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This is not about elections, steel dossiers, or FBI reports I will never read. This is all about how sexy, crazy, cool, and dangerous those Russians can be on screen and off. Movies with actors doing Russian Things: Vanessa Angel from Spies Like Us Viggo Mortenson from that one killer movie, Eastern Promises Everyone in White Nights. Even Gregory Hines, a defector from the U.S. Mikhail Baryshnikov, Helen Mirren, and Isabella Rossellini Salt - Angelina Jolie Red Sparrow is a film, starring Jennifer Lawrence, about a young ballerina recruited into an elite organization of spies who use sex, not guns as a weapon.  Red Sparrow opened at the wrong time of the #metoo movement, or was it just in time to justify the cause? This, That and Other News The case of Sergei and Anna Chapman.  Maria Butina who sales couches and US gun toting charm. This guy fakes his own death to elude an assassination plot.  Sex coaches offer up the goods, America doesn't bite.  The Cold War scare. Even in the early eighties, we had t

In This Episode 1. Liam Neeson did that to himself. 2. 15:17 To Paris and the Hollywood movie meant for Lifetime. 3. Patriots Day and true event films. How long to wait before we capitalize on a tragedy. 4. When art transcends admiration. 5. Eurotrip: The Movie we don't have now. Liam Nesson takes the low road, on purpose. C'mon, bruh, you volunteered this information which allowed the media to run away with it. However, should we care? Will we somehow erase the memory of watching this man portray roles in Schindler's List, Star Wars: Episode One, or all the Taken movies? What he said was stupid and insensitive. Who he is, is flawed like you and me.  15:17 to Paris is not a Clint Eastwood, like, Movie - On The Thread 15:17 should begin after the train attack. Clint Eastwood offended people with some of his views on Hilary Clinton during and after the election. He is a person who is a famous actor and director. Who cares what he thinks. His art is what we relate to the man, not the other way around. Of his 39

Recently, Warner Bros. released The Meg as proof that sharks are not bankable unless you make them silly. As frightening a creature as sharks seem, they are never good subjects for a movie. There are very few plots involving sharks in which to script an original film. Depending on the idea, a thrilling shark movie should never be over-conceptualized. Just keep it simple: sharks plus ocean equals scary.   Sharks strike fear in the minds of most people who ever watched Jaws. As frightening a creature they are; however, sharks are never good subjects for a movie. There are very few plots involving sharks in which to script an original film.  Jaws is the best shark film made, and that was just about 40 years ago. Tell the same story over with The Shallows and add in a human element, Open Water, then you might just come close to some decent, but nothing is or will ever be as good as Jaws.    In this episode:   The Shallows and Open Water are two good films that embody the simplicity of a good shark film.  Crazy

My Oscar ballot results suck.    The Academy’s disappointment wins.   Moonlight wins over the much acclaimed La La Land Crash gets the statue over Brokeback Mountain, the favorite to win. Green Book was good enough to win, but not the only choice to lose against ‘the people’s’ favorites. Some great film moments of 2018. We the audience are the Academy. Enjoy film however and wherever you can then use your platform to celebrate the movies and shows you enjoy.   That one scene in the Favourite when Rachel discovers Emma in the Queens bed. Roma and the representation of water as a narrative. The reveal of the horse-human hybrid in Sorry to Bother You. Topher Graces look of befuddlement after being duped by a black guy. Tessa Thompson... Ready Player One and The Shining recreation The fake ending in Sicario. Overlord, because killing Nazi zombies is fun. The quiet meditation of First Man Soderberg's iPhone movie Unsane. Tom Cruise and MI5, plus, all the practical effects. The foot and the nail of The Quiet Pla

Looking back on this movie in relation to the title of the film, there should be a more artist approach to this biopic for the band Queen and not the man Freddy Mercury. At face value, Bohemian Rhapsody is a paint-by-the-numbers biopic without the celebratory weight of a meaningful story.   They dangle Freddy Mercury on screen just long enough for us to pat at the plight of this man who (may have) suffered secretly with his sexuality but extroverted himself through music, another gift born unto him. To know what empowered Mercury to sing is to know the truth behind the lyrics of songs endeared by millions.   Same goes with the talents of his bandmates and what inspired them to form a band named Smile. Whether it be audiences short attention spans or the parameters of constraining a film to under one-hundred and sixty minutes, Queen’s biopic lacks the importance of truth beyond the entertainment.   Headlines:    Freddie Mercury was Queen. Sorry, you have to hear that. Bohemian Rhapsody was initially a Freddy

