Cinecast - Row Three

08 Feb

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Cinecast Episode 245 – White People Cure Racism Through Football

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Welcome back to our little show. Lots of in-house business items on the table this week, including the first grading of this semester’s homework assignments. Kurt and Matt discuss found footage superpower movie Chronicle. We delve into the state of the reborn Hammer studios with spooky ghost tale, The Woman in Black. Then we talk Clint Eastwood, Chrysler and the state of the Nation through Advertising and Politics. The Watchlist covers a fair bit of talk on David Mamet, but also the woefully received Clint Eastwood rugby movie, Invictus. Also, terrorism, Carlos and the films of Olivier Assayas. And Miranda July revisited. It’s a pleasantly meandering show in an otherwise quiet movie-going month. Join Us.

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01 Feb

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Cinecast Episode 244 – Of Muscles and Men

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We’re going to spoil the shit out of Liam Neeson in The Grey this week. So I hope you’ve seen the film or don’t care about that sort of thing before listening. Right along with our “punch nature in the face” review, we’ve got a brand new top 5 list to go over that deals with manliness in cinema. Not entirely sure what that means to everyone out there, but Kurt and Andrew each give their take on the matter. A smaller watch list this week since we’re recording so close to last week’s episode, but there a bit in here to chew on for sure – including Kurt finally hitting up Joe Wright and his heavy melodrama, Atonement. That should be worth your price of admission right there. We’ve also brought back the homework assignment segment to the show and there may be rewards for those who complete their coursework, so be sure to listen for that. So sit back and enjoy the spirited festivities.

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Cinecast Episode 244 [ 2:14:05 | 92.07 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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29 Jan

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Cinecast Episode 243 – Jump on that Curve and Ride it to Infinity

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Soderbegh claims he’s retiring. Yeah right. Every time I turn around my IMDb smart phone app is alerting me to something new he’s working on. Haywire was something we heard about what seems like ages ago now and it’s finally here. Does it live up to the wait and the expectations? Matt Gamble takes another one in the nuts for the team with Red Tails and the latest Underworld picture; in 3D this time. Kurt’s children chime in for a couple of minutes on their thoughts on the 80′s animated series “Dungeons and Dragons.” After that technical snafu, we’ve got a helluva watch list this week rounds out the show with 80s, underrated goofery, catching up with some underseen gems from 2011, a love fest for Ti West’s latest, some Man for Earth discrepancies and a whole lot more.

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Cinecast Episode 243 [ 2:58:06 | 122.3 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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19 Jan

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Cinecast Episode 242 – Suburban Subversion

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With an aversion to Polanski reminiscent of the plague, Matt Gamble has graciously bowed out this week which has allowed us to bring back our good friend Jim Laczkowski as guest co-host. One half of The Director’s Club Podcast, Jim brings lots of love for all things Cronenbergian and psyche-based. So fitting that this week Kurt, Andrew and Jim put on our psychology 101 hats as we look into the relationship between Freud and Jung as played by Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender, respectively, in Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method (SPOILERS!). These two potentially could’ve busied their entire careers analyzing the two couples in Polanski’s Carnage (SPOILERS!), which is the second movie we’re diving into in this episode. After that, we have a nice, diverse watch list the covers everything from 80s schlock (in a good way) horror, an overlooked #1 film of 2011, Sarah Polley’s sophomore effort, the best video game to film adaptation ever made and and a not so inglourious look at Tarantino’s masterpiece. All this and more in this week’s fantastic episode.

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Cinecast Episode 242 [ 3:11:16 | 131.34 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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11 Jan

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Cinecast Episode 241 – Gusto

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While we patiently wait for Carnage to open in Minneapolis and for A Dangerous Method to open in Toronto, Kurt and Andrew decide to outline the 40 odd films-of-interest that are on the radar for 2012; there appears to be lots of interesting science fiction coming this year and a large pile of auteur-type films on the way. Moving onto the Watch List, discussion skips along from a rewatch of an under-appreciated genre flick from 2010 to a lengthy bit on Oliver Stone’s (and Stephen King’s) JFK. Added to the mix is John La Carre’s The Spy Who Came in From The Cold, Kurt’s family sings along to The Sound of Music, some early John Carpenter, Ron Howard and lots of love for Peter Sarsgaard, and a small bit on BBC’s current “Sherlock” TV series. Enjoy.

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Cinecast Episode 241 [ 2:30:38 | 103.43 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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06 Jan

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Cinecast Episode 240 – The Odds on End of Times are 50/50

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Welcome to the Cinecast version of the recap of 2011. We’ve got the obligatory top tens to get to, but first we rehash some of the trends of the year. From the 1980′s to evil cults, it’s all in here. Things get heated sometimes, after Andrew outs the unspoken rule about not nitpicking (or outright bashing) Top 10 picks, it becomes a sport. Most of the time, however, it is in fact a love-fest. Watch out for the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Review buried in the top ten as it gets a more than a little SPOILERY!!. Otherwise enjoy all 180 minutes of one of Andrew’s favorite show to do of the year. It rushes by quickly!

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Cinecast Episode 240 [ 3:11:26 | 131.45 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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28 Dec

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Cinecast Episode 239 – A Vortex of Insanity

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The Christmas holiday has a knack for doing two things. One, about 100 major theatrical releases all vying for a spot at the Oscars. Two, it keeps the movie nerds (us) home with family, friends and food rather than out at the multip-plex to see said films. That said, we managed to catch up with a few different currently released titles this week. Kurt indulged in the Spielbergian version of mo-cap while Andrew took Matt Gamble’s advice and caught up with Detective Holmes on his second go-around. But starting things off this week is some talk on the much buzzed about, silent picture, The Artist. Much buzzed and now much loved as well. A very very quick watch list then off to bed to rest up for what should be a lengthy week of playing catch-up in anticipation of year-end wrap-ups, lists and such.

