Film Disquisition

Film Disquisition

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Film Disquisition episodes

  • Film Disquisition Vol 3: Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
    Mary Lane is a true E-flat Dillinger! Living in a world of moldy figs, Mary Lane is a good girl who is basically the American Standard when it comes to being an upstanding citizen. That is until her boyfriend, Jimmy, begins acting suspicious. One night, Jimmy comes to her window and wakes her up. He acknowledges that he's been acting odd - even admitting to gaining weight when he tries to give her his class ring and can't get it off his finger -  but Mary doesn't care. They reaffirm their relationship- comparing themselves to another pair of star crossed lovers (Romeo & Juliet) - and Mary promises to run away with him. When she returns from packing, Jimmy is being swept away in a strange car and so she follows. Unbeknownst to her, she winds up at the dope den where Jimmy has been partaking in reefer! There she meets Ralph who she THINKS is a suave college frat boy and he convinces her to try her first joint, though she believes it to be a cigarette. From there she devolves into an S&M version of herself, humping and whipping and slapping Ralph around, now totally addicted to the giggle smokes. In a haze, Mary Lane is shot that night when the den master returns and draws his gun to stop a fight between Ralph and Jimmy. Mary Lane immediately goes to hell, has inappropriate relations with the devil and then is later admitted into heaven. 
    Space Money Octagon Presents
    The Filmography Disquisition Series
    Volume 3
    Kristen Bell: An Exhaustive Examination
    Join co-hosts Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography in an effort to definitively determine that actor's best movie, using a very real and refined review process.
    In Volume 3 of the series, Vanessa and Toben are seeking out the best Kristen Bell movie.
    Check out the current rankings.
    Contact: [email protected] (emails may be read on the show)
    Hosts: Vanessa  and Toben 
    Music: Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major, K. 191 - I. Allegro
    performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra
    Intro voice performance: @iamastove
    Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS
    ...
    This was actually a terrible idea for a podcast
    43 min
  • Film Disquisition Vol 3: Spartan
    Laura Newton is the neglected daughter of a high ranking US official. She is captured by a sex slavery ring based out of Dubai and waits to be rescued. Back home in the US, Laura is declared as dead. Eventually, clever Robert Scott, a Delta Force soldier finds her and concocts a plan using shipping containers to get her out of the country. Before the evening of the escape, they lay low at a safe house and Laura confides in Robert that her father - the high ranking US official - never had her best interests at heart. Her father was the one who pulled her security detail the night of her kidnapping to protect himself during one of his multiple extramarital affairs. Later that night, everything goes sideways during the escape to the shipping containers when it turns out that Robert has been tracked by his own team, sent to sabotage the rescue mission to protect the president from the bad press this will bring. A fight ensues between the soldiers as a Swedish news crew watches. Laura is able to get to the news crew and get out of danger leaving Robert injured at an airport hanger. In the end, Laura is reunited with her father and he is hailed as a politician who is cracking down on sex trafficking. 
    Space Money Octagon Presents
    The Filmography Disquisition Series
    Volume 3
    Kristen Bell: An Exhaustive Examination
    Join co-hosts Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography in an effort to definitively determine that actor's best movie, using a very real and refined review process.
    In Volume 3 of the series, Vanessa and Toben are seeking out the best Kristen Bell movie.
    Contact: [email protected] (emails may be read on the show)
    Hosts: Vanessa  and Toben 
    Music: Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major, K. 191 - I. Allegro
    performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra
    Intro voice performance: @iamastove
    Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS
    ...
    This was actually a terrible idea for a podcast
    34 min
  • Film Disquisition Vol 3: Gracie’s Choice
    Gracie Thompson is a street urchin-like young lady who has to pick up the slack of her addict mother. She becomes the head of household (along with her grandma) for her four younger half siblings while her mother jumps from one toxic relationship to the next and does a stint in jail. After beginning a new relationship, finding advocates in the school staff and taking on a job, Gracie begins to find some stability in her life, but when her mother shows back up and browbeats her grandma into giving up the caretaker funds, Gracie sues for her emancipation and caretaking rights for her brothers (her sister gets pregnant and moves in with her boyfriend) and begins life balancing a relationship, the needs of young children, her job - she gets promoted! - and school. Somehow she manages to do it and in the end battles it out in court to formally adopt her brothers. With her mother's parental rights revoked, the judge grants Gracie the adoption of her brothers. They walk out of the court with each other and a new last name: the Weatherlys. Because they've weathered a lot of storms together. 
    Space Money Octagon Presents
    The Filmography Disquisition Series
    Volume 3
    Kristen Bell: An Exhaustive Examination
    Join co-hosts Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography in an effort to definitively determine that actor's best movie, using a very real and refined review process.