Halloween has a newfound popularity rooted in a remake that is a sequel (a remakequel) to the beginnings of a franchise relaunch. Not new material, but there’s a case for simplicity with horror movies that over time lost to the evolving use of special effects and jump scares. Halloween (2018) wasn’t a great movie; however, it is what this genre needs as a reflection back to when simple storying telling thrilled the masses.  This, That, Other News, and Crytoids Aliens and May 2018 triangle in the sky. Time Traveler, Jamie Oliver, Claims to be from the year 6491.  Lochness Sightings! Please, oh please, use your feet to zoom! Don’t do what daddy does. Do what daddy does not and have some common sense, idiot! Vajayjay beer.  A Few Good Sasquatch Woman admits to having relations with a ghost Weekly Gratitude:  Thanks to my wife, I won't have to marry a ghost.  Flava text:  There's a girl... on my bed. YES! Links Mentioned in This Episode: Triangle in the sky   Time Traveler   Loch on Camera    Girl on the la

Remakes and Franchises make movie watching boring these days. Same ol’ this and with a sprinkle of that thing already imagined. Jurassic World and Ocean’s 8 are two examples of films —this summer— whose failure to deviate from the plot and character development of it’s precursors to produced a final product that hit all the marks of fanfare but lacked originality. What's In This Episode Weighing down Jurassic World: Kingdom is a story that went way off the grid of believability, but conforms to the beloved moments of the first film, Jurassic Park. Sicario, is new to the franchise market, but can it survive as a profitable film series to a story that needed no sequel? With a cast of eight actresses and the potential to breath new life into this forgotten franchise, Ocean’s 8 failed to create a better version of the original film by sticking to the Soderbergh heist movie formula. I blame tween novels, and the social media experience.   We’re always open for suggestions and/or a favorable comment But Machete d

We're always open for suggestions and/or a favorable comment.   But Machete don't tweet. Okay, well leave us a voicemail or email: Phone 520-775-1690 Email contact@talkingwithburritos.com   In This Episode...   The movie theatre is a venue; a luxury, to which only some of us can afford to indulge regularly. Subscription services, like, Movies Pass, Stubs, and Cinemark’s Movie Club make that indulgence a more considerable option than waiting for movies to premiere on Netflix. No matter who’s paying, it’s a great experience when we’re paying less.   1. Movie Pass is a great concept but a horrible business model based on the average subscription holder not going to movies.   2. Studios could totally ruin the nostalgia of watching movies in theaters but also increase attendance with Episodic Movie or the Event Film. Links Mentioned in This Episode Amc shops subscription model, Stubs. Variety Alamo draft house and Season Pass Best years for summer movies supplied by Ranker   Where To Subscribe and Listen P

Black Panther is the only black James Bond we need. He has the tech, a suave demeanor, and the well intent to undermine criminal minds who threaten his nations. It would be great to have a black James Bond character on the big screen but as long as he or she is not James Bond and more Bond-like. I’m bored of remakes and studio attempts to reinsert old titles into the modern day film industry by way of cultural appropriation: Female Ghostbusters, a black James Bond. Good ideas. Lazy imagination. The sole popularity of the title and name of a product (the film) remains the only selling point for the repurposing a franchise with different faces of gender or race. I hate the idea of that guy from Get Out as black bond; it’s only an accurate casting because he's British. In this Episode: Traits Black Panther and James Bond share Starks and T-Challa The opposite moral compass What makes a King - Scoop du Jour Snipes and the Blank Panther Film that never was No matter how you spin it, movies don't have a race. LIN

