Another week, another show – whaddya mean, it’s been two weeks already? Alright, okay, I sort of meant to edit this a little while back so yes, technically I spend a good portion of time talking about Labor Day and the end of summer. But hey. You forgive me, right?
Join us for another thrill-packed half-hour, filled with technical glitches (neatly edited out; see if you can spot the join) and talk of MOVIES! We’ve got a bit of everything for everyone this time out, including Mike Judge’s Extract, summer sleeper The Hangover, retro-classics Vanishing Point and An American Werewolf in London… plus a whole lot of raving about Anvil! The Story of Anvil, the real-life equivalent of Spinal Tap.
In fact, by complete coincidence, it turns out that Anvil’s story has only just made it to DVD – so do yourself a favour and run out and buy it when you’re done listening to us.
Oh! And before I forget! Yes, it’s the triumphant return of the Tagline Movie Quote Quiz! All you need to do is listen in and guess the quote Al comes up with at the end. (Hint: it’s from one of those movies we always, always quote….)
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As I (being Stephen) live in California now, it has a tendency to get hot some days. Take 90-degree temperatures, lock a movie fan in a room with no AC, and record his ramblings for 30 minutes: the result isn’t pretty, people. It also explains the weird ever-present sound of… nothing in the background.
Don’t worry, next time out we switch and Al has all the weird interference.
Anyway! Despite sweating more than Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now, we managed to put together a semi-coherent half-hour of movie talk, as we catch up with the news we’ve missed talking about for the last six months, including:
- Al’s thoughts on Watchmen, the DVD Experience
- our pre-backlash backlash on Avatar
- Leo D-C in Inception and Shutter Island
- the trailer for Men Who Stare at Goats, which leads naturally into us starting rumours about Ewan MacGregor and The Hobbit
- Al’s thoughts about Frightfest (of course, he didn’t go) and The Wolfman
- Then a final movie medley including Captain America, Youth in Revolt, Ninja Assassin and Kick Ass!
All that packed into 30 minutes! What more could you want in a free podcast??
We’re back! Again! Yes, we know it’s becoming somewhat of a cliché but hey – that’s what modern Hollywood is all about. We’re very happy to oblige.
Where have we been? Several thousand miles and eight hours apart, in fact, but you can hear all about that when you download… along with us blabbering about the Summer That Was 2009, featuring such movies Stephen saw as The Hangover, Funny People, 500 Days of Summer, GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, District 9, Inglorious Basterds and movies Al saw, such as… Moon. Well, nothing changes really.
It’s a fun-packed, film-packed, flub-packed forty or so minutes. And even better, we recorded another one straight after! We almost certainly won’t have another six month gap between them.
Oh and if you fancy saying hi, find us on Twitter… @Tagliners