The Love of Cinema

This week Jeff, John, and Dave discuss All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), the WWI anti-war movie that is the exception to the “stop making WWI & WWII movies” rule. From now on, no more. There are plenty out there, and we were stuck discussing Ant-Man and WWI this week. Ant-Man was the fourth most interesting character in his own movie (Boba Fett much?) and there are like 10 current wars going on right now. Come on. At least the film making was brilliant and it was a great “war sucks” movie that reminded us Nazis are fucking idiots, on top of everything else they are, and their minds were rat-fucked by assholes selling propaganda from their servant-adorning mansions. We discuss. John saw it in theaters, which is cool. Dave and Jeff did not. Netflix, amiright?

Cast/Crew: Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Daniel Brühl, Erich Maria Remarque, James Friend, Volker Bartelmann, Sven Budelmann, Christian M. Goldbeck.

Intro/BAFTAs/Gripes: 0:00

All Quiet on the Western Front: 14:15

What've You Been Watching: 50:04

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Tags: Philippines, The Philippines, Manila, Germany, Mattias Erzberger, Team Deakins Podcast, Roger Deakins, Red, Color, 1917, France, Baguette, Brie Cheese, Rode microphones, Yeti Microphones, Zoom, OBS Ninja.

This week John, Dave and Jeff thank the Philippines for accepting our podcast as one of their top shows in Entertainment by discussing the first film of Marvel's Phase 5... apparently. While Ant-Man and The Wasp struggle for screen time in this part III, complete with talking raccoon jokes and scored by Paul Rudd's Scott Lang's audio book. And lots of size jokes. We drink beer and discuss with a focus on positivity!

Additional Cast/Crew: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jonathan Majors, Bill Murray, David Dastmalchian, Katy M. O'Brian, Randall Park, Bob Iger, Bob Chapek, Kevin Feige, Peyton Reed, Jack Kirby, Jeff Loveness,

Intro/Marvel Talk/Gripes: 0:00

Ant-Man: 10:15

What've You Been Watching: 50:04

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Tags: Yale School of Drama, Accents, Phase 4, Phase 5, Phase 6, Kang Wars, Loki, Spider-man, The Philippines, Manila, Philippine Peso PHP, Thor: Love and Thunder, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Nike, Nikes, color artists.

 

This week the boys discuss M. Night Shyamalan's latest directorial feature, Knock at the Cabin (2023), which stars Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, and Rubert Grint. While Night had some source material to work with in Paul Tremblay's book "The Cabin at the End of the World", he changed the ending, so he was able to keep some surprise in how it's going to end. Not sure our co-host John liked that, he might have liked it more than his significant other, which is new for him. Jeff also made Dave edit some stuff out about the Chinese Spy Balloon because he ran his mouth about something he knew nothing about. However, since this movie has to do with the apocalypse, and we might have Russia and China both occupying land at the same time, maybe this movie will age well!

Additional Cast/Crew: Steve Desmond, Michael Sherman, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ben Aldridge, Abby Quinn, Kristen Cui,

Intro/M. Night intro/Gripes: 0:00

Knock at the Cabin: 15:00

What've You Been Watching: 62:30

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Tags: The Last of Us, Aftersun, Grammys 2023, Unbreakable, The Visit, Signs, The Village, letterkenny, Zendaya, Zendaya's sister, Timothee Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Star Wars, Into The Unknown, Scotland, Family Guy, Lucas Hedges, Turkey, Turkish Film, Queensland, Melbourne, Resorts, all-inclusive, The White Lotus, Death Becomes Her, The Lost Daughter, The Crown, NYU Film.

 

 

This week the boys are joined by actress Tina Nikolova to drink some whiskey and beer and discuss Aftersun (2022), writer/director (and multiple-BAFTA nominee) Charlotte Wells' personal feature film starring Academy Award nominee Paul Mescal (Normal People, The Lost Daughter, Gladiator 2) and newcomer scene-stealer Frankie Corio. The film is very Scottish, and those UK-ers must really love their lottery because The National Lottery sponsored this. Apparently they sponsor a lot. The film is about a woman reflecting back on a vacation she took with her young father when she was young, reliving moments and flashes through home videos that capture more about her father than she was able to see as a child. Powerful stuff!

