Category Archives: Podcast

Episode 15 – We Will Not Guilt You Into Watching The Guilt Trip

Today we are talking about the 2012 film, The Guilt Trip staring Seth Rogan and Barbara Streisand about a mother and son road trip while they learn a little more about one another. This Dan Fogelman (This Is Us) film was produced by Lorne Michaels and Seth’s production partner Evan Goldberg. The tagline of this film is “Get ready for one Mother of a road trip”. The editors of the film are Dana E. Glauberman and Pricilla Nedd-Friendly. My apologies for assuming that you were male. The future is female.

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Episode 8 – No Babies Were Harmed in the Making of The French Connection

Today we are talking about The French Connection which was released in 1971 (A great year!!), directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman and Roy Schneider. It is a film about a pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection. We discuss the laws that were broken and stretched during the making of this film. We discuss the racial implications and police brutality that occurred at the time of filming compared to our current climate. 

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Episode 6 – Make Time to Hear Us Discuss Wild Mountain Thyme

e are talking about John Patrick Shanley’s Wild Mountain Thyme released last December. The film stars Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm and Christopher Walken. It is set on the Emerald Isle and is a tale about headstrong farmer, Rosemary (Emily Blunt) who has her heart set on winning her neighbor Anthony (Jaime Dornan). The only problem is that Anthony is fixated on inheriting his father’s land. Only his father (Christopher Walken) has other ideas of giving it to his American nephew (Jon Hamm)

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Episode 5 – Leap Into Our Chat About Leap Year

Today Mike and Christi cover Leap Year (2010). Amy Adams plays Anna Brady, who plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland, so she can propose to her boyfriend on a leap day. But what happens when she meets Declan along the way? We discuss if this film is considered a musical or not. Christi expresses her appreciation of the Guerrilla style filmmaking as seen in this film. We have a friendly debate over a mother’s intentions in dipping into her daughter’s piggy bank. Weigh in and tell us what you think. 

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