Piecing It Together Podcast

On the 436th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Knik Woods, Jimmie Gonzalez and Sam Novak to talk about THE MONKEY! Osgood Perkins' hilarious horror-comedy is based on a Stephen King short story and filled with all kinds of wacky, craziness. Puzzle pieces include Final Destination, Gremlins, The Dark Half and Hellraiser.

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

Written by Osgood Perkins

Directed by Osgood Perkins

Starring Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O'Brien

NEON

https://neonrated.com/films/the-monkey

Knik Woods is a Writer, Director, and Cinematographer, as well as the founder of the Sin City Horror Club.

Check out Knik’s work at https://linktr.ee/ghostchaserproductions

And follow the Sin City Horror Club on Instagram at @sincityhorrorclub

Jimmie Gonzalez is a DJ and hosts SpaceToonz and Nightmare Trivia.

Check out Jimmie’s Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/spacetoonzpresents

And follow Jimmie on Instagram @spacetoonz

Sam Novak is the Deputy Editor of VEGAS 411, an online source for Sin City tourists and locals. He’s a fitness fan, a pet adoption advocate, and is mad about the movies. A former movie theater manager, he successfully operated 36 screens for both AMC and an independent movie house in South Florida. 

Check out VEGAS 411 at https://vegas411.com

And follow Sam on Instagram @sammasseur

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 "Don't Be A Monkey!" a new song by The Pup Pups that will be on their forthcoming 4th album!

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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

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On the 435th episode of Piecing It Together, Tara Giancaspro joins me to talk about The Brutalist. Brady Corbett's American epic is one of the most talked about movies of the year and a big contender at the upcoming Oscars. Puzzle pieces include Babylon, The Aviator, There Will Be Blood and The Neon Demon.

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

Written by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvoid

Directed by Brady Corbet

Starring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy

A24

https://a24films.com/films/the-brutalist

Tara Giancaspro performs as Sweaty Lamarr.

Check out her website at https://sweatylamarrmusic.bandcamp.com/

You can also Follow Tara’s Substack at https://substack.com/@taragiancaspro

Follow Tara on Twitter @sweatylamarr

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 "Brick By Brick."

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

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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

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On the 434th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Faith Nault, Jorge Lara and Kristopher West to talk about Captain America: Brave New World. The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn't exactly move things forward like fans had hoped, but we had a good time with it anyway. Puzzle pieces include The Manchurian Candidate, Bond movies, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and a bunch of X-Men movies that we have trouble distinguishing between.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Captain America: Brave New World and the movies we discuss!

Written by Rob Edwards

Directed by Julius Onah

Starring Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Tim Blake Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito

Marvel

https://www.marvel.com/movies/captain-america-brave-new-world

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

Jorge Lara is a photographer and is the editor in chief of VIM Magazine.

Check out VIM Mag at https://www.vimmag.com/

Check out Jorge on Instagram @worldofjorgelara

Kristopher West is a podcaster and filmmaker. He co-hosts the Reel Sick Podcast and Spiral Out Podcast.

Check out the Reel Sick Podcast at https://www.reelsickpodcast.com/

Check out the Spiral Out Podcast at https://www.spiraloutpodcast.com/

Check out his latest film Apoptosis on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqfuLz4IlSM

And Follow Reel Sick Podcast on Instagram @reelsickpodcast

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 "Again and Again" from the MISSING PIECES album.

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 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

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

On the 433rd episode of Piecing It Together, Josie DeMarco joins me to talk about Anora. Sean Baker's latest starring Mikey Madison was an early awards favorite when we recorded this episode. Then I kept waiting for a good time to release the episode and in the months since, it's won DGA and PGA and is now looking like a clear Oscar frontrunner. Puzzle pieces include Get Him To The Greek, Married To The Mob, Ghost Dog and Zola.

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

Written by Sean Baker

Directed by Sean Baker

Starring Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov

NEON

https://neonrated.com/films/anora

Josie DeMarco is a film critic and poet.

Check out her YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/@josephinedemarco8749

And follow Josie on Twitter @josiepoetess

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 “Begin Again" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkb2VsJlH6s

The song at the end of the episode is "How To Start A Fire" from my album MORE CONTENT.

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 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

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On the 432nd episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Michael Keene, Tia Bean & William-Patrick Coleman to talk about Heart Eyes! Josh Ruben's new slasher is a horror-romantic-comedy, just in time for Valentine's Day! Puzzle pieces include Scream, Lover's Lane, My Bloody Valentine and My Bloody Valentine 3D.

