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Podcast #15 Legion

Teaser: Tom Chick, Christien Murawski, and Kelly Wand have been touched by an angel with an assault rifle.

Join us for a discussion of Legion. Haven’t seen Legion yet? Don’t sweat it. We can’t really spoil something like this. But you can still fast forward to the 41-minute mark for this week’s 3×3: our favorite uses of voiceover in a movie.

Date: January 25, 2010

Running Time: 01:11:49

Domestic Box Office Take: $40,168,080

Opening and Closing Song: Losing My Religion by R.E.M.

Tagline: A man does not have to be an angel to be a saint.

3x3: “Best voice-overs” by Kelly starts at 41:20.

Tom Chick
3. Sunset Boulevard
2. The Thin Red Line

  1. The Informant!

Dingus
3. Zero Effect
2. Election

  1. Goodfellas

Kelly Wand
3. Goodfellas
2. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

  1. Sunset Boulevard
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Podcast #16 Edge of Darkness

Teaser: Tom Chick, Christien Murawski, and Kelly Wand shout at each other about the latest Mel Gibson movie, Edge of Darkness. If that’s not the sort of thing that you want to hear, fast forward to our 3×3 this week: the best uses of the F-word in a movie. Explicit content. Duh.

Date: February 1, 2010

Running Time: 01:32:09

Domestic Box Office Take: $43,313,890

Opening and Closing Song: Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne

Tagline: Without Jews there would be no anti-semitism.

3x3: “Great uses of the F-word” by Dingus starts at 53:53.

Tom Chick
3. The Good German
2. Die Hard

  1. 44-inch Chest

Dingus
3. Die Hard
2. Midnight Run

  1. Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Kelly Wand
3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
2. The Exorcist

  1. Bad Santa
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Podcast #17 2009 Academy Awards

Teaser: Tom Chick, Christien Murawski, and Kelly Wand on the 2009 Academy Award nominees. Who was nominated, who wasn’t nominated, and who would we each pick for the categories? What’s the difference between sound mixing and sound editing? Why was Avatar robbed of its nomination for best animated film? How much longer before we have to say “Academy Award winner” every time we say “Sandra Bullock”?

Date: February 3, 2010

Running Time: 01:37:55

Opening and Closing Song: 3 by Britney Spears

Tagline: It’s 1/5th the honor to be nominated and in some cases a 10th.

3x3: None.

Academy Award Choices

Best Sound Mixing:

Dingus: The Hurt Locker

Tom: The Messenger

Best Sound Editing:

Dingus: Avatar

Best Visual Effects:

Dingus: District 9

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay:

Dingus: A Single Man

Kelly: In the Loop

Tom: Coraline

Best Writing - Original Screenplay:

Dingus: Moon

Tom: 5 Minutes of Heaven

Best Make-up:

Dingus: District 9 or Moon

Best Documentary:

Dingus: The Cove

Best Film Editing:

Dingus: Inglorius Basterds

Tom: 5 Minutes of Heaven (After prompting by Dingus)

Best Cinematography:

Dingus: The Hurt Locker

Tom: A Serious Man

Best Costume Design:

Dingus: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Best Music - Original Score:

Dingus: Moon

Tom: Up

Kelly: Up

Best Song:

Best Art Direction:

Dingus: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Tom: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Best Animated Feature Film:

Tom: Coraline

Dingus: The Fantastic Mr. Fox

Kelly: Up

Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role:

Dingus: Julianne Moore for A Single Man

Tom: Leslie Mann for Funny People

Kelly: Monique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role:

Dingus: Jackie Earle Haley for The Watchmen

Tom: Peter Capaldi for In the Loop

Kelly: ?

Best Director:

Dingus: Duncan Jones for Moon but if Dingus had to pick

Tom: Coen Brothers for A Serious Man

Kelly: Coen Brothers for A Serious Man

Outstanding Actress:

Dingus: Emanuelle Béart in Vinyan

Tom: Tilda Swinton for Julia

Kelly: ?

Oustanding Actor:

Dingus: Colin Firth in A Single Man

Tom: James Nesbitt in 5 Minutes of Heaven

Kelly: Michael Stuhlbarg?

Best Picture:

Dingus: Moon

Tom: A Serious Man

Kelly: A Serious Man

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Podcast #18 White Ribbon

Teaser: Tom Chick, Christien Murawski, and Kelly Wand go see an artsy German movie and get in over their heads. You can fast forward past the chaos, confusion, and uncertainty about White Ribbon to our 3×3 at the 39-minute mark. We discuss our three greatest scenes in cars.

