Row Three » Cinecast http://www.rowthree.com Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:53:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2012 feedback@rowthree.com (RowThree.com) feedback@rowthree.com (RowThree.com) RowThree Podcasts 1440 http://www.rowthree.com/logos/rss-brown.png Row Three http://www.rowthree.com 144 144 http://feeds.feedburner.com/RowThreePodcast Three podcasts from three sects of RowThree.com Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions film, reviews, movie, celebrity, hollywood, indie RowThree.com RowThree.com feedback@rowthree.com no yes Cinecast Episode 245 – White People Cure Racism Through Football http://www.rowthree.com/2012/02/08/cinecast-episode-245-white-people-cure-racism-through-footbal/ http://www.rowthree.com/2012/02/08/cinecast-episode-245-white-people-cure-racism-through-footbal/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:29:12 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=53652

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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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– Movie Club Podcast this week.
– Donate
– 150 Episodes of The RotCast (congrats guys!)
– Kurt’s appearance on the Film Junk Podcast
– Matt’s article at Film Junk on digital projection
– Thanks to Ryan for the Groundhog Day present!

GRADING LAST WEEK’S HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:
Zippy Period Pieces:
– Courtney: Moulin Rouge
– Rot: Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
– Rick Vance: Zodiac
– Hatter: neo-Westerns, The Woman in Black and The King’s Speech
– Sean Kelly: Hamlet (1996)
– Lennart Andersson: Brick

LetterBoxd list

MAIN REVIEW:
– Chronicle

OTHER REVIEW:
– The Woman in Black

SUPER BOWL ADS:
Kurt’s post on David Gordon Green’s Chrysler Commercial:

Andrew’s post on the Mötley Crüe Commercial:

THE WATCH LIST:

Andrew
– Carlos
– Heist
– Raiding the Lost Ark (watch it now)

Kurt
– The Spanish Prisoner

Matt
– The Future
– Invictus

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:
Send us an example of a film in which the characters start off as friends, but ultimately attempt to kill one another.

OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:
The Blood of Heroes (aka Salute of the Jugger)

NEXT WEEK:
Perfect Sense(?)
Safe House
Oscar Nominated Shorts

PRIVATE COMMENTS or QUESTIONS?
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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2012/02/08/cinecast-episode-245-white-people-cure-racism-through-footbal/feed/ 12 2:19:15 Spoiler review of CHRONICLE. Grading last week's homework assignments, The Woman in Black, a look back at this year's Super Bowl ads a not so eclectic watch list. And a lot more. Thanks for listening! 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. As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening/Intros: :00 In-house business: 1:26 Grading Last Week’s Coursework: 23:42 Chronicle (SPOILERS!): 39:57 Chronicle: 58:49 Super Bowl Ads: 1:08:20 The Watch List: 1:20:30 Homework Assignment: 2:09:39 Next week: 2:12:02 Outro music: 2:16:09 – 2:19:15 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 244 – Of Muscles and Men http://www.rowthree.com/2012/02/01/cinecast-episode-244-of-muscles-and-men/ http://www.rowthree.com/2012/02/01/cinecast-episode-244-of-muscles-and-men/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:06:10 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=53432 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.

As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening!

 
 

 

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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– Jandy Stone Hardesty on The Demented Podcast
(L.A. Confidential and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
– Homework assignments are back! (see show notes further down the page)
– Letterboxd.com
– - (Andrew’s profile)
– - (Kurt’s profile)
– - (Cinecast profile)

MAIN REVIEWS:
– The Grey

TOP 5 EXERCISES IN “MANLINESS”:

Andrew – Letterboxd link
10) Predator
9) Desperado
8 ) Braveheart
7) Saving Private Ryan
6) Jaws

5) Romancing the Stone
4) Bridge on the River Kwai
3) Shawshank Redemption
2) Fight Club
1) Bull Durham

Kurt – Letterboxd link
5) Predator
4) Glengarry Glen Ross
3) Heat
2) The Thing
1) Jaws & Master & Commander

THE WATCH LIST:

Andrew
– A Single Man

Kurt
– Ferat Vampire
– Atonement

HOMEWORK:
– email me with your favorite “jazzed” up” period piece. Listen to this episode for more details and examples.

OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:

NEXT WEEK:
A Separation
Star Wars: Episode I (3D)
Chronicle
Safe House
The Innkeepers
Kill List

PRIVATE COMMENTS or QUESTIONS?
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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2012/02/01/cinecast-episode-244-of-muscles-and-men/feed/ 46 2:14:05 Spoiler review of "The Grey" and an all new Top 5 list. We've got a very short watchlist this week, but have brought back the homework assignment. Get on it. Thanks for listening! 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 Matt, 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. As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business: 1:30 The Grey (SPOILERS!): 14:15 Top 5 Manly Movies: 55:35 The Watch List: 1:21:30 Homework: 1:59:14 Next week: 2:04:30 Outro music: 2:11:11 – 2:14:05 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 243 – Jump on that Curve and Ride it to Infinity http://www.rowthree.com/2012/01/29/cinecast-episode-243-jump-on-that-curve-and-ride-it-to-infinity/ http://www.rowthree.com/2012/01/29/cinecast-episode-243-jump-on-that-curve-and-ride-it-to-infinity/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:49:37 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=53278  

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.

As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening!

 
 

 

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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– New Site Design
– Spoiler Alert(!) Podcast – The Innkeepers

MAIN REVIEW:
– Haywire

OTHER REVIEWS:
– Red Tails
– Underworld: Awakening (3D)

THE WATCH LIST:

Kurt
– Certified Copy *SPOILERS*
– Moscow-Cassiopeia
– Adolescents in Space
– Radio Wars
– Spartan

Willem & Miranda
– “Dungeons & Dragons”

Matt
– The Other F Word
– The Innkeepers
– The Man from Earth

Andrew
– Clue
– The Women (1939)
– Senna

Other Stuff Mentioned:
Matt Brown’s Red Tails Review
Marina’s Man on a Ledge review

NEXT WEEK:
The Grey
Man on a Ledge

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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2012/01/29/cinecast-episode-243-jump-on-that-curve-and-ride-it-to-infinity/feed/ 23 2:58:06 Reviews for Haywire, Underworld 3D, Red Tails and very extensive watch list. Two special guests pop in at one time and we have some technical problems. It's amazing. Thanks for listening! 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. TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business: 1:03 Haywire (SPOILERS!): 4:37 Red Tails: 27:06 Underworld: Awakening (3D) 36:51 – - the state of Trailers – - Resident Evil franchise The Watch List: 55:49 Next week/Outro: 2:52:32 Closing Bumper Music: 2:54:13 - 2:58:06 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 242 – Suburban Subversion http://www.rowthree.com/2012/01/19/cinecast-episode-242-suburban-subversion/ http://www.rowthree.com/2012/01/19/cinecast-episode-242-suburban-subversion/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:52:00 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=52980

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.

As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening!

 
 

 

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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– New Site Design (YAY!)

MAIN REVIEWS:
– A Dangerous Method
– Carnage

THE WATCH LIST:

Jim
– Bigger than Life
– The Gate
– The Sunset Limited

Kurt
– “Sherlock”
– Take This Waltz
– Haywire

Andrew
– Air Force One
– Meek’s Cutoff
– Inglourious Basterds

DVDs/NETFLIX INSTANT NOW AVAILABLE:
Jandy’s DVD Triage

OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:
Free streaming of Jim’s album, “Warm Asylum” by Garden on a Trampoline
Synopsis for New York Lately at MUBI

NEXT WEEK:
Haywire
Pariah
Underworld: Awakening 3D
Red Tails

PRIVATE COMMENTS or QUESTIONS?
Leave your thoughts in the comment section below, or email us:
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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2012/01/19/cinecast-episode-242-suburban-subversion/feed/ 22 3:11:16 Jim Laczkowski from the director's club podcast joins us this week as we review Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method" and Polanski's "Carnage." After that an extensive watch list that is all over the map. Loads of fun thi[...] 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. As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business: 2:17 A Dangerous Method (SPOILERS!): 15:28 Carnage (SPOILERS!): 56:07 The Watch List: 1:28:46 Next week: 3:04:49 Outro music: 3:06:25 – 3:11:17 Cinecast, Featured, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 241 – Gusto http://www.rowthree.com/2012/01/11/cinecast-episode-241-with-gusto/ http://www.rowthree.com/2012/01/11/cinecast-episode-241-with-gusto/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:20:25 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=52707

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.

