The Film Board Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/filmboard Ever leave the theater desperate to talk about that one wild scene, that questionable plot twist, or the inexplicably shirtless cameo? The Film Board is here for you. Each month, host Pete Wright assembles a panel of film obsessives—Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Justin Jaeger, and an ever-rotating cast of co-conspirators—for a round-table deep dive into the latest movies in theaters. Spoilers? Absolutely. Hot takes? Always. Polite, nuanced disagreement? We aspire. Perfect for film fans who love smart, spirited, and occasionally ridiculous conversations—and aren’t afraid of spoilers. Subscribe now and join the debate. Part of The Next Reel family of film podcasts. Find more at https://trustory.fm/the-film-board/. © TruStory FM 0a5d9024-989f-540a-b757-9a1c568c0f0a yes en Tue, 10 Mar 2026 03:00:12 -0700 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 03:02:00 -0700 https://trustory.fm/filmboard-lander/ https://img.transistorcdn.com/SRk4gQE525VBiYDD2UIbHLjnRbPZp_mn5Fn_5ZjJExw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMzMTUzLzE2NjAz/MTM3NzMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg The Film Board https://trustory.fm/filmboard-lander/ episodic TruStory FM Ever leave the theater desperate to talk about that one wild scene, that questionable plot twist, or the inexplicably shirtless cameo? The Film Board is here for you. Each month, host Pete Wright assembles a panel of film obsessives—Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Justin Jaeger, and an ever-rotating cast of co-conspirators—for a round-table deep dive into the latest movies in theaters. Spoilers? Absolutely. Hot takes? Always. Polite, nuanced disagreement? We aspire. Perfect for film fans who love smart, spirited, and occasionally ridiculous conversations—and aren’t afraid of spoilers. Subscribe now and join the debate. Part of The Next Reel family of film podcasts. Find more at https://trustory.fm/the-film-board/. Ever leave the theater desperate to talk about that one wild scene, that questionable plot twist, or the inexplicably shirtless cameo. TruStory FM shows@trustory.fm No No Scream 7 14 14 7 7 Scream 7 full 82b98821-3d73-4e85-8a6e-4bfde76344e1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bc678252 Ghostface is back. Sidney Prescott is back. Kevin Williamson — the writer who started it all in 1996 — is back, this time in the director's chair. And The Film Board is here to pick through the wreckage.

Pete Wright convenes the panel — Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Mandy Kaplan — for a full-spoiler autopsy of Scream 7, the franchise's seventh installment and its most complicated origin story yet. The film arrives trailing the collapse of a whole other movie: Melissa Barrera's firing, Jenna Ortega's departure, two directors exiting before a frame was shot, and Neve Campbell finally getting what she was owed to come back. What ended up on screen bears those scars — and the panel doesn't look away from them.

There's plenty to argue about. Tommy arrives as the franchise's longest-tenured Film Board voice and delivers his most critical take yet — the kills are flat, the villain reveal is the weakest in franchise history, and the AI deepfake conceit is nostalgia for nostalgia's sake. Steve, against form, finds himself in the film's corner: the Sidney-Tatum mother-daughter dynamic gives him something real to hold onto, and he'll take that over clever-but-hollow any day. Mandy had a genuinely good time, found Anna Camp's casting as transparent as a freshly-cleaned window, and would very much like Tatum's next chapter to be a musical. Pete sits somewhere in the middle — glad to have Kevin Williamson back, troubled by what he had to work with, and still thinking about the better movie that never got made.

They get into the production chaos, the Barrera-shaped hole in the script, the question of whether the AI angle says anything worth saying, the correct use of a panic room, the mystery of a certain line reading, and whether Scream 7 has dethroned Scream 3 at the bottom of the franchise pile.

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Scream (2022) • The Film Board • January 18, 2022
With: Ocean Murff (host), Tommy Metz III

Where the Film Board's Scream run begins. Ocean and Tommy dig into Radio Silence's relaunch — Woodsboro, the Carpenters, and a film that earns real affection while already showing the cracks Tommy will spend two more episodes cataloguing. His 1.5 stars for Scream 7 are a long way from where he started here.

Scream VI • The Film Board • March 14, 2023
With: Pete Wright (host), Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Justin Jaeger

New York, no Sidney, and the episode where this panel finds its Scream voice. Steve calls the villain motivation the franchise's Achilles heel — a verdict that lands even harder when you hear how Scream 7's killer reveal plays out. The complaints are all road-tested here first.

Last Woman Standing • Sitting in the Dark• March 28, 2025
With: Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Kyle Olson, Kynan Dias

The evolution of the Final Girl from Janet Leigh to the present day, examined through Prey, Sweetheart, and The Invisible Man. Scream 7 hinges on Sidney Prescott as the franchise's ur-Final Girl and closes by anointing Tatum as the next one — this is the essential companion.

Mommy Acts This Way Because She Loves You • Sitting in the Dark • May 30, 2025
With: Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Kyle Olson, Kynan Dias

Horror's obsession with maternal protection, control, and what happens when the drive to shield your child from harm becomes its own kind of damage — through Run, Goodnight Mommy, and mother! Steve's reading of Scream 7 as fundamentally a story about Sidney's fear of visiting her own trauma on Tatum lands squarely in this episode's territory.

Rug Pullers: Topsy-Turvy Horror Twists • Sitting in the Dark • August 29, 2025
With: Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Kynan Dias, Chelsea Stardust

Three films built entirely around the sucker punch — Ghostwatch, Barbarian, Strange Darling. If you want context for why the Film Board found Scream 7's killer reveal so deflating, this is the episode that sets the bar for what a well-earned horror twist actually requires.

Tommy's Terror Trope Tutorials: Book of the Vampyre and Final Girls • Sitting in the Dark • April 28, 2023
With: Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, Ray DeLancey

Tommy builds the theoretical groundwork on the Final Girl as a horror archetype — where it comes from, what it asks of its protagonist, and whether it holds up. Essential backstory for understanding why Tommy holds the Scream franchise to the standard he does, and why this movie's handling of Sidney and Tatum hits so differently once you've heard him make that argument.


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]]> Ghostface is back. Sidney Prescott is back. Kevin Williamson — the writer who started it all in 1996 — is back, this time in the director's chair. And The Film Board is here to pick through the wreckage.

Pete Wright convenes the panel — Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Mandy Kaplan — for a full-spoiler autopsy of Scream 7, the franchise's seventh installment and its most complicated origin story yet. The film arrives trailing the collapse of a whole other movie: Melissa Barrera's firing, Jenna Ortega's departure, two directors exiting before a frame was shot, and Neve Campbell finally getting what she was owed to come back. What ended up on screen bears those scars — and the panel doesn't look away from them.

There's plenty to argue about. Tommy arrives as the franchise's longest-tenured Film Board voice and delivers his most critical take yet — the kills are flat, the villain reveal is the weakest in franchise history, and the AI deepfake conceit is nostalgia for nostalgia's sake. Steve, against form, finds himself in the film's corner: the Sidney-Tatum mother-daughter dynamic gives him something real to hold onto, and he'll take that over clever-but-hollow any day. Mandy had a genuinely good time, found Anna Camp's casting as transparent as a freshly-cleaned window, and would very much like Tatum's next chapter to be a musical. Pete sits somewhere in the middle — glad to have Kevin Williamson back, troubled by what he had to work with, and still thinking about the better movie that never got made.

They get into the production chaos, the Barrera-shaped hole in the script, the question of whether the AI angle says anything worth saying, the correct use of a panic room, the mystery of a certain line reading, and whether Scream 7 has dethroned Scream 3 at the bottom of the franchise pile.

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Scream (2022) • The Film Board • January 18, 2022
With: Ocean Murff (host), Tommy Metz III

Where the Film Board's Scream run begins. Ocean and Tommy dig into Radio Silence's relaunch — Woodsboro, the Carpenters, and a film that earns real affection while already showing the cracks Tommy will spend two more episodes cataloguing. His 1.5 stars for Scream 7 are a long way from where he started here.

Scream VI • The Film Board • March 14, 2023
With: Pete Wright (host), Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Justin Jaeger

New York, no Sidney, and the episode where this panel finds its Scream voice. Steve calls the villain motivation the franchise's Achilles heel — a verdict that lands even harder when you hear how Scream 7's killer reveal plays out. The complaints are all road-tested here first.

Last Woman Standing • Sitting in the Dark• March 28, 2025
With: Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Kyle Olson, Kynan Dias

The evolution of the Final Girl from Janet Leigh to the present day, examined through Prey, Sweetheart, and The Invisible Man. Scream 7 hinges on Sidney Prescott as the franchise's ur-Final Girl and closes by anointing Tatum as the next one — this is the essential companion.

Mommy Acts This Way Because She Loves You • Sitting in the Dark • May 30, 2025
With: Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Kyle Olson, Kynan Dias

Horror's obsession with maternal protection, control, and what happens when the drive to shield your child from harm becomes its own kind of damage — through Run, Goodnight Mommy, and mother! Steve's reading of Scream 7 as fundamentally a story about Sidney's fear of visiting her own trauma on Tatum lands squarely in this episode's territory.

Rug Pullers: Topsy-Turvy Horror Twists • Sitting in the Dark • August 29, 2025
With: Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Kynan Dias, Chelsea Stardust

Three films built entirely around the sucker punch — Ghostwatch, Barbarian, Strange Darling. If you want context for why the Film Board found Scream 7's killer reveal so deflating, this is the episode that sets the bar for what a well-earned horror twist actually requires.

Tommy's Terror Trope Tutorials: Book of the Vampyre and Final Girls • Sitting in the Dark • April 28, 2023
With: Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, Ray DeLancey

Tommy builds the theoretical groundwork on the Final Girl as a horror archetype — where it comes from, what it asks of its protagonist, and whether it holds up. Essential backstory for understanding why Tommy holds the Scream franchise to the standard he does, and why this movie's handling of Sidney and Tatum hits so differently once you've heard him make that argument.


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]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2026 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3407 Ghostface is back. Sidney Prescott is back. Kevin Williamson — the writer who started it all in 1996 — is back, this time in the director's chair. And The Film Board is here to pick through the wreckage.

Pete Wright convenes the panel — Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Mandy Kaplan — for a full-spoiler autopsy of Scream 7, the franchise's seventh installment and its most complicated origin story yet. The film arrives trailing the collapse of a whole other movie: Melissa Barrera's firing, Jenna Ortega's departure, two directors exiting before a frame was shot, and Neve Campbell finally getting what she was owed to come back. What ended up on screen bears those scars — and the panel doesn't look away from them.

There's plenty to argue about. Tommy arrives as the franchise's longest-tenured Film Board voice and delivers his most critical take yet — the kills are flat, the villain reveal is the weakest in franchise history, and the AI deepfake conceit is nostalgia for nostalgia's sake. Steve, against form, finds himself in the film's corner: the Sidney-Tatum mother-daughter dynamic gives him something real to hold onto, and he'll take that over clever-but-hollow any day. Mandy had a genuinely good time, found Anna Camp's casting as transparent as a freshly-cleaned window, and would very much like Tatum's next chapter to be a musical. Pete sits somewhere in the middle — glad to have Kevin Williamson back, troubled by what he had to work with, and still thinking about the better movie that never got made.

They get into the production chaos, the Barrera-shaped hole in the script, the question of whether the AI angle says anything worth saying, the correct use of a panic room, the mystery of a certain line reading, and whether Scream 7 has dethroned Scream 3 at the bottom of the franchise pile.

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Scream (2022) • The Film Board • January 18, 2022
With: Ocean Murff (host), Tommy Metz III

Where the Film Board's Scream run begins. Ocean and Tommy dig into Radio Silence's relaunch — Woodsboro, the Carpenters, and a film that earns real affection while already showing the cracks Tommy will spend two more episodes cataloguing. His 1.5 stars for Scream 7 are a long way from where he started here.

Scream VI • The Film Board • March 14, 2023
With: Pete Wright (host), Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Justin Jaeger

New York, no Sidney, and the episode where this panel finds its Scream voice. Steve calls the villain motivation the franchise's Achilles heel — a verdict that lands even harder when you hear how Scream 7's killer reveal plays out. The complaints are all road-tested here first.

Last Woman Standing • Sitting in the Dark• March 28, 2025
With: Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Kyle Olson, Kynan Dias

The evolution of the Final Girl from Janet Leigh to the present day, examined through Prey, Sweetheart, and The Invisible Man. Scream 7 hinges on Sidney Prescott as the franchise's ur-Final Girl and closes by anointing Tatum as the next one — this is the essential companion.

Mommy Acts This Way Because She Loves You • Sitting in the Dark • May 30, 2025
With: Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Kyle Olson, Kynan Dias

Horror's obsession with maternal protection, control, and what happens when the drive to shield your child from harm becomes its own kind of damage — through Run, Goodnight Mommy, and mother! Steve's reading of Scream 7 as fundamentally a story about Sidney's fear of visiting her own trauma on Tatum lands squarely in this episode's territory.

Rug Pullers: Topsy-Turvy Horror Twists • Sitting in the Dark • August 29, 2025
With: Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Kynan Dias, Chelsea Stardust

Three films built entirely around the sucker punch — Ghostwatch, Barbarian, Strange Darling. If you want context for why the Film Board found Scream 7's killer reveal so deflating, this is the episode that sets the bar for what a well-earned horror twist actually requires.

Tommy's Terror Trope Tutorials: Book of the Vampyre and Final Girls • Sitting in the Dark • April 28, 2023
With: Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, Ray DeLancey

Tommy builds the theoretical groundwork on the Final Girl as a horror archetype — where it comes from, what it asks of its protagonist, and whether it holds up. Essential backstory for understanding why Tommy holds the Scream franchise to the standard he does, and why this movie's handling of Sidney and Tatum hits so differently once you've heard him make that argument.


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]]> No Mercy: The Algorithm Wants Your Lunch Money 181 181 Mercy: The Algorithm Wants Your Lunch Money full 8a8aa68d-6f8f-4a60-be1a-5cd508c68917 https://share.transistor.fm/s/75178fe1 This month on The Film Board, Pete Wright drags Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Steve Sarmento into an emergency bonus hearing because Andy texted, essentially, “We can’t skip a month. Also I found a movie.” That movie is Mercy, a slick, noisy, deeply committed screenlife thriller where Chris Pratt wakes up strapped into a futuristic execution-chair-courtroom and has 90 minutes to prove he didn’t kill his wife. The judge is an AI who looks like Rebecca Ferguson. Which is frankly unfair to every other AI.

From there, it’s a full-spoilers sprint through a world where justice is software, surveillance is just “normal life,” and every single camera on Earth is apparently pointed at exactly the wrong moment. The panel fights over what Mercy thinks it’s doing (a cautionary tale about AI and institutions) versus what it actually does (a pulpy, coincidence-powered ride that occasionally forgets its own premise and wanders off toward terrorism and explosions).

Andy is… not having it. Steve is torn in the way only a lover of scrappy sci-fi concepts can be: “It’s messy, but I’m intrigued.” Tommy—who walked in expecting bargain-bin January nonsense—ends up delighted, especially after an accidental 3D screening turns the whole thing into a theme-park attraction where the chair is the main character. Pete tries to keep the court metaphor alive long enough to pronounce a verdict, but keeps getting distracted by the movie’s most dangerous idea: not the AI, but the assumption that the only way to get “justice” is if the system can see literally everything.

Also: yes, we talk about the wind. The screens have wind.

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]]> This month on The Film Board, Pete Wright drags Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Steve Sarmento into an emergency bonus hearing because Andy texted, essentially, “We can’t skip a month. Also I found a movie.” That movie is Mercy, a slick, noisy, deeply committed screenlife thriller where Chris Pratt wakes up strapped into a futuristic execution-chair-courtroom and has 90 minutes to prove he didn’t kill his wife. The judge is an AI who looks like Rebecca Ferguson. Which is frankly unfair to every other AI.

From there, it’s a full-spoilers sprint through a world where justice is software, surveillance is just “normal life,” and every single camera on Earth is apparently pointed at exactly the wrong moment. The panel fights over what Mercy thinks it’s doing (a cautionary tale about AI and institutions) versus what it actually does (a pulpy, coincidence-powered ride that occasionally forgets its own premise and wanders off toward terrorism and explosions).

Andy is… not having it. Steve is torn in the way only a lover of scrappy sci-fi concepts can be: “It’s messy, but I’m intrigued.” Tommy—who walked in expecting bargain-bin January nonsense—ends up delighted, especially after an accidental 3D screening turns the whole thing into a theme-park attraction where the chair is the main character. Pete tries to keep the court metaphor alive long enough to pronounce a verdict, but keeps getting distracted by the movie’s most dangerous idea: not the AI, but the assumption that the only way to get “justice” is if the system can see literally everything.

Also: yes, we talk about the wind. The screens have wind.

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3712 This month on The Film Board, Pete Wright drags Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Steve Sarmento into an emergency bonus hearing because Andy texted, essentially, “We can’t skip a month. Also I found a movie.” That movie is Mercy, a slick, noisy, deeply committed screenlife thriller where Chris Pratt wakes up strapped into a futuristic execution-chair-courtroom and has 90 minutes to prove he didn’t kill his wife. The judge is an AI who looks like Rebecca Ferguson. Which is frankly unfair to every other AI.

From there, it’s a full-spoilers sprint through a world where justice is software, surveillance is just “normal life,” and every single camera on Earth is apparently pointed at exactly the wrong moment. The panel fights over what Mercy thinks it’s doing (a cautionary tale about AI and institutions) versus what it actually does (a pulpy, coincidence-powered ride that occasionally forgets its own premise and wanders off toward terrorism and explosions).

Andy is… not having it. Steve is torn in the way only a lover of scrappy sci-fi concepts can be: “It’s messy, but I’m intrigued.” Tommy—who walked in expecting bargain-bin January nonsense—ends up delighted, especially after an accidental 3D screening turns the whole thing into a theme-park attraction where the chair is the main character. Pete tries to keep the court metaphor alive long enough to pronounce a verdict, but keeps getting distracted by the movie’s most dangerous idea: not the AI, but the assumption that the only way to get “justice” is if the system can see literally everything.

Also: yes, we talk about the wind. The screens have wind.

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]]> No Avatar: Fire and Ash • When Spectacle Outpaces Story 180 180 Avatar: Fire and Ash • When Spectacle Outpaces Story full 99a6a8bd-7b66-46d0-9b50-56dff7553eba https://share.transistor.fm/s/67b920f0 This month on The Film Board, Pete Wright sits down with Tommy Metz III and Steve Sarmento to wrestle with a question that keeps resurfacing throughout Avatar: Fire and Ash: how can a movie built with such extraordinary care feel so strangely forgettable?

James Cameron’s return to Pandora is, once again, a monumental technical achievement. The scale is enormous. The craft is meticulous. The effort behind it is undeniable. And yet, as the conversation unfolds, the panel keeps circling the same uneasy feeling—that the film never quite gives its spectacle anything meaningful to serve.

The discussion ranges from Cameron’s latest performance-capture and adaptive frame-rate experiments to the franchise’s growing habit of mistaking motion for momentum. There’s real admiration for the artists who built this world, paired with frustration over a story that repeatedly rushes past its most interesting ideas. Themes of environmentalism, colonialism, faith, and family surface again and again, only to be flattened by familiar beats, unresolved questions, and a narrative that seems unwilling to slow down long enough to let any of them land.

By the time the conversation reaches ratings, the outcome feels less like judgment and more like inevitability—the natural endpoint of trying, and failing, to locate the film’s emotional center.

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]]> This month on The Film Board, Pete Wright sits down with Tommy Metz III and Steve Sarmento to wrestle with a question that keeps resurfacing throughout Avatar: Fire and Ash: how can a movie built with such extraordinary care feel so strangely forgettable?

James Cameron’s return to Pandora is, once again, a monumental technical achievement. The scale is enormous. The craft is meticulous. The effort behind it is undeniable. And yet, as the conversation unfolds, the panel keeps circling the same uneasy feeling—that the film never quite gives its spectacle anything meaningful to serve.

The discussion ranges from Cameron’s latest performance-capture and adaptive frame-rate experiments to the franchise’s growing habit of mistaking motion for momentum. There’s real admiration for the artists who built this world, paired with frustration over a story that repeatedly rushes past its most interesting ideas. Themes of environmentalism, colonialism, faith, and family surface again and again, only to be flattened by familiar beats, unresolved questions, and a narrative that seems unwilling to slow down long enough to let any of them land.

By the time the conversation reaches ratings, the outcome feels less like judgment and more like inevitability—the natural endpoint of trying, and failing, to locate the film’s emotional center.

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]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3538 This month on The Film Board, Pete Wright sits down with Tommy Metz III and Steve Sarmento to wrestle with a question that keeps resurfacing throughout Avatar: Fire and Ash: how can a movie built with such extraordinary care feel so strangely forgettable?

James Cameron’s return to Pandora is, once again, a monumental technical achievement. The scale is enormous. The craft is meticulous. The effort behind it is undeniable. And yet, as the conversation unfolds, the panel keeps circling the same uneasy feeling—that the film never quite gives its spectacle anything meaningful to serve.

The discussion ranges from Cameron’s latest performance-capture and adaptive frame-rate experiments to the franchise’s growing habit of mistaking motion for momentum. There’s real admiration for the artists who built this world, paired with frustration over a story that repeatedly rushes past its most interesting ideas. Themes of environmentalism, colonialism, faith, and family surface again and again, only to be flattened by familiar beats, unresolved questions, and a narrative that seems unwilling to slow down long enough to let any of them land.

By the time the conversation reaches ratings, the outcome feels less like judgment and more like inevitability—the natural endpoint of trying, and failing, to locate the film’s emotional center.

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]]> No Wake Up Dead Man 179 179 Wake Up Dead Man full f91e4dc2-aafa-400b-9bbd-aab26c1b3086 https://share.transistor.fm/s/11ea1635 A locked church. A sermon mid-amen. A knife that absolutely should not be where it is. This month, The Film Board turns its attention to Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the most austere—and maybe most confrontational—entry yet in Rian Johnson’s whodunit canon. From the opening minutes, the film dares the audience to argue with it: what you just saw could not have happened… and yet here we are.

Pete Wright is joined by Steve Sarmento, Mandy Kaplan, and Tommy Metz III to wrestle with a mystery that swaps billionaire excess for spiritual rot, replacing champagne flutes with hymnals and certainty with something far more dangerous. The panel digs into Johnson’s tonal gamble—less joy, more gravity—and whether a franchise built on clever fun can survive a movie so willing to sit in moral discomfort.

The conversation dives deep into the film’s mechanics: the church as a performance space, the precision of the Lazarus door, the way light itself becomes a narrative instrument, and how the film quietly trains you to look without ever announcing it’s doing so. There’s admiration for the film’s rewatchability, its refusal to hide answers offscreen, and its confidence in letting silence—and doubt—do real work.

Benoit Blanc, played once again by Daniel Craig, emerges subtly transformed: less showman, more listener. The panel explores what it means for a great cinematic detective to say “I don’t know” and mean something different every time. Along the way, there’s sharp appreciation for Josh Brolin’s venomous Monsignor Wicks, Glenn Close’s inevitable gravitational pull, and a stacked ensemble that understands exactly when to lean in—and when to get out of the way.

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]]> A locked church. A sermon mid-amen. A knife that absolutely should not be where it is. This month, The Film Board turns its attention to Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the most austere—and maybe most confrontational—entry yet in Rian Johnson’s whodunit canon. From the opening minutes, the film dares the audience to argue with it: what you just saw could not have happened… and yet here we are.

Pete Wright is joined by Steve Sarmento, Mandy Kaplan, and Tommy Metz III to wrestle with a mystery that swaps billionaire excess for spiritual rot, replacing champagne flutes with hymnals and certainty with something far more dangerous. The panel digs into Johnson’s tonal gamble—less joy, more gravity—and whether a franchise built on clever fun can survive a movie so willing to sit in moral discomfort.

The conversation dives deep into the film’s mechanics: the church as a performance space, the precision of the Lazarus door, the way light itself becomes a narrative instrument, and how the film quietly trains you to look without ever announcing it’s doing so. There’s admiration for the film’s rewatchability, its refusal to hide answers offscreen, and its confidence in letting silence—and doubt—do real work.

Benoit Blanc, played once again by Daniel Craig, emerges subtly transformed: less showman, more listener. The panel explores what it means for a great cinematic detective to say “I don’t know” and mean something different every time. Along the way, there’s sharp appreciation for Josh Brolin’s venomous Monsignor Wicks, Glenn Close’s inevitable gravitational pull, and a stacked ensemble that understands exactly when to lean in—and when to get out of the way.

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]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2025 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3177 A locked church. A sermon mid-amen. A knife that absolutely should not be where it is. This month, The Film Board turns its attention to Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the most austere—and maybe most confrontational—entry yet in Rian Johnson’s whodunit canon. From the opening minutes, the film dares the audience to argue with it: what you just saw could not have happened… and yet here we are.

Pete Wright is joined by Steve Sarmento, Mandy Kaplan, and Tommy Metz III to wrestle with a mystery that swaps billionaire excess for spiritual rot, replacing champagne flutes with hymnals and certainty with something far more dangerous. The panel digs into Johnson’s tonal gamble—less joy, more gravity—and whether a franchise built on clever fun can survive a movie so willing to sit in moral discomfort.

The conversation dives deep into the film’s mechanics: the church as a performance space, the precision of the Lazarus door, the way light itself becomes a narrative instrument, and how the film quietly trains you to look without ever announcing it’s doing so. There’s admiration for the film’s rewatchability, its refusal to hide answers offscreen, and its confidence in letting silence—and doubt—do real work.

Benoit Blanc, played once again by Daniel Craig, emerges subtly transformed: less showman, more listener. The panel explores what it means for a great cinematic detective to say “I don’t know” and mean something different every time. Along the way, there’s sharp appreciation for Josh Brolin’s venomous Monsignor Wicks, Glenn Close’s inevitable gravitational pull, and a stacked ensemble that understands exactly when to lean in—and when to get out of the way.

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]]> No The Running Man 178 178 The Running Man full 2d3679d1-a82b-4ef0-811e-485abee4b682 https://share.transistor.fm/s/cbbf03e3 “Stop filming me!”
The Film Board Gathers! This time, they're racing through Edgar Wright's adaptation of The Running Man, a sharper, more faithful take on Richard Bachman’s/Stephen King's dystopian manhunt. Glenn Powell stars as Ben Richards, sprinting for survival and truth in a world where entertainment is weaponized and every choice is content.

Pete Wright leads Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Matthew Fox, and Mandy Kaplan through a deep dive into this reimagining. The panel tackles everything from Josh Brolin's corporate menace to Coleman Domingo's pitch-perfect propaganda host, debating how Wright balances King's nihilistic source material with Hollywood's need for hope. They explore the film's commentary on surveillance, media manipulation, and AI deep fakes, all while questioning whether Wright's signature style gets lost in the chase.

While the group largely praises Powell's charismatic lead performance and the film's updated themes, they clash over the rushed ending and whether dystopian tales can (or should) offer uplift in 2025. The conversation ranges from adaptation choices and censorship quirks to Michael Cera’s panic room and the eerie prescience of King's original vision.

Is this a faithful sprint through broken society or just dystopia with a Disney sheen? Grab your tracking beacon, dodge the drones, and find out as the Film Board breaks down every checkpoint of The Running Man. (Just watch out for those AI face swaps.)

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The Film Board Gathers! This time, they're racing through Edgar Wright's adaptation of The Running Man, a sharper, more faithful take on Richard Bachman’s/Stephen King's dystopian manhunt. Glenn Powell stars as Ben Richards, sprinting for survival and truth in a world where entertainment is weaponized and every choice is content.

Pete Wright leads Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Matthew Fox, and Mandy Kaplan through a deep dive into this reimagining. The panel tackles everything from Josh Brolin's corporate menace to Coleman Domingo's pitch-perfect propaganda host, debating how Wright balances King's nihilistic source material with Hollywood's need for hope. They explore the film's commentary on surveillance, media manipulation, and AI deep fakes, all while questioning whether Wright's signature style gets lost in the chase.

While the group largely praises Powell's charismatic lead performance and the film's updated themes, they clash over the rushed ending and whether dystopian tales can (or should) offer uplift in 2025. The conversation ranges from adaptation choices and censorship quirks to Michael Cera’s panic room and the eerie prescience of King's original vision.

Is this a faithful sprint through broken society or just dystopia with a Disney sheen? Grab your tracking beacon, dodge the drones, and find out as the Film Board breaks down every checkpoint of The Running Man. (Just watch out for those AI face swaps.)

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]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4046 “Stop filming me!”
The Film Board Gathers! This time, they're racing through Edgar Wright's adaptation of The Running Man, a sharper, more faithful take on Richard Bachman’s/Stephen King's dystopian manhunt. Glenn Powell stars as Ben Richards, sprinting for survival and truth in a world where entertainment is weaponized and every choice is content.

Pete Wright leads Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Matthew Fox, and Mandy Kaplan through a deep dive into this reimagining. The panel tackles everything from Josh Brolin's corporate menace to Coleman Domingo's pitch-perfect propaganda host, debating how Wright balances King's nihilistic source material with Hollywood's need for hope. They explore the film's commentary on surveillance, media manipulation, and AI deep fakes, all while questioning whether Wright's signature style gets lost in the chase.

While the group largely praises Powell's charismatic lead performance and the film's updated themes, they clash over the rushed ending and whether dystopian tales can (or should) offer uplift in 2025. The conversation ranges from adaptation choices and censorship quirks to Michael Cera’s panic room and the eerie prescience of King's original vision.

Is this a faithful sprint through broken society or just dystopia with a Disney sheen? Grab your tracking beacon, dodge the drones, and find out as the Film Board breaks down every checkpoint of The Running Man. (Just watch out for those AI face swaps.)

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]]> 2025, 2020s, Edgar Wright No TRON: Ares 177 177 TRON: Ares full b450dcf7-2951-4940-823f-83082a043cf0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ac99f642 Greetings, Users! The Film Board Gathers again—this time to boot up TRON: Ares, Disney’s latest attempt to update a franchise that still doesn’t understand what “updating” means. Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Mandy Kaplan log on to debate Jared Leto’s turn as an AI messiah with great hair and no emotional bandwidth, and Greta Lee’s heroic attempt to act her way out of the mainframe.

The panel tackles the film’s tangled themes—AI, empathy, and whatever Jared Leto thinks a “character arc” is—before turning to the one thing everyone agrees on: the Nine Inch Nails score absolutely slaps. The music may be futuristic perfection, even if the story feels like it’s still buffering from 2011.

So, is TRON: Ares a bold leap into a new digital age or just a flickering screensaver of nostalgia and noise? Plug in, charge your light disc, and find out as the Film Board decodes every pixel of this glowing glitch in the Disney matrix.

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]]> Greetings, Users! The Film Board Gathers again—this time to boot up TRON: Ares, Disney’s latest attempt to update a franchise that still doesn’t understand what “updating” means. Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Mandy Kaplan log on to debate Jared Leto’s turn as an AI messiah with great hair and no emotional bandwidth, and Greta Lee’s heroic attempt to act her way out of the mainframe.

The panel tackles the film’s tangled themes—AI, empathy, and whatever Jared Leto thinks a “character arc” is—before turning to the one thing everyone agrees on: the Nine Inch Nails score absolutely slaps. The music may be futuristic perfection, even if the story feels like it’s still buffering from 2011.

So, is TRON: Ares a bold leap into a new digital age or just a flickering screensaver of nostalgia and noise? Plug in, charge your light disc, and find out as the Film Board decodes every pixel of this glowing glitch in the Disney matrix.

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]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3330 Greetings, Users! The Film Board Gathers again—this time to boot up TRON: Ares, Disney’s latest attempt to update a franchise that still doesn’t understand what “updating” means. Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Mandy Kaplan log on to debate Jared Leto’s turn as an AI messiah with great hair and no emotional bandwidth, and Greta Lee’s heroic attempt to act her way out of the mainframe.

The panel tackles the film’s tangled themes—AI, empathy, and whatever Jared Leto thinks a “character arc” is—before turning to the one thing everyone agrees on: the Nine Inch Nails score absolutely slaps. The music may be futuristic perfection, even if the story feels like it’s still buffering from 2011.

So, is TRON: Ares a bold leap into a new digital age or just a flickering screensaver of nostalgia and noise? Plug in, charge your light disc, and find out as the Film Board decodes every pixel of this glowing glitch in the Disney matrix.

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]]> No PTA Goes Full Action Dad with One Battle After Another 176 176 PTA Goes Full Action Dad with One Battle After Another full 4324b6b2-b871-4319-a9f9-03282e9f80b1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fcdc5880 Paul Thomas Anderson just made an action movie you can take your in-laws to without a 20-minute lecture about American masculinity and bowling metaphors. One Battle After Another is PTA’s $175 million plunge into the now, mixing the absurdity of a stoner dad in a bathrobe with a razor-sharp allegory about fascism, power, and family. Leonardo DiCaprio leads as a washed-up revolutionary trying to rescue his daughter (Chase Infinity) from Sean Penn’s snarling, broken military villain, and the result is both wildly funny and uncomfortably timely.

Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, and Steve Sarmento dig deep into the contradictions and triumphs of the film. They debate Sean Penn’s feral Lockjaw, the Christmas Adventurers Club (absurdist satire or terrifying cabal?), and the grounded humanity of the father-daughter story that anchors the spectacle. From Benicio del Toro’s Zen “Sensei” to Johnny Greenwood’s jagged score to the breathtaking desert chase sequence, the conversation unpacks how PTA manages to hold together chaos, comedy, and heartbreak in a film that already feels like one of the year’s defining works.

As always, the panelists disagree (sometimes passionately) on the ending, the satire, and whether it all needs that extra denouement in Office 55. But they unite on one point: this is the kind of audacious, ambitious, theatrical cinema you absolutely need to see on the biggest screen you can find.

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]]> Paul Thomas Anderson just made an action movie you can take your in-laws to without a 20-minute lecture about American masculinity and bowling metaphors. One Battle After Another is PTA’s $175 million plunge into the now, mixing the absurdity of a stoner dad in a bathrobe with a razor-sharp allegory about fascism, power, and family. Leonardo DiCaprio leads as a washed-up revolutionary trying to rescue his daughter (Chase Infinity) from Sean Penn’s snarling, broken military villain, and the result is both wildly funny and uncomfortably timely.

Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, and Steve Sarmento dig deep into the contradictions and triumphs of the film. They debate Sean Penn’s feral Lockjaw, the Christmas Adventurers Club (absurdist satire or terrifying cabal?), and the grounded humanity of the father-daughter story that anchors the spectacle. From Benicio del Toro’s Zen “Sensei” to Johnny Greenwood’s jagged score to the breathtaking desert chase sequence, the conversation unpacks how PTA manages to hold together chaos, comedy, and heartbreak in a film that already feels like one of the year’s defining works.

As always, the panelists disagree (sometimes passionately) on the ending, the satire, and whether it all needs that extra denouement in Office 55. But they unite on one point: this is the kind of audacious, ambitious, theatrical cinema you absolutely need to see on the biggest screen you can find.

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]]> Tue, 30 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3629 Paul Thomas Anderson just made an action movie you can take your in-laws to without a 20-minute lecture about American masculinity and bowling metaphors. One Battle After Another is PTA’s $175 million plunge into the now, mixing the absurdity of a stoner dad in a bathrobe with a razor-sharp allegory about fascism, power, and family. Leonardo DiCaprio leads as a washed-up revolutionary trying to rescue his daughter (Chase Infinity) from Sean Penn’s snarling, broken military villain, and the result is both wildly funny and uncomfortably timely.

Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, and Steve Sarmento dig deep into the contradictions and triumphs of the film. They debate Sean Penn’s feral Lockjaw, the Christmas Adventurers Club (absurdist satire or terrifying cabal?), and the grounded humanity of the father-daughter story that anchors the spectacle. From Benicio del Toro’s Zen “Sensei” to Johnny Greenwood’s jagged score to the breathtaking desert chase sequence, the conversation unpacks how PTA manages to hold together chaos, comedy, and heartbreak in a film that already feels like one of the year’s defining works.

As always, the panelists disagree (sometimes passionately) on the ending, the satire, and whether it all needs that extra denouement in Office 55. But they unite on one point: this is the kind of audacious, ambitious, theatrical cinema you absolutely need to see on the biggest screen you can find.

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]]> No The Thursday Murder Club 175 175 The Thursday Murder Club full 93857a52-2fae-4d44-9b44-5b535924bf31 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7c4b5ec3 Case Notes, August 30th, 2025: A suspiciously cozy murder mystery has been committed. The suspects—Tommy Metz III, Mandy Kaplan, Steve Sarmento, and Justin “JJ” Jaeger—have assembled remotely, each with their own dubious alibis and hot takes. The film: The Thursday Murder Club, Netflix’s big adaptation of Richard Osman’s beloved novel. The crime? A charming cast, a confusing mystery, and a script that may or may not have committed third-degree exposition.

This month’s Film Board roundtable dives headfirst into the soft lighting and softer stakes of this senior-led whodunit. JJ comes in as the film’s most vocal defender, praising its character-driven structure and comparing it (gasp!) to Knives Out. Tommy and Steve are less convinced, calling the movie pleasant but forgettable, faulting everything from flat cinematography to emotionally neutered finales. Mandy, the show’s resident Osman superfan, mourns the depth lost in translation from page to screen. Pete, meanwhile, accuses Chris Columbus of directing every scene like it’s the trailer—and not in a good way.

From plot structure and adaptation choices to the aesthetics of Cooper’s Chase and the misuses of Sir Ben Kingsley, this episode covers it all. Was it a missed opportunity or just an okay pizza? Can Helen Mirren’s exposition dumps be forgiven? Did we really need the cold case? Should somebody address the case of Jonathan Pryce?

If you love spirited disagreement, spoilers aplenty, and occasional emotional whiplash caused by the word “cake,” this is your episode.

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]]> Case Notes, August 30th, 2025: A suspiciously cozy murder mystery has been committed. The suspects—Tommy Metz III, Mandy Kaplan, Steve Sarmento, and Justin “JJ” Jaeger—have assembled remotely, each with their own dubious alibis and hot takes. The film: The Thursday Murder Club, Netflix’s big adaptation of Richard Osman’s beloved novel. The crime? A charming cast, a confusing mystery, and a script that may or may not have committed third-degree exposition.

This month’s Film Board roundtable dives headfirst into the soft lighting and softer stakes of this senior-led whodunit. JJ comes in as the film’s most vocal defender, praising its character-driven structure and comparing it (gasp!) to Knives Out. Tommy and Steve are less convinced, calling the movie pleasant but forgettable, faulting everything from flat cinematography to emotionally neutered finales. Mandy, the show’s resident Osman superfan, mourns the depth lost in translation from page to screen. Pete, meanwhile, accuses Chris Columbus of directing every scene like it’s the trailer—and not in a good way.

From plot structure and adaptation choices to the aesthetics of Cooper’s Chase and the misuses of Sir Ben Kingsley, this episode covers it all. Was it a missed opportunity or just an okay pizza? Can Helen Mirren’s exposition dumps be forgiven? Did we really need the cold case? Should somebody address the case of Jonathan Pryce?

If you love spirited disagreement, spoilers aplenty, and occasional emotional whiplash caused by the word “cake,” this is your episode.

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]]> Tue, 02 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3270 Case Notes, August 30th, 2025: A suspiciously cozy murder mystery has been committed. The suspects—Tommy Metz III, Mandy Kaplan, Steve Sarmento, and Justin “JJ” Jaeger—have assembled remotely, each with their own dubious alibis and hot takes. The film: The Thursday Murder Club, Netflix’s big adaptation of Richard Osman’s beloved novel. The crime? A charming cast, a confusing mystery, and a script that may or may not have committed third-degree exposition.

This month’s Film Board roundtable dives headfirst into the soft lighting and softer stakes of this senior-led whodunit. JJ comes in as the film’s most vocal defender, praising its character-driven structure and comparing it (gasp!) to Knives Out. Tommy and Steve are less convinced, calling the movie pleasant but forgettable, faulting everything from flat cinematography to emotionally neutered finales. Mandy, the show’s resident Osman superfan, mourns the depth lost in translation from page to screen. Pete, meanwhile, accuses Chris Columbus of directing every scene like it’s the trailer—and not in a good way.

From plot structure and adaptation choices to the aesthetics of Cooper’s Chase and the misuses of Sir Ben Kingsley, this episode covers it all. Was it a missed opportunity or just an okay pizza? Can Helen Mirren’s exposition dumps be forgiven? Did we really need the cold case? Should somebody address the case of Jonathan Pryce?

If you love spirited disagreement, spoilers aplenty, and occasional emotional whiplash caused by the word “cake,” this is your episode.

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]]> No The Fantastic Four: First Steps 13 13 16 16 The Fantastic Four: First Steps full ec4d1192-281a-407f-bee2-9c99a0bcfc59 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d26a1098 The Film Board assembles to break down Fantastic Four: First Steps, Marvel’s bold leap into retro sci-fi parenthood. With Pedro Pascal stretching into Reed Richards and Vanessa Kirby shining as Sue Storm, the MCU skips the origin story to explore cosmic ethics, vintage flair, and a planet-hungry Galactus. Does skipping the intro pay off? How does a family of adventurers fit into a superhero universe? And is The Incredibles still the best Fantastic Four movie ever made?

Pete Wright hosts the panel with Kyle Olson, Rob Kubasko, and Matthew Fox as they debate whether this is a sequel to a film we never got, if Silver Surfer stole the show, and what the MCU’s multiversal reset might mean for this corner of the timeline. Plus: theology, parenting ethics, synagogue scenes, Herbie the robot, unstable molecules, and the Reed Richards car seat challenge.

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]]> The Film Board assembles to break down Fantastic Four: First Steps, Marvel’s bold leap into retro sci-fi parenthood. With Pedro Pascal stretching into Reed Richards and Vanessa Kirby shining as Sue Storm, the MCU skips the origin story to explore cosmic ethics, vintage flair, and a planet-hungry Galactus. Does skipping the intro pay off? How does a family of adventurers fit into a superhero universe? And is The Incredibles still the best Fantastic Four movie ever made?

Pete Wright hosts the panel with Kyle Olson, Rob Kubasko, and Matthew Fox as they debate whether this is a sequel to a film we never got, if Silver Surfer stole the show, and what the MCU’s multiversal reset might mean for this corner of the timeline. Plus: theology, parenting ethics, synagogue scenes, Herbie the robot, unstable molecules, and the Reed Richards car seat challenge.

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]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4943 The Film Board assembles to break down Fantastic Four: First Steps, Marvel’s bold leap into retro sci-fi parenthood. With Pedro Pascal stretching into Reed Richards and Vanessa Kirby shining as Sue Storm, the MCU skips the origin story to explore cosmic ethics, vintage flair, and a planet-hungry Galactus. Does skipping the intro pay off? How does a family of adventurers fit into a superhero universe? And is The Incredibles still the best Fantastic Four movie ever made?

Pete Wright hosts the panel with Kyle Olson, Rob Kubasko, and Matthew Fox as they debate whether this is a sequel to a film we never got, if Silver Surfer stole the show, and what the MCU’s multiversal reset might mean for this corner of the timeline. Plus: theology, parenting ethics, synagogue scenes, Herbie the robot, unstable molecules, and the Reed Richards car seat challenge.

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]]> No Superman (2025) 13 13 15 15 Superman (2025) full 4306289b-8b6c-491f-a1d2-0dad9e7082c7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4724551c The Film Board Gathers! And this time… it’s for Superman. Yes, again. James Gunn has rebooted the Big Blue Boy Scout for the 37th time (give or take), and this version comes with a sunnier tone, a superpowered dog, and—brace yourself—feelings. Actual feelings.

David Corenswet slips into the tights with impressive sincerity, Rachel Brosnahan delivers the Lois Lane we didn’t know we desperately needed, and Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor is basically what would happen if Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk had a baby, and that baby grew up to weaponize STEM fairs and jealousy. It’s weird. It’s bright. It’s shockingly heartfelt. And yes, there’s a kaiju fight.

Pete Wright, Kyle Olson, Rob Kubasko, Ocean Murff, and Tommy Metz III tackle it all—like the ethics of punching countries, the physics of pocket universes, and the sheer audacity of making Jimmy Olsen a ladies’ man. One of them cried, one of them gave it five stars, and one of them may never emotionally recover from the Siberian super-gulag.

Also discussed: Silver Age comic book weirdness, the trauma of seeing Superman bleed, why Supergirl is a lush, and whether this movie actually pulled off the impossible—making DC fun again without being a total mess.

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]]> The Film Board Gathers! And this time… it’s for Superman. Yes, again. James Gunn has rebooted the Big Blue Boy Scout for the 37th time (give or take), and this version comes with a sunnier tone, a superpowered dog, and—brace yourself—feelings. Actual feelings.

David Corenswet slips into the tights with impressive sincerity, Rachel Brosnahan delivers the Lois Lane we didn’t know we desperately needed, and Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor is basically what would happen if Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk had a baby, and that baby grew up to weaponize STEM fairs and jealousy. It’s weird. It’s bright. It’s shockingly heartfelt. And yes, there’s a kaiju fight.

Pete Wright, Kyle Olson, Rob Kubasko, Ocean Murff, and Tommy Metz III tackle it all—like the ethics of punching countries, the physics of pocket universes, and the sheer audacity of making Jimmy Olsen a ladies’ man. One of them cried, one of them gave it five stars, and one of them may never emotionally recover from the Siberian super-gulag.

Also discussed: Silver Age comic book weirdness, the trauma of seeing Superman bleed, why Supergirl is a lush, and whether this movie actually pulled off the impossible—making DC fun again without being a total mess.

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]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 5181 The Film Board Gathers! And this time… it’s for Superman. Yes, again. James Gunn has rebooted the Big Blue Boy Scout for the 37th time (give or take), and this version comes with a sunnier tone, a superpowered dog, and—brace yourself—feelings. Actual feelings.

David Corenswet slips into the tights with impressive sincerity, Rachel Brosnahan delivers the Lois Lane we didn’t know we desperately needed, and Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor is basically what would happen if Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk had a baby, and that baby grew up to weaponize STEM fairs and jealousy. It’s weird. It’s bright. It’s shockingly heartfelt. And yes, there’s a kaiju fight.

Pete Wright, Kyle Olson, Rob Kubasko, Ocean Murff, and Tommy Metz III tackle it all—like the ethics of punching countries, the physics of pocket universes, and the sheer audacity of making Jimmy Olsen a ladies’ man. One of them cried, one of them gave it five stars, and one of them may never emotionally recover from the Siberian super-gulag.

Also discussed: Silver Age comic book weirdness, the trauma of seeing Superman bleed, why Supergirl is a lush, and whether this movie actually pulled off the impossible—making DC fun again without being a total mess.

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]]> No Jurassic World Rebirth 13 13 14 14 Jurassic World Rebirth full 50a355a0-fe07-4867-9d94-17e13ae72ed9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b2acfcfb The gang of thugs dons their most practical jungle gear and reluctantly boards the biotech boat for Gareth Edwards’ Jurassic World Rebirth. Scarlett Johansson leads a mission to harvest dinosaur DNA in what Universal hopes is the beginning of a new trilogy—but does this franchise still have life in its genetic code, or has it gone full dino-extinct?

In this episode, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Justin “JJ” Jaeger, and Mandy Kaplan unpack everything from ADR overload and missing velociraptors to why this script might have been written by a chatty AI trained exclusively on soft reboots and midday sarcasm. They examine the film’s visual flatness, its confused tone, the tragic misuse of Mahershala Ali, and the shocking absence of smart kids—the emotional compass of the good Jurassic movies.

There’s plenty of laughter, frustration, and jalapeño cheddar popcorn as the panel debates whether the soul of this franchise can ever be resurrected. Spoiler alert: if dinosaurs had a peanut allergy, this movie would be their Snickers bar.

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]]> The gang of thugs dons their most practical jungle gear and reluctantly boards the biotech boat for Gareth Edwards’ Jurassic World Rebirth. Scarlett Johansson leads a mission to harvest dinosaur DNA in what Universal hopes is the beginning of a new trilogy—but does this franchise still have life in its genetic code, or has it gone full dino-extinct?

In this episode, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Justin “JJ” Jaeger, and Mandy Kaplan unpack everything from ADR overload and missing velociraptors to why this script might have been written by a chatty AI trained exclusively on soft reboots and midday sarcasm. They examine the film’s visual flatness, its confused tone, the tragic misuse of Mahershala Ali, and the shocking absence of smart kids—the emotional compass of the good Jurassic movies.

There’s plenty of laughter, frustration, and jalapeño cheddar popcorn as the panel debates whether the soul of this franchise can ever be resurrected. Spoiler alert: if dinosaurs had a peanut allergy, this movie would be their Snickers bar.

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]]> Tue, 08 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4055 The gang of thugs dons their most practical jungle gear and reluctantly boards the biotech boat for Gareth Edwards’ Jurassic World Rebirth. Scarlett Johansson leads a mission to harvest dinosaur DNA in what Universal hopes is the beginning of a new trilogy—but does this franchise still have life in its genetic code, or has it gone full dino-extinct?

In this episode, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Justin “JJ” Jaeger, and Mandy Kaplan unpack everything from ADR overload and missing velociraptors to why this script might have been written by a chatty AI trained exclusively on soft reboots and midday sarcasm. They examine the film’s visual flatness, its confused tone, the tragic misuse of Mahershala Ali, and the shocking absence of smart kids—the emotional compass of the good Jurassic movies.

There’s plenty of laughter, frustration, and jalapeño cheddar popcorn as the panel debates whether the soul of this franchise can ever be resurrected. Spoiler alert: if dinosaurs had a peanut allergy, this movie would be their Snickers bar.

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]]> No The Phoenician Scheme 13 13 13 13 The Phoenician Scheme full cec7af79-64b2-483a-9213-a5df5182b364 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8339bc3d Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme crash-lands into theaters with a symmetry—and we’re here to unpack the wreckage. Benicio Del Toro plays Anatole “Zsa-Zsa” Korda, a morally exhausted arms dealer who survives a plane crash and decides, rather abruptly, to become a better man. His daughter, a nun (played with unsettling calm by Mia Threapleton), may be his salvation. Or his reckoning. Or both. Along for the ride: Michael Cera as a soft-spoken entomologist, a council of multinational bureaucrats with murderous intent, and Bill Murray as God (in grayscale, naturally).

Pete Wright hosts this morally ambiguous briefing with fellow operatives Tommy Metz III and Steve Sarmento, as they parse Anderson’s most spiritually ambitious and physically violent film to date. There are questions—big ones. Is this Cain and Abel by way of a TWA departure lounge? Why does forgiveness feel like a conference call?

We dig into the film’s sumptuous craft, its emotional architecture, and the performances that hold it all together with linen thread and murmured apologies. If you’ve ever wanted to see a man seek redemption through dinner parties, aerial espionage, and awkward family reunions, this one’s for you.

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]]> Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme crash-lands into theaters with a symmetry—and we’re here to unpack the wreckage. Benicio Del Toro plays Anatole “Zsa-Zsa” Korda, a morally exhausted arms dealer who survives a plane crash and decides, rather abruptly, to become a better man. His daughter, a nun (played with unsettling calm by Mia Threapleton), may be his salvation. Or his reckoning. Or both. Along for the ride: Michael Cera as a soft-spoken entomologist, a council of multinational bureaucrats with murderous intent, and Bill Murray as God (in grayscale, naturally).

Pete Wright hosts this morally ambiguous briefing with fellow operatives Tommy Metz III and Steve Sarmento, as they parse Anderson’s most spiritually ambitious and physically violent film to date. There are questions—big ones. Is this Cain and Abel by way of a TWA departure lounge? Why does forgiveness feel like a conference call?