Additional Cast/Crew: Celia Rowlson-Hall, Sally Messham, Spike Fearn, Harry Perdios, Ruby Thompson, Kayleigh Coleman, Barry Jenkins, Oliver Coates, Gregory Oke.

Intro/Tiered Movie Pricing/Regal Cinemas/Gripes: 0:00

Aftersun: 18:00

What've You Been Watching: 62:30

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Guest: Tina Nikolova

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Tags: The Last of Us, Aftersun, letterkenny, Zendaya, Zendaya's sister, Timothee Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Star Wars, Into The Unknown, Scotland, Family Guy, Lucas Hedges, Turkey, Turkish Film, Queensland, Melbourne, Resorts, all-inclusive, The White Lotus, Death Becomes Her, The Lost Daughter, The Crown, NYU Film.

 

This week Jeff & Dave went to another fun January thriller in the cinema before talking the walk without co-host John. Missing (2022) is standalone sequel to Searching (2022) and is a "desktop" movie, or screen-based thriller. With a bigger budget and time to create another simple mystery thriller completely enriched by it's premise, Missing is the second movie in three weeks (M3GAN) to know what it is and give it to us exactly as we wanted yet in a way we somehow almost didn't know we wanted it.

Cast/Crew: Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick, Sev Ohanian, Aneesh Chaganty, Tim Griffin, Nia Long, Storm Rein, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Megan Suri, Lisa Yamada, Daniel Henney, Joaquim de Almeida, Lauren B. Mosley, Rick Chambers, Timur Bekmambetov, Congyu E, Adam Sidman, Natalie Qasabian, Jo Henriquez.

Intro/Password Protection/Music Complaint?/Gripes: 0:00

Missing: 16:00

What've You Been Watching: 52:30

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Tags: Euphoria, The Last of Us, Aftersun, letterkenny, Last of Us, Zendaya, Zendaya's sister, Timothee Chalamet, Hot Wonka, John Cho, Meryl Streep, Dies Irae, Star Wars, Into The Unknown, The Lion King, Hans Zimmer, Interstellar score, Australia, Sydney, Melbourne, Canada, Los Angeles, Columbia, Lock Bridge, Javi, Javier, June.

 

This week we drink whiskey and beer and keep it positive as we discuss Women Talking (2022), the Critic's Choice Award-winning film that helps ignite one hell of a conversation. Based on the 2018 novel by Miriam Toews, writer/director Sarah Polley guides an incredible ensemble cast to some incredible heights. The film takes place over the course of three days and two nights in an agrarian Mennonite society where every woman- and most girls- has experienced a sexual assault and a gaslighting about it (it was a ghost, it was the devil, you made it up... infuriating). The women meet in a barn to discuss their options. Produced by Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt, amongst others, the mostly-female cast is led by Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, McDormand, Judith Ivey, Kate Hallett, Sheila McCarthy, August Winter, and Ben Wishaw.

Intro/Gripes: 0:00

WOMEN TALKING: 16:00

What've You Been Watching: 60:30

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

 

This week John, Dave, and Jeff discuss Babylon (2022), the film by writer/director Damien Chazelle that reminds us why we love going to see 3 1/2-hour long movies filled with extravagance and debauchery in the theater at Christmas. Critics have been split, audiences gave it a shrug… was it really that bad? 

Intro/Gripes: 0:00

BABYLON: 14:00

What've You Been Watching: 50:30

Additional Cast/Crew: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Justin Hurwitz, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Phoebe Tonkin, Olivia Wilde, Jovan Adepo, Flea, Jimmy Ortega.

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

 

This week John, Dave & Jeff went with the teenagers to see M3GAN, the film that apparently makes young people in the theater want to watch Twitch, check their Snaps, record the screen, vape, and yell at each other for the duration. Lots of “bathroom” breaks, too. If only M3GAN would jump out of the screen and parent THESE kids by kicking their asses. 

The movie is about Allison Williams not wanting to parent her niece, so she develops a doll designed to make Mark Zuckerberg look like Winnie the Pooh. It’s not terrifying, but it’s spooky and thrilling enough with a skosh of humor to justify it’s $30mill opening weekend. 

