Under the Wheels Episode 22: Tenet and Devil All The Time

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Matt and Gabe discuss two films featuring Robert Pattinson as a supporting actor: Tenet and Devil All the Time.

Under the Wheels Episode 21: I'm Thinking of Ending Things

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Gabe and Matt dive deep into the mind of Charlie Kaufman and attempt to make meaning of his latest film I'm Thinking of Ending Things, not sponsored by Dairy Queen. Along the way, they stumble their way through how Mulan the Movie is having a direct negative effect on Hong Kong, they get demonetized and banned in China for... well, obvious reasons, Matt is wrong in most of the assumptions he makes, how movie theaters can make a killing on concessions by appealing to people's need to not wear a mask, the evolution of expensive food, a very strange tangent about Pauline Kael, the crazy theories around The Shining, how Gabe knows more about the flag physics of the moon than Matt, and the Roger Ebert video-games-as-art controversy.

Referenced:

Don't Look Now

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Suburban Sasquatch

Heat

The Town

Bill and Ted Face the Music

Pauline Kael

The waving US Flag on the moon

Ad Astra

Under the Wheels Episode 20: The Old Guard

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Sponsored by Jif Peanut Butter (please?) - Matt and Gabe get back into movies made in 2020 with the "hit" Netflix movie "The Old Guard" starring Dudley Dursley from Harry Potter with some other somewhat famous international stars. Topics include how awesome Rutger Hauer is/was, Sly Stallone's steroid-enhanced Ego and his drag sensibilities, the odd style choices of Julie Taymore (and how they sometimes work), Vincent D'Onofrio's voice, the qualities of a biopic, the Under the Wheels version of a Harriet Tubman biopic, Brian Tyree Henry, Matt Damon through the years, poor execution of moral quandries, the makeup of good villains (and really lazy ones), a few of Gabe's rules for Action Scenes, multiple mentions of Rhiz Ahmed, the horrible new trend in movie soundtracks (not score), and answer some viewer questions!

Referenced on this Episode:

• The Night Hawk
• Frida
• FDR: American Badass!
• If Beale Street Could Talk
• Rounders
• Amadeus
• H. Bomberguy RWBY video

Under The Wheels Episode 19: Ronin

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Matt and Gabe go into a thorough analysis of John Frankenheimer's Ronin.

Discussed on the episode:

• Tombstone
• Snowman and the Art of Editing
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Ice Age
• Outrage Coda
• The Killers (1946)
• Ernest Hemingway's "The Killers"
• John Frankenheimer
• David Mamet
• Michael Lonsdale
• Baby Driver
• Russian Ark
• The Amazing Spider-man 2

Under the Wheels Episode 18: Da 5 Bloods

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Matt and Gabe review a more recently released movie - Spike Lee's newest joint Da 5 Bloods. Topics including creative content generation theories, knowing what not to include, subtle science fiction elements, kitchen sink realism, the "Disney Business Model", confusing Ken Burns and Ed Burns, how big-name actors writing a script for themselves is an automatic red flag, the idiosyncratic style of Spike Lee joints, the agelessness of Chadwick Boseman, Jackie Robinson dissonance, how and why Spike Lee breaks rules, Delroy Lindo's track record of never playing an easy role, Dave Franco's acting ability, strange behind the scene shenanigans with That 70's Show's cast, Jean Reno's career, the Rock - the Movie Star, 2 Vin Diesel references, the problem with media, the very strange barbarism of boxing, wondering how Timur Betmambetov and Ruben Fleisher still have careers,

Show Notes
The Outer Worlds
The Guest
Tangerine
Sean Baker interview regarding using the iPhone -
Understanding Comics
The Witcher
Dunkirk, 1917, and Saving Private Ryan
Mr. Plinkett reviews Picard: A Star Trek Story
42
Jackie Robinson Press Conference (for context)
Rossatron

Under the Wheels Episode 17: Austin Returns

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The boys are back! Matt and Gabe are joined by Under the Wheels co-founder Austin where they discuss such topics as what they've been watching lately, authors who go on to direct motion pictures, Nicholas Winding Refn, The Snyder Cut, the perplexing reception of Star Wars Rogue One, the studio problem in regards to cheap reboots, a whole lot of Star Wars talk, Christopher Nolan, the self-created problem of Hollywood Studios and the culture behind them, the majesty of Nicholas Cage, the film stylings of one Guillermo Del Toro, the directing style of Mel Gibson, the dialectic of journalism on the internet, and why the current philosophy of drafting a quarterback in the NFL makes no sense.