We dig into the film’s sumptuous craft, its emotional architecture, and the performances that hold it all together with linen thread and murmured apologies. If you’ve ever wanted to see a man seek redemption through dinner parties, aerial espionage, and awkward family reunions, this one’s for you.

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]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2025 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3524 Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme crash-lands into theaters with a symmetry—and we’re here to unpack the wreckage. Benicio Del Toro plays Anatole “Zsa-Zsa” Korda, a morally exhausted arms dealer who survives a plane crash and decides, rather abruptly, to become a better man. His daughter, a nun (played with unsettling calm by Mia Threapleton), may be his salvation. Or his reckoning. Or both. Along for the ride: Michael Cera as a soft-spoken entomologist, a council of multinational bureaucrats with murderous intent, and Bill Murray as God (in grayscale, naturally).

Pete Wright hosts this morally ambiguous briefing with fellow operatives Tommy Metz III and Steve Sarmento, as they parse Anderson’s most spiritually ambitious and physically violent film to date. There are questions—big ones. Is this Cain and Abel by way of a TWA departure lounge? Why does forgiveness feel like a conference call?

We dig into the film’s sumptuous craft, its emotional architecture, and the performances that hold it all together with linen thread and murmured apologies. If you’ve ever wanted to see a man seek redemption through dinner parties, aerial espionage, and awkward family reunions, this one’s for you.

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]]> No Thunderbolts* 13 13 12 12 Thunderbolts* full 3effec31-77f3-4e3e-8a46-2377887df4fe https://share.transistor.fm/s/679942e9 Are you tired of superheroes who always do the right thing? Exhausted by teams that save the day and, dare we say it, have a plan? This month, The Film Board dives into Marvel’s Thunderbolts—the super squad you get when you order the Avengers from the bargain bin. Pete Wright is joined by Mandy Kaplan, Justin Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Steve Sarmento for a roundtable that spoils everything, celebrates Florence Pugh’s star turn, and debates whether more MCU movies should end with a hug instead of a fistfight.

We dig into the surprising emotional depth, the ensemble’s knack for both grounded action and found-family pathos, and a Taskmaster controversy that set the chat ablaze. The conversation covers what works for Marvel die-hards and superhero newbies alike, why Florence Pugh and Lewis Pullman might be the new MVPs of the MCU, and how Jake Schreier’s direction finds the sweet spot between earnest and absurd. Along the way, you’ll hear our takes on trauma, group dynamics, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s master class in playing Marvel’s most maladaptive Nick Fury. This is a rare comic book movie that’s as interested in grief and group therapy as it is in punching things.

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]]> Are you tired of superheroes who always do the right thing? Exhausted by teams that save the day and, dare we say it, have a plan? This month, The Film Board dives into Marvel’s Thunderbolts—the super squad you get when you order the Avengers from the bargain bin. Pete Wright is joined by Mandy Kaplan, Justin Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Steve Sarmento for a roundtable that spoils everything, celebrates Florence Pugh’s star turn, and debates whether more MCU movies should end with a hug instead of a fistfight.

We dig into the surprising emotional depth, the ensemble’s knack for both grounded action and found-family pathos, and a Taskmaster controversy that set the chat ablaze. The conversation covers what works for Marvel die-hards and superhero newbies alike, why Florence Pugh and Lewis Pullman might be the new MVPs of the MCU, and how Jake Schreier’s direction finds the sweet spot between earnest and absurd. Along the way, you’ll hear our takes on trauma, group dynamics, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s master class in playing Marvel’s most maladaptive Nick Fury. This is a rare comic book movie that’s as interested in grief and group therapy as it is in punching things.

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]]> Tue, 20 May 2025 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3192 Are you tired of superheroes who always do the right thing? Exhausted by teams that save the day and, dare we say it, have a plan? This month, The Film Board dives into Marvel’s Thunderbolts—the super squad you get when you order the Avengers from the bargain bin. Pete Wright is joined by Mandy Kaplan, Justin Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Steve Sarmento for a roundtable that spoils everything, celebrates Florence Pugh’s star turn, and debates whether more MCU movies should end with a hug instead of a fistfight.

We dig into the surprising emotional depth, the ensemble’s knack for both grounded action and found-family pathos, and a Taskmaster controversy that set the chat ablaze. The conversation covers what works for Marvel die-hards and superhero newbies alike, why Florence Pugh and Lewis Pullman might be the new MVPs of the MCU, and how Jake Schreier’s direction finds the sweet spot between earnest and absurd. Along the way, you’ll hear our takes on trauma, group dynamics, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s master class in playing Marvel’s most maladaptive Nick Fury. This is a rare comic book movie that’s as interested in grief and group therapy as it is in punching things.

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]]> No Sinners 13 13 11 11 Sinners full b6ed85f0-11ab-4d26-af15-78076db7a2f6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b722485d Some stories we inherit. Some are whispered through family trees. Others are passed down through song—riffs on pain, echoes of joy, blue notes of survival. In Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, we get all three. And this month, The Film Board—Pete, Tommy, and Andy—gathers to talk about a film that bends genres, then drips them in blood and gospel and IMAX-saturated twilight.

This is a vampire movie. But not really. It’s a family tragedy. And a juke joint musical. And a war story. And a funeral procession through America’s haunted South. Coogler takes us to 1930s Mississippi, hands us twin bootleggers with hearts full of grief and bravado, and a blues prodigy whose voice can wake the dead—literally. From there, Sinners unfolds like folklore remembered through firelight and whispered across generations.

In this conversation, the gang goes deep:

  • The political subtext of assimilation, vampirism, and cultural erasure
  • How Coogler’s personal history shaped the film’s emotional center
  • Michael B. Jordan’s twinned performance, and the miracle of not once being pulled out by the tech
  • Miles Caton’s debut as Sammie, and the spiritual power of music as both plot device and cultural artifact
  • Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw’s historic use of IMAX 70mm, and how it reshapes Southern Gothic atmosphere
  • The final act’s controversial tonal shift—does the Klan shootout and 1990s epilogue work, or muddy the final notes?

Join us for a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred love letter to one of the year’s boldest films.

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]]> Some stories we inherit. Some are whispered through family trees. Others are passed down through song—riffs on pain, echoes of joy, blue notes of survival. In Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, we get all three. And this month, The Film Board—Pete, Tommy, and Andy—gathers to talk about a film that bends genres, then drips them in blood and gospel and IMAX-saturated twilight.

This is a vampire movie. But not really. It’s a family tragedy. And a juke joint musical. And a war story. And a funeral procession through America’s haunted South. Coogler takes us to 1930s Mississippi, hands us twin bootleggers with hearts full of grief and bravado, and a blues prodigy whose voice can wake the dead—literally. From there, Sinners unfolds like folklore remembered through firelight and whispered across generations.

In this conversation, the gang goes deep:

  • The political subtext of assimilation, vampirism, and cultural erasure
  • How Coogler’s personal history shaped the film’s emotional center
  • Michael B. Jordan’s twinned performance, and the miracle of not once being pulled out by the tech
  • Miles Caton’s debut as Sammie, and the spiritual power of music as both plot device and cultural artifact
  • Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw’s historic use of IMAX 70mm, and how it reshapes Southern Gothic atmosphere
  • The final act’s controversial tonal shift—does the Klan shootout and 1990s epilogue work, or muddy the final notes?

Join us for a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred love letter to one of the year’s boldest films.

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]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2025 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3879 Some stories we inherit. Some are whispered through family trees. Others are passed down through song—riffs on pain, echoes of joy, blue notes of survival. In Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, we get all three. And this month, The Film Board—Pete, Tommy, and Andy—gathers to talk about a film that bends genres, then drips them in blood and gospel and IMAX-saturated twilight.

This is a vampire movie. But not really. It’s a family tragedy. And a juke joint musical. And a war story. And a funeral procession through America’s haunted South. Coogler takes us to 1930s Mississippi, hands us twin bootleggers with hearts full of grief and bravado, and a blues prodigy whose voice can wake the dead—literally. From there, Sinners unfolds like folklore remembered through firelight and whispered across generations.

In this conversation, the gang goes deep:

  • The political subtext of assimilation, vampirism, and cultural erasure
  • How Coogler’s personal history shaped the film’s emotional center
  • Michael B. Jordan’s twinned performance, and the miracle of not once being pulled out by the tech
  • Miles Caton’s debut as Sammie, and the spiritual power of music as both plot device and cultural artifact
  • Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw’s historic use of IMAX 70mm, and how it reshapes Southern Gothic atmosphere
  • The final act’s controversial tonal shift—does the Klan shootout and 1990s epilogue work, or muddy the final notes?

Join us for a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred love letter to one of the year’s boldest films.

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]]> No Mickey 17 13 13 10 10 Mickey 17 full 4affd1b8-26dc-4513-bf15-8cc2651fa9ce https://share.transistor.fm/s/518fe022 Prepare yourselves for a journey into the bewildering world of Bong Joon Ho's latest sci-fi offering. That's right—the director who brought you parasites in the basement and tentacles in the river has now delivered expendable humans on a frozen planet.

In this week's utterly perplexing episode, Pete Wright gathers his gang of film-analyzing thugs to dissect "Mickey 17," a movie that asks the profound question: "What if your corporate job literally killed you repeatedly and you STILL couldn't quiet quit?"

Our brave hosts—Tommy Metz III, Justin Jaeger, and the mysteriously summoned Andy Nelson (who apparently only materializes for "M" movies)—dive headfirst into this existential workplace nightmare starring Robert Pattinson as the universe's most exploited employee.

The conversation spirals through multiple lanes of analysis—much like the film itself—touching on everything from identity ethics to alien sauce consumption to Mark Ruffalo's bombastic performance as what can only be described as "Poor Things, But Make It Space Napoleon."

Is this a masterpiece of philosophical inquiry or a jumbled mess of unexplored concepts? Does it matter that they destroy the only machine that could save humanity? Why is there a man in a pigeon suit? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY—did any of these gentlemen actually enjoy the film?

Join us for an hour of delightfully frustrated film criticism where our hosts attempt to extract meaning from what might be the most ambitious yet bewildering sci-fi release of the year. As Tommy so elegantly puts it: "I wish it wasn't so much movie."

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]]> Prepare yourselves for a journey into the bewildering world of Bong Joon Ho's latest sci-fi offering. That's right—the director who brought you parasites in the basement and tentacles in the river has now delivered expendable humans on a frozen planet.

In this week's utterly perplexing episode, Pete Wright gathers his gang of film-analyzing thugs to dissect "Mickey 17," a movie that asks the profound question: "What if your corporate job literally killed you repeatedly and you STILL couldn't quiet quit?"

Our brave hosts—Tommy Metz III, Justin Jaeger, and the mysteriously summoned Andy Nelson (who apparently only materializes for "M" movies)—dive headfirst into this existential workplace nightmare starring Robert Pattinson as the universe's most exploited employee.

The conversation spirals through multiple lanes of analysis—much like the film itself—touching on everything from identity ethics to alien sauce consumption to Mark Ruffalo's bombastic performance as what can only be described as "Poor Things, But Make It Space Napoleon."

Is this a masterpiece of philosophical inquiry or a jumbled mess of unexplored concepts? Does it matter that they destroy the only machine that could save humanity? Why is there a man in a pigeon suit? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY—did any of these gentlemen actually enjoy the film?

Join us for an hour of delightfully frustrated film criticism where our hosts attempt to extract meaning from what might be the most ambitious yet bewildering sci-fi release of the year. As Tommy so elegantly puts it: "I wish it wasn't so much movie."

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]]> Tue, 11 Mar 2025 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4167 Prepare yourselves for a journey into the bewildering world of Bong Joon Ho's latest sci-fi offering. That's right—the director who brought you parasites in the basement and tentacles in the river has now delivered expendable humans on a frozen planet.

In this week's utterly perplexing episode, Pete Wright gathers his gang of film-analyzing thugs to dissect "Mickey 17," a movie that asks the profound question: "What if your corporate job literally killed you repeatedly and you STILL couldn't quiet quit?"

Our brave hosts—Tommy Metz III, Justin Jaeger, and the mysteriously summoned Andy Nelson (who apparently only materializes for "M" movies)—dive headfirst into this existential workplace nightmare starring Robert Pattinson as the universe's most exploited employee.

The conversation spirals through multiple lanes of analysis—much like the film itself—touching on everything from identity ethics to alien sauce consumption to Mark Ruffalo's bombastic performance as what can only be described as "Poor Things, But Make It Space Napoleon."

Is this a masterpiece of philosophical inquiry or a jumbled mess of unexplored concepts? Does it matter that they destroy the only machine that could save humanity? Why is there a man in a pigeon suit? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY—did any of these gentlemen actually enjoy the film?

Join us for an hour of delightfully frustrated film criticism where our hosts attempt to extract meaning from what might be the most ambitious yet bewildering sci-fi release of the year. As Tommy so elegantly puts it: "I wish it wasn't so much movie."

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]]> No Captain America: Brave New World 13 13 9 9 Captain America: Brave New World full c67a87d9-3dcb-47d8-abcb-afc9e4849312 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f157e84f Is the latest Captain America film a bold step forward, or a symptom of a larger malaise in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? We grapple with this question, flying into Captain America: Brave New World, not just as a superhero spectacle, but as a cultural artifact reflecting our anxieties about legacy, power, and the very nature of heroism.

Sam Wilson's transition from Falcon to Captain America is a referendum on what it means to inherit a symbol in a world that no longer understands symbols. Is he a worthy successor to Steve Rogers, or is he fighting a "broken system?" The answer, it seems, is as complex and multifaceted as the Vibranium shield itself.

But the film's struggles extend beyond its titular hero. It is not, for example, truly a Captain America story. It is a backdoor pilot for a new era of Marvel, one where interconnected lore trumps individual narrative coherence and a legacy sequel to a 17-year-old film. And so we talk about the film's connective tissue, tracing that lineage back to The Incredible Hulk and pondering its implications for the future of the MCU.

What of the villains? Is the Leader a chilling reflection of real-world anxieties about misinformation and control, or is he a pastiche of too-familiar tropes? We examine the film's political undertones, questioning whether its geopolitical machinations are a sophisticated commentary on our times or a sort-of manifestation of a collection of writers who have heard of “The West Wing.” 

Joining Pete Wright to unpack these thorny issues are Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Justin Jeager, and Mike Gravagno. Together, they steer through the film's strengths and weaknesses, its moments of brilliance, and its frustrating missteps, arriving at a verdict that highlights a good will toward the characters, and even the future films on the docket, in spite of a troubling outing this time. 


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]]> Is the latest Captain America film a bold step forward, or a symptom of a larger malaise in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? We grapple with this question, flying into Captain America: Brave New World, not just as a superhero spectacle, but as a cultural artifact reflecting our anxieties about legacy, power, and the very nature of heroism.

Sam Wilson's transition from Falcon to Captain America is a referendum on what it means to inherit a symbol in a world that no longer understands symbols. Is he a worthy successor to Steve Rogers, or is he fighting a "broken system?" The answer, it seems, is as complex and multifaceted as the Vibranium shield itself.

But the film's struggles extend beyond its titular hero. It is not, for example, truly a Captain America story. It is a backdoor pilot for a new era of Marvel, one where interconnected lore trumps individual narrative coherence and a legacy sequel to a 17-year-old film. And so we talk about the film's connective tissue, tracing that lineage back to The Incredible Hulk and pondering its implications for the future of the MCU.

What of the villains? Is the Leader a chilling reflection of real-world anxieties about misinformation and control, or is he a pastiche of too-familiar tropes? We examine the film's political undertones, questioning whether its geopolitical machinations are a sophisticated commentary on our times or a sort-of manifestation of a collection of writers who have heard of “The West Wing.” 

Joining Pete Wright to unpack these thorny issues are Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Justin Jeager, and Mike Gravagno. Together, they steer through the film's strengths and weaknesses, its moments of brilliance, and its frustrating missteps, arriving at a verdict that highlights a good will toward the characters, and even the future films on the docket, in spite of a troubling outing this time. 


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]]> Tue, 18 Feb 2025 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3849 Is the latest Captain America film a bold step forward, or a symptom of a larger malaise in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? We grapple with this question, flying into Captain America: Brave New World, not just as a superhero spectacle, but as a cultural artifact reflecting our anxieties about legacy, power, and the very nature of heroism.

Sam Wilson's transition from Falcon to Captain America is a referendum on what it means to inherit a symbol in a world that no longer understands symbols. Is he a worthy successor to Steve Rogers, or is he fighting a "broken system?" The answer, it seems, is as complex and multifaceted as the Vibranium shield itself.

But the film's struggles extend beyond its titular hero. It is not, for example, truly a Captain America story. It is a backdoor pilot for a new era of Marvel, one where interconnected lore trumps individual narrative coherence and a legacy sequel to a 17-year-old film. And so we talk about the film's connective tissue, tracing that lineage back to The Incredible Hulk and pondering its implications for the future of the MCU.

What of the villains? Is the Leader a chilling reflection of real-world anxieties about misinformation and control, or is he a pastiche of too-familiar tropes? We examine the film's political undertones, questioning whether its geopolitical machinations are a sophisticated commentary on our times or a sort-of manifestation of a collection of writers who have heard of “The West Wing.” 

Joining Pete Wright to unpack these thorny issues are Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Justin Jeager, and Mike Gravagno. Together, they steer through the film's strengths and weaknesses, its moments of brilliance, and its frustrating missteps, arriving at a verdict that highlights a good will toward the characters, and even the future films on the docket, in spite of a troubling outing this time. 


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]]> Marvel, Captain America, Falcon, The Leader, Red Hulk No Wolf Man (2025) 13 13 8 8 Wolf Man (2025) full 45d20c72-b3a8-4dc5-b7f1-985d30ab3833 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bfb26f62 Enigmatic whispers in the Oregon woods. A father's love, twisted and gnarled. This isn't your grandmother's werewolf story. Because she probably killed the wolf and made his pelt into a coat, AmIRight?

Pete, Tommy, and Steve venture into the shadowy heart of Leigh Whannell's Wolfman, a film that dares to ask: what if the monster within isn't just fur and fangs, but the inherited burden of family, the gnawing anxieties of parenthood, and the terrifying erosion of self? Forget silver bullets and full moons. This is a descent into the primal, a claustrophobic exploration of generational trauma played out in a remote farmhouse, where the walls close in as quickly as the darkness.

And yet, the crew wrestles with the film's unrealized potential on almost every point, the tantalizing promise of thematic depth ultimately yielding to a sense of hollowness. So, is it a poignant meditation on the fragility of connection? Or a missed opportunity?

Ok, it’s mostly the second one. Mostly. Listen in to learn just how much, though!

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]]> Enigmatic whispers in the Oregon woods. A father's love, twisted and gnarled. This isn't your grandmother's werewolf story. Because she probably killed the wolf and made his pelt into a coat, AmIRight?

Pete, Tommy, and Steve venture into the shadowy heart of Leigh Whannell's Wolfman, a film that dares to ask: what if the monster within isn't just fur and fangs, but the inherited burden of family, the gnawing anxieties of parenthood, and the terrifying erosion of self? Forget silver bullets and full moons. This is a descent into the primal, a claustrophobic exploration of generational trauma played out in a remote farmhouse, where the walls close in as quickly as the darkness.

And yet, the crew wrestles with the film's unrealized potential on almost every point, the tantalizing promise of thematic depth ultimately yielding to a sense of hollowness. So, is it a poignant meditation on the fragility of connection? Or a missed opportunity?

Ok, it’s mostly the second one. Mostly. Listen in to learn just how much, though!

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]]> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3435 Enigmatic whispers in the Oregon woods. A father's love, twisted and gnarled. This isn't your grandmother's werewolf story. Because she probably killed the wolf and made his pelt into a coat, AmIRight?

Pete, Tommy, and Steve venture into the shadowy heart of Leigh Whannell's Wolfman, a film that dares to ask: what if the monster within isn't just fur and fangs, but the inherited burden of family, the gnawing anxieties of parenthood, and the terrifying erosion of self? Forget silver bullets and full moons. This is a descent into the primal, a claustrophobic exploration of generational trauma played out in a remote farmhouse, where the walls close in as quickly as the darkness.

And yet, the crew wrestles with the film's unrealized potential on almost every point, the tantalizing promise of thematic depth ultimately yielding to a sense of hollowness. So, is it a poignant meditation on the fragility of connection? Or a missed opportunity?

Ok, it’s mostly the second one. Mostly. Listen in to learn just how much, though!

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]]> No Red One 13 13 7 7 Red One full 7824fafe-025e-4317-85b2-c4f4e899e279 https://share.transistor.fm/s/956fe115 Is Amazon's $250 million Christmas blockbuster Red One a fresh take on holiday magic, or a cynical cash grab? Join Pete and guest Matthew Fox as they unwrap this action-packed holiday film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Chris Evans. From buff Santas to beach-fighting snowmen, this episode explores how Hollywood's attempt to "Marvelize" Christmas might have missed the spirit of the season.

Did Red One forget what makes Christmas special? We dive deep into how the movie's attempt to universalize Santa Claus across all cultures reveals a concerning lack of cultural awareness. The hosts explore why forcing Christmas onto everyone – including those who don't celebrate it – feels particularly tone-deaf in our current social climate.

What happens when you mix Marvel-style action with holiday mythology? We examine how J.K. Simmons' surprisingly buff Santa and the movie's fresh take on Krampus reshape traditional Christmas lore. The discussion weighs whether these creative choices enhance or diminish the heart of Christmas storytelling.


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]]> Is Amazon's $250 million Christmas blockbuster Red One a fresh take on holiday magic, or a cynical cash grab? Join Pete and guest Matthew Fox as they unwrap this action-packed holiday film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Chris Evans. From buff Santas to beach-fighting snowmen, this episode explores how Hollywood's attempt to "Marvelize" Christmas might have missed the spirit of the season.

Did Red One forget what makes Christmas special? We dive deep into how the movie's attempt to universalize Santa Claus across all cultures reveals a concerning lack of cultural awareness. The hosts explore why forcing Christmas onto everyone – including those who don't celebrate it – feels particularly tone-deaf in our current social climate.

What happens when you mix Marvel-style action with holiday mythology? We examine how J.K. Simmons' surprisingly buff Santa and the movie's fresh take on Krampus reshape traditional Christmas lore. The discussion weighs whether these creative choices enhance or diminish the heart of Christmas storytelling.


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]]> Tue, 24 Dec 2024 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3082 Is Amazon's $250 million Christmas blockbuster Red One a fresh take on holiday magic, or a cynical cash grab? Join Pete and guest Matthew Fox as they unwrap this action-packed holiday film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Chris Evans. From buff Santas to beach-fighting snowmen, this episode explores how Hollywood's attempt to "Marvelize" Christmas might have missed the spirit of the season.

Did Red One forget what makes Christmas special? We dive deep into how the movie's attempt to universalize Santa Claus across all cultures reveals a concerning lack of cultural awareness. The hosts explore why forcing Christmas onto everyone – including those who don't celebrate it – feels particularly tone-deaf in our current social climate.

What happens when you mix Marvel-style action with holiday mythology? We examine how J.K. Simmons' surprisingly buff Santa and the movie's fresh take on Krampus reshape traditional Christmas lore. The discussion weighs whether these creative choices enhance or diminish the heart of Christmas storytelling.


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]]> No Y2K 13 13 6 6 Y2K full f857b7e3-70e9-48e0-b9c4-f4e018be361d https://share.transistor.fm/s/7881b17c Welcome to The Film Board! If you’re anything like us, the year 2000 wasn't just a date on the calendar. It was a marker for boomer low-key existential dread. We’re talking, of course, about the Y2K bug, the fear that our computers, and therefore the entire world, were going to crash and burn at the stroke of midnight, thus confirming the prediction that we'd all be returned to our cave-people ancestry. So, we stocked up on canned goods, debated whether to unplug our toasters, and generally prepared for a digital apocalypse that ultimately birthed this month's film.

What if the world had turned to digital mush? That's the question at the heart of the latest film from our friends at A24, "Y2K," a movie that takes that very real anxiety and renders it on screen in the form of Toaster Voltron. Director Kyle Mooney, a fav from SNL, makes his directorial debut with a film that’s part teen comedy, part disaster flick, and part straight-up survival horror, all set against the backdrop of that fateful New Year's Eve in 1999.

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]]> Welcome to The Film Board! If you’re anything like us, the year 2000 wasn't just a date on the calendar. It was a marker for boomer low-key existential dread. We’re talking, of course, about the Y2K bug, the fear that our computers, and therefore the entire world, were going to crash and burn at the stroke of midnight, thus confirming the prediction that we'd all be returned to our cave-people ancestry. So, we stocked up on canned goods, debated whether to unplug our toasters, and generally prepared for a digital apocalypse that ultimately birthed this month's film.

What if the world had turned to digital mush? That's the question at the heart of the latest film from our friends at A24, "Y2K," a movie that takes that very real anxiety and renders it on screen in the form of Toaster Voltron. Director Kyle Mooney, a fav from SNL, makes his directorial debut with a film that’s part teen comedy, part disaster flick, and part straight-up survival horror, all set against the backdrop of that fateful New Year's Eve in 1999.

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]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3307 Welcome to The Film Board! If you’re anything like us, the year 2000 wasn't just a date on the calendar. It was a marker for boomer low-key existential dread. We’re talking, of course, about the Y2K bug, the fear that our computers, and therefore the entire world, were going to crash and burn at the stroke of midnight, thus confirming the prediction that we'd all be returned to our cave-people ancestry. So, we stocked up on canned goods, debated whether to unplug our toasters, and generally prepared for a digital apocalypse that ultimately birthed this month's film.

What if the world had turned to digital mush? That's the question at the heart of the latest film from our friends at A24, "Y2K," a movie that takes that very real anxiety and renders it on screen in the form of Toaster Voltron. Director Kyle Mooney, a fav from SNL, makes his directorial debut with a film that’s part teen comedy, part disaster flick, and part straight-up survival horror, all set against the backdrop of that fateful New Year's Eve in 1999.

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]]> No Gladiator II 13 13 5 5 Gladiator II full 1823b49b-fd8b-4fcb-bde9-71c153f19837 https://share.transistor.fm/s/18950b03 From the blood-soaked sands of the Colosseum to the hushed halls of the Senate, a shadow looms large over the Roman Empire. It's not the specter of barbarian hordes, but something far more insidious: a sequel. Ridley Scott returns to the world of gladiators and emperors, but is this triumphant return, or a tragic stumble?

On this episode of The Film Senate, Pete, Steve, Justin, and Tommy grapple with the cinematic beast that is Gladiator 2. The whispers started early – Denzel Washington, an acting titan, seemingly adrift in a sea of CGI sharks and misplaced baboons. Could this truly be the legacy of Maximus Decimus Meridius?

Join us as we whack away at the film's triumphs and failures, exploring the delicate balance between historical epic and over-the-top spectacle. We’ll certainly talk performances, from Paul Mescal's stoic Lucius to Denzel's enigmatic Senate leader, a man seemingly battling his own wardrobe as much as the forces of corruption. And along the way, we'll ponder the questionable editing choices, the abrupt cutaways, the lingering shots of… two emaciated dogs?

Is Gladiator 2 a worthy successor to the throne, or a pretender destined for the thumbs down? Enter the arena and decide for yourself. But be warned, you may never look at a baboon the same way again. TWO EMPERORS!

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]]> From the blood-soaked sands of the Colosseum to the hushed halls of the Senate, a shadow looms large over the Roman Empire. It's not the specter of barbarian hordes, but something far more insidious: a sequel. Ridley Scott returns to the world of gladiators and emperors, but is this triumphant return, or a tragic stumble?

On this episode of The Film Senate, Pete, Steve, Justin, and Tommy grapple with the cinematic beast that is Gladiator 2. The whispers started early – Denzel Washington, an acting titan, seemingly adrift in a sea of CGI sharks and misplaced baboons. Could this truly be the legacy of Maximus Decimus Meridius?

Join us as we whack away at the film's triumphs and failures, exploring the delicate balance between historical epic and over-the-top spectacle. We’ll certainly talk performances, from Paul Mescal's stoic Lucius to Denzel's enigmatic Senate leader, a man seemingly battling his own wardrobe as much as the forces of corruption. And along the way, we'll ponder the questionable editing choices, the abrupt cutaways, the lingering shots of… two emaciated dogs?

Is Gladiator 2 a worthy successor to the throne, or a pretender destined for the thumbs down? Enter the arena and decide for yourself. But be warned, you may never look at a baboon the same way again. TWO EMPERORS!

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]]> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 03:53:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3270 From the blood-soaked sands of the Colosseum to the hushed halls of the Senate, a shadow looms large over the Roman Empire. It's not the specter of barbarian hordes, but something far more insidious: a sequel. Ridley Scott returns to the world of gladiators and emperors, but is this triumphant return, or a tragic stumble?

On this episode of The Film Senate, Pete, Steve, Justin, and Tommy grapple with the cinematic beast that is Gladiator 2. The whispers started early – Denzel Washington, an acting titan, seemingly adrift in a sea of CGI sharks and misplaced baboons. Could this truly be the legacy of Maximus Decimus Meridius?

Join us as we whack away at the film's triumphs and failures, exploring the delicate balance between historical epic and over-the-top spectacle. We’ll certainly talk performances, from Paul Mescal's stoic Lucius to Denzel's enigmatic Senate leader, a man seemingly battling his own wardrobe as much as the forces of corruption. And along the way, we'll ponder the questionable editing choices, the abrupt cutaways, the lingering shots of… two emaciated dogs?

Is Gladiator 2 a worthy successor to the throne, or a pretender destined for the thumbs down? Enter the arena and decide for yourself. But be warned, you may never look at a baboon the same way again. TWO EMPERORS!

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]]> No Joker: Folie à Deux 13 13 4 4 Joker: Folie à Deux full f7f94905-aa9d-4e3c-a82f-3bbaba7b5584 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4f129efe "Joker: Folie à Deux" has arrived, and with it, a cacophony of critical dissonance. Is it a cinematic triumph or an expensive folly? This week on The Film Board, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Tommy Metz III grapple with the sequel's perplexing identity. From the sterile confines of the courtroom to the surreal bursts of musical fantasy, the film dances between genres, leaving audiences and critics alike in a state of bewildered contemplation.

The panel dissects the film's curious obsession with its predecessor, questioning whether "Folie à Deux" truly stands on its own or merely exists as a reaction to the first film's cultural impact. They delve into Joaquin Phoenix's mesmerizing, yet arguably repetitive, performance, exploring the nuances of a character teetering on the precipice of sanity. Lady Gaga's portrayal of Harley Quinn, a departure from her usual flamboyant persona, also sparks debate. Is it a nuanced performance or a miscasting?

And what about the film's exorbitant budget? The crew is left pondering whether the visual spectacle justifies the cost. In a world saturated with superhero narratives, does "Joker: Folie à Deux" offer a meaningful commentary on society, or is it simply a beautifully crafted, yet ultimately hollow, exercise in style? Tune in for a discussion that explores the film's artistic merits, its narrative flaws, and its potentially enduring enigma.

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]]> "Joker: Folie à Deux" has arrived, and with it, a cacophony of critical dissonance. Is it a cinematic triumph or an expensive folly? This week on The Film Board, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Tommy Metz III grapple with the sequel's perplexing identity. From the sterile confines of the courtroom to the surreal bursts of musical fantasy, the film dances between genres, leaving audiences and critics alike in a state of bewildered contemplation.

The panel dissects the film's curious obsession with its predecessor, questioning whether "Folie à Deux" truly stands on its own or merely exists as a reaction to the first film's cultural impact. They delve into Joaquin Phoenix's mesmerizing, yet arguably repetitive, performance, exploring the nuances of a character teetering on the precipice of sanity. Lady Gaga's portrayal of Harley Quinn, a departure from her usual flamboyant persona, also sparks debate. Is it a nuanced performance or a miscasting?

And what about the film's exorbitant budget? The crew is left pondering whether the visual spectacle justifies the cost. In a world saturated with superhero narratives, does "Joker: Folie à Deux" offer a meaningful commentary on society, or is it simply a beautifully crafted, yet ultimately hollow, exercise in style? Tune in for a discussion that explores the film's artistic merits, its narrative flaws, and its potentially enduring enigma.

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]]> Tue, 15 Oct 2024 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3593 "Joker: Folie à Deux" has arrived, and with it, a cacophony of critical dissonance. Is it a cinematic triumph or an expensive folly? This week on The Film Board, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Tommy Metz III grapple with the sequel's perplexing identity. From the sterile confines of the courtroom to the surreal bursts of musical fantasy, the film dances between genres, leaving audiences and critics alike in a state of bewildered contemplation.

The panel dissects the film's curious obsession with its predecessor, questioning whether "Folie à Deux" truly stands on its own or merely exists as a reaction to the first film's cultural impact. They delve into Joaquin Phoenix's mesmerizing, yet arguably repetitive, performance, exploring the nuances of a character teetering on the precipice of sanity. Lady Gaga's portrayal of Harley Quinn, a departure from her usual flamboyant persona, also sparks debate. Is it a nuanced performance or a miscasting?

And what about the film's exorbitant budget? The crew is left pondering whether the visual spectacle justifies the cost. In a world saturated with superhero narratives, does "Joker: Folie à Deux" offer a meaningful commentary on society, or is it simply a beautifully crafted, yet ultimately hollow, exercise in style? Tune in for a discussion that explores the film's artistic merits, its narrative flaws, and its potentially enduring enigma.

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]]> No Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 13 13 3 3 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice full 230adc47-8e9b-4c94-b04f-d2df3cddd718 https://share.transistor.fm/s/dfe568f6 Gather 'round film fans, for a spirited discussion on the latest from the BCU — the Beetlejuice Cinematic Universe! Joining your host, Pete Wright, are Tommy Metz III and Steve Sarmento, ready to delve into some hella afterlife antics.

This time around, the Deetz family takes center stage, with Lydia's daughter, Astrid, accidentally opening the door to the ghostly realm. We unpack the film's unique approach to handling multiple storylines, from Astrid's encounter with a charming ghost from the 90s to the brand new backstory of Beetlejuice himself.

The conversation explores the challenges of balancing nostalgia with fresh ideas, particularly when revisiting a beloved classic. We examine whether the sequel captures the quirky charm and visual humor of the original, or if it gets lost in a whirlwind of new characters and plot threads.

Ultimately, the episode grapples with the question of legacy and reinvention in filmmaking. Does "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" successfully build upon its predecessor's world, or does it leave audiences yearning for the simple pleasures of the original? Tune in to find out!

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]]> Gather 'round film fans, for a spirited discussion on the latest from the BCU — the Beetlejuice Cinematic Universe! Joining your host, Pete Wright, are Tommy Metz III and Steve Sarmento, ready to delve into some hella afterlife antics.

This time around, the Deetz family takes center stage, with Lydia's daughter, Astrid, accidentally opening the door to the ghostly realm. We unpack the film's unique approach to handling multiple storylines, from Astrid's encounter with a charming ghost from the 90s to the brand new backstory of Beetlejuice himself.

The conversation explores the challenges of balancing nostalgia with fresh ideas, particularly when revisiting a beloved classic. We examine whether the sequel captures the quirky charm and visual humor of the original, or if it gets lost in a whirlwind of new characters and plot threads.

Ultimately, the episode grapples with the question of legacy and reinvention in filmmaking. Does "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" successfully build upon its predecessor's world, or does it leave audiences yearning for the simple pleasures of the original? Tune in to find out!

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]]> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3749 Gather 'round film fans, for a spirited discussion on the latest from the BCU — the Beetlejuice Cinematic Universe! Joining your host, Pete Wright, are Tommy Metz III and Steve Sarmento, ready to delve into some hella afterlife antics.

This time around, the Deetz family takes center stage, with Lydia's daughter, Astrid, accidentally opening the door to the ghostly realm. We unpack the film's unique approach to handling multiple storylines, from Astrid's encounter with a charming ghost from the 90s to the brand new backstory of Beetlejuice himself.

The conversation explores the challenges of balancing nostalgia with fresh ideas, particularly when revisiting a beloved classic. We examine whether the sequel captures the quirky charm and visual humor of the original, or if it gets lost in a whirlwind of new characters and plot threads.

Ultimately, the episode grapples with the question of legacy and reinvention in filmmaking. Does "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" successfully build upon its predecessor's world, or does it leave audiences yearning for the simple pleasures of the original? Tune in to find out!

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]]> No The Crow 13 13 2 2 The Crow full 725bd9c4-9f8e-4882-b49b-f75b63a59734 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a65a2e4c The Film Board gathers to dissect the 2024 remake of The Crow, starring Bill Skarsgård, and find themselves sharply divided. Pete Wright and panelists Ocean Murff and Matthew Fox, self-described goths, express their deep connection to the original film and its place in their own personal histories. For them, the 1994 The Crow, soundtracked by The Cure and pals, and drenched in shadow, was more than just a movie; it was a cultural touchstone. The remake, awash in sunlight and overstuffed with backstory, leaves them cold.

JayJay brings the dissent, however. He finds himself surprisingly enthusiastic about the remake's approach to lore and its unflinching embrace of graphic violence. He draws a compelling comparison between the two films and their respective places within the ever-evolving landscape of comic book movies.

Is this a case of “emo kids” trying to remake a goth classic? Can a film with such a devoted following ever be successfully reimagined, or is the 2024 The Crow destined to live in the shadow of its predecessor? Tune in as the panel grapples with these questions and more.

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]]> The Film Board gathers to dissect the 2024 remake of The Crow, starring Bill Skarsgård, and find themselves sharply divided. Pete Wright and panelists Ocean Murff and Matthew Fox, self-described goths, express their deep connection to the original film and its place in their own personal histories. For them, the 1994 The Crow, soundtracked by The Cure and pals, and drenched in shadow, was more than just a movie; it was a cultural touchstone. The remake, awash in sunlight and overstuffed with backstory, leaves them cold.

JayJay brings the dissent, however. He finds himself surprisingly enthusiastic about the remake's approach to lore and its unflinching embrace of graphic violence. He draws a compelling comparison between the two films and their respective places within the ever-evolving landscape of comic book movies.

Is this a case of “emo kids” trying to remake a goth classic? Can a film with such a devoted following ever be successfully reimagined, or is the 2024 The Crow destined to live in the shadow of its predecessor? Tune in as the panel grapples with these questions and more.

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]]> Tue, 27 Aug 2024 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 5257 The Film Board gathers to dissect the 2024 remake of The Crow, starring Bill Skarsgård, and find themselves sharply divided. Pete Wright and panelists Ocean Murff and Matthew Fox, self-described goths, express their deep connection to the original film and its place in their own personal histories. For them, the 1994 The Crow, soundtracked by The Cure and pals, and drenched in shadow, was more than just a movie; it was a cultural touchstone. The remake, awash in sunlight and overstuffed with backstory, leaves them cold.

JayJay brings the dissent, however. He finds himself surprisingly enthusiastic about the remake's approach to lore and its unflinching embrace of graphic violence. He draws a compelling comparison between the two films and their respective places within the ever-evolving landscape of comic book movies.

Is this a case of “emo kids” trying to remake a goth classic? Can a film with such a devoted following ever be successfully reimagined, or is the 2024 The Crow destined to live in the shadow of its predecessor? Tune in as the panel grapples with these questions and more.

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]]> No Alien: Romulus 13 13 1 1 Alien: Romulus full 23510c14-fde2-467e-821f-042a2ebb5221 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d44ab6f0 In "Alien: Romulus," director Fede Alvarez takes us on a thrilling journey back to the heart of the Alien franchise, capturing the essence of what makes these films so captivating. The movie expertly weaves together the themes of corporate greed, human exploitation, and the terrifying mystery of biological destruction that have become synonymous with the series.

Alvarez, known for his mastery of suspense and horror, proves to be an excellent choice to helm this installment, investing in rich sets and practical creature effects that immerse the audience in the claustrophobic and dangerous world. The film plays to the strengths of the franchise, delivering the familiar beats that fans have come to love and expect.

But, this is The Film Board. So, where does it stumble? Don’t worry: Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright found it and litigate the quibbles that give the film a real third-act, “Huh?” Despite this, "Alien: Romulus" remains a solid entry in our favorite era of the Alien franchise and we’re just feeling grateful that the act of us talking about it didn’t jinx it from the jump. You’re welcome, everybody.

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]]> In "Alien: Romulus," director Fede Alvarez takes us on a thrilling journey back to the heart of the Alien franchise, capturing the essence of what makes these films so captivating. The movie expertly weaves together the themes of corporate greed, human exploitation, and the terrifying mystery of biological destruction that have become synonymous with the series.

Alvarez, known for his mastery of suspense and horror, proves to be an excellent choice to helm this installment, investing in rich sets and practical creature effects that immerse the audience in the claustrophobic and dangerous world. The film plays to the strengths of the franchise, delivering the familiar beats that fans have come to love and expect.

But, this is The Film Board. So, where does it stumble? Don’t worry: Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright found it and litigate the quibbles that give the film a real third-act, “Huh?” Despite this, "Alien: Romulus" remains a solid entry in our favorite era of the Alien franchise and we’re just feeling grateful that the act of us talking about it didn’t jinx it from the jump. You’re welcome, everybody.

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]]> Tue, 20 Aug 2024 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3708 In "Alien: Romulus," director Fede Alvarez takes us on a thrilling journey back to the heart of the Alien franchise, capturing the essence of what makes these films so captivating. The movie expertly weaves together the themes of corporate greed, human exploitation, and the terrifying mystery of biological destruction that have become synonymous with the series.

Alvarez, known for his mastery of suspense and horror, proves to be an excellent choice to helm this installment, investing in rich sets and practical creature effects that immerse the audience in the claustrophobic and dangerous world. The film plays to the strengths of the franchise, delivering the familiar beats that fans have come to love and expect.

But, this is The Film Board. So, where does it stumble? Don’t worry: Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright found it and litigate the quibbles that give the film a real third-act, “Huh?” Despite this, "Alien: Romulus" remains a solid entry in our favorite era of the Alien franchise and we’re just feeling grateful that the act of us talking about it didn’t jinx it from the jump. You’re welcome, everybody.

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]]> No Deadpool & Wolverine 12 12 12 12 Deadpool & Wolverine full 0728275d-3b89-4fa7-aa02-cde3354ab87e https://share.transistor.fm/s/b4dbf83c The Film Board Gathers! This month, Pete Wright and panelists Justin JJ Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Ocean Murff dive deep into the much-anticipated Marvel movie "Deadpool & Wolverine." The film brings together two iconic characters shaped by Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in a meta-filled, fourth-wall-breaking adventure that has left audiences and critics divided. Maybe? Probably.

We grapple with the film's overwhelming self-referential humor and the sheer number of inside jokes and Easter eggs scattered throughout, but not for very long. For us, the constant winking and nodding was the perfect fit for the Deadpool character.

As the discussion unfolds, we explore how "Deadpool & Wolverine" pays homage to and pokes fun at the Fox Studios' X-Men movies, the very films that paved the way for the Marvel Cinematic Universe's success. We also probe the movie's handling of the multiverse concept and its potential implications for the future of the MCU.

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]]> The Film Board Gathers! This month, Pete Wright and panelists Justin JJ Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Ocean Murff dive deep into the much-anticipated Marvel movie "Deadpool & Wolverine." The film brings together two iconic characters shaped by Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in a meta-filled, fourth-wall-breaking adventure that has left audiences and critics divided. Maybe? Probably.

We grapple with the film's overwhelming self-referential humor and the sheer number of inside jokes and Easter eggs scattered throughout, but not for very long. For us, the constant winking and nodding was the perfect fit for the Deadpool character.

As the discussion unfolds, we explore how "Deadpool & Wolverine" pays homage to and pokes fun at the Fox Studios' X-Men movies, the very films that paved the way for the Marvel Cinematic Universe's success. We also probe the movie's handling of the multiverse concept and its potential implications for the future of the MCU.

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]]> Tue, 30 Jul 2024 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3927 The Film Board Gathers! This month, Pete Wright and panelists Justin JJ Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Ocean Murff dive deep into the much-anticipated Marvel movie "Deadpool & Wolverine." The film brings together two iconic characters shaped by Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in a meta-filled, fourth-wall-breaking adventure that has left audiences and critics divided. Maybe? Probably.

We grapple with the film's overwhelming self-referential humor and the sheer number of inside jokes and Easter eggs scattered throughout, but not for very long. For us, the constant winking and nodding was the perfect fit for the Deadpool character.

As the discussion unfolds, we explore how "Deadpool & Wolverine" pays homage to and pokes fun at the Fox Studios' X-Men movies, the very films that paved the way for the Marvel Cinematic Universe's success. We also probe the movie's handling of the multiverse concept and its potential implications for the future of the MCU.

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]]> Yes The Watchers 12 12 11 11 The Watchers full 3f5b2a4e-aa32-48d6-ba66-531904845be6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1f0061d3 Pete, Tommy, and Steve put themselves in a box with a golden bird meant for a zoo and they all just wait for an audience. You might think we’re talking about podcasting. No, we’re podcasting about the latest from the family Night Shyamalan with Ishana Night Shyamalan’s debut, THE WATCHERS.

What’s going on with this movie? Why does it … you know… do what it does? It’s beautiful, there’s no doubt about it. But as lovely as it is, it’s just as confusing. Our challenge this week is not to come up with all kinds of great reasons for you to see it. Not at all. Our challenge this week is to justify why we can come up with all kinds of reasons why you probably shouldn’t.


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]]> Pete, Tommy, and Steve put themselves in a box with a golden bird meant for a zoo and they all just wait for an audience. You might think we’re talking about podcasting. No, we’re podcasting about the latest from the family Night Shyamalan with Ishana Night Shyamalan’s debut, THE WATCHERS.

What’s going on with this movie? Why does it … you know… do what it does? It’s beautiful, there’s no doubt about it. But as lovely as it is, it’s just as confusing. Our challenge this week is not to come up with all kinds of great reasons for you to see it. Not at all. Our challenge this week is to justify why we can come up with all kinds of reasons why you probably shouldn’t.


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]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2024 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3072 Pete, Tommy, and Steve put themselves in a box with a golden bird meant for a zoo and they all just wait for an audience. You might think we’re talking about podcasting. No, we’re podcasting about the latest from the family Night Shyamalan with Ishana Night Shyamalan’s debut, THE WATCHERS.

What’s going on with this movie? Why does it … you know… do what it does? It’s beautiful, there’s no doubt about it. But as lovely as it is, it’s just as confusing. Our challenge this week is not to come up with all kinds of great reasons for you to see it. Not at all. Our challenge this week is to justify why we can come up with all kinds of reasons why you probably shouldn’t.


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]]> No Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 12 12 10 10 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga full 1b52de41-0d6f-4008-b65e-75834a24fd8e https://share.transistor.fm/s/1a3ed5f7 On the latest episode of The Film Board, Pete Wright and panelists Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Ocean Murff dive deep into the dystopian world of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

The long-awaited prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road tells the origin story of the fierce warrior Furiosa, played by Anya Taylor-Joy. Director George Miller returns to the wasteland, crafting a film that is part Shakespearean saga, part high-octane action thriller.

The panelists grapple with the movie's themes of survival, hope, and what it means to be human in a brutal world. They explore how the episodic structure, marked by chapter breaks, sets Furiosa apart from its predecessor.

While some argue the stakes feel lower since the ultimate fates of key characters are known, others find the emotional journey compelling nonetheless. The film's focus on Furiosa's transformation from a child of the Green Place into a hardened imperator is what gives it heart.

Questions arise about the movie's reliance on CGI compared to the more practical effects of Fury Road. But even when the visuals falter, the panelists agree Miller's daring vision still shines through.

Tune in for a lively discussion that covers everything from Furiosa's tragic loss to Chris Hemsworth's divisive turn as an over-the-top villain. With thoughtful analysis and a few friendly disagreements, The Film Board crew takes you on an engrossing ride through the Mad Max universe.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga may not be the movie everyone expected, but it's certainly one that gives fans plenty to talk about.

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]]> On the latest episode of The Film Board, Pete Wright and panelists Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Ocean Murff dive deep into the dystopian world of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

The long-awaited prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road tells the origin story of the fierce warrior Furiosa, played by Anya Taylor-Joy. Director George Miller returns to the wasteland, crafting a film that is part Shakespearean saga, part high-octane action thriller.

The panelists grapple with the movie's themes of survival, hope, and what it means to be human in a brutal world. They explore how the episodic structure, marked by chapter breaks, sets Furiosa apart from its predecessor.

While some argue the stakes feel lower since the ultimate fates of key characters are known, others find the emotional journey compelling nonetheless. The film's focus on Furiosa's transformation from a child of the Green Place into a hardened imperator is what gives it heart.

Questions arise about the movie's reliance on CGI compared to the more practical effects of Fury Road. But even when the visuals falter, the panelists agree Miller's daring vision still shines through.

Tune in for a lively discussion that covers everything from Furiosa's tragic loss to Chris Hemsworth's divisive turn as an over-the-top villain. With thoughtful analysis and a few friendly disagreements, The Film Board crew takes you on an engrossing ride through the Mad Max universe.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga may not be the movie everyone expected, but it's certainly one that gives fans plenty to talk about.

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]]> Tue, 28 May 2024 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4799 On the latest episode of The Film Board, Pete Wright and panelists Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Ocean Murff dive deep into the dystopian world of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

The long-awaited prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road tells the origin story of the fierce warrior Furiosa, played by Anya Taylor-Joy. Director George Miller returns to the wasteland, crafting a film that is part Shakespearean saga, part high-octane action thriller.

The panelists grapple with the movie's themes of survival, hope, and what it means to be human in a brutal world. They explore how the episodic structure, marked by chapter breaks, sets Furiosa apart from its predecessor.

While some argue the stakes feel lower since the ultimate fates of key characters are known, others find the emotional journey compelling nonetheless. The film's focus on Furiosa's transformation from a child of the Green Place into a hardened imperator is what gives it heart.

Questions arise about the movie's reliance on CGI compared to the more practical effects of Fury Road. But even when the visuals falter, the panelists agree Miller's daring vision still shines through.

Tune in for a lively discussion that covers everything from Furiosa's tragic loss to Chris Hemsworth's divisive turn as an over-the-top villain. With thoughtful analysis and a few friendly disagreements, The Film Board crew takes you on an engrossing ride through the Mad Max universe.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga may not be the movie everyone expected, but it's certainly one that gives fans plenty to talk about.

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]]> No Civil War 12 12 9 9 Civil War full 38392b01-f40a-4ada-92bb-f3ebee817799 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7d67bdc8 The Film Board gathers! This month, host Justin Jaeger is joined by Steve Sarmento and Tommy Metz III to litigate Alex Garland's provocative new film "Civil War." The movie depicts a dystopian near-future America fractured by a second civil war, following a group of journalists on a perilous trek to interview the authoritarian president.

We dive into the film's central themes—what it means to bear witness to war, how allegiances break down in times of chaos, and whether the movie serves more as a warning or simply a brutal glimpse of "what if." We debate Garland's motivations in making the film now, at a time when a shocking 40% of Americans believe a civil war could happen in the next decade.

JayJay, with his background in TV journalism, scrutinizes the portrayal of war photographers and the language they use. Steve sees Apocalypse Now in the journey into the heart of darkness. And Tommy ponders if the film depicts how quickly social order and humanity could unravel in a new American civil war.

The discussion touches on the graphic war violence that eventually numbs the viewer, mirroring the journalists' experience. We question if the movie succeeds more in its fictionalized character studies than its social commentary over the ambiguous world-building around the politics of the fractured states.

We grapple with the unsettling implications of Civil War. Is it a sensationalized dystopian vision, an urgent cautionary tale, or a mix of both? The differing perspectives make for a solid conversation about one of the year's polarizing films.

