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    Another special Beers with Bro's episode is upon us, with special guest, Bobby Kady of the Find the Stone Podcast. The gang examines into the latest releases in film and TV, discusses what they've been consuming and wether or not we live in a simulation and find out if the loyal listeners prefer the extended cut of The Hateful Eight. The main course is a deep dive into Volume 1 & 2 of Tarantino's Kill Bill.

Brian’s Wacky News Corner

Movies

• Ready or Not
• Jacob’s Ladder

TV

• Kevin Smith will be the showrunner for a new Masters of the Universe cartoon, MOTU: Revelation, for Netflix. Animated by Powerhouse Animation Studios (Castlevania). 

What We’ve Been Consuming

Bobby

• Dynast Nerds (Podcast)

Brian

• The Kitchen (Film)

Chris

• Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling (Netflix) 

Christian

• No Man’s Sky (PSVR)

Weekly Poll:

• The Hateful Eight Theatrical Cut vs. Miniseries                                                                                                                                                                             

Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 (2003 & 2004) 

• Directed by Quentin Tarantino
• Written by Quentin Tarantino
• Budget: Vol. 1 $30 million & Vol. 2 $30 million
• Grossed: Vol. 1 $180.9 million & Vol. 2 $152.2 million

Links:

Vanity Fair: All 58 References in Kill Bill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCcoWwepHs0

Bobby Kady's The Perfect Old Fashioned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qFF9OToZlU

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    The gang keeps riding through Volume 2 of Tarantino's catalog with The Hateful Eight. Brian brings us the news featuring the latest of Richard Linklater and the latest season of Mindhunter. The gang discuss what thy've been consuming and dives slightly into politics. This weeks poll features an Amazon gift card giveaway! Then, they talk about the The Hateful Eight and its many forms.

Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

Movies:

• Where’d You Go, Bernadette? (Richard Linklater)
• Blinded by the Light (Gurinder Chadha)

TV:

• Mindhunter Season 2 (Netflix)

What We’ve Been Consuming:

Chris

• Schitt’s Creek (TV Show 2015)

Brian

• Crawl (Movie)
• Lynch on Lynch (Book)

Christian

• Democratic National Debates

Weekly Poll:

• For which Historical Event would you have Tarantino created an Alternate history?                                                                                                                                                                             
• Winner of Amazon gift card: Marcus Griggs

The Hateful Eight (2015) 

Directed by Quentin Tarantino

• Written by Quentin Tarantino
• Budget: $ 44-54 million
• Grossed: $155.8 million

Fun Facts:

• Kurt Russell destroyed an actual classic guitar loaned to the production from a museum. The guitar was supposed to be switch out with a prop guitar, however Russell was never told...

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    The gang discusses Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. Yes, three white men gather to discuss the film about a black slave in the 19th century American frontier combating the evils of slavery and injustice! They first cover the latest news, what they've been consuming and the weekly poll.
News

• Potentially 4 hour version of Once Upon A Time in Hollywood may eventually come to Netflix (https://screenrant.com/once-upon-time-hollywood-longer-cut-netflix-miniseries/)

Movies

• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
• Free Meek (Amazon documentary)

What We’ve Been Consuming

Chris

• Avengers: Endgame Commentary (Movie)

Brian

• The Farewell (Movie)

Christian

• Warframe (Xbox One, PS4, Switch, PC)
• Seinfeld (All Seasons Streaming on Hulu)

Weekly Poll:

• Inglorious Basterds vs. Once upon a Time in Hollywood

Django Unchained (2012)

• Directed by Quentin Tarantino
• Written by Quentin Tarantino
• Budget: $100 million
• Grossed: $425.4 million

Links

• https://www.npr.org/2013/01/02/168200139/quentin-tarantino-unchained-and-unruly
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ7qKKQrSBY&t=229s directors round table

 The moment is here, Volume 1 of our Tarantino talks end with our review of his ninth film, Once upon a Time in Hollywood. 

News
Comics

• Powers of X #1

Movies

• Madness in the Method (select theaters and on demand) - Jason Mewes directorial debut
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood gets Tarantino’s highest grossing opening weekend to date (https://screenrant.com/once-upon-time-hollywood-quentin-tarantino-biggest-opening/)

What We’ve Been Consuming:

Chris

•  Escape Rooms

Brian

• Shangri-La (Documentary Series on Showtime)

Christian

• Slate’s You Must Remember This (Charles Manson’s Hollywood)

Weekly Poll

• Real Spidey Suit vs. CGI Spidey Suit

Once upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

• Directed by Quentin Tarantino
• Written by Quentin Tarantino
• Budget: $90-$96 million
• Grossed: As of right now, over $40 million

Cast: 

• Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton
• Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth
• Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate
• Emille Hirsch as Jay Sebring
• Margaret Qualley as Pussycat
• Timothy Olyphant as James Stacy
• Austin Butler as Charles “Tex” Watson
• Dakota Fanning as Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme
• Bruce Dern George Spahn
• Al Pacino as Marvin Schwarz

Pre Spoiler

1. Expectations going into film
2. Stand Out Moments (performances, music, script)
3. Overall thoughts of film

Spoiler

1. Comparing Historical Liberties and Cinematic Justice
2. Favorite Moments
3. Closing Thoughts

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Fun Stuff:

• Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Roundtable: Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, More | Entertainment Weekly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_W12HmsIMY&t=531s 

 The gang is live in the studio talking about the incredible achievement that is Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds. The boys first discuss the latest news from Comic-Con, talk about what they’ve been consuming and then discuss the main feature.