Date: February 8, 2010

Running Time: 01:32:49

Domestic Box Office Take: $2,222,862

Opening and Closing Song: Corporal Clegg by Pink Floyd

Tagline: isht bin ein dummfen kopfen sie. (Had a hard time making this out)

3x3: “Great scenes in a car” by Tom starts at 39:29.

Tom Chick
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
2. Death Sentence

  1. Virgin Suicides

Dingus
3. Resevoir Dogs
2. Se7en

  1. Say Anything

Kelly Wand
3. Children of Men
2. Stranger than Paradise

  1. Cannonball Run 2
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Podcast #19 Fish Tank

Teaser: Ah, finally a good movie. Wait, scratch that. A great movie. We all loved Fish Tank and hope we can find at least a few more movies in 2010 even half this good. What a revelation. If you haven’t seen it, well, you’re missing out. See if you can do something about that.

Until then, you can fast forward to the 54-minute mark for this week’s 3×3. We discuss the stupidest computers, robot brains, or cybernetic organisms.

Date: February 15, 2010

Running Time: 01:32:49

Domestic Box Office Take: $374,675

Opening and Closing Song: California Dreamin’ The Mamas & The Papas

Tagline: I like you, I’ll kill you last.

3x3: “Stupidest computers, robot brains, or cybernetic organisms” by Kelly starts at 53:58.

Tom Chick
3. C-3PO in Phantom Menace
2. The smart bomb in Dark Star

  1. Mk. 13 in Hardware

Dingus
3. WOPR/Joshua in War Games
2. Skynet in Terminator 2

  1. Gunslinger robot in Westworld

Kelly Wand
3. Skynet in Terminator: Salvation
2. WOPR/Joshua in War Games

  1. JINX in Space Camp
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Podcast #20 Shutter Island

Teaser: We don’t agree on Shutter Island. One of us wants to punch someone. The other two of us embrace the mystery. If you haven’t seen Shutter Island, I’d normally recommend fast forwarding to the 52 minute mark for this week’s 3×3: best depictions of parenting. However, I can’t really do that this week since Shutter Island spoilers got sprinkled into the conversation.

Date: February 22, 2010

Running Time: 01:26:22

Domestic Box Office Take: $128,012,934

Opening and Closing Song: Lithium by Nirvana

Tagline: Man is what he believes. How come there’s dead silence after everything I say now? Are you just looking for the Britney Spears like everytime I open my stupid yap?

3x3: “Best depictions of parenting” by Dingus starts at 52:32.

Tom Chick
3. October Sky
2. Gigantic

  1. To Kill a Mockingbird

Dingus
3. Dancer in the Dark
2. The Squid and the Whale

  1. Once

Kelly Wand
3. At Close Range
2. Return of the Jedi

  1. Alien: Resurrection
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Podcast #21 The Crazies

Teaser: So, yeah, a remake of a George Romero zombie movie that didn’t really have zombies. You can imagine how that turns out. Tom Chick recommends Impulse, Kelly Wand recommends Shivers, and Dingus admires the mayor’s swimming pool. We also perform a short sketch based on a Kevin Smith movie.

If you haven’t seen The Crazies, go ahead and listen anyway. Or just skip to this week’s 3×3 at the 43-minute mark, in which we each fix three movies by recasting one of the parts.

Date: March 1, 2010

Running Time: 01:22:23

Domestic Box Office Take: $39,123,589

Opening and Closing Song: East Hastings by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Tagline: Tis more comfortable to be mad and not know it, than to be sane and have ones doubts.

3x3: “Fix a movie by recasting one of the parts” by Tom starts at 42:44.

Tom Chick
3. Daniel Day Lewis replaces George Clooney in Solaris
2. Andy Serkis replaces Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes

  1. Werner Herzog replaces Jack Black in King Kong

Dingus
3. Katie Jarvis replaces Mila Kunis in Book of Eli
2. Phillip Seymour Hoffman replaces Jack Black in King Kong

  1. Peter Mayhew replaces Warwick Davis in Return of the Jedi

Kelly Wand
3. Warren Beatty replaces Ashton Kutcher in Dude Where’s My Car?
2. Cary Grant replaces Stephen Lack in Scanners

  1. Tracey Morgan replaces Jake Gyllenhall in Brokeback Mountain
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Podcast #22 Alice in Wonderland

Teaser: Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is another 2 vs. 1 split. Two in favor, one opposed. Or maybe it’s the other way around. It’s curiouser. But we all agree on the excellence of Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, and the word “acreage”.

