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Luke Larson
Free-form podcast about our unique takes on movies told through engaging and almost always entertaining conversations. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lsquared/support
LISAN AL GAIB!! LISAN AL GAIB!! LISAN AL GAIB!!
Uncle Chuck RETURNS to fulfill the prophecy... RUDE DUNERS UNITE!
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The 96th Academy Awards are here and we want to help you put some scratch in your pocket!
Old Legs acts as our resident "fence" to help guide you through the betting process this year. The Oscars are dumb, but hey, so are we ❤️
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The biggest list of the year! Old Legs and I have emerged from our long slumber to present to you our biggest podcast of the year.
BEST YEAR FOR MOVIES SINCE 2019! LET'S GOOOO!
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Friend of the show JOSH KOOPMAN returns!!!! When Josh isn't running his booming Cape Cod pizza empire (Pizza Shark), he is starring in cool and interesting movies.
Josh took time out of his busy schedule to hang out and talk about his latest starring role in: EARLY BIRD
"A desperate theater owner resuscitates his struggling business with off-the-wall productions, all the while losing sight of why he chose this life at all."
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cue the Tubular Bells
SPOOKY SEASON IS HERE!!!
Old Legs and I watched every film in the Exorcist Franchise to give all of our Loyal Listeners a complete breakdown leading up to The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
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Barbie. Oppenheimer.
The double feature to end all double features.
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Old Legs and I are LIVE and IN-PERSON again for the first time in a very long time to give you our thoughts on the newest onslaught of Multiverse Superhero Movies.
Plus we have out resident DCEU expert Les on to give us his thoughts!
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Classic L-Squared episode here, talking about movies you've probably never seen!!!
Reality (2023) is the newest venture for new "it-girl" Syndey Sweeny. This film takes a unique approach to telling a true story. Sweeny shines yet again.
The Artifice Girl (2022) is the debut feature of writer/director Franklin Ritch. Look, I'm always down for a new A.I. story. This one is pretty good.
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Cocaine + Bear = fun? disaster?
Scream VI... has this franchise run its course, or are we just old?
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The 95th Academy Awards are here and we want to help you put some scratch in your pocket!
Old Legs acts as our resident "fence" to help guide you through the betting process this year. The Oscars are dumb, but hey, so are we <3
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The biggest list of the year! Old Legs and I have emerged from our long slumber to present to you our biggest podcast of the year.
OUR TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2022!!!!
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Six long years of L-Squared. Six long years and here we are. Old Legs is FINALLY talking about a Marvel movie.
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Well, folks... we did it. I hate to admit that we have been tracking this film for over three years now. And here we are.
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keepvillains
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THE BATMAN
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We have emerged from the underbelly. We have an appetite for justice. We are vengeance. We are L-Squared.
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A new Batman movie means new Batman thoughts. Obviously, the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight trilogy largely shaped our teenage years, so we were unsure how to feel about a new one after the Zack Snyder debacle. Let’s just say a new stripped-down, rich sad boy/emo Batman was just the thing we needed.
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LINK IN BIO
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TOP 10 MOVIES 2021
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This is my favorite episode we do every year. Old Legs and I go through our top 10 favorite movies of this year, and what a year it was.
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What a year for film! After a year of delays for a lot of big movies, 2021 really delivered one of best years for film in the last decade.
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CHECK IT OUT!
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HOW TO ROB – PETER HORGAN
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HOW TO ROB is a great new Boston crime thriller. Sean Price and Jimmy Winters are a two man stick up crew, robbing criminals from Boston to Cape Cod. Sean wants out of the game but it's not so simple when a couple of killers are hunting them for retribution over a past robbery.
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I had the pleasure of sitting down with the writer, director, and producer of this new film; the incredible Peter Horgan. Pete directed an all-time L-Squared favorite “Put Your Feet Up” with friend of the show Josh Koopman. I was so excited to have Pete on and this conversation did not disappoint. CHECK IT OUT!
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Follow @howtorobmovie on Instagram for updates on when you can see this great film!
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MONDAY MUSICALS: TICK, TICK…BOOM!
