Piecing It Together Podcast

On the 224th episode of Piecing It Together, it's Valentine's Day! Love is in the air and we just don't cover enough rom-coms on the show, so Rachel Wagner joins me to talk about the return of Jennifer Lopez to the genre with Marry Me. Puzzle pieces include Notting Hill, A Star Is Born, The Bodyguard and Christmas In Connecticut.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Marry Me and the movies we discuss!https://marryme.movieDirector - Kat CoiroWriter - Harper DillStarring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Maluma, Sarah Silverman, Chloe Coleman, John BradleyUniversalRachel Wagner is a film critic and runs Rachel’s Reviews at https://rachelsreviews.net/She also co-hosts the Hallmarkies Podcast at https://www.hallmarkiespodcast.com/Follow Rachel on Twitter @rachel_reviewsMy 7th album, The Dissection Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available for pre-order NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music video “Mult

On the 223rd episode of Piecing It Together, Darryl Armstrong joins me to talk about the king of disaster movies Roland Emmerich's latest Moonfall! it's a movie about the moon... Falling on earth. It doesn't quite live up to that amazing premise but we had fun talking about it anyway... Puzzle pieces include The Terminator, Contact, Prometheus and the other films of Roland Emmerich.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Moonfall and the movies we discuss!https://moonfall.movie/Director – Roland EmmerichWriter – Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser and Spenser CohenStarring Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Michael Pena, Charlie PlummerLionsgateDarryl A. Armstrong is a writer and podcaster and co-created the Cyber Shorts VR Film Festival.Check out his work at Rise Up Daily (https://www.riseupdaily.com/), Film Inquiry (https://www.filminquiry.com/), and the 88 Names Podcast (https://www.riseupdaily.com/88namespodcast/). And check out the Cyber Shorts Film Festival at https://cybershorts.online/.Dar

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, composer TJ Kross joins me to take a look back at 2021 and some of our favorite film scores of the year! We both come from a background of composing music for film, so we thought it would be a fun chance to talk about some of the best of last year including The Power Of The Dog, The Green Knight, The Last Duel and more!As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss!TJ Kross is an award-winning composer and recently started a photography series on Instagram.Check out his music at https://www.reverbnation.com/tjkrossCheck out his photography at https://www.instagram.com/blended_odyssey/My 7th album, The Dissection Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available for pre-order NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music video “Multiply” is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9pRAPMxqIQThe song at the end of the episode is a piece from the fi

On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in February 2022. This month’s episode includes Moonfall, KIMI, Blacklight, Death On The Nile, Marry Me, I Want You Back, Dog, Uncharted, The Outfit and Studio 666.As always, SPOILER ALERT for any movies we discuss!Jason Harris is a writer and stand-up comedian (not just here in Las Vegas).Check out Jason Harris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jasonharriscomedy/And check out his new web series Copper Creek at https://www.facebook.com/coppercreekshow/Awesome Movie Year is currently in its 10th season, a retrospective special season on some of the films they missed in the previous nine seasons. They’ve also launched some bonus episodes on our Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen including the most recent bonus episode on 1967’s You Only Live Twice! Subscribe today!My 7th album, The Diss

On the 222nd episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell joins me to talk about the stop-motion animated Netflix anthology film The House. The stories and animation are weird and creepy and we've got a bunch of great puzzle pieces including mother!, Coraline, Anomalisa and The Animatrix.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The House and the movies we discuss!https://www.netflix.com/title/81178338Directors – Paloma Baeza, Emma De Swaef, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Marc James RoelsStarring Matthew Goode, Helena Bonham Carter, Mia Goth, Miranda Richardson, Paul KayeNetflixJosh Bell is a film critic whose reviews can be read at CBR, Crooked Marquee, The Inlander and elsewhere. With comedian and filmmaker Jason Harris, he co-hosts the podcast Awesome Movie Year, at awesomemovieyear.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.Like Him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/And Follow him on Twitter @SignalBleedMy 7th album, The Dissection Table (Original Motion Picture Sou

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell from Awesome Movie Year join me to talk about all of the best older films that we watched for the first time in 2021. A mix of movies that we watched for his Awesome Movie Year podcast and other random classics that we spent yet another strange year sitting around and watching.As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss!Josh Bell is a film critic whose reviews can be read at CBR, Crooked Marquee, The Inlander and elsewhere. With comedian and filmmaker Jason Harris, he co-hosts the podcast Awesome Movie Year, at awesomemovieyear.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.Like Him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/And Follow him on Twitter @SignalBleedMy 7th album, The Dissection Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available for pre-order NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music video “Multiply” is avail

On the 221st episode of Piecing It Together, David Quinones joins me to talk about a movie from 2021 that everyone has been talking about... Adam McKay's political satire Don't Look Up. We didn't like it, but we DO agree with the message... Something that the director doesn't seem to think is possible... Puzzle pieces include mother!, The Wolf of Wall Street, Shin Godzilla and Idiocracy.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Don't Look Up and the movies we discuss!https://www.netflix.com/title/81252357Director – Adam McKayWriter – Adam McKay, David SirotaStarring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Mark RylanceNetflixDavid Quinones is a writer and podcaster and my co-host on our other podcast Bird Road Podcast.Check out Bird Road at https://www.birdroadpodcast.comAnd Follow David Q on twitter @David_QuinonesMy 7th album, The Dissection Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available for pre-order NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp&nbs

