Episodes

  • 35.1 The Phantom Bonus

    35.1 The Phantom Bonus
    Sep 22 2024
    After we recorded The Phantom Menace Commentary, Warren and Paul and I pontificated on the many reasons the film did not succeed even though it had tons of pluses to it. We discuss the action figure market, the genius of Carrie Fisher, and that thing we all hate with a passion: sand.
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    1 hr and 49 mins
  • 35 The Phantom Menace (1999)

    35 The Phantom Menace (1999)
    Aug 23 2024
    After sixteen years of a fanbase growing into adulthood, George Lucas dropped fifty millon dollars of Lucasfilm Limited’s money into the surest bet in Hollywood history: The first film in a new trilogy of Star Wars films. Though distributed by Fox and produced by Rick McCallum, Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace would be exactly like the first film from 1977. Lucas would have total control over screenplay, production, casting, editing, and marketing. What emerged was the most controversial franchise film in history, a movie that conflicted with Canon, had red herrings, left some audiences confused, some angry, and had the greatest lightsaber duel in history. Twenty-five years later, Warren Hayes, Paul Emig and myself go through The Phantom Menace scene by scene as we lament what could have been and appreciate what we do like. Join us as we watch the Phantom Menace and discuss all thing Lucas: including racism, bad acting, our total respect for Ahmed Best, and how much all of us miss Marcia Lucas.
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    2 hrs and 17 mins
  • 34.12 Hannibal And Hannibal

    34.12 Hannibal And Hannibal
    Jul 1 2024
    As will be explained in the subsequent conversation, Luke and I came across two very different films called Hannibal and decided to do a double feature in a day. The result... was very dour.
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    52 mins
  • 34.11 Wild Movie Weekend

    34.11 Wild Movie Weekend
    Jun 19 2024
    We had a helluva weekend folks. Friday night, the boy and an caught The Phantom Menace for the 25th anniversary re-release. Saturday, we caught Jeanne du Barry with Johnny Depp. Starring Johnny Depp, I mean we didn’t go see the movie with him. And Sunday we woke up and caught the first screening of The Fall Guy. Join Luke and I as we try to navigate our feelings around such an emotionally complicated weekend.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 34.10 The James Bond Theme Song Bracket

    34.10 The James Bond Theme Song Bracket
    May 19 2024
    Just after we finished the bracket for the best James Bond film, Luke and I kept on going, using the same bracket and the same faulty feeders to determine the best James Bond theme song. Just like the film bracket, the results here might surprise you. Jack White and Alicia Keyes made cinema history when they collaborated on what White called “the most divisive thing I’ve ever done,” the theme song to Quantum of Solace titled “Another Way to Die.” EON Productions originally tried to sign Amy Winehouse, but her death opened the door to White who saw a shrinking schedule as a way to capitalize on doing something completely original. Keeping to a musical style dating back to Tina Turner’s incredible title song to “Goldeneye,” White brought in Alicia Keyes to add an R and B flavor to his alternative bent. The result, “Another Way to Die” has become a James Bond Theme song you either love or hate. Like it or not, the song remains the only duet in the James Bond catalogue to describe what it must be like for a secret agent to deal with the immense pressures of life undercover. With White’s guitar and Keyes’ piano leading a cacophony of sound, Another Way to Die has become a powerhouse anthem of fear and anxiety – definitely an unusual way of thinking about cinema’s most famous spy.
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    56 mins
  • 34.9 The James Bond Bracket

    34.9 The James Bond Bracket
    Apr 21 2024
    A couple of months ago, Luke and I had a short discussion on March Madness. I showed him an NCAA bracket and he instantly said, ‘we should do one for James Bond.’ I duly put one together, grouping the bonds together and facing them off basically using Connery, Dalton, and Brosnan on one side and Moore and Craig on the other. Then we went to it, and the results may surprise you. www.thatdylandavis.com www.rozalindmacphail.com List of Bond Films: Dr. No From Russia With Love Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live Twice On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Diamonda are Forever Live and Let Die The Man with The Golden Gun The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker For Your Eyes Only Octopussy Never Say Never Again A View to a Kill The Living Daylights License to Kill Goldeneye Tomorrow Never Dies The World is not Enough Die Another Day Casino Royale Quantum of Solace Skyfall Spectre No Time to Die
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • 34.8 You Did NAZI This Episode Coming

    34.8 You Did NAZI This Episode Coming
    Jan 29 2024
    My son took a course in Fascist Cinema in college. I was aware of his workload since that was an area of my study in grad school. Join us as we talked about the fucked-up values of National Socialist films and why their beauty makes them so dangerous. Be prepared for an opening statement with a lot of requests and qualifiers. Works Cited: Hoffman, Hilmar. The Triumph of Propaganda. Providence Press. Berghahn. 1996. Hull, David. Film in the Third Riech. University of California Press. Berkeley. 1969. Frieden Ed. Et al., Gender and German Cinema. Berg, 1993. Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. 1996. Rentschler, Eric. German Film and Literature: Adaptation and Transformations. 1986. Chapoutot, Johann. The Law of Blood: Thinking and Acting as a Nazi. Belknap Press. 2018.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 34.7 King Kahn And Bollywood In 2023

    34.7 King Kahn And Bollywood In 2023
    Jan 22 2024
    One year ago, I saw a trailer on YouTube, showed it to my son, and he said hell yes! Let’s see Pathaan! We were blown away by this action powerhouse with Hindustan’s most famous actor Shah Ruh Khan and Deepika Padukone. Since then we’ve seen a handful of Bollywood films, all from 2023, and we were greatly impressed with what we saw.
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    1 hr and 9 mins