    In Volume 3 of the series, Vanessa and Toben are seeking out the best Kristen Bell movie.
    Contact: [email protected] (emails may be read on the show)
    Hosts: Vanessa  and Toben 
    Music: Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major, K. 191 - I. Allegro
    performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra
    Intro voice performance: @iamastove
    Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS
    ...
    This was actually a terrible idea for a podcast
    40 min
  • Film Disquisition Vol 2 Bonus Episode
    Vanessa and Toben chat about Kristen Stewart's appearances on SNL, Hot Ones, and a Netflix short film, then solidify the definitive rankings of the best Kristen Stewart movies, and finally announce the subject of volume 3.
    Space Money Octagon Presents
    The Filmography Disquisition Series
    Volume 2
    Kristen Stewart: An Exhaustive Examination
    Join co-hosts Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography in an effort to definitively determine that actor's best movie, using a very real and refined review process.
    In Volume 2 of the series, Vanessa and Toben are seeking out the best Kristen Stewart movie.
    Current Rankings:
    Camp X-RayClouds of Sils MariaPersonal ShopperCharlie's AngelsUnderwaterHappiest SeasonJT LeRoyThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2SebergStill AliceAnesthesia SpeakLizzieSnow White and the HuntsmanEqualsWelcome to the RileysThe RunawaysAmerican UltraCafé SocietyAdventurelandThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 The Twilight Saga: EclipseThe Twilight Saga: New MoonZathuraOn The RoadPanic RoomCertain WomenTwilight Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkThe Yellow HandkerchiefThe MessengersThe Safety of ObjectsFierce PeopleIn The Land of WomenInto The WildCold Creek ManorCatch That KidThe Cake EatersJumperWhat Just HappenedUndertow
    Contact: [email protected] (emails may be read on the show)
    Hosts: Vanessa  and Toben 
    Music: Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major, K. 191 - I. Allegro
    performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra
    Intro voice performance: @iamastove
    Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS
    ...
    This was actually a terrible idea for a podcast
    43 min
  • Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 40: Happiest Season
    Abby isn't particularly excited by the Christmas season, despite the efforts of her long term girlfriend, Harper. One night, after some troublemaking in Pittsburgh, Abby - who is on the verge of proposing - accepts Harper's invitation to come home with her for Christmas and meet her family.
    Abby's expectations for the holiday are soon upended, though, when Harper reveals that she's not yet come out as gay to her family and, due to her father's political aspirations, doesn't feel like she can do so until after the holidays. Abby, who now must pretend to be Harper's straight roommate, finds herself entangled in a web of lies and begins questioning whether Harper is truly the right person for her.
    After tensions and secrets boil over at the family white elephant gift exchange, and Harper denies their relationship, Abby decides to break things off and return to Pittsburgh.
    While refueling at a gas station, Abby is confronted by a contrite Harper, who reveals she has finally come out to her family and is ready to put the work in to make things right with Abby. Abby agrees to take her back and, one year later, the two are part of one big happy family.
    Space Money Octagon Presents
    The Filmography Disquisition Series
    Volume 2
    Kristen Stewart: An Exhaustive Examination
    Join co-hosts Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography in an effort to definitively determine that actor's best movie, using a very real and refined review process.
    In Volume 2 of the series, Vanessa and Toben are seeking out the best Kristen Stewart movie.
    Current Rankings:
    Camp X-RayClouds of Sils MariaPersonal ShopperCharlie's AngelsUnderwaterJT LeRoyThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2SebergStill AliceAnesthesia LizzieSnow White and the HuntsmanSpeakEqualsWelcome to the RileysThe RunawaysAmerican UltraCafé SocietyThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1Adventureland The Twilight Saga: EclipseThe Twilight Saga: New MoonZathuraOn The RoadPanic RoomCertain Women Twilight Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkThe Yellow HandkerchiefThe MessengersThe Safety of ObjectsFierce PeopleIn The Land of WomenInto The WildCold Creek ManorCatch That KidThe Cake EatersJumperWhat Just HappenedUndertow
    Contact: [email protected] (emails may be read on the show)
    Hosts: Vanessa  and Toben 
    Music: Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major, K. 191 - I. Allegro
    performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra
    Intro voice performance: @iamastove
    Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS
    ...
    This was actually a terrible idea for a podcast
    52 min
  • Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 39: Underwater
    Nora is a pessimistic mechanical engineer at the deep-sea drilling facility Kepler in the Mariana Trench. One day, disaster strikes when a strong earthquake causes a pressure breach, leaving many of the station's crew dead. With only a half hour to evacuate before the whole station explodes, Nora and a small group of survivors gear up for a seafloor walk to the next station where escape pods await to take them to the surface. The deadly water pressure is not all that threatens the remaining crew, though, as mysterious creatures soon attack, killing several more people. By the time they make it to the escape pods, just Nora and two other survivors remain...but so does one more massive danger: a giant Cthulhu-esque creature! In a final act of heroic sacrifice, Nora stays behind and overloads the station's engine core - destroying the monster and allowing the other survivors to reach the surface. 