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, composer TJ Kross joins me to take a look back at 2021 and some of our favorite film scores of the year! We both come from a background of composing music for film, so we thought it would be a fun chance to talk about some of the best of last year including The Power Of The Dog, The Green Knight, The Last Duel and more!As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss!TJ Kross is an award-winning composer and recently started a photography series on Instagram.Check out his music at https://www.reverbnation.com/tjkrossCheck out his photography at https://www.instagram.com/blended_odyssey/My 7th album, The Dissection Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available for pre-order NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music video “Multiply” is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9pRAPMxqIQThe song at the end of the episode is a piece from the fi

On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in January 2022. This month’s episode includes A Hero, The 355, Scream, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, Morbius, Clean and The Requin.As always, SPOILER ALERT for any movies we discuss!Jason Harris is a writer and stand-up comedian (not just here in Las Vegas).Check out Jason Harris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jasonharriscomedy/And check out his new web series Copper Creek at https://www.facebook.com/coppercreekshow/Awesome Movie Year is currently in its 10th season, a retrospective special season on some of the films they missed in the previous nine seasons. They’ve also launched some bonus episodes on our Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen including the most recent bonus episode on 1967’s You Only Live Twice! Subscribe today!My 7th album, The Dissect

On the 220th episode of Piecing It Together, it's time for another Super Episode! I'm joined by Shaurya Chawla, Joe Black, Jack Hunter, JC and Pete Abeyta to look at the return to The Matrix universe with Lana Wachowski's The Matrix Resurrections! After covering the original Matrix Trilogy in last week's episode, I really didn't know what to expect with the 4th feature entry in the series and I was pretty surprised with the movie we got. Puzzle pieces include Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Inception, Minority Report and Scream.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Matrix Resurrections and the movies we discuss!https://www.whatisthematrix.com/Director - Lana WachowskiWriter - Lana Wachowski, David Mitchell, Aleksander HemonStarring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick HarrisWarner Bros.Shaurya Chawla is a film critic who writes for ScreenRant and does video reviews on his own YouTube ChannelCheck out his channel at https://www.yo

On the 219th episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black joins me for a look at Paul Thomas Anderson's 9th film, Licorice Pizza. A look back at life in Hollywood in the 70s, it's a joyful romance that exudes the feeling of being alive. It's also my favorite movie of the year. Puzzle pieces include Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, American Graffiti, Rushmore and Almost Famous.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Licorice Pizza and the movies we discuss!https://www.unitedartistsreleasing.com/licorice-pizza/Writer / Director - Paul Thomas AndersonStarring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper, Tom Waits, Benny SafdieUnited Artists / Focus / BRONJoe Black is a filmmaker. Check out his work at https://www.bluemeanspregnantfilms.com/On December 21st, 2021 at 6pm at Fort Bedlam at 900 Karen Ave Suite A102, Las Vegas, NV 89109, Joe will be showing his latest feature film Natasha Hall. More info on the screening coming soon!My 7th album, The Dissection Table (Original Motion

On the 11th installment of our Missing Pieces series, Josh Bell from Awesome Movie Year joins me to talk about The Wachowski Sisters' ground-breaking sci-fi series The Matrix Trilogy on the eve of the new entry, The Matrix Resurrections. We just did an episode of Awesome Movie Year on the original and after rewatching the others in preparation for the new sequel thought these films would make for a great entry in the Missing Pieces series looking at films that inspired them, and films they inspired.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Matrix Trilogy and the movies we discuss!https://www.whatisthematrix.com/Director / Writer – Lana and Lilly WachowskiStarring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo WeavingWarner Bros.Josh Bell is a film critic whose reviews can be read at CBR, Crooked Marquee, The Inlander and elsewhere. With comedian and filmmaker Jason Harris, he co-hosts the podcast Awesome Movie Year, at awesomemovieyear.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.Like Him on Fa

On the 218th episode of Piecing It Together, comedian/podcaster Kevin Gootee from Gutting The Sacred Cow Podcast joins me to discuss the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man: No Way Home. It's the conclusion to the Tom Holland starring trilogy of Spider-Man movies and packs a ton of surprises, which we will spoil. Puzzle pieces include every other Spider-Man movie ever made, Ferris Bueller's Day off, Top Gun and Army of Darkness.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Spider-Man: No Way Home and the movies we discuss!https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/spidermanfarfromhomeDirector – Jon WattsWriter – Chris McKenna / Erik SommersStarring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Willem Defoe, Alfred Molina and many many moreMarvel / Disney / SonyKevin Gootee is a comedian and podcaster.Check out his Gutting The Sacred Cow Podcast at https://guttingthesacredcow.com/And follow them on Twitter at @GTSCPodcastMy 7th album, The Dissection Tabl

