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Release date – 7/12/2013
Warner Bros. Pictures

Directed by

• Guillermo del Toro

Produced by

• Thomas Tull
• Jon Jashni
• Guillermo del Toro
• Mary Parent

Screenplay by

• Travis Beacham
• Guillermo del Toro

Story by

• Travis Beacham

Cast

• Charlie Hunnam – Raleigh Becket
• Idris Elba – Stacker Pentecost
• Rinko Kikuchi – Mako Mori
• Charlie Day – Dr. Newton Geiszler

 

Your Producers for this episode were:

• Tony
• Darrell
• David
• Sam
This episode was recorded: 8/7/13

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Release date – 7/10/1998

Artisan Entertainment

 

Directed by and screenplay written by

• Darren Aronofsky

Produced by

• Darren Aronofsky
• Eric Watson
• Scott Vogel

Story by

• Darren Aronofsky
• Sean Gullette
• Eric Watson

 

Cast

• Sean Gullette – Maximillian Cohen
• Mark Margolis – Sol Robeson
• Ben Shenkman – Lenny Meyer

 

• The science of Back to the Future.
• “It is appropriately offensive to all of the senses.”
• Or… was he just crazy?
• Great editing and music.
• Not sure if the Wall St. story line was strong enough.
• Is he hallucinating or is he seeing what he thinks he’s seeing?
• Comparing the compulsive ideas of Super and Pi
• There was religion and business… it would have been interesting to add a political story, as well.
• Or is Sol the political line?
• “This is guerilla filmmaking at its best.”
• Props to Fatbeats.
• Condoleeza Rice.

Trivial Bits:

• This movie cost $60,000 to make, which was mostly raised by individual $100 contributions from the Aronofsky’s family and friends.  When it was bought by Artisan Entertainment, every contributor received a $150 return on their investment.

 

Your Producers for this episode were:

• Tony
• Darrell
• David

This episode was recorded:  7/31/13

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Release date – 4/1/2011

IFC Films

 

Written and directed by

• James Gunn

Produced by

• Ted Hope
• Miranda Bailey

 

Cast

• Rainn Wilson – Frank Darbo/The Crimson Bolt
• Ellen Page – Libby/Boltie
• Live Tyler – Sarah Helgeland
• Kavin Bacon – Jacques
• Nathan Fillion – The Holy Avenger

 

• Predictions of the ending of How I Met Your Mother.
• Shut up, crime!
• Darrell drops some James Gunn/St. Louis knowledge.
• Shut up, crime!
• Liv Tyler… necessary?
• The glorious Kevin Bacon.
• Ellen Page.  Still Juno, but not Juno.
• Rob Zombie!
• Ever wanted to know what happens when you smack someone upside the head with a monkey wrench?
• These are my two perfect moments.
• All the eggs.
• The proper applications of Superhero sex.
• Darkness makes the end good.
• All it takes to become a Superhero is the choice to fight evil.
• Ellen Page and Anna Paquin.
• Ellen channeling Kermit the Frog.
• More on Chloe Moretz.
• If you’re going to be Naked and Afraid in the wilderness, you want to be with women… no, not just for that reason.
• The Mentalist and Red John.

 

Trivial Bits:

 

• When Liv Tyler is in her rehab group session near the end of the movie, she can be heard saying. “F#*ked up, insecure, neurotic and emotional.”  This is a nod to her father (Steven Tyler) and Aerosmith’s 1980’s song “FINE” which is an acronym for that line.
•  Body count – 19

 

Your Producers for this episode were:

• Tony
• Darrell
• David

This episode was recorded:  7/23/13

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