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TICK, TICK…BOOM! Is a musical interpretation of Jonathon Larson (creator of RENT!)’s one-man show of the same name. This musical really surprised me, I wasn’t sure what to expect but I ended up loving it. This was interesting because it was so much about Jonathon Larson believing in his heart that he would make it someday and really putting everything he had into this musical, sacrificing his everyday life to get it to a workshop performance… all for it to not be made. The audience knows that he will make RENT! Someday and it will be a smash hit but the main character doesn’t know that and in fact he passes away before he gets to see his biggest hit come alive.
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My sister and I started this experiment in June, trying to see as many musicals as possible and potentially changing my view of musicals in general. I don’t particularly enjoy musicals as movies, so this is an on-going experiment we invite you to join us on this adventure with our take on TICK, TICK…BOOM!
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In an attempt to catch up on our “monthly” segment, we will be releasing an episode each Monday in the month of December.
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MONDAY MUSICALS: LA LA LAND
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LA LA LAND is one of the biggest musicals to come out in the last five years. This is remembered as the movie that won all the Oscars except for Best Picture, which everyone thought it did win for a few brief moments. This is the rare musical that I saw and actually really liked when it came out, I still really like especially for the courage to play out the way it did.
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My sister and I started this experiment in June, trying to see as many musicals as possible and potentially changing my view of musicals in general. I don’t particularly enjoy musicals as movies, so this is an on-going experiment we invite you to join us on this adventure with our take on LA LA LAND.
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In an attempt to catch up on our “monthly” segment, we will be releasing an episode each Monday in the month of December.
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MONDAY MUSICALS: ELF THE MUSICAL
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ELF THE MUSICAL is a little deviation from the norm of what these episodes have become. Instead of a big screen adaptation of a big musical theater play, this is a small musical version of a major motion picture. This episode turned into a highlight reel of our glory days back in high school theater.
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My sister and I started this experiment in June, trying to see as many musicals as possible and potentially changing my view of musicals in general. I don’t particularly enjoy musicals as movies, so this is an on-going experiment we invite you to join us on this adventure with our take on ELF THE MUSICAL
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In an attempt to catch up on our “monthly” segment, we will be releasing an episode each Monday in the month of December.
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HOUSE OF GUCCI
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So many Italian accents, so little time. This was a ride. It was like a competition to see who could ham it up more between all these actors. I for one am absolutely here for it.
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Glitz. Glamour. Gucci.
houseofgucci #adamdriver #ladygaga #alpaccino
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MONDAY MUSICALS: DEAR EVAN HANSEN
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN is another big screen adaptation of an extremely popular stage musical. This film has been divisive since the first trailer dropped. After its release it became extremely polarizing taking criticism for having Ben Platt try and portray a high school student when looking like a 35-year-old man. This was another rough one to get through.
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My sister and I started this experiment in June, trying to see as many musicals as possible and potentially changing my view of musicals in general. I don’t particularly enjoy musicals as movies, so this is an on-going experiment we invite you to join us on this adventure with our take on DEAR EVAN HANSEN.
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In an attempt to catch up on our “monthly” segment, we will be releasing an episode each Monday in the month of November.
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MONDAY MUSICALS: ANNETTE
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ANNETTE is one of the more challenging films I’ve seen in a while. It’s about a superstar celebrity tabloid couple (Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard) that have a child (wooden puppet) that is both more talented than either of them and is a haunting reminder of past misdeeds. This was a tough hang, but it has a unique ability to be indescribably enthralling as well as infuriating.
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My sister and I started this experiment in June, trying to see as many musicals as possible and potentially changing my view of musicals in general. I don’t particularly enjoy musicals as movies, so this is an on-going experiment we invite you to join us on this adventure with our take on ANNETTE.
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In an attempt to catch up on our “monthly” segment, we will be releasing an episode each Monday in the month of November.
musicals #adamdriver #MarionCotillard #leocarax #lsquaredpodcast #podcast
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PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES
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Tis the season to be thankful. I, for one, am thankful for the host of BackLot605 – Casey Kelderman. Casey joined me today to breakdown the ONLY classic Thanksgiving movie: PLANES, TRAINS and AUTOMOBILES. Casey had never seen it before so I was excited to get his thoughts on this undeniable classic.
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Though it made be heresy; we decided to remake this classic and bring it into the modern age. We each came in with picks for who we would cast for the stars and director. IT WAS A BLAST!
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This is a special episode. Haley and I rediscovered our deep-seeded love for Jimmy Buffett. ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE was an incredible musical, and maybe one that can only truly be appreciated by fans of the source material. This conversation was a treasure.