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

Written by Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon and Michael Kennedy

Directed by Josh Ruben

Starring Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Devon Sawa, Jordana Brewster

Sony Pictures

https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/hearteyes

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

Tia Bean is an actress and podcaster.

Her podcast My Weird Little Podcast can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-weird-little-podcast/id1588837738

And you can find out about the shows Tia is in by following her on Instagram at @tiaisthecoolest

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

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 “Begin Again" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkb2VsJlH6s

The song at the end of the episode is "Blind Malice Theme" from the horror film score I released last year Blind Malice.

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 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 this special episode of Piecing It Together, composer and podcaster Brian Skutle joins me to take a look back at 2024 and some of our favorite film scores of the year! It was a big year for movies and we get into a lot of great picks from some of the more celebrated scores like The Brutalist and Conclave to some more more out of left field picks like Daddio, The Colors Within and A Different Man!

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

Brian Skutle is a film critic and runs Sonic Cinema

Check out Sonic Cinema at http://sonic-cinema.com/

Follow Brian on Twitter @skutlelemur

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 “Begin Again" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkb2VsJlH6s

The song at the end of the episode is a piece of a film score that I did in 2024 for a film called The Angel Of Death which you'll be able to watch soon.

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 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 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 February 2025. This month’s episode includes Kinda Pregnant, Love Hurts, Armand, Paddington In Peru, The Gorge, Bridge Jones: Mad About The Boy, The Monkey, The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, Last Breath, The Legend of Ochi, Heart Eyes and Captain America Brave New World.

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

I also shout out some listener provided puzzle pieces from movies we covered in the month of January including pieces from Eric Langberg, Sunny Rosen and Joe Black.

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 “Begin Again" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkb2VsJlH6s

The Song at the end of the episode is "Up Up Up" from my new album MISSING PIECES.

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 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 431st episode of Piecing It Together, Danette Tull from the Nevada Film Office joins me to talk about Flight Risk, the Mark Wahlberg starring acion flick shot here in Nevada. We recorded this episode at LMG Studios where the film was mostly shot and after our main converastion we're also joined by Troy Staton to discuss filming in Nevada. Puzzle pieces include Con Air, Fear, Flight and Zero Hour!

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

Written by Jason Rosenberg

Directed by Mel Gibson

Starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, Topher Grace

Lionsgate

https://www.flightrisk.movie/

Danette Tull is the Deputy Director of the Nevada Film Office and helps fasciliate resources for anyone looking to film in Nevada.

Check out their website at https://nevadafilm.com/

And Follow Danette on Instagram @danette_tull

And also check out the Nevada Film Group where I'm constantly shamelessly self promoting myself and this podcast.

Troy Staton is the Senior Manager of Operations at LMG Studios.

Check out LMG at https://lmg.net

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 “Begin Again" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkb2VsJlH6s

The song at the end of the episode is "Throughout The World" from the album MISSING PIECES which is out today!

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 this special episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell joins me to talk about our picks for our favorite older films that we watched for the first time in 2024. Some of our picks come from our research for Josh’s podcast Awesome Movie Year and some are just movies from our watch list that we happened to watch in the last year.

We also hear from Josh’s Awesome Movie Year co-host Jason Harris about his 10 favorite first time watches of 2024.

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

Josh Bell is a film critic whose reviews can be read at CBR, Crooked Marquee, The Inlander and elsewhere. With comedian and filmmaker Jason Harris, he co-hosts the podcast Awesome Movie Year, at awesomemovieyear.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Like Him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/

And Follow him on Twitter @SignalBleed

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 “Begin Again" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkb2VsJlH6s

The song at the end of the episode is "Dark Rain" from my first album Echoes In The Dark.

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 430th episode of Piecing It Together, film critic Courtney Howard joins me to talk about Better Man. If you don't know it by name, this is the Robbie Williams biopic where he's digitally replaced by a CGI Chimp. It's WILD. Puzzle pieces include All That Jazz, Rocketman, Babylon and of course, Planet of the Apes.

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

Written by Michael Gracey, Simon Gleeson, Oliver Cole

Directed by Michael Gracey

Starring Robbie Williams, Steve Pemberton, Kate Mulvany, Alison Steadman, Jake Simmance

Paramount

https://www.bettermanmovie.com/

Courtney Howard is a film critic whose work can be seen in Variety, AV Club and more

Check out her Variety author page at https://variety.com/author/courtney-howard/

Find her on Twitter @lulumaybelle

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 “Begin Again" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkb2VsJlH6s

The song at the end of the episode is "So Predictable" from The Pup Pups' latest album A Boy and His Dog and Three Cats and A Bear.

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!