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]]> The Film Board gathers! This month, host Justin Jaeger is joined by Steve Sarmento and Tommy Metz III to litigate Alex Garland's provocative new film "Civil War." The movie depicts a dystopian near-future America fractured by a second civil war, following a group of journalists on a perilous trek to interview the authoritarian president.

We dive into the film's central themes—what it means to bear witness to war, how allegiances break down in times of chaos, and whether the movie serves more as a warning or simply a brutal glimpse of "what if." We debate Garland's motivations in making the film now, at a time when a shocking 40% of Americans believe a civil war could happen in the next decade.

JayJay, with his background in TV journalism, scrutinizes the portrayal of war photographers and the language they use. Steve sees Apocalypse Now in the journey into the heart of darkness. And Tommy ponders if the film depicts how quickly social order and humanity could unravel in a new American civil war.

The discussion touches on the graphic war violence that eventually numbs the viewer, mirroring the journalists' experience. We question if the movie succeeds more in its fictionalized character studies than its social commentary over the ambiguous world-building around the politics of the fractured states.

We grapple with the unsettling implications of Civil War. Is it a sensationalized dystopian vision, an urgent cautionary tale, or a mix of both? The differing perspectives make for a solid conversation about one of the year's polarizing films.

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]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2024 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4128 The Film Board gathers! This month, host Justin Jaeger is joined by Steve Sarmento and Tommy Metz III to litigate Alex Garland's provocative new film "Civil War." The movie depicts a dystopian near-future America fractured by a second civil war, following a group of journalists on a perilous trek to interview the authoritarian president.

We dive into the film's central themes—what it means to bear witness to war, how allegiances break down in times of chaos, and whether the movie serves more as a warning or simply a brutal glimpse of "what if." We debate Garland's motivations in making the film now, at a time when a shocking 40% of Americans believe a civil war could happen in the next decade.

JayJay, with his background in TV journalism, scrutinizes the portrayal of war photographers and the language they use. Steve sees Apocalypse Now in the journey into the heart of darkness. And Tommy ponders if the film depicts how quickly social order and humanity could unravel in a new American civil war.

The discussion touches on the graphic war violence that eventually numbs the viewer, mirroring the journalists' experience. We question if the movie succeeds more in its fictionalized character studies than its social commentary over the ambiguous world-building around the politics of the fractured states.

We grapple with the unsettling implications of Civil War. Is it a sensationalized dystopian vision, an urgent cautionary tale, or a mix of both? The differing perspectives make for a solid conversation about one of the year's polarizing films.

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]]> No Wuxia Unleashed: Leon Hunt & Chris Hamm on Martial Arts and Myth • Cinema Scope • Bonus Episode 12 12 Wuxia Unleashed: Leon Hunt & Chris Hamm on Martial Arts and Myth • Cinema Scope • Bonus Episode bonus 64ffdfee-9572-4671-b6b8-72c6b6dae3b1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ed735db2 In this inaugural episode of Cinema Scope, host Andy Nelson is joined by professors Leon Hunt and Chris Hamm to explore the captivating world of wuxia, a Chinese film genre that blends philosophy, action, and legend. They discuss the key elements that define wuxia, such as the chivalrous heroes, period settings, and fantastical elements, as well as the concept of jianghu, a unique world within wuxia stories.

Leon and Chris trace the evolution of wuxia from its roots in early Chinese literature to its influence on other genres, including Hollywood blockbusters. They also highlight notable works like A Touch of Zen, The Bride with White Hair, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, analyzing their contributions to the development and popularity of wuxia cinema.

This engaging and informative episode will deepen your appreciation for the richness and complexity of the wuxia genre, inspiring you to explore more of these captivating films.

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]]> In this inaugural episode of Cinema Scope, host Andy Nelson is joined by professors Leon Hunt and Chris Hamm to explore the captivating world of wuxia, a Chinese film genre that blends philosophy, action, and legend. They discuss the key elements that define wuxia, such as the chivalrous heroes, period settings, and fantastical elements, as well as the concept of jianghu, a unique world within wuxia stories.

Leon and Chris trace the evolution of wuxia from its roots in early Chinese literature to its influence on other genres, including Hollywood blockbusters. They also highlight notable works like A Touch of Zen, The Bride with White Hair, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, analyzing their contributions to the development and popularity of wuxia cinema.

This engaging and informative episode will deepen your appreciation for the richness and complexity of the wuxia genre, inspiring you to explore more of these captivating films.

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]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2024 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4753 In this inaugural episode of Cinema Scope, host Andy Nelson is joined by professors Leon Hunt and Chris Hamm to explore the captivating world of wuxia, a Chinese film genre that blends philosophy, action, and legend. They discuss the key elements that define wuxia, such as the chivalrous heroes, period settings, and fantastical elements, as well as the concept of jianghu, a unique world within wuxia stories.

Leon and Chris trace the evolution of wuxia from its roots in early Chinese literature to its influence on other genres, including Hollywood blockbusters. They also highlight notable works like A Touch of Zen, The Bride with White Hair, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, analyzing their contributions to the development and popularity of wuxia cinema.

This engaging and informative episode will deepen your appreciation for the richness and complexity of the wuxia genre, inspiring you to explore more of these captivating films.

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]]> wuxia, Leon Hunt, Chris Hamm No Dune: Part Two 12 12 8 8 Dune: Part Two full f3172da4-248e-46dc-991a-0921e19621ab https://share.transistor.fm/s/d3bff29d In the vast expanse of cinematic storytelling, few tales grip the imagination like Frank Herbert's "Dune." As Denis Villeneuve's vision unfolds in "Dune: Part Two," the Film Board gathers to unravel the complex tapestry of prophecy, power, and the perils of messianic fervor.

Pete Wright, along with acolytes Steve Sarmento and Matthew Fox, embark on a journey through the dunes of Arrakis, where the line between hero and conqueror blurs like a mirage. As Paul Atreides grapples with his destiny, the specter of religious manipulation looms large, a testament to Herbert's prescient critique of the weaponization of faith.

Yet, in the hands of Villeneuve, the narrative takes on new dimensions. Chani, once relegated to the sidelines, emerges as a voice of reason amidst the swirling sands of fanaticism. Her perspective challenges not only Paul but the audience, forcing us to confront the seductive allure of the messianic trap.

The parallels between Herbert's world and our own become increasingly apparent. The Film Board dissects the Abrahamic roots of the messianic mythos, tracing the threads that bind the Fremen's fervor to the real-world complexities of organized religion and the mobilization of indigenous peoples.

In the end, "Dune: Part Two" emerges as more than a mere sequel; it is a mirror held up to our own struggles with faith, power, and the consequences of unchecked belief. As the credits roll and the twin moons of discourse and reflection set, we are left to ponder the eternal question: in the face of prophecy, do we have a choice, or are we all swept up in the inexorable tide of destiny?

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]]> In the vast expanse of cinematic storytelling, few tales grip the imagination like Frank Herbert's "Dune." As Denis Villeneuve's vision unfolds in "Dune: Part Two," the Film Board gathers to unravel the complex tapestry of prophecy, power, and the perils of messianic fervor.

Pete Wright, along with acolytes Steve Sarmento and Matthew Fox, embark on a journey through the dunes of Arrakis, where the line between hero and conqueror blurs like a mirage. As Paul Atreides grapples with his destiny, the specter of religious manipulation looms large, a testament to Herbert's prescient critique of the weaponization of faith.

Yet, in the hands of Villeneuve, the narrative takes on new dimensions. Chani, once relegated to the sidelines, emerges as a voice of reason amidst the swirling sands of fanaticism. Her perspective challenges not only Paul but the audience, forcing us to confront the seductive allure of the messianic trap.

The parallels between Herbert's world and our own become increasingly apparent. The Film Board dissects the Abrahamic roots of the messianic mythos, tracing the threads that bind the Fremen's fervor to the real-world complexities of organized religion and the mobilization of indigenous peoples.

In the end, "Dune: Part Two" emerges as more than a mere sequel; it is a mirror held up to our own struggles with faith, power, and the consequences of unchecked belief. As the credits roll and the twin moons of discourse and reflection set, we are left to ponder the eternal question: in the face of prophecy, do we have a choice, or are we all swept up in the inexorable tide of destiny?

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]]> Tue, 05 Mar 2024 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4723 In the vast expanse of cinematic storytelling, few tales grip the imagination like Frank Herbert's "Dune." As Denis Villeneuve's vision unfolds in "Dune: Part Two," the Film Board gathers to unravel the complex tapestry of prophecy, power, and the perils of messianic fervor.

Pete Wright, along with acolytes Steve Sarmento and Matthew Fox, embark on a journey through the dunes of Arrakis, where the line between hero and conqueror blurs like a mirage. As Paul Atreides grapples with his destiny, the specter of religious manipulation looms large, a testament to Herbert's prescient critique of the weaponization of faith.

Yet, in the hands of Villeneuve, the narrative takes on new dimensions. Chani, once relegated to the sidelines, emerges as a voice of reason amidst the swirling sands of fanaticism. Her perspective challenges not only Paul but the audience, forcing us to confront the seductive allure of the messianic trap.

The parallels between Herbert's world and our own become increasingly apparent. The Film Board dissects the Abrahamic roots of the messianic mythos, tracing the threads that bind the Fremen's fervor to the real-world complexities of organized religion and the mobilization of indigenous peoples.

In the end, "Dune: Part Two" emerges as more than a mere sequel; it is a mirror held up to our own struggles with faith, power, and the consequences of unchecked belief. As the credits roll and the twin moons of discourse and reflection set, we are left to ponder the eternal question: in the face of prophecy, do we have a choice, or are we all swept up in the inexorable tide of destiny?

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]]> No Argylle 12 12 7 7 Argylle full 4e03b4f8-53d7-4b6d-9a93-97c27c216581 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e802a94e The spy action comedy "Argylle" arrives in theaters this month with an all-star cast but mixed critical reviews. The film comes from director Matthew Vaughn, known for stylized spy franchises like "Kingsman." It also represents Apple TV+'s most ambitious foray into major theatrical releases to date.

"Argylle" stars Henry Cavill as the titular super spy, alongside Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara and others. The convoluted plot involves uncovering a global conspiracy which is the cinematic equivalent of a snake eating another snake that is eating a USB stick.

But the major talking point is a surprise twist ending that just does some stuff to Vaughn’s cinematice universes. Vaughn has hinted at ambitions to build a spy movie universe for years. The "Argylle" twist formally bridges a bunch of his prior work.

But box office has been soft for recent Vaughn spy installments, raising questions about appetite for an interconnected spy world. "Argylle” is underperforming right now.

The film's source novel also has an unusual backstory. Vaughn originally wanted to adapt "I Am Pilgrim," but couldn't secure rights. So he enlisted that book's author Terry Hayes along with Tammy Cohen to pen an "Argylle" novel as if it were written by Bryce Dallas Howard's character. That doesn’t make the story of the movie any easier.

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]]> The spy action comedy "Argylle" arrives in theaters this month with an all-star cast but mixed critical reviews. The film comes from director Matthew Vaughn, known for stylized spy franchises like "Kingsman." It also represents Apple TV+'s most ambitious foray into major theatrical releases to date.

"Argylle" stars Henry Cavill as the titular super spy, alongside Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara and others. The convoluted plot involves uncovering a global conspiracy which is the cinematic equivalent of a snake eating another snake that is eating a USB stick.

But the major talking point is a surprise twist ending that just does some stuff to Vaughn’s cinematice universes. Vaughn has hinted at ambitions to build a spy movie universe for years. The "Argylle" twist formally bridges a bunch of his prior work.

But box office has been soft for recent Vaughn spy installments, raising questions about appetite for an interconnected spy world. "Argylle” is underperforming right now.

The film's source novel also has an unusual backstory. Vaughn originally wanted to adapt "I Am Pilgrim," but couldn't secure rights. So he enlisted that book's author Terry Hayes along with Tammy Cohen to pen an "Argylle" novel as if it were written by Bryce Dallas Howard's character. That doesn’t make the story of the movie any easier.

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]]> Tue, 13 Feb 2024 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3464 The spy action comedy "Argylle" arrives in theaters this month with an all-star cast but mixed critical reviews. The film comes from director Matthew Vaughn, known for stylized spy franchises like "Kingsman." It also represents Apple TV+'s most ambitious foray into major theatrical releases to date.

"Argylle" stars Henry Cavill as the titular super spy, alongside Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara and others. The convoluted plot involves uncovering a global conspiracy which is the cinematic equivalent of a snake eating another snake that is eating a USB stick.

But the major talking point is a surprise twist ending that just does some stuff to Vaughn’s cinematice universes. Vaughn has hinted at ambitions to build a spy movie universe for years. The "Argylle" twist formally bridges a bunch of his prior work.

But box office has been soft for recent Vaughn spy installments, raising questions about appetite for an interconnected spy world. "Argylle” is underperforming right now.

The film's source novel also has an unusual backstory. Vaughn originally wanted to adapt "I Am Pilgrim," but couldn't secure rights. So he enlisted that book's author Terry Hayes along with Tammy Cohen to pen an "Argylle" novel as if it were written by Bryce Dallas Howard's character. That doesn’t make the story of the movie any easier.

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]]> No Ferrari 12 12 6 6 Ferrari full 30ba0f11-5330-4749-8ff6-8650f315e9dd https://share.transistor.fm/s/da6667bd The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters, and this month, we have Michael Mann’s return to the big screen with “Ferrari.” Join Pete Wright with Tommy Metz III and Justin "JJ" Jaeger as they unpack the high-octane drama that has raced into theaters.

Mann's return to the big screen after a lengthy hiatus has been much anticipated, with "Ferrari" taking the spotlight. The film, lensed with the sharp eye of Erik Messerschmidt, dives deep into the life of the legendary Enzo Ferrari, whose passion for racing is as much a part of his identity as the iconic vehicles bearing his name. However, it's not all smooth driving; the hosts discuss the mixed reactions from their broader social circles, hinting at a narrative that may have missed some turns.

They tackle the performances head-on, with one in particular sparking controversy — a character whose Italian accent may have veered off track. The narrative structure of the film is another point of contention, with the hosts questioning whether the story's stakes were effectively established and if the portrayal of the pivotal Mille Miglia race hit the mark.

Despite the debate, there's a clear appreciation for the craftsmanship behind "Ferrari." The cinematography scores high marks from the crew, even if some performances do not. And as always, the conversation isn't just about the film itself but what it represents, both in the pantheon of racing movies and in Mann's own storied career.

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]]> The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters, and this month, we have Michael Mann’s return to the big screen with “Ferrari.” Join Pete Wright with Tommy Metz III and Justin "JJ" Jaeger as they unpack the high-octane drama that has raced into theaters.

Mann's return to the big screen after a lengthy hiatus has been much anticipated, with "Ferrari" taking the spotlight. The film, lensed with the sharp eye of Erik Messerschmidt, dives deep into the life of the legendary Enzo Ferrari, whose passion for racing is as much a part of his identity as the iconic vehicles bearing his name. However, it's not all smooth driving; the hosts discuss the mixed reactions from their broader social circles, hinting at a narrative that may have missed some turns.

They tackle the performances head-on, with one in particular sparking controversy — a character whose Italian accent may have veered off track. The narrative structure of the film is another point of contention, with the hosts questioning whether the story's stakes were effectively established and if the portrayal of the pivotal Mille Miglia race hit the mark.

Despite the debate, there's a clear appreciation for the craftsmanship behind "Ferrari." The cinematography scores high marks from the crew, even if some performances do not. And as always, the conversation isn't just about the film itself but what it represents, both in the pantheon of racing movies and in Mann's own storied career.

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]]> Tue, 09 Jan 2024 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3484 The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters, and this month, we have Michael Mann’s return to the big screen with “Ferrari.” Join Pete Wright with Tommy Metz III and Justin "JJ" Jaeger as they unpack the high-octane drama that has raced into theaters.

Mann's return to the big screen after a lengthy hiatus has been much anticipated, with "Ferrari" taking the spotlight. The film, lensed with the sharp eye of Erik Messerschmidt, dives deep into the life of the legendary Enzo Ferrari, whose passion for racing is as much a part of his identity as the iconic vehicles bearing his name. However, it's not all smooth driving; the hosts discuss the mixed reactions from their broader social circles, hinting at a narrative that may have missed some turns.

They tackle the performances head-on, with one in particular sparking controversy — a character whose Italian accent may have veered off track. The narrative structure of the film is another point of contention, with the hosts questioning whether the story's stakes were effectively established and if the portrayal of the pivotal Mille Miglia race hit the mark.

Despite the debate, there's a clear appreciation for the craftsmanship behind "Ferrari." The cinematography scores high marks from the crew, even if some performances do not. And as always, the conversation isn't just about the film itself but what it represents, both in the pantheon of racing movies and in Mann's own storied career.

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]]> No Silent Night 12 12 5 5 Silent Night full f89b994e-4ec8-4909-9e55-5db9d92dfbea https://share.transistor.fm/s/8c4c38cc The Film Board Gathers! Pete, JJ, and Tommy settle in ‘round the hearth to hear the story of the vengeful electrician and the silent treatment in John Woo’s return to Hollywood: Silent Night.

Ok, right up front, The Film Board normally tries to pick films that are likely to be a bit bigger at the box office. Normally. But we have some ties to this production and, frankly, it’s a film trying some interesting things.

No dialog? Sure! John Woo’s first Hollywood production in years? You bet! Ok, so those are two things. Maybe it tries for more. Who could be sure? The point is, we didn’t love the movie, but we had a blast talking about it, and we hope you have just as much of a blast listening to it. Even if... especially if... you don’t go see it yourself.

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]]> The Film Board Gathers! Pete, JJ, and Tommy settle in ‘round the hearth to hear the story of the vengeful electrician and the silent treatment in John Woo’s return to Hollywood: Silent Night.

Ok, right up front, The Film Board normally tries to pick films that are likely to be a bit bigger at the box office. Normally. But we have some ties to this production and, frankly, it’s a film trying some interesting things.

No dialog? Sure! John Woo’s first Hollywood production in years? You bet! Ok, so those are two things. Maybe it tries for more. Who could be sure? The point is, we didn’t love the movie, but we had a blast talking about it, and we hope you have just as much of a blast listening to it. Even if... especially if... you don’t go see it yourself.

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]]> Tue, 05 Dec 2023 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3228 The Film Board Gathers! Pete, JJ, and Tommy settle in ‘round the hearth to hear the story of the vengeful electrician and the silent treatment in John Woo’s return to Hollywood: Silent Night.

Ok, right up front, The Film Board normally tries to pick films that are likely to be a bit bigger at the box office. Normally. But we have some ties to this production and, frankly, it’s a film trying some interesting things.

No dialog? Sure! John Woo’s first Hollywood production in years? You bet! Ok, so those are two things. Maybe it tries for more. Who could be sure? The point is, we didn’t love the movie, but we had a blast talking about it, and we hope you have just as much of a blast listening to it. Even if... especially if... you don’t go see it yourself.

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]]> No Erik Messerschmidt joins Justin Jaeger and Tommy Metz III for a Conversation on The Killer 12 12 Erik Messerschmidt joins Justin Jaeger and Tommy Metz III for a Conversation on The Killer bonus 492ccd3d-45ac-47bc-b97b-a2bd18e96cb7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/eeb9074a This month, The Film Board is taking on David Fincher's latest, The Killer. Cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt sat down with Justin Jaeger and Tommy Metz III to talk about making the movie, how movies are made, and why David Fincher's reputation in one important area is wildly overstated.


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]]> This month, The Film Board is taking on David Fincher's latest, The Killer. Cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt sat down with Justin Jaeger and Tommy Metz III to talk about making the movie, how movies are made, and why David Fincher's reputation in one important area is wildly overstated.


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]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 1628 This month, The Film Board is taking on David Fincher's latest, The Killer. Cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt sat down with Justin Jaeger and Tommy Metz III to talk about making the movie, how movies are made, and why David Fincher's reputation in one important area is wildly overstated.


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]]> No The Killer 12 12 4 4 The Killer full 72bf4451-3b2b-4cd3-8ae5-d7c621106c68 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6a6237e1 “The Killer,” it turns out, is an interesting litmus test for movie lovers. David Fincher’s latest seems to push viewers to their corners. Is it just a movie? A competent excursion in action beats and voice-over? Or is it a meditation on what it means to work, but told through the eyes of a professional assassin? Or, perhaps the most cynical, is it simply a boring travelogue of a man exercising privilege through international travel and fast food? 


Whatever it is for you, it’s worth talking about for us. So, the Film Board Gathers. Justin Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright watched The Killer and as noted fans of Fincher’s work, you can imagine we have a lot to talk about.


We spend a significant portion of our conversation dissecting the film's unique marriage of high-brow and low-brow tendencies. The film's protagonist, an assassin who embodies an intricate blend of sophistication and vulgarity, presents a clear dichotomy of character, highlighted in his fluent speech and the deliberate placement of an earbud with a pinky finger, contrasted with his choice of a 10-gram protein meal at McDonald's.


As we navigate through the narrative arc of the film, we reflect on its deep-seated symbolism and the meticulousness of the protagonist. Our conversation moves from an analysis of the film to its comparison with other popular titles, such as Steven Soderbergh's work and the John Wick series. We muse over the film's realistic, almost journalistic approach to the assassin's world, which stands in stark contrast to the more fanciful, comic-book-like portrayal in Wick.


A highlight of our discussion is our interview with Eric Messerschmidt, the cinematographer of The Killer, known for his work on Mank, Mindhunter, Devotion, and the upcoming Ferrari. We delve into the technical aspects of filming, the use of motion control, and the creative process behind the scenes. Messerschmidt's insights add a new dimension to our understanding of the film and reaffirm our appreciation for the precision and control employed in its making. The full interview will be the very next episode for those curious about when Erik saw Star Wars and what that says about loving movies. 


Our collective verdict on "The Killer" is quite positive. We’re enamored by the film's patience, precision, and unique take on the assassin genre. 


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]]> “The Killer,” it turns out, is an interesting litmus test for movie lovers. David Fincher’s latest seems to push viewers to their corners. Is it just a movie? A competent excursion in action beats and voice-over? Or is it a meditation on what it means to work, but told through the eyes of a professional assassin? Or, perhaps the most cynical, is it simply a boring travelogue of a man exercising privilege through international travel and fast food? 


Whatever it is for you, it’s worth talking about for us. So, the Film Board Gathers. Justin Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright watched The Killer and as noted fans of Fincher’s work, you can imagine we have a lot to talk about.


We spend a significant portion of our conversation dissecting the film's unique marriage of high-brow and low-brow tendencies. The film's protagonist, an assassin who embodies an intricate blend of sophistication and vulgarity, presents a clear dichotomy of character, highlighted in his fluent speech and the deliberate placement of an earbud with a pinky finger, contrasted with his choice of a 10-gram protein meal at McDonald's.


As we navigate through the narrative arc of the film, we reflect on its deep-seated symbolism and the meticulousness of the protagonist. Our conversation moves from an analysis of the film to its comparison with other popular titles, such as Steven Soderbergh's work and the John Wick series. We muse over the film's realistic, almost journalistic approach to the assassin's world, which stands in stark contrast to the more fanciful, comic-book-like portrayal in Wick.


A highlight of our discussion is our interview with Eric Messerschmidt, the cinematographer of The Killer, known for his work on Mank, Mindhunter, Devotion, and the upcoming Ferrari. We delve into the technical aspects of filming, the use of motion control, and the creative process behind the scenes. Messerschmidt's insights add a new dimension to our understanding of the film and reaffirm our appreciation for the precision and control employed in its making. The full interview will be the very next episode for those curious about when Erik saw Star Wars and what that says about loving movies. 


Our collective verdict on "The Killer" is quite positive. We’re enamored by the film's patience, precision, and unique take on the assassin genre. 


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]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3688 “The Killer,” it turns out, is an interesting litmus test for movie lovers. David Fincher’s latest seems to push viewers to their corners. Is it just a movie? A competent excursion in action beats and voice-over? Or is it a meditation on what it means to work, but told through the eyes of a professional assassin? Or, perhaps the most cynical, is it simply a boring travelogue of a man exercising privilege through international travel and fast food? 


Whatever it is for you, it’s worth talking about for us. So, the Film Board Gathers. Justin Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright watched The Killer and as noted fans of Fincher’s work, you can imagine we have a lot to talk about.


We spend a significant portion of our conversation dissecting the film's unique marriage of high-brow and low-brow tendencies. The film's protagonist, an assassin who embodies an intricate blend of sophistication and vulgarity, presents a clear dichotomy of character, highlighted in his fluent speech and the deliberate placement of an earbud with a pinky finger, contrasted with his choice of a 10-gram protein meal at McDonald's.


As we navigate through the narrative arc of the film, we reflect on its deep-seated symbolism and the meticulousness of the protagonist. Our conversation moves from an analysis of the film to its comparison with other popular titles, such as Steven Soderbergh's work and the John Wick series. We muse over the film's realistic, almost journalistic approach to the assassin's world, which stands in stark contrast to the more fanciful, comic-book-like portrayal in Wick.


A highlight of our discussion is our interview with Eric Messerschmidt, the cinematographer of The Killer, known for his work on Mank, Mindhunter, Devotion, and the upcoming Ferrari. We delve into the technical aspects of filming, the use of motion control, and the creative process behind the scenes. Messerschmidt's insights add a new dimension to our understanding of the film and reaffirm our appreciation for the precision and control employed in its making. The full interview will be the very next episode for those curious about when Erik saw Star Wars and what that says about loving movies. 


Our collective verdict on "The Killer" is quite positive. We’re enamored by the film's patience, precision, and unique take on the assassin genre. 


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]]> No Killers of the Flower Moon 12 12 3 3 Killers of the Flower Moon full 51a95159-dca4-42c1-a5ea-8d1799abdfb3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/251a6ef9 Martin Scorsese first optioned the rights to David Grann's bestselling book Killers of the Flower Moon back in 2016, sensing it would make for a powerful film. After years of pre-production, casting leads like Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, and nailing down the intricate period details of 1920s Oklahoma, Scorsese finally brought his sprawling murder mystery to life. 


Here's a hint at what we talk about:


We dig into the movie's treatment of the real-life Osage murders, analyzing if Scorsese succeeded in his goal of reclaiming this story for the indigenous victims. There's debate around the choice to focus on DiCaprio and De Niro's characters rather than the Native American perspectives. We also discuss standout performances from Lily Gladstone and Brendan Fraser, and touch on the cinematography and editing. 


Here are a few other points in our discussion:


  • The pacing and episodic nature of the 3.5 hour runtime
  • The reliability of DiCaprio's character 
  • Accuracy of the Osage language spoken
  • The effectiveness of Scorsese's meta cameo
  • How this compares to past Scorsese films  


Killers of the Flower Moon prompted a thought-provoking discussion on our show. While we didn't all see eye to eye, we appreciated the chance to dig into this complex and haunting story. We have a great time talking about it, so check it out then tune in before The Film Board adjourns again!


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]]> Martin Scorsese first optioned the rights to David Grann's bestselling book Killers of the Flower Moon back in 2016, sensing it would make for a powerful film. After years of pre-production, casting leads like Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, and nailing down the intricate period details of 1920s Oklahoma, Scorsese finally brought his sprawling murder mystery to life. 


Here's a hint at what we talk about:


We dig into the movie's treatment of the real-life Osage murders, analyzing if Scorsese succeeded in his goal of reclaiming this story for the indigenous victims. There's debate around the choice to focus on DiCaprio and De Niro's characters rather than the Native American perspectives. We also discuss standout performances from Lily Gladstone and Brendan Fraser, and touch on the cinematography and editing. 


Here are a few other points in our discussion:


  • The pacing and episodic nature of the 3.5 hour runtime
  • The reliability of DiCaprio's character 
  • Accuracy of the Osage language spoken
  • The effectiveness of Scorsese's meta cameo
  • How this compares to past Scorsese films  


Killers of the Flower Moon prompted a thought-provoking discussion on our show. While we didn't all see eye to eye, we appreciated the chance to dig into this complex and haunting story. We have a great time talking about it, so check it out then tune in before The Film Board adjourns again!


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]]> Tue, 24 Oct 2023 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3599 Martin Scorsese first optioned the rights to David Grann's bestselling book Killers of the Flower Moon back in 2016, sensing it would make for a powerful film. After years of pre-production, casting leads like Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, and nailing down the intricate period details of 1920s Oklahoma, Scorsese finally brought his sprawling murder mystery to life. 


Here's a hint at what we talk about:


We dig into the movie's treatment of the real-life Osage murders, analyzing if Scorsese succeeded in his goal of reclaiming this story for the indigenous victims. There's debate around the choice to focus on DiCaprio and De Niro's characters rather than the Native American perspectives. We also discuss standout performances from Lily Gladstone and Brendan Fraser, and touch on the cinematography and editing. 


Here are a few other points in our discussion:


  • The pacing and episodic nature of the 3.5 hour runtime
  • The reliability of DiCaprio's character 
  • Accuracy of the Osage language spoken
  • The effectiveness of Scorsese's meta cameo
  • How this compares to past Scorsese films  


Killers of the Flower Moon prompted a thought-provoking discussion on our show. While we didn't all see eye to eye, we appreciated the chance to dig into this complex and haunting story. We have a great time talking about it, so check it out then tune in before The Film Board adjourns again!


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]]> No The Creator 12 12 2 2 The Creator full e1b61053-1836-4b5b-b69c-9762c9f99c75 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2b1020f0 The Film Board gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month... Hey... do you ever wonder what it would be like if we all trusted AI? If we could work with these creations to build more great things? To solve hunger and teach our children? To work together in harmony?

Well, wonder no more. Because Gareth Edwards thinks the Americans wouldn't be able to handle it, and would just build bigger tanks. Welcome to The Creator.


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]]> The Film Board gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month... Hey... do you ever wonder what it would be like if we all trusted AI? If we could work with these creations to build more great things? To solve hunger and teach our children? To work together in harmony?

Well, wonder no more. Because Gareth Edwards thinks the Americans wouldn't be able to handle it, and would just build bigger tanks. Welcome to The Creator.


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]]> Sat, 30 Sep 2023 20:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3247 The Film Board gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month... Hey... do you ever wonder what it would be like if we all trusted AI? If we could work with these creations to build more great things? To solve hunger and teach our children? To work together in harmony?

Well, wonder no more. Because Gareth Edwards thinks the Americans wouldn't be able to handle it, and would just build bigger tanks. Welcome to The Creator.


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]]> Gareth Edwards, 2023, 2020s No The Last Voyage of the Demeter 12 12 1 1 The Last Voyage of the Demeter full 6ce0daad-e9da-4207-8c66-188497ec7b98 https://share.transistor.fm/s/64ff774f The Film Board gathers! The gang is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month we have a movie with no beginning and no ending... but does it have any stakes, as the Internet wonders? Or is there actually some meat on those bones... We’re setting sail on The Last Voyage of the Demeter.

Tommy Metz III, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright set sail this week to discuss the long journey the Demeter has taken to see the big screen. We’re fans of André Øvredal and so many in the cast, so we’re a bit rocked to say that the film might not live up to the sum of its fantastic parts.


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]]> The Film Board gathers! The gang is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month we have a movie with no beginning and no ending... but does it have any stakes, as the Internet wonders? Or is there actually some meat on those bones... We’re setting sail on The Last Voyage of the Demeter.

Tommy Metz III, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright set sail this week to discuss the long journey the Demeter has taken to see the big screen. We’re fans of André Øvredal and so many in the cast, so we’re a bit rocked to say that the film might not live up to the sum of its fantastic parts.


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]]> Tue, 29 Aug 2023 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3575 The Film Board gathers! The gang is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month we have a movie with no beginning and no ending... but does it have any stakes, as the Internet wonders? Or is there actually some meat on those bones... We’re setting sail on The Last Voyage of the Demeter.

Tommy Metz III, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright set sail this week to discuss the long journey the Demeter has taken to see the big screen. We’re fans of André Øvredal and so many in the cast, so we’re a bit rocked to say that the film might not live up to the sum of its fantastic parts.


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]]> André Øvredal, 2023, 2020s No Barbie 11 11 7 7 Barbie full e38c812a-d43d-4989-9755-468904d23825 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6e8ac41d The Film Board gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month... let’s call it counter programming. The crew is going to try and prove that we, too, are Kenough as we talk about Greta Gerwig’s MUCH pinker sequel to Little Women: Barbie.

It’s a film dense with jokes and ideology, and of course the baggage of opening Oppenheimer-adjacent. It’s certainly the biggest thing on big screens right now and we take it as our solemn duty to determine if it plays for the middle-aged guy crowd. If those guys are like Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz and Pete Wright, they’re in pretty good hands.


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]]> The Film Board gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month... let’s call it counter programming. The crew is going to try and prove that we, too, are Kenough as we talk about Greta Gerwig’s MUCH pinker sequel to Little Women: Barbie.

It’s a film dense with jokes and ideology, and of course the baggage of opening Oppenheimer-adjacent. It’s certainly the biggest thing on big screens right now and we take it as our solemn duty to determine if it plays for the middle-aged guy crowd. If those guys are like Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz and Pete Wright, they’re in pretty good hands.


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]]> Wed, 26 Jul 2023 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3482 The Film Board gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month... let’s call it counter programming. The crew is going to try and prove that we, too, are Kenough as we talk about Greta Gerwig’s MUCH pinker sequel to Little Women: Barbie.

It’s a film dense with jokes and ideology, and of course the baggage of opening Oppenheimer-adjacent. It’s certainly the biggest thing on big screens right now and we take it as our solemn duty to determine if it plays for the middle-aged guy crowd. If those guys are like Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz and Pete Wright, they’re in pretty good hands.


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]]> Greta Gerwig, 2023, 2020s No Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 11 11 6 6 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse full 3586b7da-3df4-4024-872e-09fa8a2cef42 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3deb4acc The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month, we’re swinging into the unknown with Miles and Gwen in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. This month, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright relish in the follow-up to the 2018 film that rocked us all. This film levels up almost everything we loved about the first in art, style, character, and straight-up panache. Spoiler: We liked it quite a bit.

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]]> The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month, we’re swinging into the unknown with Miles and Gwen in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. This month, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright relish in the follow-up to the 2018 film that rocked us all. This film levels up almost everything we loved about the first in art, style, character, and straight-up panache. Spoiler: We liked it quite a bit.

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]]> Tue, 13 Jun 2023 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3518 The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month, we’re swinging into the unknown with Miles and Gwen in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. This month, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright relish in the follow-up to the 2018 film that rocked us all. This film levels up almost everything we loved about the first in art, style, character, and straight-up panache. Spoiler: We liked it quite a bit.

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]]> Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, 2023, 2020s No FAST X 11 11 5 5 FAST X full acd8551f-857b-4977-99d1-00512a8655d1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bc13d8e2 We’ve only talked about one other Fast Saga film here at The Film Board and given our experience with Fast X, we’re starting to figure out why. But whether the film is good or bad isn’t really the question. The question is why? It’s big, bombastic, and bonkers-expensive, reportedly coming in at over $340 million and the 8th most expensive production ever. Numbers change, dollars move, but according to this, family is all that really matters. Family, and ridiculous amounts of money. Money is family. Family is money. And also cars.

That last paragraph was a free-writing exercise by an AI version of your fair editor, and yet we present it unaltered because it represents our experience with the film as faithfully as any conversation ever could.

It’s true. We weren’t crazy about the movie. But Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Pete Wright had a blast talking about it and hope you have as much fun joining us.


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]]> We’ve only talked about one other Fast Saga film here at The Film Board and given our experience with Fast X, we’re starting to figure out why. But whether the film is good or bad isn’t really the question. The question is why? It’s big, bombastic, and bonkers-expensive, reportedly coming in at over $340 million and the 8th most expensive production ever. Numbers change, dollars move, but according to this, family is all that really matters. Family, and ridiculous amounts of money. Money is family. Family is money. And also cars.

That last paragraph was a free-writing exercise by an AI version of your fair editor, and yet we present it unaltered because it represents our experience with the film as faithfully as any conversation ever could.

It’s true. We weren’t crazy about the movie. But Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Pete Wright had a blast talking about it and hope you have as much fun joining us.


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]]> Tue, 23 May 2023 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4067 We’ve only talked about one other Fast Saga film here at The Film Board and given our experience with Fast X, we’re starting to figure out why. But whether the film is good or bad isn’t really the question. The question is why? It’s big, bombastic, and bonkers-expensive, reportedly coming in at over $340 million and the 8th most expensive production ever. Numbers change, dollars move, but according to this, family is all that really matters. Family, and ridiculous amounts of money. Money is family. Family is money. And also cars.

That last paragraph was a free-writing exercise by an AI version of your fair editor, and yet we present it unaltered because it represents our experience with the film as faithfully as any conversation ever could.

It’s true. We weren’t crazy about the movie. But Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Pete Wright had a blast talking about it and hope you have as much fun joining us.


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]]> 2023, 2020s, Louis Letterier No Beau Is Afraid 11 11 4 4 Beau Is Afraid full 02981e01-16c1-42da-826f-e9f64160feae https://share.transistor.fm/s/4f184ad3 The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters, and this month we’re following Joaquin Phoenix on a journey of sexual awakening and the longest punchline to every Your Mom joke ever made — Beau Is Afraid — with your hosts Tommy Metz III, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright.


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]]> The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters, and this month we’re following Joaquin Phoenix on a journey of sexual awakening and the longest punchline to every Your Mom joke ever made — Beau Is Afraid — with your hosts Tommy Metz III, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright.


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]]> Sun, 30 Apr 2023 20:59:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3615 The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters, and this month we’re following Joaquin Phoenix on a journey of sexual awakening and the longest punchline to every Your Mom joke ever made — Beau Is Afraid — with your hosts Tommy Metz III, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright.


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]]> Ari Aster, 2023, 2020s No Scream VI 11 11 3 3 Scream VI full a0f0bc8e-2bd2-4094-adb3-ea528877c5c3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b1fc8759 The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month, we’re headed to the big, bad city where everyone is dressed in robes... and masks age like fine marble. It’s Scream VI, where Ghostface follows the waterfront all the way to New York City. There’s never been one like this... or has there? It’s franchise rules with Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright.

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]]> The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month, we’re headed to the big, bad city where everyone is dressed in robes... and masks age like fine marble. It’s Scream VI, where Ghostface follows the waterfront all the way to New York City. There’s never been one like this... or has there? It’s franchise rules with Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright.

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]]> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 03:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3690 The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and this month, we’re headed to the big, bad city where everyone is dressed in robes... and masks age like fine marble. It’s Scream VI, where Ghostface follows the waterfront all the way to New York City. There’s never been one like this... or has there? It’s franchise rules with Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright.

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]]> 2023, 2020s, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett No Magic Mike's Last Dance 11 11 2 2 Magic Mike's Last Dance full 59534db5-0a8d-4032-9040-ddc2928a1cf3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/aa3b183a The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and spoil it rotten, and this month we’re taking the stage with the Tatum behind his third run as his spiritual alter-ego Mike Lane in Steven Soderbergh’s latest return from retirement, Magic Mike's Last Dance.

How does Taterbergh handle round three now that we've reached such a departure from Channing's real-life experience? Does this film maintain the charm of the last two and move Mike's story forward? Where did all that water go from the stripper ballerina bit? Seriously, right? It's just gone.

The gang is split on the last dance, and we're eager to hear what you have to say! Join the conversation with movie lovers from around the world on The Next Reel’s Discord channel!

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]]> The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and spoil it rotten, and this month we’re taking the stage with the Tatum behind his third run as his spiritual alter-ego Mike Lane in Steven Soderbergh’s latest return from retirement, Magic Mike's Last Dance.

How does Taterbergh handle round three now that we've reached such a departure from Channing's real-life experience? Does this film maintain the charm of the last two and move Mike's story forward? Where did all that water go from the stripper ballerina bit? Seriously, right? It's just gone.

The gang is split on the last dance, and we're eager to hear what you have to say! Join the conversation with movie lovers from around the world on The Next Reel’s Discord channel!

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]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4027 The Film Board Gathers! The gang of thugs is here to take on a movie currently in theaters and spoil it rotten, and this month we’re taking the stage with the Tatum behind his third run as his spiritual alter-ego Mike Lane in Steven Soderbergh’s latest return from retirement, Magic Mike's Last Dance.

How does Taterbergh handle round three now that we've reached such a departure from Channing's real-life experience? Does this film maintain the charm of the last two and move Mike's story forward? Where did all that water go from the stripper ballerina bit? Seriously, right? It's just gone.

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]]> 2023, Steven Soderbergh, 2020s No M3GAN 11 11 1 1 M3GAN full f0290e64-e0de-402b-8b32-3b1e7efe8f3a https://share.transistor.fm/s/06fcb41a The Film Board Gathers! This month it's all about everybody's favorite murderbot who just can't stop with the hand-washing: M3GAN! Just what is it that attracts (most) of us to this James Wan-Blumhouse mash-up of mechanical malignancy? Is it the incredible performance of humans behind the machine? Is it Allison Williams playing less racist, but still pretty oblivious? Or is it the reclamation of scares from horror-satire and rejiggering them for jumps today?

Pete Wright hosts Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Tommy Metz III for a rousing conversation with a number of threads left unresolved — just like this script!


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]]> The Film Board Gathers! This month it's all about everybody's favorite murderbot who just can't stop with the hand-washing: M3GAN! Just what is it that attracts (most) of us to this James Wan-Blumhouse mash-up of mechanical malignancy? Is it the incredible performance of humans behind the machine? Is it Allison Williams playing less racist, but still pretty oblivious? Or is it the reclamation of scares from horror-satire and rejiggering them for jumps today?

Pete Wright hosts Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Tommy Metz III for a rousing conversation with a number of threads left unresolved — just like this script!


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]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4312 The Film Board Gathers! This month it's all about everybody's favorite murderbot who just can stop with the hand-washing: M3GAN! The Film Board Gathers! This month it's all about everybody's favorite murderbot who just can stop with the hand-washing: M3GAN! Gerard Johnstone, 2022, 2020s No Lightyear 💫 10 10 15 15 Lightyear 💫 full 1f6a78e3-ae69-42ac-9d14-aefda64cd554 https://share.transistor.fm/s/aaea478c Ocean Murff and Krissy Lenz have been to infinity and beyond in Pixar’s latest in the Toy Story Cinematic Multiverse, Lightyear. Chris Evans dons the dome as our titular space ranger. How well does his take on non-toy-Tim-Taylor fit as a parallel-prequel to the beloved Toy Story films? The film has hit the box office with mixed reception in spite of its pedigree and voice cast, including Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, James Brolin, Bill Hader, and Taika Waititi.


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]]> Ocean Murff and Krissy Lenz have been to infinity and beyond in Pixar’s latest in the Toy Story Cinematic Multiverse, Lightyear. Chris Evans dons the dome as our titular space ranger. How well does his take on non-toy-Tim-Taylor fit as a parallel-prequel to the beloved Toy Story films? The film has hit the box office with mixed reception in spite of its pedigree and voice cast, including Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, James Brolin, Bill Hader, and Taika Waititi.


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]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 02:14:39 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3527 Ocean Murff and Krissy Lenz have been to infinity and beyond in Pixar’s latest in the Toy Story Cinematic Universe, “Lightyear.” Ocean Murff and Krissy Lenz have been to infinity and beyond in Pixar’s latest in the Toy Story Cinematic Universe, “Lightyear.” Angus MacLane, 2022, 2020s No Top Gun: Maverick 10 10 14 14 Top Gun: Maverick full 81f1f406-4a11-4420-ab30-23d47154fa97 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d2cac395 Ocean Murff, Pete Wright, and Krissy Lenz strap in and fly the canyon run to attack the station — which is now fully-operational — in Top Gun: Maverick. So let’s get ready to bull’s eye some womp rats with the new crew of bests of the best!

The gang is all here! Mav, his romantic flirty foil, several cantankerous military authority figures to disrespect, a constant friend on the tarmac, a dozen better-than-you pilots, and the notorious black-clad fifth gen enemy! What do we love? And do we love it all enough to sit through it while we’re just waiting to get back into the air? We’ll just have to see if this relic of an aviator find it’s time to hang up his Aviators.


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]]> Ocean Murff, Pete Wright, and Krissy Lenz strap in and fly the canyon run to attack the station — which is now fully-operational — in Top Gun: Maverick. So let’s get ready to bull’s eye some womp rats with the new crew of bests of the best!

The gang is all here! Mav, his romantic flirty foil, several cantankerous military authority figures to disrespect, a constant friend on the tarmac, a dozen better-than-you pilots, and the notorious black-clad fifth gen enemy! What do we love? And do we love it all enough to sit through it while we’re just waiting to get back into the air? We’ll just have to see if this relic of an aviator find it’s time to hang up his Aviators.


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]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2022 02:02:34 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 5958 Ocean Murff, Pete Wright, and Krissy Lenz strap in and fly the canyon run because the station is now fully operational in Top Gun: Maverick. Ocean Murff, Pete Wright, and Krissy Lenz strap in and fly the canyon run because the station is now fully operational in Top Gun: Maverick. 2022, 2020s, Joseph Kosinski No Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 10 10 13 13 Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness full 8631b2db-bbaf-4b95-87d5-545945fb5dac https://share.transistor.fm/s/5c91bc37 Doctor Strange gets all magicky with Wanda in this multiversal leveling up to the MCU. There’s a lot going on here, and Ocean Murff, Krissy Lenz, and Tommy Metz III do their best to unravel the timey-wimey spaghetti of Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – this Raimi entry to the universe.

Speaking of Raimi, just how Raimi is it? Too much? Too little? Hands tied by fancy MCU Earth-838 handcuffs? Maybe, but he still got a zombie in here, and Bruce Campbell, and don’t forget all the jokes! So many jokes.


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]]> Doctor Strange gets all magicky with Wanda in this multiversal leveling up to the MCU. There’s a lot going on here, and Ocean Murff, Krissy Lenz, and Tommy Metz III do their best to unravel the timey-wimey spaghetti of Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – this Raimi entry to the universe.

Speaking of Raimi, just how Raimi is it? Too much? Too little? Hands tied by fancy MCU Earth-838 handcuffs? Maybe, but he still got a zombie in here, and Bruce Campbell, and don’t forget all the jokes! So many jokes.


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]]> Tue, 10 May 2022 02:06:07 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4711 Doctor Strange shows up in a Scarlet Witch movie that happens to be called Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness! Also, Multiverse of Cameos, #amiright? Ocean Murff, Tommy Metz III, and Krissy Lenz head to podcast-616! Doctor Strange shows up in a Scarlet Witch movie that happens to be called Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness! Also, Multiverse of Cameos, #amiright? Ocean Murff, Tommy Metz III, and Krissy Lenz head to podcast-616! 2022, 2020s, Sam Raimi No Morbius 10 10 12 12 Morbius full daeb354e-7d8e-4024-b309-bc82dd7c1e59 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b0414165 The team had twenty extra months to muscle Morbius into full release shape thanks to pandemic delays. What did they do with all that time? Well, judging by what we just witnessed, they cut it. A lot. The question that remains: is what’s left much of a movie?

Welcome to the Sony Spider-Man Universe! We’re setting sail on the Sinister Sea with Dr. Morbius and friends. Ocean Murff is at the con with Krissy Lenz and Pete Wright as they embark on a journey of discovery in this new, wild world of (Sony) Marvel Horror Rogues.


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]]> The team had twenty extra months to muscle Morbius into full release shape thanks to pandemic delays. What did they do with all that time? Well, judging by what we just witnessed, they cut it. A lot. The question that remains: is what’s left much of a movie?

Welcome to the Sony Spider-Man Universe! We’re setting sail on the Sinister Sea with Dr. Morbius and friends. Ocean Murff is at the con with Krissy Lenz and Pete Wright as they embark on a journey of discovery in this new, wild world of (Sony) Marvel Horror Rogues.


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]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2022 02:02:46 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 5037 Welcome to the S.S.M.U! We’re setting sail on the Sinister Sea with Dr. Morbius and friends. Ocean Murff is at the con with Krissy Lenz and Pete Wright as they embark on a journey of discovery in this new, wild world of (Sony) Marvel Horror Rogues. Welcome to the S.S.M.U! We’re setting sail on the Sinister Sea with Dr. Morbius and friends. Ocean Murff is at the con with Krissy Lenz and Pete Wright as they embark on a journey of discovery in this new, wild world of (Sony) Marvel Horror Rogues. 2022, 2020s, Daniel Espinosa No The Batman 10 10 11 11 The Batman full aa6d298e-34c4-4312-a84d-a37bd104cd88 https://share.transistor.fm/s/337086cd Fans of Nolan’s Bat-entries will probably understand our reticence walking into Matt Reeves's latest film, The Batman. Christian Bale already did a turn as a Darker Knight, right? Why on earth would we need another one? Another universe, another actor, another take on principle villains?


And so it is that Ocean Murff, Pete Wright, and Tommy Metz III walked into the 3-hour epic, hopeful, cynical, nervous, and maybe a little judgmental. Let us start with this: The Batman is more than we expected. For good or ill, it is more. For the rest, you have to listen in.

We talk about Robert Pattinson, naturally, and Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, and Colin Farrell. Oh, and did we mention John Turturro? Yeah, he was in there, too. We have thoughts on latex, rain, scary cars, and the Riddler/Batman rift as it relates to the classic Joker/Batman duo.

This is a big movie, worth the big screen and big runtime. Will it be worth big stars and big hearts? Join us!


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]]> Fans of Nolan’s Bat-entries will probably understand our reticence walking into Matt Reeves's latest film, The Batman. Christian Bale already did a turn as a Darker Knight, right? Why on earth would we need another one? Another universe, another actor, another take on principle villains?


And so it is that Ocean Murff, Pete Wright, and Tommy Metz III walked into the 3-hour epic, hopeful, cynical, nervous, and maybe a little judgmental. Let us start with this: The Batman is more than we expected. For good or ill, it is more. For the rest, you have to listen in.

We talk about Robert Pattinson, naturally, and Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, and Colin Farrell. Oh, and did we mention John Turturro? Yeah, he was in there, too. We have thoughts on latex, rain, scary cars, and the Riddler/Batman rift as it relates to the classic Joker/Batman duo.

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]]> Tue, 08 Mar 2022 02:36:59 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 5153 Ocean Murff suits up with Pete Wright and Tommy Metz III to take on the rogues gallery of Gotham goons right alongside Matt Reeves’ “The Batman”. Ocean Murff suits up with Pete Wright and Tommy Metz III to take on the rogues gallery of Gotham goons right alongside Matt Reeves’ “The Batman”. Matt Reeves, 2022, 2020s No Uncharted 10 10 10 10 Uncharted full 74163d1c-bb07-4aa5-92e6-8eff0fb53a12 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2bffa3f9 A bombastic treasure hunt with Spider-Man and Marky Mark? Sure! We’ll watch that!

The Naughty Dog game that started it all, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune released in 2007, was the first in a four-part smash Playstation franchise that has spawned a number of spin-offs and legitimately fun fan creations. Judging by the length of the new PlayStation Studios logo reel in front of this movie, we can likely expect Drake to kick off more big-budget interpretations of the gamer's titles. So how does Uncharted do in laying out the path for others to follow?

It’s a mixed bag held perilously by Tom Holland who’s performance here is fun as prequel-aged Nathan Drake. From there, it’s mostly downhill, likely forgettable... but a good time, too? Ocean Murff leads Justin 'JJ' Jaeger and Pete Wright in our take on this big budget adaptation of the video game.


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]]> A bombastic treasure hunt with Spider-Man and Marky Mark? Sure! We’ll watch that!

The Naughty Dog game that started it all, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune released in 2007, was the first in a four-part smash Playstation franchise that has spawned a number of spin-offs and legitimately fun fan creations. Judging by the length of the new PlayStation Studios logo reel in front of this movie, we can likely expect Drake to kick off more big-budget interpretations of the gamer's titles. So how does Uncharted do in laying out the path for others to follow?