    Space Money Octagon Presents
    The Filmography Disquisition Series
    Volume 2
    Kristen Stewart: An Exhaustive Examination
    Join co-hosts Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography in an effort to definitively determine that actor's best movie, using a very real and refined review process.
    In Volume 2 of the series, Vanessa and Toben are seeking out the best Kristen Stewart movie.
    Current Rankings:
    Camp X-RayClouds of Sils MariaPersonal ShopperCharlie's AngelsJT LeRoyThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2SebergStill AliceAnesthesia LizzieSnow White and the HuntsmanSpeakEqualsWelcome to the RileysThe RunawaysAmerican UltraCafé SocietyThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1Adventureland The Twilight Saga: EclipseThe Twilight Saga: New MoonZathuraOn The RoadPanic RoomCertain Women Twilight Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkThe Yellow HandkerchiefThe MessengersThe Safety of ObjectsFierce PeopleIn The Land of WomenInto The WildCold Creek ManorCatch That KidThe Cake EatersJumperWhat Just HappenedUndertow
    Contact: [email protected] (emails may be read on the show)
    Hosts: Vanessa  and Toben 
    Music: Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major, K. 191 - I. Allegro
    performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra
    Intro voice performance: @iamastove
    Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS
    ...
    This was actually a terrible idea for a podcast
    49 min
  • Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 38: Charlie’s Angels
    Sabina Wilson is a cool, quirky heiress with a great fashion sense and killer haircut, working as a field agent for the Charles Townsend Agency - a global spy organization. One day in France, she's assigned a mission to help get info from a whistleblower regarding a potentially deadly piece of energy conservation technology. Once the mission goes sideways and the tech goes missing, Sabina and her partners must go off the grid to make things right while also trying to uncover a mole in the agency. Several outfit changes and a dance sequence later, Sabina and the gang save the day with minimal casualties. 
    Space Money Octagon Presents
    The Filmography Disquisition Series
    Volume 2
    Kristen Stewart: An Exhaustive Examination
    Join co-hosts Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography in an effort to definitively determine that actor's best movie, using a very real and refined review process.
    In Volume 2 of the series, Vanessa and Toben are seeking out the best Kristen Stewart movie.
    Current Rankings:
    Camp X-RayClouds of Sils MariaPersonal ShopperJT LeRoyThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2SebergStill AliceAnesthesia LizzieSnow White and the HuntsmanSpeakEqualsWelcome to the RileysThe RunawaysAmerican UltraCafé SocietyThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1Adventureland The Twilight Saga: EclipseThe Twilight Saga: New MoonZathuraOn The RoadPanic RoomCertain Women Twilight Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkThe Yellow HandkerchiefThe MessengersThe Safety of ObjectsFierce PeopleIn The Land of WomenInto The WildCold Creek ManorCatch That KidThe Cake EatersJumperWhat Just HappenedUndertow
    Contact: [email protected] (emails may be read on the show)
    Hosts: Vanessa  and Toben 
    Music: Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major, K. 191 - I. Allegro
    performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra
    Intro voice performance: @iamastove
    Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS
    ...
    This was actually a terrible idea for a podcast
    56 min
  • Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 37: Seberg
    Actress Jean Seberg is returning to California from France, where she is kind of a big deal. On her flight, she meets Hakim Jamal - a civil rights activist who's is in a coalition with the Black Panthers. Seberg soon allies herself with the cause, offering financial support and serving as a host for several meetings. She also strikes up a romance with Hakim, but their affair alienates them both from the Black Panthers and their families. Further complicating matters are Jean's growing suspicions that she's being spied on. Now a paranoid and nervous wreck, Jean has her suspicions confirmed when a young FBI agent reveals that she's been targeted by the feds for her association with Hakim and the Black Panthers. With this knowledge weighing on her, Jean returns to France - and never works in America again. 
    Space Money Octagon Presents
    The Filmography Disquisition Series
    Volume 2
    Kristen Stewart: An Exhaustive Examination
    Join co-hosts Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography in an effort to definitively determine that actor's best movie, using a very real and refined review process.
    In Volume 2 of the series, Vanessa and Toben are seeking out the best Kristen Stewart movie.
