In-depth looks at beloved movies. Have not seen this? You should.
Episodes
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
For a blockbuster film, The Fifth Element provides a surprising amount of jumping off points for discussion. Join Rafe and guest D.E. Medus as they discuss what it means for this film to be "another Bruce Willis movie," complain about spoilers in trailers, debate whether Leeloo is an empowering female figure, and determine what happened to Chris Tucker as he's faded from the screen.
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D.E. Medus can be found on his podcast MedusPod.
Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
At first glance, Scott Pilgrim vs the World is a high octane film that pays tribute to video games and comic books in a near ADD presentation. Look at bit deeper, however, and you'll find some astute observations about love and the fragile nature of relationships. Rafe dives in deep this week with guest Mike from Talk'n Pops as they talk about collecting Funko Pops, dating, becoming the villain, and hipster culture.
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Mike can be heard on his podcasts Talk'n Pops and The Pawnee Public Forum.
Wednesday Dec 25, 2019
Wednesday Dec 25, 2019
You know Miracle on 34th Street, or A Christmas Carol, or A Christmas Story, but somehow The Bishop's Wife is a holiday movie that has disappeared from the cultural lexicon despite its holiday content and multiple Oscar nominations. This week Rafe talks with guest Laura Uber about why this Cary Grant classic should not be forgotten, how hard it is not to compare it to another movie featuring a visiting angel, It's a Wonderful Life, (and why this movie might be better), and a bit of what life is like for those who choose to talk the path of Santa Claus. Merry Christmas everybody!
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Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
The late '90s saw one of the frequent waves of similarly conceived film projects, this time tackling supernatural threats in the underwater world: The Abyss, DeepStar Six, and this week's film Leviathan (not to be confused with the 2014 fishing village drama of the same name). How does Leviathan stack up against the other underwater threats of 1989? Why is it so hard for critics and fans to describe this film without referencing other movies? And how does Rafe deal with admitting he didn't like a movie very much?
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Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
This week brings another new movie that Rafe was not aware of before this podcast: SLC Punk!, which stars Matthew Lillard and Micahel A. Goorjian as a pair of punk rockers in Salt Lake City at a turning point in their life. While discussing the movie Rafe and guest Jono Uber reminisce about working in movie theaters, speculate what kinds of lengths their sons will have to go through to pull one over on them, and consider just what it meant/means to be "punk".
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Jono Uber's is part of the D&D podcast Charismatic AF.
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
While many, many people have seen The Matrix, far fewer people have seen the similar post-modern science-fiction film Dark City, which only came out a year before Neo's first chapter. While both movies follow post-modern ideologies, they are distinctly different and Dark City definitely deserves a viewing, so this week Rafe and guest Adam Thomas dive into Dark City's philosophical goodness.
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Adam Thomas's podcast, Double Edged Double Bill can also be found on Twitter and Facebook. You can find Adam's artistic business, Ghoulish Gourds, on Facebook.
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Take Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, mix in music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, add in some questionably racial portrayals, and you wind up with 1961's West Side Story. Although the story, which features two young star-crossed lovers on opposing sides of a gang war, is being remade by Steven Spielberg, there are many reasons to revisit the original film, which definitely falls into the category of "they don't make them like this anymore." Listen to this week's episode to hear why!
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Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Due to unexpected events, we don't have a movie recorded to have a conversation about this week, so we dug into the archives of The Weekly Blend Audio Show and pulled out this old gem from October 2008, where Kevin Smith joined hosts Rafe Telsch, Margaret Williams, and Tim Kennard. It's an interesting snapshot in time, where Iron Man was just coming out on DVD and Blu-ray, The Dark Knight was in theaters, and the Watchmen movie was in a troubled production. How many of the movies we discussed back then had an impact? How many of them have been all but forgotten? Enjoy this blast from the past and hopefully we'll be back on track with regular episodes next week.
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Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Writer/director Taika Waititi is best known for Thor: Ragnarok, although horror fans also hail his brilliance for What We Do In Shadows. The New Zealand filmmaker has tackled more personal stories several times, including 2010's Boy, a coming-of-age story about an eleven-year-old boy in 1984 era New Zealand. I cannot recommend this film highly enough, and give major thanks to James Rodrigues for introducing me to it as a topic for this week's show.
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James "Rodders" Rodrigues can be found on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd. You can also find his writing at The Reviewing Rodders and Fly Fidelity.
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
This week's movie offers the first opportunity to discuss the need to separate art and artist - a conversation I have no doubt we will return to again in the future. It also enters the realm of "blaxploitation," a genre Rafe admits he doesn't have much experience with. So why tackle this film? Because guest Marissa Tallant chose it! She explains why as part of their conversation that dives into these topics.
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