Movie Go Round

In this New to Two, David brought along The Informant! The premise sounds boring: There's corruption in the lysine industry, and the government takes years to investigate it. But this comedy plays with performances and expectations, and just when you think you know where it's going, you get a revelation that changes everything. This entry was new to Brett and Nicole; so what did everyone think? How was Matt Damon in the lead? What's with this soundtrack? Is this story too weird to be true? Join us with our discussion of The Informant! and find out! Want to easily find links to everything we talk about at the end of the program? Head on over to social.mgrpodcast.com. Remember, you can vote on You Did This to Us polls every 5 weeks if you're following us on social media. Don't miss your chance to subject us to things like Sucker Punch and The Emoji Movie! Email the show at hi@mgrpodcast.com. Next week's pick is Netflix Roulette round and the Netflix Gods have bestowed upon us 2017's I Don't Feel at Home in Th

In this You Did This to Us, we brought in fellow podcaster and mellow raconteur Corey Scott to suffer along with us. We all watched Sucker Punch, Zack Snyder's "girl power" movie that exploits the women in the cast while telling the audience that exploiting women is bad. Most of the film is a fantasy within a fantasy -- does this make the movie more interesting? Does the Extended Edition make any more sense? Why is Babydoll wearing false eyelashes to bed? What is Jon Hamm doing here? Want to easily find links to everything we talk about at the end of the program? Head on over to social.mgrpodcast.com. Remember, you can vote on You Did This to Us polls every 5 weeks if you're following us on social media. Don't miss your chance to subject us to things like Sucker Punch! Email the show at hi@mgrpodcast.com. Let us know if you love or hate Sucker Punch! Next week's pick is New to Two round. It's David's turn to pick this theme and he's picked the 2009 film The Informant. Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudi

In this Movie-Go-Round Around the World, David picked an iconic film. Shot in Italy, by an Italian director, with an Italian crew and mostly Italian cast, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly legitimately qualifies as this cycle's Around the World pick. Clint Eastwood's most respected spaghetti Western features three antiheroes and an iconic (if sporadic) score. Did our panel enjoy it? Can greedy outlaws be engaging leads? What's with the sympathy for the Confederacy? Come listen and argue with us mentally! Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

In this Movie-Go-Round Future Classics, Brett proposed Guillermo's gooey Crimson Peak! Del Toro brought this Gothic romance to the screen, but couldn't resist throwing in some good old-fashioned cholera ghosts and head bashing. Did David find the spectres scary? Did Nicole ever shut up about kissing techniques and the Hiddlebutt? Join us for this episode of Movie-Go-Round and find out! Want to easily find links to everything we talk about at the end of the program? Head on over to social.mgrpodcast.com. Email the show at hi@mgrpodcast.com! Next week's pick is an Around the World pick! David chose 1967's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

In this Movie-Go-Round Netflix Roulette, Netflix brought this 2015 movie out of left field. _Zoom _features three interconnected stories, one of them animated, about self-image and artistic expression. In a possibly overthought twist, each story's protagonist is the creator of one of the others. Join us as we try to sort out all the threads, even as they unravel in our hands, to try and figure out what this movie is trying to say, and why anyone would think a sex doll would make a good drug mule. Next week's pick is a Future Classics pick! Brett chose 2015's Crimson Peak. Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

In this Movie-Go-Round Netflix Roulette, Nicole kicked things off with her New to Two pick, the Hitchcock comedy The Trouble with Harry. But the humor was quite dark for its time, as Hitch tells the story of one dead man and the three people who are each sure that they’re the one who has murdered him. Brett and David watched the movie for the first time, and asked such questions as, Would bigger stars have detracted from the story? Was this movie ahead of its time? And why is everyone so cool with murder? Join us as we fawn over a dewy Shirley MacLaine and marvel over a town that is so blasé about a corpse. Next week's pick is a Netflix Roulette pick! The Netflix gods chose 2015's Zoom. Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

In this Movie-Go-Round You Did This to Us, you all picked Reign of Fire! It was terrible. It was awesome. It was awesomely terrible. It was terribly awesome. Join us as we dig into this big pile of molten cheese and ask, How did the scenery survive with Matthew McConaughey chewing on it so hard? How did the male dragon fly with so many holes in his wings? How did this movie get made with so many holes in its plot? Why doesn’t Brett love this movie the way David and Nicole do? Come find out! Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more! Next week's pick is a New to Two! Nicole's pick is The Trouble With Harry.

