Saturday, March 13, 2021

Under the Wheels Episode 32: Judas and the Black Messiah



 Matthew and Gabe discuss Judas and the Black Messiah, its merits, the acting, and how it is so much more than just the equivalent to "A Very Special Episode". Later Matt gets flummoxed over the Golden Globe Nominees for 2021 and desperately shills again for HBO Max.

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Sunday, February 28, 2021

Saturday, February 13, 2021

Under the Wheels Episode 30: The Midnight Sky

Matt and Gabe try to find the meaning of The Midnight Sky. Other topics include a discussion on difficult videogames, the merits of drinking straight coffee, independent theaters, Neal Breen movies, Jack Kirby's writing abilities, why some Netflix projects look generic and others turn out unique, the bad filmmaking of Robert Rodriguez, George Cloony: The Last Old-School Movie Star (and his somewhat rocky ability to direct movies), the cliche of science fiction movies in space on IMAX, how Anthony Minghella walked so Tom Hooper could ruin movies, Matt SHAMELESSLY shills for HBO Max, the depressing state of "the industry", the rollercoaster that is Azerbaijani television, Brad Pitt's track record as a producer, and Barry Jenkins getting paid.

References

  • Dark Souls 3
  • Spiderman 2 - The Game
  • Funky Flashman - the Mister Miracle Parody of Stan Lee
  • Pieces of a Woman
  • The American Friend
  • Cowboys and Aliens
  • Dr. Sleep
  • The Raid 2
  • The English Patient

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Under the Wheels Episode 28: Possessor and VFW

 


Matt, Austin, and Gabe discuss Brandon Cronenberg's new film Possessor, Jeff Bezos's film VFW, and video games. Lots of video games. And Best Damn Root Beer, if you would like to sponsor us please do.

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Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Under the Wheels Episode 27: The Problems with Mando (Season 2)

 


Matt, Gabe, and Austin try to dissect why the second season of The Mandalorean doesn't live up to the first season while also pondering what it means to "save Star Wars".

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Under The Wheels Episode 26: Mank



Gabe and Matt go old school to talk about David Fincher's new "biographical" "drama" Mank, where Matt stumbles upon pronouncing everything and Gabe can't pronounce Amanda Seyfried. They also get depressed about the impending top 10 of the year.

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Friday, November 6, 2020

Under the Wheels Episode 23: The Efficient Beach Episode (ft. Nosferatu)


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In the filler episode of Under the Wheels, Matt and Gabe discuss Quibi, how Matt can't say Cerebus correctly, the legacy of Cerebus, the actual draw of Batman: The Killing Joke, an observation on the works of the late Stuart Gordon, a sidebar into the unrealized Honey I Shrunk the Kids sequels, a Rick Moranis Appreciation, Gabe's issue with the Superhero Movie Equivalent of 1950-60 (as well as the creepy age gap between some leading men and women), for some reason a long diatribe about musicals, John Lee Hancock (who Matt calls John Lee Miller for some reason), Gabe's famous "Tangential Biopic Theory" and why he hates it, an elongated discussion on The Natural, Greengrass's Greenzone, Jason Isaac's sometimes-regular radio appearances, a brief analysis of Neill Blomkamp, why the uncanny valley of practical effects look better than the uncanny valley of visual effects, the complete closure of any good movies coming out in theaters, a summary of some of the basic points of the novel Dune, Neal Adams Presents Hollow Earth Theory, Matt (once again) misses Gabe's metaphor completely, a small debate on positive, negative, and self help books, Athlete's relationship to God, quarterback talk, homosexuality in sports, and Matt's rant about the injustice of Zach Snyder's Justice League.

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Special Edition - Some fun facts about Frank Sinatra:

1. He learned how to skateboard in the 1970's
2. He was married twice - his first wife died in the 1950's and he didn't remarry until the 1980's (though his wife was 45 years younger than him at the time)
3. He was so nuanced that he recorded the same dance sequence twice, on two different sets, and the two dances are almost identical movement-wise
4. He never thought he was good enough and couldn't watch his routines on film
5. He was to dance choreography as Hitchcock was to screenwriting - he rarely took credit but his influence was usually pretty large.
6. To keep costs down on film shoots (since film is expensive) he would spend 2 or 3 weeks rehearsing and training so they could get the whole thing in only a few takes.
[Credits Wikipedia]