Trilogy in Theory

MYSTIC RIVER & GONE BABY GONE battle for Dennis Lehane territory with the release of THE DROP.

GUEST: Aaron Saylor, author of Sewerville, joins us in this shady business of podcasting.

LIFE OF CRIME inspires us on a kidnapping of two older films in FARGO vs. PAIN & GAIN. One a classic, one with a lot of snow.

GUEST: Christopher Maynard of Following Films joins us to either put us in a wood chipper or to pump some iron with us.

THE CONGRESS presents us with an interesting choice in it's story of a fictional version of Robin Wright... And since we won't pretend to understand this film completely, though it is fun to try, we present a simpler choice to our audience: THE MATRIX vs. VANILLA SKY.

GUEST: Christopher Maynard of Following Films tries to help us in our choices, but we still end up in a car with an agitated Cameron Diaz.

THE ONE I LOVE offers us a strange guest house, but can it top a trip to Maine to see Steve Carell in HOPE SPRINGS, or The Future Room of BLUE VALENTINE? We may need counseling before we make a commitment.

Now that we've seen BOYHOOD, we get nostalgic for two earlier Richard Linklater films, TAPE and BEFORE SUNSET, where past events still dominate the characters' present. And that present is presented in real time to the audience.

GUEST: JD Duran of InSession Film joins me to defend our love of the BEFORE trilogy to our respective fantasy football leagues.

It's a podcast cook off with the re-release of CHEF as an appetizer to a look back at WAITRESS & JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI, two older films about a chef and a child.

GUEST: Patrick McGill of Role Play Craft bring his nerd expertise to foodie flicks and child-rearing (in no particular order).

We take the best thing about SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR, the subtitle, and look at two much better films with dames that cause men to kill for them: DOUBLE INDEMNITY vs. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE.

GUEST: Christopher Maynard of Following Films joins us to talk classic films that can feel like homework, remakes, and to make fun of Mike's headphones.

WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL hopes it has the (foot)balls to inspire you, like REMEMBER THE TITANS or FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS before it. As with anything related to balls on film, War Machine vs. War Horse will be the judge of that.

The kids from Dystopia are usually not alright, but they can shoot a bow, join a frat faction, or see red (and some other colors) in our latest episode. We put THE GIVER and DIVERGENT in THE HUNGER GAMES and cinema is better for it.

GUEST: Natasha Collier of Kentucky Geek Girl blog and The Rad Ass Bitches podcast joins us to receive some memories from the movie theater.

There's MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT which causes our dueling movie podcast to go to a magical level with rivals THE ILLUSIONIST vs. THE PRESTIGE.

GUEST: Patrick McGill of Role Play Craft (rpcrpg.com) gets annoyed with science magic and a lack of bread.