Episode 158: Incendies (2010)

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Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Written by: Denis Villeneuve & Valerie Beaugrand-Champagne (Based on the play Incendies by Wajdi Mouawad)
Score by: Gregoire Hetzel
Budget: $6.5 million 
Gross: $16 million

Cast: 

• Lubna Azabal as Nawal Marwan 
• Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin as Jeanne Marwan
• Maxim Gaudette as Simon Marwan
• Remy Girard as Jean Lebel
• Abdelghafour Elaaziz as Abou Talek/Nihad "Nihad de Mai" Harmanni
• Allen Altman as Notary Maddad
• Mohamed Majd as Chamseddine
• Nabil Sawalha as Fahim

Talking Points:

1. What are your overall non-spoiler thoughts on Incendies?

Spoiler-Talk: 

1. What were some of your favorite/most impactful moments?
2. Final thoughts, wrap up Denis VilleNovember 

Plugs:  Midnight Satire's "A Not-So-Serious Man"

Next Episode: 

• The Amazing Spider-Man & The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Extra Stuff: 

Denis Villeneuve's CBC Interview on Incendies 

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Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• Disney+ Day Announcements (https://www.ign.com/articles/disney-plus-day-2021-everything-announced-star-wars-marvel)
• Martin Scorsese to direct Grateful Dead biopic starring Jonah Hill as Jerry Garcia (https://variety.com/2021/film/news/martin-scorsese-grateful-dead-biopic-jonah-hill-1235115213/)

Movies:

• House of Gucci (Theaters) 11/24
• Encanto (Theaters) 11/24
• Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (Theaters) 11/24

TV:

• Masters of the Universe: Revelation Part 2 (Netflix) 11/23
• Hawkeye (Disney+) 11/24
• The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) 11/25,26,27

What We’ve Been Consuming

Brian

• Belfast (Theaters)
• The Beta Test (VOD)

Christian

• Apex Legends: Season 11 (game: all the things)
• Found (Netflix Doc)

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Episode 157: Arrival (2016)

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Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Written by: Eric Heisserrer
Score by: Johann Johannsson 
Budget: $47 million
Gross: $203.4 million 

Cast:

• Amy Adams as Louise Banks
• Jeremy Renner as Ian Donnelly 
• Forest Whitaker as Colonel G.T. Weber
• Michael Stuhlberg as Agent Halpern
• Mark O’Brien as Captain Marks
• Tzi Ma as General Shang

Talking Points:

1. What are your overall non-spoiler thoughts on this viewing?

Spoiler-Talk: 

1. What were some of your favorite moments?
2. Final thoughts. 

Next EP: 

• Incendies 

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Intro:

• Welcome

Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• IMAX Enhanced coming to Disney+ (https://deadline.com/2021/11/marvel-disney-imax-enhanced-films-streaming-shang-chi-1234869107/)
• Peter Jackson Selling Weta Digital’s VFX Tech Division to Unity for $1.625 Billion (https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/unity-acquires-weta-digital-1235107544/)
• Leonardo DiCaprio in final talks to produce and star in Jim Jones movie (https://deadline.com/2021/11/leonardo-dicaprio-jim-jones-mgm-jonestown-1234869994/)

Movies:

• Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Theaters) 11/19
• King Richard (Theaters/HBO Max) 11/19
• C’mon C’mon (Theaters) 11/19

TV:

• Tiger King Season 2 (Netflix) 11/17
• Marvel’s Hit-Monkey (Hulu) 11/17
• Cowboy Bebop (Netflix) 11/19
• The Wheel of Time (Prime Video) 11/19

What We’ve Been Consuming: 

The Gang Talks Eternals!

Directed by: Chloé Zhao
Written by: Chloé Zhao, Patrick Burleigh, Ryan Firpo and Kaz Firpo
Score by: Ramin Djawadi
Budget: $200 million
Gross: $175.7 as of recording

Cast:

• Gemma Chan as Sersi
• Richard Madden as Ikaris
• Kumail Namjiani as Kingo
• Lia McHugh as Sprite
• Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos
• Lauren Ridloff as Makkari
• Barry Keoghan as Druig
• Don Lee as Gilgamesh
• Angelina Jolie as Thena
• Salma Hayek as Ajak

Notes:

• What was your theatrical experience seeing the film?
• Spoiler Discussion 

Community Feedback Section: 

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Episode 155: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Written by: Hampton Fancher & Michael Green
Score by: Hans Zimmer 
Budget: $150 million (estimated)
Gross: $259.3 million

Cast: 

• Ryan Gosling as K
• Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard
• Ana de Armas as Joi
• Sylvia Hoeks as Luv
• Robin Wright as Lt. Joshi
• Mackenzie Davis as Mariette
• Carla Juri as Dr. Ana Stelline 
• Lennie James as Mister Cotton
• Dave Bautista as Sapper Morton
• Jared Leto as Niander Wallace
• Edward James Olmos as Gaff
• Barkhad Abdi as Doc Badger 
• Hiam Abbass as Freysa
• David Dastmalchian as Coco
• Wood Harris as Nandez
• Tomas Lemarquis as Wallace Corporation file clerk 

