Posts Tagged ‘Brad Bird’
The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 30 – The Podcast Down Under
It’s The Filmdogs Podcast’s 30th Episode and just in time for your Thanksgiving break. We discuss the casting of Daniel-Day Lewis in Spielberg’s Lincoln, and Mark Walberg in David O’ Russel’s Uncharted, then talk about Jeremy Renner taking over the Mission Impossible Franchise in the News. Next we offer up some quick thoughts on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One before moving into our Featured Topic of the Week, our favorite Animated Movies. Finally, to close it out we have a One-Liner from a classic Disney animated film. It’s an episode so stuffed you’ll think you just ate Thanksgiving Dinner.
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The Filmdogs Podcast: In the Lounge with W, J, and J
This week on The Filmdogs Podcast we decided to hang loose and take it easy discussing the films we’ve watched recently “In the Lounge with W, J, and J.” Some of the many films and TV shows brought up include Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter, Todd Phillips’ Due Date and the NBC comedy Community. So sit back and enjoy.
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The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 17 – Incepodcast
The 17th Episode of The Filmdogs Podcast is here and it isn’t afraid to “dream a little bigger, Darling.” Along with returning guest Filmdogs writer Mr. Holt we discuss this weeks Non-Gibson film news. Next up it’s a Nora Ephron showdown with Sleepless in Seattle vs. You’ve Got Mail in our Vs segment. Then Mr. Jason, Mr. Holt, and myself go deep into the dream as we review the summer’s most anticipated Movie, Christopher Nolan’s Inception. And to close it all out The Forger himself, Inception’s Tom Hardy brings us our One-Liner of the Week. It’s our all around most mind-bending installment of the podcast yet.
WARNING!!! Our Inception Review naturally features many spoilers for the film, so be sure you’ve seen it before you give the show a listen.
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The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 13 – Podcast Forever After
You’ve got a friend in the newest epic episode of The Filmdogs Podcast. We talk about the bomb that is Jonah Hex and Pirates 4 in the news while Wall-e and Up go head to head in VS. It’s all Pixar all the time as we dissect each film from the best studio today, and get the word on their latest, Toy Story 3, from host Mr Jason in our Featured Topic. Then to wrap it Up (pun intended) we celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Steven Speilberg’s classic thriller Jaws in our One Liner of the Week.
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Geek Round Up | A Pixar great headed out for an Impossible Mission
Bird with his second Oscar for "Ratatouille"
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Geek Round Up is a Filmdogs column celebrating the best geeky filmic news. Basically anything that incites us geeks to push our glasses up the bridge of our nose, and lean closer to our computer screens with excitement. So, let’s do just that.
Brad Bird is one of my favorite directors. Period. His films The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille transcend animation in such a way that the word “cartoon” never enters your mind. Now, it seems as if the director is finally taking the leap into the live action world. According to Vulture Bird is in final talks to helm the fourth installment in one of the most diverse franchises in existence. The Mission Impossible series.
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