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The daily podcast where we FUBAR our way through the 1998 Steven Spielberg-directed film – Saving Private Ryan, one minute at a time. In this minute, Rob finishes off the week with Matthew Simpson of Awesome Friday, and the anticipation grows with the ground beginning to shake from the nearing tanks. Listening Links:
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The daily podcast where we FUBAR our way through the 1998 Steven Spielberg-directed film – Saving Private Ryan, one minute at a time. In this minute, Matthew Simpson of Awesome Friday is back with Rob as the men finalise their preparations for the imminent battle. Listening Links:
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The daily podcast where we FUBAR our way through the 1998 Steven Spielberg-directed film – Saving Private Ryan, one minute at a time. In this minute, Rob returns with Matthew Simpson of Awesome Friday as they get an update on the ETA of the tanks. Listening Links:
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We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24’s films. On this episode Dakota and Matthew are looking at 2021’s Val directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo. The film is a documentary using actor Val Kilmer’s extensive home video collection to cover his life and career up to his diagnoses with throat cancer that…
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It took four swings at the poll to finally win, but Lisa Leaheey of the “Pictures and Conversations Podcast” was never in doubt about her “Final Destination”. The April Movie of the Month has traditionally been a Franchise lookback and this year is no different. Starting in 2015, we did the Franchise approach each…
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The daily podcast where we FUBAR our way through the 1998 Steven Spielberg-directed film – Saving Private Ryan, one minute at a time. In this minute, Matthew Simpson of Awesome Friday is back with Rob as the men continue to wait for the Germans to show up. Listening Links:
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Doctor Who has been running forever and has delved into every genre in every conceivable way. Recasting the main role every few years means that there have been fun doctors, dour doctors, weird doctors, and everything in between. The one thing that holds the show together, though, is the most basic premise of the show: a slightly…
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The daily podcast where we FUBAR our way through the 1998 Steven Spielberg-directed film – Saving Private Ryan, one minute at a time. In this minute, Matthew Simpson of Awesome Friday joins Rob as Ryan tries to get some confidential info out of Miller. Listening Links:
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Growing up can be hard. There’s no way around it; the journey from young to old, naive to wise, and irresponsible to responsible has bumps in the road for all of us. For some people, the process is thrust upon them, and others avoid it like the plague, but it’s a journey we all must…
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There’s a particular balance that biopics have to strike. On the one hand, major points in their subject’s life need to be covered in order to be complete, and, on the other hand, the story needs to be told from a unique perspective in order to be dynamic and engaging in a way that…
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Clive Barker is famous for scaring people. Whether it’s demons from the underworld or malevolent spirits, his films have provided some of the best scares of the last few decades, and now his formula has been adapted to a story for kids. Yes, you read that right: Night of the Zoopocalypse is a new…
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There’s nothing more exciting in film than a big, ambitious swing for the fences. This might mean assembling every hero in the stable to fight against the odds, gambling on a big twist that recontextualizes the entire movie, or — as in the case of O’Dessa— a musical genre mashup made of pure chaos. The…
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Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man, starring Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, and Matilda Firtharrives on home video this week. The film received mixed reviews from critics (including our Manuel São Bento), but a UHD Blu-ray release is always a reason to celebrate, and this one is no exception. So, let’s take a closer look at Wolf Man on UHD Blu-ray. Link: https://movieswetextedabout.com/wolf-man-uhd-review/
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The March Movie of the Month is an exploitation thriller that doubles as a disaster film. If there are consistent threads in the 70s wave of disaster pictures it was that Irwin Allen Produced them or Charlton Heston starred in them. The outsized producer is absent this week but we do get Moses on…
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Where even to begin with The Electric State? The latest film from the Russo Brothers features an all star cast and is set in a 1990s-influenced retro future full of pop culture references, but fails at almost every turn to be anything interesting at all. Let’s not mince words here, The Electric State is a…