BEST OF THE MCU pt 2
In which we talk up our personal favorite entries that fell off the consensus Best list.
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BEST OF THE MCU
Joon Kim drops out of a sky portal to help the guys make a definitive (sure, why not?) ranking of the ongoing megalith that is the MCU. In this installment, we talk through our consensus top 5 of this genre-unto-itself, while next week will feature us each stumping for a personal choice that did not
THE LAST JEDI
The guys welcome Brett Blake to the podcast in order to finally put to bed all the controversy surrounding the Star Wars sequel trilogy to bed. It is mostly a reasonable, civil discussion of differing philosophies on the meaning and handling of franchise IP in the streaming era, that may eventually take a hard swerve
Finch Club – Mindhunter
Fincher goes streaming by returning and refining his preoccupation with serial killers into potentially the final word on the subject, the two season wonder MINDHUNTER. The guys are into this one.
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The Great Comedy Villains
We’re talking all our favorite snobs, bullies, sex pests, bureaucrats, supervillains and…golfers?
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Finch Club: Gone Girl
Brendan Leonard joins us to discuss Fincher’s satirical thriller. We’re talking media satire, marriage as a fraud upon the public, where Fincher and author/screenwriter Gillian Flynn’s real allegiances lie, and the ultimate battle of the sexes as Kim Dickens faces off against Tyler Perry.
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On Arnold Schwarzenneger
Chris Prentice returns to discuss the meteoric rise of possibly the biggest, most unlikely and unique star in the history of Hollywood: Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger. No one did it like him. Is that because he is a one-of-a-kind talent, or because he is just an inhuman brick that can only play cyborgs believably?
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Finch Club – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Elisabeth Rappe joins the guys to talk about Fincher’s opening to an aborted trilogy, which somehow operates as a triptych of films unto itself. Rated “S” for Stellan Skarsgaard, Serial Killers, Sexual Assault, and Superfluous Swedish-ness.
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What If The Oscars Took Comedy Seriously?
In this episode, the guys contemplate an alternate reality where the Oscars are biased toward broad, capital-C Comedies rather than stately costume dramas and respectful biopics. Which is very important cultural commentary, and definitely not just an excuse to talk about how incredible Bill Murray is in KINGPIN.
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Finch Club – The Social Network
If you are trying to be an asshole, haven’t you already succeeded?
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