These are the show notes for Cinecast Episode #53

“Tracks” - -

Intro Music (A.R. Rahman): 0:00 - 3:49
Opening Remarks/Announcements: 0:45 - 3:17
A Mighty Heart: 3:18 - 25:28
1408: 25:29 - 43:55
Paprika: 43:56 - 1:08:09
Listener feedback: 1:08:10 - 1:14:16
Once: 1:14:17 - 1:25:33
DVD Picks: 1:25:43 - 1:44:18
Random tangent on a bunch of stuff: 1:44:20 - 1:56:38
Closing remarks: 1:56:38 - 1:58:16
Outro Music (”Ambulance LTD,” “Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová” and “The Autumns”): 1:45:09 - 2:00:03
???: ???-???

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A Mighty Heart:

Andrew’s review

Michael Winterbottom (IMDb)

Code 46 (IMDb)

Spartan (IMDb)

1408:

Andrew’s review
1408 (IMDb)

Cube (IMDb)

The Shining (IMDb)

Carnival of Souls (IMDb)

Paprika:

Paprika (IMDb)
Twitch review #1
Twitch review #2

Once:

Andrew’s review
Once (IMDb)

DVD picks:

KURT picks:
Who Can Kill a Child?

Kurt’s Review

and

Climates

Kurt’s Review

ANDREW picks:
Black Snake Moan

Andrew’s review

and

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Andrew’s review
Kurt’s review

Other Quick Things:
Fantasia Festival

V: The miniseries

Next week’s show (tentatively): Transformers review and our “Best of 2007 so far” list.

This Week’s Homework:

Go buy and support Scott Glosserman’s Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

extra credit…

Watch Code 46

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These are the show notes for Cinecast Episode #52

Bumper music from Tievery Corporation and The Appleseed Cast.

Intro Music: 0:00 - 3:06
Opening Remarks/Announcements: 0:35 - 5:24
Air Guitar Championships: 5:24 - 10:37
Day Watch: 10:38 - 32:22
Ratatouille & Pixar: 32:23 - 1:09:02
Ranking the Pixar films: 1:09:02 - 1:20:57
Shymalan tangent: 1:20:58 - 1:28:50
More Pixar: 1:28:51 - 1:31:01
Sicko: 1:31:03 - 2:00:36
Trailer Talk: 2:00:37 - 2:16:58
– 3:10 to Yuma & the western genre: 2:00:37 - 2:11:44
– There Will Be Blood: 2:11:45 - 2:14:03
– No Country for Old Men: 2:14:05 - 2:16:58
DVD Picks: 2:17:00 - 2:30:19
Closing remarks: 2:30:20 - 1:59:01
Outro Music: 2:32:19 - 2:00:12

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Air Guitar Nation:
review from Filmstalker

Midwest Regionals (click for larger version):

ME

The Winner

Quote of the week:
KURT: “…man getting hit by football level of cinema.”

Day Watch:
Day Watch (IMDb)
Andrew’s review
Kurt’s review

UNFORTUNATE third installment: Twilight Watch (IMDb)

Andrew’s Night Watch Review
Kurt’s Night Watch Review

Online DVD store mentioned:
allDVD.ca (apparently under construction)

Ratatouille:
Ratatouille (IMDb)
Andrew’s review

Ranking the PIXAR Films:
Kurt:
8) Cars
7) Toy Story
6) Finding Nemo
5) A Bugs Life
4) Toy Story 2
3) Monsters Inc.
2) Ratatouille
1) The Incredibles

Andrew:
- - I can’t remember A Bug’s Life so I can’t rank it (I only remember it had funny outtakes).

7) Ratatouille
6) The Incredibles
5) Toy Story
4) Finding Nemo
3) Toy Story 2
2) Cars
1) Monsters Inc.

FORGOT to mention the trailer for Pixar’s Next film: Wall-E.
See our Blog post about it.
Hi-def trailer at APPLE.com

Kurt’s TOP 5 Films about food (from Cinecast episode #49)

5) Big Night
4) The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover
3) Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
2) Dumplings - Kurt’s review
1) Ravenous

Shymalan Tangent:

Andrew’s Lady in the Water review (one of my favorite reviews I ever wrote)
- “…a conglomeration of ideas put together by a mad man”

Cherry Jones (IMDb) from Shymalan’s Signs and The Village:

Sicko:
Sicko (IMDb)
Andrew’s review

Trailer Talk:

DVD picks:

KURT picks:
If… (Amazon)
Part of a trilogy:
O, Lucky Man (IMDb) & Britannia Hospital (IMDb)

and

36 Chamber of Shao Lin (Amazon)

ANDREW picks:
The Manhattan Project (sp ed) (Amazon)

The kid in The Manhattan Project is Christopher Collet (IMDB):

Other Quick Things:
Miracle Mile (IMDb)
Kurt’s Review of Wierdsville
Mad About Movies - nice little film-related blog we visit often.

