It’s time for a brand new episode of The Flickcast. The pop culture podcast about stuff nerds love. This week we’ve got Episode 445: The Golden Path.
On this episode Chris and Joe jump into a discussion about one big recurring topic and a couple smaller ones. The big one this week is the latest trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and then they also get into movie marketing, trailer cutting and Joss Whedon’s Avengers movie.
In addition to the above, you can also expect the usual “more” and several tangents. Actually, this episode only features 6.2% more tangents than usual, so at least the number is trending down. That’s not bad. We’re still trying. Change doesn’t happen overnight.
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It’s time for another edition of Western Wednesdays Again. This time we’re talking about John Ford’s 1939 classic Stagecoach.
I thought this week’s selection ought to be about the necessity of speed and keeping to a schedule. As I have managed to go through my 20-odd years without having seen John Ford’s Stagecoach, what better pick could there be?
But even if you haven’t seen Stagecoach, you know it. At its center is a classic Western image — the howling Indians shooting at a racing stagecoach, exchanging shots with frantic passengers — and its plotline has been used a thousand times over.
A motley group of people are thrown together, and eventually become fast friends because their lives could end at any moment. Through the lens of the eternally optimistic Ford it becomes a miniature version of the American promise, a magical West where even an outlaw and a prostitute can find redemption and a better life.
It’s time for a brand new episode of The Flickcast. The pop culture podcast about stuff nerds love. This week we’ve got Episode 444: The Flickcast For All Time. Always.
On this episode Chris and Joe jump into discussions about some new and recurring topics, as they do every week. Some of these include the early Japanese anime Space Battleship Yamato (aka Star Blazers), the latest Steven Soderbergh film No Sudden Move, the director’s other films such as Outta Sight and The Limey, upcoming Marvel series such as What If? and the season finale of the Marvel/Disney+ series Loki.
In addition to the above, you can also expect the usual “more” and several tangents. Although, this episode only features 15.87% more tangents than usual, so at least the number is trending down. That’s not bad. We’re still trying.Change doesn’t happen overnight.
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The Big Red One: The Reconstruction is director Samuel Fuller’s (Fixed Bayonets, The Steel Helmet, Merrill’s Marauders) autobiographical account of his experiences with the legendary 1st U.S. infantry division during World War II. Lee Marvin leads the cast of raw recruits which includes Griff (Mark Hamill, fresh from success in Star Wars), Zab (Robert Carradine, who serves as Fuller’s surrogate and the film’s narrator), Vinci (Bobby Di Cicco), Kaiser (Perry Lang), and Johnson (Kelly Ward).
This version of the 1980 film was released several years following Fuller’s death in 1997 as a tribute to his lasting work and the version he intended audiences to see. When this restored and augmented version was released in early 2005, I was overjoyed to see the original forty seven minutes, which Fuller was forced to cut by the Warner Bros. executives, restored to the film. It definitely makes for a more compelling film and adds depth to the characters.
The Big Red One opens in November 1918 as the guns fall silent on the Western Front in France during World War I. Lee Marvin’s character begins his military career as a private who outlasts the first world war only to find himself, twenty five years later, fighting once again on the battlefields of North Africa, Sicily, and Europe. The film serves as a combat diary of Marvin and his rifle squad of young, inexperienced boys who fast become hardened soldiers.
It’s time for a brand new episode of The Flickcast. The pop culture podcast about stuff nerds love. This week we’ve got Episode 443: Journey Into the Red Room.
On this episode Chris and Joe jump into discussions about some new and recurring topics. Some of these include the recent passing of Director and all-around nice guy Richard Donner, the recent Chris Pratt sci-fi epic The Tomorrow War, Marvel’s newest film Black Widow (which finally arrived in theaters and Disney+) and, of course, the latest episode of the Marvel series Loki.
In addition to the above, you can also expect the usual “more” and lots of tangents. In fact, this episode features at least 22.8% more tangents than last week. Hey, that number has gone down bit. We’re trying. Okay?
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The series, which explores what would happen if major moments from the MCU films occurred differently, stars Jeffrey Wright as The Watcher, who narrates the series. It also features most of the major MCU actors voting their animated characters including Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Hayley Atwell, Josh Brolin, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Michael B. Jordan, Mark Ruffalo, Sebastian Stan, Natalie Portman, Jeremy Renner and Chadwick Boseman.
