Piecing It Together Podcast

On the 471st episode of Piecing It Together, real life private detective Natasha Hall joins me to talk about Honey Don't! The latest from Ethan Coen and his wife Tricia Cooke continues their trilogy of lesbian detective stories. Puzzle pieces include The Long Goodbye, Bottoms, Red State and of course, the films Natasha Hall and Suffrage which are based on Natasha's life.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Honey Don't! and the movies we discuss!

Written by Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke

Directed by Ethan Cooke

Starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Chris Evans

Focus Features

Natasha Hall is a private detective whose life and cases have been documented in the feature films Natasha Hall and Suffrage from director Joe Black and star Cat Black. They are currently working on the third film in the series, She's So Hot!, which you can help get made by checking out their fundraiser at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-create-the-next-natasha-hall-adventure

My latest David Rosen album MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024 is a compilation album that fills in the gaps in unreleased music made during the sessions for 2018's A Different Kind Of Dream, 2020's David Rosen, 2022's MORE CONTENT and 2025's upcoming And Other Unexplained Phenomena. Find it on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify and everywhere else you can find music.

You can also find more about all of my music on my website https://www.bydavidrosen.com

My latest music video is “Shaking" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzm8s4nuqlA

Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod

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And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.

And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!

And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen

You can also support the show by checking out our Dashery store to buy shirts and more featuring Piecing It Together logos, movie designs, and artwork for my various music projects at https://bydavidrosen.dashery.com/

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On the 470th episode of Piecing It Together we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas to talk about The Toxic Avenger! I'm joined by Michael Keene, William-Patrick Coleman and Brianna Florian to discuss this new take on the Troma classic. Puzzle pieces include Freaked, Super, Little Nicky and Frankenstein.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Toxic Avenger and the movies we discuss!

Written by Macon Blair

Directed by Macon Blair

Starring Peter Drinklage, Jakob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood

Troma / Legendary

Michael Keene is a filmmaker and hosts a YouTube film review channel.

Check out Michael’s website at https://www.manateepartyfilms.com/

And Follow Michael on Twitter @MichaelKeene

William-Patrick Coleman is the host of the FILMBUFF YouTube channel.

Check out FILMBUFF at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrku_45HWx_zSx6mCSdxMkQ

And follow William on Instagram @filmbuff_show

Brianna Florian is a filmmaker, producer and author.

Check out her YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/briannaflorian

And follow @bribrifresh on Instagram

My latest David Rosen album MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024 is a compilation album that fills in the gaps in unreleased music made during the sessions for 2018's A Different Kind Of Dream, 2020's David Rosen, 2022's MORE CONTENT and 2025's upcoming And Other Unexplained Phenomena. Find it on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify and everywhere else you can find music.

You can also find more about all of my music on my website https://www.bydavidrosen.com

My latest music video is “Shaking" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzm8s4nuqlA

The song at the end of the episode is "Gravity" which had a music video that played at TromaFest 10 years ago. Check out the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAQ9eqzqK4w

Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod

And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod

And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.

And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!

And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen

You can also support the show by checking out our Dashery store to buy shirts and more featuring Piecing It Together logos, movie designs, and artwork for my various music projects at https://bydavidrosen.dashery.com/

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And most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new movies!

On this special episode I'm joined by Jason Harris of Awesome Movie Year to talk about the trailers for a whole bunch of movies coming out in September 2025. This month's lineup includes The Baltimorons, Highest 2 Lowest, The Long Walk, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Xeno, One Battle After Another, The Strangers: Chapter 2, Gabbys Dollhouse: The Movie, The Conjuring: Last Rites, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues and Him.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for all of the movies we discuss!

Jason Harris is a writer and stand-up comedian (not just here in Las Vegas). He also co-hosts the Awesome Movie Year Podcast which you can find at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com

Check out Jason Harris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jasonharriscomedy/

My latest David Rosen album MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024 is a compilation album that fills in the gaps in unreleased music made during the sessions for 2018's A Different Kind Of Dream, 2020's David Rosen, 2022's MORE CONTENT and 2025's upcoming And Other Unexplained Phenomena. Find it on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify and everywhere else you can find music.

You can also find more about all of my music on my website https://www.bydavidrosen.com

My latest music video is “Shaking" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzm8s4nuqlA

Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod

And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod

And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.

And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!

And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen

You can also support the show by checking out our Dashery store to buy shirts and more featuring Piecing It Together logos, movie designs, and artwork for my various music projects at https://bydavidrosen.dashery.com/

Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!

And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser!

And most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new movies!

On the 469th episode of Piecing It Together, Ryan Luis Rodriguez joins me to talk about Eddington. Ari Aster's pandemic dark comedy is unsurprisingly polarizing, but we both loved it. Puzzle pieces include No Country For Old Men, Nashville, Eyes Wide Shut and First Reformed.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Eddington and the movies we discuss!

Written by Ari Aster

Directed by Ari Aster

Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Austin Butler, Emma Stone

A24

Ryan Luis Rodriguez is a podcaster and hosts One Track Mind Podcast and Reels Of Justice.