If you haven’t seen Alice in Wonderland, join us at the 50:00 mark for this week’s 3×3. We discuss movies for which there is no forgiveness. It’s probably not going to go where you think it goes.

Date: March 8, 2010

Running Time: 01:53:40

Domestic Box Office Take: $334,191,110

Opening and Closing Song: Miss Murder by AFI

Tagline: The thing the similiarities between a raven and a writing desk: Both make a mess if you put paper under them.

3x3: “Movies for which there is no forgiveness” by Kelly starts at 50:08.

Tom Chick
3. Beautiful Mind
2. Spanglish

  1. Last House on the left

Dingus
3. Crash
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

  1. Passion of the Christ

Kelly Wand
3. The Time Machine
2. Phantom Menace

  1. The Dead Pool
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Podcast #23 Green Zone

Teaser: Here’s our review of Green Zone, in which Paul Greengrass treats the invasion of Iraq with all the nuance of James Cameron’s Avatar: “Please to stand there, drink my wine. Come and dig my herb.”

Alternatively, fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 42-minute mark. Oops, or not. Not everyone can hear the musical cue, so hilarity ensues and the 3×3 doesn’t actually start until the 45-minute mark.

Date: March 15, 2010

Running Time: 01:25:44

Domestic Box Office Take: $35,053,660

Opening and Closing Song: All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix

Tagline: America is the Activision of the free world.

3x3: “Favorite depictions of soldiers” by Dingus starts at 45:12.

Tom Chick
3. Platoon
2. Red

  1. Full Metal Jacket

Dingus
3. All Quiet on the Western Front
2. Blackhawk Down

  1. Gettysburg

Kelly Wand
3. Thin Red Line
2. All Quiet on the Western Front

  1. Gallipoli
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Podcast #24 Repo Men

Teaser: Repo Men. Does it have a twist? A reveal? Is it more like Brazil or Blade Runner? Is it a biting commentary on health care or a Philip K. Dick adaptation, or both? How are you supposed to say RZA’s name? In which Star Wars movie was the quote “The Force is strong, Luke”? And why are there a handful of great scenes in this movie? These questions and more are answered, followed by this week’s 3×3 for our choices of MacGuffins worth remembering. Fast forward to the 47:30 mark if you don’t want Repo Men spoiled. Well, “spoiled”.

Date: March 22, 2010

Running Time: 01:42:19

Domestic Box Office Take: $13,794,835

Opening and Closing Song: Institutionalized by Suicidal Tendencies

Tagline: A hysterectomy means never having to say you’re sorry.

3x3: “MacGuffins worth remembering” by Tom starts at 44:24.

Tom Chick
3. The cure for baldness in Duplicity
2. The gun in Running Scared

  1. The box in Kiss Me Deadly

Dingus
3. The President and tape in Escape from New York
2. The Everlasting Gob Stopper in Willie Wonka

  1. The recall code in Dr. Strangelove

Kelly Wand
3. The Maltese Falcon in Maltese Falcon
2. Kevin Costner in No Way Out

  1. Natalie Wood in The Searchers
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Podcast #25 Greenberg

Teaser: Following some confusion about sardonic actor Chris Eigeman, Watergate co-conspirator John Ehrlichman, and celebrity Nazi Otto Eichmann, we discuss Greenberg and the challenge of making a movie about an a-hole. What does it say about us that we all three loved the movie?

If you haven’t seen Greenberg, you should probably get on that. Until then, fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 50-minute mark for our top three depictions of drug use.

Date: March 29, 2010

Running Time: 01:37:24

Domestic Box Office Take: $4,234,170

Opening and Closing Song: Gente by James Murphy

Tagline: R.I.P. Corey Haim. Don’t worry, he’s with his career now.

3x3: “Best depictions of drug use” by Kelly starts at 49:53.

Tom Chick
3. Station Agent
2. A Serious Man

  1. Praise

Dingus
3. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
2. Dune

  1. Requiem for a Dream

Kelly Wand
3. Fear and Loathing in Las Veags
2. Zapped

  1. Altered States
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Podcast #26 Clash of the Titans

Teaser: If you listen to one movie synopsis this year, make it Kelly Wand’s Clash of the Titans movie synopsis. If you haven’t seen Clash of the Titans yet, we can help. Listen to our podcast instead.

This week’s 3×3 begins at the 44-minute mark. We talk movies that best establish a sense of place.