In this Movie-Go-Round Around the World, Nicole was very excited to choose this round’s pick. She couldn’t resist this one any longer: Train to Busan. This recent Korean spin on the zombie/”infected” genre brought a propulsive energy and all the feels to a horror category that most people (including Nicole) had thought was played out. Join us as Nicole, David, and Brett talk about this high-speed human and undead drama on rails! Next week's pick is a You Did This to Us vote! What did you all vote on? We're watching Reign of Fire. Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

In this Movie-Go-Round Future Classics, David brought us our latest nominee for a Future Classic: 2012's Looper. This noir sci-fi thriller plays with time travel and the concept of communicating with yourself, both across time and in person. We dig deep, discussing the problems of time travel and how movies solve them, the performances by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis playing the same man at different ages, and the big question: What happens when you piss off a telekinetic six-year old? Next week's film is Nicole's Around the World pick! We're watching 2016's Train to Busan. Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

In this Movie-Go-Round bonus episode, Brett, David, and Nicole guested on a special version of the Rumor Flies podcast to discuss the Netflix and Hulu Fyre Festival documentaries. We thought this wonderful discussion with Greg Tilton - a previous guest on our show during Pay the Ghost - would be a fun bonus to the feed! Enjoy this analysis of the Fyre Fest and be sure to check out our friends at Rumor Flies. Did you dig this collaboration with Rumor Flies? Do you want more bonus content on your feed? Let us know at moviegoround@tiltingwindmillstudios.com! Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

In this Movie-Go-Round Netflix Roulette, the wheel came up with the Hong Kong film Phantom of the Theatre. This variation of the Phantom of the Opera included dead acrobats and an inventive method of murder instead of singing. David, Brett, and Nicole watched this somewhat draggy tale about a director, an ingénue with a mysterious past, and an overly elaborate scheme for revenge. Come join us as we find the fun bits and pick apart the bad bits and gloss over the boring bits in between! Next week's film is David's Future Classics pick! We're watching 2012's Looper. Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

In this Movie-Go-Round,New to Two Brett brought us Liev Schreiber’s sole directorial work, Everything Is Illuminated What starts as an aggressively quirky story of a shy, compulsive collector turns into something much deeper as he takes a journey to learn about a woman who saved his ancestor. David and Nicole watched it for the first time, and all three of us talked about things like the movie’s dramatic shift in tone, Liev Schreiber’s choices as a director, drivers with seeing-eye bitches, and the weirdness that is Gogol Bordello. Check it out! Next week's film is a Netflix Roulette pick! We're watching Phantom of the Theatre, a 2016 fantasy horror film. Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

In this Movie-Go-Round,You Did This to Us! And boy, did you pick a doozy, 1997’s Con Air. What can you say about this testosterone-fueled movie? We were dazzled by its absurdity, bemused by its insanely shaky premise, and dumbfounded by the dialogue. ("Put. The bunneh. Back in the box.") But we had great fun talking about it! Come join Nicole, Brett, and David as we try to make sense of the insensible. Connect with your hosts! Brett Stewart | Nicole Davis | David Luzader Next week's film is a New to Two pick of Brett's. He will introduce Nicole and David to the 2006 film Everything Is Illuminated.[]]] Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

