Talkie Talk #61: Watchlist / Stranger Things Spoilers / Survivor / News – 11/15

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Talkie Talk #61: Watchlist / Stranger Things Spoilers / Survivor / News - 11/15
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Happy November! We talk about our Watchlists, including our Reality Roundup (including The Challenge and Survivor), enjoy Thor: Ragnarok, and then dip into a bracing Breezy on the Streets (week’s news in film, TV and games).

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The Watchlist (0:49)
TJ: Thor: Ragnarok (1:02), Captain America: Civil War (1:59), Greenberg (2:51), Remember the Titans (3:32), The Only Living Boy in New York (4:13), The Dark Tower (6:10), Alive and Kicking (18:21), Band Aid (19:31)
Brent: Wonderstruck (21:09), Mindhunter (24:56)
David: Stranger Things 2 (28:53), Nathan for You: Finding Frances (38:27), Playing: Stardew Valley (39:36)
Chris: Master Chef (43:45)
Reality Roundup: The Challenge (47:32), Are You the One? (50:09), Survivor (50:22)
Breezy on the Streets (57:38)
57:45 – Are You the One getting zero beams (cancellation rumor)
59:27 – Rian Johnson will create a new Star Wars Trilogy for the big screen …
1:00:56 – … And a new Star Wars TV show is on the way on the small screen
1:02:17 – Spacey replaced with Christopher Plummer from finished movie All the Money in the World
1:03:41 – Louis C.K. admits that persistent sexual misconduct rumors are true
1:04:20 – George Takei sexual misconduct rumor from 1980s addressed with flat denial
1:06:42 – Best Bet this Weekend: Justice League, Wonder or Mudbound

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa 

Ingrid Goes West (2017)

Now Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, Google Play
Director: Matt Spicer
Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell

Avocado toast, farmer’s markets, top knots, pop art, calling wine “Vino”, boutique hotels, Burning Man, Joan Didion, Mancrushes, pronouncing “bye” like Byeeeeeeeeee. And Instagram. Ingrid Goes West knows the Californian, vacuous white-people world very well. Movies about social media usually feel immediately dated as soon as they are made – This movie, however, feels much more real with the specificity of its caustic jabs.

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State of the Race: Best Animated Feature Film

As a regular contributor to The Media By Us, I try to do my part to keep my ear to the ground regarding Oscar nominations. But I’m not nearly as good at tracking festival news or regular blog and podcast updates. What I CAN do is pay attention to the primary source.

This past Thursday, the Academy released the list of 26 movies that were submitted for consideration for best Animated Feature Film. The list includes movies that haven’t met the requirements for official nomination (running in an LA theater) but are included nonetheless.

Here is the list of movies:
The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
The Boss Baby

(Dreamworks Animation, 2017)

The Breadwinner
Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie
Cars 3
Cinderella the Cat
Coco
Despicable Me 3
The Emoji Movie
Ethel & Ernest
Ferdinand
The Girl without Hands
In This Corner of the World

(Mappa, 2016)

The Lego Batman Movie
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Loving Vincent
Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland
My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea
Napping Princess
A Silent Voice
Smurfs: The Lost Village
The Star
Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale
Window Horses The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

This tMbU member has only seen one of the above selected movies, but if I had to vote, The Lego Batman Movie would definitely get my vote.

Talkie Talk #60: Talk of Fame – Stripes (1981)

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Talkie Talk #60: Talk of Fame – Stripes (1981)
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We’re talking Stripes this week and are ready for training, sir. ARRRRRRRRRMY TRAINING, SIR! We discuss this film for potential inclusion to the Talk of Fame.

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Homework/Main Topic: Stripes Talk of Fame (0:43)
New Homework: Good Morning, Vietnam (HBO) (52:26)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa

South Park: The Fractured But Whole (2017)

Now Available on PS4, XBox One, PC
Developer: Ubisoft

First part of South Park: Fractured But Whole is to play South Park: The Stick of Truth. I don’t mean to be reductive, but Stick of Truth is so good. And I mention it for a reason – Fractured But Whole is a great game to play and a fantastic experience, but is essentially expansive downloadable content (DLC) for the original. But the most lovingly crafted and inspired DLC with fine tweaks to the nooks and crannies of the gameplay experience.

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Talkie Talk #59: Watchlist / Reality Roundup / Thor Ragnarok / News – 11/8

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Talkie Talk #59: Watchlist / Reality Roundup / Thor Ragnarok / News - 11/8
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Happy November! We talk about our Watchlists, including our Reality Roundup (including The Challenge and Survivor), enjoy Thor: Ragnarok, and then dip into a bracing Breezy on the Streets (week’s news in film, TV and games).

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> Contact: email, Facebook (movies, TV, games), and Twitter!
> Check out The Media By Us Facebook Page too!
> Review us on iTunes, Google Play, or anywhere!

The Watchlist (0:53)
David: Addams Family Values (1:24), Mr. Robot Season 3 (2:36), Mindhunter (6:36), That 70’s Show (9:17), Playing HQ (11:03)
TJ: Stranger Things Season 2 (14:02), Survivor (15:55), The Circle (20:34)
Brent: The Meyerowitz Stories (29:13), The Babysitter (30:02), To the Bone (30:14), XX (31:42), 50 Shades Darker (32:49), Kingsmen: The Golden Circle (49:27)
Chris: Colossal (39:42), Free Fire (41:16), Book of Love (41:58), Once Upon a Time in Venice (42:14), OtherLife (43:15), Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok (44:11), The Challenge (54:16), Are You the One? (54:44)
Breezy on the Streets (56:03)
56:17 – Reckoning in Hollywood continues: Spacey, Rattner, Hoffman
58:31 – Fun games news at Sony press conference in Paris Games Week  
59:31 – More fun games news from BlizzCon (Overwatch, WoW)
Best Bet this Weekend: Murder on the Orient Express? (59:58)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa 

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

Now in theaters
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Halle Berry, Elton John, Channing Tatum, Jeff Bridges 

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