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My sister and I started this experiment in June, trying to see as many musicals as possible and potentially changing my view of musicals in general. I don’t particularly enjoy musicals as movies, so this is an on-going experiment we invite you to join us on this adventure with our take on NEWSIES.
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In an attempt to catch up on our “monthly” segment, we will be releasing an episode each Monday in the month of November.
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MONDAY MUSICALS: NEWSIES
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NEWSIES is a 1992 Disney musical loosely based on the New York City Newsboy's Strike of 1899. This was a surprisingly well-made movie, very well-choreographed, and I thought the story lent itself to being a musical quite well. Most famously known for starring a young Batman to be: Christian Bale.
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My sister and I started this experiment in June, trying to see as many musicals as possible and potentially changing my view of musicals in general. I don’t particularly enjoy musicals as movies, so this is an on-going experiment we invite you to join us on this adventure with our take on NEWSIES.
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In an attempt to catch up on our “monthly” segment, we will be releasing an episode each Monday in the month of November.
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IN THE HEIGHTS was slated to be this summer's big musical hit, to bust open the doors and welcome us all back into the theaters... That didn't exactly happen.
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My sister and I started this experiment in June, trying to see as many musicals as possible and potentially changing my view of musicals in general. I don’t particularly enjoy musicals as movies, so this is an on-going experiment we invite you to join us on this adventure with our take on IN THE HEIGHTS.
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In an attempt to catch up on our “monthly” segment, we will be releasing an episode each Monday in the month of November.
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Our most anticipated film of the last two years has finally come. Resident Uncle, God Emperor himself Uncle Chuck RETURNS to smell the spice with Old Legs and I.
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RUDE DUNNERS! - link in bio
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Dune #HBOMax #timotheecharlamet #denisvillenueve #zendaya #oscarisaac #jasonmomoa
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Picture this: you’re a humble Icelandic sheep farming couple who desperately wants a child. One day one of your sheep births a half human/ half lamb hybrid. What do you do?
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As many of you don’t know, Old Legs is actually a sheep farmer in real life. Needless to say, this film was circled on our calendars. Was it good or was it baaaaad? (sorry)
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lamb #a24 #noomirapace #dune #october #lsquared #podcast
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doubLLe feature: The Many Saints of Newark & Titane
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The best month of the year starts off with a BANG! Old Legs and I get into it.
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Aye! Bafangool! We got Sopranos talk here! Plus, we get to talk about an incredible and completely bonkers new French film that I could not wait to talk about; Titane.
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manysaintsofnewark #titane #davidchase #lsquared #podcast
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"This Fog" is a lyrical short film shot on the harbor islands of New Hampshire’s seacoast that attempts to capture our strange and lonely, sometimes terrifying, sometimes beautiful pandemic lives.
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Director Jeff Stern sat down with me today to have a great conversation about his newest film and about how life has felt like we've all been in a bit of a fog these last couple years.
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Follow Jeff to see This Fog and his other work!
http://jeffsternmedia.com/
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New student Max attends his first ever acting class. He soon discovers that the lines between class and cult begin to blur as he and his fellow students are subjected to the bizarre but brilliant methods of their eccentric teacher, Adam (David Krumholtz).
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Co-Director of the new short film Classsat down with me today and we had an absolute blast. Class is dark, entrancing, specific, oddly funny, and so much more. What a great addition to the South Dakota Film Festival.
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Watch Class NOW: http://omeleto.com/257069/
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In an effort to be more social, two friends find themselves consistently sharing rides to and from their friends’ events. Along the way, their casual friendship begins to deepen into something decidedly more… complicated.
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This is an incredible concept executed to perfection. Ride Share is funny, heartfelt, grounded, and a great ride. See Ride Share NOW at southdakotafilmfest.org
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A father sees generations of paternal anger reflected in his four-year-old son. He hopes to break the cycle but fears it may be too late.
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This is one of the most personal films I've ever seen and it was a great conversation to match. Watch Another Father at southdakotafilmfest.org NOW!
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Above an abandoned raceway in the desert, two local goths watch as a hotshot driver challenges a pack of phantom racers.
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Motorway Macabre is such a fun, unique and dark new short. I LOVED IT. See this great film at southdakotafilmfest.org through 9/25!
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Talk about a fun chat, this was a great one. CHECK IT OUT!