Discussed in this episode:

Invisible Man (2020)
Maximum Overdrive
VFW (2019)
Too Old to Die Young
"Miles Teller is kind of a Dick"
Justice League The Snyder Cut
The Clone Wars
Color out of Space
Nicholas Cage Performance Essay on Youtube
Crimson Peak
Chronos
Night of the Hunter
Apocalypto
The Loft
The Lodge

Under the Wheels Episode 16: Inception

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Matt and Gabe share the dream with special guest Mike and discuss Christopher Nolan's Inception. Topics include too much Star Wars in an episode that should not have any Star Wars, the tenants of a Christopher Nolan film, a Harrison Ford and Blade runner drop (what a surprise), strange shows that somehow were real things, the issues with escalation as tv series evolve, how Matt can't come to grips with the last major action set piece at the hospital, Hans Zimmer's recycling music, the undercurrent of cynicism in the film, why the world of Brick feels so familiar, Terrence Malick's influence on Christopher Nolan, a small Mya Deren tangent, and why everyone is wrong and now is still the best time to live in.

Discussed in this episode:

• Atlantics
• Dead Ringers
• Roman Holiday
• Little Shop of Horrors
• Harley Quinn
• The Green Hornet
• 6 Underground
• Triple Frontier
• Star Wars Episode IV
• Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, Burnt, The Hundred Foot Journey, and Locke)
• The Slap
• Brick
• Meshes of the Afternoon

Under the Wheels Episode 15: Lawless

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Gabe and Matt hope the years have fermented Lawless into some shiny and chrome moonshine. Topics include Lore (with a capital "L"), a thorough analysis of the business-side of textbook publishing, essay writing theory, the "cinematic stylings" of one Baz Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby, story structure in movies vs. books/novel adaptations, triangular structure and art theory, the complex relationship to John Hillcoat movies, the budding friendship between Richard Linklater and Alex Jones and the afterschool special we really want, Shia LaBeouf in 2012, everyone's favorite questioningly leading man Jason Clarke, Australian cinema, how Gareth Evans should do action scenes for all movies, filmmakers who have made it to the point of self-parody, lifeless sequels to a passion project, and ideas and propositions for ad reads.

To be clear, this episode was not sponsored by Ball mason jars.

Discussed in this Episode:

• Strictly Ballroom
• The Great Gatsby
• The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Colossal
• Shia LaBeouf - Hollywood's Last Bad Boy
• Rossatron's interview with Gareth Evans

Under the Wheels Episode 14: Bad Taste

Gabe and Matt throw Peter Jackson's first film Bad Taste under the wheels. Topics include Michael J. Fox's post-film career, super hero movies in the good old days, Michael Caine is an amazing actor, the good and bad of docuseries and documentary filmmaking, Maori slang, New Zealand Pride,  the mystique of low budget special effects, Peter Jackson's obsession with goofy gore, how bad Goldfinger and the James Bond franchise really is, George Lucas's non-Star Wars legacy, Marcia Lucas - unsung hero in editing, surprising casting choices in Lord of the Rings, and the secret heroics of the New Zealand Film Commission.

Discussion on Bad Taste begins at 1:09:10.

Show Links:

• As Good as it Gets
• Vengeance is Mine
• Branded to Kill
• Takeshi Kitano
• Tiger King
• Louis Theroux - BBC Documentary Filmmaker
• The Master
• The Jinx
• This film is not yet [R]ated
• Waltz with Bashir
• Grizzly Man
• Double Indemnity
• Walt Disney's Robin Hood
• The Prestige
• Captain America - The First Avenger
• Lindsay Ellis Hobbit Trilogy
• New Zealand Film Commission

Under the Wheels Episode 13: The Apartment

Matt and Gabe travel deep into Billy Wilder's Apartment. Topics include Tom Hardy once again being the greatest actor of a generation, a Michael Shannon drop, Gabe hates Masterpiece Theater, roaring Christmas parties of the 1950's, cameo-fest movies of the '90's, where the Golden Age of Hollywood ranks upon the pantheon of greatest movies, a Harrison Ford reference, Paul Thomas Anderson talk, Hitchcock's horrible movie endings, the true value of Fred MacMurray's name, and the last black and white movie to win Best Picture.

Discussed in this Episode:
- Shadow
- Warrior
- Frank and Lola
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
- Oliver and Company
- Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Lindsay Ellis Hunchback of Notre Dame
- The Rose and Crown

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