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August 28: EXT. FILMSPOTTING STUDIOS. DAYTIME. LOS ANGELES. TWO HITMEN SIT IN A WHITE HONDA CIVIC. KAHUNA You really think you should be drinking while we’re casing a joint? NEIL VEGA What is this an intervention? You’re gonna get all Betty Ford on me? KAHUNA No, I’m just saying. Don’t you want to be, you know, alert, on top of your game, in case they come out? I mean, you never hear of a doctor tying a couple on before going into surgery, or an actor downing a fifth before his big monologue... NEIL Oh, oh, oh contraire mi amour. Exhibit A, Richard “Ginny Wolf” Burton, my friend. Drank like a sailor between acts, sometimes between lines. Peter O’Toole: never appeared sober on a set in his life. KAHUNA Larry the Arab? NEIL The same. And you know the Titanic. KAHUNA Not that Jimmy Cameron-Celine Dion video from the 90’s? NEIL No, I’m talking about the boat. The mother-effing R-M-S herself. Grand old lady is going down. It’s a panic, right? Everyone’s scrambling. You’ve got Astors and Guggenheims about to waltz with Davy Jones. No one’s thinking. No one’s doing what they should, you know, looking for Queequeg’s coffin. Except one guy. Wally Pipp. Second class passenger. Waltzes on up to the pantry, no one’s paying him any mind, they’re too lost in "Nearer My God To Thee" to notice the portly little guy making his way to the liquor locker. He opens it up. What does he see? Bam. It’s a Valhalla of booze. We’re talking the Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio of moonshine: 500 year-old Scotch from Robert the Bruce’s personal collection, Beowulf’s mead, Miles Standish’s Ouzo. It’s all there. And Wally Pipp figures, well, “I’m going down, I’m going down pickled!” And he just starts drinking. I mean WC Fields wetdream drinking. Three hours straight. Just as he's polishing off Joan of Arc’s favorite cabernet. Good night Mrs. Calabash, wham, he blacks out. KAHUNA What a way to go. NEIL But that’s just it. Seven hours later, the Carpathia comes by to start plucking Kate and Leo from the water, everyone’s dead, hypothermia. Guess who they pull from the water, still breathing? Wally effing Pipp. He drank so much, his blood was 70% alcohol. It wouldn’t freeze. KAHUNA Wow. Now that’s A Night to Remember. NEIL Now you’re talking. Pussy Galore and Kenny Moore on the high seas. KAHUNA He was in "Longest Day," right? NEIL Exactamundo. The Duke Does D-Day. Great war movie. Not like this latest travesty, you seen this thing, this "Inglourious Basterds?" KAHUNA No. NEIL Quentin Tarantino, movie clerk. It’s his new film. What a piece of refuse. But that’s why we’re here. These two guys that Mr. Wallace wants us to take out, Adam and Matty, they won’t shut up about it. They’ve got this Filmspotting show and they spend thirty minutes geeking out over the genius of "Inglourious Basterds" and the performance of Christoph Waltz as Nazi Hans Landa like it should be hanging in the frigging Louvre. And if that’s not enough, they devote the entire rest of the show to all things Johnny Destiny, including a list of their Top 5 Quentin Tarantino Scenes. All this dead air wasted over a guy that can scribble some clever dialogue and pepper his scripts with annoying movie references. It’s exhausting. Man, I’m hungry. KAHUNA You want a get a taco? NEIL Ah, forget it. Where we gonna get a taco 'round here? It’s Chinatown. Plus, music from the "Reservoir Dogs" soundtrack.Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online and Pixar Talk. Filmspotting #271 :13-30:17 - Review: "Inglourious Basterds" Music: Steeler's Wheels, "Stuck in the Middle With You" 31:04-35:14 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: J. Wilcox) 35:15-49:15 - Polls, Notes, Feedback Music: Sandy Rogers, "Fool For Love" 50:13-56:50 - New DVDs/Donations 56:51-1:13:35 - Top 5: Tarantino Scenes 1:13:36-1:16:39 - Close/Next Show/Outtake NOTES - Adam alluded to this during the review... he has a theory about Hans Landa, or at least something worth considering. Some are buying it, some aren't. - List of film references in "Inglourious Basterds" - Daniel Mendelsohn's "Inglourious Basterds" article in Newsweek - Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting. - Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast can be accessed through iTunes here.

