Teaser: The good news is this isn’t one of those podcasts where we sit around agreeing with each other the whole time. The bad news is at least one of us had to sit through The A-Team in order for that to happen. If you can’t bear to see us at odds with each other, jump to this week’s 3×3 at the 57-minute mark for our choice of most effective adaptations.
Teaser: We agree that Toy Story 3 is no Toy Story 2, but we don’t quite see eye to eye on how much this matters. If you haven’t seen Toy Story 3, jump to this week’s 3×3 at the 54-minute mark for our choice of the best restroom scenes that aren’t gross.
Teaser: Summer blockbuster? Forgettable fluff? Romantic comedy? Chick flick? The redemption of Tom Cruise?
All of the above? Find out in this week’s podcast. Or, if you don’t want Knight and Day spoiled, just jump to this week’s 3×3 at the 44-minute mark. We discuss the least convincing movie couples, which includes Kelly Wand’s rendition of a character’s inner monologue upon seeing Russell Crowe unclothed.
Teaser: You probably haven’t seen Don McKay, which just came out on DVD. Tom and Dingus recommend you do so. Kelly not so much. But if you’re going to see this indie movie from a first-time director, you’re probably better off knowing nothing about it. The unfolding’s the thing. Until you’ve seen it, you can skip ahead to this week’s 3×3, in which we discuss least likely jobs for movie characters. We start at the 42-minute mark.
Opening and Closing Song: It’s the Same Old Song by Four Tops
Tagline: What is it about a beautiful sunny afternoon with the birds singing and the wind rustling through the leaves that makes you want to get baked out of your skull.
Teaser: At last it’s a three-way split. One of us really liked Predators, one of us didn’t like it so much, and one of us hated it. Find out who wins! Or, if you haven’t seen Predators, just fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 52-minute mark for movies that you can stop watching after the first scene.
Teaser: Tune in for our spirited three-way split on Inception, Christopher Nolan’s dreamy mind-bender. We have a “loved it”, “hated it”, and “thought it was okay”. If you haven’t seen it yet, fast-forward to this week’s 3×3 at the one hour and six minute (!) mark. We have an equally spirited discussion of the best last lines spoken by or to a dying character.
Opening and Closing Song: Climbing up the Walls by Radiohead
Tagline: Dreaming is an act of pure imagination. A testing in all men a creative power, which, if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespere, except Kelly Wand.
Tom Chick
3. “He won’t even know your name.” by Maribel Verdú in Pan’s Labyrinth
2. “I’d get you something to drink, but I’m afraid you’d just choke on it.” in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
“She’s probably got wind. Wind her. Put her on your shoulder. Just tap her back. Gently. Gently.” by Clive Owen in Children of Men
Dingus
3. “Now, what are you prepared to do?” by Sean Connery in The Untouchables
2. “Harry’s here. Take my gun. I’m gonna die now, I think.” Brendan Gleeson in In Bruges
“Our people, our people. I would have followed you. My brother, my captain, my king.” Sean Bean in Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Kelly Wand
3. “Deserving’s got nothing to do with it.” Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven
2. “I can hold it! No, I’m all- Aughhh!” Jek Porkins (William Hootkins) in Star Wars
Teaser: Angelina Jolie is Salt. We’re unimpressed. Except for one of us. After that, our 3×3 begins at the 44-minute mark, where we share our favorite trapped underwater moments. Expect a lot of overlap.
Teaser: Steve Carell and Paul Rudd show up in an Americanized remake of a foreign film. It’s apparently a comedy. This week’s 3×3 begins at the 40-minutes mark. We discuss our three favorite uses of another language.
Teaser: Winter’s Bone, a country noir set in the Ozarks, is quite a revelation. You should see it and then listen to our podcast about it. And if you listen to just one 3×3 this year, it probably shouldn’t be our discussion of the best uses of lava, which begins at the 52-minute mark.
Teaser: We’re not acquainted with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the book, but we’ve seen the movie and we’re mostly Michael Cera fans. Find out what happens next. This week’s 3×3, our favorite protagonist ass-kickings, starts at the 47-minute mark.
Teaser: What happens when two overly analytical dudes and Kelly Wand watch a summer creature feature? Find out on this week’s podcast. If you don’t want us to spoil Piranha 3D for you, fast forward to this week’s 3×3 for our favorite movie outfits. It starts at the one hour and three minute mark.
Teaser: We definitely recommend Animal Kingdom, which is the best movie in the latest wave of Australians showing Hollywood how it’s done. Until you see it, fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the one-hour-and-five-minute mark for our choice of movies that should have been in 3D.
Teaser: It’s our most multicultural podcast, but it will spoil important plot points in Machete. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 57-minute mark for our choice of best opening credit sequences.
Teaser: Does Paul Anderson’s script live up to Kelly Wand’s synopsis? Find out on our Resident Evil: Afterlife podcast. Then listen to this week’s 3×3 for the best scenes shot through windows, which begins at the 1:07 mark.
Teaser: The devil in Devil doesn’t just torment people in elevators. He also makes people on podcasts yell at each other. Then we do a 3×3 of movies that traumatized us as kids, starting at the 1:02:30 mark.
Teaser: Dingus at one point makes the very astute comment that The Killer Inside Me is to film noir what Unforgiven was to Westerns. We think you should see it. Until then, you can fast forward to our 3×3 at the 1:04 mark for our three choices of the best moments of actors playing musical instruments.
Teaser: Robert De Niro and Edward Norton? John Curran directing? What could go wrong? Listen to the podcast and find out. Or fast forward to this week’s 3×3 at the 51-minute mark for movies everyone loves but us.
Teaser: It’s a “getting the band back together” movie with actors we love! How awesome is that? Listen to the podcast and find out. And listen to our 3×3 of favorite prison cell moments starting at the 45-minute mark.
Teaser: So how is the sequel to one of our favorite horror movies? Find out in our Paranormal Activity 2 podcast. And join us for this week’s 3×3 for our favorite sound effects in movies. We’ll play them for you as well as talk about them, starting at the 49:30 mark.