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After an unsuccessful goose hunt, a young girl grapples with seeing her father in a new light.
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Paper Geese is a beautiful and personal short. Check out this great film at southdakotafilmfest.org through 9/25!
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Loved this conversation, CHECK IT OUT!
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A young birdwatcher runs for his life after witnessing a bird-on-bird murder. When he finds himself cornered, it's man versus bird, and only one can make it out alive.
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BURDER is the funniest film at the festival this year, bar none. Check out this hilarious animated labor of love at southdakotafilmfest.org through 9/25!
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This was such a fun conversation, check out Charlie on Instagram @mecharliehankin
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Director and Producer of the new film VULTURES makes his glorious return to the L-Squared Podcast!
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Vultures is a fantastic and incredibly powerful new short film. This film is resonant to the current state of our American culture. This was a great conversation, as it always is with David.
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Watch VULTURES at the South Dakota Film Festival for FREE from 9/16/21 - 9/25/21 only at southdakotafilmfest.org
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PresentedbyBron #VulturesShortFilm #ChangetheNarrative
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5 YEARS OF L-SQUARED!
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Today we are celebrating our 5th anniversary of the podcast the only way we know how... talking about movies.
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The Green Knight is an Arthurian tale and Pig is a Nic Cage modern classic about an exiled chef getting his truffle big back. Let's go.
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Welcome to the fourth (?) installment of one of our classic segments: Do DC Movies Suck?!
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As always friend of the show and resident DC expert Les Chaon joins me to talk about the latest DC Movies as we try to figure out if they do indeed, suck.
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We went and saw The Suicide Squad together; though it was fun, was it enough to change the tide of DC movie suckage? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT.
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My old friend Nate comes on the show today to talk all about this new age of Marvel Studios on Disney + and what this means for the MCU as a whole.
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Black Widow - Wandavision - The Falcon and The Winter Soldier - Loki
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What does this mean for the MCU going forward? What can we look forward to in the coming years? Tune in to find out!
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marvel #disney+ #blackwidow #loki #wandavision #mcu #movies #tvseries
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A werewolf whodunit? SAY NO MORE!
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I had the opportunity to go attend the Tribeca Film Festival this year to see one of my most anticipated films of the year. Friend of the show Jack Paynard makes his L-Squared debut by coming on to break down this film with me.
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Go see Werewolves Within in theaters July 2nd!
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The most recent film in The Conjuring Franchise came out last week (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It), that made Old Legs and I realize we haven't talked about any of these films on the show.
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The Conjuring set the standard for horror films in the 2010's, which turned out to be potentially the best decade for horror. Will this newest addition to the franchise set the standard for the 2020's?
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Welcome to the first edition of our Monthly Musicals series! Friend of the show Haley Zacharias will be joining me every month to talk about a different musical, be it brand new or timeless!
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First up, the Broadway smash hit that took the world by storm. One of the most popular and successful Broadway Musicals of all time: Hamilton.
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The goal of this series is to make a concerted effort to appreciate musicals and we want you to be part of this journey with us. Next month we will be watching: In the Heights and Newsies. Check them out and let us know your thoughts; we will shout you out on the episode!
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Old Legs and I got the horror itch back. After a long Halloween of burning through horror films, we've returned to give you our takes on two of 2021's new horror flicks.
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This one felt like an L-Squared throwback... just two guys talking about obscure movies that we watched. Doesn't get better than that!
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The 93rd Academy Awards are FINALLY here! 2020 was a strange year to say the least, but with an unusual year comes unusual Oscar Nominations.
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Old Legs and I are back for our annual breakdown of the nominees to tell you where to put your money.
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Friend of the show Tyler "Burdettedog" Backus emerges from his ocean dwelling to wreak havoc on this podcast. He's out there hurting people and we don't know why. Will Old Legs and I be able to set aside our differences and unite forces in order to bring him down? Will Burdettedog overpower us and destroy the human race as we know it? Tune in to find out...
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The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another - the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong - with humanity caught in the balance.
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Friend of the show Tyler "Burdettedog" Backus returns to help me wax poetic all about our shared love of physical media and why we're sad to see it fade into history.
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Tyler and I come from a time when physical media ruled all. Movies, Video Games, Music... In the last 10 years the importance and value of physical media has decreased rapidly. We take this time to share some of our love for physical media and why we won't go quietly into the night, we hope to continue on into the future physical media physically in hand.