In this Movie-Go-Round Around the World, Brett chose an Indian comedy with a character enamored with the US. Unfortunately, his favorite country has exported its recession around the globe, and even his kidnapping gang is feeling the effects. When the gang seizes a wealthy Indian-born American, they think their luck has changed, but he's just as poorly off. However, their captive has a clever plan to get himself freed and all of them paid in the bargain. David, Nicole, and Brett talked over this comedy of errors/political critique and are joined by Claire White and Kyle Willoughby of the Dragons, Sexy Robots, and Adventures podcast! Come join us! Next week's film is a You Did This to Us pick. You all picked 1997's Con Air. Put the bunny back in the box! Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

First and foremost: our apologies for the delay in this episode release! You may notice a change in audio quality after the introductions. This is because Brett's rig crashed and died during this recording, and David picked up his slack and was able to provide a backup! (Thanks, David!) Hence, it took quite a bit of editing work to piece together what we had worked on for this episode. To make up for it, you'll get the next show tomorrow, too! Now: The Dark Knight. In this Movie-Go-Round Future Classics, the team was offered the last opportunity to choose a movie from 2008. It was Nicole’s pick, but really, there was only one choice: The Dark Knight. Nicole, David, and Brett got so excited they went a little over the standard episode length and could’ve gone at least another hour. We talked about the influences on the movie, the influence the movie has had, the practical stunts, some actual criticisms of the film, the fateful casting of Heath Ledger and his step into legend, and a lot more. Next week's film

In this Movie-Go-Round Netflix Roulette, we got our first Netflix Original movie – The Polka King. It was a biopic, and there was a lot of good polka music, and Jack Black and Jenny Slate were in it. Guests Ericca Long and Cole Roulain of The Magic Lantern podcast joined Brett, David, and Nicole in watching it for you. We all dug deep into pertinent questions such as: Why did we think this was released directly to Netflix? Does the movie try to do too much? Not enough? Has the subject actually learned anything by the end of the movie? Did any of us go insane listening to two hours of Jack Black’s Polish accent? Join us and find out! Next week we're watching Nicole's pick for a Future Classic, 2008's The Dark Knight. Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

In this Movie-Go-Round New to Two, David introduced Brett and Nicole to an older Western. The Magnificent Seven may have been a remake of a Japanese movie and bombed at the box office, but over the years it has become an American classic. What has made this movie endure so well over time? What is it about the characters that makes them so compelling? Is there a stealth gay character? How is it that a 1960 movie featuring Mexican villagers is so moderately non-racist? Tune in to hear us hash these questions out. Next week we're watching a Netflix Roulette film, The Polka King. Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

In this Movie-Go-Round, You Did This to Us! Brett made the fatal mistake of railing against The Bodyguard on an earlier show, so our perverse listenership decided we just HAD to see it. It's filled with pop ballads, "cool" masculine tropes, illogical behavior on the part of just about everybody, and a lot of Kevin Costner flying through the air. Did Nicole, Brett, and David survive? Did they find any redeeming value in this claptrap? Tune in to find out! Next week we're watching David's New to Two pick, the original The Magnificent Seven. Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

In this Movie-Go-Round Around the World, David, Brett, Nicole, and special guest Phil Rood of the Brokebot Mountain podcast dove in to a dark and fantastic world in their discussion of Pan's Labyrinth. Listen to us "faun" over the awesomeness of actor Doug Jones, dissect the directorial flair of Del Toro, and ponder the big questions: Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Next week we'll be back to You Did This to Us! Your pick? The Bodyguard. And EYEeeeEYE will always love YooouHoooHooo! Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

In this Movie-Go-Round Future Classics, Brett brought David and Nicole a fast-moving genre flick with thick accents and thicker…fur? In Attack the Block, hidden amid the fireworks of Guy Fawkes night, aliens drop in at high speed into a low-income apartment tower block. John Boyega makes his film debut and shows what “star quality” means, as he and his gang of teenage hooligans team up with the future 13th Doctor to tackle issues of crime, class, race, and how to survive a pack of pitch-black gorilla wolves with eerily glowing teeth. Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!