More Than One Lesson

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Lauren Greenfield’s The Queen of Versailles and Robert Redford’s Ordinary People.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:45- Intro
00:01:20- Will Gray
00:03:55- Reed’s Top Ten
00:08:10- The Queen of Versailles
00:44:40- Ordinary People
01:25:16- Episode wrap-up

“Survivor” has long since established itself as a prime time staple.  In many ways, it has paved the way for reality competition programs.  Challenges, alliances, confrontations; it all started with “Survivor.”  I myself was never a big fan of the show; like so many others, I wrote it off as “just another reality show.”

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In this episode, Tyler and Josh are joined by Jason Eaken to discuss Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty and Sean Penn’s The Pledge.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:45- Intro, minisodes
00:01:30- Wondercon
00:02:15- The SHIELD Act
00:04:40- Tyler’s hiatus
00:06:00- Jason Eaken
00:10:00- Zero Dark Thirty
01:13:45- The Pledge
01:42:35- Sermon Recommendation- “Hell”
02:23:45- Episode wrap-up

In this minisode, Tyler and Josh discuss Josh’s ninth favorite film of all time, Francois Truffaut’s Jules and Jim.

In this minisode, Tyler and Josh discuss Tyler’s ninth favorite film of all time, John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon.

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Martin Scorsese’s controversial film The Last Temptation of Christ.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, The Walking Dead, MTOL Store
00:05:10- The Last Temptation of Christ; controversy, plot, acting
01:07:50- Musical excerpt from the film
01:12:20- The end of the film
01:39:00- Who is Jesus?
01:50:22- Episode wrap-up, more music from the film

In this minisode, Tyler and Josh discuss Josh’s tenth favorite movie of all time, Wes Anderson’s Rushmore.

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Seth Gordon’s Identity Thief and John Hughes’ Planes, Trains & Automobiles.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro,The Walking Dead, Westerns, The General, Best of Pictures
00:07:00- Will Gray
00:08:35- Identity Thief
01:03:30- Planes, Trains & Automobiles
01:28:25- Episode wrap-up

In this minisode, Tyler and Josh kick off their “Top Ten” series with a discussion of Tyler’s tenth favorite movie of all time, Buster Keaton’s The General.

ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976)
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Written by: William Goldman
Starring: Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jack Warden

There are a handful of movies out there that, when I see them on television, regardless of how far into the film it is, I will sit and watch it until the end. Now, this could mean that I’ll just be catching the last twenty minutes, or it could mean that I’ll be up until three in the morning, because they just started the movie fifteen minutes ago. Doesn’t matter. There are some films out there that are just so engaging that I can’t help it. I have to watch.

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