It’s a mixed bag held perilously by Tom Holland who’s performance here is fun as prequel-aged Nathan Drake. From there, it’s mostly downhill, likely forgettable... but a good time, too? Ocean Murff leads Justin 'JJ' Jaeger and Pete Wright in our take on this big budget adaptation of the video game.


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]]> Tue, 22 Feb 2022 02:57:07 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 5084 A bombastic treasure hunt with Spider-Man and Marky Mark? Sure! We’ll watch that! Ocean Murff leads Justin 'JJ' Jaeger and Pete Wright in our take on this big budget adaptation of the video game. Did we finally get one we love? Listen in! A bombastic treasure hunt with Spider-Man and Marky Mark? Sure! We’ll watch that! Ocean Murff leads Justin 'JJ' Jaeger and Pete Wright in our take on this big budget adaptation of the video game. Did we finally get one we love? Listen in! 2022, 2020s, Ruben Fleischer No Being the Ricardos 10 10 9 9 Being the Ricardos full f928c822-d550-45ad-8f1e-70f3da76f84e https://share.transistor.fm/s/16c607ec One week in the world of Lucy and Desi leading to a live taping of I Love Lucy in 1953, Being the Ricardos covers their rocky relationship as husband and wife, the accusations of Ball’s participation in the communist party, all wrapped up with a bow that leads to a commitment to have a baby on national television. All in a week’s work, sure.

But it comes with baggage. From casting to family to J. Edgar Hoover, Sorkin weaves fact and fantasy in Being the Ricardos and, because it’s Sorkin, we should see that coming. Pete Wright and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger aren’t ‘Lucy’ fans, but find the movie a satisfying story about more than the woman, than the comedienne, than the family or the show. This is a movie about all those things, and is greater than the sum of those parts.


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]]> One week in the world of Lucy and Desi leading to a live taping of I Love Lucy in 1953, Being the Ricardos covers their rocky relationship as husband and wife, the accusations of Ball’s participation in the communist party, all wrapped up with a bow that leads to a commitment to have a baby on national television. All in a week’s work, sure.

But it comes with baggage. From casting to family to J. Edgar Hoover, Sorkin weaves fact and fantasy in Being the Ricardos and, because it’s Sorkin, we should see that coming. Pete Wright and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger aren’t ‘Lucy’ fans, but find the movie a satisfying story about more than the woman, than the comedienne, than the family or the show. This is a movie about all those things, and is greater than the sum of those parts.


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]]> Tue, 08 Feb 2022 02:58:53 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 2718 Pete Wright and Justin Jaeger hijack the podcast in an attempt to navigate public perception of Aaron Sorkin’s third film in the director’s chair: Being the Ricardos. Pete Wright and Justin Jaeger hijack the podcast in an attempt to navigate public perception of Aaron Sorkin’s third film in the director’s chair: Being the Ricardos. 2021, Aaron Sorkin, 2020s No Scream (2022) 10 10 8 8 Scream (2022) full 18851968-39de-4f50-a09e-82f3ab64bc33 https://share.transistor.fm/s/cd6d7963 It’s time to Scream again!

Ocean Murff is joined by our very own Tommy Metz III to discuss the fifth film in the Scream franchise, Scream. But why isn’t it called Scream 5? Is that part of the meta-nature of the film? What do Tommy and Ocean think about the return of Dewey, Gale, and Sidney in their inevitable return? What about that first kill, something that’s been such a key part of the franchise? Or the final reveal of the actual killer? Or killers? This is the Scream franchise after all.

The killings are more violent. The meta jokes are constant. Does it all work? Tune in to this Film Board episode to hear Ocean’s and Tommy’s fun and funny conversation about Matt Bettinelli-Olpin’s and Tyler Gillett’s entry into Wes Craven’s franchise that broke the mold, Scream.


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]]> It’s time to Scream again!

Ocean Murff is joined by our very own Tommy Metz III to discuss the fifth film in the Scream franchise, Scream. But why isn’t it called Scream 5? Is that part of the meta-nature of the film? What do Tommy and Ocean think about the return of Dewey, Gale, and Sidney in their inevitable return? What about that first kill, something that’s been such a key part of the franchise? Or the final reveal of the actual killer? Or killers? This is the Scream franchise after all.

The killings are more violent. The meta jokes are constant. Does it all work? Tune in to this Film Board episode to hear Ocean’s and Tommy’s fun and funny conversation about Matt Bettinelli-Olpin’s and Tyler Gillett’s entry into Wes Craven’s franchise that broke the mold, Scream.


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]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:39:46 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 5273 Your Film Board host Ocean Murff is joined by Tommy Metz III to discuss the latest in the Scream franchise – and most oddly named of the whole bunch – Scream, which is really Scream 5. But in a franchise that’s full of meta conversations about the nature of the genre, including naming conventions, is that just all a part of the joke? Tune in to get Ocean’s and Tommy’s thoughts on the movie and how it fits into the franchise! Your Film Board host Ocean Murff is joined by Tommy Metz III to discuss the latest in the Scream franchise – and most oddly named of the whole bunch – Scream, which is really Scream 5. But in a franchise that’s full of meta conversations about the nature 2022, 2020s, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett No Spider Man: No Way Home 10 10 7 7 Spider Man: No Way Home full f38855b0-dadd-46f7-97be-419ff2d43eb2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/99b3bde2 They stuffed a lot of movie into two and a half hours with Spider-Man: No Way Home. Villains and Spider-Men from multiple movies across the franchise hit the screen and while most of the rumors predicted such, there’s little room to deny that what the team pulled off here is truly epic.

So, it’s the movie we got. But is it the movie we wanted? Is it the story we needed? To hash it all out this week, Ocean Murff is joined by Marvel Movie Minute hosts of present and past: Matthew Fox, Kyle Olson, and Rob Kubasko. All, unabashed comic book fans, pull apart the action, the logic, and even the ethics of this web-slinging wonder.


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]]> They stuffed a lot of movie into two and a half hours with Spider-Man: No Way Home. Villains and Spider-Men from multiple movies across the franchise hit the screen and while most of the rumors predicted such, there’s little room to deny that what the team pulled off here is truly epic.

So, it’s the movie we got. But is it the movie we wanted? Is it the story we needed? To hash it all out this week, Ocean Murff is joined by Marvel Movie Minute hosts of present and past: Matthew Fox, Kyle Olson, and Rob Kubasko. All, unabashed comic book fans, pull apart the action, the logic, and even the ethics of this web-slinging wonder.


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]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 02:37:21 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 5119 "Spider-Man: No Way Home" multi-versed its way into theaters this weekend and our intrepid team weighs in on the villains, Spideys, and ethics of Marvel's latest web-slinging blockbuster. "Spider-Man: No Way Home" multi-versed its way into theaters this weekend and our intrepid team weighs in on the villains, Spideys, and ethics of Marvel's latest web-slinging blockbuster. 2021, 2020s, Jon Watts No Eternals 10 10 6 6 Eternals full 13b172a8-44ad-4d0d-a317-6ef6c5b90285 https://share.transistor.fm/s/87616766 Eternals introduces us to a whole new era in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. New heroes, new villains, new locations and technologies. It’s hard to say the company faces any true risks anymore given their Celestial girth in the entertainment space, but this is a big movie with a lot of moving parts helmed by a director demonstrably adept at intimacy. How well does Chloé Zhao translate her brand of storytelling to the big budget, big hero screen? Ocean Murff is joined by Pete Wright and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger to take a closer look at the film.

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]]> Eternals introduces us to a whole new era in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. New heroes, new villains, new locations and technologies. It’s hard to say the company faces any true risks anymore given their Celestial girth in the entertainment space, but this is a big movie with a lot of moving parts helmed by a director demonstrably adept at intimacy. How well does Chloé Zhao translate her brand of storytelling to the big budget, big hero screen? Ocean Murff is joined by Pete Wright and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger to take a closer look at the film.

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]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2021 02:51:22 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4087 Ocean Murff leads Justin 'JJ' Jaeger and Pete Wright through the beach setting in a desperate search for Kingo, and other topics related to Marvel's latest outing: Eternals. Ocean Murff leads Justin 'JJ' Jaeger and Pete Wright through the beach setting in a desperate search for Kingo, and other topics related to Marvel's latest outing: Eternals. 2021, Chloé Zhao, 2020s No Dune 10 10 5 5 Dune full 6f442443-73b5-4d5d-a889-02d5708cd969 https://share.transistor.fm/s/58ce9d0d We’re off-world this week as we head into Denis Villeneuve’s Dune with Ocean Murff, Matthew Fox, Steve Sarmento, and Pete Wright.

This is a property with some baggage and we come carrying a lot of it. Loved the book? Loved the Lynch film? Loved the SyFy remake? We’re a mixed bag on the show this week and one of us hasn’t seen a single dune-y thing until this very film.

This, of course, gives us the opportunity to talk about how well the movie sets up the universe of Dune without the knowledge of the story and where our hero ultimately goes in the sequel. How well does the political intrigue land? Where is Zendaya in this thing? Why is there a guy named Duncan Idaho in the year 10,000?

It’s a complicated story and we set out to explore how well this version communicates its themes in our search for Chani and the worm riders.


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]]> We’re off-world this week as we head into Denis Villeneuve’s Dune with Ocean Murff, Matthew Fox, Steve Sarmento, and Pete Wright.

This is a property with some baggage and we come carrying a lot of it. Loved the book? Loved the Lynch film? Loved the SyFy remake? We’re a mixed bag on the show this week and one of us hasn’t seen a single dune-y thing until this very film.

This, of course, gives us the opportunity to talk about how well the movie sets up the universe of Dune without the knowledge of the story and where our hero ultimately goes in the sequel. How well does the political intrigue land? Where is Zendaya in this thing? Why is there a guy named Duncan Idaho in the year 10,000?

It’s a complicated story and we set out to explore how well this version communicates its themes in our search for Chani and the worm riders.


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]]> Tue, 26 Oct 2021 02:31:52 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 5540 We’re heading to Arrakis to take on the Baron in Denis Villeneuve’s latest epic, Dune. Ocean Murff leads Matthew Fox, Steve Sarmento, and Pete Wright in a tour of the Spice. We’re heading to Arrakis to take on the Baron in Denis Villeneuve’s latest epic, Dune. Ocean Murff leads Matthew Fox, Steve Sarmento, and Pete Wright in a tour of the Spice. 2021, 2020s, Denis Villeneuve No No Time To Die 10 10 4 4 No Time To Die full 11b85f3b-eea0-49fd-ad5c-bba58da3d8eb https://share.transistor.fm/s/b89adc62 James Bond is a brand - that's Ocean's opening take as The Film Board discusses the 25th 007 outing, No Time to Die. And with such an iconic brand comes responsibility. How has Daniel Craig's tenure as Bond evolved the franchise, and is this change permanent? Join Ocean Murff and Kyle Olson for an emotional yet nuanced conversation on Craig's final mission as 007. This isn't the reaction you might expect. While there's appreciation for the spectacle, our hosts find the story lacking and have complex feelings on the direction of the Bond series. Tune in as we break down if No Time to Die shakes or stirs the Bond legacy for the better.

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]]> James Bond is a brand - that's Ocean's opening take as The Film Board discusses the 25th 007 outing, No Time to Die. And with such an iconic brand comes responsibility. How has Daniel Craig's tenure as Bond evolved the franchise, and is this change permanent? Join Ocean Murff and Kyle Olson for an emotional yet nuanced conversation on Craig's final mission as 007. This isn't the reaction you might expect. While there's appreciation for the spectacle, our hosts find the story lacking and have complex feelings on the direction of the Bond series. Tune in as we break down if No Time to Die shakes or stirs the Bond legacy for the better.

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]]> Tue, 19 Oct 2021 02:02:32 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 5664 Two opinionated Bond fans sit down to hash out Bond 25: No Time to Die. Does it live up to the hype? Is it a right finale for Daniel Craig’s tenure? Learn more with Ocean Murff and Kyle Olson this week on The Film Board. Two opinionated Bond fans sit down to hash out Bond 25: No Time to Die. Does it live up to the hype? Is it a right finale for Daniel Craig’s tenure? Learn more with Ocean Murff and Kyle Olson this week on The Film Board. Cary Joji Fukunaga, 2021, 2020s No Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 10 10 2 2 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings full 13734627-103a-4e5e-aa93-8ae0f7308b35 https://share.transistor.fm/s/dbcf6723 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings proves people don't tire of superhero origin stories when the storytelling is this good. Under director Destin Daniel Cretton, the narrative takes center stage in Marvel's 25th MCU film.

Ocean Murff convenes The Film Board to discuss Cretton's knockout, joined by Justin Jaeger. They cover the family-focused story, standout performances like Simu Liu's complex title role, and stunning fight choreography from cinematographer Bill Pope. Shang-Chi meets his father Wenwu and sister Xialing, delivered by Tony Leung and Meng'er Zhang, while Awkwafina shines as his friend Katy. We unpack how the film focuses on found family and interweaves Wenwu's romance with Li into the core. With incredible camerawork and effects, settings from Macau to Ta Lo, and Liu's star-making performance, Shang-Chi soars as an origin story that breaks the mold. Tune in for an in-depth discussion of how this wuxia-inspired gem raises the bar for Marvel!


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]]> Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings proves people don't tire of superhero origin stories when the storytelling is this good. Under director Destin Daniel Cretton, the narrative takes center stage in Marvel's 25th MCU film.

Ocean Murff convenes The Film Board to discuss Cretton's knockout, joined by Justin Jaeger. They cover the family-focused story, standout performances like Simu Liu's complex title role, and stunning fight choreography from cinematographer Bill Pope. Shang-Chi meets his father Wenwu and sister Xialing, delivered by Tony Leung and Meng'er Zhang, while Awkwafina shines as his friend Katy. We unpack how the film focuses on found family and interweaves Wenwu's romance with Li into the core. With incredible camerawork and effects, settings from Macau to Ta Lo, and Liu's star-making performance, Shang-Chi soars as an origin story that breaks the mold. Tune in for an in-depth discussion of how this wuxia-inspired gem raises the bar for Marvel!


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]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 02:42:05 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4345 Shang-Chi continues the MCU's Phase Four expansion into lesser-known characters, proving these heroes can make for thrilling origin stories. The Film Board convenes to unpack all that worked so well in this wuxia-inspired gem! We discuss the knockout cast, stunning visuals, ties to the wider MCU, and how Shang-Chi raises the bar for superhero origins. Tune in for an in-depth discussion of this Phase Four entry! Shang-Chi continues the MCU's Phase Four expansion into lesser-known characters, proving these heroes can make for thrilling origin stories. The Film Board convenes to unpack all that worked so well in this wuxia-inspired gem! We discuss the knockout cast 2021, 2020s, Destin Daniel Cretton No Black Widow 10 10 1 1 Black Widow full 4d8ab7c9-6a8a-4423-9841-83c5cb83d778 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8a5c5d47 The Film Board convenes in the Red Room to discuss Cate Shortland’s new MCU entry, Black Widow. It’s a packed house as Andy is joined by Kyle Olson from Marvel Movie Minute, Matthew Fox from the Superhero Ethics podcast, Craig Price from Matinee Heroes, as well as CJ Lindsey and Jordan Petersen for a spoiler-filled conversation.

How popular was blue hair in the 90s? How great is our makeshift family of Natasha, Yelena, Alexei and Melina played by Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour and Rachel Weisz? What do we think about how Marvel handled Natasha’s dark backstory and the Red Room, not to mention the opening credits depicting essentially an abduction trade of young girls? Thoughts on the changes from the comics with Taskmaster and the Red Room? How stellar is Ray Winstone as the villain, even when his accent's a bit off? What do we think of the red dust solution? And with F9 having just opened, what’s with all these storylines right now that are all about family?

It’s a fun film that enriches the MCU, despite delays from COVID and feeling overdue. Tune in as we dive deep on Black Widow!


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]]> The Film Board convenes in the Red Room to discuss Cate Shortland’s new MCU entry, Black Widow. It’s a packed house as Andy is joined by Kyle Olson from Marvel Movie Minute, Matthew Fox from the Superhero Ethics podcast, Craig Price from Matinee Heroes, as well as CJ Lindsey and Jordan Petersen for a spoiler-filled conversation.

How popular was blue hair in the 90s? How great is our makeshift family of Natasha, Yelena, Alexei and Melina played by Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour and Rachel Weisz? What do we think about how Marvel handled Natasha’s dark backstory and the Red Room, not to mention the opening credits depicting essentially an abduction trade of young girls? Thoughts on the changes from the comics with Taskmaster and the Red Room? How stellar is Ray Winstone as the villain, even when his accent's a bit off? What do we think of the red dust solution? And with F9 having just opened, what’s with all these storylines right now that are all about family?

It’s a fun film that enriches the MCU, despite delays from COVID and feeling overdue. Tune in as we dive deep on Black Widow!


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]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2021 02:45:13 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4398 How does Marvel handle the darkness of Natasha Romanoff's backstory and the sinister Red Room in Black Widow? How phenomenal are Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, and Rachel Weisz as our makeshift Russian family? And what do we make of the changes to the Taskmaster character from the comics? Check out the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe then tune in! How does Marvel handle the darkness of Natasha Romanoff's backstory and the sinister Red Room in Black Widow? How phenomenal are Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, and Rachel Weisz as our makeshift Russian family? And what do we make of the Cate Shortland, 2021, 2020s No F9 9 9 27 27 F9 full f927030f-56a5-4ce4-89c4-1c9d009ef4ef https://share.transistor.fm/s/b4e9ed26 Justin Lin returns to direct the latest entry in the Fast Saga, F9. But despite Lin being back behind the wheel, reviews have been mixed for this installment. For this episode of The Film Board Podcast, Andy is joined by Film Board regular and Fast franchise fan Ocean Murff to discuss F9 and where it lands in the high-octane series. Do our thoughts align with the mixed reviews? How do we feel about the big action set pieces? And is the constant emphasis on "family" getting old? Tune in to hear our takes on F9, now playing in theaters! Whether you're a ride-or-die Fast fan or not, we break down if this entry pumps the brakes or keeps the pedal to the metal.


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]]> Justin Lin returns to direct the latest entry in the Fast Saga, F9. But despite Lin being back behind the wheel, reviews have been mixed for this installment. For this episode of The Film Board Podcast, Andy is joined by Film Board regular and Fast franchise fan Ocean Murff to discuss F9 and where it lands in the high-octane series. Do our thoughts align with the mixed reviews? How do we feel about the big action set pieces? And is the constant emphasis on "family" getting old? Tune in to hear our takes on F9, now playing in theaters! Whether you're a ride-or-die Fast fan or not, we break down if this entry pumps the brakes or keeps the pedal to the metal.


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]]> Tue, 29 Jun 2021 02:30:15 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4529 Justin Lin returns to the driver's seat of The Fast Saga with F9. How does he do steering this high-octane franchise once again? Do the big action sequences deliver? How many times is "family" emphatically mentioned? And are we experiencing any franchise fatigue after nine films? Check out F9, now playing in theaters, then tune in to this week's Film Board podcast as we hit the nitrous on the latest Fast entry! Whether you're a ride-or-die fan or not, we break down if Lin's return gets the franchise back up to speed or if it's running on fumes. Justin Lin returns to the driver's seat of The Fast Saga with F9. How does he do steering this high-octane franchise once again? Do the big action sequences deliver? How many times is "family" emphatically mentioned? And are we experiencing any franchise 2021, 2020s, Justin Lin No Fatherhood 9 9 26 26 Fatherhood full 0b4a764e-4540-46ff-9fa5-b379e17eb3cd https://share.transistor.fm/s/ad1c0085 Fatherhood is a fairly loose adaptation of Matthew Logelin’s memoir, but unfortunately it feels loose in all the wrong ways. There seems to be an interesting story there, but it never quite clicks. Andy Nelson is joined by Ocean Murff and Steve Sarmento to discuss this latest Netflix release for Father's Day, but they're left frustrated with a film that never lives up to its potential.

Kevin Hart and DeWanda Wise make a great couple, but the crew agrees they'd rather see them lead a stronger romantic comedy. The rest of the cast delivers strong work as well, but it's wasted in a disjointed film. Are there any bright spots to like in Fatherhood? Bits and pieces here and there. But overall, it's a disappointing adaptation. Tune in for thoughts on where it falls short!


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]]> Fatherhood is a fairly loose adaptation of Matthew Logelin’s memoir, but unfortunately it feels loose in all the wrong ways. There seems to be an interesting story there, but it never quite clicks. Andy Nelson is joined by Ocean Murff and Steve Sarmento to discuss this latest Netflix release for Father's Day, but they're left frustrated with a film that never lives up to its potential.

Kevin Hart and DeWanda Wise make a great couple, but the crew agrees they'd rather see them lead a stronger romantic comedy. The rest of the cast delivers strong work as well, but it's wasted in a disjointed film. Are there any bright spots to like in Fatherhood? Bits and pieces here and there. But overall, it's a disappointing adaptation. Tune in for thoughts on where it falls short!


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]]> Tue, 22 Jun 2021 02:34:42 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3998 Does Fatherhood bring any new perspective to parenting, or does it just rehash old ideas about fatherhood? Kevin Hart and the cast deliver strong performances, but can they overcome the disjointed script? Why the jarring seven year time jump halfway through? It's a frustrating film, but worth discussing. Tune in! Does Fatherhood bring any new perspective to parenting, or does it just rehash old ideas about fatherhood? Kevin Hart and the cast deliver strong performances, but can they overcome the disjointed script? Why the jarring seven year time jump halfway throu Paul Weitz, 2021, 2020s No In the Heights 9 9 25 25 In the Heights full dfb72398-c96c-4df2-bed7-90ee241a7094 https://share.transistor.fm/s/dfc6e44c Is the magic in the new film In the Heights from Jon M. Chu’s direction or from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s original Broadway show? We think it’s Chu working wonders here to bring Miranda's show to vibrant cinematic life.

Andy Nelson is joined by Mandy Kaplan, Justin Jaeger, and special guest Brian Rowe from the Film at Fifty Podcast to form our artistic opinions. While the story doesn’t wow us as much as we hoped, Chu creates a film oozing personality and authenticity through his cast – Anthony Ramos, Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Olga Merediz, Gregory Diaz IV, and Jimmy Smits can all sing and dance!

With Christopher Scott’s choreography and stunning production design, this is one to see on the big screen. Tune in for a lively conversation about In the Heights!


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]]> Is the magic in the new film In the Heights from Jon M. Chu’s direction or from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s original Broadway show? We think it’s Chu working wonders here to bring Miranda's show to vibrant cinematic life.

Andy Nelson is joined by Mandy Kaplan, Justin Jaeger, and special guest Brian Rowe from the Film at Fifty Podcast to form our artistic opinions. While the story doesn’t wow us as much as we hoped, Chu creates a film oozing personality and authenticity through his cast – Anthony Ramos, Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Olga Merediz, Gregory Diaz IV, and Jimmy Smits can all sing and dance!

With Christopher Scott’s choreography and stunning production design, this is one to see on the big screen. Tune in for a lively conversation about In the Heights!


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]]> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 02:00:23 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3900 Is it Lin-Manuel Miranda’s original Broadway show or Jon M. Chu’s vibrant direction that makes In the Heights come to such magical cinematic life? Can the film get past a fairly basic story? How great is Anthony Ramos as our lead, alongside the fantastic supporting cast of New York talent? And what was our favorite of the many catchy songs? There's a lot to discuss about In the Heights. Tune in to The Film Board as we have plenty of thoughts to share on this big-screen adaptation of Miranda's musical! Is it Lin-Manuel Miranda’s original Broadway show or Jon M. Chu’s vibrant direction that makes In the Heights come to such magical cinematic life? Can the film get past a fairly basic story? How great is Anthony Ramos as our lead, alongside the fantastic Jon M. Chu, 2021, 2020s No The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 9 9 24 24 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It full b9066fbb-7438-447d-b926-fbe7ae4e5c49 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d3469173 Ed and Lorraine Warren are back battling ghosts in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the third Conjuring film and eighth entry in The Conjuring Universe.

Andy Nelson discusses the movie with Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, and special guest Justin Harlan from Cinapse and The Farsighted podcast. Does this latest chapter fit well into the franchise? Why did James Wan hand over directing duties to Michael Chaves? And how do we feel about the story leaving the haunted house setting for a possessed person?

Other topics include the blend of CG and practical effects, whether the villain delivers the scares, and how this stacks up to the previous Conjuring films. Check out The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It then tune in to join the spooky conversation!


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]]> Ed and Lorraine Warren are back battling ghosts in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the third Conjuring film and eighth entry in The Conjuring Universe.

Andy Nelson discusses the movie with Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, and special guest Justin Harlan from Cinapse and The Farsighted podcast. Does this latest chapter fit well into the franchise? Why did James Wan hand over directing duties to Michael Chaves? And how do we feel about the story leaving the haunted house setting for a possessed person?

Other topics include the blend of CG and practical effects, whether the villain delivers the scares, and how this stacks up to the previous Conjuring films. Check out The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It then tune in to join the spooky conversation!


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]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2021 03:12:24 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4054 Does taking The Conjuring series outside of haunted houses and focusing instead on a possessed person help or hurt this latest installment? How well does director Michael Chaves fill James Wan's shoes? And just how perfect are Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren? Join Andy and the Film Board crew in the boardroom for a lively discussion of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, now in theaters and streaming on HBO Max. Tune in to get our take on the newest chapter in The Conjuring Universe! Does taking The Conjuring series outside of haunted houses and focusing instead on a possessed person help or hurt this latest installment? How well does director Michael Chaves fill James Wan's shoes? And just how perfect are Patrick Wilson and Vera Farm 2021, 2020s, Michael Chaves No Army of the Dead 9 9 22 22 Army of the Dead full 6aed592a-2a1d-42e9-8ca1-d846dcf9aff5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/231e1751 The Film Board convenes! We're back on the Zack Snyder train with the first entry in what promises to be a big, nasty zombie universe - the Netflix film Army of the Dead.

Board the container with Pete Wright, Jordan Petersen, and Ocean Murff as we head to Vegas. Coming on the heels of Zack Snyder's Justice League re-cut, and with his zombie credibility locked thanks to 2004's Dawn of the Dead, we came into this with high hopes.

It's a blockbuster, with every Netflix dollar up on screen in hordes of running, crouching, shambling zombies. How well does Snyder and team create the world of Dead Vegas? What do we think of his signature visual style here? And how much do we want to wear one of those fancy motion capture suits? So, so much.

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]]> The Film Board convenes! We're back on the Zack Snyder train with the first entry in what promises to be a big, nasty zombie universe - the Netflix film Army of the Dead.

Board the container with Pete Wright, Jordan Petersen, and Ocean Murff as we head to Vegas. Coming on the heels of Zack Snyder's Justice League re-cut, and with his zombie credibility locked thanks to 2004's Dawn of the Dead, we came into this with high hopes.

It's a blockbuster, with every Netflix dollar up on screen in hordes of running, crouching, shambling zombies. How well does Snyder and team create the world of Dead Vegas? What do we think of his signature visual style here? And how much do we want to wear one of those fancy motion capture suits? So, so much.

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]]> Tue, 25 May 2021 06:00:25 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4451 The Film Board is back on board the Zack Snyder train with Army of the Dead, the first entry in what promises to be a big, nasty zombie universe from Netflix. Andy is joined by Pete Wright, Jordan Petersen, and Ocean Murff as we head to zombie-infested Las Vegas. Coming on the heels of Snyder's Justice League re-cut, and with his zombie credibility locked thanks to 2004's Dawn of the Dead, we came into this with high hopes. It's a blockbuster, with every Netflix dollar up on screen in hordes of running, crouching, shambling zombies. How well does Snyder and team create the world of Dead Vegas? What do we think of his signature visual style here? And how much do we want to wear one of those fancy motion capture suits? Tune in to hear our thoughts on Army of the Dead! The Film Board is back on board the Zack Snyder train with Army of the Dead, the first entry in what promises to be a big, nasty zombie universe from Netflix. Andy is joined by Pete Wright, Jordan Petersen, and Ocean Murff as we head to zombie-infested 2021, 2020s, Zack Snyder No Wrath of Man 9 9 20 20 Wrath of Man full 22686900-4c7e-4270-b112-153348ee7469 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a62eb74b Guy Ritchie steps outside his usual stylized crime films with the gritty, dark new action thriller Wrath of Man. Though it features his trademark flair and his longtime collaborator Jason Statham, does this brooding revenge story play to Ritchie's strengths as a filmmaker?

Andy is joined by Charlie Juhl and Hannah Buchdahl from The Cinema Clash Podcast and Jordan Petersen to analyze what works and what doesn’t in this latest Statham-Ritchie team-up, currently in theaters. It delivers big action set-pieces, but is Wrath of Man a worthwhile entry in Ritchie’s filmography? Check out the movie, then tune in to hear our thoughts!


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]]> Guy Ritchie steps outside his usual stylized crime films with the gritty, dark new action thriller Wrath of Man. Though it features his trademark flair and his longtime collaborator Jason Statham, does this brooding revenge story play to Ritchie's strengths as a filmmaker?

Andy is joined by Charlie Juhl and Hannah Buchdahl from The Cinema Clash Podcast and Jordan Petersen to analyze what works and what doesn’t in this latest Statham-Ritchie team-up, currently in theaters. It delivers big action set-pieces, but is Wrath of Man a worthwhile entry in Ritchie’s filmography? Check out the movie, then tune in to hear our thoughts!


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]]> Tue, 11 May 2021 06:00:45 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4219 How effective is Guy Ritchie with this tonal shift from his signature stylized crime films to the gritty, brooding Wrath of Man? As a remake of the 2004 French film “Le Convoyeurs,” how well does this story of revenge and armored truck heists work? And just how much does the trailer spoil the surprises in the film? Joining the conversation today are our very own Jordan Petersen along with Hannah Buchdahl and Charlie Juhl from The Cinema Clash Podcast. Check out Wrath of Man, now in theaters, then tune in to hear our thoughts! How effective is Guy Ritchie with this tonal shift from his signature stylized crime films to the gritty, brooding Wrath of Man? As a remake of the 2004 French film “Le Convoyeurs,” how well does this story of revenge and armored truck heists work? And ju 2021, Guy Ritchie, 2020s No The Mitchells vs the Machines 9 9 19 19 The Mitchells vs the Machines full aa36c2ac-60f5-4a54-9a37-005b716f1904 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0fc052c1 An animated film about one family trying to stop a robot invasion from taking over the world doesn’t seem like the sort of movie that’s going to elicit tears, but that’s what The Mitchells vs the Machines did here. In this episode, Andy Nelson is joined in the board room by Mandy Kaplan from the MandCave podcast, Pete Wright from The Next Reel Film Podcast, and Steve Sarmento from Trailer Rewind to talk about Michael Rianda’s new animated film produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse). Needless to say, we all loved it. But what do we pull out of the themes as the titular Mitchell family works to come together as they fight off this deadly tech? What were the biggest laughs for us? And how stunning did we find the animation? Tune in to this week’s show to find out.


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]]> An animated film about one family trying to stop a robot invasion from taking over the world doesn’t seem like the sort of movie that’s going to elicit tears, but that’s what The Mitchells vs the Machines did here. In this episode, Andy Nelson is joined in the board room by Mandy Kaplan from the MandCave podcast, Pete Wright from The Next Reel Film Podcast, and Steve Sarmento from Trailer Rewind to talk about Michael Rianda’s new animated film produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse). Needless to say, we all loved it. But what do we pull out of the themes as the titular Mitchell family works to come together as they fight off this deadly tech? What were the biggest laughs for us? And how stunning did we find the animation? Tune in to this week’s show to find out.


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]]> Tue, 04 May 2021 06:00:58 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3901 In The Mitchells vs the Machines, a film about a family trying to save the world from a robot invasion, why do we connect to the characters and story so strongly? What resonant themes do we take away as this eccentric family goes on their journey to save humanity? How do the filmmakers, including director Michael Rianda and producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, find such a perfect blend of comedy and emotion? And how beautiful and inventive is the animation? Check out the film, now streaming on Netflix, then tune in to find out our thoughts! In The Mitchells vs the Machines, a film about a family trying to save the world from a robot invasion, why do we connect to the characters and story so strongly? What resonant themes do we take away as this eccentric family goes on their journey to save 2021, 2020s, Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe No Stowaway 9 9 18 18 Stowaway full 10059299-e7d6-4302-9cdd-e5d41ef35e42 https://share.transistor.fm/s/67813aec Science fiction is often used as a way to explore aspects of social mores, painting pictures of what’s working and what’s not in our societies. These stories often are thrilling, horrifying, or full of action as part of the nature of sci-fi. It’s not too common we end up in a science fiction story that’s a dramatic morality tale. Joe Penna’s second film Stowaway explores the complex and painful decisions a trio of astronauts has to make when a stowaway on their ship throws the life support systems out of whack.

Andy Nelson is joined this month on The Film Board by Tommy Metz III and Jordan Petersen to dig into this film, now streaming on Netflix. It’s a story worth watching and certainly worth talking about. Check it out then tune in!


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]]> Science fiction is often used as a way to explore aspects of social mores, painting pictures of what’s working and what’s not in our societies. These stories often are thrilling, horrifying, or full of action as part of the nature of sci-fi. It’s not too common we end up in a science fiction story that’s a dramatic morality tale. Joe Penna’s second film Stowaway explores the complex and painful decisions a trio of astronauts has to make when a stowaway on their ship throws the life support systems out of whack.

Andy Nelson is joined this month on The Film Board by Tommy Metz III and Jordan Petersen to dig into this film, now streaming on Netflix. It’s a story worth watching and certainly worth talking about. Check it out then tune in!


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]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2021 06:00:43 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4072 How does Stowaway connect to writer/director Joe Penna’s first film Arctic? How well does the morality play of the story work for us? And how great is this cast of four – Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim, and Shamier Anderson – in this tightly written, isolated space drama? Tune in to find out! How does Stowaway connect to writer/director Joe Penna’s first film Arctic? How well does the morality play of the story work for us? And how great is this cast of four – Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim, and Shamier Anderson – in this tightly 2021, 2020s, Joe Penna No Raya and the Last Dragon 9 9 15 15 Raya and the Last Dragon full 9a6026a0-54fc-464f-a888-9afb73c2b1cb https://share.transistor.fm/s/43cc9d72 "Sometimes, you just have to take the first step.”

The Film Board convenes in the land of Kumandra to discuss Disney’s new animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon. The voice cast is amazing – Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Sandra Oh, Benedict Wong, and more – but how well does the story work? How much more impressive is the animation? And has Disney hit a point yet where any of their directors really gets to let their style shine through?

Andy Nelson, Rob Kubasko, and Kyle Olson meet in the board room to talk about the film and what they thought of it. Tune in!


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]]> "Sometimes, you just have to take the first step.”

The Film Board convenes in the land of Kumandra to discuss Disney’s new animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon. The voice cast is amazing – Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Sandra Oh, Benedict Wong, and more – but how well does the story work? How much more impressive is the animation? And has Disney hit a point yet where any of their directors really gets to let their style shine through?

Andy Nelson, Rob Kubasko, and Kyle Olson meet in the board room to talk about the film and what they thought of it. Tune in!


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]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 06:00:57 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3978 How well does Disney’s team of animators do at creating the amazing fantasy world of Kumandra in Raya and the Last Dragon? Does Awkwafina work as the voice of the dragon? The Film Board convenes to discuss the film and weigh in on how well it works. Tune in! How well does Disney’s team of animators do at creating the amazing fantasy world of Kumandra in Raya and the Last Dragon? Does Awkwafina work as the voice of the dragon? The Film Board convenes to discuss the film and weigh in on how well it works. Tune 2021, 2020s, Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Paul Briggs No Nomadland 9 9 14 14 Nomadland full 3418946d-3248-45a3-ab05-d5bae53b92ea https://share.transistor.fm/s/b2db5fe9 The Film Board is on the road with Frances McDormand in Chloé Zhao’s new film Nomadland. Do McDormand and Zhao deliver the goods and is the film worth all the awards it’s already raking in? Short answer: they definitely do and it definitely is. Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Tommy Metz III meet in the board room to talk about the film, now streaming on Hulu, and what they thought of it. Tune in!


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]]> The Film Board is on the road with Frances McDormand in Chloé Zhao’s new film Nomadland. Do McDormand and Zhao deliver the goods and is the film worth all the awards it’s already raking in? Short answer: they definitely do and it definitely is. Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Tommy Metz III meet in the board room to talk about the film, now streaming on Hulu, and what they thought of it. Tune in!


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]]> Tue, 23 Feb 2021 06:00:28 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4298 Is Nomadland Oscar bait or is it worth all the buzz? How does Frances McDormand work as a woman living on the road? And what do we think of Chloé Zhao directing the next MCU film? The Film Board convenes to talk about the movie and everyone involved. Tune in! Is Nomadland Oscar bait or is it worth all the buzz? How does Frances McDormand work as a woman living on the road? And what do we think of Chloé Zhao directing the next MCU film? The Film Board convenes to talk about the movie and everyone involved. Tune 2021, 2020s, Chloé Zhao No Judas and the Black Messiah 9 9 13 13 Judas and the Black Messiah full 32a2697c-ab2e-46d9-83d5-8fcf0abbc991 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fbec0922 Shaka King delivers a strong second film with Judas and the Black Messiah, his new film that follows FBI informant Bill O'Neal as he infiltrates Chicago’s Black Panther party to get close to Chairman Fred Hampton. Is this the political biopic we need right now? How brilliant are Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya in the lead roles? And does the film hold up as more than just a history lesson? The Film Board convenes to talk through the film and give you their verdict!


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]]> Shaka King delivers a strong second film with Judas and the Black Messiah, his new film that follows FBI informant Bill O'Neal as he infiltrates Chicago’s Black Panther party to get close to Chairman Fred Hampton. Is this the political biopic we need right now? How brilliant are Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya in the lead roles? And does the film hold up as more than just a history lesson? The Film Board convenes to talk through the film and give you their verdict!


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]]> Tue, 16 Feb 2021 06:00:07 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3846 Is Shaka King’s political biopic Judas and the Black Messiah the political biopic we need right now? How brilliant are Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya in the lead roles? And does the film hold up as more than just a history lesson? The Film Board convenes to talk through the film and give you their verdict! Is Shaka King’s political biopic Judas and the Black Messiah the political biopic we need right now? How brilliant are Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya in the lead roles? And does the film hold up as more than just a history lesson? The Film Board con Shaka King, 2021, 2020s No Palmer 9 9 11 11 Palmer full 0b97cad2-a0ab-46de-a7e7-a03b157ea6f2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c91fabbd The Film Board convenes to discuss Fisher Stevens’ new film Palmer starring Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Alisha Wainwright, and Ryder Allen. Does it deliver the emotional punch it sets out to deliver, or does it end up feeling more like a well-made Lifetime movie? And does the film do its job in delivering something the family can use to talk about gender nonconformity? Andy Nelson, Mandy Kaplan, and Tommy Metz III meet in the board room to talk about the film, now streaming on Apple TV Plus, and what they thought of it. Tune in!

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]]> The Film Board convenes to discuss Fisher Stevens’ new film Palmer starring Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Alisha Wainwright, and Ryder Allen. Does it deliver the emotional punch it sets out to deliver, or does it end up feeling more like a well-made Lifetime movie? And does the film do its job in delivering something the family can use to talk about gender nonconformity? Andy Nelson, Mandy Kaplan, and Tommy Metz III meet in the board room to talk about the film, now streaming on Apple TV Plus, and what they thought of it. Tune in!

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]]> Sat, 30 Jan 2021 21:07:39 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3629 Does 'Palmer' manage to be more than a really good Lifetime movie or is it just that? How great are Justin Timberlake and the third grader Ryder Allen in this film? And does director Fisher Stevens create a universal story that can help people understand gender nonconformity? Tune in! Does 'Palmer' manage to be more than a really good Lifetime movie or is it just that? How great are Justin Timberlake and the third grader Ryder Allen in this film? And does director Fisher Stevens create a universal story that can help people understand 2021, 2020s, Fisher Stevens No The White Tiger 9 9 10 10 The White Tiger full 4d45e886-0f34-4fd2-b199-fbbc33e93761 https://share.transistor.fm/s/972bb7e5 The Film Board convenes to talk about Ramin Bahrani’s new Netflix film The White Tiger as our first film discussion of 2021. What does the film have to say about India’s caste system and does it relate universally to the haves and have nots? The performances are great, particularly from Adarsh Gourav as the lead, but the structure is a bit of a stumbling block for us. But is it enough of a stumble to keep us from enjoying it? Andy Nelson, Ocean Murff, and Kyle Olson meet in the board room to talk about the film and what they thought of it. Tune in!


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]]> The Film Board convenes to talk about Ramin Bahrani’s new Netflix film The White Tiger as our first film discussion of 2021. What does the film have to say about India’s caste system and does it relate universally to the haves and have nots? The performances are great, particularly from Adarsh Gourav as the lead, but the structure is a bit of a stumbling block for us. But is it enough of a stumble to keep us from enjoying it? Andy Nelson, Ocean Murff, and Kyle Olson meet in the board room to talk about the film and what they thought of it. Tune in!


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]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2021 06:00:52 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3951 Does the narrative structure of The White Tiger keep us from enjoying the overall story? How well do the themes about the haves and have nots fit in today's world? And how great is Adarsh Gourav as the protagonist of the film? The Film Board convenes to take on this Tiger. Tune in! Does the narrative structure of The White Tiger keep us from enjoying the overall story? How well do the themes about the haves and have nots fit in today's world? And how great is Adarsh Gourav as the protagonist of the film? The Film Board convenes to t 2021, 2020s, Ramin Bahrani No Wonder Woman 1984 9 9 8 8 Wonder Woman 1984 full 5700045e-9351-42c5-8a7f-1d8a73ddf24f https://share.transistor.fm/s/84592f1e Believe it or not, we’re hitting 100! That’s right, our 100th episode today discusses the 100th film we’ve discussed on The Film Board. Wonder Woman 1984 broke the seal on Warner's year of day-and-date releases, giving us the return of Gal Gadot in full armor, and Mando out of his.

So how has WW84 set the stage? Is it fine watching it at home or did we miss the big screen feel? Did it hold up to the quality the first film surprisingly delivered? Or does it feel like so many other films in the DCEU — clunky and ineptly handled?

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]]> Believe it or not, we’re hitting 100! That’s right, our 100th episode today discusses the 100th film we’ve discussed on The Film Board. Wonder Woman 1984 broke the seal on Warner's year of day-and-date releases, giving us the return of Gal Gadot in full armor, and Mando out of his.

So how has WW84 set the stage? Is it fine watching it at home or did we miss the big screen feel? Did it hold up to the quality the first film surprisingly delivered? Or does it feel like so many other films in the DCEU — clunky and ineptly handled?

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]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2020 06:00:17 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4658 Believe it or not, we’re hitting 100! That’s right, our 100th episode today discusses the 100th film we’ve discussed on The Film Board. Wonder Woman 1984 broke the seal on Warner's year of day-and-date releases, giving us the return of Gal Gadot in full armor, and Mando out of his. So how has WW84 set the stage? Is it fine watching it at home or did we miss the big screen feel? Did it hold up to the quality the first film surprisingly delivered? Or does it feel like so many other films in the DCEU — clunky and ineptly handled? Andy Nelson hosts, joined by Ray Delancey, Mandy Kaplan, and Ocean Murff who share their thoughts on this movie so we can share them with all of you. Believe it or not, we’re hitting 100! That’s right, our 100th episode today discusses the 100th film we’ve discussed on The Film Board. Wonder Woman 1984 broke the seal on Warner's year of day-and-date releases, giving us the return of Gal Gadot in full a 2020, 2020s, Patty Jenkins No Mank 9 9 6 6 Mank full 6edb1c12-3998-4738-9b86-975f48622717 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f4cd1ac1 We’re finally in the last month of 2020 and the entertainment industry is mulling through new layers of execution and release. In this first week of December, Netflix released Mank by David Fincher, keying our imagination towards remembering old Hollywood. It’s a bit of a legacy labor of love for Fincher in that the screenplay was written by his father and was originally intended to be made years before Jack Fincher’s death in 2003. It focuses on the politics of filmmaking in the 1930s, how those dynamics mixed into the world, and were reflected in Citizen Kane by screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz.

It’s The Film Board’s first black and white subject and Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger will attempt to travel in time to talk through the relevance and references in this stylized take on one of the most celebrated stories in Hollywood’s history. The period was a confusing and difficult time as the world suffered out of The Great Depression in the run-up to World War II. We’ll get at how this movie characterized the massive entertainment machine of the time and how Mank’s story may have effected change in all of it. Everything old is new again this month on The Film Board.


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]]> We’re finally in the last month of 2020 and the entertainment industry is mulling through new layers of execution and release. In this first week of December, Netflix released Mank by David Fincher, keying our imagination towards remembering old Hollywood. It’s a bit of a legacy labor of love for Fincher in that the screenplay was written by his father and was originally intended to be made years before Jack Fincher’s death in 2003. It focuses on the politics of filmmaking in the 1930s, how those dynamics mixed into the world, and were reflected in Citizen Kane by screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz.

It’s The Film Board’s first black and white subject and Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger will attempt to travel in time to talk through the relevance and references in this stylized take on one of the most celebrated stories in Hollywood’s history. The period was a confusing and difficult time as the world suffered out of The Great Depression in the run-up to World War II. We’ll get at how this movie characterized the massive entertainment machine of the time and how Mank’s story may have effected change in all of it. Everything old is new again this month on The Film Board.


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]]> Tue, 08 Dec 2020 06:00:56 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4696 We’re finally in the last month of 2020 and the entertainment industry is mulling through new layers of execution and release. In this first week of December, Netflix released Mank by David Fincher, keying our imagination towards remembering old Hollywood. It’s a bit of a legacy labor of love for Fincher in that the screenplay was written by his father and was originally intended to be made years before Jack Fincher’s death in 2003. It focuses on the politics of filmmaking in the 1930s, how those dynamics mixed into the world, and were reflected in Citizen Kane by screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz. It’s The Film Board’s first black and white subject and Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger will attempt to travel in time to talk through the relevance and references in this stylized take on one of the most celebrated stories in Hollywood’s history. The period was a confusing and difficult time as the world suffered out of The Great Depression in the run-up to World War II. We’ll get at how this movie characterized the massive entertainment machine of the time and how Mank’s story may have effected change in all of it. Everything old is new again this month on The Film Board. We’re finally in the last month of 2020 and the entertainment industry is mulling through new layers of execution and release. In this first week of December, Netflix released Mank by David Fincher, keying our imagination towards remembering old Hollywood 2020, 2020s, David Fincher No Hillbilly Elegy 9 9 5 5 Hillbilly Elegy full f129d7f6-4b17-4b3f-94fa-04f77a129bf7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6d676628 2020 is slowly but surely coming to a close and most people are feeling like that shift can’t come fast enough at this point. This last week we Americans all did our best to celebrate our Thanksgiving in ceremonies modified by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Netflix released Hillbilly Elegy on the Tuesday before the holiday and some may see the Appalachian memoir as a bit non-festive. Critics have been pretty hard on this one directed by Ron Howard and starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams. The Film Board will take its own turn here, reviewing the film adaptation of J.D. Vance’s story of personal geography, growth and change.

Tommy Metz III, Ray Delancey, Pete Wright, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger will head for the hills to reconnect with these voices of Vance’s past. We’ll talk about family drama on film both real and imagined and try to discover the good and bad within any type of story that comes across as tough, but real. The autobiographical nature of the story is important in this one too. What’s the purpose behind telling a story like this now and what does it tell us about the people and their characters in it? We’ll work to compare the remembered drama in the stories of a person’s life to fictional family dramas created in Hollywood’s recent past. It’s interesting to find what hits you harder and what you find more effective on screen. Let’s go back and try to sort it all out on The Film Board.

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]]> 2020 is slowly but surely coming to a close and most people are feeling like that shift can’t come fast enough at this point. This last week we Americans all did our best to celebrate our Thanksgiving in ceremonies modified by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Netflix released Hillbilly Elegy on the Tuesday before the holiday and some may see the Appalachian memoir as a bit non-festive. Critics have been pretty hard on this one directed by Ron Howard and starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams. The Film Board will take its own turn here, reviewing the film adaptation of J.D. Vance’s story of personal geography, growth and change.

Tommy Metz III, Ray Delancey, Pete Wright, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger will head for the hills to reconnect with these voices of Vance’s past. We’ll talk about family drama on film both real and imagined and try to discover the good and bad within any type of story that comes across as tough, but real. The autobiographical nature of the story is important in this one too. What’s the purpose behind telling a story like this now and what does it tell us about the people and their characters in it? We’ll work to compare the remembered drama in the stories of a person’s life to fictional family dramas created in Hollywood’s recent past. It’s interesting to find what hits you harder and what you find more effective on screen. Let’s go back and try to sort it all out on The Film Board.

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]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2020 06:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4354 2020 is slowly but surely coming to a close and most people are feeling like that shift can’t come fast enough at this point. This last week we Americans all did our best to celebrate our Thanksgiving in ceremonies modified by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Netflix released Hillbilly Elegy on the Tuesday before the holiday and some may see the Appalachian memoir as a bit non-festive. Critics have been pretty hard on this one directed by Ron Howard and starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams. The Film Board will take its own turn here, reviewing the film adaptation of J.D. Vance’s story of personal geography, growth and change. Tommy Metz III, Ray Delancey, Pete Wright, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger will head for the hills to reconnect with these voices of Vance’s past. We’ll talk about family drama on film both real and imagined and try to discover the good and bad within any type of story that comes across as tough, but real. The autobiographical nature of the story is important in this one too. What’s the purpose behind telling a story like this now and what does it tell us about the people and their characters in it? We’ll work to compare the remembered drama in the stories of a person’s life to fictional family dramas created in Hollywood’s recent past. It’s interesting to find what hits you harder and what you find more effective on screen. Let’s go back and try to sort it all out on The Film Board. 2020 is slowly but surely coming to a close and most people are feeling like that shift can’t come fast enough at this point. This last week we Americans all did our best to celebrate our Thanksgiving in ceremonies modified by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Netfl 2020, 2020s, Ron Howard No The Trial of the Chicago 7 9 9 4 4 The Trial of the Chicago 7 full 7b621999-371c-4a6f-a009-1328c5771ee4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9ec0f7bc It’s less than three weeks until the American presidential election and each passing day in this country seems to stack fraught anxieties atop one another. Timing our existential stress perfectly, this week Netflix released The Trial of the Chicago 7, a political courtroom drama written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. The film examines Vietnam War protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the trial to prosecute leaders of the different organizations that protested. The film conveys many stark statements of injustice about law enforcement and the harmful political posturing of other people in power. This content is in Sorkin’s wheelhouse so The Film Board can’t wait to view and discuss it at such a pivotal time.

Tommy Metz III, Ray Delancey, Kyle Olson, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger will be assembling peacefully to make their voices heard about this movie that stars some heavy hitters like Sascha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eddie Redmayne, and Michael Keaton. To some degree, we’ll be talking directly about the politics of what’s happening in the film as far as we understand it. It’s been more than 50 years, but it highlights much of the systemic frustrations that continue to plague the country today. Sorkin’s work has always been a creative mix of information and entertainment so we’ll try to bake it into an appropriate journalistic show cake for all of you. Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I present to you The Film Board.


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]]> It’s less than three weeks until the American presidential election and each passing day in this country seems to stack fraught anxieties atop one another. Timing our existential stress perfectly, this week Netflix released The Trial of the Chicago 7, a political courtroom drama written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. The film examines Vietnam War protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the trial to prosecute leaders of the different organizations that protested. The film conveys many stark statements of injustice about law enforcement and the harmful political posturing of other people in power. This content is in Sorkin’s wheelhouse so The Film Board can’t wait to view and discuss it at such a pivotal time.

