Under the Wheels

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If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element It claims to be the best...Make sure you send your questions, comments, topics, concerns, and hate mail to [email protected] Subscribe to the podcast on itunes, brah! Download the full episode here! Austin, Gabe, and Matt ramble on for an hour. What a surprise. They also get into an interesting discussion to see what the “best movie of all time” is, according to their respective viewpoints. Discussed films include Eastern Promises, Apocalypse Now and Apocalypse Now Redux, the Godfather (as well as some Francis Ford Coppola’s preproduction work) and Godfather Part II, Citizen Kane, Mystic River (and the overacting that is Sean Penn), Lord of the Rings Return of the King, Cast Away, Master and Commander, Seabiscuit, The Quick and the Dead, L. A. Confidential (Rest in Peace, Curtis Hansen), Romper Stomper, Dallas Buyer’s Club, American Hustle, Gravity, Steve Jobs, 12 Years a Slave, Hannibal (TV Series), the Hannibal movies, Mad Max Fury Road, Stranger Than Fiction, Spider-Man 2 and Amazing Spider-Man 2, Lawless, A Proposition, Promethius, Blacksad (Graphic Novels), Fables (Comic Series), The Wolf Among Us (Video Games),  Army of Darkness, Nightcrawler, The Theory of Everything, Roseanne, and Inception.

If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Make sure you send your questions, comments, and topic ideas to [email protected] Subscribe to our podcast on itunes! You can download the full episode here! Austin, Gabe, and Matt somewhat lament technical issues and discuss a bit of baseball politics. The guys also compare Mad Max Fury Road versus Lord of the Rings, discuss why a Blade Runner sequel is blasphemous, finally reveal Gabe’s top five films, compare There Will Be Blood with No Country for Old Men, how Paul Thomas Anderson’s films have transitioned, attempt to understand Thomas Pynchon, the soap opera aspects of British Television, hit a bit of Scorsese, British actors playing Americans in period pieces, attempt to sell Lawrence of Arabia as a perfect film, and end by discussing the qualities of an epic film. NotesOne, by Metallica.

Make sure you send your questions, comments, and topic ideas to [email protected] Subscribe to our podcast on itunes! You can download the full episode here! Austin, Gabe, and Matt watch “Don’t Breathe”! The guys also get into defining what EXACTLY classifies a horror film, how The Forest is anything but scary, the idea of a suicide forest, how bad Nicholas Winding Refn can get, how much Austin hates things, confit, Hannibal the television show, prestige format television and its attraction for actors now, and how actors change their names to appeal to a mass audience. Notes:Citizen Kane has a Jump Scare!Academy Award Winning Continental Breakfast from Key and PeeleAcademy Award Winning Economy Plus from Key and PeeleThe terrible Sea of Trees.Confit.A young Stephen Lang in Manhunter.BIG BANG THEORY ISN’T FUNNY.  See if John Sharian really looks like Marlon Brando! If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element You can download the full episode HERE!Contact us at [email protected]! Contact us here with fan mail, topic ideas, and if you want to sponsor us! Matthew, Austin, and Gabe screen the movie The Lobster (with no restraint on Spoilers), directed by a guy whose name we can’t pronounce properly (Yorgos Lanthimos).One person hates the film, one person loves the film, and then there’s the last person’s view. The three go into a deep discussion of the themes of the film as well, if you ever were wondering on a critical scale what they thought. There is a small detour to Blade Runner talk (with spoilers), talk a bit about Greek politics, third cinema, and how they feel about the movie theater experience, watching Eastern Promises and Sicario, Josh Brolin’s proportions, how terrible the idea of a Blade Runner sequel is (and the ominous death that occurred), the rocks of Jodie Foster’s career, Academy Awards, Colin Farrell, speculations about a Guillermo del Toro / Neil Gaiman film project, Godzilla vs. Pacific Rim, Bryan Cranston, Star Trek Beyond, and the worst thing a movie could be. Notes:The item the Men in Black use is called the Neuralizer. Read about it here.The New Yorker article Gabe talks about!Third Cinema is explained here! Since this isn’t a bibliography for a report, we can link to Wikipedia and stuff.If you are curious about the Blade Runner Sequel…The trailer to Arrival.

If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element You can download the full episode here! Austin and Gabe berate Matt for a boring story that lasts a little too long. The three men also shamelessly try to sell the podcast. The guys also pitch their ideas for big-budget Hollywood remakes of their… well, of movies. They also attempt a lot of bad accents, derail conversations at every turn, talk a bit too much about Nicholas Winding Refn and Guillermo del Toro, talk religion after we say we are not going to talk religion, the origin of Sausage Party, talk about rotoscoping, and many other interesting topics!

If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element You can download the episode here! A milestone is celebrated as Austin, Gabe, and Matt celebrate the 10th week they have been doing “Under the Wheels”! The guys celebrate by announcing the main goal for the podcast. The guys also reveal the origin of the podcast, ponder a career as college desk designers, explore the destinations we would like to travel as well as the seasons, talk boring Hollywood budgeting politics, conjecture about why some Paul Thomas Anderson films succeed while others don’t, throw a Sausage Party, Austin makes a bold declaration, compare the merits and fallacies of Amy Schumer and Seth Rogen’s films as well as the decline of the comedy movie, pair off Adam McKay and Judd Apatow for a film fight, ponder about Josh Brolin’s last 10 years in film and his career going forward, the soap opera that is Shonen Manga, delve deep into some anime terminology, talk a lot about Gundam, have a philosophical discussion about what Austin’s hell would be, question the skill of Paul Feig, have one person who hates a pretty good director while another person has an aneurysm on-show, the Blade Runner sequel, a discussion of films to watch, hatred of musicals, interesting things about Hitchcock, and the boring revelations of Nosferatu. The Master had a budget of $32 million and returned a little over $28 million at the box office.The analysis of Adult Swim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkup4zo97E0An example of SuperJailRonan the Accuser becomes a member of The Annihilators, which is probably the strongest group of super-beings in the Marvel Universe (minus Hulk).If you don’t know much about anime, this is a good starting point.For Arrival, Denis Villeneuve is getting Bradford Young, not Roger Deakins, to shoot. He is using Deakins to shoot the Blade Runner Sequel, however.

