Talkin' TV

It's February, which means 2 things, Superbowl and the return of the blockbuster! Blockbusters used to be reserved exclusively for the summer but they start as early as February now, and we're kicking it off with the return of the one, the only, M. Night Shyamalan, with his 15th feature film, Knock at the Cabin! The film marks the first time Shyamalan has worked with on the rise superstar Dave Bautista, who is attempting to distance himself from Marvel and set a new course for himself in Hollywood. The film covers four people who commit a home invasion on a gay couple (Ben Aldridge, Jonathan Groff) and force them to make a choice to ritualistically sacrifice one of them, or risk the eternal damnation of the world. For a Shyamalan movie, it gets back to a lot of the deep, emotional core that made his early movies so good, while also managing to tie itself into a twisty little tale about morality along the way. Dom covers it with Luk of Luk Reviews and Josh Markland, all on the #talkintvpodcast

We wrap up our first month of 2023 with the last of the Talkin' TV traditions, our top 10 favorite movies of the year! Dom is joined once again by his old friend Dustin "The Duster" Mason to talk about the year of movies that was 2022 and all the surprises, mayhem and quite frankly nutso stuff that came with it. The end all be all being that movies aren't what they used to be, and the struggle has been even harder recently to find great movies worthy of that coveted end of year top 10, but they're gonna do their best and prove that movies are still worth talking about. Be sure to stay tuned for more episodes as we continue with the #talkintvpodcast

It's that time of the year again people! That time when WE get to do our top 10 lists. And by we, I mean me & Chris, the common folks, who are booting and rallying to continue to give you, the fans, the content that you deserve. Or just a wind tunnel for our own thoughts, but who really cares at this point. Chris & Dom break down the year of television that was 2022, from the streaming boom to the endless amount of returning shows that were lost to Covid's past to finally breaking down their respective ten favorite shows of the year. Apple once again had a big impact, but a few surprises in store. Tune in next week for Top 10 Movies of 2022! And be sure as always to follow everything going on with the #talkintvpodcast

The year is officially started people with HBO's kick-off to their 2023 slate, as well as one of the most anticipated adaptations of the last few years with "The Last of Us." Based off the extremely popular Naughty Dog Video Game released in 2013, an film adaptation floundered in development hell before HBO finally got the rights to the game. The series was announced in 2020 from game creator Neil Druckman, with "Chernobyl" producers and creators Johann Renck & Craig Maizin producing and directing the pilot episode. Cast in the iconic roles of Joel & Ellie are both former Game of Thrones stars Pedro Pascal & Bella Ramsey, alongside a supporting cast that includes the likes of Anna Torv, Nick Offerman, Murray Bartlet, Gabriel Luna & Nico Parker. The premiere covers roughly the first opening minutes of the gameplay, and has been received very well by the critics and the fanbase alike. Dom is joined once again by Eli to break down everything the premiere has going for it, where it's going in the future and more! Be sure to keep coming back for more great content on the #talkintvpodcast as we enter further into our fifth season!

We're back people! After a much needed two weeks off in the post holidays craziness, we are back to a whole new year of content creation and fun! And we're kicking it off with one of what is hopefully a few surprises with an actually...creative Netflix original, Kaleidoscope! Eli Holicky once again joins Dom to talk about what might be the most inventive thing Netflix has done in a while, an eight episode miniseries centered around a massive heist, but told in a way in which the episodes can be watched in any order. The show is meant to be a visual of its title's literal meaning, a constantly changing and shifting array of colors that can arrange themselves to be viewed in any order. Starring Giancarlo Esposito, Tati Gabrielle, Paz Vega, Jai Courtney, Rosaline Elbay, Peter Mark Kendall & Rufus Sewell, the show builds its story in such an impressive way that it has to be seen to be believed. Dom & Eli break down everything that worked about the show and what makes it such a fascinating new contribution to this well of content popping up nowadays. New episodes of the Talkin' TV podcast every Monday only on the #talkintvpodcast feed

And that's it! Another year, another season in the books people! Chris is back to talk to Dom about a sequel to one of their first ever podcast episodes from that legendary run back in 2019 when things felt so fresh and cool when things felt so new and not bogged down in pandemic hell...and it now belongs to Netflix. Greaaaaaat. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a sequel to 2019's Knives Out, written and directed once again by Rian Johnson that sees Det. Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) taking on a new mystery, this time one that takes him to a private island and running into another colorful group of characters representing various and assorted members of the 1% that the internet has respectively turned on in the last few years. There's another murder and another killer to find, this time from a cast of characters that includes Edward Norton, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom, Jr., Janelle Monae, Kate Hudson, Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline & Dave Bautista. Dom & Chris break down what they liked about the sequel, what they didn't, the Netflix of it all, what this movie's Oscar chances are, and what 2022 taught us about movies going into 2023. It's been a busy year, it's been a stressful year, but an eventful one. Be sure to keep coming back and tuning in for brand new episodes every week only on the #talkintvpodcast