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Let's get physical, physical... media!
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Welcome to the L-Squared Warner Bros series! Warner Brothers announced that the entirety of their 2021 slate will be released simultaneously on HBO Max and in theaters. That means we will be watching and reviewing every one that comes out for your hearing pleasure!
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Judas and the Black Messiah is a fantastic biopic about an FBI Informant Bill O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) infiltrating the Illinois Black Panther party to assassinate their charismatic chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya). Oscar worthy performances all around in this incredible and powerful film.
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Welcome to the L-Squared Warner Bros series! Warner Brothers announced that the entirety of their 2021 slate will be released simultaneously on HBO Max and in theaters. That means we will be watching and reviewing every one that comes out for your hearing pleasure!
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First up is The Little Things. A dark thriller starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto.
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The OFFICIAL Podcast of the South Dakota Film Festival
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What's Really Eating You? Overcome the Triggers of Comfort Eating.
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Author, Counselor, TEDx speaker, the amazing Renee Jones makes her return to the show to discuss what the key factors are in ensuring that you continue on with your New Years Resolutions for weight loss.
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What an incredible conversation, if you would like to reach out to Renee you can find her at packyourownbag.com
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I have lost 125 pounds in 7 months. This is my story.
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Friend of the show Tyler "Burdettedog" Backus comes back on the show to discuss my weight loss journey. This is an extremely personal episode for me, as this is the first time I have publicly announced that I have lost weight. Tyler and I both go over our own weight loss journeys in detail for this show, what an incredible conversation.
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January is a month of new beginnings. 2021 is a new year, make it your best one yet.
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If you are reading this, CONGRATULATIONS!! You have made it all the way through 2020 and that means that you made it long enough to hear what our Top 10 Movies of the year are!
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This is our favorite episode that we do each year. 2020 has been a year like no other, so we present to you a Top 10 like no other.
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Enjoy.
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Christmas comes but once a year. We know you're tired of the debates about whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie or a Harry Potter movie. We get it.
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This year our gift to you is to ramble on about one of our favorite Stanley Kubrick films, Eyes Wide Shut. This film is gorgeous and dreamy and is overlooked because of one particular scene.
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So cuddle up around the fire, get cozy and turn on this episode for a Christmas you won't soon forget.
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Old Legs and I are happy to present the newest incarnation of our doubLLe feature series with all our thoughts on the new David Fincher film MANK and the incredible feature debut for writer/director/star Cooper Raiff in SHITHOUSE.
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If you want some homework on classic cinema, we suggest watching MANK. If you want to painstakingly relive your awkward freshman year of college then we suggest watching SHITHOUSE.
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From discussing the cultural relevance of CITIZEN KANE to debating if breakfast burritos sound like a lot right now, this episode has EVERYTHING.
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Welcome to the FINALE of the L-Squared Spook Series! We released a new spooky episode every Friday leading up to Halloween.
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Last but certainly not least, we have the DEFINITIVE Horror Movie Draft. Snake Draft format, we ran through our list of 11 categories to compile each of our ideal Horror Movie Line-up.
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Resident Uncle and Friend of the show UNCLE CHUCK makes his return to spook it up with us!
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Welcome to the L-Squared Spook Series! We are releasing a new spooky episode every Friday leading up to Halloween.
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Second up, maybe the least iconic decade for horror: the 2000's. Old Legs and I go through our own personal Top 10's in a decade chock-full of mediocrity.
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Next week tune in for our one-of-a-kind Spooktacular HORROR MOVIE DRAFT!
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Welcome to the L-Squared Spook Series! We are releasing a new spooky episode every Friday leading up to Halloween.
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First up, the most iconic decade for horror: the 1970's. Old Legs and I go through our own personal Top 10's in a decade chock-full of classics.
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Next week look out for our second installment next week! It'll be spoooooky.
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Ada struggles to fit in when she travels to 'meet the family' with her free-spirited girlfriend in this funny, lacerating, and tender look at how we connect.
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Writer/Director Kristin Peterson came on the show to talk about her newest film Ringolevio. This could be my favorite film of the year. Beautiful, hilarious, touching, difficult. This deep and personal conversation touches on everything from co-dependency to the inner workings of family dynamics.