Date: April 5, 2010

Running Time: 01:32:10

Domestic Box Office Take: $163,214,888

Opening and Closing Song: Yakety Sax by Boots Randolph

Tagline: Interesting. In Russia titans clash you.

3x3: “Best establishment of place” by Dingus starts at 44:01.

Tom Chick
3. Session 9
2. The North Face

  1. Barton Fink

Dingus
3. The Abyss
2. Das Boot

  1. Diner

Kelly Wand
3. Alien
2. McCabe and Mrs. Miller

  1. Gummo
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Podcast #27 Kick-Ass

Teaser: After our week off — all you would have missed was three dudes agreeing that Hot Tub Time Machine was no Hangover — we’ve returned to discuss Kick-Ass.

Haven’t seen Kick-Ass? No problem. Join us for this week’s 3×3 at the 47-minute mark: double features that you have to explain.

Date: April 20, 2010

Running Time: 01:37:57

Domestic Box Office Take: $48,071,303

Opening and Closing Song: Hey Little World by The Hives

Tagline: They specialize in the ridiculous.

3x3: “Double features you have to explain” by Tom starts at 47:11.

Tom Chick
3. The Man Who Wasn’t There and Remains of the Day
2. Knowing and Photographing Fairies

  1. Orphan and Let the Right One In

Dingus
3. Big Night and Goodfellas
2. Brick and Juno

  1. Sweet Smell of Success and Red River

Kelly Wand
3. Weekend at Bernie’s and Breakfast of Tiffany’s
2. Passion of the Christ and Zapped

  1. Wizard of Oz and Mannequin 2: On the Move
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Podcast #28 The Losers

Teaser: Hey, it’s our second comic book movie in a row! Does The Losers go over with us as well as Kick-Ass did? Spoiler: no. Listen to three Idris Elba fans commiserate.

This week’s 3×3 starts at the 44-minute mark. Join us for our top three fights in movies.

Date: April 26, 2010

Running Time: 01:34:49

Domestic Box Office Take: $23,591,432

Opening and Closing Song: La Primavera by Manu Chao

Tagline: Madre cuka cactcha es louongo (Need help with this one)

3x3: “Best fights” by Kelly starts at 44:14.

Tom Chick
3. Tom Cruise’s acting vs the chair in Collateral
2. Adam Sandler vs. the bathroom in Punch-Drunk Love

  1. Max von Sydow vs. a tree in Virgin Spring

Dingus
3. Tom Wilkinson vs. Paul Giamatti in Duplicity
2. Mel Gibson vs. Gary Busey in Lethal Weapon

  1. Mandy Patinkin vs. Cary Elwes in Princess Bride

Kelly Wand
3. Casey Siemaszko vs. Richard Tyson in Three O’Clock High
2. Roddie Piper vs. Keith David in They Live

  1. Stephen Chow vs. Tong in God of Cookery
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Podcast #29 44 Inch Chest

Teaser: You probably haven’t seen 44 Inch Chest, which just came out on DVD. You should do something about that. Then you can listen to our podcast about this brutal profane poetic British amalgam of Othello, Reservoir Dogs, and Sexy Beast.

Until then, you’ll just have to fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 48-minute mark: movies that break the fourth wall.

Date: May 3, 2010

Running Time: 01:57:07

Domestic Box Office Take: $39,033

Opening and Closing Song: Gouge Away by The Pixies

Tagline: A 44 inch chest means 43 inch heartbreak.

3x3: “Breaking the fourth wall” by Dingus starts at 47:55.

Tom Chick
3. Fight Club
2. Funny Games

  1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Dingus
3. Amelie
2. Love and Death

  1. High Fidelity

Kelly Wand
3. Monty Python’s Meaning of Life
2. Persona

  1. Bates Motel
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Podcast #30 Iron Man 2

Teaser: Will you be as bored listening to us talk about Iron Man 2 as we were watching Iron Man 2? We hope not, but we don’t make any guarantees. If you haven’t seen Iron Man 2, you can fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 29-minute mark for movie lines that should be famous.

Date: May 10, 2010

Running Time: 01:19:54

Domestic Box Office Take: $312,433,331

Opening and Closing Song: Robot Rock / Oh Yeah by Daft Punk

Tagline: Iron is the most abundant metal in iron meteorites.

3x3: “Movie lines that should be famous” by Tom starts at 29:12.