Tommy Metz III, Ray Delancey, Kyle Olson, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger will be assembling peacefully to make their voices heard about this movie that stars some heavy hitters like Sascha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eddie Redmayne, and Michael Keaton. To some degree, we’ll be talking directly about the politics of what’s happening in the film as far as we understand it. It’s been more than 50 years, but it highlights much of the systemic frustrations that continue to plague the country today. Sorkin’s work has always been a creative mix of information and entertainment so we’ll try to bake it into an appropriate journalistic show cake for all of you. Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I present to you The Film Board.


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]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2020 06:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3585 It’s less than three weeks until the American presidential election and each passing day in this country seems to stack fraught anxieties atop one another. Timing our existential stress perfectly, this week Netflix released The Trial of the Chicago 7, a political courtroom drama written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. The film examines Vietnam War protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the trial to prosecute leaders of the different organizations that protested. The film conveys many stark statements of injustice about law enforcement and the harmful political posturing of other people in power. This content is in Sorkin’s wheelhouse so The Film Board can’t wait to view and discuss it at such a pivotal time. Tommy Metz III, Ray Delancey, Kyle Olson, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger will be assembling peacefully to make their voices heard about this movie that stars some heavy hitters like Sascha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eddie Redmayne, and Michael Keaton. To some degree, we’ll be talking directly about the politics of what’s happening in the film as far as we understand it. It’s been more than 50 years, but it highlights much of the systemic frustrations that continue to plague the country today. Sorkin’s work has always been a creative mix of information and entertainment so we’ll try to bake it into an appropriate journalistic show cake for all of you. Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I present to you The Film Board. It’s less than three weeks until the American presidential election and each passing day in this country seems to stack fraught anxieties atop one another. Timing our existential stress perfectly, this week Netflix released The Trial of the Chicago 7, a p 2020, 2020s, Aaron Sorkin No I’m Thinking of Ending Things 9 9 3 3 I’m Thinking of Ending Things full c979d38f-33ed-455b-a39d-5448eca33705 https://share.transistor.fm/s/03a8c350 Things are changing in the entertainment industry. COVID-19 has changed the way the world consumes movies. Over the past month, we’ve begun to see some new releases open in limited theater capacities while others continue to be held back because of a world that can’t currently create a literal “blockbuster.” It presents a bit of a challenge for us with The Film Board in trying to select movies that are globally available to both our hosts as well as our audience. Different titles are popping up in different places and different ways and this month we decided to tackle a new release on Netflix, Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things. As with most Kaufman works, it weaves an impressionistic puzzle that benefits from deep conversation and multiple viewings. Multiple other shows from The Next Reel’s family of podcasts have taken swipes at spoiling Kaufman, but this is the first turn for The Film Board.

Kaufman’s movies seem like the perfect subject for podcast fodder. He generally doesn’t like to explain what things are in his movies, preferring instead to let people have their experiences. In an IndieWire article about this film, he said recently, “I really do support anybody’s interpretation.” So we’re going to take a shot at it. On this show, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger bring their most creative interpretive hats for cataloging and deciphering the myriad of references and artistic inferences portrayed in the film with the purpose of piecing together this stage where nothing is quite what it seems.


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]]> Things are changing in the entertainment industry. COVID-19 has changed the way the world consumes movies. Over the past month, we’ve begun to see some new releases open in limited theater capacities while others continue to be held back because of a world that can’t currently create a literal “blockbuster.” It presents a bit of a challenge for us with The Film Board in trying to select movies that are globally available to both our hosts as well as our audience. Different titles are popping up in different places and different ways and this month we decided to tackle a new release on Netflix, Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things. As with most Kaufman works, it weaves an impressionistic puzzle that benefits from deep conversation and multiple viewings. Multiple other shows from The Next Reel’s family of podcasts have taken swipes at spoiling Kaufman, but this is the first turn for The Film Board.

Kaufman’s movies seem like the perfect subject for podcast fodder. He generally doesn’t like to explain what things are in his movies, preferring instead to let people have their experiences. In an IndieWire article about this film, he said recently, “I really do support anybody’s interpretation.” So we’re going to take a shot at it. On this show, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger bring their most creative interpretive hats for cataloging and deciphering the myriad of references and artistic inferences portrayed in the film with the purpose of piecing together this stage where nothing is quite what it seems.


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]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2020 06:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4512 Things are changing in the entertainment industry. COVID-19 has changed the way the world consumes movies. Over the past month, we’ve begun to see some new releases open in limited theater capacities while others continue to be held back because of a world that can’t currently create a literal “blockbuster.” It presents a bit of a challenge for us with The Film Board in trying to select movies that are globally available to both our hosts as well as our audience. Different titles are popping up in different places and different ways and this month we decided to tackle a new release on Netflix, Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things. As with most Kaufman works, it weaves an impressionistic puzzle that benefits from deep conversation and multiple viewings. Multiple other shows from The Next Reel’s family of podcasts have taken swipes at spoiling Kaufman, but this is the first turn for The Film Board. Kaufman’s movies seem like the perfect subject for podcast fodder. He generally doesn’t like to explain what things are in his movies, preferring instead to let people have their experiences. In an IndieWire article about this film, he said recently, “I really do support anybody’s interpretation.” So we’re going to take a shot at it. On this show, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger bring their most creative interpretive hats for cataloging and deciphering the myriad of references and artistic inferences portrayed in the film with the purpose of piecing together this stage where nothing is quite what it seems. Things are changing in the entertainment industry. COVID-19 has changed the way the world consumes movies. Over the past month, we’ve begun to see some new releases open in limited theater capacities while others continue to be held back because of a worl Charlie Kaufman, 2020, 2020s No Project Power 9 9 2 2 Project Power full b32e834c-34c9-4e8c-8419-a57321ba207a https://share.transistor.fm/s/b9eb4446 “The power goes where it always goes, to the people that already have it.”


2020 has given us a new understanding of what dog days can mean. Historically the label has been reserved for the hottest days of the year because ancient peoples believed it could bring “fever or catastrophe.” Upon consideration, “Fever & Catastrophe” could be an accurate tagline for a film named 2020. Coming out of that traditional period of extreme summer heat, the release of new films to streaming services and video on demand has become normalized. We’re now seeking it out for primary new content as opposed to supplemental diamonds in the rough. This past weekend Netflix released Project Power for subscribers and aspects of it infer the makings of a regular theatrical release. It stars Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is a story about pills being circulated in New Orleans and other cities giving people short periods of great powers.

The film feels somewhat super hero adjacent so is that the reason for its theater adjacent release or is it more evidence of the industry’s transition to an ongoing world of “Theater at Home?” The Film Board gathers to spoil the project for you and give you a full disclosure of the documented effects of these drugs so you can decide for yourself if its something you want to ingest. Join Mandy Kaplan, Tommy Metz III, Ray Delancey, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we force the big happy family to discuss their favorite creole connections and hypothetical power preferences.


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2020 has given us a new understanding of what dog days can mean. Historically the label has been reserved for the hottest days of the year because ancient peoples believed it could bring “fever or catastrophe.” Upon consideration, “Fever & Catastrophe” could be an accurate tagline for a film named 2020. Coming out of that traditional period of extreme summer heat, the release of new films to streaming services and video on demand has become normalized. We’re now seeking it out for primary new content as opposed to supplemental diamonds in the rough. This past weekend Netflix released Project Power for subscribers and aspects of it infer the makings of a regular theatrical release. It stars Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is a story about pills being circulated in New Orleans and other cities giving people short periods of great powers.

The film feels somewhat super hero adjacent so is that the reason for its theater adjacent release or is it more evidence of the industry’s transition to an ongoing world of “Theater at Home?” The Film Board gathers to spoil the project for you and give you a full disclosure of the documented effects of these drugs so you can decide for yourself if its something you want to ingest. Join Mandy Kaplan, Tommy Metz III, Ray Delancey, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we force the big happy family to discuss their favorite creole connections and hypothetical power preferences.


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]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2020 06:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3258 Project Power feels somewhat super hero adjacent so is that the reason for its theater adjacent release or is it more evidence of the industry’s transition to an ongoing world of “Theater at Home?” The Film Board gathers to spoil the project for you and give you a full disclosure of the documented effects of these drugs so you can decide for yourself if its something you want to ingest. Join Mandy Kaplan, Tommy Metz III, Ray Delancey, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we force the big happy family to discuss their favorite creole connections and hypothetical power preferences. Project Power feels somewhat super hero adjacent so is that the reason for its theater adjacent release or is it more evidence of the industry’s transition to an ongoing world of “Theater at Home?” The Film Board gathers to spoil the project for you and g Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, 2020, 2020s No Hamilton 9 9 1 1 Hamilton full 923773b3-0c85-414d-8bdc-8fbd7b3ed533 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fe5722fc COVID-19 has created a unique dearth in the film industry. We’ve all been seeking something to look forward to this summer and Disney+ provided a glimmer last week by releasing a film version of Hamilton captured live from Broadway in 2016. In a sea of theater at home releases that leave the world questioning what constitutes the very definition of film, entertainment is on the cusp of revolution and sets a stage for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking musical to further demonstrate the importance and power of deals with titans in the ongoing battles for content on their proprietary streaming services. The Film Board couldn’t resist gathering to commemorate American independence with this innovative exploration of history.

We’ve talked before about the relevance of historical accuracy in film portrayals. The issue garners additional talking points in the realm of musical theater, so we’ll address it in a new way on this show and we’ll attempt to place this filmed version of stage success alongside other movie depictions of Broadway’s greats. This is definitely a different way to view either medium, so it’s important to weigh how it channels the original and holds up on screen. Join The Film Board for this landmark release in the middle of our summer malaise. Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will open up here and welcome a new voice to the show - introducing Ocean Murff on the Next Reel family of podcasts!

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]]> COVID-19 has created a unique dearth in the film industry. We’ve all been seeking something to look forward to this summer and Disney+ provided a glimmer last week by releasing a film version of Hamilton captured live from Broadway in 2016. In a sea of theater at home releases that leave the world questioning what constitutes the very definition of film, entertainment is on the cusp of revolution and sets a stage for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking musical to further demonstrate the importance and power of deals with titans in the ongoing battles for content on their proprietary streaming services. The Film Board couldn’t resist gathering to commemorate American independence with this innovative exploration of history.

We’ve talked before about the relevance of historical accuracy in film portrayals. The issue garners additional talking points in the realm of musical theater, so we’ll address it in a new way on this show and we’ll attempt to place this filmed version of stage success alongside other movie depictions of Broadway’s greats. This is definitely a different way to view either medium, so it’s important to weigh how it channels the original and holds up on screen. Join The Film Board for this landmark release in the middle of our summer malaise. Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will open up here and welcome a new voice to the show - introducing Ocean Murff on the Next Reel family of podcasts!

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]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2020 06:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4860 We’ve all been seeking something to look forward to this summer and Disney+ provided a glimmer last week by releasing a film version of Hamilton captured live from Broadway in 2016. Entertainment is on the cusp of revolution and sets a stage for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking musical to further demonstrate the importance and power of deals with titans in the ongoing battles for content on their proprietary streaming services. Join The Film Board for this landmark release in the middle of our summer malaise. We’ve all been seeking something to look forward to this summer and Disney+ provided a glimmer last week by releasing a film version of Hamilton captured live from Broadway in 2016. Entertainment is on the cusp of revolution and sets a stage for Lin-Manue 2020, 2020s, Thomas Kail No Da 5 Bloods 8 8 13 13 Da 5 Bloods full 1934efdc-f4e7-4204-882e-843f5376060a https://share.transistor.fm/s/a9c937f6 Theaters are not quite open yet. The Coronavirus is still a major threat in the world and even though some businesses are reopening, the film industry continues its holding pattern. Because of that, new releases in the “Theater at Home” paradigm are getting all different kinds of creative digital structures. Prices for new releases can range on different platforms, but you can also get some brand new movies coming up with the subscription services too. This past weekend, Netflix released Da 5 Bloods, a Spike Lee Joint that quickly jumped to #3 in for selections on the service. The Film Board gathers to back up the main show’s Spike Lee series from earlier this year and heavily spoil this one for you with your access to Netflix being the main determining spoilage factor.

Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will zoom in on the novelty and nostalgia and also dig into the melancholy and the message of this story. It’s rooted in history, brotherhood, family, and trauma and there’s so much to talk about here. Stream the movie first or settle in for a right spoiling. Click into this episode as Spike helps us open up and process the wounds of both the past and the present. Recover something more with us on The Film Board!


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]]> Theaters are not quite open yet. The Coronavirus is still a major threat in the world and even though some businesses are reopening, the film industry continues its holding pattern. Because of that, new releases in the “Theater at Home” paradigm are getting all different kinds of creative digital structures. Prices for new releases can range on different platforms, but you can also get some brand new movies coming up with the subscription services too. This past weekend, Netflix released Da 5 Bloods, a Spike Lee Joint that quickly jumped to #3 in for selections on the service. The Film Board gathers to back up the main show’s Spike Lee series from earlier this year and heavily spoil this one for you with your access to Netflix being the main determining spoilage factor.

Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will zoom in on the novelty and nostalgia and also dig into the melancholy and the message of this story. It’s rooted in history, brotherhood, family, and trauma and there’s so much to talk about here. Stream the movie first or settle in for a right spoiling. Click into this episode as Spike helps us open up and process the wounds of both the past and the present. Recover something more with us on The Film Board!


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]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2020 06:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4516 Theaters are not quite open yet. The Coronavirus is still a major threat in the world and even though some businesses are reopening, the film industry continues its holding pattern. Because of that, new releases in the “Theater at Home” paradigm are getting all different kinds of creative digital structures. Prices for new releases can range on different platforms, but you can also get some brand new movies coming up with the subscription services too. This past weekend, Netflix released Da 5 Bloods, a Spike Lee Joint that quickly jumped to #3 in for selections on the service. The Film Board gathers to back up the main show’s Spike Lee series from earlier this year and heavily spoil this one for you with your access to Netflix being the main determining spoilage factor. Theaters are not quite open yet. The Coronavirus is still a major threat in the world and even though some businesses are reopening, the film industry continues its holding pattern. Because of that, new releases in the “Theater at Home” paradigm are getti 2020, 2020s, Spike Lee No Capone 8 8 12 12 Capone full 866aca9b-4b05-43c4-8bcd-7ca388822f0b https://share.transistor.fm/s/4ad0308d What have you been up to? Seen any good movies lately? It’s not always easy to find them, but “Theater at Home” releases are available and more titles are being announced all the time. The Film Board will continue to gather its thugs and spoil them for you as we find them out there in the streaming universe until we can all get back and see our beloved big screens. Capone was released to most major streaming services on May 12th. It stars Tom Hardy in another one of his signature transformation roles alongside Linda Cardelini, Matt Dillon, and Kyle McLachlan.


Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will zoom together to sort out the whats and the whys in this depiction of the gangster’s last days. It's not an organized crime movie, but it definitely addresses the trappings of a crime lord’s lifestyle and the potential lasting human consequences. Check out this episode as we give a spoiler-laden jaunt through the addled mind of Alphonse Capone. So many people have been captivated by his life in crime for years after his death in 1947. This film examines a part of life that is rarely discussed, and Capone’s is unique. Unravel it all with us on The Film Board!


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]]> What have you been up to? Seen any good movies lately? It’s not always easy to find them, but “Theater at Home” releases are available and more titles are being announced all the time. The Film Board will continue to gather its thugs and spoil them for you as we find them out there in the streaming universe until we can all get back and see our beloved big screens. Capone was released to most major streaming services on May 12th. It stars Tom Hardy in another one of his signature transformation roles alongside Linda Cardelini, Matt Dillon, and Kyle McLachlan.


Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will zoom together to sort out the whats and the whys in this depiction of the gangster’s last days. It's not an organized crime movie, but it definitely addresses the trappings of a crime lord’s lifestyle and the potential lasting human consequences. Check out this episode as we give a spoiler-laden jaunt through the addled mind of Alphonse Capone. So many people have been captivated by his life in crime for years after his death in 1947. This film examines a part of life that is rarely discussed, and Capone’s is unique. Unravel it all with us on The Film Board!


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]]> Tue, 26 May 2020 06:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3207 “Theater at Home” releases are available and more titles are being announced all the time. The Film Board will continue to gather its thugs and spoil them for you as we find them out there in the streaming universe until we can all get back and see our beloved big screens. Capone was released to most major streaming services on May 12th. “Theater at Home” releases are available and more titles are being announced all the time. The Film Board will continue to gather its thugs and spoil them for you as we find them out there in the streaming universe until we can all get back and see our be 2020, 2020s, Josh Trank No Guns Akimbo 8 8 11 11 Guns Akimbo full 8b7392b8-cac8-440c-a06a-1e53f6c5c4c4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c452f508 Everything is changing right now and movies are no exception, so we gathered a geographically and socially distanced gang of thugs to talk about a new "Theater at Home" release. We were initially going to talk about Guns Akimbo in February, but it got soft pushed back right smack into the middle of the stay at home quarantine. It's available now from a variety of outlets, so we're going to spoil it for you on this show and you can decide if it's worth your stream surfing time at home.

Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger zoom around hot microphones to discuss how Black Mirror meets The Running Man with a distorted pinch of Scott Pilgrim in this one. It's kind of dystopian gun porn - so will you like it? Did we? Listen in with us as we hard boil it down into little bitty bullets of concept, character, dialogue, and execution. There's some other funny profundities that we'll uncover along the way and all in all it's a brave new world for The Film Board as we figure out where to go from here with the rest of the entertainment industry. Have some fun on the run with us and Guns Akimbo!


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]]> Everything is changing right now and movies are no exception, so we gathered a geographically and socially distanced gang of thugs to talk about a new "Theater at Home" release. We were initially going to talk about Guns Akimbo in February, but it got soft pushed back right smack into the middle of the stay at home quarantine. It's available now from a variety of outlets, so we're going to spoil it for you on this show and you can decide if it's worth your stream surfing time at home.

Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger zoom around hot microphones to discuss how Black Mirror meets The Running Man with a distorted pinch of Scott Pilgrim in this one. It's kind of dystopian gun porn - so will you like it? Did we? Listen in with us as we hard boil it down into little bitty bullets of concept, character, dialogue, and execution. There's some other funny profundities that we'll uncover along the way and all in all it's a brave new world for The Film Board as we figure out where to go from here with the rest of the entertainment industry. Have some fun on the run with us and Guns Akimbo!


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]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2020 06:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3535 We were initially going to talk about Guns Akimbo in February, but it got soft pushed back right smack into the middle of the stay at home quarantine. It's available now from a variety of outlets, so we're going to spoil it for you on this show and you can decide if it's worth your stream surfing time at home. We were initially going to talk about Guns Akimbo in February, but it got soft pushed back right smack into the middle of the stay at home quarantine. It's available now from a variety of outlets, so we're going to spoil it for you on this show and you ca Jason Howden, 2019, 2010s No The Hunt 8 8 10 10 The Hunt full 6b47a90d-72af-4388-9674-cc74746a84cc https://share.transistor.fm/s/3f0510d3 “Don’t 'first amendment' me.”

What a weird time to be alive, right? It seems appropriate for Blumhouse to release a political powderkeg in the middle of a national state of emergency quarantine that’s been wildly politicized across the spectrum. There’s no better time for us to talk about The Hunt because even though a lot of activities near you have been canceled, most theaters are still open for business. So our Gang of thugs defied the most outlandish parameters of social distancing to start up a conversation on the controversy of this action-comedy satire rooted in conspiracy theory and Internet Hysteria. For those of you playing along at home, this is core evidence that timing is everything!

Listen to this episode to go deep on the highly charged political hijinks. Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger try to sort out the message behind the mayhem and talk about this film’s journey from creation to release. It would have been an interesting take on things at any time, but it is particularly remarkable today in the midst of an election, a pandemic, and rampant speculation about hidden motives. Let’s talk turkey and spoil it all!


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]]> “Don’t 'first amendment' me.”

What a weird time to be alive, right? It seems appropriate for Blumhouse to release a political powderkeg in the middle of a national state of emergency quarantine that’s been wildly politicized across the spectrum. There’s no better time for us to talk about The Hunt because even though a lot of activities near you have been canceled, most theaters are still open for business. So our Gang of thugs defied the most outlandish parameters of social distancing to start up a conversation on the controversy of this action-comedy satire rooted in conspiracy theory and Internet Hysteria. For those of you playing along at home, this is core evidence that timing is everything!

Listen to this episode to go deep on the highly charged political hijinks. Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger try to sort out the message behind the mayhem and talk about this film’s journey from creation to release. It would have been an interesting take on things at any time, but it is particularly remarkable today in the midst of an election, a pandemic, and rampant speculation about hidden motives. Let’s talk turkey and spoil it all!


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]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2020 06:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3093 What a weird time to be alive, right? It seems appropriate for Blumhouse to release a political powderkeg in the middle of a national state of emergency quarantine that’s been wildly politicized across the spectrum. There’s no better time for us to talk about The Hunt! What a weird time to be alive, right? It seems appropriate for Blumhouse to release a political powderkeg in the middle of a national state of emergency quarantine that’s been wildly politicized across the spectrum. There’s no better time for us to talk a Craig Zobel, 2020, 2020s No The Invisible Man 8 8 9 9 The Invisible Man full 14971183-1be1-4e46-bfdb-b9611bb7b6db https://share.transistor.fm/s/c1fa78ad “Don’t let him haunt you.”


Blumhouse has done it again - The prolific production company has already knocked out its second release of the year with this month’s Film Board subject: The Invisible Man. February seems to be a great time for the genre as past Febs have had us profiling Get Out and Happy Death Day 2U. (Both of them Blumhouse beauties as well.) Leigh Whannell brings this one to us and while it might not be as gory as the rest of his filmography, this one is meant to thrill with intense suspense. Elizabeth Moss is the feature here as she manages a maddening set of circumstances that can’t be seen.

You’ll definitely want to tune in to this episode of The Film Board. Tommy Metz III and Justin "JJ" Jaeger welcome Ray Delancey to the show from The Next Reel’s extended cinematic universe. Ray has a special knowledge base for the historic invisible films and we’ll be drawing on him to help us clear the perspective on this newest entry. It’s a fresh new take on an old classic, so get set to be spoiled!


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]]> “Don’t let him haunt you.”


Blumhouse has done it again - The prolific production company has already knocked out its second release of the year with this month’s Film Board subject: The Invisible Man. February seems to be a great time for the genre as past Febs have had us profiling Get Out and Happy Death Day 2U. (Both of them Blumhouse beauties as well.) Leigh Whannell brings this one to us and while it might not be as gory as the rest of his filmography, this one is meant to thrill with intense suspense. Elizabeth Moss is the feature here as she manages a maddening set of circumstances that can’t be seen.

You’ll definitely want to tune in to this episode of The Film Board. Tommy Metz III and Justin "JJ" Jaeger welcome Ray Delancey to the show from The Next Reel’s extended cinematic universe. Ray has a special knowledge base for the historic invisible films and we’ll be drawing on him to help us clear the perspective on this newest entry. It’s a fresh new take on an old classic, so get set to be spoiled!


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]]> Tue, 03 Mar 2020 06:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3355 Blumhouse has done it again - The prolific production company has already knocked out its second release of the year with this month’s Film Board subject: The Invisible Man. Blumhouse has done it again - The prolific production company has already knocked out its second release of the year with this month’s Film Board subject: The Invisible Man. 2020, 2020s, Leigh Whannell No The Gentlemen 8 8 8 8 The Gentlemen full 04e9e64d-c259-45fe-b33d-e6b683729f72 https://share.transistor.fm/s/573ec296 Here’s something you may not have expected to open up 2020: a Guy Ritchie film about organized crime released in part by Miramax. Maybe around the turn of the century, sure, but we’ve got a fresh take on Guy Ritchie gold that came out in theaters this week with The Gentlemen. Naturally, we want to take a nip of this particular concoction and see how it holds up to the good old recipe of the past. This one has a fun cast of fan favorites with Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, and more.

Check out this episode of The Film Board to find out which of our thugs has a special spot for Guy Ritchie on the mantle. Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will dig into what’s changed in the gangster films of today and what mysteries might still be left to mine in the genre. It’s kind of interesting that this weekend is Chinese New Year and opening up the year of the Rat! Let’s let the lion eat on the decade’s first episode of The Film Board.


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]]> Here’s something you may not have expected to open up 2020: a Guy Ritchie film about organized crime released in part by Miramax. Maybe around the turn of the century, sure, but we’ve got a fresh take on Guy Ritchie gold that came out in theaters this week with The Gentlemen. Naturally, we want to take a nip of this particular concoction and see how it holds up to the good old recipe of the past. This one has a fun cast of fan favorites with Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, and more.

Check out this episode of The Film Board to find out which of our thugs has a special spot for Guy Ritchie on the mantle. Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will dig into what’s changed in the gangster films of today and what mysteries might still be left to mine in the genre. It’s kind of interesting that this weekend is Chinese New Year and opening up the year of the Rat! Let’s let the lion eat on the decade’s first episode of The Film Board.


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]]> Tue, 28 Jan 2020 06:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3899 Here’s something you may not have expected to open up 2020: a Guy Ritchie film about organized crime released in part by Miramax. Maybe around the turn of the century, sure, but we’ve got a fresh take on Guy Ritchie gold that came out in theaters this week with The Gentlemen. Let’s let the lion eat on the decade’s first episode of The Film Board. Here’s something you may not have expected to open up 2020: a Guy Ritchie film about organized crime released in part by Miramax. Maybe around the turn of the century, sure, but we’ve got a fresh take on Guy Ritchie gold that came out in theaters this wee 2019, 2010s, Guy Ritchie No 30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage 8 8 7 7 30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage full cb0c8a28-bad1-4766-b129-5220b9627bc4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a64c7c27 The Film Board Gathers! This week on the show, we're on a journey to save a marriage through therapy, comedy, and 30 straight nights of sex!

30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage has hit streaming services and we are honored to have one of the filmmakers with us to talk about it...a filmmaker who happens to be one of our very own. Join Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Andy Nelson as we grill writer/director Tommy Metz III on the long road of production and release of his first feature film.


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30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage has hit streaming services and we are honored to have one of the filmmakers with us to talk about it...a filmmaker who happens to be one of our very own. Join Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Andy Nelson as we grill writer/director Tommy Metz III on the long road of production and release of his first feature film.


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]]> Mon, 27 Jan 2020 06:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3333 The Film Board Gathers! This week on the show, we're on a journey to save a marriage through therapy, comedy, and 30 straight nights of sex! 30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage has hit streaming services and we are honored to have one of the filmmakers with us to talk about it...a filmmaker who happens to be one of our very own. Join Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Andy Nelson as we grill writer/director Tommy Metz III on the long road of production and release of his first feature film. The Film Board Gathers! This week on the show, we're on a journey to save a marriage through therapy, comedy, and 30 straight nights of sex! 30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage has hit streaming services and we are honored to have one of the filmmaker 2018, 2010s, Tommy Metz III No Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker 8 8 6 6 Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker full bf044919-2d72-4c21-a455-f934d2f23f5d https://share.transistor.fm/s/fb0ca8cf What a brilliant end to a decade! We’re wrapping it up with the ultimate film in the Skywalker Saga from that Star Wars galaxy far, far away: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. It will likely be impossible for us to talk about this without revealing major spoilers about this film that’s 42 years in the making, so tune in if you’re cool with sapping some of the surprises or go see it and then check in with us here as our conversation goes deep into its story, its execution, its characters and ultimately how all of its filmmakers held up to the weight of an entire world of expectations thrust upon this epic film.

It’s a special gang of thugs on this as our founders Andy Nelson and Pete Wright come together to join their personal fandoms to see if it will defeat any random reams early hate on this movie. And as a special ringer, we’re once again joined by special guest host Jordan Peterson from the Nerd Critic Podcast, where he’s recently recapped his own admiration for the franchise. Be with us now. Feel the force of the The Film Board’s Year End episode for 2019.


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]]> What a brilliant end to a decade! We’re wrapping it up with the ultimate film in the Skywalker Saga from that Star Wars galaxy far, far away: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. It will likely be impossible for us to talk about this without revealing major spoilers about this film that’s 42 years in the making, so tune in if you’re cool with sapping some of the surprises or go see it and then check in with us here as our conversation goes deep into its story, its execution, its characters and ultimately how all of its filmmakers held up to the weight of an entire world of expectations thrust upon this epic film.

It’s a special gang of thugs on this as our founders Andy Nelson and Pete Wright come together to join their personal fandoms to see if it will defeat any random reams early hate on this movie. And as a special ringer, we’re once again joined by special guest host Jordan Peterson from the Nerd Critic Podcast, where he’s recently recapped his own admiration for the franchise. Be with us now. Feel the force of the The Film Board’s Year End episode for 2019.


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]]> Tue, 24 Dec 2019 06:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4325 What a brilliant end to a decade! We’re wrapping it up with the ultimate film in the Skywalker Saga from that Star Wars galaxy far, far away: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. It will likely be impossible for us to talk about this without revealing major spoilers about this film that’s 42 years in the making, so tune in if you’re cool with sapping some of the surprises or go see it and then check in with us here as our conversation goes deep into its story, its execution, its characters and ultimately how all of its filmmakers held up to the weight of an entire world of expectations thrust upon this epic film. What a brilliant end to a decade! We’re wrapping it up with the ultimate film in the Skywalker Saga from that Star Wars galaxy far, far away: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. It will likely be impossible for us to talk about this without rev J.J. Abrams, 2019, 2010s No Nerd Critic takes over with Star Wars: The Force Awakens • The Film Board • Bonus 8 8 Nerd Critic takes over with Star Wars: The Force Awakens • The Film Board • Bonus bonus 95340ba8-068b-4ec4-822e-84268ccc9a0c https://share.transistor.fm/s/b6acf69a CJ and Jordan from The Nerd Critic podcast are taking over the feed today to share the first of their series leading up to next weekend’s big release with the first of the JJ-Star-Warsies in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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]]> CJ and Jordan from The Nerd Critic podcast are taking over the feed today to share the first of their series leading up to next weekend’s big release with the first of the JJ-Star-Warsies in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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]]> Sat, 14 Dec 2019 03:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4768 CJ and Jordan from The Nerd Critic podcast are taking over the feed today to share the first of their series leading up to next weekend’s big release with the first of the JJ-Star-Warsies in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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]]> No Knives Out 8 8 5 5 Knives Out full 1e8ec8c1-6b8b-41a6-b72b-d574fe3c8bf5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c1d3d3fc SURPRISE! The Film Board snuck out and saw an advance screening this month, so we’re in spoiler Shangri-la to chat about Knives Out before it's even officially released! It’s a traditional “whodunit” that Rian Johnson has packed full with family entanglements that make multiple money murder motives. There’s so many reasons we wanted to check this thing out and many of them come from the remarkable cast including Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, and others.

Join Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger as we slash into the mystery and slice around what we liked and didn’t like. Rian Johnson’s work has been under close investigation since the unveiling of his Star Wars take in The Last Jedi. This is a complete departure from that, so we’ll jump the gun on it and give you a cutting edge opinion about what you’ll see on the big screen next week. Knives Out opens in theaters on November 27, 2019, so click here to find out about it first with this episode of The Film Board from The Next Reel.

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]]> SURPRISE! The Film Board snuck out and saw an advance screening this month, so we’re in spoiler Shangri-la to chat about Knives Out before it's even officially released! It’s a traditional “whodunit” that Rian Johnson has packed full with family entanglements that make multiple money murder motives. There’s so many reasons we wanted to check this thing out and many of them come from the remarkable cast including Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, and others.

Join Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger as we slash into the mystery and slice around what we liked and didn’t like. Rian Johnson’s work has been under close investigation since the unveiling of his Star Wars take in The Last Jedi. This is a complete departure from that, so we’ll jump the gun on it and give you a cutting edge opinion about what you’ll see on the big screen next week. Knives Out opens in theaters on November 27, 2019, so click here to find out about it first with this episode of The Film Board from The Next Reel.

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]]> Tue, 26 Nov 2019 06:00:00 -0800 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3493 The Film Board snuck out and saw an advance screening this month, so we’re in spoiler Shangri-la to chat about Knives Out before it's even officially released! It’s a traditional “whodunit” that Rian Johnson has packed full with family entanglements that make multiple money murder motives. The Film Board snuck out and saw an advance screening this month, so we’re in spoiler Shangri-la to chat about Knives Out before it's even officially released! It’s a traditional “whodunit” that Rian Johnson has packed full with family entanglements that No Zombieland: Double Tap 8 8 4 4 Zombieland: Double Tap full 94fee84b-6032-4fb5-ae46-8854ca22a209 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ec46b92f It’s deja vu all over again as The Film Board tackles a second sequel month in a horror realm. This one has a serious cast blasting away with comic relief in Zombieland: Double Tap. It's been ten years since the original, and the marketing wasn’t shy about bringing up how its stars have shifted. So has anything changed in the land of Z since Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Woody Harrelson have hauled in so many awards and nominations?

Join Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger to catalog creative commandments to survive the zombie apocalypse. We welcome in special guest host Jordan Peterson from the Nerd Critic Podcast. We’ll dig into Pete’s love of all things undead and do our best to geek out accordingly on zombie canon. It’s not all fun and games, but this one filled with novelty to define a new kind of Babylon. Run for your lives with us on this episode of The Film Board.


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]]> It’s deja vu all over again as The Film Board tackles a second sequel month in a horror realm. This one has a serious cast blasting away with comic relief in Zombieland: Double Tap. It's been ten years since the original, and the marketing wasn’t shy about bringing up how its stars have shifted. So has anything changed in the land of Z since Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Woody Harrelson have hauled in so many awards and nominations?

Join Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger to catalog creative commandments to survive the zombie apocalypse. We welcome in special guest host Jordan Peterson from the Nerd Critic Podcast. We’ll dig into Pete’s love of all things undead and do our best to geek out accordingly on zombie canon. It’s not all fun and games, but this one filled with novelty to define a new kind of Babylon. Run for your lives with us on this episode of The Film Board.


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]]> Tue, 22 Oct 2019 06:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4261 It’s deja vu all over again as The Film Board tackles a second sequel month in a horror realm. This one has a serious cast blasting away with comic relief in Zombieland: Double Tap. It's been ten years since the original, and the marketing wasn’t shy about bringing up how its stars have shifted. So has anything changed in the land of Z since Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Woody Harrelson have hauled in so many awards and nominations? It’s deja vu all over again as The Film Board tackles a second sequel month in a horror realm. This one has a serious cast blasting away with comic relief in Zombieland: Double Tap. It's been ten years since the original, and the marketing wasn’t shy abou No It Chapter Two 8 8 3 3 It Chapter Two full 4f727cb8-a72a-4d3a-9c72-0765553698c7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5ac8643b Let’s go back to school with It Chapter Two. The Film Board made a pact last month that we’d return to Derry with the other losers if It came back. Well It’s here and in this one, the kids are all grown up with Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, and James McAvoy playing our heroes. Will the sequel have the record-setting legs of its predecessor? Is It the greatest Stephen King thriller of all time? There’s a lot to talk about here as long as we’ve got the courage to fight the fear.

Join Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger as they rifle through all the scary memories of It. An irrational fear of clowns is called “coulrophobia.” This story may not have created the concept, but it definitely is primary in the scary clown canon. Listen to this episode to confront your fears with us.


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]]> Let’s go back to school with It Chapter Two. The Film Board made a pact last month that we’d return to Derry with the other losers if It came back. Well It’s here and in this one, the kids are all grown up with Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, and James McAvoy playing our heroes. Will the sequel have the record-setting legs of its predecessor? Is It the greatest Stephen King thriller of all time? There’s a lot to talk about here as long as we’ve got the courage to fight the fear.

Join Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger as they rifle through all the scary memories of It. An irrational fear of clowns is called “coulrophobia.” This story may not have created the concept, but it definitely is primary in the scary clown canon. Listen to this episode to confront your fears with us.


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]]> Tue, 10 Sep 2019 06:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 4128 Will It Chapter Two have the record-setting legs of its predecessor? Is It the greatest Stephen King thriller of all time? There’s a lot to talk about here as long as we’ve got the courage to fight the fear. Will It Chapter Two have the record-setting legs of its predecessor? Is It the greatest Stephen King thriller of all time? There’s a lot to talk about here as long as we’ve got the courage to fight the fear. 2019, 2010s, Andrew Muschietti No Where’d You Go, Bernadette 8 8 2 2 Where’d You Go, Bernadette full bbf185a1-67e6-4251-80e6-4788672d29d3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b07e5865 The Film Board returns from hiatus this week and we figured that we’d welcome everyone back in by answering the question - Where’d You Go, Bernadette. The Richard Linklater film stars Cate Blanchett and is based on the book by Maria Semple. While the book is a collection of fictional correspondence meant to take the reader on creative scavenger hunt, the film sets up to be a deeper dramedy about how hard it is to be human and how we cope with managing our extreme strengths and debilitating weaknesses.

Does genius come through in all mediums? When life changes our path, how should we choose to change with it? The book and movie might not have exactly the same message, so listen with Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger as they wind their way through the eclectic journey of Bernadette’s discoveries on this episode of The Film Board.


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]]> The Film Board returns from hiatus this week and we figured that we’d welcome everyone back in by answering the question - Where’d You Go, Bernadette. The Richard Linklater film stars Cate Blanchett and is based on the book by Maria Semple. While the book is a collection of fictional correspondence meant to take the reader on creative scavenger hunt, the film sets up to be a deeper dramedy about how hard it is to be human and how we cope with managing our extreme strengths and debilitating weaknesses.

Does genius come through in all mediums? When life changes our path, how should we choose to change with it? The book and movie might not have exactly the same message, so listen with Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger as they wind their way through the eclectic journey of Bernadette’s discoveries on this episode of The Film Board.


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]]> Tue, 20 Aug 2019 06:00:00 -0700 TruStory FM TruStory FM 3472 The Film Board returns from hiatus this week and we figured that we’d welcome everyone back in by answering the question - Where’d You Go, Bernadette. The Richard Linklater film stars Cate Blanchett and is based on the book by Maria Semple. The Film Board returns from hiatus this week and we figured that we’d welcome everyone back in by answering the question - Where’d You Go, Bernadette. The Richard Linklater film stars Cate Blanchett and is based on the book by Maria Semple. 2019, 2010s, Richard Linklater No Yesterday 8 8 1 1 Yesterday full de1dda35-8724-441e-a05d-4babb9e7ed31 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5a6908e5 There have been some great British music biopics in the last year. They tend to garner some criticism for the way that history is manipulated to make movie drama. Also each one handles the original artists’ music in different ways. This month, Danny Boyle’s Yesterday was released in theaters and it shares with us the joy and the experience of The Beatles’ music by imagining a world where they didn't exist. That’s one way to ditch the criticism - go full fiction!

This story is meant to be a romance and gives the audience some commentary on the terrible nature of the music industry, the fame it develops, and what it means to be a genius and how to take credit for it. Beyond all those story points, if you love the music of The Beatles, this one might be a must-see. Join Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger as they discuss all the special existentialism in the musical easter egg hunt that is Yesterday.


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]]> There have been some great British music biopics in the last year. They tend to garner some criticism for the way that history is manipulated to make movie drama. Also each one handles the original artists’ music in different ways. This month, Danny Boyle’s Yesterday was released in theaters and it shares with us the joy and the experience of The Beatles’ music by imagining a world where they didn't exist. That’s one way to ditch the criticism - go full fiction!

This story is meant to be a romance and gives the audience some commentary on the terrible nature of the music industry, the fame it develops, and what it means to be a genius and how to take credit for it. Beyond all those story points, if you love the music of The Beatles, this one might be a must-see. Join Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger as they discuss all the special existentialism in the musical easter egg hunt that is Yesterday.


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]]> Fri, 12 Jul 2019 06:00:00 -0700 Justin Jaeger, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento Justin Jaeger, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento 3254 There have been some great British music biopics in the last year. They tend to garner some criticism for the way that history is manipulated to make movie drama. Also each one handles the original artists’ music in different ways. This month, Danny Boyle’s Yesterday was released in theaters and it shares with us the joy and the experience of The Beatles’ music by imagining a world where they didn't exist. That’s one way to ditch the criticism - go full fiction! There have been some great British music biopics in the last year. They tend to garner some criticism for the way that history is manipulated to make movie drama. Also each one handles the original artists’ music in different ways. This month, Danny Boyle Danny Boyle, 2019, 2010s No Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 7 7 10 10 Pokémon: Detective Pikachu full 0c8a2856-d2cb-4c89-963d-b1267ca27506 https://share.transistor.fm/s/219ec6d5 "That’s a twist. That’s very twisty."

You may or may not have a connection to the world of the pocket monsters affectionately called Pokémon, but this month The Film Board is following its new movie in theaters that seeks to sate the adorable appetites of fans young and old in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. It’s a CGI romp that’s meant to depict the clever characters of the card game in a way that places them photoreal by our side in the real world, much like the Pokémon Go! app has done in an animated digital way, but this brings in the voice talents of Ryan Reynolds to attract us all with a new story. There’s so much to cover and talk about with this one and this show is bursting at the seams with reverent homage and nitpicky nonsense.

Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger are our best bets for Pokémon professoring, so they went out and tapped into the Gotta Catch 'Em All craze. Listen to this show to hear how well the movie connects with the Pokémon universe of our understanding and if the film’s quips and quibbles will make sense for Pokémon novices in the world.


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]]> "That’s a twist. That’s very twisty."

You may or may not have a connection to the world of the pocket monsters affectionately called Pokémon, but this month The Film Board is following its new movie in theaters that seeks to sate the adorable appetites of fans young and old in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. It’s a CGI romp that’s meant to depict the clever characters of the card game in a way that places them photoreal by our side in the real world, much like the Pokémon Go! app has done in an animated digital way, but this brings in the voice talents of Ryan Reynolds to attract us all with a new story. There’s so much to cover and talk about with this one and this show is bursting at the seams with reverent homage and nitpicky nonsense.

Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger are our best bets for Pokémon professoring, so they went out and tapped into the Gotta Catch 'Em All craze. Listen to this show to hear how well the movie connects with the Pokémon universe of our understanding and if the film’s quips and quibbles will make sense for Pokémon novices in the world.


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]]> Tue, 14 May 2019 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3469 You may or may not have a connection to the world of the pocket monsters affectionately called Pokémon, but this month The Film Board is following its new movie in theaters that seeks to sate the adorable appetites of fans young and old in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. You may or may not have a connection to the world of the pocket monsters affectionately called Pokémon, but this month The Film Board is following its new movie in theaters that seeks to sate the adorable appetites of fans young and old in Pokémon: Detect Rob Letterman, 2019, 2010s No Avengers: Endgame 7 7 9 9 Avengers: Endgame full 9ffa652b-731d-4145-971c-8381ad95e084 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0744621f The teams at Disney have put out specific warnings and requests not to spoil Avengers: Endgame, but you know this thing is the core of what The Film Board is all about! If you don’t want to be spoiled, don’t click on this because we all saw the movie and are just itching and scratching to discuss it with you and dispense with the spoilage! There’s so much to cover and talk about with this one and this show is bursting at the seams with reverent homage, nitpicky nonsense, and wild speculation about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger will try to fit it all into a digestible episode that is more likely to be completed without a bathroom break than the three hour plus film itself. Click into this podcast to dive deeply into our fanboy fodder.


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]]> The teams at Disney have put out specific warnings and requests not to spoil Avengers: Endgame, but you know this thing is the core of what The Film Board is all about! If you don’t want to be spoiled, don’t click on this because we all saw the movie and are just itching and scratching to discuss it with you and dispense with the spoilage! There’s so much to cover and talk about with this one and this show is bursting at the seams with reverent homage, nitpicky nonsense, and wild speculation about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger will try to fit it all into a digestible episode that is more likely to be completed without a bathroom break than the three hour plus film itself. Click into this podcast to dive deeply into our fanboy fodder.


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]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4059 Tony, Steve, Nat, Bruce, Thor, and the rest are up to show us how it goes down in Avengers: Endgame. So Steve, JJ, and Pete are here to cry about it. Tony, Steve, Nat, Bruce, Thor, and the rest are up to show us how it goes down in Avengers: Endgame. So Steve, JJ, and Pete are here to cry about it. 2019, 2010s, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo No Captain Marvel 7 7 8 8 Captain Marvel full 6d0da6f6-27b7-452a-9be8-cb2aad9ceb4d https://share.transistor.fm/s/e02f0c92 "I’m not what you think I am."


Attention true believers! The Film Board is approaching the home stretch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three. It's wrapping up over two successive months here in 2019. The big one of course is next month's Avengers: Endgame, but first let's dig into the penultimate Captain Marvel. The conversation on this episode will potentially spoil 22 films' worth of successive blockbuster suspense, so consider yourself forewarned.

Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger will chat up the progression of this epic anthology of super-ness, as long as there are no evil impersonators. But wait, how will we know if they're real? Check out our conversation to learn some inventive ideas about sniffing out alien infiltration as we pass around conspiracy theories about what's coming for us in April.


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]]> "I’m not what you think I am."


Attention true believers! The Film Board is approaching the home stretch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three. It's wrapping up over two successive months here in 2019. The big one of course is next month's Avengers: Endgame, but first let's dig into the penultimate Captain Marvel. The conversation on this episode will potentially spoil 22 films' worth of successive blockbuster suspense, so consider yourself forewarned.

Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Justin "JJ" Jaeger will chat up the progression of this epic anthology of super-ness, as long as there are no evil impersonators. But wait, how will we know if they're real? Check out our conversation to learn some inventive ideas about sniffing out alien infiltration as we pass around conspiracy theories about what's coming for us in April.


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]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4322 Attention true believers! The Film Board is approaching the home stretch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three. It's wrapping up over two successive months here in 2019. The big one of course is next month's Avengers: Endgame, but first let's dig into the penultimate Captain Marvel. The conversation on this episode will potentially spoil 22 films' worth of successive blockbuster suspense, so consider yourself forewarned. Attention true believers! The Film Board is approaching the home stretch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three. It's wrapping up over two successive months here in 2019. The big one of course is next month's Avengers: Endgame, but first let's dig i Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, 2019, 2010s No Happy Death Day 2U 7 7 7 7 Happy Death Day 2U full 1ab7cade-33c6-4257-a67f-1ef72e893b1c https://share.transistor.fm/s/cb58b8e8 "Uh, Who is this crazy white girl?"


Horror abounds for The Film Board in February and this year is no different. We woke up in the same scary month this year with Happy Death Day 2U specially released for the sweetheart holiday in the middle of Valentine's week. It’s quite surely a screaming sequel and it really would be terribly odd if you tried to tackle it without the first one (from 2017) too, so be prepared as you click with us here because we’re going to spoil them both in this show.

Take the leap with Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger on this one because we’ll chat about what here is campy and what here is crazy and what here is creepy. We may even get to talk about fun and heart on this one - coming from a literally layered story. Let’s try this one more time. Reset everything and listen to The Film Board.


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]]> "Uh, Who is this crazy white girl?"


Horror abounds for The Film Board in February and this year is no different. We woke up in the same scary month this year with Happy Death Day 2U specially released for the sweetheart holiday in the middle of Valentine's week. It’s quite surely a screaming sequel and it really would be terribly odd if you tried to tackle it without the first one (from 2017) too, so be prepared as you click with us here because we’re going to spoil them both in this show.

Take the leap with Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger on this one because we’ll chat about what here is campy and what here is crazy and what here is creepy. We may even get to talk about fun and heart on this one - coming from a literally layered story. Let’s try this one more time. Reset everything and listen to The Film Board.


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]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2019 06:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3923 Horror abounds for The Film Board in February and this year is no different. We woke up in the same scary month this year with Happy Death Day 2U specially released for the sweetheart holiday in the middle of Valentine's week. Horror abounds for The Film Board in February and this year is no different. We woke up in the same scary month this year with Happy Death Day 2U specially released for the sweetheart holiday in the middle of Valentine's week. Christopher Landon, 2019, 2010s No Glass 7 7 6 6 Glass full 478fe40c-80c9-47bc-b350-d06d0fe210a0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3605fd08 “We’re finally being let into the universe.”


Happy New Year everyone! The Film Board is respawning for you here this January with Glass from M. Night Shyamalan. Is it a sequel to Unbreakable? Is it a sequel to Split? Or is it something altogether different? The debate about this film should be super with an angle on origin and another on a Special Edition Showdown and openings for more. Be certain that when you join on this one it will be riddled with spoilers aplenty.

On this show, we’ll gather takes from Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger and try to define exactly what being superhuman is all about in today’s world. We’ll dig in and see if we can find times we know about where people needed to be a bit more than the average bear. Maybe we can all be heroes. Navigate the line between fantasy and reality with us as we walk through Glass.


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Happy New Year everyone! The Film Board is respawning for you here this January with Glass from M. Night Shyamalan. Is it a sequel to Unbreakable? Is it a sequel to Split? Or is it something altogether different? The debate about this film should be super with an angle on origin and another on a Special Edition Showdown and openings for more. Be certain that when you join on this one it will be riddled with spoilers aplenty.

On this show, we’ll gather takes from Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger and try to define exactly what being superhuman is all about in today’s world. We’ll dig in and see if we can find times we know about where people needed to be a bit more than the average bear. Maybe we can all be heroes. Navigate the line between fantasy and reality with us as we walk through Glass.


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]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3748 The Film Board is respawning for you here this January with Glass from M. Night Shyamalan. Is it a sequel to Unbreakable? Is it a sequel to Split? Or is it something altogether different? The debate about this film should be super with an angle on origin and another on a Special Edition Showdown and openings for more. The Film Board is respawning for you here this January with Glass from M. Night Shyamalan. Is it a sequel to Unbreakable? Is it a sequel to Split? Or is it something altogether different? The debate about this film should be super with an angle on origin 2019, 2010s, M. Night Shyamalan No Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 7 7 5 5 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse full c95ff8e0-42a3-4d41-a1e0-66507041f522 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ad68cce1 "It always fits eventually."


Here’s a gift for the whole family from The Film Board’s clan to yours - the thugs went out and saw our first official show-sanctioned animated film this week, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It’s a break from what we usually do on our monthly show and the movie itself is a bit of a break from what you might expect in animation as well as what comic book movies and movies with Marvel properties have become in the industry. This movie is very different.

Listen to this show to hear how those differences sit with Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger. This movie is generating an interesting amount of early buzz and heats up the holiday box office competition for a season that is without a Star Wars entry for the first time in a number of years. Can an animated movie win the holiday season? Should it? Come get our take with The Film Board here.


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]]> "It always fits eventually."


Here’s a gift for the whole family from The Film Board’s clan to yours - the thugs went out and saw our first official show-sanctioned animated film this week, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It’s a break from what we usually do on our monthly show and the movie itself is a bit of a break from what you might expect in animation as well as what comic book movies and movies with Marvel properties have become in the industry. This movie is very different.

Listen to this show to hear how those differences sit with Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger. This movie is generating an interesting amount of early buzz and heats up the holiday box office competition for a season that is without a Star Wars entry for the first time in a number of years. Can an animated movie win the holiday season? Should it? Come get our take with The Film Board here.


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]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3639 Here’s a gift for the whole family from The Film Board’s clan to yours - the thugs went out and saw our first official show-sanctioned animated film this week, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Here’s a gift for the whole family from The Film Board’s clan to yours - the thugs went out and saw our first official show-sanctioned animated film this week, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, 2018, 2010s No Green Book 7 7 4 4 Green Book full bd68bba0-eed1-40b6-94b2-7c352d605fbd https://share.transistor.fm/s/eb741a81 "You never win with violence. You only win when you maintain your dignity."