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In an environment where androids are met with hostility and outrage by human beings, "Kill Al" tells the story of Femtel 216 and Femtel 303, two female synthetic beings confined to work in a sub-basement of an auditing firm. Each discovers their own emotional life—one through art, the other through being abused and the aggressive emotions that follow thereafter.
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Writer/Director Walter Brandes and Producer/Star Christine Verleney came on the show to talk about all things Sci-Fi, world-building, and self-driving car accountability.
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Perpetual teenager Wayne Stobierski whisks his son away on one last father-son road trip after losing a custody battle. All of Wayne’s plans go comically and tragically wrong, but somehow in the process the trip transforms into a journey of heartfelt redemption.
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Director Niels Mueller and I had a lovely conversation about small towns, art reflecting real life and incremental change. Small Town Wisconsin is an incredible film, please go out and see it.
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Determined to party at Sundance, three entitled young women meet up at an LA member's only club to make a selection-worthy short film. In an unholy fusion of wokeness and cluelessness, they build a narrative from atop the high perch of their privilege. And piece-by-piece, they almost, almost, almost give a voice to the voiceless — just without ever having any idea what they're talking about. But they are perfectly positioned to make it happen.
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Writer/Director Poppy Gordon and I had a wonderful and deep conversation about a lot of the heavy issues that her film touches on. Props to Poppy for making a pitch perfect satire tackling a lot of issues that we don't hear conversations about.
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The Sweatshirt is such a fun and exciting short film about two friends, Olivia and Sarah, that are hoping to make a routine stop to retrieve Sarah’s favorite sweatshirt from her ex-boyfriend’s house. But when Jeff shows no interest in complying with this reasonable request, they are forced to go head-to-head with one of Chicago’s most despicable exes. Jeff takes the sweatshirt as his hostage, leaving Olivia no choice but to negotiate the terms of the hoodie’s release.
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Writer/Director/Producer Jonah Saesan graced us with his presence to wax poetic about all things police procedural, second city and the people that he loves to work with.
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Sugar Blasters is a wild short film that gives us an inside look into the seedy world of a 1980s kids cereal commercial production.
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Writer/Director/Producer Sean Skinner was kind enough to come on the show to have a great conversation about nostalgic commercials from our youths.
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Lucid is a great meta short film about a dying man with a dark past seeks to repair the relationship with his estranged daughter.
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Friend of the show David Mair RETURNS to L-Squared to talk about his newest film.
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Rosie is a wonderful and moving short film about Rose Donnelly, a factory worker who must stand up for her female co-workers when their supervisor ignores blatant harassment and refuses to treat them like equals to their male co-workers.
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We were honored to have the wonderful writer and director of Rosie, Tessa Germaine come on the show and talk about this great film.
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The exciting, eccentric and eclectic teacher Haley Zacharias came on the show today to talk about her philosophy on teaching. We watched the best teaching movies of all time, The Dead Poets Society, and how that portrays the impact of the 'hero teacher'.
Haley and I spend time reminiscing about teachers throughout our lives that had an impact on us and how they shaped the people we are today. We also touched on the challenges she's faced this year dealing with the pandemic.
Oh yeah, and Haley is my older sister.
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We here at the L-Squared Podcast know a thing or two about pairing movies together for your ideal double feature.
Why not a lighthearted yet heartfelt and silly take on Groundhog Day matched up with a film about the frightening descent into a decaying mind and the impact that has on a family dynamic?
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Overcome the Triggers of Comfort Eating.
Author, Counselor, TEDx speaker, the amazing Renee Jones joins me on the show today to talk about my new journey. We talk about all things emotional eating, diets and the ties between the two.
If you are looking to take the journey of weight loss, this episode will change your life.
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4 YEARS OF L-SQUARED. How better to celebrate other than talking about an awful movie, recording at an impromptu episode and having a great time.
Gambling. Air travel. WWE. Edge. Kelsey Grammer. Thomas Jane... How could this fail? Somehow it did.
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Well, we have a mutiny on our hands folks... I did not think I would see the day that we took an episode to talk about the strange world of Japanimation.
Old Legs joined forces with friend of the show Tyler "Burdettedog" Backus to conspire against me and maliciously enforce a malicious takeover.
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A new movie came out for us to talk about. This film is extremely relevant and there was A LOT to unpack.
Yeah, I'm thinkin' we're back.