August 21: 今週のfilmspottingは、日本editionです！ まずAdamとMattyは、宮崎 駿の崖の上のポニョにたいして話します。それから、ShakespeareのMacbethを参考にした、黒沢明のクラシック蜘蛛巣城を話します。そして最後には、２０００年のtop 5映画。 We believe the show description above loosely translates to: Two American dunderheads try to sound smart talking about Hayao Miyazaki's latest animated feature "Ponyo," and Kurosawa's 1957 classic take on Macbeth, "Throne of Blood." The yammering yankee dorks also list their Top 5 Films of 2000. Plus: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- and music by Deer Tick. Filmspotting #270 :13-15:00 - Review: "Ponyo" Music: Deer Tick, "Easy" 15:55-21:19 - Voicemail, Polls 21:20-23:38 - Matty's 'The More You Know' 23:39-34:47 - Feedback ("District 9") Music: Deer Tick, "Little White Lies" 35:45-40:28 - Massacre Theatre 40:29-52:50 - Kurosawa #3: "Throne of Blood" Music: Deer Tick, "Song About a Man" 53:55-1:04:15 - New DVDs/Donations 1:04:15-1:21:56 - Top 5: Films of 2000 1:21:57-1:25:26 - Close/Next Show NOTES - We didn't choose Ponyo over Inglorious Basterds. Basterds wasn't an option for us because Matty wasn't able to make the lone press screening. Next week for QT. - Adam's Top 5 Films of 2000 Regrets: Need to see Yi Yi and Dancer in the Dark. - Adam's Top 5 Films of 2000 Honorable Mentions: Ghost Dog, Wonder Boys... and the first half or so of All The Pretty Horses. - Amores Perros was counted as a 2001 movie and made Adam's Top 5. - Here's the link to the Akira Kurosawa forum discussing the Lady Asaji scene that Adam referenced. - For some reason Adam has started calling Ang Lee "Ahng"... and he reverted back to mispronouncing Mifune. Sorry. Probably butchered Lady Asaji too. - Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting. - Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast can be accessed through iTunes here.

August 14: Do I just start talking? Do I look at you or at the camera? Oh, okay. Well, uh, my name is Jeroen Van Der Rohe, and I am the Chief Cultural Administer to the aliens currently living in District 9 here in Johannesburg. The aliens are unique creatures, to be sure. Odd tastes. Very different than humans. For one, they consider cat food a delicacy. They, uh, adore the work of Alan Thicke. And weirdly enough they really like this podcast featuring two jackanapes droning on about movies called Filmspotting. Can’t get enough of it. To human ears, Filmspotting sounds like a monkey grating a chalkboard with tinfoil, but the aliens love the guys' takes on new films like, obviously, "District 9" from first-time director Neill Blomkamp. We thought at first the podcast might be transmitting some kind of incendiary code to the aliens, but their segments featuring Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre and Top 5 John Hughes Characters seemed innocuous enough. Painful to listen to but, uh, relatively harmless. Aliens. Go figure, right? Massacre Theatre is presented by In Review Online. Music this week is from John Hughes' "Pretty in Pink." Filmspotting #269 :13-17:32 - Review: "District 9" Music: Psychedelic Furs, "Pretty in Pink" 18:32-34:16 - Polls, Feedback (Food Movies) Music: OMD, "If You Leave" 35:07-44:27 - New DVDs/Donations 44:28-49:33 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: M. Startsev) 49:34-1:09:50 - Top 5: John Hughes Characters 1:11:12-1:14:01 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes NOTES - The Bunuel doc Adam has seen is "Land Without Bread." - How to pronounce Bunuel. - Travis is dead right that one of "Humpday's" real pleasures is the depiction of Ben and Anna's marriage. - Molly Ringwald wrote a great tribute to John Hughes in the NY Times. - Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting. - Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast can be accessed through iTunes here.

August 7: Hellooooooooo my lovelies! This week we’re going to be making Filmspotting a la Awesome. To begin, please find yourself a suitable receptacle, an iPod or a radio station; then find yourself two charming, pedantic cinephiles: a nice ripe Kempenaar will do nicely (you’ll know it’s in season if it's a little smushy in the middle) and then add a healthy dollop of some beautiful Matty Ballgame for some added spice. Mix the two liberally together for about an hour, stirring all the while. Once congealed, add in a healthy discussion of "Julie and Julia," the new comedy from Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep as Julia Child and Amy Adams in the role of another young actress once again out-acted by the great Meryl Streep. Next, gently massage in some poignant Listener Feedback for stability before topping the entire concoction off with a demiglase of the Top 5 Food Movies. Let sit for an hour until the Ballgame has fully pickled and then, “Bon Appetit!” Also on the show: Adam's Articulate Analysis of Lynn Shelton's new film "Humpday," Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- and music by The Sea and Cake. Filmspotting #268 :13-14:18 - Review: "Julie and Julia" 14:19-18:41 - Adam's AA: "Humpday" Music: The Sea and Cake, "Car Alarm" 20:12-41:11 - Polls, Listener Feedback (Comedy Films, "Funny People") Music: The Sea and Cake, "the Staircase" 41:59-51:11 - New DVDs/Donations 51:12-56:21 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: D. Molloy) 56:22-1:09:50 - Top 5: Food Movies 1:09:51-1:13:27 - Close/Next Show/Outtake NOTES - "District 9" should be the review next week. - Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting. - Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast can be accessed through iTunes here.