The Film Board spent the holiday weekend giving thanks and watching Green Book, a dramedy based on the true story of master pianist Dr. Don Shirley touring the American deep south in the 1960s. It’s back-to-back biopics for our guys with similar historical time focus as well. This movie highlights individual struggles to understand identity and build unity as America was on its way to take profoundly progressive steps for civil rights.

On this show, you’ll hear Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger talk about how stories of revolutionary courage in the 60's could help us overcome our divided interactions today. The feel good vibes in this film may encourage you to address them in a way that moves the discussion forward without avoiding the conflict altogether. We might need some more drama when the stories are this important. Click along to listen to our takes and then let us know how it goes for you!


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]]> "You never win with violence. You only win when you maintain your dignity."


The Film Board spent the holiday weekend giving thanks and watching Green Book, a dramedy based on the true story of master pianist Dr. Don Shirley touring the American deep south in the 1960s. It’s back-to-back biopics for our guys with similar historical time focus as well. This movie highlights individual struggles to understand identity and build unity as America was on its way to take profoundly progressive steps for civil rights.

On this show, you’ll hear Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger talk about how stories of revolutionary courage in the 60's could help us overcome our divided interactions today. The feel good vibes in this film may encourage you to address them in a way that moves the discussion forward without avoiding the conflict altogether. We might need some more drama when the stories are this important. Click along to listen to our takes and then let us know how it goes for you!


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]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2018 06:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3295 The Film Board spent the holiday weekend giving thanks and watching Green Book, a dramedy based on the true story of master pianist Dr. Don Shirley touring the American deep south in the 1960s. The Film Board spent the holiday weekend giving thanks and watching Green Book, a dramedy based on the true story of master pianist Dr. Don Shirley touring the American deep south in the 1960s. 2018, 2010s, Peter Farrelly No First Man 7 7 3 3 First Man full d13d0e90-8e91-4cf6-824e-8a59020bb8f9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/83293f23 “We need to fail down here so we don’t fail up there.”


Buckle up for an intense journey on this one with The Film Board as we examine the story of struggles and successes that adorn the space race and the USA’s historic effort to reach the Moon. First Man is a Neil Armstrong biopic delivered to us by Oscar Winning Director Damien Chazelle. Teaming up with Ryan Gosling here again as he did in La La Land, Chazelle is attacking a different kind of film than we’ve seen from him before.

Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will talk here about the artful diversity in Chazelle’s short but renowned repertoire, address how this film’s content jibes with history, and attempt to figure out how anything ever works in the space program with all that shaking. You heard it here first: It’s a bumpy ride. After our conversation you may be able to decide if you want your first view of First Man to be in the theater or in history class.


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]]> “We need to fail down here so we don’t fail up there.”


Buckle up for an intense journey on this one with The Film Board as we examine the story of struggles and successes that adorn the space race and the USA’s historic effort to reach the Moon. First Man is a Neil Armstrong biopic delivered to us by Oscar Winning Director Damien Chazelle. Teaming up with Ryan Gosling here again as he did in La La Land, Chazelle is attacking a different kind of film than we’ve seen from him before.

Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will talk here about the artful diversity in Chazelle’s short but renowned repertoire, address how this film’s content jibes with history, and attempt to figure out how anything ever works in the space program with all that shaking. You heard it here first: It’s a bumpy ride. After our conversation you may be able to decide if you want your first view of First Man to be in the theater or in history class.


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]]> Tue, 16 Oct 2018 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4159 Buckle up for an intense journey on this one with The Film Board as we examine the story of struggles and successes that adorn the space race and the USA’s historic effort to reach the Moon. First Man is a Neil Armstrong biopic delivered to us by Oscar Winning Director Damien Chazelle. Teaming up with Ryan Gosling here again as he did in La La Land, Chazelle is attacking a different kind of film than we’ve seen from him before. Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will talk here about the artful diversity in Chazelle’s short but renowned repertoire, address how this film’s content jibes with history, and attempt to figure out how anything ever works in the space program with all that shaking. You heard it here first: It’s a bumpy ride. After our conversation you may be able to decide if you want your first view of First Man to be in the theater or in history class. Buckle up for an intense journey on this one with The Film Board as we examine the story of struggles and successes that adorn the space race and the USA’s historic effort to reach the Moon. First Man is a Neil Armstrong biopic delivered to us by Oscar Wi Damien Chazelle, 2018, 2010s No The Predator 7 7 2 2 The Predator full 4c43551c-6d62-4e0c-9295-880d4e698230 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0ef29975 “The data suggests that it tracks its prey, exploits weakness. Seems to enjoy it, like a game.”


The concept from Predator has been through a number of evolutions as a film and a franchise, so in this show we’ll dissect the DNA infusions brought to the bunch with the latest release. Written and Directed by Film Board favorite Shane Black, we’re excited to examine what’s new and different here as well as the appropriate level of homage to the classic-ly clever sci fi action horror hybrid.

Listen to this episode and get a crazy roster of thugs: Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger surround and take down The Predator. Because of the long history of this movie’s lore stretching back to 1987, you may have expectations about what this movie will bring... we’ll spoil all that for you here. Take a leap with us and join the hunt.


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]]> “The data suggests that it tracks its prey, exploits weakness. Seems to enjoy it, like a game.”


The concept from Predator has been through a number of evolutions as a film and a franchise, so in this show we’ll dissect the DNA infusions brought to the bunch with the latest release. Written and Directed by Film Board favorite Shane Black, we’re excited to examine what’s new and different here as well as the appropriate level of homage to the classic-ly clever sci fi action horror hybrid.

Listen to this episode and get a crazy roster of thugs: Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger surround and take down The Predator. Because of the long history of this movie’s lore stretching back to 1987, you may have expectations about what this movie will bring... we’ll spoil all that for you here. Take a leap with us and join the hunt.


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]]> Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3548 The concept from Predator has been through a number of evolutions as a film and a franchise, so in this show we’ll dissect the DNA infusions brought to the bunch with the latest release. Written and Directed by Film Board favorite Shane Black, we’re excited to examine what’s new and different here as well as the appropriate level of homage to the classic-ly clever sci fi action horror hybrid. Listen to this episode and get a crazy roster of thugs: Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger surround and take down The Predator. Because of the long history of this movie’s lore stretching back to 1987, you may have expectations about what this movie will bring... we’ll spoil all that for you here. Take a leap with us and join the hunt. The concept from Predator has been through a number of evolutions as a film and a franchise, so in this show we’ll dissect the DNA infusions brought to the bunch with the latest release. Written and Directed by Film Board favorite Shane Black, we’re excit Shane Black, 2018, 2010s No The Happytime Murders 7 7 1 1 The Happytime Murders full be15a947-f5d7-42d3-a4ed-3c062c9e9abe https://share.transistor.fm/s/32245efa “Looks like someone had a real piñata party.”


What the heck is going on?! The Film Board was ROFL when the trailer for The Happytime Murders was released, so we decided to take a flyer and check to see if Melissa McCarthy and the Henson Gang could keep the raunchy laughs coming. We don’t usually tackle pure comedies at The Film Board so this conversation could be a pivotal point in our movie choices for the future.

Join Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we consider the freedom afforded to writers when visiting vice and vulgarity upon fluffy non-living things made to look and act as though they are. We’ll help spoil the movie for you a little more than the trailer did so that we can get deep into its “rotten cotton.” And ultimately, maybe the most important question for approaching this brand of shock comedy is: where exactly can we find the line between too far and not far enough?


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]]> “Looks like someone had a real piñata party.”


What the heck is going on?! The Film Board was ROFL when the trailer for The Happytime Murders was released, so we decided to take a flyer and check to see if Melissa McCarthy and the Henson Gang could keep the raunchy laughs coming. We don’t usually tackle pure comedies at The Film Board so this conversation could be a pivotal point in our movie choices for the future.

Join Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we consider the freedom afforded to writers when visiting vice and vulgarity upon fluffy non-living things made to look and act as though they are. We’ll help spoil the movie for you a little more than the trailer did so that we can get deep into its “rotten cotton.” And ultimately, maybe the most important question for approaching this brand of shock comedy is: where exactly can we find the line between too far and not far enough?


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]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 2903 What the heck is going on?! The Film Board was ROFL when the trailer for The Happytime Murders was released, so we decided to take a flyer and check to see if Melissa McCarthy and the Henson Gang could keep the raunchy laughs coming. We don’t usually tackle pure comedies at The Film Board so this conversation could be a pivotal point in our movie choices for the future. Join Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we consider the freedom afforded to writers when visiting vice and vulgarity upon fluffy non-living things made to look and act as though they are. We’ll help spoil the movie for you a little more than the trailer did so that we can get deep into its “rotten cotton.” And ultimately, maybe the most important question for approaching this brand of shock comedy is: where exactly can we find the line between too far and not far enough? What the heck is going on?! The Film Board was ROFL when the trailer for The Happytime Murders was released, so we decided to take a flyer and check to see if Melissa McCarthy and the Henson Gang could keep the raunchy laughs coming. We don’t usually tack Brian Henson, 2018, 2010s No Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 6 6 12 12 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom full 0fa2bc5e-5d8d-4895-bd1f-eadfa80b4c49 https://share.transistor.fm/s/275f0a15 “They’re alive. Just like me.”


Volcanoes, clones, and lizards oh my! Let’s all get Jurassic with it this month as we venture back to join the forsaken children of Isla Nublar for a fifth time. The Film Board is going to erupt a bunch of spoilage on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in this episode, with intermittent narration from Jeff Goldblum. (not IRL, but surely he’ll pop up once or three times... it couldn’t fit into the franchise without it, right?)

Last month we talked about the possibility of franchise fatigue with Solo, will it come into play with our thugs’ beloved ancient beasts? This Jurassic installment has some incredible competition at the box office, so join us to find out what we think will survive on silver screen island. Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger talk out their takes here and share insight on their favorites and least favorites in all the dino drama.


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]]> “They’re alive. Just like me.”


Volcanoes, clones, and lizards oh my! Let’s all get Jurassic with it this month as we venture back to join the forsaken children of Isla Nublar for a fifth time. The Film Board is going to erupt a bunch of spoilage on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in this episode, with intermittent narration from Jeff Goldblum. (not IRL, but surely he’ll pop up once or three times... it couldn’t fit into the franchise without it, right?)

Last month we talked about the possibility of franchise fatigue with Solo, will it come into play with our thugs’ beloved ancient beasts? This Jurassic installment has some incredible competition at the box office, so join us to find out what we think will survive on silver screen island. Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger talk out their takes here and share insight on their favorites and least favorites in all the dino drama.


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]]> Tue, 26 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3737 Volcanoes, clones, and lizards oh my! Let’s all get Jurassic with it this month as we venture back to join the forsaken children of Isla Nublar for a fifth time. The Film Board is going to erupt a bunch of spoilage on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in this episode, with intermittent narration from Jeff Goldblum. (not IRL, but surely he’ll pop up once or three times... it couldn’t fit into the franchise without it, right?) Last month we talked about the possibility of franchise fatigue with Solo, will it come into play with our thugs’ beloved ancient beasts? This Jurassic installment has some incredible competition at the box office, so join us to find out what we think will survive on silver screen island. Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger talk out their takes here and share insight on their favorites and least favorites in all the dino drama. Volcanoes, clones, and lizards oh my! Let’s all get Jurassic with it this month as we venture back to join the forsaken children of Isla Nublar for a fifth time. The Film Board is going to erupt a bunch of spoilage on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in thi J.A. Bayona, 2018, 2010s No Solo: A Star Wars Story 6 6 11 11 Solo: A Star Wars Story full e141abcb-2208-4fe9-9d7a-d509bbaadec2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d0e27f70 “I might be the only person who knows what you really are.”


Ready for an Easter Egg hunt? Yes, it’s actually Memorial Day but Solo: A Star Wars Story hit theaters this weekend and it’s spelunking George Lucas’s treasures in the attic so The Film Board will spoil it all for you! This new Star Wars anthology film kicks off the summer season and we’re chiming in to separate the Fan Boys from the Fun Dip.

Critics are wary of franchise fatigue, while the devoted are jumping at the chance to dive deeper into some cherished character backstory and motivation. It seems like some of the reasons to make these movies may be to close the loop on a number of canonical questions, but the speculation has already begun regarding potential dramatic connections between this and the primary Skywalker saga. Join us on this episode of The Film Board as we ride the Kessel Run with Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger.


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]]> “I might be the only person who knows what you really are.”


Ready for an Easter Egg hunt? Yes, it’s actually Memorial Day but Solo: A Star Wars Story hit theaters this weekend and it’s spelunking George Lucas’s treasures in the attic so The Film Board will spoil it all for you! This new Star Wars anthology film kicks off the summer season and we’re chiming in to separate the Fan Boys from the Fun Dip.

Critics are wary of franchise fatigue, while the devoted are jumping at the chance to dive deeper into some cherished character backstory and motivation. It seems like some of the reasons to make these movies may be to close the loop on a number of canonical questions, but the speculation has already begun regarding potential dramatic connections between this and the primary Skywalker saga. Join us on this episode of The Film Board as we ride the Kessel Run with Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger.


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]]> Tue, 29 May 2018 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4228 Ready for an Easter Egg hunt? Yes, it’s actually Memorial Day but Solo: A Star Wars Story hit theaters this weekend and it’s spelunking George Lucas’s treasures in the attic so The Film Board will spoil it all for you! This new Star Wars anthology film kicks off the summer season and we’re chiming in to separate the Fan Boys from the Fun Dip. Critics are wary of franchise fatigue, while the devoted are jumping at the chance to dive deeper into some cherished character backstory and motivation. It seems like some of the reasons to make these movies may be to close the loop on a number of canonical questions, but the speculation has already begun regarding potential dramatic connections between this and the primary Skywalker saga. Join us on this episode of The Film Board as we ride the Kessel Run with Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger. Ready for an Easter Egg hunt? Yes, it’s actually Memorial Day but Solo: A Star Wars Story hit theaters this weekend and it’s spelunking George Lucas’s treasures in the attic so The Film Board will spoil it all for you! This new Star Wars anthology film ki Ron Howard, 2018, 2010s No Beirut 6 6 10 10 Beirut full 1766565e-f31a-490d-822b-952121d7c000 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2a13a98a “2000 years of revenge, vendetta, murder. Welcome to Beirut.”


Last week the U.S. and its allies once again fired missiles on Syria in a response to recent chemical weapons attacks in the country. On Friday, April 13th, the film Beirut opened in theaters with a story that depicts Lebanon in the 70s and 80s running through some of the darkest times in the region’s history. Yet the world today remains saddled with war and confusion regarding how to achieve peace in the Middle East, so how does this film inform our current status? Does it enrich the conversation with historical drama or does it support an ongoing narrative of futility?

The movie is rife with controversy - critics are complaining about its lack of cultural accuracy, its storytelling focusing on a white savior type of story, and its remarkable release date on the anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War. Join our group of The Film Board regulars as we try to get to the heart of the purpose in telling this story, decide where the film is meant to be in today’s entertainment industry landscape and ultimately whether you will like it or not. Tune in to this episode of The Film Board and you’ll hear Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger all talk about what they brought home from Beirut.


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Last week the U.S. and its allies once again fired missiles on Syria in a response to recent chemical weapons attacks in the country. On Friday, April 13th, the film Beirut opened in theaters with a story that depicts Lebanon in the 70s and 80s running through some of the darkest times in the region’s history. Yet the world today remains saddled with war and confusion regarding how to achieve peace in the Middle East, so how does this film inform our current status? Does it enrich the conversation with historical drama or does it support an ongoing narrative of futility?

The movie is rife with controversy - critics are complaining about its lack of cultural accuracy, its storytelling focusing on a white savior type of story, and its remarkable release date on the anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War. Join our group of The Film Board regulars as we try to get to the heart of the purpose in telling this story, decide where the film is meant to be in today’s entertainment industry landscape and ultimately whether you will like it or not. Tune in to this episode of The Film Board and you’ll hear Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger all talk about what they brought home from Beirut.


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]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2018 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4227 Last week the U.S. and its allies once again fired missiles on Syria in a response to recent chemical weapons attacks in the country. On Friday, April 13th, the film Beirut opened in theaters with a story that depicts Lebanon in the 70s and 80s running through some of the darkest times in the region’s history. Yet the world today remains saddled with war and confusion regarding how to achieve peace in the Middle East, so how does this film inform our current status? Does it enrich the conversation with historical drama or does it support an ongoing narrative of futility? The movie is rife with controversy - critics are complaining about its lack of cultural accuracy, its storytelling focusing on a white savior type of story, and its remarkable release date on the anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War. Join our group of The Film Board regulars as we try to get to the heart of the purpose in telling this story, decide where the film is meant to be in today’s entertainment industry landscape and ultimately whether you will like it or not. Tune in to this episode of The Film Board and you’ll hear Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger all talk about what they brought home from Beirut. Last week the U.S. and its allies once again fired missiles on Syria in a response to recent chemical weapons attacks in the country. On Friday, April 13th, the film Beirut opened in theaters with a story that depicts Lebanon in the 70s and 80s running th Brad Anderson, 2018, 2010s No Ready Player One 6 6 9 9 Ready Player One full f77ce85b-e796-48fe-88a9-f72b8c393bea https://share.transistor.fm/s/50d1a932 "It’s the only place that feels like I mean anything."


Have you heard Steven Spielberg is rumored to be directing another Indiana Jones movie? It’s technically been “announced,” and the amazement that many people feel about that report after the wonder of The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull seems kinda like the wary optimism that the world brought to this month’s film board subject: Spielberg’s Ready Player One. The book by Ernest Cline was hugely popular but polarizing for some and it was loaded with 1980s nostalgia set a seemingly unfilmable un-license-able virtual world. It’s very possible that Spielberg is one of the few people that could have made this a reality for the big screen.

We gathered The Film Board together this month to talk about everyone’s views on Spielberg’s rehashing the of old days and adapting its wealthy pop culture landscape. Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger talk around the horn here about their childhood hooks, homage vs. innovation, unique artistic choices, and everybody’s favorite: fake things fighting fake things. Love or hate the rerun remake revision of your past, we’ll talk about what works about it for us and what unfortunately bites the dust. Log in to the cultural OASIS with us on this show because when the movie ends, our conversation begins.


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]]> "It’s the only place that feels like I mean anything."


Have you heard Steven Spielberg is rumored to be directing another Indiana Jones movie? It’s technically been “announced,” and the amazement that many people feel about that report after the wonder of The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull seems kinda like the wary optimism that the world brought to this month’s film board subject: Spielberg’s Ready Player One. The book by Ernest Cline was hugely popular but polarizing for some and it was loaded with 1980s nostalgia set a seemingly unfilmable un-license-able virtual world. It’s very possible that Spielberg is one of the few people that could have made this a reality for the big screen.

We gathered The Film Board together this month to talk about everyone’s views on Spielberg’s rehashing the of old days and adapting its wealthy pop culture landscape. Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger talk around the horn here about their childhood hooks, homage vs. innovation, unique artistic choices, and everybody’s favorite: fake things fighting fake things. Love or hate the rerun remake revision of your past, we’ll talk about what works about it for us and what unfortunately bites the dust. Log in to the cultural OASIS with us on this show because when the movie ends, our conversation begins.


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]]> Tue, 03 Apr 2018 22:56:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4345 It’s very possible that Spielberg is one of the few people that could have made the book Ready Player One a reality for the big screen. It’s very possible that Spielberg is one of the few people that could have made the book Ready Player One a reality for the big screen. Steven Spielberg, 2018, 2010s No Black Panther 6 6 8 8 Black Panther full 198b7bce-b517-4160-91c2-4e7587c90ddf https://share.transistor.fm/s/13a6ea39 "What happens now determines what happens to the rest of the world."


The Marvel Madness continues this month with Black Panther and it brings some spectacular new looks to some tried and true traditions. This movie boasts a whole lot of firsts on the big screen and it’s set to shatter box office records for February. Entertainment Weekly said that this is the “Marvel movie for people who don’t like Marvel movies” and that it “could change Marvel movies forever.” All the front end hype means that it’s an important film to take in and a great one to talk about.

On this show, tune in to hear Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger get deep about what it means to be a cog in the Marvel machine and what happened in this movie to make it stand out from all the others. We’ll make some connections for any confusion regarding its place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ultimately spoil the heck out of it and where things might go from here. Check out Black Panther in theaters now and then listen to this show because when the movie ends, our conversation begins.


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The Marvel Madness continues this month with Black Panther and it brings some spectacular new looks to some tried and true traditions. This movie boasts a whole lot of firsts on the big screen and it’s set to shatter box office records for February. Entertainment Weekly said that this is the “Marvel movie for people who don’t like Marvel movies” and that it “could change Marvel movies forever.” All the front end hype means that it’s an important film to take in and a great one to talk about.

On this show, tune in to hear Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger get deep about what it means to be a cog in the Marvel machine and what happened in this movie to make it stand out from all the others. We’ll make some connections for any confusion regarding its place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ultimately spoil the heck out of it and where things might go from here. Check out Black Panther in theaters now and then listen to this show because when the movie ends, our conversation begins.


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]]> Tue, 20 Feb 2018 06:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4367 The Marvel Madness continues this month with Black Panther and it brings some spectacular new looks to some tried and true traditions. This movie boasts a whole lot of firsts on the big screen and it’s set to shatter box office records for February. The Marvel Madness continues this month with Black Panther and it brings some spectacular new looks to some tried and true traditions. This movie boasts a whole lot of firsts on the big screen and it’s set to shatter box office records for February. 2018, 2010s, Ryan Coogler No Molly's Game 6 6 7 7 Molly's Game full 80ebcfbe-72f3-4f84-9418-5ad936aa66df https://share.transistor.fm/s/d87a1851 "You don’t want to break the law when you’re breaking the law."


Happy New Year! We’re bringing you an early episode of The Film Board as a late Christmas gift this year. Molly's Game was pre-released on the holiday, but we gathered some thugs here as quickly as possible this week for its wide release. It’s based on the book by Colorado native Molly Bloom about her real-life adventures running clandestine high stakes poker games with rich high profile players in Los Angeles and New York.

On this episode, listen to Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger examine Aaron Sorkin’s script and direction. They may try to gamble a bit about the film’s performance and purpose for coming out on Christmas. Jessica Chastain and company may be giving away some tells for big Hollywood gold with this movie out in theaters now.


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Happy New Year! We’re bringing you an early episode of The Film Board as a late Christmas gift this year. Molly's Game was pre-released on the holiday, but we gathered some thugs here as quickly as possible this week for its wide release. It’s based on the book by Colorado native Molly Bloom about her real-life adventures running clandestine high stakes poker games with rich high profile players in Los Angeles and New York.

On this episode, listen to Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger examine Aaron Sorkin’s script and direction. They may try to gamble a bit about the film’s performance and purpose for coming out on Christmas. Jessica Chastain and company may be giving away some tells for big Hollywood gold with this movie out in theaters now.


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]]> Tue, 09 Jan 2018 06:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3666 On this episode, listen to Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger examine Aaron Sorkin’s latest, "Molly's Game". They may try to gamble a bit about the film’s performance and purpose for coming out on Christmas. Jessica Chastain and company may be giving away some tells for big Hollywood gold with this movie out in theaters now. On this episode, listen to Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger examine Aaron Sorkin’s latest, "Molly's Game". They may try to gamble a bit about the film’s performance and purpose for coming out on Christmas. Jessica Chastain and company m Aaron Sorkin, 2017, 2010s No Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi 6 6 6 6 Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi full e8bf33f4-81b0-488d-a42c-b9e7bde45ae9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/59d7977f "I need someone to show me my place in all this."

We did it! We got to Star Wars #8 without our own Starkiller of a planet disintegrating - and what a fantastic reward we have in store for you when all of the usual suspect gang of thugs gather here to spoil the heck out of Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi. There’s so many people holding back the inner secrets of this story on social media so that you won’t get spoiled, but we fly a squadron of X-wings right in the face of that on The Film Board.

#THISISYOURSPOILERFIX

We’ve got everybody back for this one - Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will let out their emotional children to rehash the beautiful epic themes that make up the Skywalker saga. Two years ago, when we discussed The Force Awakens it leapt to the top of our Flickchart. On this show we’ll see if the fandom carries over to the new movie too. Click with us and return balance to the force.


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We did it! We got to Star Wars #8 without our own Starkiller of a planet disintegrating - and what a fantastic reward we have in store for you when all of the usual suspect gang of thugs gather here to spoil the heck out of Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi. There’s so many people holding back the inner secrets of this story on social media so that you won’t get spoiled, but we fly a squadron of X-wings right in the face of that on The Film Board.

#THISISYOURSPOILERFIX

We’ve got everybody back for this one - Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will let out their emotional children to rehash the beautiful epic themes that make up the Skywalker saga. Two years ago, when we discussed The Force Awakens it leapt to the top of our Flickchart. On this show we’ll see if the fandom carries over to the new movie too. Click with us and return balance to the force.


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]]> Tue, 19 Dec 2017 06:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5640 We did it! We got to Star Wars #8 without our own Starkiller of a planet disintegrating - and what a fantastic reward we have in store for you when all of the usual suspect gang of thugs gather here to spoil the heck out of Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi. There’s so many people holding back the inner secrets of this story on social media so that you won’t get spoiled, but we fly a squadron of X-wings right in the face of that on The Film Board. We did it! We got to Star Wars #8 without our own Starkiller of a planet disintegrating - and what a fantastic reward we have in store for you when all of the usual suspect gang of thugs gather here to spoil the heck out of Star Wars: Episode VIII - The L Rian Johnson, 2017, 2010s No Murder on the Orient Express 6 6 5 5 Murder on the Orient Express full afe04362-85d0-4e78-8fdc-1fa14cf03a87 https://share.transistor.fm/s/65d69ce1 "Use the little grey cells of the mind - and you will know!"


The literary adaptation sub-faction of The Film Board thugs gathers here to spoil the unraveling of Agatha Christie’s great mystery masterpiece, Murder on the Orient Express. It’s an immensely remarkable award-laden cast gathered by Kenneth Branagh for this remake, but do they adequately slay the source material? It could be a crime to pull this relic out to confound new audiences — did the mustache pull it off? Do the filmmakers get away with it?

Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger conspire to stab at the victories and victims in films like this. This is a unique show for thugging in that you may want to listen to determine if this film is worth your time. If you love Agatha Christie, question the purpose of retreads, and don’t mind getting spoiled on who done it - click with us!


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The literary adaptation sub-faction of The Film Board thugs gathers here to spoil the unraveling of Agatha Christie’s great mystery masterpiece, Murder on the Orient Express. It’s an immensely remarkable award-laden cast gathered by Kenneth Branagh for this remake, but do they adequately slay the source material? It could be a crime to pull this relic out to confound new audiences — did the mustache pull it off? Do the filmmakers get away with it?

Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger conspire to stab at the victories and victims in films like this. This is a unique show for thugging in that you may want to listen to determine if this film is worth your time. If you love Agatha Christie, question the purpose of retreads, and don’t mind getting spoiled on who done it - click with us!


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]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2017 06:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3843 It could be a crime to pull this relic out to confound new audiences — did the mustache pull it off? Do the filmmakers get away with it? The Film Board looks at Murder on the Orient Express. It could be a crime to pull this relic out to confound new audiences — did the mustache pull it off? Do the filmmakers get away with it? The Film Board looks at Murder on the Orient Express. 2017, 2010s, Kenneth Branagh No Blade Runner 2049 6 6 4 4 Blade Runner 2049 full cb221072-b1a1-4e95-9786-0abfa43f01bc https://share.transistor.fm/s/7dfea5b3 "I did your job once. I was good at it."


The Film Board gathers! This week on the show, we’re gearing up to hunt some rogue Nexus 8s and save all humanity with Denis Villeneuve's take on the Ridley Scott classic, Blade Runner 2049. How well does the new film respect the tone and style of the original? Does the film finally put to rest the mysteries of the first? Is Roger Deakins so good behind the camera?

It’s no secret that we’re fans of Villeneuve’s work, but we come to Blade Runner 2049 with a none-too-subtle sense of anxiety. For Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Pete Wright, this film trods in the playground of our youths. Did it really need to be made? Probably not. But since it’s here, what has it done to further the lore of the Blade Runner? We shall see...


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The Film Board gathers! This week on the show, we’re gearing up to hunt some rogue Nexus 8s and save all humanity with Denis Villeneuve's take on the Ridley Scott classic, Blade Runner 2049. How well does the new film respect the tone and style of the original? Does the film finally put to rest the mysteries of the first? Is Roger Deakins so good behind the camera?

It’s no secret that we’re fans of Villeneuve’s work, but we come to Blade Runner 2049 with a none-too-subtle sense of anxiety. For Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Pete Wright, this film trods in the playground of our youths. Did it really need to be made? Probably not. But since it’s here, what has it done to further the lore of the Blade Runner? We shall see...


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]]> Tue, 10 Oct 2017 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4806 It’s no secret that we’re fans of Villeneuve’s work, but we come to Blade Runner 2049 with a none-too-subtle sense of anxiety. For Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Pete Wright, this film trods in the playground of our youths. Did it really need to be made? Probably not. But since it’s here, what has it done to further the lore of the Blade Runner? It’s no secret that we’re fans of Villeneuve’s work, but we come to Blade Runner 2049 with a none-too-subtle sense of anxiety. For Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Pete Wright, this film trods in the playground of our youths. Did it really need to be made Denis Villeneuve, 2017, 2010s No Kingsman: The Golden Circle 6 6 3 3 Kingsman: The Golden Circle full 2ad61c7f-1c48-4427-8e98-cdec7f3a13dc https://share.transistor.fm/s/ee2747df The Film Board gathers! This week we’re choosing sides with the Kingsman and the Statesmen as we take on Poppy and the minions in Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Does Matthew Vaughn’s vaunted sequel deserve as much praise as Kingsman: The Secret Service? Do the Statesmen live up to our well-clad crusaders we know so well? Is Jeff Bridges just showing up to drink on set? We take on all these questions and...end up more split on this film than perhaps any other we’ve covered on this show! Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright as we jump in the car and drift.


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]]> The Film Board gathers! This week we’re choosing sides with the Kingsman and the Statesmen as we take on Poppy and the minions in Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Does Matthew Vaughn’s vaunted sequel deserve as much praise as Kingsman: The Secret Service? Do the Statesmen live up to our well-clad crusaders we know so well? Is Jeff Bridges just showing up to drink on set? We take on all these questions and...end up more split on this film than perhaps any other we’ve covered on this show! Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright as we jump in the car and drift.


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]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2017 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4559 The Film Board gathers! This week we’re choosing sides with the Kingsman and the Statesmen as we take on Poppy and the minions in Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The Film Board gathers! This week we’re choosing sides with the Kingsman and the Statesmen as we take on Poppy and the minions in Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Matthew Vaughn, 2017, 2010s Yes The Dark Tower 6 6 2 2 The Dark Tower full ea0c9144-494e-4d84-9fee-f3cfe07e4037 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3ee51c5b "Something made it through."


Stephen King’s opus inspired the movie The Dark Tower and The Film Board gathers here to throw out a bunch of thoughts on it. There will be talk about the source material for this story and what needed to happen for it to come together on the big screen. How’s that old turn go again about the baby and the bathwater? We’ll try to pin that metaphor on the relevant elements as we break down The Dark Tower.

Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger are all in to muse about the way things were before the world moved on. Have we forgotten the face of our fathers? Join us for palaver on this cherished epic and we say “Thankee-sai.”


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Stephen King’s opus inspired the movie The Dark Tower and The Film Board gathers here to throw out a bunch of thoughts on it. There will be talk about the source material for this story and what needed to happen for it to come together on the big screen. How’s that old turn go again about the baby and the bathwater? We’ll try to pin that metaphor on the relevant elements as we break down The Dark Tower.

Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger are all in to muse about the way things were before the world moved on. Have we forgotten the face of our fathers? Join us for palaver on this cherished epic and we say “Thankee-sai.”


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]]> Tue, 08 Aug 2017 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3668 Stephen King’s opus inspired the movie "The Dark Tower" and The Film Board gathers here to throw out a bunch of thoughts on it... How’s that old turn go again about the baby and the bathwater? Stephen King’s opus inspired the movie "The Dark Tower" and The Film Board gathers here to throw out a bunch of thoughts on it... How’s that old turn go again about the baby and the bathwater? Nikolaj Arcel, 2017, 2010s No Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 6 6 1 1 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets full 2ba3fe79-8b47-41ac-8bef-fda7ecdc41b8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/98ed8d91 "The whole universe is after us."

The Film Board drops out of Exospace this month to experience the other-dimensional adventure of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Luc Besson brings this graphic novel adaptation to us in what the trailers described as a vision that was “a lifetime in the making” from source material that “inspired a generation.” We’re getting thuggy with it to identify which generation in what lifetime.

Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will discuss and rank all the crazy computer effects and the future space story and which of those is a stronger complement for the other. Besson’s The Fifth Element has been a polarizing film for science fiction lovers in the world. Listen to this conversation to find out which end of the see-saw belongs to Valerian.


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The Film Board drops out of Exospace this month to experience the other-dimensional adventure of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Luc Besson brings this graphic novel adaptation to us in what the trailers described as a vision that was “a lifetime in the making” from source material that “inspired a generation.” We’re getting thuggy with it to identify which generation in what lifetime.

Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will discuss and rank all the crazy computer effects and the future space story and which of those is a stronger complement for the other. Besson’s The Fifth Element has been a polarizing film for science fiction lovers in the world. Listen to this conversation to find out which end of the see-saw belongs to Valerian.


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]]> Tue, 25 Jul 2017 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel Film Board The Next Reel Film Board 4313 The Film Board drops out of Exospace this month to experience the other-dimensional adventure of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Luc Besson brings this graphic novel adaptation to us in what the trailers described as a vision that was “a lifetime in the making” from source material that “inspired a generation.” We’re getting thuggy with it to identify which generation in what lifetime. Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will discuss and rank all the crazy computer effects and the future space story and which of those is a stronger complement for the other. Besson’s The Fifth Element has been a polarizing film for science fiction lovers in the world. Listen to this conversation to find out which end of the see-saw belongs to Valerian. The Film Board drops out of Exospace this month to experience the other-dimensional adventure of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Luc Besson brings this graphic novel adaptation to us in what the trailers described as a vision that was “a life Luc Besson, 2017, 2010s No The Mummy 5 5 12 12 The Mummy full dcd57ce9-45d2-4caa-bea5-f4f3299ce4ea https://share.transistor.fm/s/87ee7706 "We recognize, examine, contain, destroy."

THE FILM BOARD GATHERS! This month we all got wrapped up in the first film release for the “Dark Universe.” Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe give us an entry into a new world of gods and monsters in The Mummy. We will dispense our signature thuggery on evil incarnate and spoil the whole ball of bandages for you on this month’s show.

Is this a fresh franchise exhuming classic horror characters from the 20s and 30s for an entertaining thrill ride or just to provide a shallow star showcase? Join us on the show to hear opinions from our horrified hosts: Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger!


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THE FILM BOARD GATHERS! This month we all got wrapped up in the first film release for the “Dark Universe.” Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe give us an entry into a new world of gods and monsters in The Mummy. We will dispense our signature thuggery on evil incarnate and spoil the whole ball of bandages for you on this month’s show.

Is this a fresh franchise exhuming classic horror characters from the 20s and 30s for an entertaining thrill ride or just to provide a shallow star showcase? Join us on the show to hear opinions from our horrified hosts: Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger!


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]]> Tue, 13 Jun 2017 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4553 THE FILM BOARD GATHERS! This month we all got wrapped up in the first film release for the “Dark Universe.” Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe give us an entry into a new world of gods and monsters in The Mummy. We will dispense our signature thuggery on evil incarnate and spoil the whole ball of bandages for you on this month’s show. Is this a fresh franchise exhuming classic horror characters from the 20s and 30s for an entertaining thrill ride or just to provide a shallow star showcase? Join us on the show to hear opinions from our horrified hosts: Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger! THE FILM BOARD GATHERS! This month we all got wrapped up in the first film release for the “Dark Universe.” Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe give us an entry into a new world of gods and monsters in The Mummy. We will dispense our signature thuggery on evil i Alex Kurtzman, 2017, 2010s No Alien: Covenant 5 5 11 11 Alien: Covenant full b273890d-174e-4e47-9b6f-cc63d0d76e5c https://share.transistor.fm/s/a8813d11 "One wrong note eventually ruins the entire symphony."

The Film Board gathers! This month we’ve hit the Feel-a-Round Cineplex for Ridley Scott’s latest entry to the Alien Cinematic Universe: Alien: Covenant. The film tells the story of a colony ship on their way to brave new horizons, seeding a distant planet with new life when they have to go check out this one thing on that one other planet only to discover... yeah, you know the drill. How well does Scott get us back into the Alienscape and engaged with this fancy new crew? What do we make of cinematographer Dariusz Wolski’s camera as a window into this new Alien? How much would we pay to see a standalone film of Michael Fassbender talking to Michael Fassbender? All these questions answered, and SO much more as Steve Sarmento leads Andy Nelson and Pete Wright on a journey through the deepest, darkest alien woods.


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The Film Board gathers! This month we’ve hit the Feel-a-Round Cineplex for Ridley Scott’s latest entry to the Alien Cinematic Universe: Alien: Covenant. The film tells the story of a colony ship on their way to brave new horizons, seeding a distant planet with new life when they have to go check out this one thing on that one other planet only to discover... yeah, you know the drill. How well does Scott get us back into the Alienscape and engaged with this fancy new crew? What do we make of cinematographer Dariusz Wolski’s camera as a window into this new Alien? How much would we pay to see a standalone film of Michael Fassbender talking to Michael Fassbender? All these questions answered, and SO much more as Steve Sarmento leads Andy Nelson and Pete Wright on a journey through the deepest, darkest alien woods.


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]]> Tue, 23 May 2017 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4368 The Film Board gathers! This month we’ve hit the Feel-a-Round Cineplex for Ridley Scott’s latest entry to the Alien Cinematic Universe: Alien: Covenant. The film tells the story of a colony ship on their way to brave new horizons, seeding a distant planet with new life when they have to go check out this one thing on that one other planet only to discover... yeah, you know the drill. How well does Scott get us back into the Alienscape and engaged with this fancy new crew? What do we make of cinematographer Dariusz Wolski’s camera as a window into this new Alien? How much would we pay to see a standalone film of Michael Fassbender talking to Michael Fassbender? All these questions answered, and SO much more as Steve Sarmento leads Andy Nelson and Pete Wright on a journey through the deepest, darkest alien woods. The Film Board gathers! This month we’ve hit the Feel-a-Round Cineplex for Ridley Scott’s latest entry to the Alien Cinematic Universe: Alien: Covenant. The film tells the story of a colony ship on their way to brave new horizons, seeding a distant planet 2017, 2010s, Ridley Scott No The Circle 5 5 10 10 The Circle full 06a5e20d-92c3-49a7-be33-612b508a7d07 https://share.transistor.fm/s/89b891b4 "Knowing is good, but knowing everything is better."

The Film Board gathers and we’re pulling everyone much much too close into The Circle. The book was released in 2013 from Dave Eggers and the movie adaptation opened this week in theaters. Our Thugs will completely spoil it for you in this show as we explore our respective crushes on Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, John Boyega, and so many others. We’re going to question everything in this movie, because depending on your preferred mode of listening, it may make you question everything about your technology choices.

Our special sphere for this show includes Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and new special guest host Jaime Smith as we run around the spinning thrills of The Circle.


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The Film Board gathers and we’re pulling everyone much much too close into The Circle. The book was released in 2013 from Dave Eggers and the movie adaptation opened this week in theaters. Our Thugs will completely spoil it for you in this show as we explore our respective crushes on Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, John Boyega, and so many others. We’re going to question everything in this movie, because depending on your preferred mode of listening, it may make you question everything about your technology choices.

Our special sphere for this show includes Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and new special guest host Jaime Smith as we run around the spinning thrills of The Circle.


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]]> Tue, 02 May 2017 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4355 The Film Board gathers and we’re pulling everyone much much too close into The Circle. The book was released in 2013 from Dave Eggers and the movie adaptation opened this week in theaters. Our Thugs will completely spoil it for you in this show as we explore our respective crushes on Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, John Boyega, and so many others. We’re going to question everything in this movie, because depending on your preferred mode of listening, it may make you question everything about your technology choices. Our special sphere for this show includes Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and new special guest host Jaime Smith as we run around the spinning thrills of The Circle. The Film Board gathers and we’re pulling everyone much much too close into The Circle. The book was released in 2013 from Dave Eggers and the movie adaptation opened this week in theaters. Our Thugs will completely spoil it for you in this show as we expl James Ponsoldt, 2017, 2010s No Logan 5 5 9 9 Logan full ba2213c9-6561-4748-a9ba-4d91af53494e https://share.transistor.fm/s/1bffd53f "Don’t be what they make you to be."

Back-to-back Film Board weeks! We couldn’t let this one go by - Marvel comics movies are continuing to find their graphic stride this month with Logan and our thugs need to get in the fight and mix it up about the value of a hard “R” comic representation in the cinematic universe. It’s not spoilery to talk about the completely appropriate rating this movie drew, but in addition to that, we will spoil the story and theorize what it means for the Marvel mutants' present and future.

We continue to keep our own lineup fresh on this show with Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and another awesome appearance from special guest host Darnell Smith. Listening to this episode will help you decide whether you should get over your comic book movie apathy, embrace de-sensitization to knife (claw) gore, and/or slice your way to this movie before the Ides of March. If you don’t want to be thoroughly spoiled, come back and listen after you see it once your healing factor kicks in. When the movie ends, our conversation begins!


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]]> "Don’t be what they make you to be."

Back-to-back Film Board weeks! We couldn’t let this one go by - Marvel comics movies are continuing to find their graphic stride this month with Logan and our thugs need to get in the fight and mix it up about the value of a hard “R” comic representation in the cinematic universe. It’s not spoilery to talk about the completely appropriate rating this movie drew, but in addition to that, we will spoil the story and theorize what it means for the Marvel mutants' present and future.

We continue to keep our own lineup fresh on this show with Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and another awesome appearance from special guest host Darnell Smith. Listening to this episode will help you decide whether you should get over your comic book movie apathy, embrace de-sensitization to knife (claw) gore, and/or slice your way to this movie before the Ides of March. If you don’t want to be thoroughly spoiled, come back and listen after you see it once your healing factor kicks in. When the movie ends, our conversation begins!


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]]> Tue, 07 Mar 2017 06:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5348 Back-to-back Film Board weeks! We couldn’t let this one go by - Marvel comics movies are continuing to find their graphic stride this month with Logan and our thugs need to get in the fight and mix it up about the value of a hard “R” comic representation in the cinematic universe. It’s not spoilery to talk about the completely appropriate rating this movie drew, but in addition to that, we will spoil the story and theorize what it means for the Marvel mutants' present and future. We continue to keep our own lineup fresh on this show with Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and another awesome appearance from special guest host Darnell Smith. Listening to this episode will help you decide whether you should get over your comic book movie apathy, embrace de-sensitization to knife (claw) gore, and/or slice your way to this movie before the Ides of March. If you don’t want to be thoroughly spoiled, come back and listen after you see it once your healing factor kicks in. When the movie ends, our conversation begins! Back-to-back Film Board weeks! We couldn’t let this one go by - Marvel comics movies are continuing to find their graphic stride this month with Logan and our thugs need to get in the fight and mix it up about the value of a hard “R” comic representation James Mangold, 2017, 2010s No Get Out 5 5 8 8 Get Out full a41a2569-f930-4586-9a59-5e31af046f72 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f73c2c47 “Here it is: My boy Chris has been missing for two days.”


The Film Board gathers! This month, in a departure from the heady intensity of the Oscars line-up, our Gang of Thugs takes on a thriller written and directed by comedy all-star Jordan Peele. Get Out is thoroughly spoiled through our chat and we talk about its balance of satire and terror and the genre similarities of horror and comedy and how a filmmaker’s skills in one discipline can be transferable to the other.

We’re continuing to try to scare the pants off ourselves this year and on this show you’ll hear Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and our new guest host Darnell Smith. Let us spoil Get Out for you if you want to take the edge off the suspense or listen to the show after you see it and let us know how it hits you. When the movie ends, our conversation begins!


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The Film Board gathers! This month, in a departure from the heady intensity of the Oscars line-up, our Gang of Thugs takes on a thriller written and directed by comedy all-star Jordan Peele. Get Out is thoroughly spoiled through our chat and we talk about its balance of satire and terror and the genre similarities of horror and comedy and how a filmmaker’s skills in one discipline can be transferable to the other.

We’re continuing to try to scare the pants off ourselves this year and on this show you’ll hear Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and our new guest host Darnell Smith. Let us spoil Get Out for you if you want to take the edge off the suspense or listen to the show after you see it and let us know how it hits you. When the movie ends, our conversation begins!


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]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:30:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4533 The Film Board gathers! This month, in a departure from the heady intensity of the Oscars line-up, our Gang of Thugs takes on a thriller written and directed by comedy all-star Jordan Peele. Get Out is thoroughly spoiled through our chat and we talk about its balance of satire and terror and the genre similarities of horror and comedy and how a filmmaker’s skills in one discipline can be transferable to the other. We’re continuing to try to scare the pants off ourselves this year and on this show you’ll hear Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, and our new guest host Darnell Smith. Let us spoil Get Out for you if you want to take the edge off the suspense or listen to the show after you see it and let us know how it hits you. When the movie ends, our conversation begins! The Film Board gathers! This month, in a departure from the heady intensity of the Oscars line-up, our Gang of Thugs takes on a thriller written and directed by comedy all-star Jordan Peele. Get Out is thoroughly spoiled through our chat and we talk about 2017, 2010s, Jordan Peele No Split 5 5 7 7 Split full b0975847-dfbb-4a0c-b062-95617192272a https://share.transistor.fm/s/b0651206 "He’s on the move."

DON'T LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE OF THE FILM BOARD until you see Split! At The Next Reel and The Film Board, we always mention how WE SPOIL MOVIES and this month we’ve taken on twistmaster M. Night Shyamalan's newest film with a conversation that is completely impossible without SPOILING this movie for you. That being said, go see it and then come and join us because there is lots and lots to talk about from this psychological thriller put together in the classic Shyamalan style.

Suspense and terror is front and center for the first part of 2017 and gathering together this month, we’ve got Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger to start it up. If you’ve got strong feelings about MNS movies, you really should see Split and then check us out.


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DON'T LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE OF THE FILM BOARD until you see Split! At The Next Reel and The Film Board, we always mention how WE SPOIL MOVIES and this month we’ve taken on twistmaster M. Night Shyamalan's newest film with a conversation that is completely impossible without SPOILING this movie for you. That being said, go see it and then come and join us because there is lots and lots to talk about from this psychological thriller put together in the classic Shyamalan style.

Suspense and terror is front and center for the first part of 2017 and gathering together this month, we’ve got Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger to start it up. If you’ve got strong feelings about MNS movies, you really should see Split and then check us out.


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]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2017 06:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4853 DON'T LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE OF THE FILM BOARD until you see Split! At The Next Reel and The Film Board, we always mention how WE SPOIL MOVIES and this month we’ve taken on twistmaster M. Night Shyamalan's newest film with a conversation that is completely impossible without SPOILING this movie for you. That being said, go see it and then come and join us because there is lots and lots to talk about from this psychological thriller put together in the classic Shyamalan style. Suspense and terror is front and center for the first part of 2017 and gathering together this month, we’ve got Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger to start it up. If you’ve got strong feelings about MNS movies, you really should see Split and then check us out. DON'T LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE OF THE FILM BOARD until you see Split! At The Next Reel and The Film Board, we always mention how WE SPOIL MOVIES and this month we’ve taken on twistmaster M. Night Shyamalan's newest film with a conversation that is completel 2016, 2010s, M. Night Shyamalan No Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 5 5 6 6 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story full e3a9a34d-1073-4fb8-8368-f94fd5925ec6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5af1ddc1 "I'm one with the Force. The Force is with me."

Look at this - The Film Board is back with a thuggish gathering of galactic implications. Last year doesn’t totally count as long ago nor far, far away for a new Star Wars movie, but the Disney franchise treatment this month goes all the way back into a sub-mid-prequel sort of thing with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. If you’re not sure where this movie belongs in the mix, we’ll spoil it for you along with the rest of the story and all of its clever bridges to the Trilogy we all grew up on.

We’ve decided to prompt some of the usual suspects on this one so take a listen to Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we open up a can of blaster sound effects and witty droid dialogue. You will have as much fun as we do – real people talking about fake things fighting other fake things!


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Look at this - The Film Board is back with a thuggish gathering of galactic implications. Last year doesn’t totally count as long ago nor far, far away for a new Star Wars movie, but the Disney franchise treatment this month goes all the way back into a sub-mid-prequel sort of thing with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. If you’re not sure where this movie belongs in the mix, we’ll spoil it for you along with the rest of the story and all of its clever bridges to the Trilogy we all grew up on.

We’ve decided to prompt some of the usual suspects on this one so take a listen to Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we open up a can of blaster sound effects and witty droid dialogue. You will have as much fun as we do – real people talking about fake things fighting other fake things!


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]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2016 06:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5214 Look at this - The Film Board is back with a thuggish gathering of galactic implications. Last year doesn’t totally count as long ago nor far, far away for a new Star Wars movie, but the Disney franchise treatment this month goes all the way back into a sub-mid-prequel sort of thing with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. If you’re not sure where this movie belongs in the mix, we’ll spoil it for you along with the rest of the story and all of its clever bridges to the Trilogy we all grew up on. We’ve decided to prompt some of the usual suspects on this one so take a listen to Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we open up a can of blaster sound effects and witty droid dialogue. You will have as much fun as we do – real people talking about fake things fighting other fake things! Look at this - The Film Board is back with a thuggish gathering of galactic implications. Last year doesn’t totally count as long ago nor far, far away for a new Star Wars movie, but the Disney franchise treatment this month goes all the way back into a s Gareth Edwards, 2016, 2010s No Doctor Strange 5 5 5 5 Doctor Strange full 0c5645e8-7b06-4c04-a9c3-d8b6e1979965 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6ed8e41e "Forget everything that you think you know."


The Film Board gathers! The Marvel Cinematic Universe has returned so we've brought together a merry band of thugs to spoil the next episode of the massive comic book soap opera for you - easter eggs and all. Origin story anyone? Join us as we talk about Doctor Strange, another special human that learns great and different powers to save the world/worlds in great and different ways.

Singing for their supper on this one is our own special motley mix of critics and fanboys, so join us to figure out where you are on our spectrum. Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will take you on a dive through a multiverse thrill ride and we'll all come out with shaking hands and a new perspective on reality.


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The Film Board gathers! The Marvel Cinematic Universe has returned so we've brought together a merry band of thugs to spoil the next episode of the massive comic book soap opera for you - easter eggs and all. Origin story anyone? Join us as we talk about Doctor Strange, another special human that learns great and different powers to save the world/worlds in great and different ways.

Singing for their supper on this one is our own special motley mix of critics and fanboys, so join us to figure out where you are on our spectrum. Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will take you on a dive through a multiverse thrill ride and we'll all come out with shaking hands and a new perspective on reality.


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]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2016 22:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4580 The Film Board gathers! The Marvel Cinematic Universe has returned so we've brought together a merry band of thugs to spoil the next episode of the massive comic book soap opera for you - easter eggs and all. Origin story anyone? Join us as we talk about Doctor Strange, another special human that learns great and different powers to save the world/worlds in great and different ways. Singing for their supper on this one is our own special motley mix of critics and fanboys, so join us to figure out where you are on our spectrum. Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger will take you on a dive through a multiverse thrill ride and we'll all come out with shaking hands and a new perspective on reality. The Film Board gathers! The Marvel Cinematic Universe has returned so we've brought together a merry band of thugs to spoil the next episode of the massive comic book soap opera for you - easter eggs and all. Origin story anyone? Join us as we talk about 2016, 2010s, Scott Derrickson No Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 5 5 4 4 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back full c72e13e5-1d4c-405c-bf90-5868892a69ff https://share.transistor.fm/s/4b6574fa "You’re right – the numbers don’t add up."