Intro/Disrespectful Teens/F Facebook/Gripes: 0:00

M3GAN: 13:30

What've You Been Watching: 51:30

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Additional Cast/Crew: Ronny Chieng, Gerard Johnstone, Violet McGraw, Jenna Davis, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Lori Dungey, Amy Usherwood, Stephane Garneau-Monten, James Wan, Akela Cooper, Anthony Willis.

After discussing the upcoming summer 2023 slate of big picture releases, the boys discuss Jeff’s #2 movie of 2022, Triangle of Sadness, written and directed by Ruben Östlund (Force Majeure, The Square). This Swedish film spoken primarily in English won Östlund his second Palme d’Or and is a social satire on wealth, classism, beauty obsession, and political ideology. Co-starring Woody Harrelson as the alcoholic Marxist captain of a luxury yacht, be prepared to see the most gutturally disturbing dinner scene since Stand By Me… maybe worse.  

Intro/Summer 2023 Movies/Gripes: 0:00

Triangle of Sadness: 13:00

What've You Been Watching: 56:30

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Additional Cast/Crew: Charlbi Dean Kriek, Harris Dickinson, Dolly De Leon, Vicki Berlin, Alicia Eriksson, Zlatko Burić, Sunny Miles, Amanda Walker, Oliver Ford Davies, Iris Berben, Thobias Thorwid, Fredrik Wenzel, Mikel Cee Karlsson 

The Love of Cinema made a collaborative Top 20 List of their favorite movies of 2022! We made our separate top 10 lists, which was very tough, co-host Jeff scored them 10 points to the number 1s, 1 point to the number 10s, and beginning at (15:00), we go backwards from 20 to 1. We drink whiskey and beer and have a great time reflecting back on an incredible year in movies. 

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Additional Tags: The Batman, Nope, Prey, Bullet Train, Men, The Menu, The Whale, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Elvis, Aftersun, Decision To Leave, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, Top Gun: Maverick, Blonde, The Outfit, Tár, The Phantom of the Open, The Black Phone, Barbarian, Triangle of Sadness, Bardo, The Woman King, Pinocchio, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, Cold, The Godfather Pt. II, Queensland, Australia, The UK, British Film Cinema, Hollywood.

 

After Jeff, John, and Dave rant about how critics are doing film-goers a great disservice (Owen Gleiberman, click-baiting Avatar haters), the boys discuss Avatar: The Way of Water. Despite this movie having pretty favorable reviews among critics and incredibly favorable reviews among audiences, it pains us to be haters since we love movies so much and people aren't supporting new films the way we used to. It's led Dave to drink. He didn't get drunk because he turned 50, it's because an actual critic called Avatar: TWOF a "Smurfahontas Stodgeathon", which is horesheet. And because it eases the pain of being alive as a human, as opposed to a Na'vi. Anyway, our job is to keep it positive, and we mostly do! We get critical- with love- in the spoiler section, but crack a tinny and spend some time with us.

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Additional Cast/Crew: James Cameron, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Jack Campion, Bailey Bass, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Brendan Cowell, Weta Digital, Weta FX, Josh Friedman, Shane Salerno. Cliff Curtis, CCH Pounder

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Sam Mendes made a British nostalgia film starring Olivia Colman, so we decided to drink some beer and whiskey and talk about it! Co-starring breakout star Michael Ward, Colin Firth, and Tobey Jones, Empire of Light takes place on the English seaside in a small town with a beautifully elaborate cinema struggling for audiences. The cast works at the theater and yearns for connection in the turbulent age of Margaret Thatcher's England, 1980. Crack a tinny and listen along! 

Additional Cast/Crew: Roger Deakins, James Deakins, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Crystal Clarke, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Pippa Harris.

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

This week Jeff, John, and Dave drink beer and discuss seeing The Whale in Dolby Cinema, with the aspect ration of a 1950s newscast, and how the film had a serious impact on us. We also discuss the blocking, the cinematography, the music, and the incredible depth written by Samuel D. Hunter, who adapted his 2012 off-Broadway play for the screenplay. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the film stars Brendan Fraser in one hell of a comeback performance portraying a 600-lb man trying to right some wrongs in his life. Assisted by some incredible performances including fall 2022 star Hong Chau (The Menu), Sadie Sink (Stranger Things), Oscar nominee Samantha Morton, and Ty Simpkins (Insidious, Jurassic World), this movie packs a punch. Crack open a beer and let's discuss.

