Show #27 - Who watches the Watchmen? I did. I think

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Well, after another *cough* unavoidable delay in editing - at least, not tied to some awards show or other this time - we’re back with show #27. The same number as Batman’s debut in Detective Comics.

A useless piece of trivia? Or perhaps something… symbolic of a show that dives into the ins and outs of the long-awaited Watchmen. Well I say dives, more ‘dips a toe in and then runs away ‘cos it’s cold’.

As well as that we have some stuff… to say… about things… but I forgot what it was, just like we did, repeatedly, while recording this. Come for the reviews! Stay for the… uhh.. what was it again?

 
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Show #26 - Frost/Nixon/Harvey/George

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On the day of the Oscars, we bring you… a show that’s 10 days late in the editing, so don’t expect it to be bang up to date. However! Between us by the time we sat down to record this show, we’d see four out of five of the Oscar contenders. Can you guess which ones??

With not much else to talk about, we concern ourselves this time out with trailers, wild speculation and libel on the part of a certain ex-Miramax chairman. If we weren’t quoting chapter and verse from Peter Biskind’s Down and Dirty Pictures, that is.

Al and I both have a few choice things to say about Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, or Inglorious Bastards, or however you want to spell it. That leads us neatly (?) onto Watchmen, just a few weeks away now people, and of course that leads on to books, and George Lucas, and… err… Frost/Nixon.

So obviously, you need to download the episode just to see how we got from A to Z.

PS: This show is dedicated to Henry Reid, born 17th February 2009 to Al and Liz.

 
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Show #25 - We are DONE, professionally

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It’s been a big couple of weeks, not least because we discovered that Hollywood megastars occasionally swear… even when it’s not from a script. I know, I know. Don’t worry; together we can heal these wounds.

Apart from picking over the bloated, swelled-in-the-sun corpse of ‘The Christian Bale Loses His Shit’ story, we also manage to do a few very bad impressions, and then segue into actually talking about Terminator: Salvation: The Stage Play.

From that, straight on to the biggest adverts of the year; yes, better than the summer blockbusters themselves, it’s the Superbowl Spots! Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, Land of the Lost, Fast and Furious, GI Joe (AKA ‘Action Force: The Movie’)… can you guess which of these we actually enjoyed? (It’s not that hard if you think about it.)

Year One leads us into an autopsy on Harold Ramis’ career - it’s not too late for Ghostbusters 3, Egon - and then we’re off and running again like we’ve just stuck our fingers in a live plug, just like Jason Statham in Crank 2: High Voltage. Not content with just electrocuting himself in Crank 2, apparently Statham’s going to be part of Stallone’s all-action-hero testosterone fest, The Expendables - but just which Oscar winning British actor is also part of the line-up? Listen and find out.

Between this, a lot of confusion over who’s won what (or even been nominated) for any awards so far this year, we both manage to talk about DVDs you’ve probably never even heard of, let alone will ever rent. In other words it’s the sort of fun-packed forty minutes you’ve come to expect.

Musical intro and outro from the brilliant remix by RevoLucian of Bale’s infamous words.

 
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Show #24 - We hate everything! Except The Wrestler.

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Yes! We’ve been away for over six months. Deal with it. We make no apologies. Well I might, but Al sure as hell doesn’t.

Luckily for you, between us, in that time we saw seven of the ten highest grossing movies of 2008, including the number one! Which movie was that? Hint: it was very dark. At night.

So mostly we talk about that, including both of our excuses on why we saw Mamma Mia, and we take two of the most lauded movies down a peg or three.

After all that, we get to recent movies, including Slumdog Millionare (AKA: “The one that’s going to win Best Picture, allegedly”) and of course, The Wrestler, a tailor-made piece of cinema for Al, who cries at Olympic closing ceremonies. In fact, that is where our opening ‘rawk’ comes from.

Don’t forget: if you haven’t already, subscribe on iTunes (No really: we’re going to do more) and ‘follow’ Al on Twitter (@Tagliners), one scratched DVD at a time.

 
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Show #23 - Tagline SMASH puny Hulk movie! Etc.

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I had to. Everyone else is.

A little later than we’d like, but that does mean we got to see not one! But TWO new movies. As well as wailing on The Incredible Hulk and watching Marvel Studios shrug off our blows, we also managed to find the time to see… oh that film. The one with the guy? And the whip? The hat?

Yes, after what seems like an ETERNITY of listening to Al talk about Indiana Jones IV, FINALLY he gets to see it. What does he think? Was his life changed forever? Did he wet himself? Find out in this show. PLUS! The Indiana Jones that almost was… I’ve read the Frank Darabont draft of Indy IV and I’m gonna talk about it.

On top of that, we can’t stop arguing about who should play Captain America (Hint: I like Will Smith, Al likes Adam Sandler), talk a bit about the new (and old) Death Race, and even mention that new Punisher: War Zone trailer (”It’s so HOT right now!”) and naked men fighting in Eastern Promises.

Next time - maybe even more movies.

 
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