The Film Board is all out of breath! Our faithful thugs have been sprinting from house to car to theater to car to microphone to gather, AND SPOIL, FOR YOU - the new Tom Cruise production of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. The first installment of the Lee Child adaptation was striking and clever. We’ll talk through whether doing a #2 bugs us at all.

Our house is a very very very full house with our five regulars returning to the show including Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger. Have a listen because when the movie ends, our conversation begins and this one in particular will set you up with the right things to know before you go.


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The Film Board is all out of breath! Our faithful thugs have been sprinting from house to car to theater to car to microphone to gather, AND SPOIL, FOR YOU - the new Tom Cruise production of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. The first installment of the Lee Child adaptation was striking and clever. We’ll talk through whether doing a #2 bugs us at all.

Our house is a very very very full house with our five regulars returning to the show including Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger. Have a listen because when the movie ends, our conversation begins and this one in particular will set you up with the right things to know before you go.


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]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2016 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4877 The Film Board is all out of breath! Our faithful thugs have been sprinting from house to car to theater to car to microphone to gather, AND SPOIL, FOR YOU - the new Tom Cruise production of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. The first installment of the Lee Child adaptation was striking and clever. We’ll talk through whether doing a #2 bugs us at all. Our house is a very very very full house with our five regulars returning to the show including Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger. Have a listen because when the movie ends, our conversation begins and this one in particular will set you up with the right things to know before you go. The Film Board is all out of breath! Our faithful thugs have been sprinting from house to car to theater to car to microphone to gather, AND SPOIL, FOR YOU - the new Tom Cruise production of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. The first installment of the Lee Ch Edward Zwick, 2016, 2010s No Snowden 5 5 3 3 Snowden full 5fb665c8-8f4e-427c-a5a1-cb512a86e383 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3aedf1e9 "Terrorism is just an excuse."

The Film Board gathers undercover of darkness through compromised microphones and remotely accessed computer screens to discuss a dramatic reconstruction of the deconstruction of the general public’s privacy in Oliver Stone’s Snowden. Is it accurate? Does it matter? Did Edward get a SAG card? Listen in as our heavy hands deliver an open discussion with Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we all cover our laptop cameras and cross our fingers.

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The Film Board gathers undercover of darkness through compromised microphones and remotely accessed computer screens to discuss a dramatic reconstruction of the deconstruction of the general public’s privacy in Oliver Stone’s Snowden. Is it accurate? Does it matter? Did Edward get a SAG card? Listen in as our heavy hands deliver an open discussion with Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we all cover our laptop cameras and cross our fingers.

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]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2016 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4168 The Film Board Gathers undercover of darkness through compromised microphones and remotely accessed computer screens to discuss a dramatic reconstruction of the deconstruction of the general public’s privacy in Oliver Stone’s Snowden. Is it accurate? Does it matter? Did Edward get a SAG card? Listen in as our heavy hands deliver an open discussion with Steve, Pete and JJ as we all cover our laptop cameras and cross our fingers. The Film Board Gathers undercover of darkness through compromised microphones and remotely accessed computer screens to discuss a dramatic reconstruction of the deconstruction of the general public’s privacy in Oliver Stone’s Snowden. Is it accurate? Does 2016, 2010s, Oliver Stone No War Dogs 5 5 2 2 War Dogs full 4bc3a36b-25d9-4f9b-b532-d390bf16829b https://share.transistor.fm/s/8a46a685 "That sounds illegal."


The Film Board gathers, celebrating the Dog Days of summer with a slick new film from the team that created The Hangover’s Wolf Pack. This month the Thugs get feral and spoil War Dogs for you because it features some of our favorite young Hollywood talent in Miles Teller and Jonah Hill and it’s just plain fun to figure out the alpha in a movie that’s categorized as “Comedy, Drama, War.”

Our voices above the fray will include Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and a return appearance from special guest host Alice Baker as we dig up bones for War Dogs - in theaters now.


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The Film Board gathers, celebrating the Dog Days of summer with a slick new film from the team that created The Hangover’s Wolf Pack. This month the Thugs get feral and spoil War Dogs for you because it features some of our favorite young Hollywood talent in Miles Teller and Jonah Hill and it’s just plain fun to figure out the alpha in a movie that’s categorized as “Comedy, Drama, War.”

Our voices above the fray will include Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and a return appearance from special guest host Alice Baker as we dig up bones for War Dogs - in theaters now.


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]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4314 The Film Board gathers, celebrating the Dog Days of summer with a slick new film from the team that created The Hangover’s Wolf Pack. This month the Thugs get feral and spoil War Dogs for you because it features some of our favorite young Hollywood talent in Miles Teller and Jonah Hill and it’s just plain fun to figure out the alpha in a movie that’s categorized as “Comedy, Drama, War.” Our voices above the fray will include Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and a return appearance from special guest host Alice Baker as we dig up bones for War Dogs - in theaters now. The Film Board gathers, celebrating the Dog Days of summer with a slick new film from the team that created The Hangover’s Wolf Pack. This month the Thugs get feral and spoil War Dogs for you because it features some of our favorite young Hollywood talent Todd Phillips, 2016, 2010s No Jason Bourne 5 5 1 1 Jason Bourne full c9a342bf-49e5-4e02-9a9e-abef38d36516 https://share.transistor.fm/s/45f71948 "Use SQL to corrupt the databases."


The Film Board gathers! This month, we’ve got thugs being thugs as the Bourne Quintology moves into its latest chapter. Our secret super soldiers surface to talk about Matt Damon’s return and the latest techniques in brainwashing, performance enhancing drugs and any other tricky tactics to transform Robert Ludlum’s legends to screen.

All alliteration aside, we’re going to spoil this movie and the rest of the franchise. So catch up to Jason Bourne with Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger - it’s in theaters now.


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The Film Board gathers! This month, we’ve got thugs being thugs as the Bourne Quintology moves into its latest chapter. Our secret super soldiers surface to talk about Matt Damon’s return and the latest techniques in brainwashing, performance enhancing drugs and any other tricky tactics to transform Robert Ludlum’s legends to screen.

All alliteration aside, we’re going to spoil this movie and the rest of the franchise. So catch up to Jason Bourne with Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger - it’s in theaters now.


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]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2016 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4750 The Film Board gathers! This month, we’ve got thugs being thugs as the Bourne Quintology moves into its latest chapter. Our secret super soldiers surface to talk about Matt Damon’s return and the latest techniques in brainwashing, performance enhancing drugs and any other tricky tactics to transform Robert Ludlum’s legends to screen. All alliteration aside, we’re going to spoil this movie and the rest of the franchise. So catch up to Jason Bourne with Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger - it’s in theaters now. The Film Board gathers! This month, we’ve got thugs being thugs as the Bourne Quintology moves into its latest chapter. Our secret super soldiers surface to talk about Matt Damon’s return and the latest techniques in brainwashing, performance enhancing dr 2016, Paul Greengrass, 2010s No Now You See Me 2 4 4 12 12 Now You See Me 2 full 36bfab3e-8573-49ca-88e1-8f7c04c8a649 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d1e9e3ef "Are you listening, Horsemen? You will get what's coming to you. In ways you can't expect."

The Film Board gathers! This month, The Four Horsemen return to continue the magical crusade to right societal wrongs through misdirection and sleight of hand with Jon M. Chu’s Now You See Me 2. The Thugs tackle their own appetite for manipulation — Does this story deserve a sequel? Why would The Film Board approach it after widely panning the original? What happened to Isla Fisher and is she being played by Daniel Radcliffe?

We spoil the tricks, but spread the magic with Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and guest host Alice Baker as we consider the smoke and mirrors that make Now You See Me 2 a spectacle in theaters now.


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]]> "Are you listening, Horsemen? You will get what's coming to you. In ways you can't expect."

The Film Board gathers! This month, The Four Horsemen return to continue the magical crusade to right societal wrongs through misdirection and sleight of hand with Jon M. Chu’s Now You See Me 2. The Thugs tackle their own appetite for manipulation — Does this story deserve a sequel? Why would The Film Board approach it after widely panning the original? What happened to Isla Fisher and is she being played by Daniel Radcliffe?

We spoil the tricks, but spread the magic with Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and guest host Alice Baker as we consider the smoke and mirrors that make Now You See Me 2 a spectacle in theaters now.


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]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5062 The Film Board gathers! This month, The Four Horsemen return to continue the magical crusade to right societal wrongs through misdirection and sleight of hand with Jon M. Chu’s Now You See Me 2. The Thugs tackle their own appetite for manipulation — Does this story deserve a sequel? Why would The Film Board approach it after widely panning the original? What happened to Isla Fisher and is she being played by Daniel Radcliffe? We spoil the tricks, but spread the magic with Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and guest host Alice Baker as we consider the smoke and mirrors that make Now You See Me 2 a spectacle in theaters now. The Film Board gathers! This month, The Four Horsemen return to continue the magical crusade to right societal wrongs through misdirection and sleight of hand with Jon M. Chu’s Now You See Me 2. The Thugs tackle their own appetite for manipulation — Does Jon M. Chu, 2016, 2010s No Captain America: Civil War 4 4 11 11 Captain America: Civil War full d2007724-6431-4fb1-a961-03e4e83e5fc2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/adf41bd8 "If we can't accept limitations, we're no better than the bad guys."

The Film Board gathers! This month, #TeamFilmBoard takes on #TeamCap and #TeamIronMan for the title in this hero-on-hero-on-decidedly-non-hero battle royale. How well do the Russo Brothers do in their continued ownership of the Cap franchise? How about writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely? And the cast of thousands of A-listers rounding out the Avengers including newcomer Chadwick Boseman? Yeah, here’s a spoiler: We want that Black Panther movie right. Now.

This is a big movie, with monstrous shoes to fill. Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we plow through camera, costume and cuisine on the latest Marvel blockbuster, Captain America: Civil War.


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]]> "If we can't accept limitations, we're no better than the bad guys."

The Film Board gathers! This month, #TeamFilmBoard takes on #TeamCap and #TeamIronMan for the title in this hero-on-hero-on-decidedly-non-hero battle royale. How well do the Russo Brothers do in their continued ownership of the Cap franchise? How about writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely? And the cast of thousands of A-listers rounding out the Avengers including newcomer Chadwick Boseman? Yeah, here’s a spoiler: We want that Black Panther movie right. Now.

This is a big movie, with monstrous shoes to fill. Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we plow through camera, costume and cuisine on the latest Marvel blockbuster, Captain America: Civil War.


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]]> Tue, 10 May 2016 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5432 The Film Board gathers! This month, #TeamFilmBoard takes on #TeamCap and #TeamIronMan for the title in this hero-on-hero-on-decidedly-non-hero battle royale. How well do the Russo Brothers do in their continued ownership of the Cap franchise? How about writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely? And the cast of thousands of A-listers rounding out the Avengers including newcomer Chadwick Boseman? Yeah, here’s a spoiler: We want that Black Panther movie right. Now. This is a big movie, with monstrous shoes to fill. Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Pete Wright, and Justin 'JJ' Jaeger as we plow through camera, costume and cuisine on the latest Marvel blockbuster, Captain America: Civil War. The Film Board gathers! This month, #TeamFilmBoard takes on #TeamCap and #TeamIronMan for the title in this hero-on-hero-on-decidedly-non-hero battle royale. How well do the Russo Brothers do in their continued ownership of the Cap franchise? How about wr 2016, 2010s, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo No Demolition 4 4 10 10 Demolition full a7de9391-b637-4a32-afbc-32f77ebcae5c https://share.transistor.fm/s/c4350d3a "I found this upsetting because I was very hungry and also my wife had died ten minutes earlier. Maybe I should start from the beginning."

The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs comes together to spoil the latest thinker from Jean-Marc Vallée, Demolition. And you know what? We like it. We like it so much, we think you should see it. If you’ve been following us on The Film Board over the last few years, you know that this sort of affinity is pretty rare around these parts.

On the show, we take on Mr. Gyllenhaal, his fantastic introverted quirkiness, and his approach to addressing grief. We talk about the great Chris Cooper and his challenge at being cast as a grumpy Gus. We talk about Naomi Watts, who pulls off complexity, even if just for a wee bit of film. And finally, we talk about relative newcomer Judah Lewis in one of the best child performances we’ve seen.

Better still, you have to tune in for our conversation around the production of this film. Director Jean-Marc Vallée, cinematographer Yves Bélanger, and editor Jay Glen work together to craft one of the most interesting and intentional visual narratives of the season with subtlety and grace. Think what you will about the film, but then step back and appreciate the treatment of the medium. These guys are an exceptional team on this film.


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The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs comes together to spoil the latest thinker from Jean-Marc Vallée, Demolition. And you know what? We like it. We like it so much, we think you should see it. If you’ve been following us on The Film Board over the last few years, you know that this sort of affinity is pretty rare around these parts.

On the show, we take on Mr. Gyllenhaal, his fantastic introverted quirkiness, and his approach to addressing grief. We talk about the great Chris Cooper and his challenge at being cast as a grumpy Gus. We talk about Naomi Watts, who pulls off complexity, even if just for a wee bit of film. And finally, we talk about relative newcomer Judah Lewis in one of the best child performances we’ve seen.

Better still, you have to tune in for our conversation around the production of this film. Director Jean-Marc Vallée, cinematographer Yves Bélanger, and editor Jay Glen work together to craft one of the most interesting and intentional visual narratives of the season with subtlety and grace. Think what you will about the film, but then step back and appreciate the treatment of the medium. These guys are an exceptional team on this film.


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]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2016 07:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5522 The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs comes together to spoil the latest thinker from Jean-Marc Vallée, Demolition. And you know what? We like it. We like it so much, we think you should see it. If you’ve been following us on The Film Board over the last few years, you know that this sort of affinity is pretty rare around these parts. On the show, we take on Mr. Gyllenhaal, his fantastic introverted quirkiness, and his approach to addressing grief. We talk about the great Chris Cooper and his challenge at being cast as a grumpy Gus. We talk about Naomi Watts, who pulls off complexity, even if just for a wee bit of film. And finally, we talk about relative newcomer Judah Lewis in one of the best child performances we’ve seen. Better still, you have to tune in for our conversation around the production of this film. Director Jean-Marc Vallée, cinematographer Yves Bélanger, and editor Jay Glen work together to craft one of the most interesting and intentional visual narratives of the season with subtlety and grace. Think what you will about the film, but then step back and appreciate the treatment of the medium. These guys are an exceptional team on this film. The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs comes together to spoil the latest thinker from Jean-Marc Vallée, Demolition. And you know what? We like it. We like it so much, we think you should see it. If you’ve been following us on The Film Board Jean-Marc Vallée, 2016, 2010s No Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 4 4 9 9 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice full 8fd0e619-9a3c-464b-ab1c-1c87d9b3135b https://share.transistor.fm/s/8f18b4d5 "We know better now, don't we? Devils don't come from hell beneath us. They come from the sky."

The Film Board gathers! This month, the gang of thugs comes together to take on the latest in Zack Snyder’s DC Comics destruct-o-thon with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and, as a good panel show should, we offer a split decision! How well is Snyder acting as custodian of DC’s most iconic properties? Is the darker tone truly a representation of our contemporary cultural reality, or is it a slapped together tonal alternative to Marvel’s cinematic universe? Does it matter? Is Ben Affleck really sad? And how soon until the Gal Gadot-helmed Wonder Woman stand-alone film, anyway...cause we have a hankering for it around these parts.

All that plus Tommy Metz III on fake things throwing fake things into fake things on screen with regulars Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright. Join us!


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The Film Board gathers! This month, the gang of thugs comes together to take on the latest in Zack Snyder’s DC Comics destruct-o-thon with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and, as a good panel show should, we offer a split decision! How well is Snyder acting as custodian of DC’s most iconic properties? Is the darker tone truly a representation of our contemporary cultural reality, or is it a slapped together tonal alternative to Marvel’s cinematic universe? Does it matter? Is Ben Affleck really sad? And how soon until the Gal Gadot-helmed Wonder Woman stand-alone film, anyway...cause we have a hankering for it around these parts.

All that plus Tommy Metz III on fake things throwing fake things into fake things on screen with regulars Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright. Join us!


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]]> Sun, 27 Mar 2016 20:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5269 The Film Board gathers! This month, the gang of thugs comes together to take on the latest in Zack Snyder’s DC Comics destruct-o-thon with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and, as a good panel show should, we offer a split decision! How well is Snyder acting as custodian of DC’s most iconic properties? Is the darker tone truly a representation of our contemporary cultural reality, or is it a slapped together tonal alternative to Marvel’s cinematic universe? Does it matter? Is Ben Affleck really sad? And how soon until the Gal Gadot-helmed Wonder Woman stand-alone film, anyway...cause we have a hankering for it around these parts. All that plus Tommy Metz III on fake things throwing fake things into fake things on screen with regulars Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright. Join us! The Film Board gathers! This month, the gang of thugs comes together to take on the latest in Zack Snyder’s DC Comics destruct-o-thon with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and, as a good panel show should, we offer a split decision! How well is Snyder a 2016, 2010s, Zack Snyder No Hail, Caesar! 4 4 8 8 Hail, Caesar! full de3bb084-88fe-49ab-a898-2c0ab88db287 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2500bb1c “It’s complicated.”

The Film Board gathers! The Coen Brothers are back, this time channeling the spirit of old Hollywood. Josh Brolin plays Eddie Mannix, the studio fixer charged with keeping the studio in fine form. His big star goes missing. His big starlet gets pregnant. His young hunk can’t act, but has the voice of an angel. And, oh yes, Commies.

George Clooney plays Baird Whitlock, our kidnapped screen vet, but this film is chock full of stunt casting. Ralph Fiennes, ScarJo, Tilda Swinton (x2!), Frances McDormand, and oh yeah...if you saw the trailer, you’ve seen just about every line spoken by the good Jonah Hill.

How does it all come together? Does the Coen script live up to the other films in their idiot trilogy? Does the stunt casting serve the story? How well does Roger Deakins’ camera live up to the era? And what about Carter Burwell? After a disappointing review in January’s conversation on The Finest Hours, does the score turn The Board around?

All this and more this month as Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, and Tommy Metz III come together to spoil the Coen's latest, Hail, Caesar!.


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The Film Board gathers! The Coen Brothers are back, this time channeling the spirit of old Hollywood. Josh Brolin plays Eddie Mannix, the studio fixer charged with keeping the studio in fine form. His big star goes missing. His big starlet gets pregnant. His young hunk can’t act, but has the voice of an angel. And, oh yes, Commies.

George Clooney plays Baird Whitlock, our kidnapped screen vet, but this film is chock full of stunt casting. Ralph Fiennes, ScarJo, Tilda Swinton (x2!), Frances McDormand, and oh yeah...if you saw the trailer, you’ve seen just about every line spoken by the good Jonah Hill.

How does it all come together? Does the Coen script live up to the other films in their idiot trilogy? Does the stunt casting serve the story? How well does Roger Deakins’ camera live up to the era? And what about Carter Burwell? After a disappointing review in January’s conversation on The Finest Hours, does the score turn The Board around?

All this and more this month as Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, and Tommy Metz III come together to spoil the Coen's latest, Hail, Caesar!.


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]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2016 22:39:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4575 The Film Board gathers! The Coen Brothers are back, this time channeling the spirit of old Hollywood. Josh Brolin plays Eddie Mannix, the studio fixer charged with keeping the studio in fine form. His big star goes missing. His big starlet gets pregnant. His young hunk can’t act, but has the voice of an angel. And, oh yes, Commies. George Clooney plays Baird Whitlock, our kidnapped screen vet, but this film is chock full of stunt casting. Ralph Fiennes, ScarJo, Tilda Swinton (x2!), Frances McDormand, and oh yeah...if you saw the trailer, you’ve seen just about every line spoken by the good Jonah Hill. How does it all come together? Does the Coen script live up to the other films in their idiot trilogy? Does the stunt casting serve the story? How well does Roger Deakins’ camera live up to the era? And what about Carter Burwell? After a disappointing review in January’s conversation on The Finest Hours, does the score turn The Board around? All this and more this month as Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, and Tommy Metz III come together to spoil the Coen's latest, Hail, Caesar!. The Film Board gathers! The Coen Brothers are back, this time channeling the spirit of old Hollywood. Josh Brolin plays Eddie Mannix, the studio fixer charged with keeping the studio in fine form. His big star goes missing. His big starlet gets pregnant. 2016, 2010s, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen No The Finest Hours 4 4 7 7 The Finest Hours full a6e61ab3-3212-444a-a2c7-e95ebfb177f0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/679b97f2 “In the coast guard they say you go out, they don’t say you gotta come back.”

The Film Board gathers! This month we’ve come together to take on Craig Gillespie’s story of a heroic Coast Guard rescue at sea, The Finest Hours” starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck. How does the rugged crew handle the thrashing of the Nantucket coast? It’s a contentious episode this week, one that splits us on adaptation, truth versus fiction, and stoicism versus spectrum disorder. Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright as we unpack heroism, luck, and headlights in this mostly family adventure!


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]]> “In the coast guard they say you go out, they don’t say you gotta come back.”

The Film Board gathers! This month we’ve come together to take on Craig Gillespie’s story of a heroic Coast Guard rescue at sea, The Finest Hours” starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck. How does the rugged crew handle the thrashing of the Nantucket coast? It’s a contentious episode this week, one that splits us on adaptation, truth versus fiction, and stoicism versus spectrum disorder. Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright as we unpack heroism, luck, and headlights in this mostly family adventure!


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]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:41:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4861 The Film Board gathers! This month we’ve come together to take on Craig Gillespie’s story of a heroic Coast Guard rescue at sea, The Finest Hours” starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck. How does the rugged crew handle the thrashing of the Nantucket coast? It’s a contentious episode this week, one that splits us on adaptation, truth versus fiction, and stoicism versus spectrum disorder. Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright as we unpack heroism, luck, and headlights in this mostly family adventure! The Film Board gathers! This month we’ve come together to take on Craig Gillespie’s story of a heroic Coast Guard rescue at sea, The Finest Hours” starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck. How does the rugged crew handle the thrashing of the Nantucket coast? 2016, 2010s, Craig Gillespie No Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 4 4 6 6 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens full d058fc04-9033-484b-a5c0-5d9739ebd6c5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/90b0aeba “Droid, please.”

The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs takes on the seventh film in The Star Wars Saga, this from reboot master, J.J. Abrams. Does he bring his magic rebootinator to set every day to apply just the right dose of mystery and lens flare? Is he able to get performances from Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac to best our Star Wars expectations? Can Tommy remember what the bad-guy-ships are called?


Join Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright for a discussion of all things Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, from Dan Mindel’s camera to John Williams’ orchestra to Daniel Craig as Stormtrooper JB-007, we have a blaster talking about this spiritual journey through our childhood. See the movie first, as spoilers abound, then join us!


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]]> “Droid, please.”

The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs takes on the seventh film in The Star Wars Saga, this from reboot master, J.J. Abrams. Does he bring his magic rebootinator to set every day to apply just the right dose of mystery and lens flare? Is he able to get performances from Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac to best our Star Wars expectations? Can Tommy remember what the bad-guy-ships are called?


Join Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright for a discussion of all things Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, from Dan Mindel’s camera to John Williams’ orchestra to Daniel Craig as Stormtrooper JB-007, we have a blaster talking about this spiritual journey through our childhood. See the movie first, as spoilers abound, then join us!


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]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2015 10:15:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5000 The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs takes on the seventh film in The Star Wars Saga, this from reboot master, J.J. Abrams. Does he bring his magic rebootinator to set every day to apply just the right dose of mystery and lens flare? Is he able to get performances from Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac to best our Star Wars expectations? Can Tommy remember what the bad-guy-ships are called? Join Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Tommy Metz, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright for a discussion of all things Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, from Dan Mindel’s camera to John Williams’ orchestra to Daniel Craig as Stormtrooper JB-007, we have a blaster talking about this spiritual journey through our childhood. See the movie first, as spoilers abound, then join us! The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs takes on the seventh film in The Star Wars Saga, this from reboot master, J.J. Abrams. Does he bring his magic rebootinator to set every day to apply just the right dose of mystery and lens flare? Is he 2015, 2010s, J.J. Abrams No An Interview with DC Barns & J Trent Adams — Star Wars: A Force for Change 4 4 An Interview with DC Barns & J Trent Adams — Star Wars: A Force for Change bonus 5d396d8f-e1a4-4e11-bed5-49bf6bec5421 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ea1be7bb Last year, DC Barns entered his name in a contest to join the cast and crew of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at Pinewood Studios in London. He and friend J. Trent Adams were treated to the full on-set experience — complete with trailer and a walk-on role in the film — and now, after nearly 12 months in embargoed silence, they are free to speak of their experience inside the Mystery Box.

Today, a special interview with DC Barns and J. Trent Adams.


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]]> Last year, DC Barns entered his name in a contest to join the cast and crew of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at Pinewood Studios in London. He and friend J. Trent Adams were treated to the full on-set experience — complete with trailer and a walk-on role in the film — and now, after nearly 12 months in embargoed silence, they are free to speak of their experience inside the Mystery Box.

Today, a special interview with DC Barns and J. Trent Adams.


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]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:17:00 -0800 DC Barns, J Trent Adams, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright DC Barns, J Trent Adams, Andy Nelson, Pete Wright 2923 Last year, DC Barns entered his name in a contest to join the cast and crew of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at Pinewood Studios in London. He and friend J. Trent Adams were treated to the full on-set experience — complete with trailer and a walk-on role in the film — and now, after nearly 12 months in embargoed silence, they are free to speak of their experience inside the Mystery Box. Today, a special interview with DC Barns and J. Trent Adams. Last year, DC Barns entered his name in a contest to join the cast and crew of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at Pinewood Studios in London. He and friend J. Trent Adams were treated to the full on-set experience — complete with trailer and a walk-on role i DC Barns, J. Trent Adams, Star Wars, Star Wars A Force for Change, A Force for Change No SPECTRE 4 4 5 5 SPECTRE full 8d362df6-c7a8-4fb4-9549-0bd5aa381eb9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c6eca3e9 The Film Board gathers! ...around a long mysterious table high in a castle above the clouds to take on the biggest issues of the day — certainly the biggest at the box office right now: Sam Mendes’ latest entry in the life of our favorite spy, Spectre. How does Bond 25 stack up in Daniel Craig’s catalog? How important is it that Bond is moving from serial to series? What’s the deal with Bond girls anyway?

This month we welcome back Chadd Stoops to the gang, along with Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as we take on the art and action of James Bond.


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]]> The Film Board gathers! ...around a long mysterious table high in a castle above the clouds to take on the biggest issues of the day — certainly the biggest at the box office right now: Sam Mendes’ latest entry in the life of our favorite spy, Spectre. How does Bond 25 stack up in Daniel Craig’s catalog? How important is it that Bond is moving from serial to series? What’s the deal with Bond girls anyway?

This month we welcome back Chadd Stoops to the gang, along with Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as we take on the art and action of James Bond.


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]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:14:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3876 The Film Board gathers! ...around a long mysterious table high in a castle above the clouds to take on the biggest issues of the day — certainly the biggest at the box office right now: Sam Mendes’ latest entry in the life of our favorite spy, Spectre. How does Bond 25 stack up in Daniel Craig’s catalog? How important is it that Bond is moving from serial to series? What’s the deal with Bond girls anyway? This month we welcome back Chadd Stoops to the gang, along with Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as we take on the art and action of James Bond. The Film Board gathers! ...around a long mysterious table high in a castle above the clouds to take on the biggest issues of the day — certainly the biggest at the box office right now: Sam Mendes’ latest entry in the life of our favorite spy, Spectre. Ho 2015, 2010s, Sam Mendes No The Martian 4 4 4 4 The Martian full 2df07755-6afd-4ffa-bb7a-97cdb3bcaaf6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a0feda9a “So… I blew myself up.”

The Film Board gathers! This month on the show, we’re dropping everything and working together to bring our man Mark Watney home from Mars in Ridley Scott’s latest, The Martian. This film, based on Andy Weir’s meticulously crafted book, is a celebration of ingenuity and scientific achievement — a sentiment in short supply across our media landscape. It’s a triumph that a film about smart people is blowing the doors off the box office, whether you fall in love with the film or not. And some of us didn’t.

Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright as we pull apart Drew Goddard’s screenplay, sometimes-questionable wire work, stunning Martian visuals, Matt Damon’s exceptional performance and so much more this week on The Film Board!


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The Film Board gathers! This month on the show, we’re dropping everything and working together to bring our man Mark Watney home from Mars in Ridley Scott’s latest, The Martian. This film, based on Andy Weir’s meticulously crafted book, is a celebration of ingenuity and scientific achievement — a sentiment in short supply across our media landscape. It’s a triumph that a film about smart people is blowing the doors off the box office, whether you fall in love with the film or not. And some of us didn’t.

Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright as we pull apart Drew Goddard’s screenplay, sometimes-questionable wire work, stunning Martian visuals, Matt Damon’s exceptional performance and so much more this week on The Film Board!


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]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2015 08:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4487 The Film Board gathers! This month on the show, we’re dropping everything and working together to bring our man Mark Watney home from Mars in Ridley Scott’s latest, The Martian. This film, based on Andy Weir’s meticulously crafted book, is a celebration of ingenuity and scientific achievement — a sentiment in short supply across our media landscape. It’s a triumph that a film about smart people is blowing the doors off the box office, whether you fall in love with the film or not. And some of us didn’t. Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright as we pull apart Drew Goddard’s screenplay, sometimes-questionable wire work, stunning Martian visuals, Matt Damon’s exceptional performance and so much more this week on The Film Board! The Film Board gathers! This month on the show, we’re dropping everything and working together to bring our man Mark Watney home from Mars in Ridley Scott’s latest, The Martian. This film, based on Andy Weir’s meticulously crafted book, is a celebration o 2015, 2010s, Ridley Scott No Everest 4 4 3 3 Everest full 46838e7c-aabe-4f35-97c5-b3a95b825227 https://share.transistor.fm/s/20cc6e22 “Sit down, man. Acclimatize.”

The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs has come together to answer the age-old question that has transfixed adventurers time immemorial: why do we see Everest? Because it’s there. It’s an IMAX 3D exclusive this week which might make you think it’s something of a...you know...spectacle. We’re going to tell you all about that, and we’re going to say some really good things about the cast, some moderate things about the director and writers, and some downright lousy things about the film’s title card.

So LOOK OUT! If you can’t tell from our tone here, Balthasar Kormákur’s latest film has failed to wrap us around its little finger, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some interesting vectors for approach (see what I did there? Mountain climbing language!). So join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright for the trip of a lifetime, and you won’t even have to pay 65 grand to take it!


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The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs has come together to answer the age-old question that has transfixed adventurers time immemorial: why do we see Everest? Because it’s there. It’s an IMAX 3D exclusive this week which might make you think it’s something of a...you know...spectacle. We’re going to tell you all about that, and we’re going to say some really good things about the cast, some moderate things about the director and writers, and some downright lousy things about the film’s title card.

So LOOK OUT! If you can’t tell from our tone here, Balthasar Kormákur’s latest film has failed to wrap us around its little finger, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some interesting vectors for approach (see what I did there? Mountain climbing language!). So join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright for the trip of a lifetime, and you won’t even have to pay 65 grand to take it!


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]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4277 The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs has come together to answer the age-old question that has transfixed adventurers time immemorial: why do we see Everest? Because it’s there. It’s an IMAX 3D exclusive this week which might make you think it’s something of a...you know...spectacle. We’re going to tell you all about that, and we’re going to say some really good things about the cast, some moderate things about the director and writers, and some downright lousy things about the film’s title card. So LOOK OUT! If you can’t tell from our tone here, Balthasar Kormákur’s latest film has failed to wrap us around its little finger, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some interesting vectors for approach (see what I did there? Mountain climbing language!). So join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright for the trip of a lifetime, and you won’t even have to pay 65 grand to take it! The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs has come together to answer the age-old question that has transfixed adventurers time immemorial: why do we see Everest? Because it’s there. It’s an IMAX 3D exclusive this week which might make you thin 2015, 2010s, Baltasar Kormákur No The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 4 4 2 2 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. full ac7e9532-72c4-473f-8335-75ceaade2be0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/70fd03c1 “For a special agent, you’re not having a very special day, are you?"

The latest franchise to get hit with reboot fever is a 1960s throwback with class that’s getting wildly underserved theatrical notice. That’s right, The Film Board gathers for The Man from U.N.C.L.E....and we LIKE it! Funny accents? You bet! Excessively stylistic action? And how! Dreamy blue eyes? You betcha! Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Mike Evans, and Pete Wright as we go to town on Guy Ritchie’s take on 1960s spy-o-rama with Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, and Hugh Grant. Is this the team that’s strong enough to reboot an era? Spoiler: Not judging by the box office. Join us and see!


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The latest franchise to get hit with reboot fever is a 1960s throwback with class that’s getting wildly underserved theatrical notice. That’s right, The Film Board gathers for The Man from U.N.C.L.E....and we LIKE it! Funny accents? You bet! Excessively stylistic action? And how! Dreamy blue eyes? You betcha! Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Mike Evans, and Pete Wright as we go to town on Guy Ritchie’s take on 1960s spy-o-rama with Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, and Hugh Grant. Is this the team that’s strong enough to reboot an era? Spoiler: Not judging by the box office. Join us and see!


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]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4254 The latest franchise to get hit with reboot fever is a 1960s throwback with class that’s getting wildly underserved theatrical notice. That’s right, The Film Board gathers for The Man from U.N.C.L.E....and we LIKE it! Funny accents? You bet! Excessively stylistic action? And how! Dreamy blue eyes? You betcha! Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Mike Evans, and Pete Wright as we go to town on Guy Ritchie’s take on 1960s spy-o-rama with Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, and Hugh Grant. Is this the team that’s strong enough to reboot an era? Spoiler: Not judging by the box office. Join us and see! The latest franchise to get hit with reboot fever is a 1960s throwback with class that’s getting wildly underserved theatrical notice. That’s right, The Film Board gathers for The Man from U.N.C.L.E....and we LIKE it! Funny accents? You bet! Excessively s 2015, 2010s, Guy Ritchie No Ant-Man 4 4 1 1 Ant-Man full eb316717-c1dd-4bcd-8a92-3b39c80521ea https://share.transistor.fm/s/549e4b97 “I want you to break into a place and steal some stuff."

The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs comes together for Marvel's latest, Ant-Man. How does Scott Lang's mini hero stand in the current Marvel stable? What is the impact of the franchise model on our expectations going into Marvel films now? How does director Peyton Reed fare in light of the "Edgar Wright situation"? Join Film Board regulars Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as we take on these questions, plus other favorites like: "Wow, how did we end up liking Paul Rudd as a super hero?" and "Do you think Evangeline Lilly would hit me in the face?" and "Do you think it makes Corey Stoll sad to be so good at being a bad guy all the time?" Hard-hitting investigation this month on The Film Board — listen in!


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The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs comes together for Marvel's latest, Ant-Man. How does Scott Lang's mini hero stand in the current Marvel stable? What is the impact of the franchise model on our expectations going into Marvel films now? How does director Peyton Reed fare in light of the "Edgar Wright situation"? Join Film Board regulars Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as we take on these questions, plus other favorites like: "Wow, how did we end up liking Paul Rudd as a super hero?" and "Do you think Evangeline Lilly would hit me in the face?" and "Do you think it makes Corey Stoll sad to be so good at being a bad guy all the time?" Hard-hitting investigation this month on The Film Board — listen in!


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]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2015 08:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3756 The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs comes together for Marvel's latest, Ant-Man. How does Scott Lang's mini hero stand in the current Marvel stable? What is the impact of the franchise model on our expectations going into Marvel films now? How does director Peyton Reed fare in light of the "Edgar Wright situation"? Join Film Board regulars Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as we take on these questions, plus other favorites like: "Wow, how did we end up liking Paul Rudd as a super hero?" and "Do you think Evangeline Lilly would hit me in the face?" and "Do you think it makes Corey Stoll sad to be so good at being a bad guy all the time?" Hard-hitting investigation this month on The Film Board — listen in! The Film Board gathers! This month the gang of thugs comes together for Marvel's latest, Ant-Man. How does Scott Lang's mini hero stand in the current Marvel stable? What is the impact of the franchise model on our expectations going into Marvel films now Peyton Reed, 2015, 2010s No Jurassic World 3 3 12 12 Jurassic World full ab83c1ea-d501-4fd1-89ae-278c94a69ea7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/240eaeeb “The key to a happy life is to accept you are never actually in control.”

The Film Board gathers! This month, we christen Jurassic World, the latest from Colin Trevorrow. Did Chris Pratt maintain his status as up-and-coming action hero of the decade? Did Bryce Dallas Howard embody 1980s sexism in the movies? Was Vincent D'Onofrio so much better in Daredevil? Is Jake Johnson your new best friend you’ve never actually met? We take on all these questions, and attempt to unpack the cultural identity of the film as a representation of the loss of control in society. Seriously. We do that. So go see the movie, then join in the fun!


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The Film Board gathers! This month, we christen Jurassic World, the latest from Colin Trevorrow. Did Chris Pratt maintain his status as up-and-coming action hero of the decade? Did Bryce Dallas Howard embody 1980s sexism in the movies? Was Vincent D'Onofrio so much better in Daredevil? Is Jake Johnson your new best friend you’ve never actually met? We take on all these questions, and attempt to unpack the cultural identity of the film as a representation of the loss of control in society. Seriously. We do that. So go see the movie, then join in the fun!


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]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2015 06:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4312 The Film Board gathers! This month, we christen Jurassic World, the latest from Colin Trevorrow. Did Chris Pratt maintain his status as up-and-coming action hero of the decade? Did Bryce Dallas Howard embody 1980s sexism in the movies? Was Vincent D'Onofrio so much better in Daredevil? Is Jake Johnson your new best friend you’ve never actually met? We take on all these questions, and attempt to unpack the cultural identity of the film as a representation of the loss of control in society. Seriously. We do that. So go see the movie, then join in the fun! The Film Board gathers! This month, we christen Jurassic World, the latest from Colin Trevorrow. Did Chris Pratt maintain his status as up-and-coming action hero of the decade? Did Bryce Dallas Howard embody 1980s sexism in the movies? Was Vincent D'Onofr Colin Trevorrow, 2015, 2010s No Avengers: Age of Ultron 3 3 11 11 Avengers: Age of Ultron full 74090b4c-d7c0-45a5-ad11-58615bf35389 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d30c811d Film Board assemble! This month the thugs gather to take on Joss Whedon’s next entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Avengers: Age of Ultron. How does the comic adaptation stand up to the original books? Does Joss manage to pull off an even more character-dense film and keep it making some sort of sense? Why does Ultron smile and blink? All these questions and so many more answered this week as Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Mike Evans, and Pete Wright gather to give the smackdown to our coming robot overlords!


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]]> Film Board assemble! This month the thugs gather to take on Joss Whedon’s next entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Avengers: Age of Ultron. How does the comic adaptation stand up to the original books? Does Joss manage to pull off an even more character-dense film and keep it making some sort of sense? Why does Ultron smile and blink? All these questions and so many more answered this week as Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Mike Evans, and Pete Wright gather to give the smackdown to our coming robot overlords!


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]]> Wed, 06 May 2015 10:48:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3985 Film Board assemble! This month the thugs gather to take on Joss Whedon’s next entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Avengers: Age of Ultron. How does the comic adaptation stand up to the original books? Does Joss manage to pull off an even more character-dense film and keep it making some sort of sense? Why does Ultron smile and blink? All these questions and so many more answered this week as Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, Mike Evans, and Pete Wright gather to give the smackdown to our coming robot overlords! Film Board assemble! This month the thugs gather to take on Joss Whedon’s next entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Avengers: Age of Ultron. How does the comic adaptation stand up to the original books? Does Joss manage to pull off an even more cha 2015, 2010s, Joss Whedon No Child 44 3 3 10 10 Child 44 full e2b90bf5-8abe-4cb0-af61-aa02d0812e52 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e49ee4bc Child 44 was supposed to be Oscar bait. Instead, its star-heavy cast is dragging it through opening weekend with a 27% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a deflated box office take. But why? This week, The Film Board gathers to take on Daniel Espinoza’s latest film of Richard Price’s once lauded Black List screenplay. Spoiler: This is not the script that Andy remembers — substantial changes to plot and tone appear to have neutered the final film of much of the gravitas the script had originally deserved. But the problems do not end there.

Join Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright as we discuss what worked, what didn’t work, and what is just plain inexcusable this week on The Film Board!


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]]> Child 44 was supposed to be Oscar bait. Instead, its star-heavy cast is dragging it through opening weekend with a 27% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a deflated box office take. But why? This week, The Film Board gathers to take on Daniel Espinoza’s latest film of Richard Price’s once lauded Black List screenplay. Spoiler: This is not the script that Andy remembers — substantial changes to plot and tone appear to have neutered the final film of much of the gravitas the script had originally deserved. But the problems do not end there.

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]]> Sun, 19 Apr 2015 08:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3724 Child 44 was supposed to be Oscar bait. Instead, its star-heavy cast is dragging it through opening weekend with a 27% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a deflated box office take. But why? This week, The Film Board gathers to take on Daniel Espinoza’s latest film of Richard Price’s once lauded Black List screenplay. Spoiler: This is not the script that Andy remembers — substantial changes to plot and tone appear to have neutered the final film of much of the gravitas the script had originally deserved. But the problems do not end there. Join Andy Nelson, Tommy Metz III, Justin 'JJ' Jaeger, and Pete Wright as we discuss what worked, what didn’t work, and what is just plain inexcusable this week on The Film Board! Child 44 was supposed to be Oscar bait. Instead, its star-heavy cast is dragging it through opening weekend with a 27% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a deflated box office take. But why? This week, The Film Board gathers to take on Daniel Espinoz Daniel Espinosa, 2015, 2010s No Insurgent 3 3 9 9 Insurgent full d9f1d529-fd41-49e4-9775-8ba2ae1685e8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8ea4db60 “It’s time we fight back."

The Film Board gathers! This month we take on the latest in The Divergent Series: Insurgent! This time around, Tris Prior is battling her nemeses internal and external at the hand of director Robert Schwentke and writers Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman, and Mark Bomback. How’d it hold up, you ask? Did Mekhi Phifer reprise his standout performance as Mekhi Phifer? Did Miles Teller play any rhythm instrument at all? Did Theo James brood? We answer all these questions, and address the most pressing issue of all: #InsurgentBedHead.

All this in the capable hands of Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and our new addition to the gang of thugs — Justin 'JJ' Jaeger makes his debut! So join us, listen in, embrace the spoilers, and only then should you make the decision to see this film.


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The Film Board gathers! This month we take on the latest in The Divergent Series: Insurgent! This time around, Tris Prior is battling her nemeses internal and external at the hand of director Robert Schwentke and writers Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman, and Mark Bomback. How’d it hold up, you ask? Did Mekhi Phifer reprise his standout performance as Mekhi Phifer? Did Miles Teller play any rhythm instrument at all? Did Theo James brood? We answer all these questions, and address the most pressing issue of all: #InsurgentBedHead.

All this in the capable hands of Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and our new addition to the gang of thugs — Justin 'JJ' Jaeger makes his debut! So join us, listen in, embrace the spoilers, and only then should you make the decision to see this film.


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]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2015 21:26:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3815 The Film Board gathers! This month we take on the latest in The Divergent Series: Insurgent! This time around, Tris Prior is battling her nemeses internal and external at the hand of director Robert Schwentke and writers Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman, and Mark Bomback. How’d it hold up, you ask? Did Mekhi Phifer reprise his standout performance as Mekhi Phifer? Did Miles Teller play any rhythm instrument at all? Did Theo James brood? We answer all these questions, and address the most pressing issue of all: #InsurgentBedHead. All this in the capable hands of Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and our new addition to the gang of thugs — Justin 'JJ' Jaeger makes his debut! So join us, listen in, embrace the spoilers, and only then should you make the decision to see this film. The Film Board gathers! This month we take on the latest in The Divergent Series: Insurgent! This time around, Tris Prior is battling her nemeses internal and external at the hand of director Robert Schwentke and writers Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman, an 2015, 2010s, Robert Schwentke No Kingsman: The Secret Service 3 3 8 8 Kingsman: The Secret Service full 4699fb36-80f3-4489-bf2a-f7ee13a592b6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0f6977e9 This is not the movie you think it is. At least, that's the take of our round table of thugs on The Film Board this week as we spoil Kingsman: The Secret Service. Thankfully, even as we were collectively surprised, we were equally blown away by Matthew Vaughn's contribution to the spy game.

Let's start here and get it right out of the way: Colin Firth is a proper action hero. No one saw that coming, least of all, we imagine, Colin Firth. That's just the first of our stunning realizations this week as we talk about the comic source material from which this film erupts. We take on parallel versus sequential storytelling techniques. We talk about shakycam (GOOD LORD SHAKYCAM) and the cinematographic challenges of making people look like heroes.

All that and so much more, including one of Tommy Metz III's best additions to the Flickchart Song Collection (FSC).


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]]> This is not the movie you think it is. At least, that's the take of our round table of thugs on The Film Board this week as we spoil Kingsman: The Secret Service. Thankfully, even as we were collectively surprised, we were equally blown away by Matthew Vaughn's contribution to the spy game.

Let's start here and get it right out of the way: Colin Firth is a proper action hero. No one saw that coming, least of all, we imagine, Colin Firth. That's just the first of our stunning realizations this week as we talk about the comic source material from which this film erupts. We take on parallel versus sequential storytelling techniques. We talk about shakycam (GOOD LORD SHAKYCAM) and the cinematographic challenges of making people look like heroes.

All that and so much more, including one of Tommy Metz III's best additions to the Flickchart Song Collection (FSC).


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]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4495 This is not the movie you think it is. At least, that's the take of our round table of thugs on The Film Board this week as we spoil Kingsman: The Secret Service. Thankfully, even as we were collectively surprised, we were equally blown away by Matthew Vaughn's contribution to the spy game. Let's start here and get it right out of the way: Colin Firth is a proper action hero. No one saw that coming, least of all, we imagine, Colin Firth. That's just the first of our stunning realizations this week as we talk about the comic source material from which this film erupts. We take on parallel versus sequential storytelling techniques. We talk about shakycam (GOOD LORD SHAKYCAM) and the cinematographic challenges of making people look like heroes. All that and so much more, including one of Tommy Metz III's best additions to the Flickchart Song Collection (FSC). This is not the movie you think it is. At least, that's the take of our round table of thugs on The Film Board this week as we spoil Kingsman: The Secret Service. Thankfully, even as we were collectively surprised, we were equally blown away by Matthew Va 2010s, 2015, Matthew Vaughn No Blackhat 3 3 7 7 Blackhat full 580c9709-5bd0-4e66-b05f-f8e00fd8b1ce https://share.transistor.fm/s/777b860b Chris Hemsworth gives his all in Michael Mann's study of hacking new this week: Blackhat. If most computer films have historically failed the computer stuff, the consensus thus far is that Blackhat has delivered where others have so desperately lacked. But how does it hold up beyond the tech? The Film Board gathers! This week Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright hash out Blackhat, from every high-minded concept to the very last USB stick. Did Mann's usual critical eye deliver a thriller that'll stand? How about screenwriter Morgan Davis Foehl's first produced feature? We run the gauntlet ourselves this week and (file this as "please let our lives serve as a warning for yours" fodder) just make sure you listen to the show before you buy tickets.


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]]> Chris Hemsworth gives his all in Michael Mann's study of hacking new this week: Blackhat. If most computer films have historically failed the computer stuff, the consensus thus far is that Blackhat has delivered where others have so desperately lacked. But how does it hold up beyond the tech? The Film Board gathers! This week Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright hash out Blackhat, from every high-minded concept to the very last USB stick. Did Mann's usual critical eye deliver a thriller that'll stand? How about screenwriter Morgan Davis Foehl's first produced feature? We run the gauntlet ourselves this week and (file this as "please let our lives serve as a warning for yours" fodder) just make sure you listen to the show before you buy tickets.


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]]> Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:46:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4268 Chris Hemsworth gives his all in Michael Mann's study of hacking new this week: Blackhat. If most computer films have historically failed the computer stuff, the consensus thus far is that Blackhat has delivered where others have so desperately lacked. But how does it hold up beyond the tech? The Film Board gathers! This week Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright hash out Blackhat, from every high-minded concept to the very last USB stick. Did Mann's usual critical eye deliver a thriller that'll stand? How about screenwriter Morgan Davis Foehl's first produced feature? We run the gauntlet ourselves this week and (file this as "please let our lives serve as a warning for yours" fodder) just make sure you listen to the show before you buy tickets. Chris Hemsworth gives his all in Michael Mann's study of hacking new this week: Blackhat. If most computer films have historically failed the computer stuff, the consensus thus far is that Blackhat has delivered where others have so desperately lacked. Bu 2015, 2010s, Michael Mann No The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 3 3 6 6 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies full dcc15c0d-99da-4e73-b2bf-ecbebe6a0872 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bd32d055 Peter Jackson is back with another turn at the wheel of Middle Earth. This time, Bilbo and buddies are off to slay the dragon, fight ye olde Gold Flu, and get all gussied up to ready themselves for The Lord of the Rings, which already happened. That's right, it's time to tackle the conclusion to this trilogy, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. The Film Board gathers as Steve Sarmento, Chadd Stoops, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright tackle the big issues of The Five Armies—the love story? Scarface Orc got an upgrade? The love story? We take on the visuals, story structure, key characters and Andrew Lesnie’s camera, and of course Peter Jackson at the helm. Listen in and share your thoughts!


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]]> Peter Jackson is back with another turn at the wheel of Middle Earth. This time, Bilbo and buddies are off to slay the dragon, fight ye olde Gold Flu, and get all gussied up to ready themselves for The Lord of the Rings, which already happened. That's right, it's time to tackle the conclusion to this trilogy, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. The Film Board gathers as Steve Sarmento, Chadd Stoops, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright tackle the big issues of The Five Armies—the love story? Scarface Orc got an upgrade? The love story? We take on the visuals, story structure, key characters and Andrew Lesnie’s camera, and of course Peter Jackson at the helm. Listen in and share your thoughts!


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]]> Sat, 20 Dec 2014 22:50:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4797 Peter Jackson is back with another turn at the wheel of Middle Earth. This time, Bilbo and buddies are off to slay the dragon, fight ye olde Gold Flu, and get all gussied up to ready themselves for The Lord of the Rings, which already happened. That's right, it's time to tackle the conclusion to this trilogy, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. The Film Board gathers as Steve Sarmento, Chadd Stoops, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright tackle the big issues of The Five Armies—the love story? Scarface Orc got an upgrade? The love story? We take on the visuals, story structure, key characters and Andrew Lesnie’s camera, and of course Peter Jackson at the helm. Listen in and share your thoughts! Peter Jackson is back with another turn at the wheel of Middle Earth. This time, Bilbo and buddies are off to slay the dragon, fight ye olde Gold Flu, and get all gussied up to ready themselves for The Lord of the Rings, which already happened. That's rig 2014, 2010s, Peter Jackson No The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 3 3 5 5 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 full 4a867d63-4f63-470c-81bf-1f8b83468177 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a78f4ce8 Katniss and crew are back in part one of their journey against the Capitol. Things are grim, as evidenced by the jumpsuits and rubble, and the crying that happens whenever our heroes see jumpsuits and/or rubble in the frame. The gang of thugs is back this week to take on Francis Lawrence’s latest take on The Hunger Games Saga, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1,  and we’re firmly split on the results. Is it a fun romp through civilian uprising? Is it a valiant effort to translate literary tripe to screen? Or is it a shameless money grab with sadly not enough of everything we’ve come to want from this series? Join Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright to see if Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, and Philip Seymour Hoffman can save the world!


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]]> Katniss and crew are back in part one of their journey against the Capitol. Things are grim, as evidenced by the jumpsuits and rubble, and the crying that happens whenever our heroes see jumpsuits and/or rubble in the frame. The gang of thugs is back this week to take on Francis Lawrence’s latest take on The Hunger Games Saga, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1,  and we’re firmly split on the results. Is it a fun romp through civilian uprising? Is it a valiant effort to translate literary tripe to screen? Or is it a shameless money grab with sadly not enough of everything we’ve come to want from this series? Join Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright to see if Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, and Philip Seymour Hoffman can save the world!


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]]> Sun, 23 Nov 2014 09:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4069 Katniss and crew are back in part one of their journey against the Capitol. Things are grim, as evidenced by the jumpsuits and rubble, and the crying that happens whenever our heroes see jumpsuits and/or rubble in the frame. The gang of thugs is back this week to take on Francis Lawrence’s latest take on The Hunger Games Saga, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, and we’re firmly split on the results. Is it a fun romp through civilian uprising? Is it a valiant effort to translate literary tripe to screen? Or is it a shameless money grab with sadly not enough of everything we’ve come to want from this series? Join Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright to see if Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, and Philip Seymour Hoffman can save the world! Katniss and crew are back in part one of their journey against the Capitol. Things are grim, as evidenced by the jumpsuits and rubble, and the crying that happens whenever our heroes see jumpsuits and/or rubble in the frame. The gang of thugs is back this 2014, 2010s, Francis Lawrence No Fury 3 3 4 4 Fury full 4e883dbb-80ff-4ae9-8464-49fdd6d10772 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e4b18b1e The Film Board gathers to fully spoil Brad Pitt’s and David Ayer's latest World War II tank-a-palooza, Fury. First spoiler: it's a war film, more intimate than epic, but it comes with all the violence that such a film typically entails. Too gratuitous? Does the film truck in inappropriately annoying stereotypes? Does Brad Pitt have crazy-fantastic scars? Did Shia really pull out his own tooth for the part? Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright take on all these critical tentpoles of film criticism in this month's Film Board. Join us!


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]]> The Film Board gathers to fully spoil Brad Pitt’s and David Ayer's latest World War II tank-a-palooza, Fury. First spoiler: it's a war film, more intimate than epic, but it comes with all the violence that such a film typically entails. Too gratuitous? Does the film truck in inappropriately annoying stereotypes? Does Brad Pitt have crazy-fantastic scars? Did Shia really pull out his own tooth for the part? Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright take on all these critical tentpoles of film criticism in this month's Film Board. Join us!


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]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2014 08:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5174 The Film Board gathers to fully spoil Brad Pitt’s and David Ayer's latest World War II tank-a-palooza, Fury. First spoiler: it's a war film, more intimate than epic, but it comes with all the violence that such a film typically entails. Too gratuitous? Does the film truck in inappropriately annoying stereotypes? Does Brad Pitt have crazy-fantastic scars? Did Shia really pull out his own tooth for the part? Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright take on all these critical tentpoles of film criticism in this month's Film Board. Join us! The Film Board gathers to fully spoil Brad Pitt’s and David Ayer's latest World War II tank-a-palooza, Fury. First spoiler: it's a war film, more intimate than epic, but it comes with all the violence that such a film typically entails. Too gratuitous? Do 2014, 2010s, David Ayer No The Equalizer 3 3 3 3 The Equalizer full 14340ac6-b746-4479-b99e-c0f64130bf9d https://share.transistor.fm/s/f127d5bf It’s throwback time on The Film Board as we take on Denzel Washington’s latest, The Equalizer. We discuss all the various social constructs Denzel and director Antoine Fuqua look to equalize, from guns and home improvement to racism and gender inequality. Plus, the film is punctuated with violence and not a little allegory. So join us — Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and the disembodied voice of Chadd Stoops — as we review this homage to Edward Woodward and ‘80s pop culture greatness.


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]]> It’s throwback time on The Film Board as we take on Denzel Washington’s latest, The Equalizer. We discuss all the various social constructs Denzel and director Antoine Fuqua look to equalize, from guns and home improvement to racism and gender inequality. Plus, the film is punctuated with violence and not a little allegory. So join us — Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and the disembodied voice of Chadd Stoops — as we review this homage to Edward Woodward and ‘80s pop culture greatness.


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]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2014 08:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3795 It’s throwback time on The Film Board as we take on Denzel Washington’s latest, The Equalizer. We discuss all the various social constructs Denzel and director Antoine Fuqua look to equalize, from guns and home improvement to racism and gender inequality. Plus, the film is punctuated with violence and not a little allegory. So join us — Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Pete Wright, and the disembodied voice of Chadd Stoops — as we review this homage to Edward Woodward and ‘80s pop culture greatness. It’s throwback time on The Film Board as we take on Denzel Washington’s latest, The Equalizer. We discuss all the various social constructs Denzel and director Antoine Fuqua look to equalize, from guns and home improvement to racism and gender inequality. 2014, 2010s, Antoine Fuqua No Guardians of the Galaxy 3 3 2 2 Guardians of the Galaxy full 2ad2671a-e890-48c1-923f-9e8b9e42674d https://share.transistor.fm/s/896cc645 This, good people, is a summer tentpole we can get excited about. Director James Gunn has delivered a funny and frolicking space opera in Guardians of the Galaxy with a terrific cast, immersive effects, and a script that is, as we're apt to say, way smarter than it needed to be. Join Mike Evans, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Chadd Stoops, and Pete Wright as we break down the film. We walk through James Gunn’s performance as director and co-writer with Nicole Perlman, Ben Davis’ cinematography, gorgeous production and art design, and, of course, performances from Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, and Vin Diesel that make our cinematic introduction to this offbeat comic property so enjoyable. Listen in and share your thoughts!


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]]> This, good people, is a summer tentpole we can get excited about. Director James Gunn has delivered a funny and frolicking space opera in Guardians of the Galaxy with a terrific cast, immersive effects, and a script that is, as we're apt to say, way smarter than it needed to be. Join Mike Evans, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Chadd Stoops, and Pete Wright as we break down the film. We walk through James Gunn’s performance as director and co-writer with Nicole Perlman, Ben Davis’ cinematography, gorgeous production and art design, and, of course, performances from Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, and Vin Diesel that make our cinematic introduction to this offbeat comic property so enjoyable. Listen in and share your thoughts!


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]]> Sun, 03 Aug 2014 08:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4693 This, good people, is a summer tentpole we can get excited about. Director James Gunn has delivered a funny and frolicking space opera in Guardians of the Galaxy with a terrific cast, immersive effects, and a script that is, as we're apt to say, way smarter than it needed to be. Join Mike Evans, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Chadd Stoops, and Pete Wright as we break down the film. We walk through James Gunn’s performance as director and co-writer with Nicole Perlman, Ben Davis’ cinematography, gorgeous production and art design, and, of course, performances from Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, and Vin Diesel that make our cinematic introduction to this offbeat comic property so enjoyable. Listen in and share your thoughts! This, good people, is a summer tentpole we can get excited about. Director James Gunn has delivered a funny and frolicking space opera in Guardians of the Galaxy with a terrific cast, immersive effects, and a script that is, as we're apt to say, way smart 2014, 2010s, James Gunn No Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 3 3 1 1 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes full 200c0bed-0299-4941-baf5-81ba30aeb8e5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e5214b12 Waitwaitwait... what?? A summer tentpole that causes us to ask big questions and congratulate smart filmmaking decisions? WHAT? Such is our review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, people, and we’re as shocked as you are. This follow up to the 2011 reboot, Rise of the Planet of the Apes marks director Matt Reeves' big screen intro to the franchise. Does he live up to the love we showered him on for Cloverfield? The Film Board gathers to hash it out. Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright spread some ape love all over the film, the effects, even the premise for crying out loud. And Andy Serkis? Let’s just say this: he’s more than a man in a monkey suit. As always, this show is chock full of spoilers so if you haven’t seen the film, do that first! Then come hang out with The Film Board and let’s get MONKEY CRAZY! (That’s a thing, right? Is that not a thing? ...)


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]]> Waitwaitwait... what?? A summer tentpole that causes us to ask big questions and congratulate smart filmmaking decisions? WHAT? Such is our review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, people, and we’re as shocked as you are. This follow up to the 2011 reboot, Rise of the Planet of the Apes marks director Matt Reeves' big screen intro to the franchise. Does he live up to the love we showered him on for Cloverfield? The Film Board gathers to hash it out. Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright spread some ape love all over the film, the effects, even the premise for crying out loud. And Andy Serkis? Let’s just say this: he’s more than a man in a monkey suit. As always, this show is chock full of spoilers so if you haven’t seen the film, do that first! Then come hang out with The Film Board and let’s get MONKEY CRAZY! (That’s a thing, right? Is that not a thing? ...)


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]]> Sun, 13 Jul 2014 08:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4859 Waitwaitwait... what?? A summer tentpole that causes us to ask big questions and congratulate smart filmmaking decisions? WHAT? Such is our review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, people, and we’re as shocked as you are. This follow up to the 2011 reboot, Rise of the Planet of the Apes marks director Matt Reeves' big screen intro to the franchise. Does he live up to the love we showered him on for Cloverfield? The Film Board gathers to hash it out. Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright spread some ape love all over the film, the effects, even the premise for crying out loud. And Andy Serkis? Let’s just say this: he’s more than a man in a monkey suit. As always, this show is chock full of spoilers so if you haven’t seen the film, do that first! Then come hang out with The Film Board and let’s get MONKEY CRAZY! (That’s a thing, right? Is that not a thing? ...) Waitwaitwait... what?? A summer tentpole that causes us to ask big questions and congratulate smart filmmaking decisions? WHAT? Such is our review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, people, and we’re as shocked as you are. This follow up to the 2011 reboo 2014, 2010s, Matt Reeves No Edge of Tomorrow 2 2 13 13 Edge of Tomorrow full 8cb2cf68-c7c2-49ac-a952-a4cd4c99b29c https://share.transistor.fm/s/a7ae3ddf Tom Cruise is back in Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow, tripping through time and trauma on the road to defeat an alien horde. Here’s the weird thing about this summer tentpole: we all loved it. No kidding. Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright make up The Film Board this week and dish spoilerifically on the time loop architecture at work in the film, the action, the humor (yes, humor!), and the crucial end. And did we mention Emily Blunt? She's crushingly awesome in this film as the brute, delivering what so many films have only tried to build in a strong female hero. Go see this movie. Then go see it again. Then join us for a great conversation and a new Flickchart theme song from Tommy Handsome!


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]]> Tom Cruise is back in Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow, tripping through time and trauma on the road to defeat an alien horde. Here’s the weird thing about this summer tentpole: we all loved it. No kidding. Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright make up The Film Board this week and dish spoilerifically on the time loop architecture at work in the film, the action, the humor (yes, humor!), and the crucial end. And did we mention Emily Blunt? She's crushingly awesome in this film as the brute, delivering what so many films have only tried to build in a strong female hero. Go see this movie. Then go see it again. Then join us for a great conversation and a new Flickchart theme song from Tommy Handsome!


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]]> Sun, 08 Jun 2014 12:49:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5084 Tom Cruise is back in Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow, tripping through time and trauma on the road to defeat an alien horde. Here’s the weird thing about this summer tentpole: we all loved it. No kidding. Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pete Wright make up The Film Board this week and dish spoilerifically on the time loop architecture at work in the film, the action, the humor (yes, humor!), and the crucial end. And did we mention Emily Blunt? She's crushingly awesome in this film as the brute, delivering what so many films have only tried to build in a strong female hero. Go see this movie. Then go see it again. Then join us for a great conversation and a new Flickchart theme song from Tommy Handsome! Tom Cruise is back in Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow, tripping through time and trauma on the road to defeat an alien horde. Here’s the weird thing about this summer tentpole: we all loved it. No kidding. Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, and Pe 2014, 2010s, Doug Liman No Godzilla 2 2 12 12 Godzilla full d3950495-2ff8-48ab-8ce5-301c3fdbbecb https://share.transistor.fm/s/4c2cdd6d Japan + Nuclear Power Plant + Misunderstood Fear of Technology = GODZILLA! The Film Board gathers to take on this summer romp and the jury is split. Did this summer’s dose of midtown mayhem lift you out of your seats? Join Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright for a chat about all things Godzilla-licious! Did Gareth Edwards bring his indie spirit to this monster mash? Did Max Borenstein deftly handle the hodgepodge of hands meddling in the script? Was Bryan Cranston in this movie? All these questions answered this week as Godzilla takes its place in The Film Board’s Flickchart hall of fame...or infamy!


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]]> Japan + Nuclear Power Plant + Misunderstood Fear of Technology = GODZILLA! The Film Board gathers to take on this summer romp and the jury is split. Did this summer’s dose of midtown mayhem lift you out of your seats? Join Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright for a chat about all things Godzilla-licious! Did Gareth Edwards bring his indie spirit to this monster mash? Did Max Borenstein deftly handle the hodgepodge of hands meddling in the script? Was Bryan Cranston in this movie? All these questions answered this week as Godzilla takes its place in The Film Board’s Flickchart hall of fame...or infamy!


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]]> Wed, 21 May 2014 08:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4510 Japan + Nuclear Power Plant + Misunderstood Fear of Technology = GODZILLA! The Film Board gathers to take on this summer romp and the jury is split. Did this summer’s dose of midtown mayhem lift you out of your seats? Join Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright for a chat about all things Godzilla-licious! Did Gareth Edwards bring his indie spirit to this monster mash? Did Max Borenstein deftly handle the hodgepodge of hands meddling in the script? Was Bryan Cranston in this movie? All these questions answered this week as Godzilla takes its place in The Film Board’s Flickchart hall of fame...or infamy! Japan + Nuclear Power Plant + Misunderstood Fear of Technology = GODZILLA! The Film Board gathers to take on this summer romp and the jury is split. Did this summer’s dose of midtown mayhem lift you out of your seats? Join Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, No Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2 2 11 11 Captain America: The Winter Soldier full 6f8679ee-d0e4-4a69-8d65-d2ca4a581e44 https://share.transistor.fm/s/09ff65a0 Film Board assemble! It’s Captain America and his bestie The Winter Soldier this week as Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Chadd Stoops huddle up to give this film a good drilling. We hash out the Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely-penned script, the direction of the Russo brothers, and of course, Robert Redford being all Robert Redford-y. How does Captain America: The Winter Soldier hold up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? What’s the skinny on Bucky? Mindless speculation on story treatments leading into 2020? We hit it all. Join us for a rip-roaring good time crushing on all things Cap.


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]]> Film Board assemble! It’s Captain America and his bestie The Winter Soldier this week as Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Chadd Stoops huddle up to give this film a good drilling. We hash out the Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely-penned script, the direction of the Russo brothers, and of course, Robert Redford being all Robert Redford-y. How does Captain America: The Winter Soldier hold up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? What’s the skinny on Bucky? Mindless speculation on story treatments leading into 2020? We hit it all. Join us for a rip-roaring good time crushing on all things Cap.


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]]> Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:48:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4882 Film Board assemble! It’s Captain America and his bestie The Winter Soldier this week as Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Chadd Stoops huddle up to give this film a good drilling. We hash out the Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely-penned script, the direction of the Russo brothers, and of course, Robert Redford being all Robert Redford-y. How does Captain America: The Winter Soldier hold up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? What’s the skinny on Bucky? Mindless speculation on story treatments leading into 2020? We hit it all. Join us for a rip-roaring good time crushing on all things Cap. Film Board assemble! It’s Captain America and his bestie The Winter Soldier this week as Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Chadd Stoops huddle up to give this film a good drilling. We hash out the Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely-penned 2014, 2010s, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo No Divergent 2 2 10 10 Divergent full 8fd81039-1a13-4512-944d-31531beb68c8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8e530ad3 What better way to kick off the spring tentpole season than with the launch of another adaptation of a young adult novel. This time, it’s Veronica Roth’s take on dystopian Abercrombie in Divergent. This is perhaps the most divided we’ve been on The Film Board. Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Tommy Metz III come out as pro-faction, Pete Wright and Mike Evans against. We take on Roth’s story and how well it translates to the big screen. We talk factions and the nature of social control in an after-the-fall Chicago. Somewhere in there, Pete makes a case for the musical montage, and Tommy sings. The two are not related. If you’re wondering whether Divergence is a film for you, there’s likely someone on this week’s episode that will strike your fancy. Listen in!


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]]> What better way to kick off the spring tentpole season than with the launch of another adaptation of a young adult novel. This time, it’s Veronica Roth’s take on dystopian Abercrombie in Divergent. This is perhaps the most divided we’ve been on The Film Board. Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Tommy Metz III come out as pro-faction, Pete Wright and Mike Evans against. We take on Roth’s story and how well it translates to the big screen. We talk factions and the nature of social control in an after-the-fall Chicago. Somewhere in there, Pete makes a case for the musical montage, and Tommy sings. The two are not related. If you’re wondering whether Divergence is a film for you, there’s likely someone on this week’s episode that will strike your fancy. Listen in!


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]]> Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:59:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4641 What better way to kick off the spring tentpole season than with the launch of another adaptation of a young adult novel. This time, it’s Veronica Roth’s take on dystopian Abercrombie in Divergent. This is perhaps the most divided we’ve been on The Film Board. Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, and Tommy Metz III come out as pro-faction, Pete Wright and Mike Evans against. We take on Roth’s story and how well it translates to the big screen. We talk factions and the nature of social control in an after-the-fall Chicago. Somewhere in there, Pete makes a case for the musical montage, and Tommy sings. The two are not related. If you’re wondering whether Divergence is a film for you, there’s likely someone on this week’s episode that will strike your fancy. Listen in! What better way to kick off the spring tentpole season than with the launch of another adaptation of a young adult novel. This time, it’s Veronica Roth’s take on dystopian Abercrombie in Divergent. This is perhaps the most divided we’ve been on The Film B Neil Burger, 2014, 2010s No The Monuments Men 2 2 9 9 The Monuments Men full 209efebb-d688-4a4d-82c5-8f0f4bb65de5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9e51b432 Might be best to start off a conversation about George Clooney's latest, The Monuments Men, by telling you what this film is not. It's not a comedy. And in spite of its pedigree and subject matter, it's not all that much of a heist film. It doesn't spend enough time building character to be a character film. And if your name is either Andy Nelson or Tommy Metz III, the film isn't very good. This week on the show, Andy, Tommy, and Pete Wright take on Clooney's latest opus and dish on story, script, concept, cinematography, and the relative importance of being able to find humor in Adolf Hitler. We heavily spoil this film, as usual, so if you don't want story rot on the brain, make sure you see it, then come hang out with us on The Film Board!


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]]> Might be best to start off a conversation about George Clooney's latest, The Monuments Men, by telling you what this film is not. It's not a comedy. And in spite of its pedigree and subject matter, it's not all that much of a heist film. It doesn't spend enough time building character to be a character film. And if your name is either Andy Nelson or Tommy Metz III, the film isn't very good. This week on the show, Andy, Tommy, and Pete Wright take on Clooney's latest opus and dish on story, script, concept, cinematography, and the relative importance of being able to find humor in Adolf Hitler. We heavily spoil this film, as usual, so if you don't want story rot on the brain, make sure you see it, then come hang out with us on The Film Board!


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]]> Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3354 Might be best to start off a conversation about George Clooney's latest, The Monuments Men, by telling you what this film is not. It's not a comedy. And in spite of its pedigree and subject matter, it's not all that much of a heist film. It doesn't spend enough time building character to be a character film. And if your name is either Andy Nelson or Tommy Metz III, the film isn't very good. This week on the show, Andy, Tommy, and Pete Wright take on Clooney's latest opus and dish on story, script, concept, cinematography, and the relative importance of being able to find humor in Adolf Hitler. We heavily spoil this film, as usual, so if you don't want story rot on the brain, make sure you see it, then come hang out with us on The Film Board! Might be best to start off a conversation about George Clooney's latest, The Monuments Men, by telling you what this film is not. It's not a comedy. And in spite of its pedigree and subject matter, it's not all that much of a heist film. It doesn't spend 2014, 2010s, George Clooney No Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 2 2 8 8 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit full 0c7cd89b-d32d-46e3-a190-6261040189ab https://share.transistor.fm/s/213010df Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is worth exactly what you pay for it. And possibly slightly less. Such is the verdict of The Film Board this month as we take on the Kenneth Branagh-helmed thriller. It's the fifth in the Ryan series, but the first not based on one of Tom Clancy's novels — a sore point for many of us on The Board. Writers Adam Cozad and David Koepp conjure up some interesting moments in a script that is otherwise awash in trite dialog. But the biggest questions remain: Can Chris Pine pull off the fish-out-of-water clumsiness of Ryan? Can Kevin Costner fill the giant shoes of James Earl Jones in the critical mentor role? Can Keira Knightley handle the American accent? (Spoiler: Not really.) Join Board regulars Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Chadd Stoops, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as they digest this serving of spy soup, with a healthy helping of Oscars 2014 predictions!


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]]> Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is worth exactly what you pay for it. And possibly slightly less. Such is the verdict of The Film Board this month as we take on the Kenneth Branagh-helmed thriller. It's the fifth in the Ryan series, but the first not based on one of Tom Clancy's novels — a sore point for many of us on The Board. Writers Adam Cozad and David Koepp conjure up some interesting moments in a script that is otherwise awash in trite dialog. But the biggest questions remain: Can Chris Pine pull off the fish-out-of-water clumsiness of Ryan? Can Kevin Costner fill the giant shoes of James Earl Jones in the critical mentor role? Can Keira Knightley handle the American accent? (Spoiler: Not really.) Join Board regulars Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Chadd Stoops, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as they digest this serving of spy soup, with a healthy helping of Oscars 2014 predictions!


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]]> Sat, 18 Jan 2014 21:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5625 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is worth exactly what you pay for it. And possibly slightly less. Such is the verdict of The Film Board this month as we take on the Kenneth Branagh-helmed thriller. It's the fifth in the Ryan series, but the first not based on one of Tom Clancy's novels — a sore point for many of us on The Board. Writers Adam Cozad and David Koepp conjure up some interesting moments in a script that is otherwise awash in trite dialog. But the biggest questions remain: Can Chris Pine pull off the fish-out-of-water clumsiness of Ryan? Can Kevin Costner fill the giant shoes of James Earl Jones in the critical mentor role? Can Keira Knightley handle the American accent? (Spoiler: Not really.) Join Board regulars Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, Chadd Stoops, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as they digest this serving of spy soup, with a healthy helping of Oscars 2014 predictions! Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is worth exactly what you pay for it. And possibly slightly less. Such is the verdict of The Film Board this month as we take on the Kenneth Branagh-helmed thriller. It's the fifth in the Ryan series, but the first not based on o 2014, 2010s, Kenneth Branagh No The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2 2 7 7 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug full c95d4dcd-5497-4d72-bb5c-f17d0869679b https://share.transistor.fm/s/05807c36 Winding his way back and forth across the expanse of Middle Earth, Peter Jackson brings us his second stab at The Hobbit with The Desolation of Smaug, the fifth film in the Peter Jackson Middle Earth Cinematic Universe. That's right, we've come to understand more of Jackson's intent with this film and its place in his Tolkien saga. But the questions are plenty: Did he best the first Bilbo with the latest? Did 48fps drive the same sense of seizure-ama as the last film? Will Tommy make any off-color jokes that somehow, in spite of our best editing efforts, actually make it to broadcast? To know for sure, you'll have to listen in as Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright convene The Film Board to take on Jackson's latest journey into forced perspective.


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]]> Winding his way back and forth across the expanse of Middle Earth, Peter Jackson brings us his second stab at The Hobbit with The Desolation of Smaug, the fifth film in the Peter Jackson Middle Earth Cinematic Universe. That's right, we've come to understand more of Jackson's intent with this film and its place in his Tolkien saga. But the questions are plenty: Did he best the first Bilbo with the latest? Did 48fps drive the same sense of seizure-ama as the last film? Will Tommy make any off-color jokes that somehow, in spite of our best editing efforts, actually make it to broadcast? To know for sure, you'll have to listen in as Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright convene The Film Board to take on Jackson's latest journey into forced perspective.


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]]> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5574 Winding his way back and forth across the expanse of Middle Earth, Peter Jackson brings us his second stab at The Hobbit with The Desolation of Smaug, the fifth film in the Peter Jackson Middle Earth Cinematic Universe. That's right, we've come to understand more of Jackson's intent with this film and its place in his Tolkien saga. But the questions are plenty: Did he best the first Bilbo with the latest? Did 48fps drive the same sense of seizure-ama as the last film? Will Tommy make any off-color jokes that somehow, in spite of our best editing efforts, actually make it to broadcast? To know for sure, you'll have to listen in as Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright convene The Film Board to take on Jackson's latest journey into forced perspective. Winding his way back and forth across the expanse of Middle Earth, Peter Jackson brings us his second stab at The Hobbit with The Desolation of Smaug, the fifth film in the Peter Jackson Middle Earth Cinematic Universe. That's right, we've come to underst 2013, 2010s, Peter Jackson No Thor: The Dark World 2 2 6 6 Thor: The Dark World full 8f5e7c1d-52f7-4cb9-84a6-54cee35fd87e https://share.transistor.fm/s/f65def7a We're headed back to Asgard this week as we gather The Film Board to take on Thor: The Dark World! Join Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Tommy Metz III as we meticulously dissect the strange attraction we have for a hero that has no flaw, and is a god. We talk about Natalie Portman's riveting portrayal of a woman who deeply loves science. We talk about Kat Dennings and how much funnier it would have been if Michael Cera had played "Intern." And most importantly, we lavish great fondness all over, around, and through Tom Hiddleston for his portrayal of Loki, a chalice of regret from which we sip that he was so underused in this film. Did Alan Taylor bring his Game of Thrones grit to Thor: The Dark World and leave us quivering in anticipation for more Marvel goodness? Listen in and find out!


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]]> We're headed back to Asgard this week as we gather The Film Board to take on Thor: The Dark World! Join Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Tommy Metz III as we meticulously dissect the strange attraction we have for a hero that has no flaw, and is a god. We talk about Natalie Portman's riveting portrayal of a woman who deeply loves science. We talk about Kat Dennings and how much funnier it would have been if Michael Cera had played "Intern." And most importantly, we lavish great fondness all over, around, and through Tom Hiddleston for his portrayal of Loki, a chalice of regret from which we sip that he was so underused in this film. Did Alan Taylor bring his Game of Thrones grit to Thor: The Dark World and leave us quivering in anticipation for more Marvel goodness? Listen in and find out!


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]]> Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:00:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4431 We're headed back to Asgard this week as we gather The Film Board to take on Thor: The Dark World! Join Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Tommy Metz III as we meticulously dissect the strange attraction we have for a hero that has no flaw, and is a god. We talk about Natalie Portman's riveting portrayal of a woman who deeply loves science. We talk about Kat Dennings and how much funnier it would have been if Michael Cera had played "Intern." And most importantly, we lavish great fondness all over, around, and through Tom Hiddleston for his portrayal of Loki, a chalice of regret from which we sip that he was so underused in this film. Did Alan Taylor bring his Game of Thrones grit to Thor: The Dark World and leave us quivering in anticipation for more Marvel goodness? Listen in and find out! We're headed back to Asgard this week as we gather The Film Board to take on Thor: The Dark World! Join Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, Steve Sarmento, and Tommy Metz III as we meticulously dissect the strange attraction we have for a hero that has no flaw, and 2013, 2010s, Alan Taylor No Gravity 2 2 5 5 Gravity full 94064296-c969-476c-be24-056c30bbec3a https://share.transistor.fm/s/b00538c5 We’re on a trip to space with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in this month’s Film Board review of Cuarón & Son’s astro-tacular, Gravity. Join Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as we pull apart a film miraculously greater than the sum of its pretty good parts. We pull apart the film, the performance(s), the writing, but most of all (spoiler) we lavish unheard of praise on Emmanuel Lubezki and the stunning digital filmmaking pouring from his hands. It’s a great conversation with some interesting twists, a whole lot of love, and just a bit of shame. Tune in!


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]]> We’re on a trip to space with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in this month’s Film Board review of Cuarón & Son’s astro-tacular, Gravity. Join Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as we pull apart a film miraculously greater than the sum of its pretty good parts. We pull apart the film, the performance(s), the writing, but most of all (spoiler) we lavish unheard of praise on Emmanuel Lubezki and the stunning digital filmmaking pouring from his hands. It’s a great conversation with some interesting twists, a whole lot of love, and just a bit of shame. Tune in!


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]]> Sun, 27 Oct 2013 22:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4660 We’re on a trip to space with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in this month’s Film Board review of Cuarón & Son’s astro-tacular, Gravity. Join Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as we pull apart a film miraculously greater than the sum of its pretty good parts. We pull apart the film, the performance(s), the writing, but most of all (spoiler) we lavish unheard of praise on Emmanuel Lubezki and the stunning digital filmmaking pouring from his hands. It’s a great conversation with some interesting twists, a whole lot of love, and just a bit of shame. Tune in! We’re on a trip to space with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in this month’s Film Board review of Cuarón & Son’s astro-tacular, Gravity. Join Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as we pull apart a film miraculously greater 2013, 2010s, Alfonso Cuarón No Prisoners 2 2 4 4 Prisoners full 80a40956-71c8-4206-b698-836030ee13a6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3c783fb2 The next time your young daughter asks if she can take Joy to your house on the other side of the neighborhood, the correct answer is a resounding "no." Such is the lesson from this week's Film Board subject, Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners. Join Steve Sarmento, Mike Evans, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as we discuss the strong performances across the cast, led by the captivating Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. We talk about the spellbinding cinematography of one of our favorites in the business, Roger Deakins, who manages to turn a sleepy Pennsylvania suburb into a horrifyingly bleak kidnap-scape. And we can't forget the incredible casting of two of the downright creepiest performances on screen right now, Paul Dano and David Dastmalchian. This Aaron Guzikowski-penned script sat on the Black List for far too long and has been plagued by creative changes for years, yet the result on screen is a film with few loose ends and much to appreciate. Listen in!


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]]> The next time your young daughter asks if she can take Joy to your house on the other side of the neighborhood, the correct answer is a resounding "no." Such is the lesson from this week's Film Board subject, Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners. Join Steve Sarmento, Mike Evans, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as we discuss the strong performances across the cast, led by the captivating Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. We talk about the spellbinding cinematography of one of our favorites in the business, Roger Deakins, who manages to turn a sleepy Pennsylvania suburb into a horrifyingly bleak kidnap-scape. And we can't forget the incredible casting of two of the downright creepiest performances on screen right now, Paul Dano and David Dastmalchian. This Aaron Guzikowski-penned script sat on the Black List for far too long and has been plagued by creative changes for years, yet the result on screen is a film with few loose ends and much to appreciate. Listen in!


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]]> Sun, 22 Sep 2013 14:44:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5225 The next time your young daughter asks if she can take Joy to your house on the other side of the neighborhood, the correct answer is a resounding "no." Such is the lesson from this week's Film Board subject, Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners. Join Steve Sarmento, Mike Evans, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as we discuss the strong performances across the cast, led by the captivating Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. We talk about the spellbinding cinematography of one of our favorites in the business, Roger Deakins, who manages to turn a sleepy Pennsylvania suburb into a horrifyingly bleak kidnap-scape. And we can't forget the incredible casting of two of the downright creepiest performances on screen right now, Paul Dano and David Dastmalchian. This Aaron Guzikowski-penned script sat on the Black List for far too long and has been plagued by creative changes for years, yet the result on screen is a film with few loose ends and much to appreciate. Listen in! The next time your young daughter asks if she can take Joy to your house on the other side of the neighborhood, the correct answer is a resounding "no." Such is the lesson from this week's Film Board subject, Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners. Join Steve Sarme 2013, 2010s, Denis Villeneuve No You're Next 2 2 3 3 You're Next full 1509f931-d22b-4761-97fe-557f8b2ac313 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a295a4cb Spoiler alert — the crew is as divided on You're Next as we have ever been on this show. Director Adam Wingard's home invasion horror romp has been hailed as "clever," "deliciously twisted," and that it "streamlines the gory stuff for something truly shocking: good characters." So, is it really the refreshing attempt to turn the genre on its ear? Or is it dumb dumb stupid dumb and the sign of the fall of civilization? Join Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as they do their best to figure out if they even saw the same movie.


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]]> Spoiler alert — the crew is as divided on You're Next as we have ever been on this show. Director Adam Wingard's home invasion horror romp has been hailed as "clever," "deliciously twisted," and that it "streamlines the gory stuff for something truly shocking: good characters." So, is it really the refreshing attempt to turn the genre on its ear? Or is it dumb dumb stupid dumb and the sign of the fall of civilization? Join Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as they do their best to figure out if they even saw the same movie.


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]]> Mon, 26 Aug 2013 17:39:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4251 Spoiler alert — the crew is as divided on You're Next as we have ever been on this show. Director Adam Wingard's home invasion horror romp has been hailed as "clever," "deliciously twisted," and that it "streamlines the gory stuff for something truly shocking: good characters." So, is it really the refreshing attempt to turn the genre on its ear? Or is it dumb dumb stupid dumb and the sign of the fall of civilization? Join Steve Sarmento, Tommy Metz III, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright as they do their best to figure out if they even saw the same movie. Spoiler alert — the crew is as divided on You're Next as we have ever been on this show. Director Adam Wingard's home invasion horror romp has been hailed as "clever," "deliciously twisted," and that it "streamlines the gory stuff for something truly shoc 2013, 2010s, Adam Wingard No The Wolverine 2 2 2 2 The Wolverine full a90e8c2a-c6ea-4667-8c68-369b6786b9a3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c090d7f8 The Film Board gathers! It's a full house this week as we take on the latest clawed brawler from Marvel, The Wolverine. The crew agrees: there are some stunningly beautiful sequences in this film, and while Jackman's Wolverine rarely disappoints, on the whole the film loses steam tragically too early and delivers an ultimately forgettable experience. Steve shares his report on the Atmos experience of The Wolverine, which may make the film worth seeing on the big screen, if you have such a theater near you. Check out this month's Film Board review for details and plenty of spoilers!


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]]> The Film Board gathers! It's a full house this week as we take on the latest clawed brawler from Marvel, The Wolverine. The crew agrees: there are some stunningly beautiful sequences in this film, and while Jackman's Wolverine rarely disappoints, on the whole the film loses steam tragically too early and delivers an ultimately forgettable experience. Steve shares his report on the Atmos experience of The Wolverine, which may make the film worth seeing on the big screen, if you have such a theater near you. Check out this month's Film Board review for details and plenty of spoilers!


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]]> Sun, 28 Jul 2013 22:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5115 The Film Board gathers! It's a full house this week as we take on the latest clawed brawler from Marvel, The Wolverine. The crew agrees: there are some stunningly beautiful sequences in this film, and while Jackman's Wolverine rarely disappoints, on the whole the film loses steam tragically too early and delivers an ultimately forgettable experience. Steve shares his report on the Atmos experience of The Wolverine, which may make the film worth seeing on the big screen, if you have such a theater near you. Check out this month's Film Board review for details and plenty of spoilers! The Film Board gathers! It's a full house this week as we take on the latest clawed brawler from Marvel, The Wolverine. The crew agrees: there are some stunningly beautiful sequences in this film, and while Jackman's Wolverine rarely disappoints, on the w James Mangold, 2013, 2010s No World War Z 2 2 1 1 World War Z full 80b19047-7dcc-4be1-943c-9f4e5b5710d2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d4aa171c The curse is broken! The Film Board gathers and we finally have a movie that all of us like! It's Brad Pitt against the world's nasty plague problem on the show this week and Steve, Andy, and Pete talk about why you should see World War Z, why you should like this film, and why it's culturally far more relevant than a run-of-the-mill zombie thriller. That's right, we're cutting against the grain this week on The Film Board so check out this film and join us for a chat on Pitt and the world that's out to bite him!


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]]> The curse is broken! The Film Board gathers and we finally have a movie that all of us like! It's Brad Pitt against the world's nasty plague problem on the show this week and Steve, Andy, and Pete talk about why you should see World War Z, why you should like this film, and why it's culturally far more relevant than a run-of-the-mill zombie thriller. That's right, we're cutting against the grain this week on The Film Board so check out this film and join us for a chat on Pitt and the world that's out to bite him!


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]]> Sat, 22 Jun 2013 21:28:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3847 The curse is broken! The Film Board gathers and we finally have a movie that all of us like! It's Brad Pitt against the world's nasty plague problem on the show this week and Steve, Andy, and Pete talk about why you should see World War Z, why you should like this film, and why it's culturally far more relevant than a run-of-the-mill zombie thriller. That's right, we're cutting against the grain this week on The Film Board so check out this film and join us for a chat on Pitt and the world that's out to bite him! The curse is broken! The Film Board gathers and we finally have a movie that all of us like! It's Brad Pitt against the world's nasty plague problem on the show this week and Steve, Andy, and Pete talk about why you should see World War Z, why you should Marc Forster, 2013, 2010s No Now You See Me 1 1 10 10 Now You See Me full bae24c76-7dd9-4ee6-b44c-21d82be3dfe7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c0d6ddbf It's a Very Special Episode for this month's Film Board gathering. Today on the show, Steve Sarmento and Chadd Stoops join Andy Nelson and Pete Wright to take on the great Next Reel Crossover with Now You See Me — a magical heist film of skeptical proportions. Director Louis Leterrier takes The Four Horsemen Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco and manufactures the epic stage show. Does it hold up to scrutiny? Is this finally the Morgan Freeman/Michael Caine matchup to end all Morgan Freeman/Michael Caine matchups? Is Mark Ruffalo still super-angry all the time? All these questions, and the answer to whether or not you are the smartest person in the room on this week's Film Board. Listen in!


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]]> It's a Very Special Episode for this month's Film Board gathering. Today on the show, Steve Sarmento and Chadd Stoops join Andy Nelson and Pete Wright to take on the great Next Reel Crossover with Now You See Me — a magical heist film of skeptical proportions. Director Louis Leterrier takes The Four Horsemen Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco and manufactures the epic stage show. Does it hold up to scrutiny? Is this finally the Morgan Freeman/Michael Caine matchup to end all Morgan Freeman/Michael Caine matchups? Is Mark Ruffalo still super-angry all the time? All these questions, and the answer to whether or not you are the smartest person in the room on this week's Film Board. Listen in!


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]]> Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:15:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4496 It's a Very Special Episode for this month's Film Board gathering. Today on the show, Steve Sarmento and Chadd Stoops join Andy Nelson and Pete Wright to take on the great Next Reel Crossover with Now You See Me — a magical heist film of skeptical proportions. Director Louis Leterrier takes The Four Horsemen Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco and manufactures the epic stage show. Does it hold up to scrutiny? Is this finally the Morgan Freeman/Michael Caine matchup to end all Morgan Freeman/Michael Caine matchups? Is Mark Ruffalo still super-angry all the time? All these questions, and the answer to whether or not you are the smartest person in the room on this week's Film Board. Listen in! It's a Very Special Episode for this month's Film Board gathering. Today on the show, Steve Sarmento and Chadd Stoops join Andy Nelson and Pete Wright to take on the great Next Reel Crossover with Now You See Me — a magical heist film of skeptical proport 2013, 2010s, Louis Letterier No 42 1 1 9 9 42 full ae91b024-d37d-4fc9-beb6-c22aeffbb193 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b7000b3c The Film Board gathers to take on this weekend's new release, 42. This Jackie Robinson biopic comes with some misgivings, not the least of which comes in writer-director Brian Helgeland's script. The Board is moved somewhere between "stark and emotionless" to "Lifetime Movie of the Week" with this entry into cinema baseball-dom, with a few noted highlights: Chadwick Boseman and Nicole Beharie offer standout performances in this otherwise middling sports fare. Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Mike Evans, and Pete Wright for a conversation about baseball, great movie posters, and a little bit of Windows 8. Because of Andy.


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]]> The Film Board gathers to take on this weekend's new release, 42. This Jackie Robinson biopic comes with some misgivings, not the least of which comes in writer-director Brian Helgeland's script. The Board is moved somewhere between "stark and emotionless" to "Lifetime Movie of the Week" with this entry into cinema baseball-dom, with a few noted highlights: Chadwick Boseman and Nicole Beharie offer standout performances in this otherwise middling sports fare. Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Mike Evans, and Pete Wright for a conversation about baseball, great movie posters, and a little bit of Windows 8. Because of Andy.


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]]> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:17:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4637 The Film Board gathers to take on this weekend's new release, 42. This Jackie Robinson biopic comes with some misgivings, not the least of which comes in writer-director Brian Helgeland's script. The Board is moved somewhere between "stark and emotionless" to "Lifetime Movie of the Week" with this entry into cinema baseball-dom, with a few noted highlights: Chadwick Boseman and Nicole Beharie offer standout performances in this otherwise middling sports fare. Join Andy Nelson, Steve Sarmento, Mike Evans, and Pete Wright for a conversation about baseball, great movie posters, and a little bit of Windows 8. Because of Andy. The Film Board gathers to take on this weekend's new release, 42. This Jackie Robinson biopic comes with some misgivings, not the least of which comes in writer-director Brian Helgeland's script. The Board is moved somewhere between "stark and emotionless 2013, 2010s, Brian Helgeland No Oz the Great and Powerful 1 1 8 8 Oz the Great and Powerful full 9d14e015-35be-4a88-9a11-bd6be9ef5e72 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f70ebb39 The Film Board gathers to take on Disney's latest trip to the Emerald Kingdom. This week on the show, Steve Sarmento and Tommy Metz III join Andy and Pete to pull apart Oz The Great and Powerful, and pull it apart they do. Clumsy scripting? Trouble with the protagonist? Witches that can shoot lightning from their fingers throwing away everything because of a crush on a boy? All that, and we're still swept away by the magic of the final act. Listen in for why we think this is a great what-could-have-been film that ends up near the very bottom of our list.


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]]> The Film Board gathers to take on Disney's latest trip to the Emerald Kingdom. This week on the show, Steve Sarmento and Tommy Metz III join Andy and Pete to pull apart Oz The Great and Powerful, and pull it apart they do. Clumsy scripting? Trouble with the protagonist? Witches that can shoot lightning from their fingers throwing away everything because of a crush on a boy? All that, and we're still swept away by the magic of the final act. Listen in for why we think this is a great what-could-have-been film that ends up near the very bottom of our list.


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]]> Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:40:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5337 The Film Board gathers to take on Disney's latest trip to the Emerald Kingdom. This week on the show, Steve Sarmento and Tommy Metz III join Andy and Pete to pull apart Oz The Great and Powerful, and pull it apart they do. Clumsy scripting? Trouble with the protagonist? Witches that can shoot lightning from their fingers throwing away everything because of a crush on a boy? All that, and we're still swept away by the magic of the final act. Listen in for why we think this is a great what-could-have-been film that ends up near the very bottom of our list. The Film Board gathers to take on Disney's latest trip to the Emerald Kingdom. This week on the show, Steve Sarmento and Tommy Metz III join Andy and Pete to pull apart Oz The Great and Powerful, and pull it apart they do. Clumsy scripting? Trouble with t 2013, 2010s, Sam Raimi No Side Effects 1 1 7 7 Side Effects full bcddf15c-e75c-4c18-8ac9-eb5cbf9761ed https://share.transistor.fm/s/01b3f986 The band is back together! And this month, the illustrious Film Board gathers its ranks to take on Steven Soderbergh's "final" film, Side Effects. Haven't seen it yet? Don't worry, we'll spoil it for you, but it won't matter – you won't understand it anyway. Chadd Stoops, Steve Sarmento, Mike Evans, and newcomer Tommy Metz III join Andy and Pete to hash out just how Soderberghian this film really is, the overwhelmingly satisfying performances from the key actors throughout this complex thriller, and if "sleep-murder" is a thing we should all be more concerned about, actually.


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]]> The band is back together! And this month, the illustrious Film Board gathers its ranks to take on Steven Soderbergh's "final" film, Side Effects. Haven't seen it yet? Don't worry, we'll spoil it for you, but it won't matter – you won't understand it anyway. Chadd Stoops, Steve Sarmento, Mike Evans, and newcomer Tommy Metz III join Andy and Pete to hash out just how Soderberghian this film really is, the overwhelmingly satisfying performances from the key actors throughout this complex thriller, and if "sleep-murder" is a thing we should all be more concerned about, actually.


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]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:47:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 5229 The band is back together! And this month, the illustrious Film Board gathers its ranks to take on Steven Soderbergh's "final" film, Side Effects. Haven't seen it yet? Don't worry, we'll spoil it for you, but it won't matter – you won't understand it anyway. Chadd Stoops, Steve Sarmento, Mike Evans, and newcomer Tommy Metz III join Andy and Pete to hash out just how Soderberghian this film really is, the overwhelmingly satisfying performances from the key actors throughout this complex thriller, and if "sleep-murder" is a thing we should all be more concerned about, actually. The band is back together! And this month, the illustrious Film Board gathers its ranks to take on Steven Soderbergh's "final" film, Side Effects. Haven't seen it yet? Don't worry, we'll spoil it for you, but it won't matter – you won't understand it anyw 2013, 2010s, Steven Soderbergh No The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 1 1 6 6 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey full cc9b154c-2da6-4249-a8cc-d869792a049f https://share.transistor.fm/s/518a9a83 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has landed in HFR 3D glory! Join us for this special episode of The Film Board as we take on Peter Jackson's latest contribution to Middle Earth. This month's contributors Steve Sarmento and Chadd Stoops join Andy and Pete for a conversation on the tech, the tools, and the people that bring this beloved children's classic to life. Listen in!


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]]> The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has landed in HFR 3D glory! Join us for this special episode of The Film Board as we take on Peter Jackson's latest contribution to Middle Earth. This month's contributors Steve Sarmento and Chadd Stoops join Andy and Pete for a conversation on the tech, the tools, and the people that bring this beloved children's classic to life. Listen in!


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]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:07:00 -0800 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3876 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has landed in HFR 3D glory! Join us for this special episode of The Film Board as we take on Peter Jackson's latest contribution to Middle Earth. This month's contributors Steve Sarmento and Chadd Stoops join Andy and Pete for a conversation on the tech, the tools, and the people that bring this beloved children's classic to life. Listen in! The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has landed in HFR 3D glory! Join us for this special episode of The Film Board as we take on Peter Jackson's latest contribution to Middle Earth. This month's contributors Steve Sarmento and Chadd Stoops join Andy and Pet 2012, 2010s, Peter Jackson No Cloud Atlas 1 1 5 5 Cloud Atlas full 0aaf36cb-e37f-49cc-97ec-0f43531e7eaa https://share.transistor.fm/s/8603e109 The Film Board gathers to take on Cloud Atlas, the epic journey of a whole lot of Toms Hanks and Halles Berry. Join Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, and Chadd Stoops as they share what worked, what didn't, and what makes this film a passionate, beautiful mess.


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]]> The Film Board gathers to take on Cloud Atlas, the epic journey of a whole lot of Toms Hanks and Halles Berry. Join Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, and Chadd Stoops as they share what worked, what didn't, and what makes this film a passionate, beautiful mess.


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]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 07:13:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3883 The Film Board gathers to take on "Cloud Atlas", the epic journey of a whole lot of Toms Hanks and Halles Berry. Join Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, and Chadd Stoops as they share what worked, what didn't, and what makes this film a passionate, beautiful mess. The Film Board gathers to take on "Cloud Atlas", the epic journey of a whole lot of Toms Hanks and Halles Berry. Join Andy Nelson, Pete Wright, and Chadd Stoops as they share what worked, what didn't, and what makes this film a passionate, beautiful mess. 2012, 2010s, Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski No Looper 1 1 4 4 Looper full a0159e10-3966-4db2-87dc-308b336c7e2d https://share.transistor.fm/s/b570f736 In spite of scheduling complications, The Film Board goes on. This month, Pete and Andy talk Looper starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis.


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]]> In spite of scheduling complications, The Film Board goes on. This month, Pete and Andy talk Looper starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis.


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]]> Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:39:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 3760 In spite of scheduling complications, The Film Board goes on. This month, Pete and Andy talk Looper starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis. In spite of scheduling complications, The Film Board goes on. This month, Pete and Andy talk Looper starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis. 2012, 2010s, Rian Johnson No The Bourne Legacy 1 1 3 3 The Bourne Legacy full f275a264-942b-4ac6-86a6-ef5914f942c9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ea246439 Join the goodly Chadd Stoops, Mike Evans, Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright to talk The Bourne Legacy. We talk Chaos Cinema. We talk Jeremy Renner and the Brothers Gilroy. At one point, Steve gets so mad he disappears. And then Andy overloads the Internet. Finally, we talk about The Hobbit and the 48 fps wonder 3D future in store for us all.


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]]> Join the goodly Chadd Stoops, Mike Evans, Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright to talk The Bourne Legacy. We talk Chaos Cinema. We talk Jeremy Renner and the Brothers Gilroy. At one point, Steve gets so mad he disappears. And then Andy overloads the Internet. Finally, we talk about The Hobbit and the 48 fps wonder 3D future in store for us all.


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]]> Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:35:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4860 Join the goodly Chadd Stoops, Mike Evans, Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright to talk Bourne. We talk Chaos Cinema. We talk Jeremy Renner and the Brothers Gilroy. At one point, Steve gets so mad he disappears. And then Andy overloads the Internet. Finally, we talk about The Hobbit and the 48 fps wonder 3D future in store for us all. Join the goodly Chadd Stoops, Mike Evans, Steve Sarmento, Andy Nelson, and Pete Wright to talk Bourne. We talk Chaos Cinema. We talk Jeremy Renner and the Brothers Gilroy. At one point, Steve gets so mad he disappears. And then Andy overloads the Internet 2012, 2010s, Tony Gilroy No The Dark Knight Rises 1 1 2 2 The Dark Knight Rises full 7d6ce2e8-fd64-444e-a70b-0a3321ab6baf https://share.transistor.fm/s/bc1816df The Board Gathers! Andy Nelson and Pete Wright are joined by regulars Chadd Stoops and Steve Sarmento to talk through the final chapter in Christopher Nolan's contribution to the Batman universe: The Dark Knight Rises.


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]]> The Board Gathers! Andy Nelson and Pete Wright are joined by regulars Chadd Stoops and Steve Sarmento to talk through the final chapter in Christopher Nolan's contribution to the Batman universe: The Dark Knight Rises.


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]]> Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:59:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4373 The Board Gathers! Andy Nelson and Pete Wright are joined by regulars Chadd Stoops and Steve Sarmento to talk through the final chapter in Christopher Nolan's contribution to the Batman universe: The Dark Knight Rises. The Board Gathers! Andy Nelson and Pete Wright are joined by regulars Chadd Stoops and Steve Sarmento to talk through the final chapter in Christopher Nolan's contribution to the Batman universe: The Dark Knight Rises. 2012, 2010s, Christopher Nolan No Prometheus 1 1 1 1 Prometheus full d6d797ef-7341-42c3-86fa-be122a1ff3a1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3a7be5f0 The Film Board Gathers! This week, we come together to see if Andy and Pete were right about Prometheus.


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]]> The Film Board Gathers! This week, we come together to see if Andy and Pete were right about Prometheus.


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]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:00:00 -0700 The Next Reel The Next Reel 4292 The Film Board Gathers! This week, we come together to see if Andy and Pete were right about Prometheus. The Film Board Gathers! This week, we come together to see if Andy and Pete were right about Prometheus. 2012, 2010s, Ridley Scott No