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Jeff is away on special assignment so John and Dave reach into their magic sacks and pull out tickets to the new Christmas movie Violent Night starring David Harbour, John Leguizamo and Beverly D'Angelo.  Is it good?  Is it gory?  Is it fun?  Are home alone style traps deadly?  Ok that last one is a hard yes.

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Hosts: Dave Green, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

This week, after Jeff's audio dropouts chill the hell out, he & Dave cover for John's sorry ass to discuss Bones and All, the new Timothée Chalomet, Taylor Russell (Waves), and Luca Guadagnino film (Call Me By Your Name, Suspiria (2018)) that will make you hungrier than The Menu, more nostalgic than The Fabelmans, feeling sweeter than The Banshees of Inisherin, and more discombobulated than Crimes of the Future. All of those are movies we've covered recently, by the way. Also, this is our third Mark Rylance movie of the year after The Outfit & The Phantom of the Open! We love Mark. For the love of Mark Rylance. We also drank a bunch of whiskey and beer and hope you enjoy!

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Additional Cast/Creatives: André Holland, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chlöe Sevigny, David Kajganich, Camille DeAngelis, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Arseni Khachaturan, Marco Costa.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

This week, John is REPLACED by Matt from the Matt and Mark Movie Show to discuss The Menu (at 14:00), the new Mark Mylod (Succession, GoT) thriller starring Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Nicholas Hoult, oh and John Leguizamo and Judith Light (Who’s The Boss?), oh and Tony Winner Reed Birney and Oscar nominee Janet McTeer and movie-stealer Hong Chau (Downsizing, Watchmen), oh and Mark St. Cyr (HWM:TM:TS, Marshall), oh and so many more amazing memorable people. Once we get to the film, we discuss the film's Dark Comedy vs Satire elements, the cast, the ensemble, and why it worked so well! 

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Additional Cast/Creatives: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Christine Brucato, Peter Grosz, Aimee Carrero, Paul Adelstein, Seth Reiss, Will Tracy, Peter Deming, Colin Stetson.

Guest co-host: Matt Gilbert from The Matt and Mark Movie Show.

Hosts: Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

This week on the show the boys drink beer and gush about The Fabelmans, Stephen Spielberg's autobiographical take on how crazy it is he got rejected from USC film school. Honestly, I'm surprised they got so giddy. One of the co-hosts (John) was so touched by it he said "aww" a bunch of times the way someone does when they see a bunny. Not the Fatal Attraction bunny. The film is sweet and made brilliantly. So if you're on your way home from drinking, or are drinking alone by yourself, and want to hear some guys drink and talk about the Fabelmans, we'd be honored to share your attention. This episode is for you!

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Additional Cast/Creatives: Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Gabriel LaBelle, Judd Hirsch, Seth Rogen, Tony Kushner, Janusz Kaminski, John Williams.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

We drink beers and talk about movies! After Jeff, John, and Dave get their gripes out discussing Disney+ with Ads, AMC's ridiculous lines that are costing them money, and people peeing during 9 AM screenings of 3 hour movies, they discuss Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. We discuss the usual things, whether Marvel should have let Ryan Coogler do his own thing and not set up any future anythings, and how incredible the fight choreographer did. Follow us on the Link Tree!

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Additional Cast/Creatives: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Tenoch Huerta, Martin Freeman, Dominique Thorne, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Joe Robert Cole, Richard Schiff, Anderson Cooper, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Ludwig Göransson.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Additional Tags: Innocence, abuse, Jenny the Donkey, librarians, The Irish Civil War, The IRA, fiddles, music, peace and quiet. 

This week on the pod Jeff, Dave, & John discuss The Banshees of Inisherin, writer/director Martin McDonagh's first Irish-set feature film. The Irishman won an Oscar for the 2004 short film Six Shooter, which was set in Ireland, and he wrote lots of plays set in- and of the coast of- Ireland, but In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths, Three Billboards... It was time to return to the land of the Eire. Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan- all Irish- star in a tale of friendship, conflict, loneliness, legacy, and feckin' pub life. This movie is goddamn good. Go see it, then grab a beer and listen- or watch on YouTube- along with us!