Check out One Track Mind at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-track-mind-with-ryan-luis-rodriguez/id1431611476

And Follow Ryan on Twitter @OneTrackMindPod

My latest David Rosen album MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024 is a compilation album that fills in the gaps in unreleased music made during the sessions for 2018's A Different Kind Of Dream, 2020's David Rosen, 2022's MORE CONTENT and 2025's upcoming And Other Unexplained Phenomena. Find it on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify and everywhere else you can find music.

You can also find more about all of my music on my website https://www.bydavidrosen.com

My latest music video is “Shaking" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzm8s4nuqlA

The song at the end of the episode is "Enemy" from my album A Different Kind Of Dream

Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod

And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod

And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.

And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!

And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen

You can also support the show by checking out our Dashery store to buy shirts and more featuring Piecing It Together logos, movie designs, and artwork for my various music projects at https://bydavidrosen.dashery.com/

Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!

And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser!

And most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new movies!

On this special bonus episode of Piecing It Together, I’m actually reposting a guest apperance I recently did on LA Podfidential with host Chauncey Telese where we discussed our most anticipated films of the rest of 2025!

The original version of this conversation is available at https://www.lafbnetwork.com/la-podfidential/

As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss!

Make sure to check out LA Podfidential at https://www.lafbnetwork.com/la-podfidential/

Follow LA Podfidential on Twitter @LAPodfidential

And Follow Chauncey on Twitter @bigchaunc64

My sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!

My latest music is the 24 for 2024 series in which I’m releasing a new single on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month in 2024. 24 new songs total. Follow along on the Spotify Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PDKoUQ1CoFpiogLu2Sz4D?si=3cb1df0dd0384968

My latest music video “Burn” which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKAWFm0gAo

The song at the end of the episode is a preview of an upcoming album.

Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod

And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod

And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.

And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!

And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen

You can also support the show by checking out our TeePublic store to buy shirts and more featuring Piecing It Together logos, movie designs, and artwork for my various music projects at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/piecing-it-together

Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!

And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser!

And most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new movies!

On the 468th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in Las Vegas with Celine Ochoa, William Moessinger and Ernest Curcio to talk about Zach Cregger's wildly anticipated Weapons! Puzzle pieces include Longlegs, Lost Highway, The Hunt and Tangled.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Weapons and the movies we discuss!

Written by Zach Cregger

Directed by Zach Cregger

Starring Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Amy Madigan

Warner Bros

Celine Ochoa is a filmmaker from Las Vegas, NV.

Follow her on Instagram @celine0ch0a

Ernest Curcio is a versatile stage and film actor known for his dynamic performances in both classical and contemporary roles.

He will next be seen in the horror feature Jane Doe with production starting in February 2026.

Check out Ernest’s IMDb at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1661978/

And follow Ernest on Instagram @ernestcurcio

William Moessinger is an actor known for his roles in Exposure (2014) and All I Am (2024).

He will next be seen in the horror feature Jane Doe with production starting in February 2026.

Check out William’s IMDb at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6847112/

My latest David Rosen album MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024 is a compilation album that fills in the gaps in unreleased music made during the sessions for 2018's A Different Kind Of Dream, 2020's David Rosen, 2022's MORE CONTENT and 2025's upcoming And Other Unexplained Phenomena. Find it on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify and everywhere else you can find music.

You can also find more about all of my music on my website https://www.bydavidrosen.com

My latest music video is “Shaking" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzm8s4nuqlA

The song at the end of the episode is from my next David Rosen album, coming sometime soon.

Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod

And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod

And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.

And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!

And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen

You can also support the show by checking out our Dashery store to buy shirts and more featuring Piecing It Together logos, movie designs, and artwork for my various music projects at https://bydavidrosen.dashery.com/

Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!

And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser!

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On the 467th episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black and Jason Harris join me to talk about Happy Gilmore 2! As far as legacy sequels go, it kind of does the best and the worst of what these movies do. Puzzle pieces include Clerks 3, Alien Resurrection, Top Gun Maverick and Rocky.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Happy Gilmore 2 and the movies we discuss!

Written by Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler

Directed by Kyle Newacheck

Starring Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Benny Safdie, Julie Bowen, Bad Bunny

Netflix

Joe Black is a filmmaker and has recently completed work on his latest, Natasha Hall: Suffrage.

Check out Joe’s website at https://www.bluemeanspregnantfilms.com/

And Follow Blue Means Pregnant Films on Instagram @bluemeanspregnantfilms

Jason Harris is a writer and stand-up comedian (not just here in Las Vegas). He also co-hosts the Awesome Movie Year Podcast which you can find at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com

Check out Jason Harris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jasonharriscomedy/

My latest David Rosen album MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024 is a compilation album that fills in the gaps in unreleased music made during the sessions for 2018's A Different Kind Of Dream, 2020's David Rosen, 2022's MORE CONTENT and 2025's upcoming And Other Unexplained Phenomena. Find it on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify and everywhere else you can find music.

You can also find more about all of my music on my website https://www.bydavidrosen.com

My latest music video is “Shaking" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzm8s4nuqlA

Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod

And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod

And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.