This Week’s Homework:

Rank the Pixar films either in the comment section below or on Facebook

AND…

Watch Lady in the Water (IMDb) - If you like it, please tell me why in the comment section below. LOL

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- - Kurt’s BLOG - -this week: No screener this week; Kurt is migrating to America that day.

These are the show notes for Cinecast Episode #51

Bumper music from David Holmes (Ocean’s 13) and Kill Hannah.

Intro Music: 0:00 - 2:44
Opening Remarks/Announcements: 0:31 - 2:36
Ocean’s 13: 2:37 - 32:29
- - tangent on bad film experiences: 27:10 - 30:37
Kurt on Hostel 2: 33:30 - 41:53
Kurt on Away from Her: 41:54 - 51:47
Trailer Talk: 51:48 - 1:28:54
This weekend in theaters: 1:28:55 - 1:45:02
DVD Picks: 1:45:57 - 1:48:40
Closing tangent on Die Hard, upcoming Cinecasts,
movie poster thread in MoviePatron forum: 1:48:41 - 1:59:01
Outro Music: 1:58:15 - 2:00:12

In-House Announcements:

MoviePatron Forums - for more in depth discussions.

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Ocean’s 13:
Ocean’s 13 (IMDb)

Andrew’s review

Steven Soderbergh (IMDb) - calls himself Peter Andrew as cinematographer.

Hostel 2:

Thanksgiving trailer from Grindhouse - WARNING, this is a trailer in the middle of Grindhouse so is technically a spoiler and is also fairly graphic (nudity and gore).

Away from Her:

Sarah Polley:

Julie Christie:

Bruce Greenwood:

Trailer Talk:

…click title for IMDb profile…

Films opening this weekend:

DVD picks:

ANDREW picks:
BREACH (my review) - only cause there’s nothing else.

BREACH audio review:

KURT picks:
“Deadwood” Season 3

This Week’s Homework:

Watch The Sweet Hereafter starring Sarah Polley

Other Quick Stuff:

Forum thread on Posters: CLICK HERE (you’ll have to register or login to post your own thoughts, but you can read all you want).

My Laserdiscs on the wall:

European Ratatouille poster - Kurt’s right. These are pretty damn cool.

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These are the show notes for Cinecast Episode #50.

Bumper music from 35007 and Twisted Sister.

Intro Music: 0:00 - 3:45
Opening Remarks/Announcements: 0:30 - 4:07
Paris Je T’Aime: 4:08 - 30:00
Severance: 30:01 - 45:44
Trailer talk: 45:45 - 49:56
DVD Picks: 49:57 - 52:40
Ocean’s 13 and Soderbergh: 52:51 - 59:55
Horror Films: 59:56 - 1:10:15
General trailer discussion: 1:10:16 - 1:16:09
Closing Comments: 1:16:10 - 1:19:12
Outro Music: 1:16:39 - 1:20:17

In-House Announcements:

Welcome Ross - new Blog writer. Here’s his Top Ten favorite films of all time. And HERE is the little tiff between Kurt and Ross on the state of horror films today.

Join the forums discussions. Great topics and people all talking about movies. The games are kind of fun too! Lurk or sign up HERE

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Paris Je T’Aime:

Kurt’s Comments

Misael’s (M’Patron contributor) review - I personaly liked it even more that Misael. For me, 4.75/5 stars. Likely a strong contender to make it into my top ten of the year.

List of directors: Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Emmanuel Benbihy, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Joel and Ethan Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Bruno Podalydès, Walter Salles, Oliver Schmitz, Nobuhiro Suwa, Daniela Thomas, Tom Tykwer, Gus Van Sant

The Spanish girl I couldn’t remember is Catalina Sandino Moreno and she is most recognizable as a fairly main character in Fast Food Nation

Two other collections of short by great directors mentioned:

The first is the BMW commercials known as “The Hire Series” all starring Clive Owen but directed by various directors are no longer available for purchase or download (legally). I did manage to find a couple on YouTube, but not embeddable. Here are the links…
Chosen: Ang Lee
Ambush: John Frankenheimer
Star: Guy Ritchie

The second is the collection of shorts produced exclusively for the 60th Anniversary of The Cannes Film Festival. Read the story and purchase links HERE

Severance:
Andrew’s review

A funny thing happened on the way to Twitch

Trailer Talk:
Shoot ‘em Up trailer

DVD picks:
I got nothing. Unless you want the first season of CHiPs.