If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element You can download the episode here! Austin, Gabe, and Matt extensively review Pathfinder! Has this film aged well, like a fine wine? You’ll find the answer in the episode! They also talk about the “Ex-WB Employee Letter” that went viral when Suicide Squad was released. They talk about Batman v. Superman again, Austin makes himself sound stupid, the guys repeat themselves constantly, they figure out the point when Christopher Nolan became “cinema god”, compare Zach Snyder to Michael Bay career-wise, how there is always a token boxing movie released every year, the trajectory of Daniel Day Lewis’s career (including the movie Nine), politics of good directors directing superhero movies, Zach Snyder directing slow movies, the philosophy of the unrated cut, Austin and Matt totally sidetrack the episode talking about college, third cinema and foreign cinema, the Hollywood formula, how British humor and American Humor aren’t all that different, the evolution of the Lord of the Rings, and end by getting really film-school nerd (including critiques of The Artist).Here’s an interview with Karl Urban where he says the director is off his rocker: http://movies.about.com/od/pathfinder/a/pathfinder32207.htmThe director of Pathfinder, Marcus Nispel, has also directed the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, Frankenstein from 2004, Friday the 13th remake, Conan the Barbarian from 2011, and Exeter from 2014.Gordon Willis Jr., the cinematographer of The Godfather, passed away May 18, 2004. He also did Annie Hall and Manhattan, and his work was famous for its underexposition. Matthew does a bad job and uses all the wrong words when talking about this in the podcast, but instead of contrast he meant exposure.Some tidbits about Nine: it had mixed reactions from critics but it was nominated for nine Academy Awards. Daniel Day Lewis got the role after Javier Bardem dropped out (Robert Downey Jr. dropped out of Oz, the Great and Powerful); Antonio Banderas starred in the revival of the project on stage, but was never asked to be the lead of the movie (to which he was disappointed).La Roue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Roue. Be prepared, this movie is very… hard to get through.Best. Line. Ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BpcArRYTpE

If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Download the full episode here! Warning: This Episode exceeds 2 hours in length. Austin, Gabe, and Matt do a spoiler-filled epic exploratory extravaganza on the legal case Batman v Superman, with an emphasis on the parts where Justice is dawning and editions are upgraded from super-size to ultimate size (similar to FatFleck… or Fatman… or whatever you want to call the steroided-up Bruce Wayne), all seen through the lens of multiple televisions. The guys criticize Zach Snyder’s indulgences and slow motions, problems with over-scripted movies, observe what it means to be a “mature movie”,  mention things you can never unsee, pitch the Looper sequel that everyone should see, Gabe laments the sequel to Blade Runner, compare Leonardo DiCaprio to Jesse Eisenberg, explain trainwrecks - Hollywood style, we question how second-tier writers make tentpole films, Austin makes a joke, the guys get derailed talking about a George Miller Justice League movie, the guys agree to disagree about female comedy, discuss Owen Wilson’s acting career, the real difference between college sports and professional sports, the homosexual undertones of Lex Luthor Jr., comparing how BvS compares to Suicide Squad, how terrible the recent DC Comic book storylines have been, how good Mark Strong is as an actor and badguy, suspensions of disbelief, terrible Marvel villains in Marvel Movies, reminisce about The Dark Knight’s glory, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Dr. Strange movie. NotesI don’t think the guys mention it, but Superman taking flight is probably one of the coolest things ever done in Special Effects.Though there is a fire in Bruce Wayne’s house, we wonder why they have a wood stove as opposed to pure digital warming systems.We are still saddened by the fact that we will never get “Joker and Scarecrow: A Buddy Cop Movie”.Oddly, a lot of the cast members said that David Ayer’s approach to “cast bonding” worked extremely well. It could just be typical Hollywood speak, but it has gone on-record.Filming for Mad Max Fury Road began in 2012 and wrapped after 120 days of shooting. To put that into context, the average school year is 180 days. Matt makes a mistake when he says filming started in 2009. It was 480 hours of footage and took 3 months to watch everything filmed.CNN is owned through a subsidiary of Time Warner.

Download the full episode here! If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Meet Matt, Austin, and Gabe. Two of them really love HBO and the other one attempts to make references to things he knows to keep up with the other two. Together the three spoil the latest episode of Game of Thrones, contrast True Detectives, recount the amazing rising British actors who played Americans in Band of Brothers, get Nicholas Winding Refn’ed, criticize franchise games that go away from their brilliant boss battles, directors who have to hit bottom to make the top films, and Rutger Hauer. Notes: Geoff Johns did NOT write Arkham Knight. As Gabe would say, he created the character and therefore he sucks.Paul Verhoerven directed a film called Elle recently (Austin mentions this in the podcast).