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When Old Legs and I sat down to try and figure out a topic for this week's episode, we thought about how much we miss going out to the theaters. We just decided to talk about a bunch of memorable movie going experiences we've had over the years.
Hopefully we'll get to have some more soon.
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The man, the myth, the pizza shark hat. The incredible actor Joshua Koopman graced us with his presence as we talked all about his new film Put Your Feet Up. What a great film and what a legendary conversation.
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Old Legs and I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down and having a lovely and personal conversation with the wonderful actress Christina Hepburn, star of the film Violet's New Life.
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Old Legs and I had the opportunity to sit down with the writer/director/producer David Fritzson and star Elliott Bales of the film Wireless. Great conversation about empathy, relating to different generations and the importance of asking for help.
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Old Legs and I tackle the dark, twisted, and controversial new film Joker.
Hot Take: This film is better than the controversy surrounding it.
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The wonderful and talented writer director Joshua Olson came on the show to talk about his great short film The Eighth Commandment.
We're anxiously awaiting Josh to get the call to direct the next installment of the Leprechaun franchise.
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Director Candy Li and star Lu Huang came on the show to talk about their new film Blood 13.
We had a wonderful conversation about the differences in working on films in China and America, what started their careers growing up in China and the importance of women in film!
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Tick Tock. The time has come. Old Legs talked me into watching new TV... again.
Who watches the Watchmen? Us, apparently.
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Dracula. Frankenstein. The Wolf Man. Creature From the Black Lagoon.
Old Legs and I go through the pantheon of classic movie monsters for your listening pleasure in this Spooktacular Halloween Special.
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Old Legs and I find ourselves trapped in the Overlook Hotel throwin a few back with our old pal Lloyd. White man's burden, Lloyd!
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Movie season is revving up and Old Legs and I are in the driver seat. Buckle up Loyal Listeners, you're in for a wild ride.
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This is the Leprechaun prequel that Old Legs and I have been clamoring for.
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The time has come. The clock has ticked to its last tock.
Nothing ever ends...
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Old Legs starts the show off trying to convince me to watch the newest Michael Bay classic 6 Underground.
Our producer Josh comes finishes the show by reviewing the notes I took while watching and listening to me trying to explain how stupid this movie is.
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"This movie feels like I tried cocaine for the first time and then had a panic attack" - Luke Larson (2019)
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This is it... our favorite episode of the year...
ARE YOU READY?!
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Old Legs and I come on to tell you what movies to bet on this Sunday for the 92nd Academy Awards.
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Kyle Rogers asked me to watch a Swedish Film called "Slim Susie". I was intrigued. Now I ask you to partake in this conversation that is almost as strange as this film.
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My esteemed colleague Les Chaon comes back on the show for our third installment of DO DC MOVIES SUCK? With this latest film in the DCEU we check in to see if this film has answered our age old question.
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The tables have turned. I was the one to ask Old Legs to watch a bad movie. As Bob Dylan said 'the times, they are a-changin'"
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We found ourselves in a weird place this week... we didn't really know how to handle ourselves talking about a good movie for once. Weird.
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In this uncertain time when no new movies are coming out, Old Legs and I decided to give each other some homework in a segment we call Today's Assignments.
Timecrimes and Dogtooth. Two weird movies for two weird blokes.
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The documentary series that has been sweeping the nation has made its way to the L-Squared Podcast. We needed to try and dissect this phenomenon.
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Old Legs and I landed back in 1985. How does a movie so of its time hold up? A movie that is more pop culture than film. We know what the people want and we're here to deliver.
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Old Legs and I head into unfamiliar territory with this one. We decided to tackle a genre that we haven't yet yet, rom-coms. And who better to hitch our wagon to than the floppy-haired dreamboat king of rom-coms, Hugh Grant.
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2020 Golden Raspberry Awards: The worst films of the year.
Old Legs and I had the opportunity to vote on these films this year for the academy. We break down each pick and let you know just how serious we took this.
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Do you believe in coincidences? Or fate, I guess?
Friend of the show, the lovely and loquacious comedian Stephen Pratt returns to explain to me the basics of business and how to make fish soup.
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This year the South By Southwest Film Festival couldn't happen, but lucky for us they partnered with Amazon to put the films up online for a limited amount of time.
So Old Legs and I spent the majority of last week watching these amazing films and doing what we do best... talking about them.
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