Trilogy in Theory

On this episode, a Kentuckian and an Arizonan watch the Apocalypse in Australia. This theme has us looking at the 1959 film warning of nuclear war in ON THE BEACH starring Gregory Peck and Anthony Perkins, going up against one of our favorite films of 2014 in THE ROVER starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson. But first, declare the summer movie season over as we already have a champion in MAD MAX: FURY ROAD.

On this episode PITCH PERFECT 2 inspires a look back at the previous film and we have a battle of the band films with SCHOOL OF ROCK. Not stopping at music competitions in film, we continue to team up to bash Marvel movies for their gender inequality, listen to Emily Mackay's Joan Cusack impression, and bring a little TRUE GRIT to the PITCH PERFECT mythology.

On this episode we look at the comical life of vampires on film, a genre that doesn’t get much play in Hollywood, and many would say rightfully so. However no one can deny that it is a place for notorious overactors such as Nicolas Cage and Johnny Depp to let their freak flags fly in VAMPIRE’S KISS and DARK SHADOWS. This battle of fanged actors over who can ham it up the most is inspired by the new video release of WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS.

On this episode we are just three dudes, looking for some man on man action in a sub. And we get plenty of that with a triple feature inspired by the new video release BLACK SEA inspiring a submarine battle between two classics in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER and CRIMSON TIDE.

We also give our listeners a glimpse of the process to our movie selection and how ROLLERBALL (the Chris Klein version) will be discussed on another podcast.

Inspired by the new video release of SELMA, we look at two older protest pictures with guest Jamie Dew of the great film podcast The Dew Over. The two older films of BATTLE IN SEATTLE and PRIDE have us debating when there is too much star power in supporting roles, and the always important social issue of men's hair. But first, an interview from Chris Maynard with SELMA actress Tara Ochs on her film career and work in Atlanta.

Last episode we looked at kids seeking immortality through music, but this time we just skip all that hippie crap and get straight to how Blake Lively does it in THE AGE OF ADALINE. This inspires a look back at Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn trying to conquer the aging process for reasons of vanity in DEATH BECOMES HER, going up against Hugh Jackman making the conquering of death the ultimate quest of love for Rachel Weisz and has him traveling through time and space in THE FOUNTAIN. Michael Denniston and Emily Mackay also debate the ending of THE WOMAN IN GOLD, coming to the conclusion that it should have ripped off the final scene of KILLING THEM SOFTLY.

On this episode, one of the creators of this podcast, Josh Dotson, joins the show to interview filmmaker Raf Moscatel about his kickstarter project THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE BIG VOICE. This is just one of many spotlights on upcoming indie films that Josh will discuss on his upcoming podcast Projecting Film, which you can find on FollowingFilms.com

After that we get to our triple feature for the episode, as co-host Emily Mackay joins me to talk about yet another one of her Sundance experiences with GOD HELP THE GIRL, which inspires a battle of the bands with two older films in THAT THING YOU DO vs. NOT FADE AWAY.

And if that wasn’t enough, at the very end of the episode you will get a behind the scenes listen on how this very podcast came to be, as we present for the first time, our earliest recording of War Machine vs. War Horse, a trial episode that focuses on… NOT FADE AWAY.

In this episode we look at murder in paradise, more specifically the serial killer hunting children and being hunted himself by Tom Hardy in CHILD 44. This inspires a look back at the controversial rendering of paradise in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of THE LOVELY BONES vs. the troubling utopia portrayed in the more critically acclaimed film adaptation of NEVER LET ME GO.

GUEST: None this week, but we really could have used the analysis of Dave from Pop Culture Case Study. You can correct that mistake by checking out his great podcast.

In this episode we fake our way through a podcast about fake movies. Inspired by CLOSER TO THE MOON we look at an Academy Award winner for Best Picture, and a film that should have won that award in ARGO vs. BOWFINGER. Along the way we insult Marlon Brando, defend Frank Oz, get rejected by Scientology, begin our spec script for a new Sarah Jessica Parker career and reflect on that great time in the 90s when Janeane Garofalo was the box office champion.