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Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Minute 107 – Cultural Force | MovieRob Minute
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The MovieRob Minute podcast breaks down the 1990s action classic Die Hard With a Vengeance one minute at a time. This week Rob and I look at a moment where Samuel L Jackson’s Zeus tries to get some answers out of Jeremy Irons Simon. Listening Links:
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Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Minute 106 – Inversion of Expectations | MovieRob Minute
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The MovieRob Minute podcast breaks down the 1990s action classic Die Hard With a Vengeance one minute at a time. In this episode, I join Rob as Simon (Jeremy Irons) puts John (Bruce Willis) and Zeus (Samuel L Jackson) in a closed space for maximum effect. Listening Links:
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The Towering Inferno | The LAMBCast
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Paul Newman and Steve McQueen head an all star cast in the granddaddy of all disaster films, “The Towering Inferno”. If this looks familiar to you, then you are a longtime LAMB, because we did cover it as a MOTM back in 2016. That episode is currently lost, so this is a chance to…
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Man’s Best Friend | The Forgotten Filmcast
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It’s time for another journey into the realm of Animals Attack movies. This time, Todd is joined by Matthew Simpson from the Awesome Friday podcast to look at 1993’s Man’s Best Friend, starring Ally Sheedy and Lance Henricksen. Listening Links:
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The Cable Guy | Overhated
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So-so box office, lukewarm reviews, and a massive payday for the lead actor led to this movie being labeled as some sort of insane misfire. But it’s not. To say movie nuts like this movie more now than they did back then would be a massive understatement. My thanks to film writer Matthew Simpson…
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The Last Starfighter | The LAMBCast
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Greetings LAMBs, you have been recruited by the LAMBcast to listen to this week’s episode, after you do, the Kodan Armada will be but a trifle for you to dispense with, it’s Movie of the Month time. The July MOTM was championed by Matthew Simpson of the Awesome Friday Podcast, and he hosts a…
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Late Night with the Devil | The LAMBCast
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Even if you don’t believe the Box Office report from opening weekend, that the movie made $666,666, you have to admit that’s a clever bit of business. The whole movie is loaded with those kinds of self referential moments, and the guests this week are anxious to join in dissecting them. Sitting down in…
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A24 Retrospective – Dark Places (#277) | Contra Zoom
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We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24’s films. On this episode we are looking at 2015’s Dark Places directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. The film stars Charlize Theron as Libby Day a woman who witnessed her older brother murder her entire family in a satanic ritual as a child, only to now be…
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The Planet of the Apes Reboot Trilogy | The LAMBCast
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Nine Movies seemed a little overwhelming for a single episode, so Matthew Simpson, of the “Awesome Friday Podcast” suggested that the three reboot films be the subject of our April MOTM Franchise show. The choice came after a tight race between three franchises, separated by a single vote each. Matthew hosts Nicole Ayers from…
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Spider-Man 2 | Austin B Media Podcast
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In this episode of The Austin B Media Podcast, I talk with guest Matthew Simpson of Awesome Friday. We discuss Spider-Man 2 in spoiler-free and spoiler-filled detail, its legacy, and more. Link: https://austinb.media/latest/the-austin-b-media-podcast-29-spider-man-2-discussion-with-matthew-simpson
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The Neon Demon | The LAMBCast
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The Vern’s choice for Movie of the Month was the winner for March, and he hosted the show on 2016’s “The Neon Demon”. Those of you longtime listeners of the Lambcast know that The Vern enjoys a divisive movie conversation, and that’s exactly what we got with this week’s show. Matthew Simpson from the…
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Dune: Part Two | The LAMBCast
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Three years ago, the first part of Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction vision of the Frank Herbert book, appeared and was incredibly successful at the box office, in spite of being streamed simultaneously on HBO Max. Well, the service is now just called MAX, and it did not get the film before audiences could encounter…
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The King of Comedy | The LAMBCast
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This month’s selection as Movie of the Month came from a list of Blind Spots submitted by the host. A Martin Scorsese flop from 1983, which has grown in stature over the years, “The King of Comedy” starring Robert DeNiro. DeNiro is the frustrated, Rupert Pupkin, obsessed with becoming a comedy great. However, when…
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2024 Oscar Nomination Reactions (#266) | Contra Zoom
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The 2024 Oscar nominations have now been announced with Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, Barbie and Maestro leading the pack. We go over the big categories and discuss what we think of the crop of nominees including who our pleasant surprises were and biggest snubs. Joining the show is Matthew Simpson,…
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Dredd | The LAMBCast
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Hear ye, hear ye, all rise for the Honorable Lambcast. Enter and be judged. This week, the guests of the Lambcast are the Law. We decide if the 2012 version of Judge Dread is Dreadful, thus being sent to an iso cube for eternity, or if it is “Not Guilty” and can, therefore, continue…