As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening!

 
 

 

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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– RowThree streaming live Q&A with Angelina Jolie THIS Thursday, January 12th. Submit questions HERE.

~ SOME TOP STARS FOR 2012~
ACTOR – number of films slated for 2012
Joel Edgerton – 4
Olga Kurylenko – 4
Jessica Chastain – 5
Richard Jenkins – 5
Bradley Cooper – 5
Joseph Gordon-Levit – 5
Bruce Willis – 7
 

MOST ANTICIPATED TITLES OF 2012:
 

Andrew:

20- Lay the Favorite – Stephen Frears
Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson,Vince Vaughn, Corbin Bernsen

19- The Great Gatsby (12/25) – Baz Luhrman
Mulligan, DiCaprio, Joel Edgerton, Toby McGuire

18- The Place Beyond the Pines – Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine)
Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Rose Byrne

17- Lincoln – Speilberg
Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, John Hawkes, Tim Blake Nelson, Bruce McGill, Joseph Cross, Gloria Reuben, David Warshofsky, David Strathairn, Walt Goggins, Lee Pace, Jackie Earle Haley.
PS: Also looking forward to Timur Bekmembetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

16- Cloud Atlas – The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer
Tom Hanks, Ben Whishaw, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, Hugh Grant, James D’Arcy

15- The Cabin in the Woods (4/12) – Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon

14- The Burial – Mallick
Ben Affleck, Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem, Olga Kurylenko, Barry Pepper, Amanda Peet, Michael Sheen and Jessica Chastain.

13- Total Recall – Len Wiseman (Underworld, Die Hard 4)
Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale, Bokeem Woodbine,Ethan Hawke, Bill Nighy, Jessica Biel, John Cho

12- Only God Forgives – Nicolas Winding Refn
Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Scott Thomas

11- The Wettest County (8/31) – John Hillcoat
Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain, Guy Pearce, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska

10- Anna Karenina – Joe Wright
Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew MacFadyen, Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Ruth Wilson

9- The Master – PT Anderson
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Laura Dern

8- Gravity (11/21)- Alfonso Cuaron
George Clooney, Sandra Bullock

7- Prometheus (6/8) – Ridley Scott
Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Olga Kurylenko, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish

6- Cogan’s Trade – Andrew Dominik [Jesse James, Chopper]
Brad Pitt, Sam Rockwell, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta

5- Argo (9/14)- Ben Affleck
Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Tate Donovan, Taylor Schilling, Clea DuVall, Richard Kind, Rory Cochrane, Chris Messina, Michael Parks

4- Looper (9/28) – Rian Johnson
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels and Piper Perabo

3- Moonrise Kingdom (5/25) – Wes Anderson
Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Harvey Keitel and Bob Balaban

2- Django Unchained (12/25) – Quentin Tarantino
Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, M.C. Gainey, Don Johnson, Anthony LaPaglia, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, RZA, James Remar, Sacha Baron Cohen

1- Inside Llewelyn Davis – Coen Brothers
Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman
 

Kurt:

Haywire – Stven Soderbergh
Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas, Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton

Perfect Sense – David Mackenzie
Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Connie Nielsen

Black Out – Arne Toonen
Robert de Hoog

Cosmopolis – Cronenberg
Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche, Mathieu Amalric, Samantha Morton, Jay – Baruchel

Nameless Gangsters – Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng
Choi-Min Sik

Stoker – Chan Wook Park
Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulrooney, Jackie Weaver

Under the Skin – Jonathan Glazer
Scarlett Johansson

A Topiary – Shane Carruth

The Grand Masters – Wong Kar-Wai
Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi

Mud – Jeff Nichols
Reese Witherspoon, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Shannon, Sarah Paulson, Sam Shepherd

Seven Psychopaths – Martin McDonagh [In Bruges]
Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Olga Kurylenko, Tom Waits and Abbie Cornish

On the Road – Walter Salles
Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund

Savages (9/28) – Oliver Stone
Salma Hayek, Benicio del Toro, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Emile Hirsch, Joel David Moore

Upside Down – Juan Diego Solanas
Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess
 

~ HEAVY HITTERS WORTH MENTIONING ~ (in no particular order)
The Hobbit (12/14)
The Dark Knight Rises (7/20)
The Hunger Games (3/23)
Brave (6/22) – Pixar
Bourne Legacy (8/3) – Tony Gilroy (Duplicity, Bourne Ult, Michael Clayton) Edward Norton as the villain!
Skyfall (11/9) – Sam Mendes
The Amazing Spider-Man (7/3)
The Avengers (5/4))

~ OTHERS WE’RE INTERESTED IN ~ (in no particular order)
– Kill Bin Laden (12/19) – Katherine Bigelow (Joel Edgerton, Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong)
– Ted (7/13) – Seth Macfarlane (Mila Kunis, Adam Scott, Giovanni Ribisi)
– Gangster Squad (10/19) – Ruben Fleischer [Zombieland] (Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, Michael Pena, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi, Holt McCallany, Emma Stone, Robert Patrick, Mireille Enos, Nick Nolte)
– Love – Michael Haneke
– Rust and Bone – Jacques Audiard [A Prophet] (Marion Cotillard)
– Nero Fiddled – Woody Allen (Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page, Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Greta Gerwig, Alison Pill)
– 12 Years of Silence – Steve McQueen ( Michael Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt)
– Gambit – written by Coens (Coin Firth, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci, Cameron Diaz)
– The Silver Linings Playbook (11/21) – David O. Russell (Bradley Cooper, Mark Wahlberg, Robert De Niro, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver, Julia Stiles, John Ortiz, Shea Whigham)

THE WATCH LIST:

Andrew
– “Sherlock” (season 2)
– The Book of Eli

Kurt
– The Spy Who Came in From The Cold
– JFK
– The Sound of Music
– Willow
– Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)
– Shattered Glass

DVDs/NETFLIX INSTANT NOW AVAILABLE:
Jandy’s DVD Triage

OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:
Naboer (aka Next Door) (IMDb)
Kurt’s kids review The Sound of Music
 
 

 
 

NEXT WEEK:
A Dangerous Method
Carnage

PRIVATE COMMENTS or QUESTIONS?
Leave your thoughts in the comment section below, or email us:
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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2012/01/11/cinecast-episode-241-with-gusto/feed/ 31 2:30:38 We look ahead to our most anticipated films of 2012. Also a quick watch list. Thanks for listening. 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. As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening/Intros: :00 In-house business: 2:00 Most anticipated of 2012: 15:14 The Watch List: 1:17:24 Next week/Closing: 2:26:25 Outro music: 2:26:31 – 2:30:38 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 240 – The Odds on End of Times are 50/50 http://www.rowthree.com/2012/01/06/cinecast-episode-240-year-in-r3view/ http://www.rowthree.com/2012/01/06/cinecast-episode-240-year-in-r3view/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:54:26 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=52466

 
 
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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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– Row Three’s Favorite Albums of the Year
– WTLTE Pop Culture Cast (coming soon!)
– CASTcast

THEMES AND TRENDS of 2011:

Craft-
Drive
Tinker Tailor
Contagion
Shame
Hanna
Melancholia
Sherlock Holmes 2

Talking Animals-
Beginners
The Artist
Zookeeper
Planet of the Apes
The Future
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (the monkey)
Project Nim

The 80′s-
The Smurfs
Conan (the barbarian)
Footloose
Fright Night
Winnie the Pooh
The Muppets
Transformers
Arthur
The Thing
Repo Chick
Super 8
Attack the Block

Movies for Women-
Bridesmaids
Twilight
Jane Eyre
Cracks

The Stars-
Jessica Chastain (6 films) as the suffering wife
Michael Fassbender (4 films) as a frustrated power figure

Personal Represented by Cosmic-
Another Earth
Melancholia
Take Shelter
Attack the Block

Parenting-
Carnage
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Beautiful Boy
Take Shelter
Kotoko
Hanna
Beginners

Evil Cults-
Red State
Kill List
MMMM
Paradise Lost 3

BOX OFFICE:

The ENTIRE top ten are comic books or sequels…

1) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($381,011,219)
2) Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($352,390,543)
3) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 ($276,424,872)
4) The Hangover Part II ($254,464,305)
5) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($241,071,802)
6) Fast Five ($209,837,675)
7) Cars 2 ($191,452,396)
8 ) Thor ($181,030,624)
9) Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($176,711,822)
10) Captain America: The First Avenger ($176,654,505)

Of the entire top 20, only 3 are not of this ilk (The Help, Bridesmaids, Super 8).