August 5: On this edition of Filmspotting After Hours... Our Listener's Choice discussion of the 1966 James Coburn Bond parody "Our Man Flint." Plus, a provocative batch of Listener Feedback on Moon Movies, the Best Films of 2001 and more. Thanks again to all of our donors for your tremendous support! Winners on this show were chosen from episodes #263-267. Please email feedback@filmspotting.net if you were one of the lucky winners.

July 31: What’s up Cleveland?! So nice to be back in the City of Lights. What’s the deal with these iPods? You see these things? Everywhere I go, people have iPods clipped to their arms or hanging from their belts. Not me. I still rock the Walkman. Remember the Walkman? Remember cassette tapes? You’d spend hours listening to the radio hoping they'd play your song? You’d hear the first few bars and run to the boombox and hit record? And then you’d scream in agony because you got the radio guy’s voice! Oh man, you couldn’t give a girl a mix tape with the radio guy’s voice on it! Guys would set up tables in the lunchroom selling radio mixes like they were Grateful Dead basement session bootlegs... “I got GNR Don’t You Cry Tonight, 9:17 last Friday WXRX, completely clean dude, all pure, this is the good stuff.” Anyway, I’ve been listening to this show, it’s called Filmspotting. You know these guys? They DON’T SHUT UP! I’m like, what in God’s name could you possibly have to say about Judd Apatow’s "Funny People" for like 17 minutes? It’s Adam frigging Sandler! Last time I looked, he wasn’t beating out Marlon Brando for the role of the Waterboy. But these guys, they don’t stop there. They keep going and start yammering away about some Japanese film from 50 years ago called "Ikiru." And they’re such pretentious snobs, they start talking about how this film is all about the meaning of life, and yada yada. COME ON. It’s some old dude sitting on a swing! I’m like, old dude, you’ve got CANCER, quit stalking the kids and get your butt to Vegas. But nooooo, Adam and Matty (what kind of name is that? I mean seriously? That’s how you describe your dog’s fur, it’s not a name!) they keep droning on and on about the Top 5 Movies About Comedy. What do these guys know about comedy? If it’s not some unknown, unwatchable indie flick or something directed by Steven Soderbergh, these two morons aren’t interested. That Kempenaar jerk wouldn’t know funny if Ingmar Bergman himself rose from the dead, came to his house and started kicking him in the jewels while wearing a Michael Bay ringer tee-shirt. All right, my name's M. Night, you’ve been great! Also on the show: Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- and music by Ben Folds. Filmspotting #267 :13-19:52 - Review: "Funny People" Music: Ben Folds, "Hiroshima" 20:40-33:25 - Polls, Listener Feedback Music: Ben Folds, "Effington" 34:53-39:44 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: A. Dillon) 39:45-50:46 - Kurosawa #2: "Ikiru" Music: Ben Folds, "Brainwascht" 51:42-1:01:59 - New DVDs/Contests/Donations 1:02:00-1:16:07 Top 5: Comedy Movies 1:16:08-1:19:59 - Close/Next Show/Outtake NOTES - I didn't come to the show expecting to quote Woody Allen and ended up combining, more or less, a couple great lines: "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment." - Here's the Bill Simmons article using "Almost Famous"... and the "Fresh Air" podcast about Zooey Deschanel. - Read the Watchmen Contest winners here. Thanks again to Titan Books! - Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting. - Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast can be accessed through iTunes here.

July 24: Remember when your mother offered you one whole dollar if you cut all the coupons out of the Minneapolis StarTribune and filed them away for her in her coupon Rolodex, but instead of cutting them all out, you just threw away most of the paper, and then your mother went through the garbage to discover your treachery and immediately went down to the Ben Franklin where you had promptly spent your dollar on penny candies and humiliated you in front of your friends and grounded you for two weeks which made you miss the Little League playoffs, and you were so mad that you threatened not to thank her in your Oscar speech? Remember that? Well, one Filmspotting host certainly still does. And to this day, any time he sees a weekend circular, a coupon book, or any discount advertising at all, he breaks down into a catatonic ball on the floor. Well, luckily for you but unluckily for the Filmspotting host cursed to pay full price for the rest of his life, this week Adam and Matty are bringing you not one, not TWO, but THREE movie discussions for the price of one. The lads kick around the British comedy "In the Loop," consider spending "500 Days of Summer" with Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Muggle Matty does battle with "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." But that’s not all! Filmspotting triples your value as the esteemed Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune joins Adam and Matty to list the Top 5 Best Films of 2009 (so far). That’s three movie reviews, fifteen Top Five picks brought to you by three legitimate film critics (well, okay one legitimate film critic and two pretend critics) all for the regular Filmspotting low, low, price of absolutely free. Uh oh. Can we get some smelling salts for Matty? He’s drooling on the swag. Hate to see that. Also on the show: Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- music by Andrew Bird, and special guest voicemails from Matt Singer, Dave Chen, Tassoula Kokkoris and Adam Palcher. Filmspotting #266 :13-10:37 - Review: "500 Days of Summer" 10:38-15:50 - Review: "In the Loop" 15:51-24:05 - Review: "Harry Potter" Music: Andrew Bird, "Nomenclature" 24:50-30:04 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: A. Bowie) 30:05-46:15 - Poll, Top 5: Films of '09 Music: Andrew Bird, "Tenuousness" 47:06-57:03 - New DVDs/Contests/Donations 57:04-1:17:35 Top 5: Films of '09 cont. 1:17:36-1:19:39 - Close/Next Show NOTES - SPOILER ALERT! Kind of... During the Top 5, Michael Phillips may or may not reveal some info about "Moon" that one could consider a spoiler. - Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting. - Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast can be accessed through iTunes here. - After Matty's infamous Freudian slip with Sasha Grey a few weeks ago, did I just commit a similar "Girlfriend Experience" sin?

