse in Australia. This theme has us looking at the 1959 film warning of nuclear war in ON THE BEACH starring Gregory Peck and Anthony Perkins, going up against one of our favorite films of 2014 in THE ROVER starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson. But first, declare the summer movie season over as we already have a champion in MAD MAX: FURY ROAD.
On this episode PITCH PERFECT 2 inspires a look back at the previous film and we have a battle of the band films with SCHOOL OF ROCK. Not stopping at music competitions in film, we continue to team up to bash Marvel movies for their gender inequality, listen to Emily Mackay's Joan Cusack impression, and bring a little TRUE GRIT to the PITCH PERFECT mythology.
On this episode we look at the comical life of vampires on film, a genre that doesn’t get much play in Hollywood, and many would say rightfully so. However no one can deny that it is a place for notorious overactors such as Nicolas Cage and Johnny Depp to let their freak flags fly in VAMPIRE’S KISS and DARK SHADOWS. This battle of fanged actors over who can ham it up the most is inspired by the new video release of WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS.
On this episode we are just three dudes, looking for some man on man action in a sub. And we get plenty of that with a triple feature inspired by the new video release BLACK SEA inspiring a submarine battle between two classics in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER and CRIMSON TIDE.
We also give our listeners a glimpse of the process to our movie selection and how ROLLERBALL (the Chris Klein version) will be discussed on another podcast.
We are joined by Dave, the host of Pop Culture Case Study, one of our favorite podcasts which pairs psychology with pop culture, be it movies, music, books, tv shows, or comic books. The new movie we will be talking about in this episode is a comic book adaptation, the newest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Avengers Age of Ultron. This inspires a theme of Responsibility With Robots, where we look back at the Pixar classic WALL-E, which predicts a future where robots care for and ultimately control the survival of humanity, going up against the second older film which is only a few weeks old in EX MACHINA. This movie has the responsibility for one being of artificial intelligence being shared between a mad scientist and the young man brought in to test her humanity. Along the way we come up with the appropriate defensive porn watching tactics to use against A.I. and wonder if lovable WALL-E was involved in an abusive relationship.
Inspired by the new video release of SELMA, we look at two older protest pictures with guest Jamie Dew of the great film podcast The Dew Over. The two older films of BATTLE IN SEATTLE and PRIDE have us debating when there is too much star power in supporting roles, and the always important social issue of men's hair. But first, an interview from Chris Maynard with SELMA actress Tara Ochs on her film career and work in Atlanta.
Last episode we looked at kids seeking immortality through music, but this time we just skip all that hippie crap and get straight to how Blake Lively does it in THE AGE OF ADALINE. This inspires a look back at Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn trying to conquer the aging process for reasons of vanity in DEATH BECOMES HER, going up against Hugh Jackman making the conquering of death the ultimate quest of love for Rachel Weisz and has him traveling through time and space in THE FOUNTAIN. Michael Denniston and Emily Mackay also debate the ending of THE WOMAN IN GOLD, coming to the conclusion that it should have ripped off the final scene of KILLING THEM SOFTLY.
On this episode, one of the creators of this podcast, Josh Dotson, joins the show to interview filmmaker Raf Moscatel about his kickstarter project THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE BIG VOICE. This is just one of many spotlights on upcoming indie films that Josh will discuss on his upcoming podcast Projecting Film, which you can find on FollowingFilms.com
After that we get to our triple feature for the episode, as co-host Emily Mackay joins me to talk about yet another one of her Sundance experiences with GOD HELP THE GIRL, which inspires a battle of the bands with two older films in THAT THING YOU DO vs. NOT FADE AWAY.
And if that wasn’t enough, at the very end of the episode you will get a behind the scenes listen on how this very podcast came to be, as we present for the first time, our earliest recording of War Machine vs. War Horse, a trial episode that focuses on… NOT FADE AWAY.
In this episode we look at murder in paradise, more specifically the serial killer hunting children and being hunted himself by Tom Hardy in CHILD 44. This inspires a look back at the controversial rendering of paradise in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of THE LOVELY BONES vs. the troubling utopia portrayed in the more critically acclaimed film adaptation of NEVER LET ME GO.
GUEST: None this week, but we really could have used the analysis of Dave from Pop Culture Case Study. You can correct that mistake by checking out his great podcast.
In this episode we fake our way through a podcast about fake movies. Inspired by CLOSER TO THE MOON we look at an Academy Award winner for Best Picture, and a film that should have won that award in ARGO vs. BOWFINGER. Along the way we insult Marlon Brando, defend Frank Oz, get rejected by Scientology, begin our spec script for a new Sarah Jessica Parker career and reflect on that great time in the 90s when Janeane Garofalo was the box office champion.
On this episode we are joined by Howard Gorman of Cinema Chords to talk with Dan Bush, writer/director of the new film THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WILLIAM ZERO. This new release inspired a look back at two older films with twins plotting against each other in DEAD RINGERS and ENEMY. And in true Bad Twin fashion, we give in to our darker impulses and briefly (BRIEFLY) mention the Ant-Man trailer, objectify men, and end up at ROAD HOUSE as we always do.
On this episode we plot the perfect Hitchcockian murder with writer/director Christopher Presswell and talk about his homage to those films with his new movie, CANDLESTICK. This inspires a look back at two of The Master’s works where a perfect murder is planned with the added benefit of other parties helping to do the dirty work. Those two older films are STRANGERS ON A TRAIN vs. DIAL M FOR MURDER. Emily Mackay of Movies N' Mayhem joins me to debate those great works of art, and of course, another round of Movie Star Hot or Not.
On this episode we have fast and furious taste of revenge as the seventh entry in that franchise, FURIOUS 7, brings back the older brother of the previous film’s villain to wreck havoc on our muscled out band of heroes and their muscle cars, which inspired us NOT to get in shape or go to a car show, but to instead watch 2001’s JOY RIDE where a prank leads to a deranged truck driver getting his revenge on Paul Walker and Steve Zahn, and 2003’s THE ITALIAN JOB where Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron deliver some payback to their former team member Edward Norton for double crossing them.
On this episode we debate how a silver fox and a handsome bear handle their professional and personal affairs in a very short and stressful period of time with Richard Gere in 2012’s ARBITRAGE vs. Tom Hardy in 2014’s LOCKE. This battle of businessmen trying to do the right or wrong thing was inspired by the new video release of A MOST VIOLENT YEAR, starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, and ultimately you know that it's going to be The Chastain that wins out.
Last episode we was a triple feature of men hunting or being hunted by bears with THE BEAR going up against THE EDGE, inspired by new horror film BACKCOUNTRY. On this episode we are inspired by another new horror movie in SPRING which has us looking back at 1982’s CAT PEOPLE and 2000’s GINGER SNAPS for other cinematic female transformations to furry creatures. But before we get into that, host Chris Maynard participated in a joint interview with Howard Gorman of Cinema Chords and Scream magazine to talk to the directors of SPRING, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.
