Posts Tagged ‘Jack Ryan’

The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 45 – Clear and Present Podcast

Episode 45 of The Filmdogs Podcast is here and we’re making it up as we go along. That’s right, our Featured Topic of the Week focuses on none other than cinematic icon Harrison Ford. We’ll talk about his best, worst, and our favorite roles of his, and Mr. Jason we’ll even put out a strong defense for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Will he succeed? Also, discussed in the News is Tom Cruise‘s first Sci-fi role since Minority Report, and the gang offers up their thoughts on the first official photo of Tom Hardy as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises. Listen in now and remember kids, “don’t get cocky.”

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The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 19 – School’s Out

The 19th Episode of The Filmdogs Podcast is threaded and ready to roll. This week we chat about new projects from Chris Pine, Gulliermo Del Toro, Robert Rodziguez, and Spielberg in the News. Then we discuss the bearded ones’ 1991 film Hook for In Defense of. It’s our 5 favorite screenplays in our Featured Topic, and to close it out we have a famous convo from Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction in our The One Liner of the Week.

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Jack Ryan Gets a “Lost” Director

It was announced sometime ago that Chris Pine, aka Captain Kirk version 2, was going to play Tom Clancy‘s famous CIA analyst Jack Ryan. I felt that this was a definite step in the right direction especially after the colossal creative failure that was The Sum of All Fears. Although the lead actor was locked, Paramount had not yet found a director to tackle the fifth installment until now. According to Vulture, Jack Bender is the front runner for the position and I happen to think this is a fantastic choice. Jack Bender is primarily known for his work as a director on Lost and he has directed some of the most iconic episodes of the show, including the series finale. Continue reading to find out the plot and title of the film.

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