The Golden Briefcase

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by guest Brian Salisbury of One of Us and Film School Rejects to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu-ray releases and much more. The main topic was a discussion on character actors in honor of the passing of James Rebhorn this past week. The guys briefly scratch the surface of their favorite character actors and talk over how some of them have transitioned to leading parts. They also go through a few older leading role actors who have now slipped into obscurity and are now taking more interesting and eccentric roles. Enjoy.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by guest Ed Travis from Cinapse.co to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu-ray releases and much more. The main topic was a discussion on various hotels & motels in cinema, in honor of Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel playing in theaters. The guys go over some of the more notable examples of these locations in films past and how they are often very much characters in the plot themselves! The guys also uncover various directors and actors who tend to frequently use hotels and pontificate as to why they choose them.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by guest Bobby Roberts of podcast That Whole Thing and blog Full of Sith to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu-ray releases and more. The main topic was a discussion on the career of Harold Ramis, in honor of the actor/director/writer's recent passing. The guys talk over Ramis' amazing career, his contributions to the world of comedy, some of his best films and the stories/characters that are so memorable to film lovers. The guys also have some fun with the show's format as a farewell to a man who appreciated the ridiculous.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by guest Kevin Carr from Fat Guys at the Movies and Film School Rejects to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu-ray releases and much more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on the fascinating acting career of Kevin Costner, in honor of his new action film 3 Days to Kill hitting theaters this week. The guys talk over Costner's busy career, some of his best and, of course, worst performances ever, then wrap up the evening by discussing if/what Kevin Costner should do next in the realms of acting and directing. Listen in!

One of our favorite films from Fantastic Fest 2013 was E.L. Katz's Cheap Thrills (Jeremy's review). The film is visceral, hilarious and painfully dark at times, but boy do we love it. In Austin last year we had the chance to sit down with director Evan "E.L." Katz and star Pat Healy along with guests Ethan Embry and David Koechner to chat about what makes Cheap Thrills such a special little flick. We went over some of the themes of the film with Evan, talked through the process of building suspense while maintaining tone, and got into the grit of the relationships. Listen to the full-on 30-minute TGB interview from Fantastic Fest.

After much anticipation, audiences are finally getting their taste of Ben Wheatley’s twisted mind-trip thriller A Field in England, available on VOD and limited theatrical release in the US from Drafthouse Films. Jeremy and I however, saw the film at this past year's Fantastic Fest and had the opportunity to sit down and chat with co-writer/director Ben Wheatley about the film. We discuss some of his directorial choices in A Field in England, working with his select group of actors and even delve into a few amusing but less mature topics as we went on. Listen to the full 12-minute recorded TGB interview from Fantastic Fest below.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by guest Brian Salisbury of One of Us and Film School Rejects to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu-ray releases and much more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on films that deal with Man vs. Machine in honor of José Padilha's remake of RoboCop starring Joel Kinnaman, out in theaters now. The guys talk over some of their favorite entries in this sub-genre, go over how its occurrences have changed in films over the years, and even pontificate on the future of humankind in the hands of future robot overlords.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by guest Matt Patches of the Fighting in the War Room and Republic City Dispatch podcasts to go through their picks of the week, the newest in DVD & Blu-ray releases and much more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on the acting career of the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who tragically passed away a week ago. The guys talk over their favorites of Hoffman's many remarkable performances (see our full tribute to his 20 year career), his influence on the film and theater worlds, and how he will be remembered from here on out. Listen in.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, hosts Tim and Jeremy go through their latest picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu-ray releases and plenty more on one certain monster. The main topic of the night was a discussion on Frankenstein in Film, with the release of Aaron Eckhart's I, Frankenstein in theaters now. The guys go over some of the most notable Frankenstein mythos entries in cinema (the 1931 classic, Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, The Hammer entries, etc) and touch on some of their favorites. They also discuss the various takes on Mary Shelley's story and where they'd like to see future tellings to go.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, hosts Tim and Jeremy go through their latest picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu-ray releases and delve into a preview of 2014 in film. The main topic of the night was an early look of the movies coming up in 2014. The guys go through the various movie seasons over this next calendar year and highlight films that you must seek out and which to steer clear from. They also discuss some indie titles that folks may have missed in the 2013 festival season making their theatrical debut such as the documentary Jodorowsky's Dune, E.L. Katz's Cheap Thrills and much more! Listen in.