    Current Rankings:
    Camp X-RayClouds of Sils MariaPersonal ShopperJT LeRoyThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2Still AliceAnesthesia LizzieSnow White and the HuntsmanSpeakEqualsWelcome to the RileysThe RunawaysAmerican UltraCafé SocietyThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1Adventureland The Twilight Saga: EclipseThe Twilight Saga: New MoonZathuraOn The RoadPanic RoomCertain Women Twilight Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkThe Yellow HandkerchiefThe MessengersThe Safety of ObjectsFierce PeopleIn The Land of WomenInto The WildCold Creek ManorCatch That KidThe Cake EatersJumperWhat Just HappenedUndertow
    Contact: [email protected] (emails may be read on the show)
    Hosts: Vanessa  and Toben 
    Music: Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major, K. 191 - I. Allegro
    performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra
    Intro voice performance: @iamastove
    Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS
    ...
    This was actually a terrible idea for a podcast
    46 min
  • Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 36: JT LeRoy
    Savannah is new to San Francisco and has just moved in with her older brother and his girlfriend, Laura. One night after a party, Laura reveals to Savannah that she is secretly a best-selling author writing under the pseudonym JT LeRoy. Soon Savannah is roped into pretending to be JT for interviews and photoshoots. Before she knows it, she's meeting with an actress who wants to turn JT's book into a movie. As the stakes grow higher, Savannah's relationship with Laura frays as the two struggle over ownership of JT. Once the ruse is finally revealed, Savannah and Laura are able to make peace and go their separate ways amicably. 
    Space Money Octagon Presents
    The Filmography Disquisition Series
    Volume 2
    Kristen Stewart: An Exhaustive Examination
    Join co-hosts Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography in an effort to definitively determine that actor's best movie, using a very real and refined review process.
    In Volume 2 of the series, Vanessa and Toben are seeking out the best Kristen Stewart movie.
    Current Rankings:
    Camp X-RayClouds of Sils MariaPersonal ShopperThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2Still AliceAnesthesia LizzieSnow White and the HuntsmanSpeakEqualsWelcome to the RileysThe RunawaysAmerican UltraCafé SocietyThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1Adventureland The Twilight Saga: EclipseThe Twilight Saga: New MoonZathuraOn The RoadPanic RoomCertain Women Twilight Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkThe Yellow HandkerchiefThe MessengersThe Safety of ObjectsFierce PeopleIn The Land of WomenInto The WildCold Creek ManorCatch That KidThe Cake EatersJumperWhat Just HappenedUndertow
    Contact: [email protected] (emails may be read on the show)
    Hosts: Vanessa  and Toben 
    Music: Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major, K. 191 - I. Allegro
    performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra
    Intro voice performance: @iamastove
    Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS
    ...
    This was actually a terrible idea for a podcast
    44 min
  • Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 35: Lizzie
    Bridget Sullivan is the new maid for the Borden family in Fall River, Massachusetts. She quickly strikes up a friendship with the Bordens' adult daughter Lizzie,  thanks to a shared interest in reading. As Bridget and Lizzie grow closer, Bridget's relationship with the family patriarch becomes troubled and abusive, adding to growing discord in the Borden home. 
    Bridget and Lizzie's interest in each other soon becomes romantic, but once Mr. Borden discovers their relationship, he forbids them from spending time together. Bridget is then brought in to a murder plot by Lizzie, and becomes an accomplice to the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Borden. Following Lizzie's arrest, Bridget testifies in Lizzie's defense, then leaves Fall River. 
    Space Money Octagon Presents
    The Filmography Disquisition Series
    Volume 2
    Kristen Stewart: An Exhaustive Examination
    Join co-hosts Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography in an effort to definitively determine that actor's best movie, using a very real and refined review process.
    In Volume 2 of the series, Vanessa and Toben are seeking out the best Kristen Stewart movie.
    Current Rankings:
    Camp X-RayClouds of Sils MariaPersonal ShopperThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2Still AliceAnesthesia Snow White and the HuntsmanSpeakEqualsWelcome to the RileysThe RunawaysAmerican UltraCafé SocietyThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1Adventureland The Twilight Saga: EclipseThe Twilight Saga: New MoonZathuraOn The RoadPanic RoomCertain Women Twilight Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkThe Yellow HandkerchiefThe MessengersThe Safety of ObjectsFierce PeopleIn The Land of WomenInto The WildCold Creek ManorCatch That KidThe Cake EatersJumperWhat Just HappenedUndertow
    Contact: [email protected] (emails may be read on the show)
    Hosts: Vanessa  and Toben 
    Music: Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major, K. 191 - I. Allegro
    performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra
    Intro voice performance: @iamastove
    Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS
    ...
    This was actually a terrible idea for a podcast
    33 min

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Join Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography, in chronological order, in an effort to definitively determine - using a refined academic and scientific process - that actor's best movie.