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Jun 15 2014
Episode 25 – Cabaret
, with special guest: Windy Bowlsby
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Jena wasn’t able to make it to the recording of this episode but that’s OK, we bought in a stunt Jena! This week’s stunt Jena was…Melissa! Turns out Cabaret was one of the few films that she had never seen. With Melissa our acting Jena, we were down one expert. Enter our friend Windy Bowlsby! Windy is a huge fan of the film and of Bob Fosse so she provided a great expert perspective. Enjoy our conversation about the only Oscar winning musical set in pre-Nazi Germany that we know about!
Our next episode is going to be recorded live at the Trylon Theatre on June 29th. We’ll be watching The Conversation!
And don’t forget to check out Windy and Melissa’s podcast – Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome!
| Cabaret (1972) | |
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Rating: 7.8/10 (59,107 votes) Director: Bob Fosse Writer: Joe Masteroff, John Van Druten, Christopher Isherwood Stars: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem Runtime: 124 min Rated: PG Genre: Drama, Music, Musical Released: 13 Feb 1972 |
| Plot: A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them. | |
Jun 01 2014
Episode 24 – Dune
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For our newest episode, we subjected Jena to the 1984 train wreck that is David Lynch’s Dune! We are joined by two special guests. First is Kelvin Hatle, who has an unholy love for bad movies great and small. Second is Jerry Belich who, along with Melissa, produced a Swede version of the film that you can (and should) watch on Youtube! We try to make sense of a film that almost works on many levels and yet completely fails on all of them. Who knows if we succeeded?
We added the horrible song that Tim wrote for the credit sequence of the Dune Swede. It is after the closing music to the podcast. If you’d like to download your own version of the song (though we don’t know why you would), you can do that here.
Our June 15th episode will be about Cabaret and features special guest Windy Bowlsby!
| Dune (1984) | |
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Rating: 6.3/10 (175,416 votes) Director: David Lynch Writer: Frank Herbert, David Lynch Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis Runtime: 137 min Rated: PG-13 Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Released: 14 Dec 1984 |
| Plot: A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule. | |
May 15 2014
Episode 23 – The Bridge on the River Kwai
, with special guest: Jena Young
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This month, we began our new relationship with the Trylon microcinema in Minneapolis! They have great popcorn! For our first film, we watched David Lean’s epic masterpiece The Bridge on the River Kwai featuring Sir Alec Guiness and William Holden. There was much whistling and a bridge was destroyed! Nary a lightsaber was to be seen! We had great fun talking about this movie with the attendees of the film and you can hear how much fun if you only listen to the episode!
Our June 1st episode will feature guests Kelvin Hatle and Jerry Belich as we talk about the David Lynch’s failed epic, Dune!
| The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | |
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Rating: 8.1/10 (232,886 votes) Director: David Lean Writer: Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins Runtime: 161 min Rated: PG Genre: Adventure, Drama, War Released: 14 Dec 1957 |
| Plot: British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it. | |
May 01 2014
Episode 22 – Goodfellas
, with special guest: Jena Young
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Hard to believe we’ve made it this far in the life of our little podcast without getting down with some Martin Scorsese! Have no fear, this episode we take a look at one of his masterworks, Goodfellas! DeNiro, Pesci and Liotta take us through the world of the gangster in a way that is very nearly Shakespearean. Larger than life characters play across the screen until we start to understand that they are are all seduced by their own ideas of their lives. Enjoy our trip through the lives of gangsters, Scorsese style!
Our next episode will be recorded live at the Trylon theater on Sunday the 4th of May! We’ll be watching “Bridge on the River Kwai!” Join us!
| Goodfellas (1990) | |
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Rating: 8.7/10 (1,251,316 votes) Director: Martin Scorsese Writer: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci Runtime: 145 min Rated: R Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama Released: 21 Sep 1990 |
| Plot: The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito. | |
Apr 15 2014
Episode 21 – 12 Years a Slave
, with special guest: Jena Young
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In what is becoming a tradition, we watched this year’s Academy Award winner for Best Picture, 12 Years a Slave! In an unusual twist, Tim was the only host who had actually seen the film already. The movie inspired a lot of discussion about slavery, the Oscars and, oddly, Gravity. We hope you enjoy our annual trip to the Academy Awards!