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Additional Cast/Creatives: Pat Shortt, Aaron Monaghan, David Pearse, Carter Burwell, Ben Davis, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Mark Tildesley, Michael Standish.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Additional Tags: Innocence, abuse, Jenny the Donkey, librarians, The Irish Civil War, The IRA, fiddles, music, peace and quiet. 

This week John, Dave, & Jeff discuss Armageddon Time, the mostly autobiographical account of writer/director James Gray about the first few months of his 6th grade school year in 1980 Queens, NYC. We drink beer and talk about how the film discusses privilege, capitalism, family values, friendship, adversity, Anthony Hopkins, and being a mensch. We were also going to discuss The Banshees of Inisherin but John lives in LA and apparently thieves are stealing parts of cars to resell on the black market. Fcking chop shop mfers. So just Armageddon Time this week! It's a prescient film and we hope you talking about it with us on the socials!

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Additional Cast/Creatives: Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Jaylin Webb, Banks Repeta, Andrew Polk, Darius Khondji, and Jessica Chastain.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Additional Tags: Rockets, Dinner Table, Dumplings, public school, private school, Forrest Hills, Fred Trump, Stock Buy-Backs, WWI movies, WWII movies, Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Steve Buscemi, Aerosmith.

39% Rotten Tomatoes score, 90% Audience score. What?? I doubt the fans really gave this a 90... pollsters are in a tough place. But our job is to try to talk positively about films, so that's what we do! We drink beer when we don't. This movie was kind of three good movie ideas in one, so listen to see how we ultimately came out on this one.

Additional Cast/Creatives: Dwayne Johnson, Sara Shahi, Aldis Hodge, Mo Amer, Quintessa Swindell, and of course, Marian Kenzari- Jafar in Aladdin, and Pierce Brosnan, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, written by Adam Sztykiel.

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Additional Tags: DCEU, The Rock, Superman, The JSA.

This week Jeff, John, & Dave talk about TÁR, the new Cate Blanchett film bound for the awards season slog. Written & directed by Todd Field (In The Bedroom, Little Children), the movie follows fictional Lydia Tár (Blanchett), one of the greatest living conductors (and composers?), and the first female conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. The film touches on prescient thematic issues that will test most of its audience, and Blanchett rocks your socks off. Grab a sixer and hang out with us while we talk about Tár!

Additional Cast/Creatives: Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Mark Strong, Sydney Lemmon.

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Additional Tags: Nah

This week on the pod Jeff, John, and Dave discuss Amsterdam, the new David O. Russell movie with an incredible cast and an important, inspired-by-true-events story filmed with little to no tone, which is potentially sinking the expensive adult dramedy feature genre. We drink beers and discuss! But more about that, well, streamers will pick them up, but unless the movie is incredibly good and awe-inspiring, matched with some fortunate timing, it's not making it's $80 million back ($150 mill with ad money factored in).

Additional Cast/Creatives: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Alessandro Nivola, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Rock, Mathias Schoenaerts, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Robert DeNiro, Zoe Saldana, Taylor Swift, Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Additional Tags: Nah

This week Jeff, Dave, and John discuss Blonde (2022), the new Andrew Dominik film starring Ana de Armas as Norma Jeane aka Marilyn Monroe, currently streaming on Netflix. Since the trailer was released and an NC-17 rating was revealed, skepticism arose. Press screenings led to reviewers writing scathing pieces through clenched teeth, many of which had valid points. We're a podcast that attempts to keep it positive, and we kind of succeed here! We hope you listen and reach out with your thoughts, agreeing or disagreeing.

Additional Cast/Creatives: Joyce Carol Oates, Chayse Irvin, Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson, Lily Fisher, Evan Williams, Xavier Samuel, Adrien Brody, Tony Curtis, Rob Brownstein, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis.

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Additional Tags: Euphoria, Barbiturates, Plan B, Brad Pitt

This week on the pod Jeff, John, & Dave drink beer to help us discuss Don't Worry Darling, the new film which has characters drinking like Don Draper and spitting like Mr. Ed. Oh, we kid. There's been a very strange marketing campaign, which we're not sure was intentional or not, but there are good ideas in the film, we think. We discuss!

Cast/Creatives: Olivia Wilde, Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, Timothy Simons, KiKi Layne, Katie Silberman, Matthew Libatique, John Powell.

