We definitely recommend Animal Kingdom, which is the best movie in the latest wave of Australians showing Hollywood how it’s done. Until you see it, fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the one-hour-and-five-minute mark for our choice of movies that should have been in 3D.
Next week: Machete
What happens when two overly analytical dudes and Kelly Wand watch a summer creature feature? Find out on this week’s podcast. If you don’t want us to spoil Piranha 3D for you, fast forward to this week’s 3×3 for our favorite movie outfits. It starts at the one hour and three minute mark.
Next week: Animal Kingdom
We’re not acquainted with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the book, but we’ve seen the movie and we’re mostly Michael Cera fans. Find out what happens next. This week’s 3×3, our favorite protagonist ass-kickings, starts at the 47-minute mark.
Stephen Alwon cannot be punk’d. Even if you have a special guest on the podcast to help you try to punk him. I wish I’d known this before I tried, because the podcast didn’t turn out how I intended.
Winter’s Bone, a country noir set in the Ozarks, is quite a revelation. You should see it and then listen to our podcast about it. And if you listen to just one 3×3 this year, it probably shouldn’t be our discussion of the best uses of lava, which begins at the 52-minute mark.
Next week: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Justin and I set a record for the longest Qt3 Games Podcast, and not just because we each have so much to say about Starcraft II. There’s also a lot about parliamentary procedure, zombie purists, some Chinese guy whose name I’m not even going to bother trying to spell, and how Justin is in charge of a) two million dollars and b) getting balloons for the prom.
Next week: salwon and Take Command 2: Manassas
Steve Carell and Paul Rudd show up in an Americanized remake of a foreign film. It’s apparently a comedy. This week’s 3×3 begins at the 40-minutes mark. We discuss our three favorite uses of another language.
Next week: Winter’s Bone
Angelina Jolie is Salt. We’re unimpressed. Except for one of us. After that, our 3×3 begins at the 44-minute mark, where we share our favorite trapped underwater moments. Expect a lot of overlap.
Next week: Dinner for Schmucks
Matt Bowyer is pretty cavalier about dangling precariously 250-feet in the air. He has discovered eldritch secrets underneath a small Virginia town that were later covered up by persons unknown. And he’s given me the second coolest gift I ever got. His wife Meghan speaks pretty highly of him, too. So what’s a guy like this doing playing rinky-dink JRPGs like the Final Fantasy games? Find out in this week’s podcast.
Next week: Lost Planet 2
Tune in for our spirited three-way split on Inception, Christopher Nolan’s dreamy mind-bender. We have a “loved it”, “hated it”, and “thought it was okay”. If you haven’t seen it yet, fast-forward to this week’s 3×3 at the one hour and six minute (!) mark. We have an equally spirited discussion of the best last lines spoken by or to a dying character.
Next week: Salt
At last it’s a three-way split. One of us really liked Predators, one of us didn’t like it so much, and one of us hated it. Find out who wins! Or, if you haven’t seen Predators, just fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 52-minute mark for movies that you can stop watching after the first scene.
Next week: Inception
You probably haven’t seen Don McKay, which just came out on DVD. Tom and Dingus recommend you do so. Kelly not so much. But if you’re going to see this indie movie from a first-time director, you’re probably better off knowing nothing about it. The unfolding’s the thing. Until you’ve seen it, you can skip ahead to this week’s 3×3, in which we discuss least likely jobs for movie characters. We start at the 42-minute mark.
Next week: Predators
Summer blockbuster? Forgettable fluff? Romantic comedy? Chick flick? The redemption of Tom Cruise? All of the above? Find out in this week’s podcast. Or, if you don’t want Knight and Day spoiled, just jump to this week’s 3×3 at the 44-minute mark. We discuss the least convincing movie couples, which includes Kelly Wand’s rendition of a character’s inner monologue upon seeing Russell Crowe unclothed.
Next week: Don McKay
We agree that Toy Story 3 is no Toy Story 2, but we don’t quite see eye to eye on how much this matters. If you haven’t seen Toy Story 3, jump to this week’s 3×3 at the 54-minute mark for our choice of the best restroom scenes that aren’t gross.
Next week: Knight and Day
The good news is this isn’t one of those podcasts where we sit around agreeing with each other the whole time. The bad news is at least one of us had to sit through The A-Team in order for that to happen. If you can’t bear to see us at odds with each other, jump to this week’s 3×3 at the 57-minute mark for our choice of most effective adaptations.
Next week: Toy Story 3