The Movies of Happenstance

The Movies of Happenstance

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The Movies of Happenstance episodes

  • S01E44: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Sleepy Hollow

    In this weeks unfortunately delayed episode Jason and Craig venture to the heart of feudal New Jersey in the wonderfully unexpected Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, where they follow a trail of severed heads to wind up in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, where they abandon science and reason forever. See you at the movies!

    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLHeMzjQ29E

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165798/

    Sleepy Hollow:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RsKwn_Je1k

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162661/

    Podcast:

    https://1999.kranzky.com

    https://letterboxd.com/kranzky/list/the-movies-of-1999/detail/
    https://discord.gg/gRhtXn5pG

    1 hr 6 min
  • S01E43: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and Fantasia 2000

    In this week's episode badly animated versions of Craig and Jason travel to a small town in snowy Colorado to find out what happens when underage kids view sweary Canadian movies in "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut" before they swim with the sky-whales and ride the subways of Gershwin's NYC in Disneys wonderful "Fantasia 2000". See you at the movies!

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbMl6DjhJ1I

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158983/

    Fantasia 2000:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOjsvOX4qQA

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120910/

    Podcast:

    https://1999.kranzky.com

    https://letterboxd.com/kranzky/list/the-movies-of-1999/detail/
    https://discord.gg/gRhtXn5pG

    1 hr 5 min
  • S01E42 - Pi and American Pie

    This week Jason gets deep into numerology, probing the inner workings of his bingo machine to reveal an arthouse mashup of the previous two movies, The Matrix and Fight Club, in Darren Aranofsky's debut "Pi", followed by Craig's probing of the manufactured gross-out cringe-fest of "American Pie". See you at the movies!

    Pi:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0SC582sJvE

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/

    American Pie:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXQMzZGWHv0

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163651/

    Podcast:

    https://1999.kranzky.com

    https://letterboxd.com/kranzky/list/the-movies-of-1999/detail/
    https://discord.gg/gRhtXn5pG

    1 hr 2 min
  • S01E41 - Fight Club and EDtv

    This week Craig befriends Jason, a much cooler version of himself who introduces him to the world of challenging arthouse cinema as the pair splice a kranzky into David Fincher's "Fight Club" before Jason follows Craig around with a video camera and livestreams his everyday life while the pair delve into Rob Howard's "EDtv". See you at the movies!

    Fight Club:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdJKm16Co6M

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/

    EDtv:

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=V5ZJtWn8zBY

    https://imdb.com/title/tt0131369/

    Podcast:

    https://1999.kranzky.com

    https://letterboxd.com/kranzky/list/the-movies-of-1999/detail/
    https://discord.gg/gRhtXn5pG

    1 hr 2 min
  • S01E40 - The Matrix and The Thirteenth Floor

    Craig dons his sunglasses and learns kung fu so that he can ride the Nebuchadnezzar into the pre-Olympics Sydney of 1999, apparently the epitome of civilisation, in the Wachowskis classic "The Matrix", before Jason returns to 1937 LA to pick up girls in the multi-layered Inception-esque "The Thirteenth Floor". See you at the movies!

    The Matrix:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4eJx-0g3Do

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/

    The Thirteenth Floor:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF6etkcJp_c

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139809/

    Podcast:

    https://1999.kranzky.com

    https://letterboxd.com/kranzky/list/the-movies-of-1999/detail/
    https://discord.gg/gRhtXn5pG

    1 hr 6 min
  • S01E39 - Two Hands and Best Laid Plans

    Jason drives a Ford through the streets of Sydney in pursuit of Craig, who has ditched his holden and dashed aboard the monorail while following Heath Ledger in "Two Hands", before Jason delivers the ultimate dad joke as the boys change gears to watch Reese Witherspoon in "Best Laid Plans". See you at the movies!

    Two Hands:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2JmLpnASv0

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145547/

    Best Laid Plans:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1TT7mnmrsc

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133412/

    Podcast:

    https://1999.kranzky.com

    https://letterboxd.com/kranzky/list/the-movies-of-1999/detail/
    https://discord.gg/gRhtXn5pGH

    54 min
  • S01E38 - The Limey and Payback

    It's all revenge this week as Jason and Craig follow Terence Stamp as he avenges his daughter's suspicious death in Steven Soderbergh's "The Limey" before watching Mel Gibson take on a bad guy role in the film that Margaret Pomeranz gave no stars whatsover in the controversal "Payback". See you at the movies! 

    The Limey:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfWPKR21jV8

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165854/

    Payback:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEgLdRu27v0

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120784/

    Podcast:

    https://1999.kranzky.com

    https://letterboxd.com/kranzky/list/the-movies-of-1999/detail/
    https://discord.gg/gRhtXn5pGH

    55 min
  • S01E37 - Man on the Moon and Bicentennial Man

    Craig does his best Elvis impersonation while Jason adopts his alter-ego of Tony Clifton in order to fully embody Andy Kaufman in the intriguing "Man on the Moon", after which a big dose of saccharine sentimentality arrives in the form of Robin Williams in the overlong "Bicentennial Man". See you at the movies!

    Man on the Moon:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCcQB-iT7LY

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125664/

    Bicentennial Man:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfDlQ-Q12rg

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182789/

    Podcast:

    https://1999.kranzky.com

    https://letterboxd.com/kranzky/list/the-movies-of-1999/detail/
    https://discord.gg/gRhtXn5pGH

    55 min
  • S01E36 - Three Kings and The Mummy

    Craig and Jason venture into the desert on a treasure hunt this week, navigating the dark satire of "Three Kings" before dodging bad CGI in the disappointing "The Mummy". See you at the movies!

    Three Kings:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdal5c1TfmE

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120188/

    The Mummy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7oKxlaUBac

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120616/

    Podcast:

    https://1999.kranzky.com

    https://letterboxd.com/kranzky/list/the-movies-of-1999/detail/
    https://discord.gg/gRhtXn5pGH

    1 hr 3 min
  • S01E35 - Topsy Turvy and Hurlyburly

    Jason and Craig settle their creative disputes by deciding to record a magnificent podcast about Mike Leigh's detailed and authentic costume drama "Topsy Turvy", before moving to the Hollywood Hills to explore the seedier side of film production in the grim "Hurlyburly". See you at the movies!

    Topsy Turvy:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqTxlBI1IHY

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151568/

    Hurlyburly:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiBVIk7wW4Q

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119336/

    Podcast:

    https://1999.kranzky.com

    https://letterboxd.com/kranzky/list/the-movies-of-1999/detail/
    https://discord.gg/gRhtXn5pGH

    1 hr

About The Movies of Happenstance

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In season 1 we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the movies of 1999, reckoned by many to be the greatest year of movies of all time.
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