Talkie Talk #62: Good Morning, Vietnam / The Films of Robin Williams
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Goooooooooood morninnnnnnnnnng, Talkie Talk! Today we’re talking about Good Morning, Vietnam, an interesting war movie – and then talking about Robin Williams in general – an actor integral to the films of our childhoods. Spoiler alert – Flubber is snubbed.
Homework Assignment: Good Morning, Vietnam (1:20) Main Topic: Robin Williams (16:55) Introducing: Instant Talk of Fame, inducting a baseline of films without a vote: First, It’s a Wonderful Life (40:15) New Homework Assignment:Into the Wild (Amazon Prime) (43:43)
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
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).
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.
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).
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.
Full of Halloween watches, we all talk our Watchlists, including the new Suburbicon, speak our Reality Roundup (including The Challenge and Survivor) – and then we dip into a fine Breezy on the Streets (week’s news in film, TV and games).
The Watchlist(0:58) TJ:Too Funny to Fail (1:14), The Babysitter (3:10), Absolutely Anything (4:20), Naked (5:39), Suburbicon (7:04), Phoenix Forgotten (9:12), The Book of Love (14:08) David:The Beguiled (16:03), Hocus Pocus (16:44), The Void (17:59), Housebound (19:26), 1922 (20:15), Playing South Park: The Fractured But Whole (21:13), At Home With Amy Sedaris (22:31) Chris: The Wheelman (23:56), John Wick: Chapter 2 (25:11), Assassin’s Creed (28:57), Playing Orii and the Blind Forest (32:55), Mindhunter (35:02) Brent:Life (37:00), The Discovery (38:34), Silence of the Lambs (39:34), Memento (39:43), American Vandal (40:50) Reality Roundup:Survivor (44:25), Are You the One? (47:49), The Challenge (50:29) Breezy on the Streets (52:53)
53:08 – Lin Manuel-Miranda developing Kingkiller Chronicles for Showtime
55:06 – SNL Halloween Special: David S. Pumpkins Cartoon
56:40 – Stranger Things is out! But you know that.
57:12 – Big Game Releases: Super Mario Odyssey, Wolfenstein II, Assassin’s Creed Origins Best Bet this Weekend: Thor: Ragnarok (57:44)
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
Talkie Talk # 55: The Watchlist / Survivor / The Florida Project / News - 10/25
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Talking Survivor, The Challenge, Are You the One? for our reality focus – we talk Watchlists, including the new Florida Project and a tiny taste of Breezy on the Streets (week’s news in film, TV and games).
The Watchlist(1:51) Reality Dump:The Challenge (1:51), Are You the One? (5:52), Survivor (8:00) TJ:Minions (19:25), The Florida Project (19:52) Brent:Song to Song (25:47), Blade Runner 2049 (28:34), Death Note (34:44), Gerald’s Game (36:21) Chris:This Is Us Season 1 (44:16), Mindhunter Season 1 (46:51), Mine (48:01), Dragon Blade (51:29) Breezy on the Streets (54:00) Best Bet this Weekend (55:15)
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
HORROR! In October, we get horror-crazy in our watching habits, so we’re breaking down the Horror Genre – the sub-categories, what works and doesn’t, and everything. We end up figuring everything out. Or do we? … This podcast is coming from… INSIDE THE HOUSE!
Main Topic: Horror Genre Talk (1:43) What makes a horror movie? How do you break down horror sub-genres? Do horror movies need a supernatural element? The use of jump scares in horror
Personal favorite horror movies
Horror versus Thriller (Silence of the Lambs)
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
Talkie Talk # 53: The Watchlist / Survivor / A Ghost Story / News - 10/18
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We talk about our Watchlists, spend some time on the divisive A Ghost Story (featuring Casey Affleck wearing a sheet), Survivor talk about Episode 3 , and a little bit of Breezy on the Streets (week’s news in film, TV and games).
The Watchlist(1:47): Brent:Colossal (1:47), American Made (3:10), George Harrison: Living in the Material World (4:45), American Gods, Season 1 (6:38), American Vandal, S1 (10:20), Survivor “My Kisses Are Very Private” (12:53) Chris:Cuphead (18:10), Blade Runner 2049 (21:28), A Ghost Story (25:52), #REALITYHIGH (36:25), Lady GaGa: Five Foot Two (38:09), Rock Dog (40:04), The Last Word (42:35), The Ticket (43:21) TJ:Spielberg (44:23), Song to Song (46:01) Breezy on the Streets (50:51):
51:10 – New Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer
54:46 – Microtransaction controversies in monetizing games
58:29 – Best Bet this Weekend: The Snowman?
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
Network: Starz Showrunners: Bryan Fuller & Michael Green Main Cast: Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, Crispin Glover, Bruce Langley, Yetide Badaki, Pablo Schreiber, Ian McShane
Talkie Talk #52: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy / Movie Title Name Games
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Tinker. Tailor. Soldier. Podcast. We dive into TTSS from 2011 and talk about the slowburning, British intelligence spy movie. We think we get it. But are we being set up? Taking its unusual title as inspiration, we play Movie Title Name Games – having a grand ole time with crazy titles, working titles, list titles, all that.
Homework Assignment:Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (0:56) Main Topic: Movie Title Name Games (15:38) Title said during the movie? (16:32) Working Titles – Guess the final title (24:44) Movie Quotes Missing the Title (30:44) The Movie Title is a List (41:37) Crazy Title Grab Bag (48:21) New Homework: American Werewolf in London for Talk of Fame (Amazon Prime) (56:22)
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
