OV087 - Extended Potpourri - The Interview/Sony, The Hobbit 3, The Skeleton Twins, Documentaries, and more

In our final full episode of 2014, we recorded an extended potpourri where we talked about a lot of different movies and news. Topics covered include the Sony Hack/The Interview release debacle, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Mike’s first viewing of A Christmas Story, The Skeleton Twins, The One I Love, The Babadook, Chef and much more.

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Runtime: 1:40:22

Direct Download Link: http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV87-ExtPotpourri5.mp3

 

Timestamps

• Skip Intro - 01:32
• Welcome to the Podcast - 02:04
• Matt's Anecdote on Listening to Podcasts - 03:17
• Sony Hack/The Interview Cancellation - 04:43 

Extended Potpourri

• Mike on A Christmas Story - 14:43
• Tiny on Neo-Nazi Documentaries - 19:37
• Erasing Hate - 20:24
• The Last White Knight - 23:48
• Matt on Mud (and Dallas Buyers Club) - 27:54
• Mike on The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - 32:43
• Tiny on Detachment - 47:15
• Matt on The Babadook - 50:18
• Mike on Figuring out 2014 Rankings - 55:22
• Tiny on The One I Love - 1:03:39
• Matt on The Skeleton Twins - 1:08:25
• Mike on rewatching The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 1:13:30
• Tiny on Print the Legend - 1:16:37
• Matt on Chef - 1:23:05
• Matt on You've Got Mail - 1:29:36

Tag: OV at Half Speed - 1:35:51

Show Notes 

*I mistakenly refer to The Way Way Back & The Kings of Summer as 2012 movies; they were released in 2013. Don't hate me.*

• /Filmcast’s Bonus Episode Devoted to the Sony Hack - Here’s a link to /Filmcast’s coverage of the Sony Hack incident. It’s a good starting point.
• Kate's Take - Here’s where you can find Kate’s Take, the podcast where “Each month, director, writer and producer Kate Chaplin chooses a film that has shaped her life and dissects it to find meaning and universality in that film's message.”
• OV66 - Extended Potpourri - Here’s a link to the OV ep that I slowed down to half speed for the tag in this episode.
• OV59 - PopCon Potrpourri - Here’s the potpourri episode from Indy PopCon where Mike shared his thoughts about Chef.
• Matt's Review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Check out my full review of The Hobbit here.
• Buy the Lord of the Rings extended edition blu-rays here

 

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