TJ, David, Chris, and Brent discuss Paul Schraeder’s 2018 film First Reformed, starring Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried. There’s a lot to unpack on this movie, so there was no need for a secondary topic!
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!
TJ and Chris went a little nuts and watched too many movies. They talk about them. All of them. Chris’s in depth look at Princess Switch definitely deserves a listen. Buckle up!
Editor’s Note: Apologies to Chris Pine for saying John Krasinski is in Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse. Your name is easier to say and you deserve better.
TJ/Chris: Crime and Punishment (2:00), Shirkers (3:00), Minding the Gap (5:00), The Guilty (9:45), Searching (13:00), You Were Never Really Here (15:35), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (20:35), Princess Switch (22:18), The Night Comes for Us (22:23), Dumplin (22:08), Mowgli (24:28), Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse (27:13), Mirai (34:39), Ralph Breaks the Internet (36:27), The Favourite (40:30), Tully (47:41), Crazy Rich Asians (50:25), 22 July (52:51), Green Book (56:45), The Cakemaker (57:30), Super Smash Brothers Ultimate (1:03:20)
What to Watch: (1:06:25)
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
Talkie Talk #140 Leave No Trace / Minding the Gap / Can You Ever Forgive Me? / Survivor
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Unfortunately what started as a freestyle rap battle turned into a discussion of movies and TV shows. But all four of us are here to say, we got some movies to discuss today… We’ve got award season fever and have been watching some movies likely to get nominated. And how about that new show that’s out called Survivor!
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.
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.
Talkie Talk #138: Watchlist / Survivor / Breezy on the Streets / What to Watch
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Brent, Chris, and TJ welcome a first-time guest to the show! Friend and Talkie Talk listener Chad joins the discussion. We’re just going to pretend he watched the entire Mission Impossible franchise and flew on the outside of a plane to Atlanta to participate.
Talkie Talk #137: Watchlist / Survivor / Breezy on the Streets
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Brent and Chris exercise some demons while talking about some Spiderman movies. TJ fills us in on his opinion on some obvious, upcoming Oscar nominees. Then we talk some news and, arguably, the best episode of Survivor. Then we say goodnight sweet prince to a legend. Chris channels his best David impression and wraps up the Indie Spirits. BONUS HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
Chris: Great British Baking Show (1:23), Slay the Spire (3:47)
TJ: Hearthstone (6:53), Incredibles 2 (8:42), A Star is Born (14:04)
Brent: 12 Angry Men (24:09), Sam Raimi’s Spiderman Trilogy (28:26), V for Vendetta (39:19), Once (42:24), Backdraft (49:18), (500) Days of Summer (51:32)
TJ, Brent, and Chris debate the merits of the Coens’ 2007 film, No Country For Old Men, and whether or not it belongs in the Talk of Fame. At the episode’s conclusion, when the movie stands to win everything, they call it.
Brent: Along Came a Spider (16:20), The Beguiled (19:53), Full Metal Jacket (23:52), Halloween (29:35), The Big Lebowski (35:30), Red Dead Redemption 2 (45:00)
Reality Roundup: Survivor (37:43)
Breezy on the Streets: (47:12)
What to Watch: (56:47)
The eligible animated films for the Academy Awards can be found here.
The eligible documentary films for the Academy Awards can be found here.
Are you ready to penetrate the plasma pool? If on the one hand we have The Fly but on the other we have the podcast, what is the result? The gang (minus Brent) is here to discuss David Cronenberg’s The Fly. Does it have the gusto to make it into the vaunted Talk of Fame? Listen in as we create a BrundlePod.