July 17: Okay everyone, we need you to move back. Please! We need to establish a proper perimeter to deal with what we have here. We've identified the show in question as Filmspotting; we have yet to ascertain if it's programmed to explode. The trigger mechanism might be tied to its discussion of director Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty as members of a U.S. Army OED (bomb squad) unit in Iraq. We're a little concerned about this blue wire, however, which might indicate a detonation timed to coincide with the appearance of Steve Prokopy (aka Capone) from Ain't It Cool News. He's scheduled to help Matty and Adam list their Top 5 Performances of the Year (So Far). Or, there might be a secondary IED buried deep within the show, possibly found in the discussion of "An Unlikely Weapon," a documentary exploring the story behind the famous "execution" photo taken by photographer Eddie Adams on the heels of the Vietnamese Tet Offensive in 1968. Fear not, we are trained professionals, as qualified in the art of bomb-defusing as Adam and Matty are in the art of film criticism. In other words, run! Also on the show: Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- a "Watchmen: The Film Companion" Giveaway courtesy of Titan Books, and music by Animal Collective. Filmspotting #265 :13-15:00 - Review: "The Hurt Locker" Music: Animal Collective, "Guys Eyes" 15:58-24:28 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: P. Trap), Contests, Polls 24:29-31:25 - Review: "An Unlikely Weapon" Music: Animal Collective, "My Girls" 32:31-41:27 - New DVDs/"Watchmen" Contest/Donations 41:53-1:01:07 Top 5 Male Performances So Far Music: Animal Collective, "Brother Sport" 1:01:50-1:25:37 - Top 5 Female Performances So Far 1:25:38-1:27:21 - Close/Next Show NOTES - Be warned, parents and children, of a vulgarity in Massacre Theatre! - Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting. - While I'm sure Steve Prokopy is more than qualified for such an award, the Internet Film Critic of the Year, or whatever Matty said, is, in fact, made up. - Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast can be accessed through iTunes here.

July 10: When the moon hits your eye, be sure to grab your moon boots, chomp down on some moon pies and moonwalk over to your iPod and listen in as Filmspotting brings you a discussion of Duncan Jones' new science-fiction thriller "Moon," starring Sam Rockwell and the voice of Kevin Spacey. But wait, don't switch over to your copy of Dark Side of the Moon just yet; the lads will also bring you their Top 5 Moon Movies, none of which feature the star of Air Bud 2, Warren Moon. Then, stay tuned, as the latest Filmspotting Marathon kicks off with a dissection of the highly influential 1950 classic from director Akira Kurosawa, "Rashomon." Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- and music by Alkaline Trio. Filmspotting #264 :13-16:40 - Review: "Moon" Music: Alkaline Trio, "Over and Out" 17:54-27:41 - Voicemail, Poll Questions 27:42-40:44 - Feedback: "Public Enemies" Music: Alkaline Trio, "Calling All Skeletons" 42:01-46:30 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: D. Parker) 46:31-59:45 - Kurosawa #1: "Rashomon" Music: Alkaline Trio, "I Found Away" 1:00:34-1:07:20 - New DVDs/Donations 1:07:21-1:22:09 - Top 5: Moon Movies 1:22:10-1:24:13 - Close/Next Show NOTES - Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting. - Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast can be accessed through iTunes here. - Despite our comments about "Joshua" at the end of our "Moon" discussion, it's actually not a movie we heartily recommend.

