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  • Episode 127 – 2014 in Review

     

    Runtime

    103 minutes, 18 seconds

    Up for Discussion

    1. Introduction with Corey Pierce and Nicole Bontoft

    – Our Top Five of 2014 –

    2. THE FIVES (2:52)

    3. THE FOURS (19:49)
    4. THE THREES (30:15)
    5. THE TWOS (45:07)
    6. Past Guests Return with Their Top Picks (1:05:20)
    7. THE ONES (1:12:20)

    Tracklisting

    (00:00) “Fever” by The Black Keys

    (03:44) “Left Hand Free” by Alt-J
    (06:27) “That Black Bat Licorice” by Jack White
    (10:01) “Sugar Daddy” from the revival of Hedwig and The Angry Inch
    (14:16) “Water Fountain” by tUnE-yArDs
    (17:03) “Ain’t That Easy” by D’Angelo
    (21:34) “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift
    (25:12) “Rattlesnake” by St. Vincent
    (28:35) “Pressure” by Jhene Aiko
    (32:25) “How Can You Really?” by Foxygen
    (35:44) “Happy Idiot” by TV On The Radio
    (38:40) “Physical World” by Death From Above 1979
    (42:11) “Stranger to My Happiness” by Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
    (45:26) “Therapy” by Mary J. Blige
    (48:46) “Bang Bang” by Ariana Grande
    (52:01) “Do It Again” by Röyksopp & Robyn
    (56:37) “Red Eyes” by The War on Drugs
    (1:01:22) “Pressure” by Jhene Aiko…again
    (1:05:24) “After The Disco” by Broken Bells
    (1:08:58) “Holding On to Life” by Broken Bells
    (1:12:20) “Every Breaking Wave” by U2
    (1:16:25 “Do You” by Spoon
    (1:19:45 ) “Two Weeks” by FKA Twigs
    (1:23:43) “Love Gone Wrong” by you + me
    (1:27:35) “Marry Me Archie” by Alvvays
    (1:30:35) “Time Forgot” by Conor Oberst
    (107:20) “Skeleton Key ” by Dessa
    (1:35:02) “My Silver Lining” by First Aid Kit
    (1:38:17) “Waking Life” by Beck

    Thoughts from your host…

    What a year.

    Perhaps what amazes me more than the stellar crop of films that we bring up in this episode is the amount of stellar films that dropped in 2014 that didn’t get mentioned by the four of us. THE BABADOOK, BIG HERO 6, CITIZENFOUR, DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, FORCE MAJEURE, FOXCATCHER, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, THE IMITATION GAME, THE IMMIGRANT, INHERENT VICE INTERSTELLAR, LIFE ITSELF, MOMMY, A MOST WANTED MAN, MR. TURNER, NYMPHOMANIAC, ROSEWATER, SNOWPIERCER and others that all could, should, and will make other people’s top lists, but all get left aside.

    Mainly? There were so damned man great films this year that the list of also-ran’s is pretty damned spectacular itself.

    It’s been a great year at the movies, folks, and it’s time to put it to bed and get the place ready for Doc and Marty when they get here in November.

    As usual, if you’re curious about the songs used as bed music, the track list can be found below in the show notes.

    As mentioned within the introduction, if you find the bed music distracting, a music-free version of this episode can be found here.

    Thanks for tuning in to episode one-hundred-and-twenty-seven…

     

    You can subscribe to the Matineecast via iTunes or RSS

    Comments and feedback are welcome, and thank-you very much for listening.

    Enjoy!

    1 hr 44 min
  • Episode 127 – 2014 in Review (Music-Free)


    The music-free version of the year-end episode. For full show notes including leaving/reading comments, please go to the main post for the episode.

    Here’s what’s in store in episode one-hundred-and-twenty-seven…

    Runtime

    103 minutes, 18 seconds

    Up for Discussion

    1. Introduction with Corey Pierce and Nicole Bontoft

    – Our Top Five of 2014 –

    2. THE FIVES (2:52)

    3. THE FOURS (19:49)
    4. THE THREES (30:15)
    5. THE TWOS (45:07)
    6. Past Guests Return with Their Top Picks (1:05:20)
    7. THE ONES (1:12:20)

    You can subscribe to the Matineecast via iTunes or RSS

    Comments and feedback are welcome, and thank-you very much for listening.

    Enjoy!

    1 hr 44 min
  • Episode 126 – SELMA

    Runtime

    62 minutes

    Up for Discussion

    1. Introduction

    2. KNOW YOUR ENEMY– Q& A with this week’s guest, Candice Frederick (5:27)
    3. THE NEW SLANG – Review and reaction to SELMA (18:16)
    4. THE OTHER SIDES – Ryan spins I WILL FOLLOW, Candice spins MALCOLM X (40:40)

     

    Thoughts from your host…

     

    Fun fact: in the run-up to any given episode, I tend not to talk to my guests about the films up for discussion. Case-in-point, Episode 126 where I assumed my guest enjoyed a film as much as I did. Just for good measure, I made the assumption about another film later in the episode. I guess what I’m saying is that when we assume, Ryan makes an ass of himself.

