Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Under the Wheels Episode 50: tick, tick... BOOM! and The Power of the Dog

 

Gabe and Matt discuss some British actors faking American accents (to varying degrees of success) in two of Netflix's Oscar fare with tick, tick... BOOM and The Power of the Dog.


Time Codes:

00:00:00 - tick, tick...BOOM!

00:56:00 - The Power of the Dog

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Under the Wheels Episode 49: Nightmare Alley

 

Gabe and Matt talk about modern video games and the crazy lore to connect them all together, spoil pretty much all of Nightmare Alley, and then ramble on about a few other movies they found interesting.

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Sunday, February 6, 2022

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Under the Wheels SPECIAL: Tarkovsky's STALKER



Gabe and Matt tread lightly and avoid the direct path while discussing Andrei Tarkovsky's masterpiece STALKER.

Originally recorded February 2021.

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Saturday, January 8, 2022

Under the Wheels Episode 47: Spider-Man No Way Home

 

Gabe and Matt discuss the latest Sony/Marvel crossover event of the year: Spiderman: No Way Home, as well as the Sony Spiderman franchise in general.

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Under the Wheels Episode 46: Midnight Mass

 


Gabe and Matt dissect the latest monologue-saturated miniseries from Mike Flanagan and we see where Gabe is on the Flanagan Fandom. #HoratioLives. #HamishLinklaterForYourConsideration.

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

Under the Wheels Episode 45: Gabe's Eternals Struggle

 

Gabe and Matt shoot the breeze about movies. Topics include the Cowboy Bebop Live Action Remake, Netflix and American Anime Live Action Adaptations; Frank Miller’s The Spirit; Gabe’s epic struggle with and Matthew’s horrible plot synopsis of The Eternals; the peculiarities of Wes Anderson’s idiosyncratic style; The French Dispatch in greater detail; the strange discourse around Wes Anderson; Matthew’s critique about people who are “die hard” Ghostbusters fans based off reaction to Ghostbusters Afterlife; the strange experience of Titane; movies where our expectations were dashed for the worst; talk about what kind of future episodes we might do; and some thoughts on The Wind Rises.

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Under the Wheels Episode 44: DUNE

 

Matt works with Gabe to see if Dune is just fine or if it’s a Shiny and Chrome. Topics include adaptations of novels in novel forms; the history and failings of Dune adaptations; relating Kojima to Dune; a case for Dave Bautista as the best wrestler-turned-actor; how Dune takes science fiction and evolves it to Fantasy; why book-to-movie adaptations are not a binary good or bad thing but more of a non-lateral scale; the problem with four-hour movies, strange “director’s cut” and “extended cut” profit releases, and part one-part two pacing issues; the surprising box-office history of Blade Runner and The Thing; some good John Carpenter talk; how actors who ask for certain regards or are critical of work they are in are seen as difficult by Hollywood (and Matt’s) standards somewhat without merit or bad marketing; if Gabe and Matt made Dune; the return of good diffused fog effects; and Martin Scorsese’s take on how to make a proper superhero in New York.

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Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Under the Wheels Episode 43: The Last Duel

 

Gabe and Matt talk about The Last Duel. Topics include The Limey; Hard Eight; the difficulty of rating The Last Duel; comparisons to Rashomon and why Rashomon is not one of Gabe and Matt’s favorites; how the Criterion Collection knows how to market to their targeted demographic really well (and has some of the best cover art); some divergence to Branded to Kill; the difficulty of talking about truth in film; if The Last Duel is just a movie of the moment or if it can be timeless; the odd conflict between Ridley Scott as a director and as a producer on the same movie; how the movie criticizes common notions of medieval life; Charles VI’s portrayals in movies; how the movie balances its messaging; and the expert filmmaking of Ridley Scott.

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Saturday, October 23, 2021

Under the Wheels Episode 42: No Time To Die

Matt and Gabe talk about the latest James Bond epic No Time to Die.

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