News

Quick Hits

Chris

• Toy Story 4 (Movie)
• The Lion King (Movie) 

Brian

• Toy Story 4 (Movie)

Christian

• Warframe (PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PS4)

Weekly Poll:

• Quentin Tarantino vs. Christopher Nolan

Inglorious Basterds (2009)

• Directed by Quentin Tarantino
• Written by Quentin Tarantino
• Budget: $70 million
• Grossed: $321.5 million

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Fun stuff:
Making of Inglorious Bastards

     The gang is back for a special bonus episode of Pop-O-Holics. They discuss the latest entry in the MCU, Spider-Man: Far from Home. They start off with a non-spoiler review. The conversation centers mostly around Marvel's use of CGI and visual effects, for better and worse. 

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 The gang is back for the third film in Tarantino’s illlustrious cannon, Jackie Brown. Brian delivers the latest news in pop culture, the crew talks about what they’ve been consuming and they cover the weekly facebook poll before jumping into the main topic. 

 News:

• Candyman by Jordan Peele beginning production in mid-August 
• The Lion King
• Batman: Hush (VOD)
• Spiderman: Life Story #5 (of 6) Written by Chip Zdarsky, Illustrator Mark Bagley
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Season 11 (Netflix)

What We’ve Been Consuming:

Chris

• Hellboy (2019) (Movie)
• Spider-man 3 Editor’s Cut (2017) (Movie)

Brian

• Yesterday (movie)
• Child’s Play (2019) (movie)

Christian

• Detroit Become Human (PS4)

Weekly Poll:

• Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) vs. Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight)

Jackie Brown (1997)

Fun Stuff:

• Quentin Tarantino 1997 Charlie Rose Interview 

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     The Gang is joined this week by Sound Engineer and Composer Extraordinaire , Jehad Choate. (@realactingshow). The Tarantino Train keeps on rolling with one of his most classic films, Pulp Fiction. Before the main topic, Brian goes through the news and they talk about what they've been consuming.

NEWS

Christian

• For You - Tatsuro Yamashita (Album)
• Miracle Workers - (TBS Show) 

Jehad

• Electric Body by Stereodove (Plastic Kiss)
• Stranger Stranges Season 3

Brian

• Midsommar (movie) 
• Revenge of the Dreamers III (Album)

Weekly Poll:
Tarantino Witting Vs Action/Violence 

Pulp Fiction
Directed by
Quentin Tarantino

Fun stuff

• For You by Tatsuro Yamashita https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysee78SnEA4&t=346s
• Tarantino on Charlie Rose https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FTge-hrbU30

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    The gang is beginning their breakdown of the illustrious career of Quentin Tarantino. His first film, Reservoir Dogs, is a truly groundbreaking film that still stands out among his filmography. Brian opens up the show with the latest news in pop culture. The gang talks about what they’ve been consuming. They then talk about what makes Tarantino great and the unique place, Reservoir Dogs, holds in his pantheon of films.

Chris

• The Case Against Adnan Syed ( HBO Docu Series)

Brian

• Rocketman (movie)
• Meet the Skrulls (comic) by Robbie Thompson, drawn by Niko Henrichon

Christian

• Dauntless (video game)
• Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba (Hulu and Crunchy Roll Anime)

Weekly Poll:

King Ghidorah vs. Destroyah

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

• Directed by Quentin Tarantino
• Written by Quentin Tarantino
• Budget: $1.2-$1.5 million 
• Grossed: $2.8 million 

Cast: 

• Harvey Keitel as Mr. White
• Tim Roth as Mr. Orange
• Michael Madsen as Mr. Blonde
• Steve Buscemi as Mr. Pink
• Edward Bunker as Mr. Blue
• Quentin Tarantino as Mr. Brown
• Chris Penn as “Nice Guy” Eddie Cabot
• Lawrence Tierney as Joe Cabot
• Randy Brooks as Holdaway

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoM8AlEyjws jack’s movie’s review retrospective
• - interview with tarantino about reservoir dogs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceG1c9eh0Kc

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     The gang is back for their long-awaited revisiting of 1998’s American Godzilla. First, Chris talks about the last entry into Fox’s X-Men series, Brian discusses Men in Black: International and Christian is mindlessly playing Borderlands 2.

Chris

• Dark Phoenix (Movie)
• The Book of Yōkai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore by Michael Dylan Foster (Book)

Brian

• Men in Black: International (Movie)

Christian

• Borderlands 2 (PS4)

Weekly Poll:

Godzilla (1998) V Godzilla (1998)

Godzilla (1998) 

• Directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 10,000 B.C., 2012, Independence Day: Resurgence)
• Written by Dean Devlin (Geostorm) & Roland Emmerich
• Music by David Arnold ( has composed many contemporary Bond films, as well as most recently Good Omens.) 
• Budget $130-$150 million
• Grossed $379 million

Cast: 

• Mathew Broderick as Dr. Nick Tatopoulos
• Jean Reno as Philippe Roaché
• Maria Pitillo as Audrey Timmonds
• Hank Azaria as Victor Palotti 
• Kevin Dunn as Col. Anthony Hicks
• Michael Lerner as Mayor Ebert 

-The History and Evolution of Godzilla https://youtu.be/mO0zkzaE748 

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