THE TOP TENS:

Kurt
10) Drive
9) Hannah
8 ) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy SPOILERS!!
7) Project Nim
6) Kotoko
5) Contagion
4) Cafe de Flore
3) Melancholia
2) We Need to Talk Kevin
1) Tree of Life

Honorable Mentions: Rango, Carnage, The Innkeepers, Shame, ALPS, Attack The Block, Page Eight, Tyrannosaur, Take Shelter, A Lonely Place To Die, Another Earth, The Artist, Sleepless Night, Kill List

Didn’t See But Should’ve: The Skin I Live in, A Dangerous Method, Certified Copy, Beginners, The Future

Worst film: The Moth Diaries

Matt
10) Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
9) The Human Centipede 2
8 ) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy SPOILERS!!
7) Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows
6) Drive
5) Buck
4) I Saw the Devil
3) Tabloid
2) Rango
1) 50/50

Andrew
10) Drive
9) The Descendants
8 ) Moneyball
7) Beginners
6) Incendies
5) Another Earth
4) 13 Assassins
3) 50/50
2) Midnight in Paris
1) The Skin I Live In

Top Ten not in the Top Ten: The Artist, Cracks, Melancholia, Win Win, Hanna, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Limitless, Take Shelter, Meek’s Cutoff, Winnie the Pooh

Just Great Fun:: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Fast Five, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Troll Hunter, Stakeland, Hobo with a Shotgun

Didn’t See But Should’ve/Will: Carnage, The Help, The Interrupters, Bellflower, A Separation, The Raid

Worst films: Aftershock, Red State

NEXT WEEK:
???

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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2012/01/06/cinecast-episode-240-year-in-r3view/feed/ 22 3:11:26 Year end review plus our Top Ten Films of 2011. Thanks for listening! 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, but mostly it’s a love fest. Watch out for the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy bit in the top ten as it gets a tad SPOILERY!!. Otherwise enjoy all 180 minutes of one of our favorite shows of the year in all its glory. Much like the past year, it rushes by quickly! As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business: 0:12 2011 in Review: 5:35 Top Ten of 2011: 35:35 – - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy review gets SPOILERY!: 55:16 – 1:12:00 Next week: 3:06:04 Outro music: 3:06:30 – 3:11:26 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 239 – A Vortex of Insanity http://www.rowthree.com/2011/12/28/cinecast-episode-239-a-vortex-of-insanity/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/12/28/cinecast-episode-239-a-vortex-of-insanity/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:04:59 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=51970

 
 
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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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– Kurt on Director’s Club Podcast (part ii – breaking down Breaking Bad)

MAIN REVIEWS:
– The Artist (Kurt’s video review)

OTHER REVIEW:
– Tin Tin
– Sherlock Holmes 2

THE WATCH LIST:

Andrew
– How to Train Your Dragon
– Sunset

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OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:
Best Movie Dogs of 2011

NEXT WEEK:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
A Dangerous Method

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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/12/28/cinecast-episode-239-a-vortex-of-insanity/feed/ 14 1:40:11 Reviews for The Artist, Tin Tin and Sherlock Holmes 2. A small watch list and a look back at some of the best dog performances of the year and more. Thanks for listening! WORDS_HERE TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business: 0:08 The Artist (MILD SPOILERS!): 9:00 Tin Tin: 39:57 Sherlock Holmes 2: 56:55 – (Best dogs of the year) The Watch List: 1:16:34 Next week: 1:32:31 Outro music: 1:36:43 – 1:40:11 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 238 – Just the Tip, Please. http://www.rowthree.com/2011/12/21/cinecast-episode-238-just-the-tip-please/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/12/21/cinecast-episode-238-just-the-tip-please/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:57:37 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=51477

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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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– Jandy’s engaged. Congrats!
– Kurt on The Matinee Cast (episode 48)
– Kurt on The Director’s Club (Hal Hartley)
– New High and Low Brow (season 3 episode 4)
– Matt’s Human Centipede 2 review

TOP 5 MALE PERFORMANCES (2011):

Kurt
5) Bill Nighy Page Eight
4) Michael Parks Red State
3) Brad Pitt Moneyball
2) Jean Dujardin The Artist
1) (listen)

HM: Everyone (Margin Call), John Boyega (Attack the Block), Michael Shannon (Take Shelter), Ralph Zavadill (Beauty Day)

Matt
5) Neil Patrick Harris A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
4) Lawrence R. Harvey Human Centipede 2
3) Michael Fassbender X-Men: First Class
2) Albert Brooks Drive
1) (listen)

HM: Ben Foster (The Mechanic), Alex Shaffer (Win Win), Buck Branneman (Buck), Michael Perry (Into the Abyss),

Andrew
6) Andy Serkis Rise of the Planet of the Apes
5) Joseph Gordon-Levitt 50/50
4) Michael Parks Red State
3) Adrien Brody Midnight in Paris
2) Albert Brooks Drive
1) (listen)

HM: Brendan Gleeson (The Guard), Michael Fassbender (Shame), Brad Pitt (Moneyball), George Clooney (The Descendants), Leo DiCaprio (J. Edgar), John Hawkes (MMMM), Antonio Banderas (The Skin I Live In)

MAIN REVIEWS:
– Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
– The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Fincher)

OTHER THEATRICAL REVIEWS:
– Margin Call
– The Sitter
– Shame
– Young Adult
– Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
– Immortals

THE WATCH LIST:

Matt
– Paul
– Die Hard

Andrew
– Crazy, Stupid Love
– Apocalypto
– The Skin I Live In

Kurt
– A Year Without Santa Claus
– Muppets Take Manhattan

DVDs/NETLIX NOW AVAILABLE:
Jandy’s DVD Triage

OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:

NEXT WEEK:
The Artist
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/12/21/cinecast-episode-238-just-the-tip-please/feed/ 51 3:29:38 Reviews for Mission Impossible 4, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Sherlock Holmes 2. Plus Margin Call, Shame, The Sitter, Young Adult and Immortals. Our top 5 Male performances of 2011 and an all new watch list. It's a lot but hope you enjoy[...] We’ve got entirely too much content to squeeze into one single episode, and this one is busting at the seams. Kicking 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 of Red Box, 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. As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business (Prometheus trailer): 0:48 Batman Prologue/IMAX: 6:32 Top 5 Male Performances: 16:15 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (SPOILERS!): 58:40 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (SPOILERS!): 1:25:00 Other theatrical reviews (Margin Call, The Sitter, Shame, Young Adult, Sherlock Holmes 2, Immortals): 1:57:30 The Watch List: 2:55:17 Next week/Goodbye’s: 3:24:22 Outro music: 3:25:28 – 3:29:38 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 237 – One T or Two? http://www.rowthree.com/2011/12/07/cinecast-episode-237-one-t-or-two/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/12/07/cinecast-episode-237-one-t-or-two/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:49:37 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=51186

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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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– Kurt on The Matinee Cast

TOP 5 FEMALE PERFORMANCES OF 2011:

Andrew
5) Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
4) Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter
3) Allison Pill/Marion Cotillard – Midnight in Paris
2) Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
1) (listen)

Matt
5) Saoirse Ronan – Hanna
4) Elle Fanning – Super 8
3) Aggeliki Papoulia – Dogtooth
2) Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
1) (listen)

Kurt
5) Cate Blanchet – Hanna
4) Berenice Bejo – The Artist
3) Carrie Mulligan – Shame
2) Olivia Colman – Tyrannasaur
1) (listen)

THE WATCH LIST:

Andrew
– Stranded
– Black Lightning
– Titicut Follies
– “The Walking Dead” (season 2.0)

Kurt
– Casino
– Tabloid
– The Corporation
– Chinatown
– “Breaking Bad” (seasons 2-4)

