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Nick and Alex review Roger Avary’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ “The Rules of Attraction.” Topics include the film’s stunt casting of former child stars, Ellis’ source novel, how they shot the Victor sequence, Shannyn Sossamon, and much more. Deal with it, rock ’n roll.
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Alex reviews Tim Burton’s classic film, “Beetlejuice,” and its 36-years-later sequel, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” Later, he lists his favorite Tim Burton films and highlights some new Oscar movies to look out for this fall.
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Alex and Nick discuss their love for Trey Edward Shults’ modern masterpiece, “Waves.” The guys break down the film’s use of music, aspect ratios, and colors, the power of Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Sterling K. Brown, the grace of Taylor Russell and Renée Elise Goldsberry, the force of Alexa Demie, text fights, losing parents, finding love, and so much more.
Watch Alex and Nick’s film, “I Am Alive.”
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Alex and Nick pay tribute to one of the best performers to ever grace a stage or screen, the great Gena Rowlands.
Listen to our previous episode on the films of John Cassavetes here.
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Alex and Nick cover nearly every film genre as they review a bunch of new films and shows including M. Night Shyamalan’s “Trap,” “The Bear Season 3,” “Baby Reindeer,” “A Family Affair”, “MaXXXine,” “Longlegs,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness,” “Catherine Breillat’s “Last Summer,” Frank Perry’s “The Swimmer” starring Burt Lancaster, and more.
Later, Dan joins Alex to review Kevin Costner’s “Horizon,” and the outrageous new animated comedy, “Hundreds of Beavers.”
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It’s the wonder of nature, baby! Alex and Nick discuss all things “Twister(s),” first by sharing their general thoughts on Lee Isaac Chung’s new film, “Twisters” (00:30).
Next, the guys have a spoiler-filled conversation about the polarizing end of “Twisters” (23:10).
Lastly, they close with a deep dive into Jan de Bont’s legendary blockbuster, “Twister” (58:50).
Final warning: The end of the new film, “Twisters,” will be spoiled from 23:10–58:50 in this episode.
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"Babylon" Hive, unite! Watch Damien Chazelle’s misunderstood, big swing of a film right along with Alex and Nick. Topics include starting your movie with an elephant shitting all over everything, Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt’s best roles, the birth and death of Old Hollywood, the film bombing with critics, audiences, and the Oscars, ties to “Irreversible,” the final montage, and so much more.
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Hey, are you awake? Yeah, I’m right here. Well can I ask you, About Today?
In this mixed-bag episode, Alex invites brand-new guest, Taylor, to the podcast to review Gavin O’Connor’s “Warrior” (4:28). The guys discuss boxing, brothers, MMA, Nick Nolte, Frank Grillo, Tom Hardy not knowing how to fight, meeting Joel Edgerton in real life, and what it feels like to nearly break someone’s arm.
Later, Alex reviews Frank Grillo’s TV show, “Kingdom” (1:24:53), and discusses the emotional range of the show, the remarkable fighting sequences, Jonathan Tucker’s groundbreaking performance, and more.
Finally, Alex brings Nick on to honestly review Sean Durkin’s “The Iron Claw” (1:38:00).
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Alex and Nick give a spoiler-free review of Richard Linklater’s new film, “Hit Man,” before re-ranking their favorite Linklater films. Stray topics include when good movies make obvious factual errors, what happened to the real Bernie Tiede after Linklater’s movie “Bernie,” Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, “School of Rock,” “Anyone But You,” and much more.
For WAYW, Alex enthusiastically reviews Chris Nash’s brilliant new horror film, “In a Violent Nature.”
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Alex and Nick dive deep into Derek Cianfrance’s “Blue Valentine.” The guys discuss the film’s lengthy development, its use of heavy improvisation, juxtaposing two narratives, the respective careers of Cianfrance, Ryan Gosling, and Michelle Williams, the great John Doman, why the MPA is dumb, and much more.
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