Last episode we were on the search for our masculinity with a triple feature of MY OWN MAN, THE GRADUATE and FIGHT CLUB and since that didn’t do the trick, on this episode we continue to challenge our manhood, but only through a film experience with THE BEAR taking on THE EDGE. This decision to fight a bear and in this case two bear films fighting each other for our movie amusement has been inspired by the new horror film BACKCOUNTRY. Our own Chris Maynard was a part of a press junket where he got to talk with the film’s writer and director, Adam MacDonald.
On this episode the new Netflix documentary MY OWN MAN has us questioning our own manhood and the only answers we could find were by looking to our elders in cinema with 1967’s THE GRADUATE taking on 1999’s FIGHT CLUB. Hopefully Mrs. Robinson and Tyler Durden can drag us kicking and screaming into manhood, but before that, host Chris Maynard spoke with director David Sampliner about masculinity and his great new documentary film MY OWN MAN.
On this episode we celebrate an idol to everyone on this podcast in Roger Ebert and the documentary format he championed, by discussing LIFE ITSELF, which is new to Netflix streaming. This is another big episode as the two older films aren’t that old (both are documentary films from 2014) with FINDING VIVIAN MAIER vs. ACTRESS as we explore life in front of and behind the camera. Also as an extra bonus after our debate, we have an interview with the director of ACTRESS, Robert Greene.
On this episode we follow the first 2015 critical sensation IT FOLLOWS with two films that aren’t very much like IT FOLLOWS but have a following theme in WINGS OF DESIRE vs. FOLLOWING and are members of The Criterion Collection. But as you will see in our reviews of these three films, the new horror movie is by far the most deserving of that status.
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On this episode we join up with three different cults, two are old hat at this point, both Sundance darlings of 2011 in MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE and SOUND OF MY VOICE. This extreme podcasting decision was made with the controlling guidance of new release FAULTS. But before we fully commit to this cult movie decision we try the Kool-Aid of Netflix's new original series UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT and let Tangible Teddy gripe about the death of video stores.
We go on a writers' retreat with two older films and two sets of dueling writers, Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve in the comedic thriller DEATHTRAP going up against the sexy cat fighting led by Charlotte Rampling in SWIMMING POOL. This duel where the weapons of choice are typewriters and word processors has been inspired by a film new to DVD, Blu-Ray, and various VOD services in LISTEN UP PHILIP.
On this episode we join strangers who arrive in small but equally strange communities and how they shape or are shaped by them. Unfortunately we are not talking ROAD HOUSE, but we do have a 1938 French film in PORT OF SHADOWS going up against Lars Von Trier's DOGVILLE. So... basically the same thing as ROAD HOUSE. This pairing has been inspired by the new release OCTOBER GALE from writer/director Ruba Nadda, who joins us to talk about her work.
On this episode we are inspired by THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH, which recently hit Amazon streaming, to have a long talk about romance in films where couples have long talks. The two older films that we picked are Richard Linklater’s BEFORE SUNRISE and BEFORE MIDNIGHT, the first and third in a trilogy which perfectly fits our format as we debate how time has changed our perceptions of the two films and the characters as they have progressed. To do so we bring in the wife of one of our hosts to get a female point of view and to have our own version of a married couple having a long conversation in podcast form. But before all of that, we got to speak with the writer and director of THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH, Jim Hemphill, about the inspiration for the project and his creative influences.
In this episode we are directed by Nicolas Winding Refn to have a theme inspired by MY LIFE DIRECTED BY NICOLAS WINDING REFN. That direction leads us to the films HEARTS OF DARKNESS: A FILMMAKER'S APOCALYPSE and AMERICAN MOVIE, as we see that both someone at the top and bottom of their field can be driven mad by the passion and pitfalls of seeing their dream film through to completion.
On this episode we are haunted by Hollywood, much like the characters in David Cronenberg's new film MAPS TO THE STARS. The only way we can see to exorcise these demons is by tackling two of the classics on this subject with Billy Wilder's SUNSET BOULEVARD taking on Robert Altman's THE PLAYER. Wilder. Altman. Cronenberg. The only clear winner in this episode is us.
On this episode we attempt to con you into listening to our triple feature of con man movies, inspired by the new release FOCUS. Based on the premise of that film we look at how love blinds con men, like it blinded Will Smith by backing his son's acting career in AFTER EARTH, in Ridley Scott's MATCHSTICK MEN and Rian Johnson’s THE BROTHERS BLOOM.
GUEST: Peter from Hydrate Level Four joins us to work on a horror screenplay starring Bruce McGill.
On this episode we look at two 2001 movies trapped behind enemy lines with BLACK HAWK DOWN vs. the Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film in NO MAN’S LAND. This particular double feature was inspired by a film just now getting released here in the U.S. and starring Jack O’Connell in ’71. And we were privileged to have the director of photography for that film, Tat Radcliffe, join us to talk about this film and the great year he had professionally in 2014.
On this episode we look at a comic book writer’s universe of creator-owned material making its way to the silver screen with varying degrees of success. We are not of course talking about Alan Moore, because I mentioned the word successful film adaptations, and instead will move down a few tiers to Mark Millar with the adaptations of WANTED and KICK-ASS battling it out like a good comic book crossover. This is inspired by the new release KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE, and Bubbawheat from the sites Flights, Tights, and Movie Nights and Channel: Superhero will teams up with us to choose a winner.
On this episode we attempt to break out of the podcast rut we find and rekindle the flame by taking the advice of new release FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, and talking about two older films about a submissive and dominate relationship between a man in woman with 1986’s NINE 1/2 WEEKS and 2002’s SECRETARY. But the only real dominance to be seen is Mickey Rourke owning the screen with his magnificent 80s hair.
GUEST: Megan from the Screams and Moans podcast attempts to school not only us, but actor Jeremy Davies.
Last episode you may remember (and if you don’t go download Episode 111 right now) we talked Studio Ghibli films with a princess theme. This episode we look at Studio Ghibli at War, with the documentary THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS inspiring a look at how this studio handles war in its films GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES vs. THE WIND RISES.
On this episode we have a battle between animated princesses, though not of the Disney variety. It’s official Studio Ghibli only business as we look at NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND and PRINCESS MONONOKE, a battle of two Miyazaki films inspired by his studio’s new video release of THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA.