Solo is an entertaining movie and could possibly be more to audiences if we could accept him --the individual, Solo-- as the main character rather than a sidekick who just so happens to be the baby daddy to certain Skywalker progeny. This movie isn't necessary to the canon, however, has the potential to payout and entertaining storyline if we care to wait for forthcoming sequels. People “riding’ Solo for the all wrong reasons. Solo is not a bad film, only unnecessary to the storyline we already know exists of the infamous Hans Solo of the first trilogy. Han has redeemable qualities and that just does not work for a scoundrel. This is a lawless land. Let us witness its lawlessness. Go raw. Go dark. Surprise the audience with a captivating story of a criminal who is a criminal. Rogue One is a far better film than Solo. The mission was to take down the Destroyer by any means necessary. The stakes were such that no one would survive. There was an ending to that tale, whereas, with Solo there is more to beget. The

In two movies, Disney and Marvel, (kinda) redefined or rather reintroduced the sympathetic villain into the mainstream zeitgeist: Kilmonger and Thanos. We may not like the pain Thanos inflicts on Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Avengers Infinity War but you gotta like the guy; he has conviction and purpose. Sure he's crazier than a raccoon climbing a skyscraper, vicious, and a bit of a psychopath. However, he's also compassionate and empathetic. Violence is just the result of the many obstacles impeding the progress of best-laid plans. Not to applaud his efforts and eventual success but there is reasoning to his logic and it's rooted in the history of our world and The Good Book. What's on the Menu: How Disney solved the villain problem with Thanos? Thanos sympathizes with the plight universe, but are his motives are not without some truth filled obscurities? Thanos’ logic may be unsound but it’s not without reason if you read the Bible. Likable but unlikeable villains With Infinity War, the Marvel Universe just

Blade Runner continues the conversation it began thirty-five years ago with an even deeper questioning into the morality of creating life. Life finds a way. Since Jeff Goldblum stuttered those words in the first Jurassic Park, the question of life coming into being outside the control of its creator is not just a popular quote but a think well consideration. If we[humans] are to be the next creators of life then we must take the responsibility of allowing life to live, breath, and think without interference. Comment on this episode, ask a question or share what entertains you by visiting www.talkingwithburritos.com/79 EPISODE MENU Human soul 46:01 Camouflage robots 44:41 Wired In 39:26 Sex Robots is how Skynet takes over 34:50 Bots Be Talking on Facebook 31:11 Dystopian Movies and YA novels 30:31 Does art have a place in box office 27:52 2049 Bombs and the BO 23:15 Farmhouse Cinematography 19:29 K and Joi 17:46 Blade Runner Review 14:08 Blackout 2022 10:00 Essential Burrito 8:27 Life finds a way 7:23 4k DVD M

Aliens, they fit into neither the category of monster or creature but fall into the unknown. We don't fear them as much as we are intrigued by them. Give us a reason to be afraid and I'm sure we'll piss our pants. But until that time comes curiosity will have to reign supreme within the space of our feeble minds.      For full show notes visit: www.talkingwithburritos.com/78   We're always open for suggestions and/or a favorable comment But Machete don't tweet. Okay, then leave us a voicemail or email: Phone 520-775-1690 Email contact@talkingwithburritos.com   Thanks for listening!

Let's stir up some ancient Egyptian dust with The Mummy circa 2017 starring Tom “The Maverick” Cruise aka the last of the action hero and answer the question this failure should not be the end all for  Universal Dark Universe. Comment on this episode, ask a question, or share what entertains you at http://www.talkingwithburritos.com/77 FOR STARTERS What The Mummy does for Dark Universal is make it harder for the studio to establish some credibility with audiences. And as inconceivable as it may sound, this may not be at the end all stake in the heart for this franchise. There is hope and it has webbed feet. Also, The truth about the risk of watching movies: criticism in the age of easily accessed opinions. The heat is on as movies continue to not garner much excitement and fail at the box office. But who’s fault is it: the studio or the critics?  Talking Points Dark Universe Monsters are not creatures, right? One stark difference between The Mummy 1999 and The Mummy 2017 is that the Mummy 1999 was good. All

The 80’s welcomed in a different type of horror movie which steered away from the fear of the atomic 50’s and the boujee-ness of the 1960’s Euporean bloodsuckers. Horror did not necessarily include monsters but monstrous figures committing monstrous acts. In the late 70’s and 80’s, the movie monster replaced cheesy storylines with utter suspense and terror, like, Jaws (1975) and Alien (1979). Long were the days of monsters coming from far outer space to terrorize earth. Now the monsters were next door in your own neighborhood and not so easy to dispose of. As a kid, I watched (whenever permissible) creature features on television and sometimes those “creature features” were more Sci-Fi than epic monsters. The King Kong movies, Godzilla, gigantic mutant insect films, and aliens were a common staple of this genre but then there was Dracula and Werewolves sprinkled into the play mix. These were all considered horror movies at the time before they were all lumped into the distinctive category of The Creature Feat