July 3: This week... Adam and Matty consider Michael Mann's "Public Enemies," announce the winners of Filmspotting's New Hollywood Marathon Awards (The Plastics) and share their Top 5 Films of 2001. Plus, don't miss Adam's Articulate Analysis with quick takes on "Food, Inc.," "Summer Hours" and "Whatever Works." Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- and music by Wilco. Filmspotting #263 :13-23:05 - Review: "Public Enemies" Music: Wilco, "You Never Know" 23:55-25:44 - Voicemail 25:45-28:36 - Adam's Articulate Analysis 28:37-39:51 - Feedback: Top 5 Screen Dads Music: Wilco, "I'll Fight" 41:54-46:03 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: C. Meltzer) 46:04-1:02:28 - New Hollywood Awards Music: Wilco, "One Wing" 1:03:22-1:11:36 - New DVDs/Donations 1:11:37-1:25:24 - Top 5: Films of 2001 1:25:25-1:28:23 - Close/Next Show/Outtake NOTES - Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting. - We remembered that "Moon" is playing in Chicago. We'll review that next week. - Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast can be accessed through iTunes here.

June 26: On this edition of Filmspotting After Hours... Our Listener's Choice discussion of the 1997 Lisa Kudrow-Mira Sorvino "buddy" pic "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion." Plus, some provocative Listener Feedback on movies that make you faint, cry and more. Thanks again to all of our donors for your tremendous support! Winners on this show were chosen from episodes #257-262. Please email feedback@filmspotting.net if you were one of the lucky winners. NOTES - "Public Enemies" is definitely a GO for next week. - Link to horror movie blog discussing the movie "Grace," which caused some viewers to faint - Review of "Grace" - Visit our Top 5 page for the complete of "One-Timers" from shows #11 and #99. - Helen Mirren had been in many movies before "Prime Suspect," including "Caligula," "Excalibur," "The Long Good Friday" and "The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover." - Link to Justin's Minneapolis movie events in the FS Forum

June 19: Listen up! This is Mr. Mauve. My associates and I are currently in control of the podcast called Filmspotting. If you want to see its hosts Adam and Matty ever again, you will do exactly as I say. Listen to their discussion of Tony Scott's update of "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," starring John Travolta and Denzel Washington. If you can decipher from their conversation one good reason why this film should have been remade, please let us know. Seriously. Draw us a map. Send a Sherpa. We need the help. To ease the pain, listen to the discussion of a film that was released right around the time of the original "Pelham" -- the Filmspotting New Hollywood Marathon concludes with a discussion of "Badlands," Terrence Malick's first film starring Sissy Spacek and Martin Sheen. If you were waiting for a bad review of one of the New Hollywood films ... wait some more. The boys hardly contain themselves while waxing exuberant over Malick's much-less romanticized and far more sobering take on two Bonnie and Clyde-esque outlaws. Then in honor of Father's Day, the lads pull out some Pudding Pops and don their best Cliff Huxtable sweaters to announce their Top 5 Screen Dads. Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- and music by Iron & Wine. Next week will be an After Hours edition of Filmspotting only! Filmspotting #262 :13-16:43 - Review: "Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" Music: Iron & Wine, "Belated Promise Ring" 17:49-22:03 - Voicemail, Poll Questions 22:04-34:17 - Feedback: Top 5 TV Star Performances, Con Movies Music: Iron & Wine, "Boy With a Coin" 35:19-40:03 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: B. Varney) 40:04-55:21 - New Hollywood #9: "Badlands" Music: Iron & Wine, "Naked As We Came" 56:07-1:04:00 - New DVDs/Notes/Donations 1:04:01-1:16:09 - Top 5: Screen Dads 1:16:10-1:20:21 - Close/Next Show/Outtake NOTES - Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast can be accessed through iTunes here. - Read Sam C. Mac's review of "Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" here. - Anyone else think we should just re-brand the New DVDs segment as "Check It Out"? - Adam's Montreal Meetup details can be found here. Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting.

June 12: As everyone knows, Adam and Matty got their start in television on the early '80s sitcom "Mixed Reviews" about two odd couple film critics forced to live in the same apartment. Though the show was short-lived, people still talk about the famous two-part episode "Private Parts, Corporal Danger" in which Adam saves an unsuspecting Matty from the advances of the lascivious nextdoor neighbor (Gordon Jump in an Emmy-winning turn). So the lads were thrilled to discuss this week's "Away We Go," starring fellow television alumni Maya Rudolph and John Krasinksi, and even more excited to list their Top 5 Film Performances by TV Stars. The boys also made time to sneak in the eighth film in their New Hollywood Marathon, "Mean Streets." Listen closely and you can actually hear the slobber on the microphone as Martin Scorsese's first real feature reduces Adam to a blubbering mess: "Remember the scene where Marty follows Harvey Keitel into the bar in slow-mo? That was awesome." Plus, the debut (and finale?) of Adam's Articulate Analysis examines Sam Raimi's "Drag Me To Hell," and the return of Matty's Movie Minute. Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- and music by The Airborne Toxic Event. Filmspotting #261 :25-14:03 - Review: "Away We Go" 14:04-18:00 - AAA: "Drag Me To Hell" Music: Airborne Toxic Event, "Wishing Well" 19:08-24:25 - Voicemail, Polls 24:26-36:15 - Feedback: Up, Girlfriend Experience, Brothers Bloom Music: Airborne Toxic Event, "Something Around Midnight" 37:27-41:46 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: W. Wilenz) 41:47-54:20 - New Hollywood #8: "Mean Streets" Music: Airborne Toxic Event, "Gasoline" 54:59-59:30 - New DVDs/Matty's Movie Minute 59:31-1:04:55 - Notes/Donations 1:04:56-1:19:23 - Top 5: TV Star Performances 1:19:24-1:22:21 - Close/Next Show/Outtake NOTES - Wow, HUGE mistake right off the top. Sam Mendes also made "Jarhead." It's a pretty forgettable movie, but still... - Check out Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast. It can be accessed through iTunes here. - Link to "Enlighten Up" directed by Kate Churchill - Those additional reviews on the site Matty promoted... I guess they're coming later. - Andrew Sarris did write for the The New York Observer. - Repertory Series at the Brattle - American Independents: The Dawn of New Hollywood - Matty's Minny Meetup details can be found here. - Adam's Montreal meetup details can be found here. - Robin Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for "Good Morning Vietnam." - Leo DiCaprio a TV "star"? Really? - Contest for "Food, Inc." passes Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting.

