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Episode 107: Gravity

18 Jul

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In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, as well as Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, music, Comic-Con meetup
00:10:35- Gravity
00:39:06- The Darjeeling Limited
01:06:30- Episode wrap-up

Minisode 44: Gladiator

11 Jul

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In this minisode, Tyler and Josh discuss Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, winner of Best Picture for 2000.

Jim’s Eighth Favorite Film

9 Jul

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Let’s all do ourselves a solid and pretend that it hasn’t been seven months since I wrote my last entry into my Top Ten Favorites, shall we?  Good.

I was forthcoming at the outset of this blog series that subjectivity, as is the case with any Top Ten list, would play a key role in its formation.  Despite the fact that this list is still in its infancy we’ve come to the entry in which, more so than any of the other films before or after, the immeasurable, personal factors – nostalgia, mood, time, place – play a significant role in the reverence I hold for it.

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Minisode 43: A Beautiful Mind

4 Jul

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In this minisode, Tyler and Josh discuss Ron Howard’s A Beautiful Mind, winner of Best Picture for 2001.

Tyler’s Top Ten Supporting Male Performances

20 Jun

Robert Duvall A Civil Action

10. Robert Duvall, A CIVIL ACTION

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Tyler’s Top Ten Supporting Female Performances

20 Jun

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10. Setsuko Hara, TOKYO STORY

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Tyler’s Top Ten Lead Female Performances

19 Jun

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10. Kathy Bates, MISERY

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Tyler’s Top Ten Lead Male Performances

19 Jun

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10. Emil Jannings, THE LAST LAUGH

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Accentuate The Positive, by Tyler Smith

1 Jun

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (2008)
Written and Directed by: Mike Leigh
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan

In these days of controversial warfare and economic downturn, who could possibly manage to be happy? This is the question posed over and over again in Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky. The story is very simple. A young teacher named Poppy struggles to maintain her upbeat demeanor in the face of resentment, anger, and abuse. That may sound uninteresting to some, but Leigh approaches it as the central conflict of our time. And I think he just may be right.

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Episode 104: Michael Clayton

30 May

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In this episode, Tyler and guest host Robert Hornak discuss Tony Gilroy’s Michael Clayton and Sidney Lumet’s The Verdict.