Matt
– Into the Abyss
– Pulling John
– Horror Express
– “Misfits”
– Bellflower
– Attack the Block
– The Muppets
– The Descendants
– American Grindhouse
– Copyright Criminals
– The Captains
– Buck
– Candyman: The David Klein Story
– An Inconvenient Tax
– Vanishing of the Bees
– Creatures that Defy Evolution: Vol. 1
– Penn and Teller’s Magic and Mystery Tour
– Darkon
– Baseketball
– Last of the Mohicans
– The Shadow
– Supernova
– “Legend of the Seeker”
– “Dungeons and Dragons” (animated)
– “Terra Nova”
– “Grimm”
– “Once Upon a Time”

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OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:
Awards Circuit

NEXT WEEK:
Young Adult
The Sitter

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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/12/07/cinecast-episode-237-one-t-or-two/feed/ 56 3:04:32 Top 5 female performances of 2011 and a massive watch list. No new releases this week, but we had fun anyway. Thanks for listening! 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. As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business: 0:25 Top 5 Female Performances of 2011: 4:19 The Watch List: 44:57 Video Games/Next week/outro: 3:00:10 Outro music: 3:02:01 – 03:04:32 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 236 – Ocular Coitus http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/30/cinecast-episode-236-ocular-coitus/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/30/cinecast-episode-236-ocular-coitus/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:44:53 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=51034 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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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– Movie Club Podcast (Crash and Crash)
– Director’s Club Podcast (Steven Soderbergh)
– After the Credits (December preview)

MAIN REVIEWS:
– Melancholia
– The Descendants
– The Muppets

OTHER REVIEWS:
– My Week with Marilyn
– Hugo

THE WATCH LIST:

Andrew
– The Game
– The Mist (black & white version) – I also read the book

Kurt
– Europa
– L’Enfer
– “The Kevin Pollack Chat Show” (Damon Lindeof episode on YouTube)

Aaron
– An Education

DVDs/NETFLIX INSTANT AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:
Jandy’s DVD Triage

OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:
Bohemian Rhapsody Muppet Video

NEXT WEEK:
???
???

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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/30/cinecast-episode-236-ocular-coitus/feed/ 20 2:33:38 Welcome our friend Aaron Hartung as we get down to a whole boatload of theatrical reviews, including Melancholia, The Muppets, The Descendants, Hugo (2D) and My Week with Marilyn. Stay tuned for The Watch List and other shenannery. Thanks for list[...] While our friend Matt Gamble is still on the mend (not from a boating accident), Kurt and Andrew tired of their each other’s lone company and reached for the stars with this episode’s guest host: Aaron Hartung (aka the dude who lives upstairs). He also happens to work for the best cinema screening chain in town, Landmark Theaters. So not only does he seem to know his movie stuff, he’s got a voice for radio to boot. Since 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). But wait, there is more: Fifties sex icons, furry little signing and dancing nostalgia engines and some 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. As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening/Intros: :00 In-house business: 2:16 Melancholia (SPOILERS!): 5:07 Other banter (films in Dec. and Wes Anderson): 35:43 The Descendants (SPOILERS!): 43:32 Welcome Aaron: 1:12:00 The Muppets (SPOILERS!): 1:16:41 Hugo (2D): 2:03:19 My Week with Marilyn: 2:17:22 The Watch List: 2:28:25 Outro/Next week: 3:08:32 Outro music: 3:11:28 – 3:13:22 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 235 – Clint’s Notes http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/16/cinecast-episode-235-clints-notes/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/16/cinecast-episode-235-clints-notes/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:28:11 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=50704

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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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– Movie Club Podcast
– Director’s Club Podcast

MAIN REVIEWS:
– Attack the Block
– J. Edgar

VERSUS:
Clint Eastwood (director)
vs.
Clint Eastwood (actor)

(IMDb)

THE WATCH LIST:

Andrew
– “Into the Universe” with Stephen Hawking
– Dreamgirls

Kurt
– Cafe de Flore

DVDs/NETFLIX INSTANT NOW AVAILABLE:
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OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:
170 Greatest Clint Eastwood Quotes
Benedict Cumberbatch (IMDb)

NEXT WEEK:
The Descendants

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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/16/cinecast-episode-235-clints-notes/feed/ 30 1:48:03 Reviews for Attack the Block and J. Edgar. Also a versus segment in which Clint Eastwood the director, takes on Clint Eastwood the actor. The Watch List and much more await inside. Thanks for listening! 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. We also check back in with quality Brit creature feature Attack The Block. In The Watch List we get our music on with Bill Condon’s Dreamgirls and Jean-Marc Vallée’s Café de flore. As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business: 0:09 Attack the Block (SPOILERS!): 6:18 J. Edgar (SPOILERS!): 22:30 Vs.: 46:13 The Watch List: 1:11:14 Next week: 1:42:34 Outro music: 1:43:06 – 1:48:03 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 234 – High-Five, Movie. I’m outta here! http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/09/cinecast-episode-234-high-five-movie-im-outta-here/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/09/cinecast-episode-234-high-five-movie-im-outta-here/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:45:13 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=50053

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.

As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening!

 
 

 

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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– Promo posters – thanks Ross! – everyone else, make your own for us to use!
– Google+

MAIN REVIEWS:
– Tower Heist
– Martha Marcy May Marlene

TOP 5 FILMS BEGINNING WITH “M”:

Kurt
5) Magnolia
4) Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke)
3) McCabe and Mrs. Miller
2) Master and Commander
1) The Maltese Falcon

Andrew
5) Me and You and Everyone We Know
4) Magnolia
3) Miami Vice
2) Matrix
1) The Man from Earth

THE WATCH LIST:

 
 

Andrew
– Streets of Fire
– Sexy Beast
– We Live in Public
– Super
– Pitch Black

Kurt
– A Clockwork Orange
– 12 Monkeys
– From Dusk til Dawn
– “Breaking Bad” (s2)

DVDs AND NETFLIX INSTANT NOW AVAILABLE:
Jandy’s DVD Triage [I haven't had time this week to put this together; I'll include the most relevant ones next week. Sorry! - Jandy]

OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:
– Matthew Price’s Tower Heist review
– Kurt’s 30 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the Aughties post
– Mamo! Lightbox TIFF Lightbox Fall/Winter Programming Video
– Clockwork Orange homage trailer for Polanski’s Carnage
– Chris Marker’s La Jetée (aka, the “original” 12 Monkeys)

NEXT WEEK:
Attack the Block
Immortals

PRIVATE COMMENTS or QUESTIONS?
Leave your thoughts in the comment section below, or email us:
feedback@rowthree.com (general)
andrew.james@rowthree.com
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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/09/cinecast-episode-234-high-five-movie-im-outta-here/feed/ 49 2:45:44 Reviews for Tower Heist and Martha Marcy May Marlene. Also an extreme version of The Watch List and an all new Top Five list. Thanks for listening! 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 recent more than one public faux pas, before moving into the meatier movie meal that is Martha Marcy May Marlene. Then a new Top 5! The Watch List keeps the fires hot as Kurt enthusiasts on big screen viewings of Kubrick and Gilliam films, while there is a fair bit of disagreement about the pleasures of David Twohy’s Pitch Black. Other viewings, including 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. As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business: 0:48 Tower Heist: 6:38 Martha Marcy May Marlene (SPOILERS!): 26:55 Top 5 List: 48:26 The Watch List: 1:01:20 Next week/Outros: 2:31:58 Outro music: 2:41:48 – 2:45:40 STINGER: – 2:45:44 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 233 (part 1) – You Cannot Unwatch This http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/02/cinecast-episode-233-part-1-you-cannot-unwatch-this/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/02/cinecast-episode-233-part-1-you-cannot-unwatch-this/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:49:11 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=49595

 
We are back from couple of weeks of movie watching, festival attending, friend making, costume gazing and beer drinking. We are ready to talk about it all, too. There are two new release reviews this week: Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In and the Andrew Niccol ‘first-draft-made-into-a-big-budget-feature’ In Time. From there we spend a lot of time delving into The Watch List and some interesting discussion and debate on Alan Arkin, Kevin Smith, Serbian Exploitation/Satire/Horror, Jack Nicholson, Canadian 3D curios, A modern Mr. Holmes, and indulge (again) on the oral fixation of Ms. Greta Gerwig in The House of the Devil.

Be sure to check out PART TWO of this episode in which we talk about all the great goings-on at the Film Festivals we attended last week – Toronto After Dark and The Flyway Film Fest!

