The Cold Open Podcast

In The Cold Open Podcast #18, The Welcome to Fall Edition, Matt Reynolds and Robert Sickels start off by discussing the lasting influence of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, which was released 20 years ago this month.  We then go into a spoiler heavy break down of David Fincher’s Gone Girl as a film and in the context of his career. Our outro this episode is Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross’ “Technically, Missing” from their mesmerizing Gone Girl soundtrack.

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In The Cold Open Podcast #17, The End of Summer Odds & Ends Edition, Matt Reynolds and Robert Sickels talk about a little bit of everything.  First, we discuss how having children has ruined our love of summer and that somehow leads to a breakdown of The Rock and Robert’s undying adoration of bad movies (Roadhouse, Point Break, etc.).  Along the way we note how we deal with theater disruptions, a digression that’s highlighted by Matt telling the tale of his epic clash with a cell phone user during a screening of Children of Men.  We also run down some summer movies, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Into the Storm, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Lucy, Under the Skin, Chef, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.  We then discuss PS3/4 games including L.A. Noire, Grand Theft Auto, inFAMOUS Second Son, the BioShock and Uncharted series, and The Last of Us.  Finally, spurred on by our consideration of depictions of post apocalyptic landscapes in video games, we touch on summer TV, specifically HBO’s The Leftovers, Cinemax’s The Knick, and Showtime’s Masters of Sex.  Our outro this week is The Runaways’ “Cherry Bomb,” which also underscores the most memorable shot in Guardians of the Galaxy.

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In The Cold Open Podcast #16, The TV of Our Lives Edition, Matt Reynolds and Robert Sickels, two latchkey kids raised on TV, begin by discussing World Cup Soccer before moving on to the TV they’ve watched in their lives in five year intervals beginning at age five (1972 for Robert, 1974 for Matt). This sprawling discussion details the dramatic changes in the way TV is consumed that have occurred since the early 1970s–from 3 channels, appointment viewing, and no cable to consolidation and convergence to our time shifted heavily streamed, digital present–and also covers a huge number of shows from every era and genre of TV over the last 40+ years.  Our outro this week is “Interjections,”  Essra Mohawk’s Schoolhouse Rock classic.

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In The Cold Open Podcast #15, The Welcome to Summer Edition, Matt Reynolds and Robert Sickels begin by discussing Parquet Courts’ recent show at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland before segueing into a look at summer movie season so far.  We then wrestle with the implications of “Cahiers du Buffy,” Emily Nussbaum’s response to Matt Zoller Seitz’s “Please, Critics, Write About the Filmmaking,” which features assessments of Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Fargo, and a while host of other things film & TV related.  Then, inspired by Calvin Tomkins “Experimental People” and Matt’s love of video art, we take a look at the wild and wonderful work of Ryan Trecartin.  Our outro this week is Parquet Courts’ “Instant Disassembly”.

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In The Cold Open Podcast #14, The Once There Was Only Dark Edition, Matt Reynolds and Robert Sickels begin by discussing Britney Spears’ Las Vegas show, Piece of Me and Best Picture winner 12 Years A Slave before moving on to Season Two of Netflix’s House Of Cards and the first edition of True Detective, HBO’s new anthology series.  Our outro this week is Britney Spears’ “Work B**ch,” the opening number of her aforementioned Las Vegas extravaganza.

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