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Release date – 6/27/2012

Fox Searchlight Pictures

 

Directed by

• Benh Zeitlin

Produced by

• Josh Penn
• Dan Janvey
• Michael Gottwald

Screenplay by

• Lucy Alibar
• Benh Zeitlin

Based on Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar

 

Cast

Quvenzhane’ Wallis

• Hushpuppy

Dwight Henry

• Wink

 

• The wonderment that is Redbox.
• The first half wasn’t that good, the second have was great.
• The girl was a perfect fit for the role, well-acted and emotionally charged.
• What is that huge, hulking, bore-looking thing?
• Fantasy embellishments.
• You might not see it at first, but it is a hopeful movie.
• Anne Hathaway vs. Quvenzhane’ Wallis.
• Okay… it’s Kwah-VAY-Jah-Nay.
• Argo vs. Beasts of the Southern Wild vs. Django Unchained.
• No surprise… Man of Steel discussion.
• Beast it!

Your Producers for this episode were:

• Tony
• David

This episode was recorded:  6/12/13

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Release date – 5/16/2013

Paramount Pictures

Directed by

• J.J. Abrams

Produced by

• J.J. Abrams
• Bryan Burk
• Damon Lindelof
• Alex Kurtzman
• Robert Orci

Written by

• Roberto Orci
• Alex Kurtzman
• Damon Lindelof

Based on Star Trek by Gene Roddenberry

Cast

• Chris Pine – Captain James T. Kirk
• Zachary Quinto – Commander Spock
• Zoe Saldana – Lieutenant Nyota Uhura
• Karl Urban – Lt. Commander Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy
• Simon Pegg – Lt. Commander Montgomery “Scotty” Scott
• John Cho – Lieutenant Hikaru Sulo
• Anton Yelchin – Ensign Pavel Chekov
• Benedict Cumberbatch – John Harrison/Khan

Hosts thoughts

• Disagreements begin with the title!
• BLEEP!
• General consensus… a good movie but a few problems.
• Are the homages too much fan service?
• The ending was a little too tidy.
• Darrell wanted something original.
• Passionate views on Spock, Spock and Khan.
• They need to get away from Earth.
• Enough with the five year mission!
• So, where’s this Darkness you speak of?
• Plot hole.
• Buckaroooo!
• Retooled Super Heroes and Legends.
• Stop hitting the table!
• Benedict was a good Khan.
• Shatner & Montalban vs. Pine & Cumberbatch.
• A better ending would have been…
• Kirk as a warrior, rouge or fall-guy?
• Scotty, the unsung hero.
• Predictions on the next Star Trek movie.

Trivia bits ‘n pieces:

• J.J. Abrams said that the time travel-alternate reality concept was used to enable a reboot for new sagas/films.  It allows them to use ideas from the past or create new ones.
• Damon Lindelof’s favorite film title, including the joke titles, was “Star Trek: Transformers 4.”  He said, “It’s technically available, we can go there!”
• McCoy says, “Shut up Spock, we’re rescuing you!” in the opening sequence.  The original McCoy said the same line in the episode “The Immunity Syndrome.”

*Christopher Doohan, son of James (the original Scotty) Doohan, had a cameo appearance as a Transport Officer alongside the current Scotty, Simon Pegg.

Your Producers for this episode were:

• Tony
• Darrell
• Tony
• David

This episode was recorded:  6/5/13

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Release date – 12/25/2012

The Weinstein Company

 

Directed and Written by

• Quentin Tarantino

Produced by

• Stacey Sher
• Reginald Hudlin
• Pilar Savone

Cast

Jamie Foxx

• Django Freeman

Christoph Waltz

• Dr. King Schultz

Leonardo DiCaprio

• Calvin J. Candie

Kerry Washington

• Broomhilda Von Shaft

 

• Screwed up movie, but very good and entertaining.
• Not really a western; more of a revenge picture.
• The movie is described in sex/orgasm terms.  Betcha didn’t see that coming!
• Christoph Waltz… GREAT!
• Hey, it’s Jonah Hill.
• Brilliant music choices.
• Samuel L. Jackson with hair – not to be trusted.
• Jamie Foxx’s best scene was where he is the Mandingo fighting expert.
• Discussions of Spike Lee claiming the movie is racist.
• The blood spatter was a bit too much.
• Leading vs. Supporting Actors.
• The dog scene… what about the dog scene?
• “The D is silent; payback won’t be.”
• Kerry Washington – “If there’s an award you can get for being less than a supporting actor… “
• Best Extra in a Movie.
• All in all, the hosts really liked the movie.

Trivia bits ‘n pieces:

• While filming in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Tarantino rented out a local movie theater to show samurai and western movies from his personal collection.
• Foxx used his own horse, Cheetah, in the movie.
• This was Jackson’s sixth collaboration being directed by Tarantino: True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained.
• Quentin revealed at Comic-Con that Django and Broomhilda are meant to be the great-great-great-grandparents of John Shaft.
• The n-word (or abbreviations of it) are said over 110 times in the movie.

Awards (partial list):

• Academy Awards – Best Supporting Actor (Waltz)
• BAFTA – Best Supporting Actor
• Golden Globes – Best Original Screenplay (Tarantino), Best Supporting Actor
• American Film Institute named Django Unchained was named one of their Top Ten Movies of the Year (2012)

*Christoph Waltz: this is the 2^nd time Waltz has won the same three awards… the 1^st was for Inglorious Basterds (also a Tarantino film)

Your Producers for this episode were:

• Tony
• Darrell
• David

This episode was recorded:  5/29/13

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