Trilogy in Theory

On this episode we experience the triumph and tragedy of boxing... from the safe distance of a movie screen. New release SOUTHPAW inspires a trip to the movies with Karly from the podcasts That Pop This Life and Talking Shondaland, and we continue to talk boxing with two older films in FAT CITY challenging Best Picture winner MILLION DOLLAR BABY.

On this episode we are joined by Jessica & Non from the podcast JOY SANDWICH, to run away and recapture our youth with two films MOONRISE KINGDOM and THE KINGS OF SUMMER. But first, a road trip, tracking down clues for the new release PAPER TOWNS.

0:00 - War Machine vs. War Horse Theme

0:30 - Episode Intro

1:10 - Paper Towns trailer

3:30 - Paper Towns review

35:43 - Moonrise Kingdom/The Kings of Summer clips

37:06 - Discussion on missing kids in love movies with Jessica & Non of Joy Sandwich.

1:36:54 - Outro with music.

1:38:22 - Now what?

On this episode we have TWO guests as Dave from the podcast Pop Culture Case Study was kind enough to accept my collect call from the awful state of Ohio, as we did a Trainwreck mini-review on the road to finish off our Sex With Judd Apatow triple feature that includes THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN or KNOCKED UP trying to seduce my co-host Shane Conner and Megan from the Screams and Moans podcast.

On this episode we are inspired to think small with guest Paul from the Blokebusters podcast as we watch THE BORROWERS go up against ARRIETY in a battle of tiny thieves taking their orders from Marvel’s latest release ANT-MAN.

On this episode we are the weird old guys watching a kids movie with the new release MINIONS, but this does inspire a look back at decidedly more adult minions affair with the Coen Bros. MILLER’S CROSSING going up against Matt Reeves’ American remake of Let The Right One In in LET ME IN.

Joining us for that battle of right handed men will be Roscoe Myrick from the podcasts DATE NIGHT, SHIT’S LEGIT, and the PORTLAND TIMBROS.

On this episode: Jairo from the True Bromance Film Podcast joins the show as we look at aging performers coming to terms with being replaced by younger artists in ALL ABOUT EVE & A STAR IS BORN. But first, Jairo compares one host to Juliette Binoche in the new to video CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA, before we hate on the Judy Garland movie for being the MARVEL release of its time.

On this episode, we lament the lack of dramatic weight in the new MAGIC MIKE XXL, so we harken back to the struggling economic stituation of the first film with a dancing battle between FLASHDANCE and THE FULL MONTY.

GUEST: Jim from the MOVIE BEARS PODCAST joins the show to talk Soderbergh, time capsules, and a bear in Game of Thrones.

We have the unfortunate task of hanging out with not one, not two, but three rebooted TERMINATOR films in a post-Cameron apocalypse. The newest version in TERMINATOR: GENISYS has us looking at the two prior models with an attempt to finish the Terminator trilogy in TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES fighting the abandoned start of a new trilogy in TERMINATOR: SALVATION.

Guest: Peter of Hydrate Level Four joins the show as our time travel expert, because after all his podcast is named after an obscure BACK TO THE FUTURE reference.

On this episode we attempt to recreate favorite movie moments in podcast form by looking at films where characters recreate movie moments. SON OF RAMBOW and BE KIND REWIND provided a great opportunity for a guest appearance by David from THAT MOMENT IN to talk about what he looks for in film and how he talks about the art form. Before that, we love similar moments in ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL, but have different reactions to this new release as a whole.

On this episode we are joined by Nick Antosca, writer on the critically acclaimed television series HANNIBAL, to talk about FRIDAY THE 13th, a film he knows a little something about as he is the writer behind the upcoming reboot of the series. The other movie we will be pairing up with that horror classic is another favorite of the genre in ON GOLDEN POND. Keep listening to the episode to see if Mr. Antosca will be taking over the reboot of that particular property.

This odd double feature of Film Families on the Lake has been inspired by Sarah Adina Smith’s new film THE MIDNIGHT SWIM, who was nice enough to talk with us about the inspiration for the script and the filmmaking techniques she used to put audiences in a character's head.