Talking Points:

1. What are your overall non-spoiler thoughts on Blade Runner 2049?

Spoiler-Talk: 

1. What were some of your favorite moments?
2. Final thoughts.

Plugs: 

Christian's New Music Video

Next Episode: 

• Arrival

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Christian's New Music Video

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Intro: 

• Welcome

Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• Tragic accidental shooting on Rust set kills Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, wounds director Joel Souza (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/movies/rust-shooting-armorer-hannah-gutierrez-reed.html)
• Jason Sudeikis and Jean Smart to star in It’s A Wonderful Life table read for the Ed Asner Family Center (https://variety.com/2021/scene/news/jason-sudeikis-jean-smart-its-a-wonderful-life-ed-asner-family-center-1235102337/amp/)
• Taika Waititi set to direct and co-write feature adaptation of The Incal (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/incal-movietaika-waititi-to-direct-1235041908/)

Movies:

• Passing (Netflix) 11/10
• Clifford the Big Red Dog (Theaters/Paramount+) 11/10
• Home Sweet Home Alone (Disney+) 11/12
• Belfast (Theaters) 11/12
• Red Notice (Netflix) 11/12 

TV:

• The Shrink Next Door (Apple TV+) 11/12
• Blade Runner: Black Lotus (Adult Swim) 12AM 11/14

What We’ve Been Consuming: 

Chris

• Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend (Podcast)

Brian

• Last Night in Soho (Theaters)
• The French Dispatch (Theaters)

Christian

• Heathers (Amazon Prime, DVD)
• 15 Minutes of Shame (HBO Max Doc) 
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (PS5/4 Xbox systems and PC)

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Episode 155: Dune (2021)

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Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Written by: John Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve & Eric Roth
Score by: Hans Zimmer
Budget: $165 million
Gross: $223 million 

Cast:

• Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides
• Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica 
• Oscar Isaac as Leto Atreides
• Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck
• Stellan Skarsgard as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
• Dave Bautista as Glossu Rabban
• Stephen McKinley Henderson as Thufir Hawat
• Zendaya as Chani

Talking Points:

1. History with Denis Villeneuve
2. What are your overall non-spoiler thoughts on this viewing?

Spoiler-Talk: 

1. What were some of your favorite moments?
2. Final thoughts. 

Next EP: 

• Blade Runner 2049 

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Intro:

• Welcome

Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• Dune Part 2 Green-lit for Fall 2023 Release (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dune-2-greenlit-movie-release-date-1235036655/)
• Lightyear Teaser Trailer released (https://youtu.be/BwPL0Md_QFQ)
• Popoholics hit a YouTube milestone (http://youtube.com/popoholics)

Movies:

• The Harder They Fall (Netflix) 11/3
• Eternals (Theaters) 11/5
• Finch (Apple TV+) 11/5
• Spencer (Theaters) 11/5

TV:

• Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition (Hulu) 11/4
• Dexter: New Blood (Showtime) 11/7

Video Games:

• Call of Duty: Vanguard (Windows, PS4/5, Xbox One/S/X) 11/5

What We’ve Been Consuming: 

Chris

• The Story of Marvel Studios (Book by Tara Bennett & Paul Terry) 

Brian

• Midnight Mass (Netflix) 

Christian 

• Back 4 Blood (PS Systems/Xbox Systems)

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Episode 154: No Time To Die (2021)

Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga 
Written by: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga and Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Score by: Hans Zimmer 
Budget: $250-300 million
Gross: $450 million

Cast: 

• Daniel Craig as James Bond
• Rami Malek as Lyutsifer Safin
• Lea Seydoux as Dr. Madeleine Swann
• Lashana Lynch as Nomi
• Ben Whishaw as Q
• Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny 
• Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter
• Christoph Waltz as Ernst Stavro Blofeld 
• Ralph Fiennes as M

Talking Points:

1. How does No Time to Die by Billie Eilish compare to the other Craig Bond openings?  
2. What are your overall non-spoiler thoughts?

Spoiler-Talk: 

1. What were some of your favorite moments?
2. Is this a fitting end to Craig’s run?
3. Final thoughts.

Next Episode: 

• Dune 

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Intro: 

• Welcome

Brian’s Wacky News Corner:

News: 

• DC Fandome Announcements (https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2021/10/16/dc-fandome-2021-all-the-news-trailers-and-reveals)
• Highlights 

Movies:

• Last Night in Soho (Theaters) 10/29
• Antlers (Theaters) 10/29
• Army of Thieves (Netflix) 10/29

TV:

• Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 11 (HBO Max) 10/24
• Fairfax (Prime Video) 10/29

Video Games:

• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Windows, Switch, PS4/5, XBOX One/X/S & GeForce Now) 10/26

What We’ve Been Consuming:  Whole Gang Recaps FFVII Remake Orchestra World Tour

• Final Fantasy VII Remake Orchestra World Tour

Community Feedback Section: 

• TBT Episode 39: Shin Godzilla (2016)
• Poll Results!