On this episode we talk about two abandoned films which fortunately for audiences have been chronicled in documentary form. In LOST IN LA MANCHA, we are witness to the start and eventually end of production on Terry Gilliam’s failed film on Don Quixote. And in JODOROWSKY’S DUNE, we get to hear with great passion from the man himself on his film adaptation of the novel DUNE that never got the green light. But first, an even newer release as we got the chance to talk to actor/writer/producer and former NFL player Conrad Goode about his film WATERCOLOR POSTCARDS that you can find now on iTunes and Amazon Prime streaming, and also his involvement in the recent VOD release, an abandoned David O. Russell film that was shot in 2008, ACCIDENTAL LOVE.
On this episode we talk about two films that were released within the last year that combine romance, music, and the different perspectives two characters bring to those subjects with last summer’s BEGIN AGAIN, and the month old SONG ONE. But first, an even newer release is discussed with writer/director Richard Lagravanese about his new film that just hit limited theatrical and VOD release, the musical screen adaptation of THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
On this episode we travel back in time slightly by catching up with a recent release that just hit DVD and Blu-Ray since the recording in PREDESTINATION, which inspires a look back at two older films about time travel with THE TERMINATOR vs. MINORITY REPORT. We also catch up with a former guest and director of OUT OF PRINT, Julia Marchese, and jump ahead in time to her future plans.
On this episode we attempt to sneak our way into a girls’ weekend out in the wild, the only way we know how, by watching and talking about three such films that share that premise. ASH BLODGETT from LAUGH STASH TV joins us to talk about THE DESCENT where a group of women seek their next adrenaline rush by making a… well, a descent. Then in BLACK ROCK three women attempt to repair their fractured friendship by revisiting a childhood vacation spot, and not getting exactly the type of reconnection they were hoping for. This pairing is inspired by the new horror comedy CRAZY BITCHES and we are also joined by that film’s writer and director JANE CLARK .
On this episode we move our podcast back home, with the likes of the hotly debated MOMMA'S MAN vs. the ultimate 90s Miramax film in BEAUTIFUL GIRLS. This theme and pairing was inspired by the new release SUBURBAN GOTHIC and we talk with the director of photography for that film, Lucas Lee Graham.
On this episode we break format a bit with Emily Mackay of Movies N' Mayhem and do a true Him and Her review of THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY. Because of the unique release of these films in three different cuts, this means a spoiler free review of the film that got a limited release and generally is what is referred to by the title with the THEM version. Then we get into spoilers by pitting the HIM and HER films of Eleanor Rigby against one another. It’s a very interesting film experiment and from what we discovered with our own viewing order, one that could really help or hurt your experience with the films depending on which perspective you start with.
We struggle to put on a podcast production every week, so we have great sympathy for a group of films about putting on a production. However we will see if we can set aside SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE winning the 1998 Academy Award for Best Picture to get more sympathy from us in its battle with Richard Linklater's ME AND ORSON WELLES. These two films have been inspired by the great new documentary BALLET 422, and director Jody Lee Lipes was kind enough to join us to talk about his new film.
Last episode we went INTO THE WOODS for a fairy tale orgy, on this episode we tell another fairy tale… that Johnny Depp was once a serious actor and not a cartoon character, as he is in his latest film MORTDECAI. We look at two of our favorite performances of his in WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE and DONNIE BRASCO. Joining us for this episode will be a Johnny Depp fan in Britt from the site Eclectic Pop, who will attempt to keep the Depp bashing from Shane and myself to a minimum.
Last episode we joined some couples in cabins in the woods with THE STRANGERS going up against ANTICHRIST inspired by the great 2014 horror film HONEYMOON. On this episode we stay in the woods and discuss how some are finding themselves equally horrified at the musical INTO THE WOODS. The two fairy tale orgy films inspired by that experience are SHREK and THE BROTHERS GRIMM. Guests Natasha Collier from Kentucky Geek Girl and Emily Mackay of Movies N Mayhem get into the spirit of retelling a fairy tale by trying to rewrite one of the films in this show that we REALLY did not like...
Having just passed the century mark, on episode 101 we hope we have entered into the honeymoon phase with our listeners, and so being creative geniuses we decided to talk about the recently released to DVD, and one of Chris’ favorite of 2014, HONEYMOON. This film inspires a look at two other entries in the horror genre where couples go to cabins in the woods. The movie that shows that marriage proposals are never a good idea is THE STRANGERS, and then to top that, ANTICHRIST shows us that MARRIAGES are never a good idea.
GUEST: Rilla of Soiled Restroom Cinema joins us to help the chaos reign.
On our last episode for Blackhat we talked about uninvited digital guests through cyber intrusion, so for our big episode 100 (and I mean big numerically speaking, we didn’t really go out of our way to do anything special) we chose a theme of guests making themselves at home the old fashioned way. Recent DVD and digital release The Guest allows us to pit a classic Hitchcock film in Shadow Of A Doubt against a film that was inspired by Shadow Of A Doubt, in… Stoker. It’s been a great run up to episode 100 the last nine months, thank you for allowing us to be a guest on your listening device of choice.
On this episode we celebrate the ability of computers to bring people closer together, even when one party was uninvited. Hopefully you don’t see us invading your earbuds in quite the same fashion that we view the hackers in the films SNEAKERS and… well, HACKERS. This battle between the old and young is inspired by an old standby of portraying masculinity on film, director Michael Mann’s latest work BLACKHAT.
GUEST: Patrick McGill of Role Play Craft comes in to judge the roller blading contest that is 90s cyber culture as portrayed on film.
On this episode we get high off of Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest great film that cinephiles will be revisiting for years to come, and in celebration of that we look at two older films that have been gained that classic status in Robert Altman’s THE LONG GOODBYE and The Coen Brothers THE BIG LEBOWSKI. Both films are about private investigators, one professional and one an amateur, who use their unique viewpoint of being out of step or perfectly in step with their times to figure out what is going on around them… but first… we try to figure out what is going on with Paul Thomas Anderson’s INHERENT VICE.
On this episode we talk about romantic relationships with a big age difference... other than between Mike and Chris. Instead we debate two classic films in Stanley Kubrick’s LOLITA vs. Hal Ashby’s HAROLD AND MAUDE. For the deciding vote, we are very happy to have Anderson Cowan from the awesome and well-respected movie podcast THE FILM VAULT and the comedy podcast THE AFTER DISASTER. But before we decide on Team Humbert or Team Maude, we interview David McFarland, the director of photography for THE BOY NEXT DOOR, the new film that inspired our theme.
On this episode of our podcast we stalk with technology, and though our methods of finding our way into your ear buds may be more advanced than Robert De Niro’s quest to get famous on a late night talk show in THE KING OF COMEDY, or Robin Williams’ photo lab obsession with an All-American family in ONE HOUR PHOTO, we hope our listeners agree that we haven’t quite reached our full stalker potential. But before we give you too much time to consider it, we speak with director Paul Solet, who you may know previously from his acclaimed horror film GRACE, as he took the time to talk about his work and inspire our theme with his new film DARK SUMMER.
