The director of The Returned joins me for a conversation about making a zombie movie that isn’t quite like any other zombie movie.
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Join us this week for a spirited disagreement about Dallas Buyers Club and what sets apart a great performance from simply acting. In the process, we pronounce Jard Leto’s name at least three different ways. Then, at the 56-minute mark, we discuss our favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman moments. RIP PSH.
Next week: Robocop
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
We finally get around to seeing Short Term 12, which we unfortunately missed last year. If you haven’t seen it, you can skip to our 3×3 of movies referenced in other movies that we didn’t like. The references, not necessarily the movies. We explain it better at the 52-minute mark.
Next week: Dallas Buyer’s Club
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
We, podcasters. This, January. He, Frankstein. Rest, history.
Next week: Short Term 12
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
What happens when a Gemma Chan fan, a Jack Ryan fan, and Kelly Wand see the new spy thriller, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit? This week’s Qt3 Movie Podcast is what happens. If you’re not into movies, skip to the 57-minute mark for our 3×3 of our favorite appearances of books in movies.
Next week: I, Frankenstein
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
It’s January. Boy, is it January. And what a January it is with Kellan Lutz in The Legend of Hercules, a movie that sets the bar for Januaries to come. In case you don’t want to listen to three people talk very seriously about Kellan Lutz and the legend of Hercules, which you might not want spoiled so you can see it for yourself, jump to the 39-minute mark for this week’s 3×3. The topic? Our favorite Kellan Lutz roles. Sorry, I lied. The actual topic is lies in movies.
Next week: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
This week we combine our respective top ten lists for a plus-sized podcast about the best movies of 2013. We also single out our most surprising movies, our most disappointing movies, and a set of special awards that would be suitable for framing if they existed in the analog world.
Next week: The Legend of Hercules. Yep, the Legend of Hercules.
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Has David O. Russell conned us into liking American Hustle? Well, some more than others. Find out what happens when three Silver Linings Playbook fans watch some of our favorite actors get all 70s. At the one-hour mark, we do a 3×3 that has something to do with corporations.
Next week: the top movies of 2013
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Join Tom Chick for a conversation with Banshee Chapter director Blair Erickson, who has made a Lovecraft movie that isn’t technically a Lovecraft movie, but is definitely a Lovecraft movie. He defends his use of jump scares, reveals his inspiration for some of the creepiest bits of the movie, and explains that parts of the sound design are 100% real.
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
This week we finally see 12 Years a Slave and aren’t quite as impressed as, say, the Golden Globe nominations. At the 39-minute mark, we cover the topic of umbrellas in movies for this week’s 3×3.
Next week: American Hustle
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
This week, having apparently not learned our lesson last year, we see the latest Hobbit movie. At the 52-minute mark, we recall our favorite Paul Walker moments.
Next week: 12 Years a Slave
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
This week we see the Coen brothers’ love letter to existential despair by way of folk music, starring Oscar Isaac, an awesome cat, and some pretty good folk music. Then, at the 42-minute mark, we discuss things we’ve never seen in movies, or some such thing. It makes sense at times.
Next week: The next Hobbit movie
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
This week we see Spike Lee’s remake of a Korean revenge movie, which is not unlike trying to choke down a live octopus. From the 43-minute mark on, we span the topic of our favorite bridges in movies for this week’s 3×3.
Next week: Inside Llewyn Davis
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
In the course of not seeing Hunger Games: Catching Fire, we watch Margin Call director J.C. Chandor’s survival thriller, All Is Lost. We’re pretty sure we made the right call. At the one-hour mark, this week’s 3X3 is modern movies that have to be in black-and-white.
Next week: Oldboy. The remake.
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Alexander Payne’s latest meditation on the absurdity of human weakness features Bruce Dern not paying attention when Will Forte talks to him. At least one of us on the podcast thought that was pretty funny. At the 45-minute mark, we take note of our favorite secretaries for this week’s 3×3.
Next week: All Is Lost
Podcast (movies): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
