SEQUEL TITLE GAME PART TWO: SUBTITLE BOOGALOO
In which the Frame Work all-stars go to the hood, the future, jail, family reunions, space and back 2 tha hood.
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THE SEQUEL TITLE GAME
The Frame Work All-Stars assemble for the ultimate movie trivia challenge FRAME WORK PRESENTS: THE MOVIE SEQUEL TITLE GAME: VOL I.: NOMENCLATURE RISING. How many DTV American Pie sequels can you name ? Who could possibly rattle off the entire Hellraiser franchise from memory? Who has never seen Dirty Harry? How long will it take
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Stephen King’s IT
Educator and artist Sybille Bruun joins the guys to talk about Stephen King’s magnum opus (no, the other one) IT. We dive right into the essential nature of horror and America, and how the recent adaptation managed to find an entirely different batshit, offensive coda for the material the book’s, which was already so batshit
The Great Comedy Villains
We’re talking all our favorite snobs, bullies, sex pests, bureaucrats, supervillains and…golfers?
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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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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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Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
As a sort of counterpoint to all the fawning over Peter Jackson’s LOTR trilogy, John and Al look at another adaptation of an epic fantasy series that fell flat on its face. Both have intense love for Stephen King’s magnum opus, despite wildly different views of the ending stretch.
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Bioware Prequel – on Dungeons & Dragons
Frame Work branches out into gaming, with a look at the most sneakily influential piece of culture of the last half century, the OG table-top role playing game, Dungeons & Dragons. The original idea was to examine its role in shaping the video game industry, but before that the party finds a great deal to
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Special Report – ALIEN and ALIENS Are Actually Great!
Before kicking off their next David Fincher series with the deeply imperfect ALIEN3, John and Al geek out over Ridley Scott’s perfect creature feature ALIEN and James Cameron’s perfect sequel ALIENS. They gush over the incredible creature design, intricate world-building, forgotten plot twists, and Cameron’s facility at making R-rated movies for kids.
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