Tom Chick
3. “I’m Sorry.” “You’ll never be sorry enough.” from Praise
2. “Is it me?” from Your Friends and Neighbors

  1. “I wish you didn’t have so many freckles” from The Squid and the Whale

Dingus
3. “If you want your father to think you’re not a silly a fuck, don’t slap a guy across the face with a glove.” from The Weather Man
2. “We’re the trolls, mate.” From Boy A

  1. “Evil can be a spiritual experience too.” from Longford

Kelly Wand
3. “Jane, you’re slouching.” from Zapped.
2. “You kissed me.” “What are you, 12?” from Closer

  1. “Fuckity bye-bye, then” from In the Loop
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Podcast #31 Robin Hood

Teaser: With a little help from director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Brian Helgeland, Russell Crowe is Robin Hood! Or is he?

If you haven’t seen Robin Hood, join us for this week’s 3×3: movies that made you like an actor or director you previously loathed. It starts at the 52-minute mark.

Date: May 17, 2010

Running Time: 01:37:11

Domestic Box Office Take: $105,269,730

Opening and Closing Song: Anarchy in the UK by Sex Pistols

Tagline: Godfrey and his marauders are French!

3x3: “Movies that made you like an actor or director you loathed” by Kelly starts at 51:40.

Tom Chick
3. The Proposition - Danny Huston
2. Punch-Drunk Love - Adam Sandler

  1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Casey Affleck

Dingus
3. World’s Greatest Dad - Robin Williams
2. Constantine - Keanu Reeves

  1. Punch-Drunk Love - Adam Sandler

Kelly Wand
3. Closer - Julia Roberts
2. Deep Blue Sea - Renny Harlin

  1. Deep Rising - Stephen Somers
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Podcast #32 The Messenger

Teaser: Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson are soldiers tasked with notifying the next of kin of killed soldiers.

Is The Messengers a war film? A buddy story? An art house movie? Whatever you want to call it — we wrestle with that a bit — the three of us heartily recommend it.

If you haven’t seen The Messenger, join us for this week’s 3×3: movies that recommend other movies. It starts at the 57-minute mark.

Date: May 24, 2010

Running Time: 01:44:12

Domestic Box Office Take: $1,109,660

Opening and Closing Song: Plainclothes Man by Heatmiser

Tagline: Please do me a huge favor and never support me.

3x3: “Movies recommended by other movies” by Dingus starts at 56:41.

Tom Chick
3. White Heat and Public Enemy in Fade to Black
2. Hello Dolly in Wall-E

  1. Entrapment in Breach

Dingus
3. Annie Hall in St. Elmo’s Fire
2. Casablanca in When Harry Met Sally

  1. Krull in Pineapple Express

Kelly Wand
3. Problem Child in Cape Fear
2. Taxi Drive in Zapped

  1. The Quiet Man in E.T.
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Podcast #33 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Teaser: Is Prince of Persia about a magic doo-dad, ostriches, the invasion of Iraq, the fantastical properties of Gemma Arterton’s decolletage, Ben Kingsley’s eyeliner, or all of the above?

If you haven’t seen Prince of Persia, join us for our 3×3 of movie romances in which the characters don’t even kiss. It’s a tough one. It starts at the 51:30 mark.

Date: May 31, 2010

Running Time: 01:33:31

Domestic Box Office Take: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=princeofpersia.htm] $90,759,676

Opening and Closing Song: Supermagic by Mos Def

Tagline: Look at the colander telling the pierced serving spoon you have three holes.

3x3: “Romances in which the characters never kiss” by Tom starts at 51:27.

Tom Chick
3. The Visitor
2. The Professional

  1. Remains of the Day

Dingus
3. Remains of the Day
2. The Visitor

  1. Once

Kelly Wand
3. Christine
2. Fatal Beauty

  1. Age of Innocence
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Podcast #34 Splice

Teaser: We relate this horror sci-fi rom-com to things as diverse as Moon, Rosemary’s Baby, Happy Days, and the Gulf oil spill. If you haven’t seen Splice yet, jump to our 3×3 at the 46-minute mark: movies that should be made into videogames.

Date: June 7, 2010

Running Time: 01:42:27

Domestic Box Office Take: $17,010,170

Opening and Closing Song: Modern Love by David Bowie

Tagline: What do you call a six legged insect that cant speak? A mute ant.

3x3: “Games you would rather see a movie based on” by Kelly starts at 46:15.

Tom Chick
3. Portal
2. Alpha Centauri

  1. Dead Rising

Dingus
3. Flower
2. Age of Mythology

  1. No One Lives Forever

Kelly Wand
3. Rollercoaster Tycoon
2. Ms Pac-Man

  1. Pong