Month: October 2018

Talkie Talk #132: Hold the Dark

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Talkie Talk #132: Hold the Dark
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The whole gang’s here to discuss Blue Ruin/Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier’s new Alaskan wolf movie Hold the Dark (only on Netflix). Then they sniff each other and mark territory about the Modern Horror Genre and [spoiler] some Disappointing Follow-Ups from actors, directors, and wolf hunters we enjoy… Bark.

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New Homework Assignment: The Fly (1986) (Hulu) for Talk of Fame

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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State of the Race: The Gotham Independent Film Nominations 2018

It starts earlier and earlier every year. Today, October 19th, the first film award nominations just came out – for the Gotham Independent Film Awards. These are given annually from the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) “the largest membership organization in the United States dedicated to independent film” and the awards were founded in 1991.

A group of people decide on the nominations and awards, limiting the scope to films that could be considered independent – big budget studio movies are ineligible. But independent film has landed in the race just about every single year now – previous to 2017 when The Shape of Water won, the last four years have been indie winners for Best Picture, for 12 Years a Slave (2013), Birdman (2014), Spotlight (2015) and Moonlight (2016).

Last year Call Me By Your Name and Get Out were nominated for both the Gotham and the Oscar. Also had correlation between for acting (Willem Dafoe, Daniel Kaluuya, Margot Robbie, Saoirse Ronan, Mary J. Blige, and Timothee Chalamet), screenwriting (The Big Sick, Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, Lady Bird) and directing (Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele).

Without further ado, here are the 2019 nominations:

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Talkie Talk #131: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

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Talkie Talk #131: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
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The whole gang is here to discuss Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and mumble on about Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer.

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Talkie Talk #130 First Man / A Star is Born / Children of Men / Schindler’s List

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Talkie Talk #130 First Man / A Star is Born / Children of Men / Schindler's List
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We called in some backup this episode. Kelly is joining us to talk about some new releases while Brent and David continue to make their way through some “blind spots” on their movie watching CVs. We also interrupt the flow and jam our Reality Roundup right in the middle of the watchlists. Deal with it! It’s also a long one. Deal with that too!

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David: Forever (1:20),  Blockers (5:20), Won’t you be my Neighbor? (8:10), City Lights (13:20), Schindler’s List (17:00)

Brent: Children of Men (28:45),  The Thing (32:32), Requiem for a Dream (34:30), Fantastic Mr. Fox (37:47), Last Action Hero (39:03), Survivor: Season 12 (41:31)

Reality Roundup: Survivor: David vs. Goliath (44:05)

Chris: Searching (53:05)

Kelly: A Star is Born (59:05), First Man (1:06:51)

Breezy on the Streets (1:18:47)

What to Watch (1:21:20)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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Talkie Talk # 129: A Wrinkle in Time / Hereditary / Duel

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Talkie Talk # 129: A Wrinkle in Time / Hereditary / Duel
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It’s Brent, TJ, and Chris to talk about their recent cinema experiences… cinemexperiences… cinexperiences? Whatever. We talk that talk then discuss the news briefly before making our blind recommendations! Try it out!

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TJ: Maniac (1:20),  A Wrinkle in Time(4:55)

Chris: Sinner (16:20),  Bojack Horseman (20:05), The Great British Bake Off (25:05), Mandy (29:24)

Brent: Hereditary (37:04),  Monsters Inc. (46:48), Duel (48:34)

Reality Roundup: Skipped

Breezy on the Streets (54:04)

What to Watch (59:59)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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Talkie Talk # 128: Watchlist / South Park / Mandy / The Last Boy Scout / TIFF / Telltale Games

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Talkie Talk # 128: Watchlist / South Park / Mandy / The Last Boy Scout / TIFF / Telltale Games
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TJ, David, and Brent just met you, but they love you! (aka, they talk about what they’ve been watching and then discuss recent news!) [Insert random, out-of-context phrase for humor] Cheddar Goblin! [/insert].

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David: Preparing to watch Schindler’s List (1:17) BoJack Horseman (2:22),  Steven Universe (3:27), South Park (4:10)

TJ: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (6:33),  Mandy (7:58)

Brent: The Monster Squad (14:55),  The Last Boy Scout (17:37), The Longest Yard (22:32), Goodfellas (24:55), Up (29:03), Psycho (33:25), mother! (37:00)

Reality Roundup: Survivor (41:55)

Breezy on the Streets (49:43)

What to Watch (1:01:27)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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