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  • Mamo #239: Neesonomics

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    2012 is starting out surprisingly strong, isn’t it? We look at the just-released Chronicle, and the notion of “found footage” movies in general, and then step back by a week and examine the reborn career of Liam Neeson, c/o The Grey.

    To download this episode, use this URL: http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo239.mp3

  • Mamo #238: Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud

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    The Boys of Mamo return on Oscar Nomination Tuesday to talk about what the hell just happened, i.e. the same thing that happens every year.

    To download this episode, use this URL: http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo238.mp3

  • Mamo #237: Who Owns What?

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    What do Yol, George Lucas, and the Stop Online Piracy Act have in common? They have this episode of Mamo, for one thing.

    To download this episode, use this URL: http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo237.mp3

  • Mamo #236: In Real Life

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    With the announcement of changes to the eligibility requirements for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars, we pause for a moment to consider the health of the genre. Has a documentary ever changed the world?

    To download this episode, use this URL: http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo236.mp3

  • Mamo #235: The Year Keeps Ending, And We Keep Ending With It

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    Part 2 of our 2011 wrap-up! We look at how the industry fared for the year – not enough money, too much 3-D, and a whole lotta superheroes. Which franchises were born? Which were renewed? Which [cough Green Lantern cough] are dead, dead, dead?

    To download this episode, use this URL: http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo235.mp3

  • The CAST Awards Podcast 2011

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    The Cinema Appreciation Society of Toronto (CAST) has announced the results of its annual poll for the best films of the year. Matt Brown and Matt Price, from the Mamo podcast, host a special roundtable of CAST voters, discussing their picks and pans from the list of winners!

    Participants include:

    Kurt Halfyard, Row Three, Twitch Film (@triflic)

    Bob Turnbull, Row Three, Eternal Sunshine of the Logical Mind (@TheLogicalMind)

    Joseph Belanger, Black Sheep Reviews (@blacksheeprevs)

    Ryan McNeil, The Matinee (@matinee_ca)

    James McNally, CAST organizer, Toronto Screen Shots (@toscreenshots)

    To download this podcast, use this URL: http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/cast_awards_2011.mp3

  • Mamo #234: Caplansky’s with Kuplowsky

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    Happy new year! Mamo gathers on a crystal-clear January morning and looks back on the best and worst of 2011 with special guest star Peter Kuplowsky, from our favourite vantage point in the corner booth at Caplansky’s Deli. Lists abound. What was your favourite film of the year?

    To download this episode, use this URL: http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo234.mp3

  • Mamo #233: A Prisoner of Your Gibberish

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    As the year winds to a close we look at a chock-a-block week in popular culture, from Sherlock Holmes to BBC’s Sherlock, from The Hobbit to Lord of the Rings, from Tintin to the next Tintin, and from Prometheus to Alien (in reverse). Pull up a chair and get some cream for your coffee.

    To download this episode, use this URL: http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo233.mp3

  • Mamo #232: The Girl with the Mamo Tattoo

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    There is no such girl. But wouldn’t it be lovely if there were? We look at David Fincher’s mega-zeitgeisty adaptation of the biggest book in the world, before turning our gaze to the biggest screens in the world and their recent, thunderous triumph with a certain impossible mission.

    To download this episode, use this URL: http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo232.mp3

  • Mamo #231: Bane Says What?

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    The Boys of Mamo head to the multiplexes to take in the first six minutes of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, and on the way, chit-chat about annual critics’ lists, and Butt-Numb-A-Thon, and big burly men in masks with unintelligible voices. Sort of like us.

    To download this episode, use this URL: http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo231.mp3

  • Mamo #230: Midnight Snack

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    Special guest star Colin Geddes, Midnight Madness programmer of the Toronto International Film Festival, whisks us away to a secret location to drink old-timey drinks and gab about his cinematic life and times in Toronto. With bonus guest: Our mysterious benefactor! Pull up a stool!

    To download this episode, use this URL: http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo230.mp3

  • Mamo #229: Mugo Mamo Muppet Mo

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    Yanksgiving and Black Friday are squarely behind us, and the tripartite battle between November’s family films (and Breaking Dawn) is done! Let’s look at The Muppets, and Hugo, in an all-new podtacular Mamo.

    To download this episode, use this URL: http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo229.mp3

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