Literate Cinephiles

GUYS! The Passengers trailer dropped! Also, the Literate Cinephiles catch up on what they've been reading/watching and then jump right into a discussion on their favorite directors.

[0:00:00] Trailer Talk! [Passengers]
[0:06:50] Catch Up (The Good Place, Broadchurch season 2, Atlanta, This is Us, Sully, Ready Player One)
[0:23:37] Our Favorite Authors
[0:56:35] Recommendations

Show Notes

• You should never travel with Tom Hanks...
• Miyazaki covering his career - check it out if you're not familiar
• The Totoro song Michael was singing
• Moonrise Kingdom: "I love you but you don't know what you're talking about."
• "If you're a bird...I'm a bird.

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#justarrival

Kyle gets uncomfortable with his emotions in public (in the theater and crying in a Hertz line), Jeff is accused of imposing his morals on others, and Michael is at home with a story about sadness and death - classic Literate Cinephiles discussion surrounding The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman.

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Trailer Talk, Hell or High Water, Nice Guys... That should be enough for one episode, but the Literate Cinephiles ALSO tackle the role of Executive Producers, dreaming up an adaptation of Mistborn: The Last Empire by Brandon Sanderson.

[0:00:00] Trailer Talk! [Live by Night, Gold, Collateral Beauty, The Promise]
[0:12:20] Catch Up (Hell or High Water, The Nice Guys
[0:26:14] You're Welcome, Hollywood (Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson)
[1:05:30] Recommendations

Show Notes

• Mistborn Wikipedia
• Allomancy Background
• Jeff went blank in the moment... Edward James Olmos played Captain/Admiral Adama (duh...) on BSG, and he was awesome!
• Murder by the Book is an AMAZING small bookstore in Houston... Shop there.
• Check out the Sanderson book signing pictures, along with a chapter read, that we posted a few months back

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"Our lives are defined by opportunities; even the ones we miss." The Literate Cinephiles get into another heated debate over the Oscar-nominated Curious Case of Benjamin Button, based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Show Notes

• Jeff isn't the only person who thought Benjamin Button was just like Forrest Gump - check this out (especially the video)!
• Truly this film is a technical marvel and we didn't gush nearly enough about it. Here are some videos giving a taste of the amount of work that went into aging effects: Digital and Makeup

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One of the greatest directors of this generation, Christopher Nolan, has a new movie coming out next summer which got the guys thinking about their favorite Nolan films and how they rank against one another. Also, Jeff saw Keanu and it was glorious!

[00:00] Trailer Talk! [Arrival, Hidden Figures, A Tale of Love and Darkness]
[08:54] Catch Up
[25:00] Featured Chat: Christopher Nolan movies!
[54:30] Recommendations

Show Notes

• Nolan Movie Rankings:
  • Michael: (1) The Prestige, (2) TDK, (3) Inception, (4) Insomnia, (5) Momento, (6) Batman Begins, (7) Interstellar, (8) TDKR, (9) Following
  • Kyle: (1) TDK, (2) Inception, (3) Batman Begins, (4) Interstellar, (5) The Prestige, (6) Momento, (7) TDKR
  • Jeff: (1) TDK, (2) Inception, (3) The Prestige, (4) Batman Begins, (5) Interstellar, (6) TDKR, (7) Momento
• The Inception hallway scene - this kind of stuff makes CineKyle giddy

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Based on a recommendation in the Literate Cinephile's GoodReads group, the guys jump in and discuss the beloved James Bond story, Casino Royale.

Show Notes

• Shout out to our listener, Derek for recommending Casino Royale on our GoodReads group
• A well written piece that covers much of the same ground but adds some things we forgot
• We failed to mention that James Bond RESIGNS in this story. He was willing to give up his life as a spy for Vesper.

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Inspired by the Olympics, the Literate Cinephiles discuss their top 5 favorite sports movies! (completely missing the opportunity to list their bronze, silver, and gold medalists... Hindsight, people!)

[00:58] Catch Up: Suicide Squad
[07:15] Catch Up: Midnight Special
[11:02] Kyle doesn't watch movies right...
[23:59] Olympic chat/episode overview
[26:08] Honorable Mentions
[30:30] 5th Place
[37:42] 4th Place
[41:57] 3rd Place
[47:11] 2nd Place
[53:23] 1st Place
[59:22] Recommendations

Show Notes

• "Larry's not white, Larry's clear."
• Chariots of Fire theme song
• Trailer for "The Pistol - Birth of a Legend"

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The guys jump into Brooklyn, the story of a young woman from Ireland who makes the life changing journey to the United States - dealing with home sickness and the reality of leaving home.

[08:31] Catch up
[13:04] Spoilers Begin
[21:57] The easy life? // Plea to Hollywood // was Eilis acting out of character?
[28:24] Tony talk and casting choices
[32:26] Ratings
[35:04] Micheal always comes through
[39:12] Obligatory disagreement

Show Notes

• We mention Nick Hornby being an author AND screenwriter, here's a story on The "Wild" Journey of Nick Hornby, from Author to Oscar Nominated Screen-writer
• How to pronounce Saoirse Ronan
• Eilis' travels across the atlantic likely took 4-5 days (Transatlantic crossing times

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It's that time of year, when we all geek out over the latest and greatest movie trailers hitting the interweb! Your Literate Cinephiles are most certainly interested and full of opinions about what looks good and what looks like a confusing white-washed film about Monsters in China with Matt Damon, I mean SERIOUSLY?!?!

[00:00] Catch up
[14:40] Justice League
[21:45] Wonder Woman
[24:45] Captain Marvel
[27:26] King Kong: Skull Island
[30:05] Doctor Strange
[31:10] The Defenders/Luke Cage/Iron Fist
[34:43] King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
[35:47] The Accountant
[37:25] Hacksaw Ridge
[40:16] The Great Wall
[42:37] Kyle just watched the Hacksaw Ridge trailer
[43:44] Split
[45:13] Recommendations & Wrap up

Show Notes

• Problems w/ Batman v. Superman: Zach Snyder's obsession with "Moments"
• You can find most of the trailers we discuss here
• Details on why Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel) is AWESOME

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#itsglowingbro

It only takes One Shot! Errr... Actually, it took Lee Child's NINTH Jack Reacher novel to finally get a movie the fans had been clamoring for... But was this the film they wanted? Was Tom Cruise true to the character? Listen in to find out!

[00:56] Story background and initial thoughts
[10:15] Recommendations for experiencing the book/movie
[11:56] SPOILER SECTION BEGINS!
[13:09] Story overview
[16:02] Problems with the beginning of the movie
[21:32] Characters left out of the film
[25:13] Michael doesn’t care, he just likes the movie!!
[28:04] Problems with the ending
[43:11] Casting
[49:55] The case for a mini-series & simplifying the setting
[53:38] Final ratingsl

Show Notes

• One Shot (Jack Reacher book 9) by Lee Child
• Jack Reacher - Blu-ray
• Lee Child on the casting of Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher

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