June 5: What's that flying high in the sky over the John Hancock building? Is it a bird? Is it plane? No, it's the Herzog One, the magnificent flagship of the Filmspotting dirigible fleet. So cue up some Fifth Dimension on the old Hi-Fi, we're going up, up and away for this week's edition of Filmspotting. In honor of Pixar's latest film "Up," Adam and Matty will broadcast the show from high above the Chicago skyline. Will their heightened elevation affect their response to Ed Asner's voice-work, or drastically enhance their take on the seventh entry in the Filmspotting New Hollywood Marathon, "The Long Goodbye," from director Robert Altman? Or perhaps from 1,500 feet "Death to Smoochy" will look good enough to rank among Filmspotting's Top 5 Films of 2002. Oh, the humanity... What? Too soon for "Smoochy" jokes? Also on the show: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- and music by oRSo. Filmspotting #260 :13-15:43 - Review: "Up" Music: oRSo, "Anniversary" 16:25-21:55 - Voicemail, Polls 21:56-32:46 - Feedback: Terminator, Screen Leaders Music: oRSo, "Protest Song" 34:29-39:45 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: K. Savage) 39:46-51:24 - New Hollywood #7: "The Long Goodbye" Music: oRSo, "All Suffer Fools" 52:00-1:00:31 - New DVDs/Notes/Donations 1:00:32-1:13:31 - Top 5: Films of 2002 1:13:32-1:16:54 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes NOTES - Check out Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast. It can be accessed through iTunes here. - Matty's Minny Meetup details will be available on our Twitter page at some point. And probably in the Forum under Local Events & Meetups. - We somehow made it through a discussion of "The Long Goodbye" without mentioning the roving camerawork. There are pretty much no shots/edits where the camera doesn't move or isn't already in motion with the cut -- all adding to the sense of Marlowe's displacement. - Adam's big three Honorable Mentions: "Talk To Her," "Spirited Away" and "Y Tu Mama Tambien." Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting.

May 29: FPPLE, Film Podcast seeks Podcast Listener Experience You: Must love dog racing, the collected works of Rush, and listening to riveting discussions of Steven Soderbergh's films, including his latest "The Girlfriend Experience," starring adult film star Sasha Grey. Tolerance for gambling debts and raging debates over the merits of the new con film starring Mark Ruffalo, Adrien Brody and Rachel Weisz, "The Brothers Bloom," a must. Long walks on the beach unnecessary, but must have appreciation for interviews with "The Brothers Bloom" writer/director Rian Johnson. Ability to name Top 5 Con Movies of all-time a plus. Vanderbilts, Roosevelts, and Kennedys encouraged to submit headshot, lock of hair, and resume to matty@filmspotting.net. Also on the show: Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- and music by Syd. Filmspotting #259 :13-15:37 - Review: "The Brothers Bloom" Music: Syd, "Mallory" 16:25-19:25 - Notes, Poll 19:26-40:44 - Interview: Rian Johnson Music: Syd, "The Pattern" 41:47-46:02 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: Kimberly Parker) 46:03-1:00:14 - Review: "The Girlfriend Experience" Music: Syd, "Easier On You" 1:01:10-1:06:49 - New DVDs/Donations 1:06:50-1:19:52 - Top 5: Con Movies 1:19:53-1:22:06 - Close/Next Show/Outtake NOTES - Check out Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast. It can be accessed through iTunes here. - So, yeah... we forgot to say this week's poll question. - Watch Filmspotting's voice-work on last week's Massacre Theatre scene from "Gladiator" on YouTube. - Rian Johnson recently wrote up his Top 5 Con Movies for Rotten Tomatoes. - Tatum O'Neal 10, Anna Paquin 11... Thanks to Kevin Vasquez for reminding me of this note. Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting.