Happy post holidays everyone! Only 2 days left of 2022, and since our recording schedule this holiday season has been a bit rocky, I'm doing something a little different this year. We will be doing a two part Season 4 finale, which is ironic because our midseason finale back in June also featured this guest for half and then Chris for the second part. We're releasing Babylon today with Nathaniel, and then Glass Onion which will feature Chris will be available tomorrow across all platforms. So exciting! But first, Babylon! What a movie! 4 years since his last film, "First Man" was released, Damien Chazelle, the first member of the new film brats and the heir apparent to Scorsese, PTA & Robert Altman returns with "Babylon" a film that is one part homage to old Hollywood and all insanity. The film features an all star cast including the likes of Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jovan Adepo & Jean Smart and takes place in Hollywood circa late 1920's-1930's right as sound is being introduced to film and the ripple effects it had on the industry and its members as they try to navigate what their role will be in the new hierarchy of things. Nathaniel joins Dom to break down the latest film from one of their favorite filmmakers, everything that works, everything that doesn't and what, if anything, people can take away from yet ANOTHER movie that Hollywood made about itself. New episodes of the #talkintvpodcast are released every Monday on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

A movie 13 years in the making. Literally. Eli joins Dom once again to talk about James Cameron's long awaited sequel to his massive blockbuster success, "Avatar: The Way of Water." After a lot of deliberation, waiting for certain special effects and technology to be perfected, working around actor's respective schedules, then the easy task of shooting two movies back to back, we finally have a sequel to the highest grossing movie in the world. The sequel sees Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) & Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), who have become parents in the years since the first film, dealing with the return of the humans to Pandora, led by a newly resurrected Col. Miles Quartch (Stephen Lang) who has been brought back as a Na'vi recombinant (merging of human memories into a Na'vi avatar). They take their family, which includes their 4 Na'vi children, away from the forest to the Metkayina tribe who reside alongside the ocean as part of Cameron's want to explore the rest of Pandora, where new struggles and conflicts await them. Dom & Eli break down the long journey to this movie, the effect the first film. had on the culture, the differences between Avatar and most modern day blockbusters, and how the cinema landscape has changed since the first film. Be sure to keep coming back for new episodes of the #talkintvpodcast every Monday.

It's that time, people! With only three weeks left in the year of 2022, we're here to start breaking down the awards bait movies, and we're starting with one that may have gotten a little overhyped, but not for the reasons you may think. Kristen aka Ms. Filmingo joins Dom to break down the new Darren Aronofsky movie, the comeback vehicle for one Brendan Fraser, the Whale. Adapted from a stageplay by Samuel D. Hunter, the film sees Fraser as Charlie, a 600 lb man who is slowly dying of congestive heart failure and is attempting to make amends in his life before his inevitable death. They break down the film's awards chances, the narrative surrounding it, whether the hype around Fraser is real, and ultimately whether or not it is worthy of all the praise it is getting. Then they take a couple minutes to talk about the new Guillermo Del Toro directed, stop motion animated Pinocchio movie that dropped on Netflix, featuring an ensemble cast including David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Ron Perlman, Finn Wolfhard, John Turturro, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton & Christoph Waltz. Be sure to keep tuning in for the last two weeks of the year only on the #talkintvpodcast

What's going on guys! It is December, and we are officially about to wrap up 2022! It's been quite a year, emerging from a pandemic, getting things slightly back to normal, having Tom Cruise single handedly save the box office. Dustin "The Duster" Mason joins Dom to break down 2022 as a year in comparison to previous years, as well as breaking down some of the movies of the last couple months that may or may not be nominated for Oscars in a couple months, including The Menu, Tar, The Banshees of Inisheerin and Bones & All to say the least. They also talk about some of the movies yet to come out, most notably the controversy already surrounding the Whale, starring Brendan Frasier who may possibly be set to get a Best Actor Oscar nomination. They also talk about some of the pending releases for next year. Only 3 episodes left for 2022, so be sure to keep tuning in every week to the #talkintvpodcast