On this episode we look at documentaries about a country’s ties to their respective sports teams with a 30 For 30 film ONCE BROTHERS about an Olympic basketball team that is broken up once the nation breaks out into civil war, which is very similar in premise to the other documentary we will review (except much different in tone) with THE OTHER DREAM TEAM. Hopefully that’s not too much sportsing for our film nerd listeners, because first, we also have an interview with Gabe Polsky, director of the new film RED ARMY.
On this episode we look at the war abroad in the Sam Mendes film JARHEAD, and the war at home in Paul Haggis’ IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, but first, a warning to both our liberal and conservative listeners who like to misinterpret art and proudly show their ass all over social media, we talk with our guest Peter from the podcast Hydrate Level Four about Clint Eastwood’s new film: AMERICAN SNIPER.
On this episode we are inspired by the new release UNBROKEN to look at military movies that are survival stories, and how war, specifically how war is portrayed on film, has changed with the times. From the somewhat cordial but surprisingly dark gut punch of 1963’s THE GREAT ESCAPE to the very dark but surprisingly optimistic lead played by Christian Bale in 2006’s RESCUE DAWN. All of that, plus our guest Emily Mackay of Movies and Mayhem, bragging about her upcoming Sundance experience.
On this episode, we look at TOP FIVE, the recent film from Chris Rock about a comedian who wants to be taken seriously as an artist, which not only inspired the pairing of SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS and STARDUST MEMORIES, but also our own Top Five Film lists of 2014. And after you hear them you may no longer take us seriously (if you ever did).
On this episode we look at life, and in particular a sex life, immediately after divorce. In the 1998 Richard Lagravenese film LIVING OUT LOUD, Holly Hunter drinks one too many martinis and finds herself the target of a crush from the bellhop in her building, and Steve Carell finds himself the target of ladies man Ryan Gosling in CRAZY STUPID LOVE. All of these shenanigans of the newly single inspired by the great new film GOODBYE TO ALL THAT starring Paul Schneider and we get a chance to talk to the writer and director of this new release, Angus MacLachlan.
On this episode we fake our way through a discussion on fake art, as inspired by the new Tim Burton film BIG EYES, which chronicles the abusive professional and personal relationship between Margaret and Walter Keane. We then move on to a film where Orson Welles hijacked another artist’s work to much greater critical acclaim in what has been called the first film essay in F FOR FAKE. And finally we do our own follow-up to some news organization called 60 MINUTES as we look at the actual documentary MY KID COULD PAINT THAT. To do all this we perhaps need to bring in an actual artist and thankfully Tressa Bowling from Sequential Spirits joins us to give some much needed perspective.
On this episode THE IMITATION GAME inspires us to break the code on two older films about enigma machines. One, an Americanized action thriller set on a Nazi submarine U-571, and the other a love triangle with Kate Winslet, but without a ship, in ENIGMA. As dumb Americans, we have no hope of breaking the code, but we think we’ve cracked the McConaissance of Matthew McConaughey’s hairline. GUEST: Patrick McGill of Role Play Craft abstains in the debate over Jon Bon Jovi deserving onscreen death.
On this episode we take a look at comedians being creepy at sports, inspired by Steve Carell’s transformation from Michael Scott in The Office to John du Pont in the new release FOXCATCHER. Then we immediately look at one of Carell’s competitors for various Best Actor prizes this year in GAME 6 where Michael Keaton plays an increasingly unhinged Red Sox fan. But not to be outdone in the rivalry between Boston and New York, Patton Oswalt finishes off our triple feature as a rage-filled Giants fan in BIG FAN.
On this episode we get addicted to gambling with Edward Norton as the degenerate card cheat in ROUNDERS, and Philip Seymour Hoffman who loves him some ribs with no sauce, a Coke, and blowing other people’s money (but NOT Minnie Driver) in OWNING MAHOWNY. All of this inspired by Mark Wahlberg lecturing us as a college professor (yes, you read that right) in the new release THE GAMBLER.
GUEST: Jario from the True Bromance Film Podcast becomes the official costume design critic of our show.
On this episode we play a little bit of the blame game, do some time traveling, and oh yeah, fit in some political assassination. All of this inspired by the guys from PINEAPPLE EXPRESS as we finally get around to releasing our episode for THE INTERVIEW, kind of like the various VOD services late to the party. And with that international crisis settled, Matthew Price of the MAMO! podcast joins us for our discussion of two older films about the methods of political assassination with THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE vs. THE DAY OF THE JACKAL.
New release CITIZENFOUR inspires us to leak some secrets with Shaun from the No, Totally movie podcast, such as the excellence that Michael Mann and Steven Soderbergh provide with their films on whistleblowers in 1999's THE INSIDER and 2009's THE INFORMANT. If that isn't juicy enough for our listeners we also attempt to remake the story of Jeffrey Wigand as a sequel to a certain John Woo movie.
In this episode we lose podcast paradise, but we do get to talk to the directors of THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN, Dan Geller & Dayna Goldfine, about editing and casting their great documentary. And because we are relentless in our search for cinematic paradise we take a trip with the likes of Harrison Ford and Leonardo Dicaprio in THE MOSQUITO COAST and THE BEACH.
We go INTO THE WILD for 127 HOURS with Reese Witherspoon but without the proper footwear for the new release WILD. Along the way we flashback to our own tragedies in life: waiting for the wide release of INHERENT VICE, waiting in line for the iPhone 6 Plus, and also being on fire.
On this episode we face unemployment with the help of friends, family and Marion Cotillard's great performance in TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT. Not content with the support of just one film we also look back to 1999's comedy classic (as certified by the Library of Congress) OFFICE SPACE, and rely on a scumbag named Vincent who has some decent driving skills in 2001's TIME OUT.
GUEST: Emily Mackay attempts to aid us in our butchering of the French language but to no avail.
On this episode, the director of photography for STILL ALICE, Denis Lenoir was kind enough to to talk about his approach to film, love of cinema, and how he has worked with directors on his impressive filmography. After this interview we are inspired by the latest in a long line of great Julianne Moore performances to look at two other films where she handled an affliction of sorts in 1995’s SAFE and 2008’s BLINDNESS.
On this episode the new version of ANNIE inspires us to visit two OTHER orphanages… and that’s about all it inspires. So it’s back to Maine for us in THE CIDER HOUSE RULES and then Spain in the 2007 horror film THE ORPHANAGE. From there it's a debate on whether Cameron Diaz and Tobey Maguire are actually more horrific.
GUEST: Tangible Teddy remains perplexed about the actual rules of the cider house, and has a better title in mind.