Next time, we’ll be discussing one of Martin Scorsese’s greatest works: Goodfellas!
| 12 Years a Slave (2013) | |
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Rating: 8.1/10 (738,643 votes) Director: Steve McQueen Writer: John Ridley, Solomon Northup Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender Runtime: 134 min Rated: R Genre: Biography, Drama, History Released: 08 Nov 2013 |
| Plot: In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. | |
Apr 01 2014
Episode 20 – Sunset Boulevard
, with special guest: Jena Young
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This week, we dive into Billy Wilder for a walk along Sunset Boulevard! William Holden and Gloria Swanson guide us through a wonderfully cynical look at Hollywood. We go down the meta rabbit hole as we discuss the casting on this film. We also spend far too much time talking about the horrible musical that was inspired by the film. Accept no substitutes!
Our next episode, on April 15th, will be about the 2014 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave!
| Sunset Blvd. (1950) | |
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Rating: 8.4/10 (235,907 votes) Director: Billy Wilder Writer: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr. Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim Runtime: 110 min Rated: Passed Genre: Drama, Film-Noir Released: 04 Aug 1950 |
| Plot: A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return. | |
Mar 15 2014
Episode 19 – The Emperor’s New Groove
, with special guest: Jena Young
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One of the challenges we’ve faced is finding an animated film that Jena hasn’t seen. While we can toss just about anything else in front of her, she’s watched almost everything by Disney. What a delight it was, then when we discovered that she had never seen one of the most underrated Disney films of all time, The Emperor’s New Groove! She had seen the straight to video sequel but not the hilarious original. We have managed to rectify that situation so sit back and enjoy our conversation about a movie that is not nearly as Disney as you might expect.
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Rating: 7.4/10 (224,250 votes) Director: Mark Dindal Writer: Chris Williams, Mark Dindal, David Reynolds Stars: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt Runtime: 78 min Rated: G Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy Released: 15 Dec 2000 |
| Plot: Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his ex-administrator Yzma, and must now regain his throne with the help of Pacha, the gentle llama herder. | |
Our next podcast will be on April 1st and we’ll be discussing Sunset Boulevard!
Mar 01 2014
Episode 18 – The Magnificent Seven
, with special guest: Jena Young
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Following up on our last episode about Seven Samurai, this episode looks at the American remake. Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson and more up the manly quotient to unbearable levels in The Magnificent Seven! The movie is a remarkably close adaptation of Kurosawa’s classic. We talk about the similarities as well as some of the very important differences. Tim even comes up with a convoluted and frighteningly logical explanation of how this movie is actually remake of The Wizard of Oz. We also sing. That’s a warning.
Stick around after the closing theme to hear the brilliant Magnificent Seven song from Trailer B!
| The Magnificent Seven (1960) | |
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Rating: 7.7/10 (102,328 votes) Director: John Sturges Writer: William Roberts, Akira Kurosawa, Walter Bernstein Stars: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson Runtime: 128 min Rated: Approved Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama Released: 12 Oct 1960 |
| Plot: Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits. | |
Our next episode will be about The Emperor’s New Groove!
Feb 15 2014
Episode 17 – Seven Samurai
, with special guest: Jena Young
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It is time for some Reel Education subtitled action courtesy of the great Akira Kurosawa’ s masterpiece, Seven Samurai! While Jena speculates there will be flips in this film, she finds nary a one. Instead, she finds one of the greatest films ever along with some truly racist Japanese accents courtesy of Melissa and Tim! Seven Samurai enter! How many leave? That would be a spoiler!
| Seven Samurai (1954) | |
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Rating: 8.6/10 (365,525 votes) Director: Akira Kurosawa Writer: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima Runtime: 207 min Rated: Not Rated Genre: Action, Drama Released: 19 Nov 1956 |
| Plot: Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him. | |
Our next episode will be all about The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!
Feb 01 2014
Episode 16 – Double Indemnity
, with special guest: Alex Wick
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Jena was unable to make our recording at Pepito’s this episode so we pulled in a Stunt Jena. Joining us at the Parkway was Tim’s son Alex, who got to watch his first Noir on the big screen. Our movie was the Noir classic Double Indemnity by Billy Wilder. People betrayed each other. People died. Insurance was sold. Yep. Insurance. Enjoy our conversation about a great film!
| Double Indemnity (1944) | |
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Rating: 8.3/10 (166,696 votes) Director: Billy Wilder Writer: Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson Runtime: 107 min Rated: Passed Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir Released: 06 Jul 1944 |
| Plot: A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator. | |
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