 
 
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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– Barnes and Noble Criterion 50% off Sale!
– High and Low Brow Podcast (A Night to Remember and (The War Game)
– Kurt cameo on Mamo!

MAIN REVIEW:
– The Skin I Live In
– In Time

THE WATCH LIST:

Andrew
– Bridesmaids
– “Sherlock” (season 1)
– Red State
– A Serbian Film

Kurt
– Catch-22
– The Last Detail
– Millions
– The Mask in 3D (not the Jim Carrey movie)
– House of the Devil

OTHER DVDs NOW AVAILABLE:
Jandy’s DVD Triage

NEXT WEEK:

Martha Marcy May Marlene
Tower Heist
Zombie

PRIVATE COMMENTS or QUESTIONS?
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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/02/cinecast-episode-233-part-1-you-cannot-unwatch-this/feed/ 7 2:33:40 Reviews for The Skin I Live In and In Time. Also a nice long watch list including Catch-22 and A Serbian Film. Thanks for listening! We’re back from a long couple of weeks of movie watching, festival attending, friend bonding, costume gazing and beer drinking and ready to discuss. Two main release reviews this week with Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In and the disappointing In Time. From there it’s on to a very long Watch List and some interesting discussion and debate. Be sure to check out PART TWO of this episode in which we talk about all the great goings-on at the Film Festival we attended! As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 233 (part 2) – The Fests and Furious! http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/02/cinecast-episode-233-part-2-fest-and-furious-film/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/02/cinecast-episode-233-part-2-fest-and-furious-film/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:48:52 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=49922

 
 
So we’ve been gone for two weeks. This is what we’ve been doing with our time since the last episode. Kurt spent a Halloween week with the crew at the After Dark Festival while Matt and Andrew went down to cider country for good ol’ homegrown fun with The Flyway Film Fest. A good time was had by all. Here’s how it all went down…

Be sure to check out PART ONE of this episode with new release talk and The Watch List!

As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening!

 
 

 

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TORONTO AFTER DARK:

Films:
– Some Guy Who Kills People
– The Woman
– Father’s Day
– Manborg
– The Divide
– Midnight Son
– Monster Brawl
– Vs.

FLYWAY FILM FESTIVAL:

Films:
– Collaborator
– Radio Free Albemuth
– Adventures in Plymptoons

PRIVATE COMMENTS or QUESTIONS?
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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/11/02/cinecast-episode-233-part-2-fest-and-furious-film/feed/ 0 2:01:11 Festival recaps of Toronto After Dark and Flyway Film Festival. So we’ve been gone for two weeks. This is what we’ve been doing with our time since the last episode. Kurt spent a Halloween week with the crew at the After Dark Festival while Matt and Andrew went down to cider country for good ol’ homegrown fun with The Flyway Film Fest. A good time was had by all. Here’s how it all went down… Be sure to check out PART ONE of this episode with new release talk and The Watch List! As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Toronto After Dark Film Festival: :00 Flyway Film Festival: 56:50 Mamo! Controversy: 1:32:25 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Flyway Pubcast #5 – Xan Aranda Talks About Andrew Bird Documentary http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/28/flyway-pubcast-5-xan-aranda-talks-about-andrew-bird-documentary/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/28/flyway-pubcast-5-xan-aranda-talks-about-andrew-bird-documentary/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:42:16 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=49821

Today’s Pubcast is brought to you by Andrew, Matt, Flyway regular Xan Aranda (of the Chicago Short Film Brigade) and Summit Beer Brewing Company. Though Xan has typically been involved with programming the shorts for Flyway Film Fetival in the past, this year she’s here pretty much just for the fun of it. Of course this isn’t to say she doesn’t have stuff to talk about.

Her documentary, Fever Year, featuring musican/songwriter Andrew Bird is on the way. Andrew James meanwhile is busy with his 12 year-old scotch (thanks Peri!) so I defer to my girlfriend Emma to ask the tough questions before Gamble goes back to his gushing. Welcome to the drunken shenanigans that is Flyway 2011!

 

Meanwhile, check out the trailer for FEVER YEAR under the seats…
 

Official Trailer (2:45) from Andrew Bird: Fever Year on Vimeo.

]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/28/flyway-pubcast-5-xan-aranda-talks-about-andrew-bird-documentary/feed/ 1 0:20:13 Today’s Pubcast is brought to you by Andrew, Matt, Flyway regular Xan Aranda (of the Chicago Short Film Brigade) and Summit Beer Brewing Company. Though Xan has typically been involved with programming the shorts for Flyway Film Fetival in[...] Today’s Pubcast is brought to you by Andrew, Matt, Flyway regular Xan Aranda (of the Chicago Short Film Brigade) and Summit Beer Brewing Company. Though Xan has typically been involved with programming the shorts for Flyway Film Fetival in the past, this year she’s here pretty much just for the fun of it. Of course this isn’t to say she doesn’t have stuff to talk about. Her documentary, Fever Year, featuring musican/songwriter Andrew Bird is on the way. Andrew James meanwhile is busy with his 12 year-old scotch (thanks Peri!) so I defer to my girlfriend Emma to ask the tough questions before Gamble goes back to his gushing. Welcome to the drunken shenanigans that is Flyway 2011!   Meanwhile, check out the trailer for FEVER YEAR under the seats…   Official Trailer (2:45) from Andrew Bird: Fever Year on Vimeo. Cinecast, Interview, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Flyway Pubcast #4 – Madtown! (Mike Pickering and Mike Scholtz) http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/27/flyway-pubcast-4-madtown-mike-pickering-and-mike-scholtz/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/27/flyway-pubcast-4-madtown-mike-pickering-and-mike-scholtz/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:43:26 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=49688

For this go-round, Matt and I got a look at the documentary short subject with new friends Mike Scholtz and Mike Pickering. These guys saw the importance of what was going on in Madison, Wisconsin last summer and decided to risk police arrest and capture as much as they could on film. Madtown is shown in three acts and goes right inside the capitol building to hear from the people who occupied it for almost three weeks in opposition to Governor Scott Walker’s union-busting bill.

And though we didn’t get a chance to talk about it in this Pubcast, The Mike’s are also directors of the Free Range Film Festival which is “a celebration of independent film and country living. Films are screened inside a big old barn located in the heart of Minnesota’s organic farm country. The 2012 festival will be held on July 27 & 28. It will be more fun than you probably deserve.”

 

 

Madtown screened at this year’s Flyway Film Festival but is still making its way around the festival circuit. If you can’t find a big screen showing, you’re in luck as the guys have thrown a slightly rougher cut of the film on YouTube. You can check it out in its entirety underneath the seats…

 

 

]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/27/flyway-pubcast-4-madtown-mike-pickering-and-mike-scholtz/feed/ 0 0:10:36 For this go-round, Matt and I got a look at the documentary short subject with new friends Mike Scholtz and Mike Pickering. These guys saw the importance of what was going on in Madison, Wisconsin last summer and decided to risk police arrest an[...] For this go-round, Matt and I got a look at the documentary short subject with new friends Mike Scholtz and Mike Pickering. These guys saw the importance of what was going on in Madison, Wisconsin last summer and decided to risk police arrest and capture as much as they could on film. Madtown is shown in three acts and goes right inside the capitol building to hear from the people who occupied it for almost three weeks in opposition to Governor Scott Walker’s union-busting bill. And though we didn’t get a chance to talk about it in this Pubcast, The Mike’s are also directors of the Free Range Film Festival which is “a celebration of independent film and country living. Films are screened inside a big old barn located in the heart of Minnesota’s organic farm country. The 2012 festival will be held on July 27 & 28. It will be more fun than you probably deserve.”     Madtown screened at this year’s Flyway Film Festival but is still making its way around the festival circuit. If you can’t find a big screen showing, you’re in luck as the guys have thrown a slightly rougher cut of the film on YouTube. You can check it out in its entirety underneath the seats…     Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Flyway Pubacast #3 – Gary King! http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/25/flyway-pubacast-3-gary-king/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/25/flyway-pubacast-3-gary-king/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:30:50 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=49536

Our good buddy GARY KING is back at Flyway once again! While he doesn’t have a film this year (he had two last year so he’s trying to maintain modesty), he’s always down for a cine-conversation. James Gillham from Where the Long Tail Ends wanted to talk to the director a little bit about horror films in general, given the time of year. I couldn’t help but interrupt and give my own thoughts as well.