May 22: If you can hear this, you are part of the Resistance (or probably related to Adam and Matty). It is imperative that you listen to Filmspotting this week. Though the reputation and legacy of the legendary and ground-breaking Terminator franchise (originally launched by director James Cameron in 1984) seems impenetrable, we have detected a weakness. The latest installment in the series, "Terminator Salvation," is out-fitted with legions of intimidating and cool-looking killer machines, but its director, McG ("Charlie's Angels") seemed to forget two critical elements: pathos and plot. If Filmspotting can maneuver its way up the abandoned chasm where a coherent storyline should otherwise exist, Adam and Matty might be able to knock out the central processing unit that controls Sam Worthington and Christian Bale's wooden acting. Once accomplished, we will debrief with a discussion of the sixth film in the Filmspotting New Hollywood Marathon, "Midnight Cowboy," 1969's Academy Award-winning film starring Jon Voigt and Dustin Hoffman as the legendary duo, Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo, hooking and crooking their way through the streets of New York. Once you have fully appreciated the accomplishment of director John Schlesinger's unorthodox and radical "buddy" film, you can move on to your final challenge. With Adam and Matty as color guard, you will climb Mt. Filmspotting to enshrine the Top 5 Screen Leaders. Plus, Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- Listener Feedback and music by Jenniferever. Filmspotting #258 :13-14:02 - Review: "Terminator Salvation" Music: Jenniferever, "Green Meadow Island" 15:04-18:45 - Poll Questions 18:46-30:23 - Feedback/Voicemails (Cinematic Obsessions) Music: Jenniferever, "Sparrow Hills" 31:04-35:55 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: L. Holbrook) 35:56-46:54 - New Hollywood #6: "Midnight Cowboy" Music: Jenniferever, "Lives Apart" 47:22-55:31 - New DVDs/Donations 55:32-1:09:40 - Top 5: Cinematic Obsessions 1:09:41-1:12:05 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes NOTES - Check out Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast. It can be accessed through iTunes here. - It is actually the trailer for "Zabriskie Point" that will blow your mind, not Red Desert. Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting.

May 15: Are you ready to reeeeeeeee-vieeeeeeew! In this corner, wearing the crimson and black trunks and weighing in at combined 500 lbs., former heavyweight champion of the world, convicted rapist and ear-biter, Iron Miiiiiiiiiike Tyson! Kid Dynamite is joined by the equally enigmatic filmmaker and screenwriter, noted lothario and Magna Cum Laude graduate from Harvard University, Jaaaaaaames Toback! The formidable tag team are responsible for the new documentary "Tyson." In the other corner, wearing the leopard print and velvet trunks and weighing a combined [REDACTED BY FILMSPOTTING MANAGEMENT] pounds from Chicago, Illinois, the Fighting Filmspotters: Adam “The Frying Dutchman” Kempenaar and Matty “Show Me on the Doll Where This Movie Touched You” Robinson! On the undercard, Kempenaar and Robinson will face off against The Bastard Children of the New Hollywood, otherwise known as the Corman crew: Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, and Jack Nicholson, who changed the face of cinematic history with 1969’s revolutionary biker movie "Easy Rider," the fifth installment in Filmspotting’s on-going New Hollywood Marathon. And don't miss the main event... the Top 5 Cinematic Obsessions countdown. Plus, Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- Listener Feedback and music by Gabriel Kahane. Filmspotting #257 :13-16:26 - Review: "Tyson" Music: Gabriel Kahane, "Slow Down" 17:13-22:28 - Voicemail/Contest/Polls 22:29-34:05 - Feedback (Star Trek) Music: Gabriel Kahane, "North Adams" 34:47-40:24 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: C. Huntington) 40:25-53:44 - New Hollywood #5: "Easy Rider" Music: Gabriel Kahane, "Durrants" 54:11-59:29 - New DVDs/Donations 59:30-1:14:30 - Top 5: Cinematic Obsessions 1:14:31-1:17:35 - Close/Next Show/Outtakes NOTES - Click here for a chance to win tickets to see "The Girlfriend Experience." - Check out Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast, featuring an interview with the "Star Trek" screenwriters. It can be accessed through iTunes here. CORRECTIONS - "Effrontery" is the word Matty was searching for. Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting.

May 14: On this edition of Filmspotting After Hours... Our Listener's Choice discussion of the 1970 sci-fi thriller "Colossus: The Forbin Project." Plus, a great batch of Listener Feedback with comments on our New Hollywood Marathon and more. Thanks again to all of our donors for your tremendous support! Winners on this show were chosen from episodes #251-256. Please email feedback@filmspotting.net if you were one of the lucky winners.