On this episode we spend a NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, three times! Just not with a comprehensive review of that Ben Stiller trilogy. Instead Patrick McGill of Role Play Craft joins us on a tour with two different films set in museums with RUSSIAN ARK and MUSEUM HOURS. But first a mini-review of the third and presumably final film in the series NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB.
On this episode we are joined by Keith Reed of The Wrong Party podcast, and Patrick McGill of the gaming site Role Play Craft to chastise Peter Jackson for Liking ‘Em Long with THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING and KING KONG. This isn’t just meant to excuse our own shortcomings, but to hopefully get the director who made HEAVENLY CREATURES back on track as his second trilogy set in Middle-Earth is now coming to an end with the release of THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES.
We read a bedtime story called THE BABADOOK which inspires us to go on a book hunting quest with Johnny Depp in THE NINTH GATE for the Necronomican in EVIL DEAD 2. All of this leads to a heated debate and a moral line in the sand that puts Roman Polanski on one side, and at least ONE of us on the other.
On this episode we go to the movies with Moses, three times! Starting with the new Ridley Scott film, EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS, and then parting the podcast Red Sea to get to a battle between THE TEN COMMANDMENTS vs. THE PRINCE OF EGYPT. Along the way, we go against Warmachinehorse tradition and profess a love for the very bald Yul Brynner.
GUEST: Emily Mackay gets to use her skills as an editor and brings out the Scissorhands on Charlton Heston and Ridley Scott.
We look at death in dysfunctional families, inspired by the new video release THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU. Steph Wanamaker of Soiled Restroom Cinema joins us to debate whether Gene Hackman is an asshole or a sonofabitch in THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, and Jamie Dew of The Dew Over defends the right of ORDINARY PEOPLE to wear a Best Pictrue sash.
The new Tommy Lee Jones' joint, THE HOMESMAN, inspires a look at women in westerns. Starting all the way back with the the hooker with the heart of gold saved by John Wayne in 1939's STAGECOACH to 1971's THE HIRED HAND where a responsible single mother is abandoned by Peter Fonda.
Notice that we ignored Shane's campaigning for Madeline Stowe's six shooting ways in BAD GIRLS.
Erik Skjoldbjærg, director of INSOMNIA, joins us to discuss his new film, PIONEER, which was inspired by his love of 1970s American conspiracy thrillers, and we make sure to follow in his footsteps with our episode debating two films from 1974: THE CONVERSATION vs. THE PARALLAX VIEW.
We are the wrong people to talk about perfectionism in artists (assuming you've listened to the prior seventy-one episodes) so we bring in Tressa Bowling and Justin Stewart of the Beaucoup Pop podcast, Sequential Spirits, to debate BLACK SWAN vs. RUBY SPARKS.
Before that? It's us giving WHIPLASH the big sloppy kiss it deserves, just as J.K. Simmons taught us.
We didn't understand Stephen Hawking in A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, and we don't understand love in real life. But we do understand romance in biopics, which is what the new film about Hawking attempts to do in THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING. This inspires a look back at other great romances of our time (or at least the altered film versions) in SID AND NANCY & A BEAUTIFUL MIND.
Writer/director of FILMAGE: THE STORY OF DESCENDENTS/ALL, Matt Riggle, joins the podcast to educate us (ok, just Mike) on this great band. We hope to do the same for our listeners by reviewing The Replacements in COLOR ME OBSESSED and Anvil in ANVIL: THE STORY OF ANVIL.
We are inspired by HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 to be just as original as we look at two older films where Kevin Spacey is... a horrible boss. Those two films are 1992's GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS v. 1994's SWIMMING WITH SHARKS. But before we clock in for the daily grind of Spacey insults, we talk about Chris Pine's future as a comedic actor, decide to hire Alan Arkin or Al Pacino, and debate the use of Hungry Eyes in torture scenes.
GUEST: Tangible Teddy wants our listeners to chime in on a social media handle change for himself and sizes himself up against Benicio Del Toro.
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 may be done with the games, but we are not. So we look back at 1987's THE RUNNING MAN and 2000's BATTLE ROYALE to satisfy our bloodlust, discuss appropriate workout wear, Arnold's vanilla screen names, the tragedy of the husky boy with the crossbow, and ultimately romance while killing your fellow man for sport.
We look at sequels that took a while to get here. In THE COLOR OF MONEY, Paul Newman's Fast Eddie is older and retired from his pool shark glory days when he casts his eyes on the glory of Tom Cruise's bulletproof hair and decides to get back in the game. In CLERKS 2, we find the formerly black and white Dante and Randall having yet to enter the game as they spend their 30s working fast food, debating geek film trilogies, and whether or not to settle down with Rosario Dawson. But first, we somehow manage to sink lower than those two slackers with a return of Harry and Lloyd in DUMB AND DUMBER TO.
We talk Arrested Development on film, and unlike the nerds who still want to talk about that cancelled comedy (which sucked when it finally did come back), we instead talk about the stunning movie stars Charlize Theron and Jason Segal. In YOUNG ADULT, Theron does her version of MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING without the best friend, and the fact that the wedding she is going to break up has already happened. Segal plays a much more likable man child, albeit one who needs to do some simple home repairs for his mother who has allowed him to stay in the nest in JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME. But first, Keira Knightley leaves her comfortable nest she shares with her high school boyfriend, running away from a marriage proposal to go hang out with some high school kids and a turtle with an eating disorder in LAGGIES.
On this episode we predict The Future of Film. To do this, we look back at the 1982 film ROOM 666, and scoff at the failed predictions made by industry titans such as Steven Spielberg. Then we see if Keanu Reeves is the one, with his dangerous investigative journalism in 2012's SIDE BY SIDE where he attempts to find out... just how much of a pompous asshole is Christopher Nolan? But first, Julia Marchese joins us to talk about her new documentary OUT OF PRINT.
GUEST: Julia Marchese also talks time travel with us, and allows the podcast version of that by correcting our pronunciation mistakes.
We often self-destruct on the podcast, just not to the comedic success that Dan Harmon has found in a documentary chronicling his podcast tour for HARMONTOWN. This inspires to look at other comedians who have taken to the road and put themselves through hell for their work in CONAN O'BRIEN CAN'T STOP and SLEEPWALK WITH ME.
GUEST: Director of HARMONTOWN, Neil Berkeley talks about his new film and his previous documentary, BEAUTY IS EMBARRASSING.
Everybody has a favorite childhood memory of their big hero, and a current generation of children are getting that with the new release BIG HERO 6. We look back at previous takes on A Boy And His Robot with 1991's TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY vs. 1999's THE IRON GIANT.
Also we debate the appropriate movie time for grown men to see animated features, gun control, and the use of Pumping Iron as a new show theme song.
