Filling in the Blanks: A Movie Review Podcast with My Father

The day has finally come! This week, Ned and Em review the latest James Bond film, No Time To Die (2021). Ned is a huge fan of James Bond and Em...well...Ned has been asking to watch this since it premiered. Actually, we have been talking about this movie since 2019, but here we are now, six delays in the movie release later. 

Ned gives his thoughts on Daniel Craig as James Bond, compared to previous actors in the same role, and we start thinking about what's next for this iconic character. But don't worry, you don't have to watch every James Bond movie to watch this one. If you know how guns work, you should be good!

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This week, Ned and Em review The Last Duel (2021) directed by Ridley Scott. This movie performed poorly at the box office and I'm guessing the pandemic had something to do with it, but Mr. Scott blames kids being on their dang phones. But did the film impress us, the most notable movie review podcast? 

We share some laughs in this episode, despite this being a very dark movie about fighting to the death about assault allegations in the middle ages. And you can hear a special guest, Diane, in the background at times to chime in! Thanks for listening! 

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What would you do if the world was ending and also J-Law had the worst bangs you have ever seen? Don't Look Up (2021) asks these very important questions.

This week, Ned tries to introduce the podcast. Unsuccessfully of course, so Em once again does all the heavy lifting. (Can you tell who edits and writes up these podcast descriptions.) We also spend a lot of time in this episode talking about how Brad Pitt should be here. This highly anticipated, star-studded cast was not enough for Ned!

Anyways, we talked about our feelings about this type of move, our expectations, and more! 

PS. I changed my rating slightly...you can view my letterboxd review here: https://letterboxd.com/lizardpeople/film/dont-look-up-2021/

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Welcome back, skippers! This week, Em and Ned talk about the latest Disney ride turned into Disney Movie. In this episode, Ned does a long bit trying to convince everyone he worked at Disneyland (he did not), and Em takes a bit of a tangent to talk about National Treasure: Book of Secretes (2007). So when it comes to disrupting the Filling in the Blanks flow, I'd say we are even.

This is a great episode so listen in for a laugh. All aboard the Jungle Cruise!

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If you are a cool kid who likes to shred, we got the movie for you! In this episode, Ned and Em review North Hollywood (2021), which is a movie about dreaming of being a pro skater. And just like Vince Vaughn, I'm out here spitting random facts to fill the time.

We thought we didn't have much to say about this one, but we did fill up a whole 19 minutes. Enjoy, and thanks for listening!

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We are back from our hiatus to cover a not very good movie starring current public enemy number one, Jake Gyllenhaal! (But Ned doesn't want me to talk about that and get too "political" on here.) This Netflix movie was shot in 11 days and it shows.

Anyways, it's been over a month since we uploaded so we wanted to share some good podcast content with you to celebrate the holidays. And here is a life hack; if you listen to this podcast while eating some turkey, it's like you are at Thanksgiving dinner with us! So cool!

Thank you all for listening! The schedule might change, but Filling in the Blanks is switching over to a bi-monthly uploading schedule. 

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In this episode, Ned and Em take on a heavier movie... We watched the 2020 Acadamy Award-Winning film, Promising Young Woman. Warning to the audience, this movie covers some hard topics such as sexual assault and suicide, so keep this in mind before you listen. 

Also, I did edit about 10 whole minutes out in the middle because we were just fighting instead of actually doing this podcast. So if you sense tension and frustration, that's probably it! Anyways, we managed to squeeze in some fun, lighthearted bits while we talk about a very depressing movie, so hope you enjoy them!

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In this very special episode, we are joined by Diane, Em's mom, therefore making Filling in the Blanks also a family business! The three of us watched the first Bossy Baby together back in 2017 - and loved it - so we thought we should all come together for our review of the sequel!

2/3 of us have lots of love for this animated franchise and you can probably guess which one of us doesn't care. This was a really fun movie and it was an amazing excuse to finally get my Mom on the podcast. (And if you like her on the podcast, let us know so we can bring her back again!)

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For our 18th episode, Em and Ned "watched" the latest horror blockbuster, Malignant (2021). And I put watched in quotations because...well listen to find out why. 

Em is a big fan of director James Wan and Ned wanted to watch it because it was new. Says a lot about our priorities in life. Anyways, this was a fun mainstream horror and although we struggled to review it, we definitely recommend it to all horror fans out there!

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This week, Em and Ned discuss the Acadamy Award-nominated film News of the World (2020), starring everyone's favorite man in Hollywood, Tom Hanks! Not only does this movie, which takes place post-civil war, make a strategic connection to the current political landscape, but I think it makes a pretty strong argument for replacing all news anchors with Tom Hanks. 

Since this is a pretty acclaimed film, we talk about the good performances, the yee-haw soundtrack, and our thoughts on Westerns as a genre. (The genre should include the 2003 movie Holes and Em must make the argument why every time "western" is mentioned. Sorry not sorry.) 

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