Gotta say, this looks pretty awesome and gives fans a lot of interesting and exciting variations on their favorite Marvel characters and stories. I mean, Captain Carter? Come on, that’s cool. We’re in.
What If . . .? starts streaming on Disney+ on August 11. Until then, check out the trailer below.
It’s time for a brand new episode of The Flickcast. The pop culture podcast about stuff nerds love. This week it’s Episode 442: The Nexus Event.
On this episode Chris and Joe jump into discussions about some new and recurring topics. Some of these include the news that HBO isn’t giving Lovecraft Country a second season, a little bit about recent movies The Tomorrow War and Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move, how the boys feel about the state of local and federal cannabis laws and, of course, the fourth episode of the Marvel/Disney+ series Loki.
In addition to the above, you can also expect the usual “more” and lots of tangents. In fact, this episode features at least 25% more tangents than last week. Yay? I guess you’ll be the judge of that.
But hey, this episode is a bit shorter than last week, so if you’re bored or hate it, you’ll have to endure it for a shorter amount of time. That’s good, right? Although, if you do hate the show, why are you listening in the first place?
No judgements here. Just something to think about.
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It’s time for another installment of Revisiting John Huston. This time around we’re taking a look at Huston’s war documentary Report from the Aleutians.
Before I even started considering a retrospective on Huston, I still wanted to watch all his films—at first the big ones, then go on to the ones that looked interesting, after that, eh, maybe the obscure-but-still-kinda-uh-well-liked ones?
Then everything—if I could stand it—beyond. Either way, be it as casual viewer or retrospective writer on assignment, Huston’s WWII propaganda films weren’t something I was particularly looking forward to.
It would be a neat curiosity, since the bulk of Huston’s work was based on novels, and this would be one of the few (perhaps only? I haven’t gotten that far ahead in my research) Huston works not based on existing material. Nevertheless, my first glimpse of Report from the Aleutians (1943)’ first five or so minutes all but confirmed my fears—I figured it’d be dated, being all 70+ years old, WWII-ish, and well, topical really.
It dealt with something that happened a long time ago and whose importance would be all but lost on my generation and probably my parents’ as well. And even if you like documentaries, at first glance it looks like not much more than simple propaganda—which really was my greatest fear with all three.
I find propaganda fascinating (if you don’t, check out Disney’s war cartoons—ever wanted to see Donald Duck as a Nazi?), but when I’m watching the film for the sole purpose of better understanding Huston, I just got this image of the US Propaganda Department breathing down his neck and telling him everything he can and can’t talk about—which is to say not the ideal collection of films to give insight to the man.
Welcome back to another edition of Western Wednesdays Again. This week we’re highlighting the John Ford classic The Searchers.
I’ve been anxious to revisit The Searchers. I haven’t seen it in years, and it’s the kind of film that’s referenced so often that it practically buries an individual memory.
Am I remembering actual film, or simply George Lucas or Quentin Tarantino’s visual quotation of it? The lines can really blur. So when it popped up online recently, I grabbed the chance to watch it again.
This is a fascinating film, though I’m not sure it’s a particularly enjoyable one. It goes without saying that it’s visually stunning — the sunsets, the famous door frame shots, those endless expanses of Monument Valley, a snowbound herd of buffalo.
You’ve seen The Searchers even if you’ve never actually sat down and watched it. Every shot has been imitated a dozen times over by other directors in other films, but that doesn’t make them any less stunning.
But I’ve never felt the story was entirely sure of itself. Is Ford criticizing the treatment of Native Americans and the racist opinions of his characters? Or does the film uphold them by its uneasy worship of John Wayne’s Ethan Edwards, and its laughter over Marty Pawley’s abuse of his “wife”? Is it saying that violence merely begets more violence?
It’s time for a brand new episode of The Flickcast. The podcast about stuff nerds love. This week it’s Episode 441: With Glorious Purpose.
This week Chris and Joe jump into discussions about a whole slew of new and recurring topics. Some of these include the new trailer for Marvel’s upcoming movie Shang-Chi, the latest trailer for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad and, of course, the third episode of the Marvel/Disney+ series Loki.
In addition to the above, you can also expect the usual “more” and many tangents. They do love tangents. And yes, this episode is a long one (again). Grab an edible. Get comfy. And listen.
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