It’s another superhero movie, with Hugh Jackman going abroad for shenanigans. How does it hold up for this collection of sometime nerds with only minimal comic book cred? Listen to this week’s podcast and find out! At the 49-minute mark, we talk about those weird moments in movies when you should hear something, but you don’t.
Next week: 2 Guns
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The Conjuring is yet another another low budget/big hit horror movie from the guy who kicked off the Saw franchise. We can’t quite conjure up a consensus on this one. At the one hour and one minute mark, this week’s 3×3 is our favorite ways sunlight is used in movies.
Next week: The Wolverine
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This week we saw Pacific Rim, in which giant robots fight stuff, but the director kind of knows what he’s doing. The action really heats up at the 55-minute mark, when we discuss our favorite seductions in movies.
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In a desperate bid to avoid seeing The Lone Ranger, we backed up a few weeks to see the apocalypse stoner comedy, This Is the End. One of us liked it! Then this week’s 3×3 is about prostitutes in movies. It starts at the 43-minute mark in case you want to avoid This Is the End spoilers.
Next week: Pacific Rim
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Crying Game director Neil Jordan is back in fine form with Byzantium, a vampire movie that manages to do a few things you haven’t seen in other vampire movies. We’re all pleasantly surprised. Then we hurtle into this week’s 3×3 at the 50-minute mark to discuss trains in movies.
Next week: This Is The End
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When there’s no more room in hell, Damon Lindelof will help write a confused Brad Pitt thriller that has some poorly directed zombie scenes in it. If you want to avoid World War Z spoilers, jump to the 59-minute mark for this week’s 3×3 about cheese. Yep, it’s about cheese.
Next week: Byzantium
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Before we’d seen Man of Steel, one of us on this podcast predicted that it would be the worst movie we see all summer. Did Zack Snyder, the director of Sucker Punch, live up to this expectation? If you want to avoid Man of Steel spoilers, jump to the 1:09 mark for this week’s 3×3 of our favorite babysitters in movies.
Next week: World War Z
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This week we skip the summer releases to catch up on Upstream Color, a sci-fi movie about, well, we’re not entirely sure what. But it’s a synopsis you won’t want to miss. At the 53-minute mark, this week’s 3×3 is about jewelry in movies.
Next week: Man of Steel
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Would you rather survive a crash landing on a hostile alien world or watch After Earth? Unfortunately, we weren’t given the option to decide one or the other. Then, if you’re not busy, would you maybe like to join us at the 38-minute mark for a 3×3 about dates in movies? We’ll pick you up at eight.
Next week: Upstream Color
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This week we see the latest movie in which Paul Walker and Vin Deisel and some other people blatantly disregard traffic laws. We also discuss whether Dwayne Johnson is a better actor than Harrison Ford. At the 48-minute mark, this week’s 3×3 considers our favorite moments of compassion in movies.
Next week: After Earth
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This week it’s a two-fer, with The Great Gatsby discussion for the first 31 minutes, followed by a Star Trek Into Darkness discussion until the 1:14-minute mark. At that point, we drop into this week’s 3×3 for a discussion of horrific falls in movies.
Next week: The Fast and The Furious 6
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We regret to inform you that The Great Gatsby podcast will be assimilated into the Star Trek Into Darkness podcast. Or that the Star Trek Into Darkness podcast will be borne back ceaselessly into The Great Gatsby podcast. Tune in next week to find out!
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We might be too cool for Thor, Dark Knight Rises, and Elektra, but we’re not too cool for Iron Man 3. Maybe these comic books aren’t so silly, after all. You can skip this week’s 3×3 about lip syncing as soon as you hit the 1:20 mark.
Next week: The Great Gatsby
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Is this modestly budget character-driven thriller Michael Bay’s Fargo, his Once Upon a Time in America, or his Love Guru? Listen to the Pain & Gain podcast to find out. At the 34-minute mark, this week’s 3×3 points out the best fingers in movies.
Next week: Iron Man 3
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It’s a spirited two-to-one split on Oblivion, which is why the 3×3 doesn’t start until the 1 hour and 17-minute mark. Speaking of marks, this week’s 3×3 is tattoos!
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