Humans aren't meant to die on Earth, or die loving previously highly regarded film directors. We address the backlash against INTERSTELLAR from the film nerd community, and hope he doesn't go down the path of previous above-the-title director M. Night Shyamalan who has a double feature of Killer Earth movies on his resume in THE HAPPENING and AFTER EARTH.
We dive into the mucky-muck of sensationalistic stories that have made audiences feel guilty since 1931. That year is our starting point because we will be talking about the 1931 film FIVE STAR FINAL vs. 2010's TABLOID which is a documentary that revisits a crime that dominated the headlines in the UK back in the 70s. But first we talk about a film of our time and about current blood and guts local news with the new release NIGHTCRAWLER.
On this episode we talk about an obvious double feature selection of HEAT vs. OUT OF SIGHT to celebrate the release of the very obvious film BIRDMAN. It's also a celebration of the escape that three actors made from the Batman film franchise, with Val Kilmer reaching heights that would become the norm for George Clooney by working with great actors and an acclaimed director; a plan that Michael Keaton hopes to follow with his new film.
GUEST: Comedian Jericho Davidson invokes the cursed film MUST LOVE DOGS and pays the podcasting price.
On this episode we regret to inform you that just by listening to this show, you have stepped into the dangerous world of the Internet. A place where young assholes make billions off the muscled backs of handsome rich twins from Harvard in THE SOCIAL NETWORK, and dick pics wreak havoc on teenagers and skeevy business plans in DISCONNECT. But first, thankfully we don't get a dick pic of Adam Sandler in Jason Reitman's new release MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
GUEST: Philip Gelatt, writer of EUROPA REPORT and director of THE BLEEDING HOUSE warns us of the go-to move of The Internet, which is to punch us in the face... in slow-motion.
On this episode we raise some kids with the likes Bill Murray, Hugh Grant, and Billy Bob Thornton, which can't go TOO wrong. This means a look back at the adopted father figures from ABOUT A BOY and BAD SANTA, inspired by the new release ST. VINCENT.
GUEST: Jairo from the True Bromance Film Podcast praises the work of a young member of the X-Men and prepares his Santa hat for the office Christmas party.
We celebrate Halloween with devilish heroes, some with horns, like HELLBOY, and one in particular who is Nicolas Cage AND ALSO has a flaming skull head. But let's go back to the horns with a mini-review of the new release... HORNS.
GUESTS: Coolness from Podgravy and Justin Stewart from Sequential Spirits attempt to recruit us into their Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance fan club, but Mike will only join if it's a biker club and he can live out his days as Ron Perlman.
On this episode we talk relationships with robots. In BLADE RUNNER we have Harrison Ford meeting cute with a very acrobatic Darryl Hannah replicant, and in HER we have Joaquin Phoenix who is unable to make it work with Rooney Mara and Olivia Wilde, but finds his soul mate in the hottest smartphone ever invented where Siri is played by Scarlett Johanssen. But first, the newest look at human relationships with robots, Antonia Banderas dances away desert depression in AUTOMATA.
GUEST: Coolness from the podcast PODGRAVY joins us to talk about standing at the abyss of the robot apocalypse, and laughing at it.
We break out the board games, which is just about as nerdy as podcasting. Michael Bay is the inspiration for this nerdery, with the new OUIJA film being yet another check to cash for the man while he takes breaks from terrible TRANSFORMERS movies. But as we will see later in the episode, Bay influences films he actually had no hand in with BATTLESHIP. Thankfully we've got a game of CLUE in between.
GUEST: Shawn Pryor of The Black Box podcast joins us and explains that BATTLESHIP classifies as its own genre of badness in film.
We get our perfect tank crew together, under the command of Brad Pitt's hair in FURY, aided by the desert charisma of Humphrey Bogart in SAHARA, and the book smarts of Jason Patric in THE BEAST OF WAR. Add in a horse driving the tank, and it's a perfect episode of War Machine vs. War Horse.
GUEST: JD Duran of InSession Film graciously allows us to discuss his own hair style this episode, and we think we have him talked into The Wardaddy look.
In this episode of War Machine vs. War Horse, the dog dies. This also is the premise for Keanu Reeves to go on a rampage of revenge in the new release JOHN WICK, as do we against cinema that portrays this act that is known to produce tears the world over. The two dog hating films we take to task are 2009's HACHI and 2012's FRANKENWEENIE. Thankfully the former has the very handsome Richard Gere, and the latter is a visual feast of a film even without the beauty of Gere.
On this episode, like the new release DRACULA UNTOLD, we attempt to find new blood in a story that has been bled dry. This character's story has been told before in cinema, going back so far as 1931 when Bela Lugosi put on the cape, up to 1992 when Gary Oldman put on MANY different costumes in the Coppola version of Dracula. All three films attempt to do different things with the character, they don't all succeed, but all three do feature a more attractive looking vampiric lead than NOSFERATU. In true War Machine vs. War Horse fashion, that may be setting the bar very low.
GUEST: Congo Rilla of the podcast Soiled Restroom Cinema joins us to discuss the appropriate apology a vampiric werewolf should give his lady when he is caught in the act with another woman.
It's guilty until proven innocent on our latest episode, as we plead our cases in a couple of courtrooms. We offer a flimsy defense for two films where family defend their own in a court of law with My Cousin Vinny and Conviction, but in true War Machine vs. War Horse fashion, one will fry. First though a little pre-trial hearing with the new release The Judge.
GUEST: Peter from Hydrate Level Four and The Flash Pod joins us to talk Academy Award conspiracy theories and where to record for the best podcasting acoustics.
On this episode we talk about girls... who are gone. And if you think that was clever, in true War Machine vs. War Horse fashion we cleverly found two other films about women gone missing, simply by searching for two films that both have the word "vanish" in the title. Thankfully for our listeners, this episode goes a little more in depth than that as this may be the best triple feature we have ever presented on our podcast. This being our 50th episode and all, we thought we'd treat ourselves and went with 1938's THE LADY VANISHES & 1988's THE VANISHING, followed by David Fincher's much anticipated GONE GIRL.
WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD inspires us to go on the search with three different daughters in search of their missing parent. In 2009's THE BURNING PLAIN, Jennifer Lawrence becomes suspicious of her mother's activities away from the family and discovers an affair that will affect the rest of her life, while on a much smaller scale we once again see Jennifer Lawrence in WINTER'S BONE, searching for her missing father, whose absence from appearing in court will cause her family to lose their home. Shailene Woodley keeps the episode from becoming a J-Law trifecta, but unfortunately she can not stop the lack of men's hair on film to discuss in this episode.
GUEST: Britt from Eclectic Pop joins us to discuss rewatchability in films, and how WINTER'S BONE is not a cinematic world she wants to visit often.
ANNABELLE does not inspire us to collect dolls, but two other creepy dolls in cinema from MAGIC & CHILD'S PLAY might. However it is an unfair fight as only one film has Ann-Margret and company.
GUEST: Congo Rilla from the Signals of Fury podcast Soiled Restroom Cinema, joins us to offer creepy doll defense techniques.
THE SKELETON TWINS inspires us to grow up with the siblings from 2000's YOU CAN COUNT ON ME and the 2007 release THE SAVAGES. Like the siblings in these films, we attempt adulthood, but somewhere along the way we fail, have us a good cry with some other films that may surprise you, and go to a very dark place by discussing the ending of REQUIEM FOR A DREAM at the end of this episode.
Join Shane Conner, Michael Denniston, and Christopher Maynard as they discuss which one of us will become the heel for War Machine vs. War Horse.
Machine and Horse decide to have a one night stand on this episode. The new release TWO NIGHT STAND inspires a look back at two other films about responsible adults making an irresponsible decision on one fateful day or night. Those two irresponsible films are 1986's SOMETHING WILD and 1993's INDECENT PROPOSAL.
Join Shane Conner, Michael Denniston, and Christopher Maynard as they get down in the mucky-muck and examine the balls of Robert Redford.
We attempt to solve THE ZERO THEOREM to figure out the meaning of life, but even with our research on previous film efforts to uncover life's greatest mystery in IKIRU and I HEART HUCKABEES, we still just end up debating the X-Men film franchise.
Join Shane Conner, Michael Denniston, and Christopher Maynard as they also talk the best death rattle music to bring down the buzz in a bar.
THE MAZE RUNNER has us trying to quickly escape the maze of LABYRINTH, and we get lost in debating which path to take in PRISONERS.
GUEST: Patrick McGill of Role Play Craft manages to find David Bowie and co-host Shane Conner equally offensive, which is a compliment to Shane.
On this episode, the three of us have gathered to say WalrusYes to TUSK, about a man who has the simple dream of wanting to turn another man into a walrus. This inspires a look back at other mishaps in the history of man becoming more than human with 1986’s THE FLY and the 2009 film, SPLICE. So before you race off and start the hashtag WarmachinehorseYes check out this episode. You may find our podcast just as terrifying.
GUEST: Christopher Maynard of Following Films joins us to discuss Jeff Goldblum's hair and the exploding interest in podcasts about men's hair on film.
We put on our best paper mache heads to go catch the new release FRANK at the theaters. After that opening act, the headliners of THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON vs. SCOTT WALKER 30 CENTURY MAN captivate and puzzle us.
GUEST: Tangible Teddy brings his tangible viewpoint to music made by punching a slab of meat.
MYSTIC RIVER & GONE BABY GONE battle for Dennis Lehane territory with the release of THE DROP.
GUEST: Aaron Saylor, author of Sewerville, joins us in this shady business of podcasting.
LIFE OF CRIME inspires us on a kidnapping of two older films in FARGO vs. PAIN & GAIN. One a classic, one with a lot of snow.
GUEST: Christopher Maynard of Following Films joins us to either put us in a wood chipper or to pump some iron with us.
THE CONGRESS presents us with an interesting choice in it's story of a fictional version of Robin Wright... And since we won't pretend to understand this film completely, though it is fun to try, we present a simpler choice to our audience: THE MATRIX vs. VANILLA SKY.
GUEST: Christopher Maynard of Following Films tries to help us in our choices, but we still end up in a car with an agitated Cameron Diaz.
THE ONE I LOVE offers us a strange guest house, but can it top a trip to Maine to see Steve Carell in HOPE SPRINGS, or The Future Room of BLUE VALENTINE? We may need counseling before we make a commitment.
Now that we've seen BOYHOOD, we get nostalgic for two earlier Richard Linklater films, TAPE and BEFORE SUNSET, where past events still dominate the characters' present. And that present is presented in real time to the audience.
GUEST: JD Duran of InSession Film joins me to defend our love of the BEFORE trilogy to our respective fantasy football leagues.
It's a podcast cook off with the re-release of CHEF as an appetizer to a look back at WAITRESS & JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI, two older films about a chef and a child.
GUEST: Patrick McGill of Role Play Craft bring his nerd expertise to foodie flicks and child-rearing (in no particular order).
We take the best thing about SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR, the subtitle, and look at two much better films with dames that cause men to kill for them: DOUBLE INDEMNITY vs. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE.
GUEST: Christopher Maynard of Following Films joins us to talk classic films that can feel like homework, remakes, and to make fun of Mike's headphones.
WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL hopes it has the (foot)balls to inspire you, like REMEMBER THE TITANS or FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS before it. As with anything related to balls on film, War Machine vs. War Horse will be the judge of that.
The kids from Dystopia are usually not alright, but they can shoot a bow, join a frat faction, or see red (and some other colors) in our latest episode. We put THE GIVER and DIVERGENT in THE HUNGER GAMES and cinema is better for it.
GUEST: Natasha Collier of Kentucky Geek Girl blog and The Rad Ass Bitches podcast joins us to receive some memories from the movie theater.
There's MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT which causes our dueling movie podcast to go to a magical level with rivals THE ILLUSIONIST vs. THE PRESTIGE.
GUEST: Patrick McGill of Role Play Craft (rpcrpg.com) gets annoyed with science magic and a lack of bread.
It's THE LAST STAND for our hero ROCKY BALBOA in THE EXPENDABLES 3. We may be getting too old for this on the podcast.
GUEST: Shawn Pryor of The Black Box podcast joins us for a bonus section at the end of the show with his theory that the G.I. Joe have invaded The Expendables franchise.
Jon Hamm & Brad Pitt guest host this episode on impostors, with a special double feature of LET'S BE COPS and CATCH ME IF YOU CAN at THE MAJESTIC.
GUEST: Jamie Dew of The Dew Over podcast and talks about tapestries, horses, and other fine things such as cool names for FBI agents.
It's a Turtle Power Hour on this episode as we dig into TMNT movies across time, but not that dumb time traveling one. All in celebration (or mourning) with the new Michael Bay produced theatrical release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
John le Carre novels have been adapted to the big screen quite well since 1965's THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, so we thought it was time to butcher his work in podcast form in celebration of the new release A MOST WANTED MAN.
GUEST: Christopher Maynard of Following Films doesn't fall easily for Richard Burton so he joins us to provide clear-eyed criticism.
We confess our love for the new release CALVARY and sit in on two other confessional films in I CONFESS & INTO TEMPTATION.
GUEST: JD Duran of InSession Film joins us and repents for watching WINTER'S TALE at the cinema earlier this year.
We are unlikely podcasters talking about unlikely heroes such as the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and THE LAST STARFIGHTER in an unlikely adventure with BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA.
