Talkie Talk #114: The Last of Sheila (1973) - Talk of Fame
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Talk of Fame – Blind Submission (meaning nobody has seen it before, and no one has heard of it either!) for an interesting whodunit satire of Hollywood, The Last of Sheila. Will it survive? Will it last the test of time?Will it float? Tune in!
New Homework Assignment: Fahrenheit 451 (2018, HBO)
Talkie Talk #113: Shyamalan Movies / Ant Man & The Wasp / News
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TJ and Brent talk about what they’ve watched, leading into Unbreakable and some talk of Shyamalan movies (coinciding with the new Glass trailer), go through some Movie Pass issues (Movie Pass… whatcha doing?), dig into recent theater viewings and then trailers and news! Raptors in the building!
Welcome to our Emmy predictions with your favorite awards-chasers, David and TJ. Nominations come out Thursday July 12th – we’ll come back and see who did the best and figure out who the better person is. Here are predictions for nearly EVERY. SINGLE. MAJOR. CATEGORY. And here we go…
Talkie Talk #108: Event Horizon (1997) / Space Movies
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Captain, it appears we have reached the horizon… The Event Horizon… TJ, Chris and David talk about this weirdly influential Sci-Fi horror film, and get to chatting about Space Movies – for the purposes of keeping it under 5 hrs, we excluded Star Wars movies. In this podcast, no one can hear you scream.
Homework Assignment: Event Horizon (0:47) Main Topic: Space Movies (26:14) New Homework Assignment:Cinema Paradiso (Netflix) (54:19)
Movies discussed include:Interstellar, Life, Sunshine, Galaxy Quest, The Martian, Alien, Armageddon, Gravity, WALL*E, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Moon, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Fifth Element, Stargate, Aliens, The Matrix, Contact
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
Talkie Talk #92: Watchlist / Kodachrome / A Quiet Place / Lost in Space / Atlanta / News - 5/2
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The gang’s all here! Reunited and it feels so good with in today’s podcast with Brent, TJ, Chris and new father David talking about what they watched, which includes dipping back into Star Wars: The Last Jedi, some Marvel talk and much more. So of course that leads into talk of Pinball machines.
TJ: Premium Rush (1:44), Unstoppable (2:29), Zero Dark Thirty (6:20), Kodachrome (8:28), Congo (11:08)
Brent: Brigsby Bear (15:58), A Quiet Place (17:23), Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War [just a tease, tune in next week for more!](19:29)
Chris: Girls Trip (20:18), Lost in Space (25:51)
David: Atlanta (30:12), The Magicians (32:13), Killing Eve (33:58), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (35:47), Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron (40:13), Thor: Ragnarok and Spider-Man: Homecoming (41:24), Yes Man (42:20), Role Models (43:20), Guardians of the Galaxy (45:37), Scott Pilgrim vs the World (47:15), In a Lonely Place (49:18)
Reality Roundup: The Challenge: Champs vs Stars (52:12), Survivor: Ghost Island (53:02)
Breezy on the Streets: News! (1:05:45)
What to Watch This Weekend (1:08:21)
*** Boo Reefa will be playing at Java Monkey in Decatur, GA, on Saturday, May 5, at 8 PM. Go support them!
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
Talkie Talk #84: The Watchlist / Academy Awards Reactions / Marvel's Infinity War Death Pool
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Just the two of us (Chris and TJ) – Brent is traveling and David just had a daughter! Still on that grind with the Watchlists (playing indie games! watching stuff!) – we also talk Academy Awards Reactions and have a fun game talking Marvel Movies and some predictions for the upcoming Infinity War.
The Watchlist(1:00) Chris: Playing Celeste (1:42), Into the Breach(3:34), Viewing Good Time (12:40), Logan Lucky (15:50), Super Dark Times (17:40), Survivor – lite preview (19:00), The Challenge (19:45) TJ: Playing Hearthstone(8:39), Viewing Agents of Shield (10:22), Jurassic Park (11:49), Podcasts The Message and Life.After (21:27) Breezy on the Streets (27:00)
27:05 – Super Smash Bros announced for Switch
29:00 – Reactions to the 2018 Academy Awards Main Topic: Marvel Infinity War Death Pool (39:08)
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
Second Annual Talkie Awards! We go through an extensive town-hall style debate to see which movies should win in every category of the 2018 Academy Awards. The winners… may surprise you. The discussion… just may save your life.
Part 1 has the specialty categories and technical awards. Part 2 (later in the week) will have writing/acting/directing and Best Picture.
Second Annual Talkie Awards! We go through an extensive town-hall style debate to see which movies should win in every category of the 2018 Academy Awards. The winners… may surprise you. The discussion… just may save your life.
Part 2 has writing/acting/directing and Best Picture. Check out Part 1 has the specialty categories and technical awards.
Below is The Media By Us Oscar vote; we indicate a winner along with the vote totals (and the runner up, where possible):
Adapted Screenplay: Call Me by Your Name (3-1, Logan) Original Screenplay: The Big Sick (2-1-1, Get Out, Lady Bird) Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project (3-1, Sam Rockwell) Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird (4-0) Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread (3-1, Timothee Chalamet) Lead Actress: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards (3-1, Saoirse Ronan) Director: Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk (2-1-1, Jordan Peele, Guillermo Del Toro) Picture: Get Out (3-1, Lady Bird)
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
Talkie Talk #81 - The Shape of Water / Darkest Hour / The Post / Talk of Fame - Metropolis (1927)
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We groupchat some Best Picture nominees we’re just catching up with (The Shape of Water, Darkest Hour, The Post), the debate whether Fritz Lang’s influential Sci-Fi parable Metropolis belongs in the Talk of Fame. Next week, we’ll do our annual town-hall about Who Should Win at the 2018 Oscars.
The Watchlist(1:30) Group Chat: The Shape of Water(1:48), Darkest Hour (9:46), The Post (21:43) Talk of Fame:Metropolis (33:07) No new homework: “Who Should Win” at 2018 Oscars next week
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
Holy Radcliffes! We talk about the Amazonian survival movie Jungle – this came out the same year as another Amazonian survival movie – The Lost City of Z. This inspired us to have a trivia game about Movie Twins – similar ideas that come out within a year of each other. Volcano and Dante’s Peak – Armaggeddon and Sudden Impact. And we also talk Asylum Mockbusters. It’s fun!
Homework Assignment: Brawl in Cell Block 99 (0:57) Main Topic: Going Against Type (18:30) New Homework Assignment:Metropolis (1927) – Talk of Fame Submission (Netflix) (48:22)
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
