Making something of your final days in the west. Westerns where life outside the film has implication on the movie itself. John Wayne had cancer, but did 1890 have cancer? The large star of The Shootist fights for his role. Could The Shootist exist without John Wayne? Other self-referential fiction. Ron Howard has been around for a long time. Bone Tomahawk is the greatest fucking thing. Westerns for horror movie fans. Ultra violent westerns. Fuck you, foreshadowing. Foreshadowing as a crutch and foreshowing as a red herring.

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Are you in the mood for a period piece with a mute female protagonist who communicates exclusively through sign language and a piano? Neither was Jim! But Campion's multiple Oscar-winning film is more than just stuffy arthouse imagery - it's also an absolutely fascinating exploration of gender politics, positions of power and relation, and beautiful music!To follow along on the path toward cinematic edification with I Do Movies Badly:- [email protected] battleshippretension.com/category/idmb- facebook.com/IDoMoviesBadly- twitter.com/nolanfixesteeth

Tyler and David are joined by Silent Film Quarterly's Charles Epting to discuss silent cinema.

2015 Fall Preview

Tyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including Carol, Southpaw, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Saving Mr. Banks, Inside Out, Bridge of Spies, The Cabin in the Woods and The X-Files.

A unfamiliar return to the world of Jack Ryan and James Bond. People flipping out about actors playing characters. Jack Ryan comes back, sort of. The differences between the Jack Ryan of Patriot Games and the Jack Ryan of The Hunt for Red October. Samuel L Jackson pins things on people. What kind of Ted Raimi?! Why the change from A View to a Kill. James Bond goes to space in Moonraker. Exploitation! Bondsploitation! Star Warsploitation! Roger Moore. The most ridiculous moments of the James Bond franchise. Jaws and the return of Jaws. Action sequences then and now. Of gadgets and hamsters. #standWithDaniel

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I Do Movies Badly is over a year old and only now covering its first female filmmaker. It's been far too long, so to help discuss the films of Jane Campion, filmmaker Lee Ann Hoover takes time out of her busy schedule to edify Jim. The pair discuss Campion's background as a painter, the significance of prominent child characters and magical realism, and how and why Campion's films would still be significant even in a world where the dream of gender equality would come to fruition. As for the recommendations (yes, in this order): The Piano (1992), Bright Star (2009), and Sweetie (1989)
To follow the work of Lee Ann Hoover:- www.leeannhoover.com- twitter.com/LeeAnnHoover- www.wonderwebseries.com- twitter.com/wonderwebseries
To follow along on the path toward cinematic edification with I Do Movies Badly:
- [email protected]
- battleshippretension.com/category/idmb
- facebook.com/IDoMoviesBadly
- twitter.com/nolanfixesteeth

Tyler and David are joined by friends of the show Josh Fadem and Robbie Pickering to celebrate their 450th episode.