    However, I do hope you can pardon that minor brain-cramp from your host (plus whatever the hell Candice is rattling around her desk for most of the episode), because dear listeners this ranks for me as one of my favorite episodes I’ve ever recorded. Oddly enough, I began the show off-axis knowing that I had less time than usual to record in. But in a way, I think that was a blessing as it lead to me wanting the most of our time on-air. Less filler, more killer. In addition to constraint leading to a better output, I was really taken with the way my guest basically had me tearing up my script and just trying to keep u[ with her as she went off on tangents that were still so relevant to the discussion at hand.

    As you may or may not have noticed, it’s been a bit of a cray autumn for the podcast, so in a lot of ways I’m really glad that we put a final nail in the season with this episode – one I am truly, truly proud of.

     

    Thanks for tuning into episode one-hundred-twenty-six.

    Candice’s Twitter feed can be found here. You can subscribe to the Matineecast via iTunes or RSS

    Comments and feedback are welcome, and thank-you very much for listening.

    Enjoy!

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  • Episode 125 – FOXCATCHER


    Five years ago this week, I plugged in my mic and started this podcast. Considering that I wasn’t sure I’d be able to make a go of it for five months, let alone five years…I’m pretty damned chuffed today.

    So chuffed that I won’t let the difficulties I had in getting this episode online get me down!

    So while the chapter markers of this feed are gone temporarily, I do hope you’ll enjoy the discussion folks – I even managed to get a talk with Halfyard in at less than 90 minutes!

     

    Here’s what’s in store in episode one-hundred-and-twenty-five…

     

    Runtime

    84 minutes

    Up for Discussion

    1. Introduction

    2. KNOW YOUR ENEMY– Q& A with this week’s guest, Kurt Halfyard (2:25)
    3. COME TALK TO ME – Fielding some listener feedback on animated movies we want (17:08)
    4. THE NEW SLANG – Review and reaction to FOXCATCHER (31:50)
    5. THE OTHER SIDE – Kurt couples THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (1:11:22)
    6. THE OTHER SIDE – Ryan couples CAPOTE (1:21:18)

    Kurt’s Twitter feed can be found here. You can subscribe to the Matineecast via iTunes or RSS

    Comments and feedback are welcome, and thank-you very much for listening.

    Enjoy!

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  • Episode 125 – FOXCATCHER
    Talkin' FOXCATCHER with guest Kurt Halfyard from Row Three. He and Ryan also read some listener feedback on actors playing against type, and flip the record over to play the other side.
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  • Episode 124 – BIG HERO 6


    Fair warning folks: There were a few gremlins in the works when this episode was laid down. Nothing about this episode feels inaudible to me, but there is a recurring hiccup with my mic where my voice flares up now and then for the briefest of moments (I’m blaming a loose/bad cable). Then, as if to really make me feel dumb, the cable gives out altogether and what you hear comes from my laptop’s on-board mic.

    Oddly enough, the on-board mic sounds pretty good! But since said mic is pretty close to the laptop’s speakers, you can hear a weird echo with my guest’s audio.

    Again, not inaudible, but not exactly what I’d call “up to standards”. I’ll have everything fixed by next time, I swear.

    As for this episode, it was a fun discussion…helped in large part, I’m sure, by the fact that this time around we aren’t discussing missing spouses, sociopathic journalists, or the astrophysics involved with spacetime. Sometimes, you just need to hit record and talk about a cartoon!

     

    Here’s what’s in store in episode one-hundred-and-twenty-four…

     

    Runtime

    82 minutes

    Up for Discussion

    1. Introduction

    2. KNOW YOUR ENEMY– Q& A with this week’s guest, Kristin Griffin Phelps (3:10)
    3. COME TALK TO ME – Fielding some listener feedback on animated movies we want (17:08)
    4. THE NEW SLANG – Review and reaction to BIG HERO 6 (29:36)
    5. THE OTHER SIDE – Kristin couples I, ROBOT (55:15)
    6. THE OTHER SIDE – Ryan couples THE INCREDIBLES (1:06:04)

    Kristin’s Twitter feed can be found here. You can subscribe to the Matineecast via iTunes or RSS

    Comments and feedback are welcome, and thank-you very much for listening.

    Enjoy!

    1 hr 23 min
  • Episode 124 – BIG HERO 6
    Talkin' BIG HERO 6 with guest Kristin Griffin Phelps from All Eyes On Screen. She and Ryan also read some listener feedback on animated movies we want and flip the record over to play the other side.
    1 hr 23 min

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