More Than One Lesson

In this episode, Tyler and Josh are joined by Shawn Richardson to discuss Joss Whedon’s The Avengers and John Sturges’ The Magnificent Seven.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro
00:09:10- The Avengers
01:24:15- The Magnificent Seven
02:24:00- Episode wrap-up

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss the films of writer/director Tom McCarthy.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:45- Intro
00:05:00- Tom McCarthy
00:09:00- The Station Agent
00:34:35- The Visitor
00:55:30- Win Win
01:24:37- Episode wrap-up

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Sean Penn’s Into The Wild and Wes Anderson’s Rushmore.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:45- Intro, football
00:08:42- Into The Wild
01:12:55- Rushmore
01:45:30- Episode wrap-up

Well, it has once again been three years, which means it’s time to reorganize my top 100 list again. This proved to be surprisingly difficult, but, after a few days of thought, the list is below. A few of these are films that I saw for the first time within the last year. There will be a * next to each new addition. Enjoy.

1. CITIZEN KANE
2. JAWS
3. 12 ANGRY MEN
4. NASHVILLE
5. NETWORK
6. THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
7. BICYCLE THIEVES
8. THE MALTESE FALCON
9. THE THIRD MAN
10. THE LAST LAUGH

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In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Steve Taylor’s Blue Like Jazz and Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:45- Intro
00:02:30- Blue Like Jazz
01:12:00- Paris, Texas
01:33:02- BP Video, episode wrap-up

Tyler reflects on the life of his father.

In this episode, Tyler and Josh are joined by actor Jeff Newburg to discuss John Hillcoat’s The Proposition and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:50- Intro, The Unemployed Mind
00:03:00- Jeff Newburg, career, acting
00:33:25- The Proposition
01:33:45- The Godfather
01:58:50- Episode wrap-up

A few weeks ago I was talking to my Queue The Day podcast co-host about all the recent TV we had been watching and I mentioned how I was watching GCB for More Than One Lesson blogging purposes.  We asked for my thoughts on the show, I responded with the knee jerk, “it’s the least offensive attack on Christianity I’ve ever seen.”  At that point, I had only watched the pilot and seeing as one episode is never enough exposure to make any judgments about a theoretically long-running series (unless it’s Breaking Bad), my comment was more the result of a combination of the relatively unflattering picture that the mainstream media has historically painted of Christianity and GCB’s general lack of acerbity throughout its roughly 44-minute running time.

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In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Bennett Miller’s Moneyball and Steven Spielberg’s Jaws.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:50- Intro, New Zealand
00:02:10- The Unemployed Mind
00:08:00- Moneyball
01:13:25- Jaws
01:30:30- Episode wrap-up