The Complete Works Podcast

It took them 20 years, but by God, they actually did it - they finally made a sequel to INDEPENDENCE DAY. Jeff Goldblum returns along with some of the cast of the original and director Roland Emmerich in INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE, a movie which bombed at the box office and promised another sequel which is... unlikely to come anytime soon! We talk everything from its troubled production history, the kind of interesting worldbuilding, the new cast vs. the old, try to figure out how much of this is a test run for MOONFALL, and also wonder if maybe the movie is kind of fun in spite of everything? 

This week, Jeff Goldblum makes a one-scene appearance in the infamous Johnny Depp heist-comedy MORTDECAI... which means we need to talk about it. We discuss the rise and fall of Depp's career, talk about how this movie *almost* works, and prepare to open our boys. Put on your best false mustache and listen!

This week, Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan play a couple celebrating (?) their 30th anniversary in Paris, when their weekend is interrupted by - you guessed it - Jeff Goldblum! It's a BEFORE SUNRISE-esque romance for the over-60 crowd, and we're both pretty into it. Goldblum reunites with MORNING GLORY director Roger Michell for 2014's LE WEEK-END! 

Jeff Goldblum reunites with director Wes Anderson to join the vast ensemble of THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL! It's still Wes Anderson's biggest critical and financial success - nominated for nine Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, and making over $170 million. It is, in some ways, the definitive Anderson film, and it boasts an insane cast that includes Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revelori, Jude Law, F. Murray Abraham, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, and more! 

This week, Jeff Goldblum appears alongside Leonard Nimoy, Samuel L. Jackson, Abigail Breslin and more in the 2012 South African animated movie ZAMBEZIA! Is it a bust or is it ah-mah-zing? Either way, we've got #ZambeziaFever! 

Jeff Goldblum is now Chef Goldblum in his brief appearance in TIM AND ERIC'S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE, spun off from the hit Adult Swim series TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW, GREAT JOB! We get into the background of Adult Swim as a programming block, throw some appreciation out there for John C. Reilly, and get to say Robert Loggia's name a bunch of times!

This week, Jeff Goldblum stars in a 2010 romantic comedy that takes place in New York City featuring Patrick Wilson and one of the cast members from GAME NIGHT... but wait, we talked about THE SWITCH last week. It must be time to talk MORNING GLORY, from the director of NOTTING HILL and the writer of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA! It's a movie that features Harrison Ford saying the word "frittata." Therefore, it is good.

This week, Goldblum pops up as the Stock Romantic Comedy Best Friend Character in 2010's THE SWITCH, starring Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston! Is the movie charming enough to get past its reprehensible premise? Let's find out! 

This week, Jeff Goldblum joins the main cast of LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT, taking on a prominent role during the eighth and ninth seasons of the long-running spinoff to the unstoppable franchise! We're covering his first two episodes on the show to see how he's introduced and observe how bringing in Goldblum changes the dynamic of the show - plus, we talk the history of LAW & ORDER as a primetime staple and its larger place in pop culture. 

Jeff Goldblum takes on a rare leading performance in Paul Schrader's provocative Holocaust drama, ADAM RESURRECTED - it's a fascinating movie that walks a fine line between artfulness and tastelessness, and has often been compared to the infamous Jerry Lewis movie THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED. Also starring Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi, and Ayelet Zurer. This is a strange one, folks.