From there we talk a little bit about Gary’s upcoming film How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song and when we can expect a screening. Mostly it’s all laughs and fun here as we takl about The Exorcist, [rec] and other paranormal and religious horrifications (welcome to Flyway Film Festival!).

 

You can follow Gary and his films here:
Film Page
Twitter
Facebook
IMDb

AND check out the trailer for How do You Write a Joe Schermann Song under the seats…

 

 

]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/25/flyway-pubacast-3-gary-king/feed/ 0 0:09:27 Our good buddy GARY KING is back at Flyway once again! While he doesn’t have a film this year (he had two last year so he’s trying to maintain modesty), he’s always down for a cine-conversation. James Gillham from Where the Lo[...] Our good buddy GARY KING is back at Flyway once again! While he doesn’t have a film this year (he had two last year so he’s trying to maintain modesty), he’s always down for a cine-conversation. James Gillham from Where the Long Tail Ends wanted to talk to the director a little bit about horror films in general, given the time of year. I couldn’t help but interrupt and give my own thoughts as well. From there we talk a little bit about Gary’s upcoming film How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song and when we can expect a screening. Mostly it’s all laughs and fun here as we takl about The Exorcist, [rec] and other paranormal and religious horrifications (welcome to Flyway Film Festival!).   You can follow Gary and his films here: Film Page Twitter Facebook IMDb AND check out the trailer for How do You Write a Joe Schermann Song under the seats…     Cinecast, Interview RowThree.com yes no Flyway Pubcast #2 – “Adventures in Plymptoons” Director Alexia Anastasio http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/25/flyway-pubcast-2-%e2%80%93-adventures-in-plymptoons-director-alexia-anastasio/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/25/flyway-pubcast-2-%e2%80%93-adventures-in-plymptoons-director-alexia-anastasio/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:20:52 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=49528

Early on in the evening Matt Gamble and I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with writer/director Alexia Anastasio to talk about her new documentary, Adventures in Plymptoons. One of my favorite films from Flyway 2011, this documentary explores the vivid and whacky mind of renowned animator, Bill Plympton. You may not recognize the name, but you probably know his work.

Despite being mostly a talking heads documentary, it was clearly made with fun and admiration in mind. Sure all of the speakers are here to show their admiration for Bill, but they’re also here for laughs… and it shows! With bits and scraps of Bill’s work intertwined among all of the interviews and old-school footage, the movie is exactly what Bill Plympton would want it to be: a frickin’ ball!

 

You can follow Alexia and the film here:
Film Page
Twitter
Facebook

… or check out the trailer under the seats!…

 

 

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So we’ll start this series of interviews and diascussions with the most apropos of places: founder/director/programmer Rick Vaicius [vay-shus]. The interview actually took place in the middle of the evening but as you’ll see throughout this series, that’s due partly out of simplicity and obviousness, but also possible drunkenness on the part of the interviewers (myself and Matt Gamble) and therefore we’re a little bit chronologically impaired.

This is my third year at The Flyway Film Festival and it just keeps on getting better. Here’s Rick to explain why…

 

]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/25/flyway-pubcast-1-programmerdirector-rick-vaicius/feed/ 0 0:24:20 Interview with Flyway Film Festival Director Rick Vaicius. So we’ll start this series of interviews and diascussions with the most apropos of places: founder/director/programmer Rick Vaicius [vay-shus]. The interview actually took place in the middle of the evening but as you’ll see throughout this series, that’s due partly out of simplicity and obviousness, but also possible drunkenness on the part of the interviewers (myself and Matt Gamble) and therefore we’re a little bit chronologically impaired. This is my third year at The Flyway Film Festival and it just keeps on getting better. Here’s Rick to explain why…   Cinecast, Interview, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 232 – Storm’s Coming… http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/18/cinecast-episode-232-storms-coming/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/18/cinecast-episode-232-storms-coming/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:25:07 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=49087

 
 
With Take Shelter on the agenda this episode we are joined by the knowledgeable and articulate Jim Laczkowski (The Director’s Club Podcast). We spend a lot of time on this one with *FULL-ON SPOILERS*, so be warned if you have not seen the film yet -and you should- but be sure to have a listen to Jim’s musical take on the subject at the very least. Onward to The Watch list and we have the diverse menu of didactic misogyny, Kevin Costner, identity swapping in Africa and Europe, 911 documentaries, military narcotics and induced haunting, Roald Dahl, and one more lap with Drive and the ‘introverted cinema of cool.’ There is also DVD, Netflix, and a little of the old John Carpenter to round out the show.

As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening!

 
 

 

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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– Welcome JIM LACZKOWSKI from The Director’s Club Podcast (next episode John Carpenter) – Thanks for the Review Bumper Music DUDE!
– Toronto After Dark Film Festival
– Flyway Film Festival
– High and Low Brow (A Night to Remember, The War Game)

MAIN REVIEW:
– Take Shelter ** SPOILERS!! **

THE WATCH LIST:

Kurt
– The Woman
– The Passenger

Jim
– Jacob’s Ladder
– Drive

Andrew
– 9/11
– The Human Centipede (Full Sequence)
– Dances with Wolves (extended edition)
– Pulp Fiction

DVD PICKS:

Kurt
– Kuroneko (Criterion) [Blu]
– The Last Circus [Blu]

Andrew
– Red State
– Willy Wonka & Chocolate Factory (3-Disc 40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray]

Jim
– Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest
– Willy Wonka & Chocolate Factory (3-Disc 40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray]

INSTANT WATCH NEW RELEASES/EXPIRING SOON:

Kurt
– The Sentinel (expiring Oct. 31)
– Southern Comfort (new)

Andrew
– The Ward (new)

Jim
– Assault on Precinct 13 (expiring)
– Short Circuit (expiring)

OTHER DVDs $ NETFLIX NOW AVAILABLE:
Jandy’s DVD Triage

OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:
102 Minutes that Changed America

NEXT WEEK:
Toronto After Dark Film Festival
Flyway Film Festival

PRIVATE COMMENTS or QUESTIONS?
Leave your thoughts in the comment section below, or email us:
feedback@rowthree.com (general)
andrew.james@rowthree.com
kurt@rowthree.com

 

]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/18/cinecast-episode-232-storms-coming/feed/ 31 3:24:10 Welcome Jim Laczkowski of TheDirectorsClubPodcast.com; filling in for Matt Gamble this week. We take a good hard long look at take shelter before an even longer look at what we've been watching this week. DVDs and Netflix are all inside. Tha[...] With Take Shelter on the agenda this episode we are joined by the knowledgeable and articulate Jim Laczkowski (The Director’s Club Podcast). We spend a lot of time on this one with *FULL-ON SPOILERS*, so be warned if you have not seen the film yet -and you should- but be sure to have a listen to Jim’s musical take on the subject at the very least. Onward to The Watch list and we have the diverse menu of didactic misogyny, Kevin Costner, identity swapping in Africa and Europe, 911 documentaries, military narcotics and induced haunting, Roald Dahl, and one more lap with Drive and the ‘introverted cinema of cool.’ There is also DVD, Netflix, and a little of the old John Carpenter to round out the show. As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business: 0:18 Take Shelter (SPOILERS!): 14:51 The Watch List: 1:03:55 DVD picks: 2:57:10 Netflix Instant Watch picks: 3:08:33 Next week: 3:20:00 Outro music: 3:19:25 – 3:24:10 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 231 – Performance Enhancing! http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/13/cinecast-episode-231-performance-enhancing/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/13/cinecast-episode-231-performance-enhancing/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:24:06 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=48918

 
 
In one of our smoothest shows ever, something perhaps entirely co-incidental, Gamble (fairly SPOILERY!) gushes all over Human Centipede’s full sequence, in all its finger-lickin’ glory. Kurt and Andrew mildly praise and mildly bash George Clooney’s latest effort, The Ides of March. From there it is onto Cancer-without-Cancer, Haitian Voodoo, late night talk show hosts, school shooting sprees, and Fuckin’ Bruges! If you stay on long enough, you might get to hear a strange and antiquated for/against battle for Mark Zuckerberg’s legacy. Enjoy.

As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening!

 
 

 

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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– Thanks to Ross for the promo poster!

MAIN REVIEWS:
– Human Centipede (Full Sequence) (spoilers!)
– The Ides of March (spoilers!)

