Dirty Sons of Pitches

 

A special new podcast subset featuring Nate and his father. "My Dad & the Movies" is a monthly series where Nate and his father, George, discuss a movie of his father's choice, maybe a favorite or a formative work that made him the cinephile he is, and father and son can talk about their shared love of the movies. It's the last episode of season two, the finale, and the last movie is 1945's "Leave Her to Heaven," an Academy Award-winning noir mellodrama where Gene Tierney is an obsessive woman who won't stop until she eliminates any other alternative for her husband's attention and affections. Also, this could be the source of the warning about not swimming until 30 minutes after you finish eating. Season three coming next month, folks. 

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Direct download: mdm_leave_her_to_heaven.mp3
Category:My Dad & the Movies -- posted at: 6:35pm EST

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are working their way through the kickass 1990s and this week's episode places them square in the middle, 1995, and both movies are about sci-fi future worlds about downloadable experiences that nefarious forces are after. It's the Keanu Reeves pre-"Matrix" vehicle, "Johnny Mnemonic," and the slightly classier yet still sordid "Strange Days" starring Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett. 

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Episode 398 includes:

-Trailer reactions: "Abigail," "Spaceman," "The First Omen," and "Lisa Frankenstein."

-They've used A.I. to reanimate George Carlin for a "new" "comedy" "special," and it's an ehtnically troubling brave new world for any dead celebrity. 

-Nate runs through thoughts over "Maestro," "Leave the World Behind," "Poor Things," "The Zone of Interest," "Bottoms," and "American Fiction."

-Ben discusses "Aproia," "Nimona," "Corner Office," and "The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster."

-By the Decade -- 1995 -- "Johnny Mnemonic" / "Strange Days"

-The guys tackle the schlocky cyberpunk future that has Keanu Reeves as a human courier where his brain is the flash drive that a lot of weirdos want and Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron's collaboration about a scary future world where humanity is prone to paying for voyueristic experiences catered to them, plus a noir-style murder mystery and police brutality conspiracy at no extra charge. 

Direct download: pitch_398.mp3
Category:By the Decade -- posted at: 9:36am EST

A special new podcast subset featuring Nate and his father. "My Dad & the Movies" is a monthly series where Nate and his father, George, discuss a movie of his father's choice, maybe a favorite or a formative work that made him the cinephile he is, and father and son can talk about their shared love of the movies. It's season two and the eleventh episode is looking at the newest movie in the show's run, the new monster movie from Japan that's breaking box-office and impressing fans and critics alike, the suprisingly emotional and evocative "Godzilla Minus One." 

Available on Spotify and Apple

Direct download: mdm_godzilla_minus_one.mp3
Category:My Dad & the Movies -- posted at: 5:53pm EST

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are working their way through revisiting the 1990s of film, and this week it's 1994's turn as the guys watch the John Carpeneter horror freakout "In the Mouth of Madness" and Peter Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures" with stunning debut performances by Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet. 

Available on Apple and Spotify

Episode 397 includes:

-R.I.P. great character actor Tom Wilkinson and the rich dad guy from "Parasite."

-Nate reviews a lot of movies like "Godzilla Minus One," "The Boy and the Heron," "Napoleon," and more.

-The guys are left thoroughly unimpressed by Zack Snyder's "rebel Moon: Part One."

-By the Decade -- 1995 -- "In the Mouth of Madness" / "Heavenly Creatures"

-The gents findspooky merit in John Carpeneter's forgotten ode to Lovecraftian madness with a very game Sam Neill and celebrate Peter Jackson's proof of concept movie with "Heavenly Creatures" that he can do serious Oscar-worthy dramas with his style and signature too. 

Direct download: pitch_397.mp3
Category:By the Decade -- posted at: 8:28am EST

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