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Cinecast Episode 239 [ 1:40:11 | 68.79 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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21 Dec

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Cinecast Episode 238 – Just the Tip, Please.

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We’ve got entirely too much content to squeeze into one single episode, and this one is busting at the seams. We kick things off with the Batman 3 Prologue before moving into our Top 5 guy performances. Ghost Protocol sees the Mission Impossible franchise (along with The Dark Knight Rises) usher IMAX 2D back into the conversation. Classically staged action set-pieces abound, and Kurt, Andrew and Gamble dig Brad Bird’s style, even if there is a lament for the Bad Robot momentum over brains approach to the actual plot and characters. More contentious is the David Fincher The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which also tastes great, and is also less filling. The boys parse exactly what is Lisbeth Salander, a self-sustaining superhero, or a broken lesbian looking for a conservative/traditional relationship and ponder if handsome and meticulous is enough to praise what is ultimately a middle-of-the-road Fincher joint. As there is a 20 car traffic-jam of new releases over the lead-up to Christmas, we spend some time with other titles floating in the multiplexes: Margin Call, The Sitter, Sherlock Holmes 2 and Tarsem’s Immortals (and Gamble goes gaga over the latter two titles.) The Watchlist, tangents on RedBox, and more homoerotic tension than you can shake a stick at, round out the show in what is, even by our standards, one of epic proportions.

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Cinecast Episode 238 [ 3:29:38 | 143.94 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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07 Dec

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Cinecast Episode 237 – One T or Two?

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Well, Gamble’s Back. But after the Thanksgiving Weekend blow-out there is precious little in the way of new releases, making this show a Mega-sized “The Watch List” episode. Before we go there, we delve into our favourite female performances of 2011 (of all shapes and sizes.) One small observation: We talk a lot of documentaries this episode, and go over a lot of TV series; particularly Matt who was laid up with a sports injury for over three weeks and watched a metric tonne of TV/film/etc. The latest from Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, and another go around with Bellflower. Take it away Gamble.

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Cinecast Episode 237 [ 3:04:32 | 126.71 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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30 Nov

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Cinecast Episode 236 – Ocular Coitus

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While our friend Matt Gamble is still on the mend (not from a boating accident), Kurt and Andrew grew a bit tired of executing these shows together all alone and reached towards the heavens above for this episodes guest host: Aaron Hartung (aka the dude who lives upstairs). Aaron also happens to work for the best cinema chain in town, Landmark Theaters; not only does he seem to know his movie stuff, he’s got a voice for radio to boot.

We missed last week’s episode due to other obligations and illness, there is a LOT to get to this week. From Lars von Trier’s visually rich disaster/depression epic to the long awaited new Alexander Payne film (it has indeed been six years) we cover your auteur cinema-making-guys. But wait, there’s more: Fifties sex icons, furry-little-singing-nostalgia-engines^(tm) and a whole lot of early cinema history enshrined in a Martin Scorsese ‘kids film.’ Enjoy this double-digest episode of the show: It’s time to start the music, it’s time to light the lights, it’s time to talk death, depression and the urgent need for knowing our history on the Cinecast tonight.

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Cinecast Episode 236 [ 2:33:38 | 132.78 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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16 Nov

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Cinecast Episode 235 – Clint’s Notes

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Our quickest show in some time: Gamble mangled his ankle and is on the DL and Kurt is suffering from an energy sapping cold. But we soldier on folks, we soldier on. Like good little Cineastes, we check out the yearly offering from Clint Eastwood. This time it is a puffy Leonardo DiCaprio making out with the man in the bad latex, Armie Hammer (sans CGI twin) across the annals of twentieth century America in J. Edgar **SPOILERS**. This segues into our first “VS.” segment, where we debate “Eastwood the Actor” vs. “Eastwood the Director”, and struggle with the thin line in between those distinctions. We also check back in with quality Brit-Creature-Feature Attack The Block **SPOILERS**. In The Watch List we get our music on with Bill Condon’s Dreamgirls and Jean-Marc Vallée’s Café de flore. A little bit of philosophical waxing on the nature of the Space and Time rounds out the show.

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Cinecast Episode 235 [ 1:48:03 | 74.19 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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09 Nov

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Andrew James

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Cinecast Episode 234 – High-Five, Movie. I’m outta here!

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A high energy show, especially so considering the lack of Matt Gamble. Kurt and Andrew talk a little Tower Heist and the public whipping of Brett Ratner – due to more than one recent public faux pas and his penchant for being a douchebag in public. They then move into the meatier movie meal that is Martha Marcy May Marlene **SPOILER WARNING**. But wait, there is more: A new Top 5! Plus, the Watch List keeps the fires burning, all toasty-like, as Kurt gets really, really enthusiastic about big screen viewings of Kubrick and Gilliam films. There is a fair bit of disagreement about the pleasures of David Twohy’s Pitch Black. Also We Live in Public, Streets of Fire, From Dusk ‘Till Dawn (the proto-Grindhouse vampire flick), Super and Sexy Beast keep things lively and lengthy right to the very end. Have at ‘er, folks, she’s a good ‘un.

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