Thursday, October 7, 2021

Under The Wheels Episode 41: The 90-Minute Episode

 


Matt and Gabe try to keep the run time down as they discuss some movies they’ve watched lately. Again. Topics include language changes over time; Taste of Cherry; Roger Ebert’s strange reviewing style; blank-check filmmaking vs. limitation filmmaking; a brief tangent on Alita: Battle Angel;  First Love by Miike; “Visionary” James Wan’s Malignant; No More Heroes 3; Dr. Zhivago; epic-length movies, and some Endgame talk.

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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Under the Wheels Episode 40: The Green Knight



Matt and Gabe discuss the new David Lowery epic The Green Knight. Topics include The Piano and Holly Hunter; Sam Neill in the 90's; a few odd comparisons between The Green Knight and Promising Young Woman; how episodic storytelling should not be considered negative criticism; deconstruction of the chivalrous knight; respect for Sean Harris and how he tends to work in roles that he really shouldn't work in; The Green Knight's ties to other classic and not so classic medieval films; strange narrative choices and faltering endings in otherwise great movies; the delicate relationship between what a movie asks of the audience and what the audience will accept; how it is a movie about living life; A24 as a brand; debating whether everything SHOULD be like A24; a brief review of Shang Chi; Matt confuses two fantastic Hong Kong actors; finding the key to open the door to styles not normally traversed; a brief review of Reminiscence; defining "Asian American Representation"; and a small shout-out to Simu Liu and Kumail Nanjiani.

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Friday, August 27, 2021

Under the Wheels Episode 39: The Suicide Squad



Gabe and Matthew discuss DC Comic's James Gunn's The Suicide Squad (redirect from Suicide Squad 2 or Suicide Squad Gaiden). They also talk a lot about media criticism controversies.

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Saturday, August 14, 2021

Under the Wheels Episode 38: No Sudden Move


Matt and Gabe closely watch Steven Soderbergh's new HBO Max film No Sudden Move. Topics include Soviet-style pornography; Soderbergh’s strange and brilliant career; Soderbergh’s evolution regarding themes and style; where No Sudden Move falls in the canon of Soderbergh; his increased reliance on political environment and wealth inequality in his filmmaking; the only three movies you’ll ever need to see (instead of going to film school), and an open invitation to Steven Soderbergh to come on the show and tell us all about how the industry works.

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Thursday, August 5, 2021

Under The Wheels Episode 37: Black Widow



Gabe and Matt discuss the latest controversial Marvel movie weeks after it has already set COVID box office records.

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Monday, May 24, 2021

Under the Wheels Episode 36: The Ketchup Episode

 


Gabe and Matt recount what they've been watching lately and divert from the main path even more than usual.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Under The Wheels Episode 35: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Lost Episode)

 


Gabe and Matt discuss why or why not plays should be adapted into movies and how to do it badly and not as badly. Topics include The Elephant Man, Star Wars as failed Dungeons and Dragons characters, what serves as the best introduction to David Lynch movies (hint here), what Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and One Night in Miami do similarly and differently, Matt's odd fascination with Hitchcock movie adaptations of stage plays like "Dial M for Murder", Denzel Washington's desire to make the August Wilson Cinematic Universe, actors as filmmakers, including Mel Gibson, the strange accusations of the film world of culturally appropriating Theater, and H Bomberguy's Youtube Channel.

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Under the Wheels Episode 34: Oscar Preview

 



Gabe and Matt talk about the Academy Awards for the 2nd year in a row and discuss their top ten of the year. Gabe goes on quite a few rants that are well worth hearing, if just for the entertainment value.

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Under the Wheels Episode 33: Zack Snyder's Justice League



Matt, Gabe, and Austin assemble together in the Hall of Justice to discuss the latest Zack Snyder slow-motion-fest Zack Snyder's Justice League.

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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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