Posts Tagged ‘The Thing’

The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 29 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Podcast

The 29th Episode of The Filmdogs Podcast is back just in time for the next train to Hogwarts. That’s right, this week we discuss all things Harry Potter, including each film, our favorite characters, and what we love about the franchise. Also discussed in the News is the delay of The Thing Prequel, Wolverine‘s new title, and the trailer for Green Lantern. All in all one might say this is a magical episode of The Filmdogs Podcast.

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The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 26 – The Quest for Peace

The Filmdogs Podcast is back up and running for another action-packed episode. We discuss all the new Superman happenings, from Zach Synder to General Zod in the news, along with info on The Thing Prequel, delays for Mad Max 4, and just how accident prone Michael Bay’s sets are. In our Featured Topic of the Week we review David Fincher’s The Social Network, then to close out the show we have a One-Liner from Superman II. All in all this episode will make you believe a man can fly.

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Score Your Week | Once Upon a Time in the West

The American, which was released this past week, is a fantastic ode to spaghetti westerns and one film in particular. Once Upon a Time in the West was obviously a huge inspiration on director Anton Corbijn as the film has many references to Sergio Leone’s masterpiece. Once Upon a Time in the West is my favorite western for many reasons, such as: Henry Fonda’s diabolic turn, the spaghetti western using vast western iconography, the magnolia plot weaving to Charles Bronson’s ultimate reveal, but the one that matters here is Ennio Morricone’s score. Morricone is responsible for some really great work throughout the years (The Thing, The Untouchables, Mission to MarsState of Grace), but it is with Leone that he created some to the most iconic movie music of all time.
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