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Talkie Talk 149: Year End Lists Part 2 (Top 10 Movies)

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Talkie Talk 149: Year End Lists Part 2 (Top 10 Movies)

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The year is over! Check out Part 1 (Podcast #148) for our best in games, TV and worst of 2018 movies. Part 2 has everything – personal top ten films of the year, quiet places, decapitation, chainsaw fights, helicopter shenanigans, English lords getting pelted with tomatoes, Peruvian bears, Pepto Bismol cocktails, and much more. Fun fact: everyone has a different #1! Again!

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Main Topic: Best Films of 2018
Top Ten Films of the Year (0:55)

Brent
10. Hereditary
9. Leave No Trace
8. A Quiet Place
7. A Star is Born
6. Roma
5. First Reformed
4. Minding the Gap
3. Eighth Grade
2. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
1. Paddington 2

David
10. Paddington 2
9. The Death of Stalin
8. Hereditary
7. BlacKkKlansman
6. Support the Girls
5. The Favourite
4. Minding the Gap
3. Annihilation
2. First Reformed
1. Tully

Chris
10. A Quiet Place
9. Mandy
8. Hearts Beat Loud
7. Minding the Gap
6. First Reformed
5. Eighth Grade
4. Roma
3. A Star is Born
2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
1. The Favourite

TJ
10. Vice
9. Mandy
8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
7. Minding the Gap
6. The Guilty
5. Eighth Grade
4. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
3. The Favourite
2. Tully
1. A Star is Born

Honorable Mentions (1:38:47):

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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Talkie Talk #142: Watchlist / Roma / Christopher Robin / Survivor Finale

TJ, David, Chris and guest/rockstar Kelly talk about their holiday watchlists! Includes discussion of Roma, Christopher Robin and the finale of Survivor!

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Talkie Talk #142: Watchlist / Roma / Christopher Robin / Survivor Finale

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TJ, Chris and David are joined by actual rock star Kelly (of The Willow Walkers!) to talk about their watchlists in the holiday/end of year season – David goes for the podcast record for using the word “FLOURISH” / TJ talks about mushrooms / Kelly loves Bobby Hill / and Chris loves murder. Uhhhh…. Check please!

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David: Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot (1:10), Zama (5:28), Roma (8:58), Homecoming (21:44)

TJ: The Night Before (24:06)

Kelly: Deadwood (25:19), King of the Hill (27:12), Ozark Season 2 (30:34)

Chris & Kelly: Christopher Robin (31:46), An Innocent Man (36:02)

Reality Roundup: Survivor Finale (40:41), includes Survivor info for next year (Spoilers?, 54:00)

What to Watch (1:01:12)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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Talkie Talk #139: Love, Simon / Oscar Nomination Draft

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Talkie Talk #139: Love, Simon / Oscar Nomination Draft

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The whole gang’s here to talk about one of 2018’s breakout rom-coms – Love, Simon. Talking about this 2018 movie has us thinking Oscars – we have a Oscar Nomination Pool Draft! We are drafting movies that we think could garner the most total nominations. Team with the most total nominations amongst their picks gets to start a High School blog for anonymous drama! Loser has to provide room and board for Josh Duhamel for forty days.

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Homework Assignment: Love, Simon (2018) (0:48)
Main Topic: Oscar Nomination Pool/Draft (23:22)
New Homework: First Reformed (2018) (Prime)

Team Chris: First Man, Vice, A Quiet Place, Burning
Team TJ: A Star Is Born, Green Book, BlacKkKlansman, Eighth Grade
Team Brent: Roma, If Beale Street Could Talk, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Incredibles 2
Team David: The Favourite, Black Panther, Widows, Mary Poppins Returns

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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Talkie Talk #132: Hold the Dark

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Talkie Talk #132: Hold the Dark

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The whole gang’s here to discuss Blue Ruin/Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier’s new Alaskan wolf movie Hold the Dark (only on Netflix). Then they sniff each other and mark territory about the Modern Horror Genre and [spoiler] some Disappointing Follow-Ups from actors, directors, and wolf hunters we enjoy… Bark.

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New Homework Assignment: The Fly (1986) (Hulu) for Talk of Fame

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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State of the Race: The Gotham Independent Film Nominations 2018

It starts earlier and earlier every year. Today, October 19th, the first film award nominations just came out – for the Gotham Independent Film Awards. These are given annually from the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) “the largest membership organization in the United States dedicated to independent film” and the awards were founded in 1991.

A group of people decide on the nominations and awards, limiting the scope to films that could be considered independent – big budget studio movies are ineligible. But independent film has landed in the race just about every single year now – previous to 2017 when The Shape of Water won, the last four years have been indie winners for Best Picture, for 12 Years a Slave (2013), Birdman (2014), Spotlight (2015) and Moonlight (2016).

Last year Call Me By Your Name and Get Out were nominated for both the Gotham and the Oscar. Also had correlation between for acting (Willem Dafoe, Daniel Kaluuya, Margot Robbie, Saoirse Ronan, Mary J. Blige, and Timothee Chalamet), screenwriting (The Big Sick, Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, Lady Bird) and directing (Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele).

Without further ado, here are the 2019 nominations:

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Talkie Talk # 128: Watchlist / South Park / Mandy / The Last Boy Scout / TIFF / Telltale Games

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Talkie Talk # 128: Watchlist / South Park / Mandy / The Last Boy Scout / TIFF / Telltale Games

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TJ, David, and Brent just met you, but they love you! (aka, they talk about what they’ve been watching and then discuss recent news!) [Insert random, out-of-context phrase for humor] Cheddar Goblin! [/insert].

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David: Preparing to watch Schindler’s List (1:17) BoJack Horseman (2:22), Steven Universe (3:27), South Park (4:10)

TJ: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (6:33), Mandy (7:58)

Brent: The Monster Squad (14:55), The Last Boy Scout (17:37), The Longest Yard (22:32), Goodfellas (24:55), Up (29:03), Psycho (33:25), mother! (37:00)

Reality Roundup: Survivor (41:55)

Breezy on the Streets (49:43)

What to Watch (1:01:27)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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Talkie Talk #125: Watchlist | Jack Ryan | To All the Boys I’ve Faced Before | Face/Off | Burt Reynolds

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Talkie Talk #125: Watchlist | Jack Ryan | To All the Boys I've Faced Before | Face/Off | Burt Reynolds

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TJ, Chris and Brent talk about what they’ve been watching – Do you like things that are fun? So do we! What about Nicolas Cage going to heaven naked? No? But now you’re thinking of it.

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TJ: Jack Ryan (1:04)

Chris: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (3:46), Hereditary (6:48), The Endless (11:30)

Brent: New Girl(16:06), Ulzana’s Raid (17:33), Searching for Bobby Fischer (21:26), Face/Off (27:36)

Breezy on the Streets: (38:05)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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Talk of Fame Inaugural Class #3: Jurassic Park (1993)

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Talk of Fame Inaugural Class #3: Jurassic Park (1993)

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Our series of mini-podcasts where we induct an “inaugural class” – we each picked five films to be in the Talk of Fame (our Hall of Fame for movies).

This time, TJ talks about his pick, Jurassic Park, Spielberg blockbuster and we all become clever girls. We also compile our Top 5 Spielberg flicks on the fly.

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Talk of Fame Inductee: Jurassic Park (0:30)

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Talkie Talk #121: E.T. / What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? / Your Mom’s House / Cabaret / News (Goldderby Oscar Odds for 2019!)

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Talkie Talk #121: E.T. / What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? / Your Mom's House / Cabaret / News (Goldderby Oscar Odds for 2019!)

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The Hole in the Wall Gang’s all here – talking ballerina movies, gargoyle faces, Liza Minnelli, and clicker games (amongst other topics!). We also talk about the first rounds of odds that came out for the 2019 Oscars – it’s somehow that time already. We ask the probing questions… like… Who is Richard E. Grant and why is he looking in your window right now??

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TJ: Center Stage (2:03), E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (3:58), Playing: Home Scapes (8:36)

Brent: Lola (review on the site!) (12:07), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (review on the site!) (13:54), New Girl (16:32)

Chris: Playing Clickpocalypse II (don’t play it) (20:29), Your Mom’s House (Tom Segura/Christina Pazsitzky podcast) (21:47)

David: Some Like it Hot (30:28), Cabaret (32:51), Battle of the Sexes (36:38)

Breezy on the Streets: (39:20)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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Willow Walkers have an exciting, upcoming show! September 4 at Smith’s Olde Bar! Come see a great band and hang with your local Talkie Talkers!

Talkie Talk #117: BlacKkKlansman / Lord of the Rings / Mission: Impossible / News (Oscar Ceremony Changes!)

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Talkie Talk #117: BlacKkKlansman / Lord of the Rings / Mission: Impossible / News (Oscar Ceremony Changes!)

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TJ and Brent welcome back Chris from assignment – and they decide to change things up, by talking about what they’ve seen! Dip into some fun franchise talk (Lord of the Rings, Mission: Impossible) but be forewarned – The Topherssance is approaching! (Brent sees Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman).

We also talk about the controversial new Academy Award category – Best Popular Film – for a looong time. But it’s at the end so no worries.

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Chris: Sorry to Bother You (1:21), Lord of the Rings Trilogy (6:00), I was right about Dead Cells (9:03)

TJ: The Princess and the Frog (9:40), Mission: Impossible Movies (12:12)

Brent: Clueless (23:17), Shaun of the Dead (26:40), Vertigo (28:40), Tootsie (29:17), 17 Again (29:54), BlacKkKlansman (33:00)

Breezy on the Streets (37:53)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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

Boo Reefa and The Willow Walkers have two exciting, upcoming shows! 8/17 (Friday) @ 9pm at the Tin Roof Cantina for Boo Reefa and September 11 at Smith’s Old Bar for The Willow Walkers! Come see some great bands and hang with your local Talkie Talkers!