GUEST: Justin Stewart of Beaucoup Pop and the upcoming podcast Sequential Spirits, joins us to talk about video games, heavy petting, the ghost of Steve Jobs and the curse that is Major Payne.
We attempt to kickstart The Internet's heart over Zach Braff's new film WISH I WAS HERE with a look back at GARDEN STATE & THE LAST KISS.
GUEST: Josh Nolan provides our outro music this week with a song from his album Fair City Lights.
LUCY inspires us to use 100% of our podcasting power to review other Luc Besson films in NIKITA & THE FIFTH ELEMENT.
GUEST Patrick McGill of Role Play Craft steps in as The Third Element of War Machine vs. War Horse.
HERCULES heroically inspires us to look at ancient Greeks Gone Wild in JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS vs. CLASH OF THE TITANS.
GUEST: Natasha Collier of Kentucky Geek Girl joins us for a podcast toga party.
We survive THE PURGE: ANARCHY with THE WARRIORS on an ESCAPE TO NEW YORK. We brought the eye patch but forgot the bats.
Guest SHAWN PRYOR of The Black Box podcast, helps us on our journey to Coney Island with great insight and enthusiasm for these two films.
Relax, don't make it weird, just push play on our SEX TAPE which includes SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE & ROAD TRIP.
GUEST: Megan M. of the Screams and Moans podcast joins us for this intimate podcast experience.
SNOWPIERCER shows what happens when you put badasses in a bottle. So we bottle THE RAID: REDEMPTION & DIE HARD and take a swig.
Two warring factions meet, each unwilling to give up their turf in DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. We take a look back at previous entries in this franchise, where we see that this has happened before, between the Heston and Marky Mark tribes.
Guest CONGO RILLA of SOILED RESTROOM CINEMA joins us to lament the lack of unicorns in film, and the perils of podcasting amidst a biker gang.
DELIVER US FROM EVIL is possessed by two titans of the genre that came before: THE EXORCIST &THE EVIL DEAD.
Guest Christopher Maynard of horror-writers.net attempts to lead us to the light in our discussion of horror cinema, and also oddly, 3D movies.
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION has us take a look back at films based on 80s toys, with MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE & G.I. JOE: RISE OF COBRA, and we conclude that we were very stupid kids.
22 JUMP STREET pokes fun at its recycled premise and we look at the previous 80s TV adaptations in THE A-TEAM & 21 JUMP STREET that were delivered with a knowing wink and a smile.
But then again aerial combat with a falling tank always brings a smile to our face.
We learn HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2, and we need it when we take in a double feature of DRAGONHEART & REIGN OF FIRE.
Guest Patrick McGill, of Role Play Craft, attempts to play Dennis Quaid to our Sean Connery but in the end none of us can match Quaid's majestic hair or Connery's majestic voice.
We blame THE FAULT IN OUR STARS for doomed young love in cinema, but looking back at BONNIE AND CLYDE & ROMEO + JULIET, the fault lies elsewhere.
Guest: Tangible Teddy weeps for the death of love and physical media.
EDGE OF TOMORROW inspires us to relive GROUNDHOG DAY & MEMENTO. We remember movie star Tom Cruise & reset the Internet for the good of everyone's film buzz.
GUEST: Josiah Grahn, writer of PIRATE EYE, joins us for the first time... again.
That jerk from Family Guy warns us that there are A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST, but we choose to take our chances with the heroic RANGO on our BLAZING SADDLES. Along the way we talk about Johnny Depp's career transcendence into an animated character, Mike's hatred of farts played as anything but straight melodrama, and have a spoken word performance of a popular western ballad.
We tell our listeners a dark fairy tale about MALEFICENT & THE HUNTSMAN in a LABYRINTH. We may be glossing over PAN and SNOW WHITE, but most fairy tales change with each telling. Do these modern fairy tale films succeed with the changes they have made?
We take a trip to the theater to see the X-MEN and join them in traveling back in time to talk PRIMER and LOOPER. And if you stick around for the end of the show, you will see that the War Machine vs. War Horse podcast timeline itself has been changed.
Handsome Jon Hamm inspires us in MILLION DOLLAR ARM (or at least Disney hopes so) to take a look at underdogs playing sports in THE ROOKIE and MIRACLE. And we make a solemn promise to our listeners that this is the last time we serve them up a deadly combination of cricket and hockey. We make no such assurances about future baseball talk.
It's The Big Damn Lizard Apocalypse on this week's episode, as we follow GODZILLA's path of destruction, leaving Jared with a broken heart, and then look at two previous big damn monster movies who do battle over this very podcast in CLOVERFIELD and PACIFIC RIM. Tressa Bowling, artist and designer of our very own podcast logo, joins us to take in the spectacle and tells us of a surprising monster from her own life, the beloved extra-terrestrial, E.T.
We spy on the new Seth Rogen comedy NEIGHBORS, and take a look closer out the cinema window at REAR WINDOW and AMERICAN BEAUTY. Also while we rest up and debate the marriage prospects of princesses in Monaco, we go to our guide to manhood and quote some COMMANDO scripture. It all makes sense in the end... kind of.
This week we discuss the chances of a Best Supporting Oscar for Paul Giamatti's portrayal of Rhino in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, and reboot our podcast with a look at two other franchise reboots in CASINO ROYALE and X-MEN: FIRST CLASS.
THE OTHER WOMAN comes between Machine and Horse as a battle with cheating tactics takes place on the show between CLOSER and MATCH POINT. We should warn you that this particular episode is an adult podcast, as sex and angry words happen... quite a bit actually, in the film CLOSER.
The crew of Warmachinehorse feels less intelligent having watched TRANSCENDENCE, and evolve into a real star child upon watching 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY and AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. It's like a podcast fairy tale.
It's DRAFT DAY in the NFL for Kevin Costner, and that can mean only one thing for us... we review two baseball movies not starring Kevin Costner. MONEYBALL and TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE are on the clock. And keeping with War Machine vs. War Horse tradition, we watch Brad Pitt continue to be awesome, and discover the evil that is Matthew Lillard.
This week in film, loyalty amongst spies is put to the test, as is Brad Pitt's hair vs. an explosion (spoiler alert, Mr. Pitt wins). Matters such as these require a superhero and thankfully CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER is in theaters. But if that's not enough, we also take a look back at the movies SPY GAME and TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY. Join Josh Dotson, Michael Denniston, and Jared Dotson as they discuss the greatest debate in cinema (at least for this week).
This week in film, the battle between two visions takes place over the release of NOAH. Like this new theatrical release, older movies FRAILTY and TAKE SHELTER feature protaganists who have prophetic visions. Which picture did it best? Find out this week as Josh Dotson, Michael Denniston, and Jared Dotson discuss the greatest debate in cinema.