THE WATCH LIST:

Kurt
– Real Steel
– 50/50
– The Serpent and the Rainbow

Matt
– “The West Wing” (season 2)
– Conan O’Brien: Can’t Stop

Andrew
– Beautiful Boy
– In Bruges

DVD PICKS:

Kurt
– Tree of Life
– Maniac Cop

Andrew
– Beautiful Boy
– Terri

Matt
– Terri
– The Trip

OTHER DVDs NOW AVAILABLE:
Jandy’s DVD Triage

INSTANT WATCH NEW RELEASES/EXPIRING SOON:

Kurt
– Secret of NIMH (new)
– UHF (new)

Andrew
– The Trip (new)

Matt
– War of the Roses (expiring Oct 17)
– Bigger, Stronger, Faster (expiring Oct 30)

NEXT WEEK:
Take Shelter
Blackthorn
The Thing (remake)

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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/13/cinecast-episode-231-performance-enhancing/feed/ 13 2:17:56 Reviews for Human Centipede 2 and Ides of March. We revisit 50/50 and a whole slew of other films of recent viewing and DVD availability... and a fight about Facebook. Thanks for listening! We come dangerously close to actually growing a second penis this week. Yes, he show is that smooth. Gamble (fairly SPOILERY!) gushes all over Human Centipede’s full sequence, finger-lickin’ goodness. Kurt and Andrew mildly praise and mildly bash George Clooney’s latest effort, The Ides of March. From there it’s on to boxing robots, late night talk show hosts, school shooting sprees, Bill Pullman in white face and fat, retarded black midgets. And if stay on long enough, you might get to hear the battle for/against Mark Zuckerberg’s legacy. Enjoy. As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! TIME TRACKS LISTING: TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business: :22 The Human Centipede (Full Sequence) (SPOILERS!): 3:35 The Ides of March: 34:09 The Watch List: 52:31 DVD picks: 1:53:14 Netflix Instant Watch picks: 1:58:33 Next week: 2:07:00 Outro music: 2:16:31 – 2:17:55 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 230 – No Offense to All the Clowns Out There, But… http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/05/cinecast-episode-230-no-offense-to-all-the-clowns-out-there-but/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/05/cinecast-episode-230-no-offense-to-all-the-clowns-out-there-but/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:38:16 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=48561

 
 
We start off this week’s show with a little Brothers news, a sneak review of Hugh Jackman in Real Steel and then a recap of Soderbergh’s Contagion, as Kurt is still playing catch-up from his TIFF hangover. Then, though a week or so late, we dive into a SPOILER review of Moneyball. What Cinecast would be complete with the watch list? This week it’s murder, drugs, abusive clowns, horrible theme songs, mad max drama, left wing politics, extreme religious fanatacism and… Tom Cruise. If that ain’t enough, there’s DVD and Netflix talk along with Matt Gamble’s recent brushes with fame. It’s good stuff for everyone. So gather up the whole famn damily, grab a bowl of popcorn, stoke the embers in the fire and settle in for a nice little movie discussion on whatever you’re using for a transistor radio these days. Ladies and gentlemen, Cinecast episode 230 is on the air…

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COENS MAKE TELEVISION:
– The story

QUICK REVIEW:
– Contagion

SNEAK REVIEW:
– Real Steel

MAIN REVIEW:
– Moneyball

THE WATCH LIST:

Kurt
– Anatomy of a Murder
– Where the Buffalo Roam
– Julia
– The Shock Doctrine
– Bellflower

Matt
– The Last Circus
– Frailty
– “Enterprise”
– “The West Wing”

Andrew
– Minority Report
– Wrecked

DVD PICKS:

Andrew
– Pulp Fiction / Jackie Brown [Blu-ray]
– Cinema Paradiso [Blu-ray]
– Ken Burns’ Prohibition

Kurt
– Dead Alive
– Amer [Blu-ray]
– Submarine

Matt
– Buck
– Ken Burns’ Prohibition

OTHER DVDs NOW AVAILABLE:
Jandy’s DVD Triage

INSTANT WATCH NEW RELEASES/EXPIRING SOON:

Andrew
– Buck
– Chinatown

Kurt
– “Larry Sanders” (s. 1-5)
– True Grit (2010)

Matt
– Oldboy
– My Date with Drew

OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:

NEXT WEEK:
The Ides of March
The Human Centipede: The Full Sequence
Real Steel

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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/10/05/cinecast-episode-230-no-offense-to-all-the-clowns-out-there-but/feed/ 7 3:19:23 Reviews for Moneyball, a Contagion recap, tons of watch list and Gamble brushes with fame over the past week. DVD/Netflix talk and more. Thanks for listening! We start off this week’s show with a little Brothers news, a sneak review of Hugh Jackman in Real Steel and then a recap of Soderbergh’s Contagion, as Kurt is still playing catch-up from his TIFF hangover. Then, though a week or so late, we dive into a SPOILER review of Moneyball. What Cinecast would be complete with the watch list? This week it’s murder, drugs, abusive clowns, horrible theme songs, mad max drama, left wing politics, extreme religious fanatacism and… Tom Cruise. If that ain’t enough, there’s DVD and Netflix talk along with Matt Gamble’s recent brushes with fame. It’s good stuff for everyone. So gather up the whole famn damily, grab a bowl of popcorn, stoke the embers in the fire and settle in for a nice little movie discussion on whatever you’re using for a transistor radio these days. Ladies and gentlemen, Cinecast episode 230 is on the air… As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Coens on TV?: 1:03 Real Steel: 4:44 Kurt catch-up with Contagion: 10:12 Moneyball (SPOILERS!): 20:46 The Watch List: 57:05 Matt’s brush with “fame”: 2:39:51 DVD picks: 2:50:58 Netflix Instant Watch picks: 3:02:45 Next week: 3:09:55 Outro music: 00:00:00 – 3:19:24 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 229 – But Fate Runs Another Course… http://www.rowthree.com/2011/09/26/cinecast-episode-229-but-fate-runs-another-course/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/09/26/cinecast-episode-229-but-fate-runs-another-course/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:18:27 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=48147

 
 
It is festival time folks! With Kurt returning from the Toronto International Film Festival, and Gamble MIA due to the Twin Cities Film Festival – which Andrew recaps a few titles – there is precious little time for us to get to the weeks regular releases. Those looking for talk on Moneyball can consult the previous episode of the Cinecast, Over/Under. So prepare for a lot of monologuing (in brief spoiler-less spurts) on many of the festival titles – some of which will end up in the fall slate of films on the domestic front, others will probably be only released abroad until the end up on DVD or VOD. Join us as we tour through festivaland at warp speed. Also, for something completely different, Willem Halfyard comes into the mix to beef up The Watch List segment and Andrew gets to talk a bit of Star Wars from the perpective of two different generations of viewers.

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL:

Midnight Madness:
– The Day
– The Raid
– Kill List
– You’re Next
– Sleepless Night
– God Bless America

Other:
– We Need to Talk About Kevin
– Take Shelter
– The Awakening
– Kotoko
– Tyrannasaur
– Melancholia
– Drive
– Killer Joe
– Page Eight
– The Artist
– Headhunters
– The Descendants
– Shame
– ALPS
– Carre Blanc
– Crazy Horse
– Volcano
– Dark Horse
– Keyhole
– Martha Marcy May Marlene
– The Moth Diaries

TWIN CITIES FILM FESTIVAL:
– Fargo
– 50/50
– Machine Gun Preacher
– White Knight
– Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
– A. Hitler (aka The Empty Mirror)

THE WATCH LIST:

Andrew
– Star Wars [Blu-ray]
– Pearl Jam 20

Willem
– City of Ember

DVD PICKS:

Kurt
– Mimic (The Director’s Cut) [Blu-ray]
– Carlos (Criterion) [Blu-ray]
– Ricky-Oh The Story of Ricky
– Viva Riva!