May 8: Captain's Log... Star date 5.8.9009. This is Captain Horowitz of the U.S.S. Gumption. While patrolling the outer Sanjaya Quadrant of the Kardashian system, we locked onto a strange frequency. Two humanoid creatures of the Filmspotting species were debating the merits of an early 21st century piece of historical fiction called "Star Trek" from director J.J. Abrams. The much younger and better looking of the two Filmspotters, who calls himself "Matty," seemed to enjoy the movie’s silly paeans to "Star Trek’s" campy origins, whereas the more gregarious of the two, "Adam," felt the film "jumped the Spock" at its midway point. Very intriguing insight. Then, if our translations are correct, the two went on to discuss an even more archaic piece of celluloid, the year 1967’s "In the Heat of the Night," on its surface a murder-mystery procedural but which also apparently serves as a boiling and revolutionary commentary on 20th century race relations in the United States starring two excellent thespians, Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. The transmission then ends with another historical artifact, a listing of the Top 5 Films of 2003. I am excited to see if these films exist in the Academy's archives. We will continue to examine the strange communication from this very alien Filmspotting duo before heading home to rendezvous with Star Fleet. Before warping home, however, Lieutenant Ditka wants to swing by Home Depot, maybe Bed Bath and Beyond. You know, if there's time. Plus, Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- Listener Feedback and music by Akron/Family. ** POTENTIAL SPOILER WARNING ** Adam is confident that he did not actually reveal any spoilers during the "Star Trek" discussion, but if you're really sensitive about knowing any specific plot points, then consider yourself warned. Filmspotting #256 :13-15:11 - Review: "Star Trek" Music: Akron/Family, "Everyone is Guilty" 16:07-20:18 - Voicemail/Contest/Polls 20:19-28:57 - Feedback ("Sugar," Summer '09 Movies) Music: Akron/Family, "Creatures" 29:42-34:13 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: B. Stark) 34:14-44:56 - New Hollywood #4: "In the Heat of the Night" Music: Akron/Family, "The Alps & Their Orange Evergreen" 45:23-51:49 - New DVDs/"Audience of One"/Donations 51:50-1:08:51 - Top 5: Summer Preview 1:08:52-1:12:14 - Close/Next Show/Outtake NOTES - In addition to our "Girlfriend Experience" contest, click here to get a shot at a pair of tickets to see "Anvil! The Story of Anvil." - Check out Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast, which can be accessed through iTunes here. - Full Onion News Network "Star Trek" story here. - Yes, we did skip right over "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" in our New Hollywood Marathon. Sorry for the lack of notice! It's just not the movie "In the Heat of the Night" is. - The USA Today retrospective on Columbine can be found here. - "Audience of One" official site CORRECTIONS - None yet that we know of... Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting.

May 1: Welcome to Filmspotting Stadium, alongisde colorman Dregs Laplander, I'm Stewl Potash. It's a beautiful day for a podcast today, Dregs, and I'm curious to see how Adam and Matty can handle their first baseball movie review of the season; it's no easy out, that's for sure. "Sugar" follows the rise of a young Dominican pitcher whose devastating curve ball lands him in the American minor leagues where he struggles both on and off the field. Announcer #2 You bet Stewl, "Sugar" is certainly no ordinary baseball movie. Kevin Costner is nowhere to be found in its lineup, and it comes from the duo who brought us 2006's much talked about "Half Nelson," which I'm told by the guys in the truck is not about wrestling at all. Announcer #1 Nope, it most certainly is not. Batting second, the boys will need to be on their toes to do battle with "State of Play," the new thriller starring Helen Mirren, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams and Russell Crowe... Announcer #2 Oh, I love Russell Crowe. He's a great actor. Did you see "Gladiator," Stewl? Announcer #1 I did. Announcer #2 Wasn't that a great movie? Announcer #1 Yes indeed it was. After their review of "State of Play," Adam and Matty will find ... Announcer #2 Remember the scene with the tiger in "Gladiator?" Announcer #1 I do. Announcer #2 It jumped through the floor! Announcer #1 It most certainly did, Dregs. Then Adam and Matty will bring us the ever popular Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- and Listener Feedback, as well as a preview ... Announcer #2 Man, if a tiger jumped through the floor right now. I really don't know what I'd do. I really don't. Announcer #1 In the cleanup spot, Adam and Matty will wrap up the show with their Top 5 Most Anticipated Summer Movies. Lots of great stuff to look forward to, eh Dregs? Announcer #2 I'd probably go for its eyes, Stewl. Wouldn't you, if a tiger jumped through that floor right now? Announcer #1 Stay tuned. Filmspotting is up next! Music this week by Medeski, Martin and Wood. Filmspotting #255 :13-4:47 - Tribeca Recap 4:48-17:25 - Review: "Sugar" Music: MMW, "Cloud Wars" 18:46-22:43 - Voicemail ("Observe Crete is the town. Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting.