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Birdman & Falcon, the Millennium Wonder

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Before we begin please let me point out that we talk at length about the movie Birdman. We do get into some spoilers at the 45 minute mark so if you haven’t had the chance to see Birdman please go see it. It’s really good. Then come back and listen until your face melts.

HI! We are into the month of Christ’s birth and what better way to celebrate than a good ol’ fashioned two-fer with Shawn and Earl. This week we get into trailers and the teasers that love them. Star Wars because…why the fuck not and the recent outing of Micheal Keaton in Birdman. We also get into some personal talk about work and the splitting of movies into well… too many movies. In fact, we thought this two-fer was so good we are going to split into two parts because we want more money. Not really, ha ha, non-joke… anyway enjoy the show.

Let it begin… the show now!

What we’ve been checking out:
Shawn: Fright Rags
Earl: Toronto Raptors ’14-’15 season

Audio notes: (1hr. 3min. runtime)
0:02:35 – Work woes, Metroid, and the bulge bank
0:08:20 – Star Wars trailer, and boner reminders
0:15:15 – Sequelitis, serialized films, Hunger Games, franchises, and The Stand
0:37:55 – Birdman, theatre acting, and Michael Keaton
0:45:05 – BIRDMAN ENDING SPOILERS HERE
0:49:45 – Issues with Birdman, cinematography, and monologuing
0:57:30 – What’s everyone checking out?

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Oscars 2014

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This week, we take a look at the nominees for the Oscars 2014! Earl brings back Patrick Barfoot, who brings in new guest Shawn Lotte to the show, to talk about the Academy Awards, hash out their thoughts on the choices and offer up some alternate nominations. They also end up discussing the Jonah Hill conundrum, and completely go off the rails when they start power rankings on the actor and actress categories. Before the awards show, why not check out our pre-show episode! (No major spoilers here.)

Guests:
Patrick Barfoot (@patrickbarfoot) – Editor and Director, patrickbarfoot.com
Shawn Lotte – “Hello, Google”

Supplementary notes:
2014 Oscar Nominees
How To Pronounce Chiwetel Ejiofor
Most Americans have yet to watch any best-picture Oscar nominee: poll

Audio notes: (1hr. 9min. runtime)
0:01:35 – Documentaries: Stories We Tell, The Act of Killing, and Crystal Lake Chronicles
0:08:10 – Makeup & Costuming: Jackass presents Bad Grandpa, Evil Dead, The Hobbit, and American Hustle
0:13:35 – Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, Emmanuel Lubezki, and Roger Deakins
0:18:15 – Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave, and Gravity
0:24:05 – Alternate Best Pictures: Out of the Furnace, Side Effects, Pacific Rim, and returning to Gravity
0:33:55 – The Jonah Hill conundrum, Vince Vaughn, and Leonardo DiCaprio
0:39:25 – Best Actor: Bradley Cooper, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Nicolas Cage
0:49:35 – Power Rankings: Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Michael Fassbender, and Jared Leto
0:58:00 – Animated films, who’s watching the awards this year, hosting, and Pixar
1:01:10 – Best Directors: Steve McQueen, Alfonso Cuarón, David O. Russell, and Martin Scorsese
1:04:00 – Google, and more than 60% of Americans have not seen the nominees

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2013 in Review

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No lists or best of the best choices here, just pure old-fashioned rambling and nonsense in our own 2013 in Review episode! The original team of Earl, Brent Peckham, and Tony [redacted] are back to talk about the things they checked out and didn’t get to talk about in previous episodes. They get into everything from Out of the Furnace, to Final Fantasy 14, to Paul Walker’s untimely demise, to Aziz Ansari’s latest special, and to Justified, among many others. Along the way, Earl gets tipsy, Brent reveals he’s extremely old, and Tony stays quiet about some of his current endeavours.

Guests:
Brent Peckham
“Well we’re off to a great start” Tony

Audio notes: (1hr. 18min. runtime)
0:01:50 – Orphan Black, Sharknado, Out of the Furnace, Homefront, Beyonce, and Frozen
0:15:00 – Netflix, The Bletchley Circle, House of Cards, Amazon Prime, and Alpha House
0:22:00 – Elysium, Neill Blomkamp, Duncan Jones, 12 Years A Slave, Steve McQueen, & Oscars
0:31:30 – Luther, Idris Elba, Nathan For You, Aziz Ansari, and stand-up specials
0:41:45 – Games, Final Fantasy, Beyond Two Souls, No Man’s Sky, Ready Player One, GTAV, & Persona 5
1:01:55 – Paul Walker and Fast & Furious franchise
1:05:35 – FX in January, and Justified
1:06:50 – 2014, Interstellar, Jupiter Ascending, 22 Jump Street, Captain America, and Marvel films

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