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

Additional Tags: Whiskey, Scotch, Feminism (we think), The Truman Show, Inception, The Stepford Wives, The Matrix, David Lynch, Lens Flares, Poolside Gossip, Adult Ballet, Joe Rogan, 4chan, 8chan, QAnon, Red Planes, Glitches, Steak.

John & Dave drink whiskey and beer to re-watch an American classic that Jeff hadn't seen before, The Great Escape! Directed by John Sturges, this Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner classic is long but mighty, with some incredible detail, and is grounded by a surprisingly lurid tone for a drama with serious subject matter that you never see anymore. We drink a whole lot of beer and whiskey and discuss, once Jeff finally gets done ranting about his hatred for one-word movie titles. Seriously, Dave went for a pee break and came back... he was still going and John joined in! Crazy.

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Additional Cast/Crew: James Coburn, James Clavell, W.R. Burnett, Paul Brickhill, James Donald, Walter Mirisch, Daniel L. Fapp, Elmer Bernstein.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

Edited and produced by Dave Green. Music: soundcloud.com/dasein-artist Beer: @cbarrozo.beer

 

This marks the first episode of our new series, What Else Have They Done? For avid Bong Joon Ho (Parasite, Okja, Snowpiercer) fans, and followers of Quentin Tarantino's infamous movie lists, this film is a legendary exemplar of the murder mystery genre, and it's currently streaming on Hulu. John's cinematography teacher and fancy film school unknowingly inspired this selection. If you haven't seen it before, holy crap, get ready to be rocked. Set in a rural South Korean town, inspired by the 1986-1991 Hwaseong Serial Murders, Song Kang-ho (Parasite) leads a team of investigators and detectives who are driven crazy as they try to solve a series of seemingly unsolvable rape-murders.

Additional Cast/Crew: Kim Sang-kyung, Roe-ha Kim, Jae-ho Song, Kim Roi-ha, Song Jae-ho, Go Seo-hee, Park No-shik, Jeon Mi-seon, Roe-ha Kim, Hyung Koo Kim.

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Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

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Additional Tags: Close your door in movies, dentists, FBI, crime, assault, tetanus, rain, crime.

This week John, Jeff, and Dave discuss Barbarian (2022), the new horror movie kicking Halloween season into gear! Written and directed by Zach Cregger, this movie gives you your favorite horror tropes in a unique hodgepodge way: rain, darkness, suspicious characters, hilarious comedy, slow burn, jump scares, unhelpful police department, and more. Please give us a listen and then like and subscribe to our podcast. We'll shout out any new reviews if you want to write something ridiculous!

Cast: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgard, Justin Long, Richard Drake, Kate Bosworth, Jaymes Butler.

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Additional Tags: Elon Musk, AirBnB, Monsters, Slasher, Funny, humor, comedy.

 

This week on the pod John, Jeff & Dave discuss Breaking, the new film, based on a true story, starring John Boyega as a US Marine veteran who demands the VA pay him his disability checks, which have been held up by bureaucratic crap that the US military doesn't want to confront ever, ever. Therefore, Boyega's Brian Brown-Easley makes a bold decision to make his situation known at the risk of his own life. We discussed the incredibly important content of the film as compared to the final product, which was directed by relative new-comer to feature film directing, Abi Damaris Corbin, who co-wrote the script with Kwame Kwei-Armah. Boyega also co-exec produced, and the supporting cast is led by Michael K. Williams in one of his final performances. RIP! Composed by frequent Jordan Peele collaborator Michael Abels, the film was also co-produced by Euphoria's Sam Levinson.

Additional Cast/Creatives: Connie Britton, Selenis Leyva, Nicole Beharie, Olivia Washington, London Covington, Jeffrey Donovan, Doug Emmett.

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This week on the pod Dave, John, & Jeff try to keep it positive while we discuss Samaritan, now available to stream on Amazon Prime. This movie stars Sylvester Stallone and is a lukewarm take on the superhero comic book genre. Luckily, if you like Sly, he's pretty good in this. Apart from Sly, there's lots to discuss- some fun things, some not so fun. We break it down while we drink beer!

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Cast & Crew: Sylvester Stallone, Javon 'Wanna' Walton, Pilou Asbaek, Martin Star, Julius Avery, Bragi F. Schut, Abraham Clinkscales, Moises Arias, Sophia Tatum, Dascha Polanco.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say.

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