A Little Delay
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We're going to be off for a few weeks, but we'll be back!
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For a Few Dollars More
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The guys continue into the Man with No Name trilogy but it gets a little Bad. They talk about the complexity of the story, how the shooting scenes talk about character and, of course, Klaus Kinski.
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A Fistful of Dollars
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Cue the Morricone score! The guys start their Sergio Leone Five with the beginning of his Man With No Name trilogy. They talk about its Kurosawa roots and what makes his movies so cool.
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Kate Winslet Wrap-Up
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The guys look back at the career of one of their favorite working actors, tangent briefly to talk about Alan Rickman and then reveal the subject of their next Five...
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Revolutionary Road
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And we're back in the suburbs. Last time we discussed the nuance of Little Children and this week we're discussing the.....we're discussing Revolutionary Road!
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Bonus - Reflections Through the Glass: Darkly Visions of Movies and Moving Away
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In which Eric is in town and wants to talk about the nature of art criticism.
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Little Children
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Austin and Eric record in person for the first time since Season One to discuss the adaptation of Tom Perrotta's Little Children.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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Didn't we already record this? The guys continue their Kate Winslet Five with another Oscar nomination for her on the modern sci-fi classic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. A movie where she gets to wear jeans!
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Quills
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Get washed up and get ready for the guys talk about the 2000 film, Quills, about the final months of the Marquis de Sade and the young woman who risks everything to get his work to the public.
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Heavenly Creatures
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In her first feature film, Kate Winslet shocked the world with her bold and complicated performance of one of the two notorious participants in the Parker-Hulme case. Listen as the guys talk about the nuances of sympathy in the movie as well the ambitious of tone in this early Peter Jackson film.
info_outlineThe Jackie Chan Five has begun and it's time to go into the simple story of sailors who are now pirates who are tracking down illegal gun sales to pirates. (We think). The guys discuss Jackie Chan's directorial intent, the pros and cons of how much should action heroes bleed and what are the stakes of this movie.
Jackie Chan's Five
1) Project A
2) Wheels on Meals
3) Police Story
4) Operation Condor
5) Rumble in the Bronx