Kurt’s pick: Segio Leone boxset. Wow this thing is packed…
Amazon link
Disc 1: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY Collector’s Edition
Disc 2: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY Bonus Disc
Disc 3: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS Collector’s Edition
Disc 4: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS Bonus Disc
Disc 5: FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE Collector’s Edition
Disc 6: FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE Bonus Disc
Disc 7: DUCK, YOU SUCKER (A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE) Collector’s Edition
Disc 8: DUCK, YOU SUCKER (A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE) Bonus Disc

Ocean’s Trilogy and Soderbergh:

Matt Damon (IMDb)
Steven Soderbergh (IMDb)
David Hyde Pierce (IMDb)

Horror Films:

This Week’s Homework:

Get over to the MOVIE PATRON FORUMS and register and then leave your .02 on anything you choose!

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These are the show notes for Cinecast Episode #49.

Bumper music from Leslie Feist and Mercury Rev.

Intro Music: 0:00 - 1:24
Opening Remarks/Announcements/Criterion DVD tangent: 0:34 - 5:14
Star Wars Blog-a-Thon: 5:15 - 8:05
Pirates 3: 8:08 - 32:50
Waitress: 32:51 - 51:20
Top 5 list: 51:21 - 1:02:55
Bug: 1:02:56 - 1:25:20
DVD Picks: 1:25:21 - 1:32:32
Coming to theaters: 1:32:33 - 1:37:01
Closing Comments: 1:37:02 - 1:39:32
Outro Music: 1:56:33 - 1:59:11

In-House Announcements:

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Star Wars Blog-a-Thon. We had over 21 different posts from at least 10 authors! Thanks again, it was fun!

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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End:
Andrew’s review

Final Box office numbers:
four-day, domestic weekend - $153 million
World -wide $335 million
[source: box office mojo]

Filmstalker discussion on problems with Trilogies - includes two major commentaries by Kurt (posting as Triflic)

Gore Verbinski filmography

Waitress:
Andrew’s review

Nathan Fillion on Late night with Craig Ferguson talking about Waitress:

White Noise 2 (IMDb profile)

Kurt’s Top 5 Films About Food:

5) Big Night
4) The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover
3) Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
2) Dumplings - Kurt’s review
1) Ravenous

more in depth talk on this subject on the Twitch forum

Bug:
Andrew’s Review
Twitch Review - Dave Canfield

DVD Picks of the Week:

Andrew picks The Hawk is Dying
Though I haven’t seen it yet, it’s Paul Giamatti (my favorite current actor). It HAS to be good right? The YouTube one doesn’t seem to have sound, so HERE’s A LINK to the Apple/Quicktime version. Yahoo! has it too. Or here’s a soundless snippet…

Blockbuster
Netflix

Kurt picks Ichi the Killer:
Blockbuster
Netflix

New Joker pic…

was totally ripped off from Ichi the Killer…

This Week’s Homework:

Rent any film about FOOD and send us your thoughts

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NOTICE: Kurt and I felt that this show became FAR too bloviating and long. So we’ve trimmed down our rants to a slightly more comfortable 2 hours. For those of you (cough** Ross **cough) that would like the director’s cut of well over 2 1/2 hours, you can download that show HERE (which is also available on the iTunes subscription page

     In the show notes, topics we discussed in the director’s cut (that are edited out of the normal show) will be in a grey color.
Remember, if you’d like to hear these topics, download the director’s cut.

Bumper music from Oceansize and Squirrel Nut Zippers.

“Tracks” - -
Intro Music: 0:00 - 3:20
Opening Remarks/Announcements: 0:23 - 5:49
DVD Picks: 5:50 - 19:50
Best of/Worst of from 5 Top directors: 19:51 - 1:27:36
Star Wars nostalgia talk: 1:27:37 - 1:55:36
Closing Comments: 1:55:37 - 1:58:43
Outro Music: 1:56:33 - 1:59:11

In-House Announcements:

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DVD Picks of the Week:

Andrew picks Apocalypto:
Andrew’s Review
Blockbuster
Netflix

Kurt picks The Third Man:
Blockbuster
Netflix

Other DVDs this week:
Roots (4 Disc sp. ed.)
Letters from Iwo Jima
Flags of Our Fathers
Venus
Epic Movie
Fay Grim

Big Name Directors and their Best of/Worst of:

Andrew’s Picks…
Roman Polanski
- - Best: The Pianist
- - Worst: don’t have one (maybe The Ninth Gate)
Ridley Scott
- - Best: Blade Runner, Black Hawk Down
- - Worst: Kingdom of Heaven and oh yeah, Hannibal sucks too
- - - when I mention American Gangster, I meant Denzel is the ANtagonist. Not the PROtagonist.
Oliver Stone
- - Best: JFK
- - Worst: Alexander
Steven Spielberg
- - Best: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Saving Private Ryan
- - Worst: War of the Worlds
Stanley Kubrick
- - Best: A Clockwork Orange
- - Least favorite: Spartacus

Andrew’s 3 most recognizable Music Scores:
Jaws, Star Wars Main Theme, Superman

Kurt’s Picks…
Roman Polanski
- - Best: Chinatown - 2nd place: Death and the Maiden
- - Worst: The Fearless Vampire Killers or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth are in my Neck
Ridley Scott
- - Best: Blade Runner, Alien
- - Worst: Hannibal
Oliver Stone
- - Best: Talk Radio
- - Worst: Any Given Sunday
Steven Spielberg
- - Best: Jaws
- - Worst: A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)
Stanley Kubrick
- - Best: Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- - Least favorite: Spartacus

Kurt’s 3 most recognizable Music Scores:
Jaws, The Good The Bad and The Ugly (great choice say I), The Emperor’s March (Empire Strikes Back)

Bottom 5 Directors Who have wasted Julianne Moore:
Steven Spielberg - The Lost Word
Ivan Reitman - Evolution
Ridley Scott - Hannibal
Gus Van Sant - Psycho (his shot-by-shot remake)
Richard Donner - Assassins

Top 5 Directors who let Julianne Moore shine:
Robert Altman - Short Cuts
The Coen’s - The Big Lebowski
Todd Haynes - Safe (also Far From Heaven)
P.T. Anderson - Boogie Nights (also Magnolia)
Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men

Upcoming DVD set of Blade Runner - super special edition:

films discussed briefly in our director’s cut: Death and the Maiden, A Good Year, Natural Born Killers, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Saving Private Ryan, Open Range, Full Metal Jacket

Star Wars 30th Anniversary:

Stop back to the Blog Friday for the Star Wars Blog-a-thon and POST YOUR OWN ARTICLE!

Andrew Ranks:
A New Hope (5/5)
Return of the Jedi (4.5/5)
Empire Strikes Back (4.5/5)
Revenge of the Sith (4/5)
Attack of the Clones (3.5/5)
The Phantom Menace (2.5/5)

Kurt Ranks:
Empire (5/5)
Starwars (4/5)
Attack of the Clones (3/5)
Return of the Jedi (2.5/5)
The Phantom Menace (1/5)
Revenge of the Sith (0.5/5) - WRONG

Andrew’s VERY LONG and comprehensive review of Revenge of the Sith

Todd (founder/editor of Twitchfilm.net) at Cannes

This Week’s Homework:

Rest yourself before listening to this complete Cinecast

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These are the show notes for Cinecast Episode #47.

with bumper music from 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later.

“Tracks” - -
Intro Music: 0:00 - 1:48
Opening Remarks: 1:48 - 4:05
28 Weeks Later: 4:10 - 45:15
DVD Releases: 45:15 - 1:02:25
Stephen King Tangent: 1:02:30 - 1:10:20
Die Hard 4 Trailer: 1:10:30 - 1:16:50
Previewing listener
generated topics and
films opening this weekend: 1:16:50 - 1:26:35
Closing Comments: 1:26:35 - 1:27:43
Outro Music: 1:27:03 - 1:28:55

In-House Announcements:

Join us on Facebook: Much cleaner and nicer than myspace and easy to keep in touch. A lot more fun too as more people join everyday. HERE’S the link to our group - NOTE: Facebook will ask you to login or start an account to use this feature.

You can post suggestions, comments, thoughts, even questions or topics you’d like discussed on the weekly Cinecast.

Review of 28 Weeks Later:

Andrew’s Review

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s Intacto (IMDb)

DVD Pick of the Week:

PAN’S LABYRINTH
Andrew’s Review
Kurt’s Review

Other DVDs this week:
The Fountain

Seraphim Falls

Stomp the Yard

Creepshow 3

Stephen King IMDb profile and Filmography

Die Hard IV:

Release Date: 6/27
Official Site

Original Die Hard Trailer:

Other films mentioned:

Waitress - Nathan Fillion (IMDb)
Jindabyne
Fay Grimm

Homework:

Rent Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s (director of 28 Weeks Later) Intacto…
Blockbuster
Netflix

…and for extra credit, read Stephen King’s short story, “The Long Walk.” You’ll find it in a larger book of stories called “The Bachman Books.” This is both Andrew and Kurt’s favorite Stephen King story bar none. It’s devilishly simple, but amazingly impactful and exciting.

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