Trilogy in Theory

On this episode we freeze our asses off with Leonardo DiCaprio in THE REVENANT, and while we wait for another fight with a bear we watch two other films about people escaping a murder into the magic hour of Stanley Kubrick's BARRY LYNDON and Terrance Malick's DAYS OF HEAVEN. But first, let’s see if Leo can be like Anthony Hopkins and kill the bear!

On this episode we welcome guest Karly of CoreTempArts.com to enjoy the dangers of football from the comfort of our respective couches with Oliver Stone’s stylized look at sex, drugs, generational divide and race relations in his 1999 film ANY GIVEN SUNDAY. In stark contrast to that film (especially when it comes to sequences with alligators showering with large men) is the documentary LEAGUE OF DENIAL which looks at the concussion crisis that was recently dramatized in a new film starring Will Smith, CONCUSSION.

On this episode we are inspired by David O. Russell’s new film JOY to look at life changing inventions for inventors on film with co-host Shane Conner and guest Patrick McGill of Role Play Craft. In FLASH OF GENIUS, Greg Kinnear plays a man whose passion for engineering destroys his personal and professional life when his design is stolen by the very car companies he attempted to help. However in TEMPLE GRANDIN we see Claire Danes playing a woman whose designs enable others to see the world as she does as she finds both personal and professional success on her own terms. But first, co-host Tangible Teddy is the only man willing to talk with me about the much loathed JOY.

On episode 208 for THE HATEFUL EIGHT, I lock myself in a room of paranoia with Web from the podcast It’s Terrific and Berook from the Cinemabun podcast for a mix of more Kurt Russell and Quentin Tarantino in THE THING and RESERVOIR DOGS. We attempt to suss out the ultimate betrayer between these two films but first we take a ride to Minnie’s Haberdashery in Tarantino’s latest film.

On this episode I am joined by the host of Cinematic for the People, Ben Zuk, as we take a gamble on Adam McKay in THE BIG SHORT which inspires us to do some cinematic number crunching by revisiting the documentary STARTUP.COM and JC Chandor’s MARGIN CALL. But before that we see if this latest Michael Lewis adaptation crashes on the silver screen.

On this episode Todd Haynes' new film CAROL inspires NOT ONLY a conversation with Dave from Pop Culture Case Study on this Cate Blanchett/Rooney Mara romance, but ALSO a previous Haynes' movie in FAR FROM HEAVEN. That film was inspired by Douglas Sirk melodramas such as ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS and for that particular Julianne Moore/Jane Wyman throwdown, I bring in the only podcaster I know with a Jane Wyman calendar on his wall, Andrew of the great AB Film Review!

On this episode we are joined Jairo of The True Bromance Film Podcast to tinker with Star Wars. First with the creator-approved tinkering of Star Wars: A New Hope the Special Edition and then with the fan fixing of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in The Phantom Edit. But first, we see what type of fan service JJ Abrams provides to resurrect the franchise with Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

On this episode we make a home for those suffering from arrested development with Karly of Core Temp Arts and Ash Blodgett of Laugh Stache and the podcast Let’s Rewatch. The double feature we've selected to keep us young at heart stars Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn in OLD SCHOOL as middle-aged men have a mid-life crisis and try to recreate frat glory days, and then Will Ferrell once again as one half of STEP BROTHERS who refuse to leave the nest. But first, Karly and I attempt to get along as SISTERS to kick off this podcast party.

On this episode Ben Zuk of Cinematic For The People joins the show to talk about sea beasts killing the movie star in JAWS and DEEP BLUE SEA. This particular pairing has been inspired by the new Ron Howard/Chris Hemsworth collaboration IN THE HEART OF THE SEA.

On this episode we welcome the return of Andrew and Bernadette from THE AB FILM REVIEW for an episode inspired by new release BROOKLYN as we look at small defeats and victories between two worlds in CLERKS and ABOUT SCHMIDT.