Andrew
– Carlos (Criterion) [Blu-ray]
– The Phantom Carriage (Criterion) [Blu-ray]

OTHER DVDs NOW AVAILABLE:
Jandy’s DVD Triage

INSTANT WATCH NEW RELEASES/EXPIRING SOON:

Kurt
– They Live (new)
– Slap Shot (new)

Andrew
– Ironclad (new)
– Breaking Bad (season 1-3)

OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:
More Willem and Miranda reviews
Kurt on The Substream
Kurt on the MatineeCast

NEXT WEEK:
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Take Shelter
Moneyball

PRIVATE COMMENTS or QUESTIONS?
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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/09/26/cinecast-episode-229-but-fate-runs-another-course/feed/ 41 3:14:15 Reviews from The Toronto International Film Festival and The Twin Cities Film Festival (including 50/50 and Melancholia). DVD picks, Netflix Instant and a whole lot more - including a cameo appearance from Willem Halfyard. It is festival time folks! With Kurt returning from the Toronto International Film Festival, and Gamble MIA due to the Twin Cities Film Festival – which Andrew recaps a few titles, there is precious little time for us to get to the regular release. Those looking for Moneyball talk will have to wait until next show. So prepare for a lot of talk (in brief spoiler-less spurts) on a lot of the fall slate of films both domestic and abroad. Also for something completely different, Willem Halfyard comes into the mix to beef up The Watch List segment, and Andrew gets to talk a bit of Star Wars from two different generations of viewers. TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business: 1:47 Toronto Int’l Film Festival: 4:31 Twin Cities Film Festival: 1:50:25 The Watch List: 2:17:07 DVD picks: 2:56:04 Netflix Instant Watch picks: 3:01:40 Next week: 3:07:23 Outro music: 3:11:34 – 3:14:15 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 228 – Over/Under http://www.rowthree.com/2011/09/15/cinecast-episode-228/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/09/15/cinecast-episode-228/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:57:35 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=47488

 
 
Fantastic show this week. Thanks first of all for the one and only Ryan McNeil (aka Mad Hatter) from The Matinee and the MatineeCast for coming on board this week to fill Kurt’s shoes who is soulfully too invested with TIFF to talk to us right now. With a voice absolutely made for podcasting, Ryan can take Gambles punches with the best of them – or just deflect them altogether. We have slight differences of opinion on Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, but not before Gamble and I take Refn’s new film, Drive ***SPOILERS*** out for a spin around the block. Ryan has quite the TIFF experiences to share as well including some of the lowlights and highlights of the festival so far and Matt caught an early screening of Brad Pitt in Moneyball. All of this plus DVD talk (Star Wars on Blu-ray!) and some other tangents and film nuggets. Enjoy!

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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– Welcome Ryan McNeil!

MAIN REVIEWS:
– Drive ***SPOILERS***
– Contagion

TIFF SCREENINGS:
– From up on Poppy Hill (Ryan’s review)
– Urbanized (Ryan’s review)
– Pearl Jam 20 (Ryan’s review)
– Alois Nebel (Ryan’s review)
– Keyhole (Ryan’s review)
– Extraterrestrial (Ryan’s review)
– Dangerous Method (Ryan’s review)
– The Artist (Ryan’s review)
– The Eides of March (Ryan’s review)
– You’re Next (Ryan’s review)
– Shame (Ryan’s review)

THE WATCH LIST:

Matt
– Moneyball
– “Sherlock”

Ryan
– Adventureland
– A Face in the Crowd

Andrew
– Half Nelson
– Red Belt

DVD PICKS:

Ryan
– Citizen Kane [Blu-ray]
– Incendies [Blu-ray]
– Meek’s Cutoff

Andrew
– O Brother, Where Art Thou [Blu-ray]
– Incendies [Blu-ray]

Matt
– Conan O’Brien: Can’t Stop
– Hesher
– Drac Pack

OTHER DVDs NOW AVAILABLE:
Jandy’s DVD Triage

OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:
New HIGH AND LOW BROW episode!

NEXT WEEK:
Mozart’s Sister
Moneyball
Pearl Jam 20

PRIVATE COMMENTS or QUESTIONS?
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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/09/15/cinecast-episode-228/feed/ 20 2:29:18 Thanks to Ryan McNeill of thematinee.ca for stopping by for a mid-TIFF recap. We also review DRIVE and CONTAGION. Plus all of the regular goodies. Thanks for listening! Fantastic show this week. Thanks first of all for the one and only Ryan McNeil (aka Mad Hatter) from The Matinee and the MatineeCast for coming on board this week to fill Kurt’s shoes who is soulfully too invested with TIFF to talk to us right now. With a voice absolutely made for podcasting, Ryan can take Gambles punches with the best of them – or just deflect them altogether. We have slight differences of opinion on Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, but not before Gamble and I take Refn’s new film, Drive ***SPOILERS*** out for a spin around the block. Ryan has quite the TIFF experiences to share as well including some of the lowlights and highlights of the festival so far and Matt caught an early screening of Brad Pitt in Moneyball. All of this plus DVD talk (Star Wars on Blu-ray!) and some other tangents and film nuggets. Enjoy! As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business: 1:10 Drive (SPOILERS!): 4:55 Contagion: 29:29 Ryan at TIFF: 51:29 The Watch List: 1:26:15 DVD picks: 2:03:35 Next week/outro: 2:24:22 Exit music: 2:26:41 – 2:29:19 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no Cinecast Episode 227 – Come for the Violence, Stay for the Orgy http://www.rowthree.com/2011/09/06/cinecast-episode-227-come-for-the-violence-stay-for-the-orgy/ http://www.rowthree.com/2011/09/06/cinecast-episode-227-come-for-the-violence-stay-for-the-orgy/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:38:31 +0000 Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/?p=47269

 
 
Despite being a man down this week and the multi-plexes pretty much in dumping-grounds mode in the doldrums of August and back-to-school season, Kurt and Andrew manage to talk it up for a few hours of chit-chat and whoop-de-do! On the menu today: Steven Soderbergh, Greta Gerwig, Paul Greengrass, Jessica Chastain, Steve McQueen, Gus Van Sant, John Milius, Kirk Douglas, Serial Killers and Netflix bandwidth issues (plus a whole lot more)! Clear out the ashes of fall fireplace, strike up a cheery evening blaze, grab a mug of hot cider and relax for a couple hours of pleasant chat with only half a dozen F-Bombs. Cheers.

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IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
– New site design
– Open letter to Steven Soderbergh

MAIN REVIEWS:
– The Debt

TIFF PREVIEWS:
– Restless (Gus Van Sant)
– Damsels in Distress (Whit Stillman)

THE WATCH LIST:

Andrew
– Pleasantville
– Spartan
– The Final Countdown
– “Louie”

Kurt
– City of Ember
– Conan the Barbarian
– 10 Rillington Place
– Hunger

DVD PICKS:

Kurt
– Hanna
– A Horrible Way to Die

Andrew
– Straw Dogs [Blu-ray]
– United 93 [Blu-ray]

OTHER DVDs NOW AVAILABLE:
Jandy’s DVD Triage

INSTANT WATCH NEW RELEASES/EXPIRING SOON:

Kurt
– 10 Rillington Place (new)
– The Weather Underground (exp Sep 13)

Andrew
– Apocalypto (new)
– Airplane! (new)

OTHER STUFF MENTIONED:

NEXT WEEK:
Drive
Contagion

PRIVATE COMMENTS or QUESTIONS?
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]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2011/09/06/cinecast-episode-227-come-for-the-violence-stay-for-the-orgy/feed/ 12 2:12:34 Review of "The Debt" starring Helen Mirren and Jessica Chastain. Also TIFF previews for Gus Vant Sant and Whit Stillman's new one. A variety of films in The Watch List as well as DVD picks and Netflix banter. Also a plea to Steven So[...] Despite being down a man this week and not really having anything to talk about with the multi-plexes pretty much in cannon fodder mode for the past two weeks, Kurt and Andrew manage to talk it up for quite some time and somehow keep it lively and relatively interesting. Steven Soderbergh, Greta Gerwig, Paul Greengrass, Jessica Chastain, Steve McQueen, Gus Van Sant, Kirk Douglas, Netflix bandwidth issues and a whole lot more all reside within. Take a listen and see what you think. Cheers. As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section; and again, thanks for listening! TIME LISTINGS: Opening: :00 Intros/In-house business: 0:22 Open Letter to Steven Soderbergh: 5:55 The Debt: 10:41 TIFF Previews: 20:01 – Restless – Damsels in Distress The Watch List: 38:22 DVD picks: 1:46:00 Netflix Instant Watch picks: 1:59:57 Next week: 2:09:21 Outro music: 2:07:32 – 2:12:34 Cinecast, Podcast RowThree.com yes no