And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!

And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen

You can also support the show by checking out our Dashery store to buy shirts and more featuring Piecing It Together logos, movie designs, and artwork for my various music projects at https://bydavidrosen.dashery.com/

Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!

And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser!

And most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new movies!

On the 466th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas to talk about The Naked Gun with Jason Harris, Doug Ecks and Mason Gordon. Puzzle pieces include Mission: Impossible, Batman, Arrested Development and Airplane II.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Naked Gun and the movies we discuss!

Written by Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, Akiva Schaffer

Directed by Akiva Schaffer

Starring Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Danny Huston

Paramount

Jason Harris is a writer and stand-up comedian (not just here in Las Vegas). He also co-hosts the Awesome Movie Year Podcast which you can find at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com

Check out Jason Harris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jasonharriscomedy/

Doug Ecks is an official and judge for Major League Eating recently back from the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island and commentator for PrideStyle Pro Wrestling here in Las Vegas. And sometimes comedys elsewhere otherwise.

Check out Doug on Instagram @dougecks

And check out PrideStyle Pro Wrestling on Instagram @pridestylepro

Mason Gordon is a producer and works with Jason Harris.

Check out his Slamball Leage at https://slamballleague.com/

And follow @slamballofficial on Instagram

My latest David Rosen album MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024 is a compilation album that fills in the gaps in unreleased music made during the sessions for 2018's A Different Kind Of Dream, 2020's David Rosen, 2022's MORE CONTENT and 2025's upcoming And Other Unexplained Phenomena. Find it on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify and everywhere else you can find music.

You can also find more about all of my music on my website https://www.bydavidrosen.com

My latest music video is “Shaking" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzm8s4nuqlA

The song at the end of the episode is "Indie Rocking Dog" from my comedy rock group The Pup Pups!

Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod

And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod

And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.

And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!

And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen

You can also support the show by checking out our Dashery store to buy shirts and more featuring Piecing It Together logos, movie designs, and artwork for my various music projects at https://bydavidrosen.dashery.com/

Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!

And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser!

And most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new movies!

On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in August 2025. This month’s episode includes Together, Freakier Friday, Fixed, Nobody 2, Americana, Honey Don't!, The Thursday Murder Club, Caught Stealing, The Roses, The Toxic Avenger, The Naked Gun and Weapons.

I also shout out some listener provided puzzle pieces from movies we covered in the month of July including pieces from Daniel Millward and The Vern.

Jason Harris is a writer and stand-up comedian (not just here in Las Vegas).

Check out Jason Harris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jasonharriscomedy/

My latest David Rosen album MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024 is a compilation album that fills in the gaps in unreleased music made during the sessions for 2018's A Different Kind Of Dream, 2020's David Rosen, 2022's MORE CONTENT and 2025's upcoming And Other Unexplained Phenomena. Find it on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify and everywhere else you can find music.

You can also find more about all of my music on my website https://www.bydavidrosen.com

My latest music video is “Shaking" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzm8s4nuqlA

The song at the end of the episode is "Colorado" from the new The Pup Pups album Three Chords and the Pooch!

Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod

And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod

And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.

And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!

And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen

You can also support the show by checking out our Dashery store to buy shirts and more featuring Piecing It Together logos, movie designs, and artwork for my various music projects at https://bydavidrosen.dashery.com/

Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!

And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser!

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And most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new movies!

On the 465th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas with Faith Nault, Perry Markle and C Jack to talk about The Fantastic Four: First Steps! This next step in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has a lot riding on it. Puzzle pieces include Oppenheimer, The Wizard of Oz, Star Trek and Pieces Of A Woman.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Fantastic Four: First Steps and the movies we discuss!

Written by Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer

Directed by Matt Shakman

Starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner

Marvel

Faith Nault is an award winning short film director, writer, and sound designer. She recently graduated magma cum laude from UNLV with a film degree and continues to work freelance in film/television. 

Check out Faith’s work at https://linktr.ee/faithnault

Follow Faith on Instagram @strongfaith1

CJack is a content creator and host of the CJack Productions YouTube Channel.

Check out CJack Productions at https://www.youtube.com/@cjackproductions

And Follow CJack on Instagram at @CJackProdutions

Perry Markle is a student filmmaker currently attending CSN.

Follow Perry on Instagram at @perrylex13

My latest David Rosen album MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024 is a compilation album that fills in the gaps in unreleased music made during the sessions for 2018's A Different Kind Of Dream, 2020's David Rosen, 2022's MORE CONTENT and 2025's upcoming And Other Unexplained Phenomena. Find it on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify and everywhere else you can find music.

You can also find more about all of my music on my website https://www.bydavidrosen.com

My latest music video is “Shaking" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzm8s4nuqlA

The song at the end of the episode is "Pick You Up" by The Pup Pups!

Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod

And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod

And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group.

And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show!

And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen

You can also support the show by checking out our Dashery store to buy shirts and more featuring Piecing It Together logos, movie designs, and artwork for my various music projects at https://bydavidrosen.dashery.com/

Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE!

And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser!

And most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new movies!