Wunza a movie and wunza a podcast about buddy films, James Cameron, and Taylor Swift. Also, what happens when your favorite show ends or gets canceled? How long do you sulk and what steps can you take to move on with your life. Comment on this episode, ask a question or share what entertains you by visiting our website. EPISODE MENU [1:18] Roger Ebert and the wunza movie. [1:50] Hitman's Bodyguard and don't you think the roles should have been reversed. [3:02] One of my favorite wunza movies is 48 HRs with Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy. [7:51] Kylo Logan; let's review Lucky Logan. [12:21] James Cameron got in some hot water after stating the truth about the Wonder Woman movie. [26:03] Throw Atomic Blonde into the mix of feminism. [31:58] What to do when your favorite show is canceled or not renewed, which means canceled. [32:41] Downward Dog, I really love that show and ABC canceled it this summer. [34:48] Sense 8 canceled after two seasons. C'mon, couldn't get least get three? [43:36] What you can do when your

Horror movies of 2017 with This, That, and Other News.  

In September of 2016, we recorded an episode that never made it to post-production. Sometime during this awesome recording of Freddy galore, the recording stopped and we lost the better part of our program. Although we could never recreate that moment, I pieced together an episode filled with a semblance to our true intentions on that faithful afternoon.  Comment on this episode, ask a question or share what entertains you by visiting our website. FOR STARTERS Here is a twenty-minute discussion between myself, The Rupel, and Adam about the film Freddy Got Fingered. We recorded this section in September of 2015, but due to circumstances unknown,*ahem Freddy*, the last forty minutes are missing.  I’m using this snippet as the introduction to the main topic of this particular episode because as promised, I vowed to not let this awesome scenario go without some discussion of its ridiculous merit. SCOOP DU JOUR Freddy Got Fingered and A Nightmare on Elm Street Crossover Fingered: The meaning "identify a criminal"

What is it about fear that intrigues us? Is it the mystery of the unknown or the thrill of the experience that we find so alluring? Some people are born fearful while in others fear comes with living our everyday lives and encountering things that make us feel uneasy or apprehensive. Either manifested from our now psychosis or an event, fear is natural and actually healthy. But how we deal with fear is what defines how we as individuals bloom from its seed.  Episode Menu 00:49 - The Zipper and the Carnival ride that may or may not have ruined me. 03:15 - Just how much I loved IT. 09:13 - Isn't high school just grande! I was Ben Hanscom. 11:17 - I called Bev Marsh the b-word inside a crowded auditorium and the Friendzone does exist. 12:41 - Nostalgia and the 80's; IT took me back to the good ol' days. 14:18 - The joy of riding bikes and rolling with a crew to parts unkown. 15:14 - Good boys spend time outside with their friends and not in a library will old ladies. 17:27 - In small towns like Derry evil doesn'

Dolls make bad roommates, however, if you really feel the need to own such an empty vessel with no personality and frightful glaze, then get a cat. No, not a cat instead of the doll. Buy a cat once you purchase the doll and protect the only real investment you can claim as an asset: your soul. Episode Menu (Outline) 00.33 Annabelle 08:20 Glass Castle 14:15 Emoji Movie is Wreck it Ralph 15:54 Emoji Movie is Bee Movie 18:43 Emoji Movie is Inside Out 20:39 The Salsa loves The Emoji Movie 24:57 Horror vs Thriller 28:15 Doll Terrorizes UK Family 35:45 She Got Out - Audio Short Story 42:30 Get A Cat 44:40 Last Call 45:25 Just Kidding, Twilight Delight "Twilight Delight" Show notes and Links at:  http://www.talkingwithburritos.com/annabelle-doll/ Plates full but we're always open for suggestions Leave a voicemail or email us about the podcast episode, ask a question, or share what entertains you.   Phone: 520-775-1690 Email feedback@talkingwithburritos.com Find Us On Your Favorite Social Media App! @talkingburritos