On the 217th episode of Piecing It Together, film critic Jay Ledbetter joins me for a wild one... Sean Baker's latest Red Rocket is about a fading porn star played by Simon Rex who tries to start over. He just may be the worst character in any movie this year, and the film is fascinating. Puzzle pieces include Good Time, Lolita, American History X and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Red Rocket and the movies we discuss!https://a24films.com/films/red-rocketWriter / Director - Sean BakerStarring Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Suzanna Son, Brittany Rodriguez, Ethan DarboneA24Jay Ledbetter is a film-critic and contributor to the InSession Film Podcast.Check out InSession Film at http://insessionfilm.com/Follow Jay on Twitter @MrJayLedbetterMy 7th album, The Dissection Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available for pre-order NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music vide

On the 216th episode of Piecing It Together, Jason from Binge Movies joins me to talk about the latest in the long-running Ghostbusters franchise, Ghostbusters: Afterlife. As much as I loved Ghostbusters as a kid, I had no idea the series meant so much to so many people. Jason schools me a little bit. Puzzle pieces include Amblin Movies, Shazam, Stranger Things and Sausage Party.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Ghostbusters: Afterlife and the movies we discuss!https://www.ghostbusters.com/Director – Jason ReitmanWriter – Gil Kenan and Jason ReitmanStarring Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Logan Kim, Bill Murray, Dan Akyroyd, Ernie HudsonSony PicturesJason is the host of the Binge Movies PodcastCheck out Binge Movies at https://bingemovies.podbean.com/And follow Binge Movies on Twitter @BingeMoviesMy 7th album, The Dissection Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available for pre-order NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital musi

On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in December 2021. This month’s episode includes Bendetta, Silent Night, Flee, Red Rocket, Being The Ricardos, West Side Story, Don't Look Up, Nightmare Alley, The Lost Daughter, Sing 2 and The Tender Bar.As always, SPOILER ALERT for any movies we discuss!Jason Harris is a writer and stand-up comedian (not just here in Las Vegas).Check out Jason Harris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jasonharriscomedy/And check out his new web series Copper Creek at https://www.facebook.com/coppercreekshow/Awesome Movie Year is currently in its 9th season on the films of 1999. They’ve also launched some bonus episodes on our Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen including the most recent bonus episode on 1967’s You Only Live Twice! Subscribe today!My 7th album, The Dissection Table (Original Motion Pict

On the 215th episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black joins me for one of our most anticipated movies of the year, House of Gucci. Ridley Scott's story of fashion, sex, murder and funny Italian accents didn't quite live up to our expectations, but has a huge cast including Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto and Al Pacino. Puzzle pieces include The Godfather, The Social Network, Thelma & Louise and I Tonya.As always, SPOILER ALERT for House of Gucci and the movies we discuss!https://www.unitedartistsreleasing.com/house-of-gucci/home/Director – Ridley ScottWriter – Becky Johnston and Roberto BentivegnaStarring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Al Pacino, Salma Hayek, Jack HustonMGM / Scott Free / United Artists / BRONJoe Black is a filmmaker. Check out his work at https://www.bluemeanspregnantfilms.com/On December 21st, 2021 at 6pm at Fort Bedlam at 900 Karen Ave Suite A102, Las Vegas, NV 89109, Joe will be showing his latest feature film Natasha Hall. More info on the s

On the 214th episode of Piecing It Together, Tim from On Second Watch Podcast joins me to talk about Finch, a unique, touching story about a man and his dog and his robot, starring Tom Hanks and only Tom Hanks. The movie didn't get much attention upon its Apple TV release, but I loved it and it was a fun one to talk about. Puzzle pieces include The Martian, Alpha, The Call of The Wild and of course... Castaway.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Finch and the movies we discuss!https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/finch/Director – Miguel SapochnikWriter – Craig Luck and Ivor PowellStarring Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones, Seamus the DogAppleTim is one of the 6 hosts of On Second Watch Podcast.Check out On Second Watch at https://www.oswpodcast.com/And follow them on Twitter @OSWpodcast1My 7th album, The Dissection Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available for pre-order NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music vid

On the 213th episode of Piecing It Together, David Quinones joins me to talk about Jim Cummings' third feature, The Beta Test. A very of the moment story about a Hollywood agent who has a breakdown after a mysterious sexual encounter... Yep, it sounds like a Jim Cummings movie to me. Puzzle pieces include Punch-Drunk Love, Barton Fink, The Player and Under The Silver Lake.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Beta Test and the movies we discuss!https://www.ifcfilms.com/films/the-beta-testDirector – Jim Cummings and PJ McCabeWriter – Jim Cummings and PJ McCabeStarring Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe, Virginia NewcombIFCDavid Quinones is a writer and podcaster and my co-host on our other podcast Bird Road Podcast.Check out Bird Road at https://www.birdroadpodcast.comAnd Follow David Q on twitter @David_QuinonesMy 7th album, The Dissection Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available for pre-order NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it o

On the 212th episode of Piecing It Together, Riley Cusick joins me to discuss Scott Cooper's Antlers. One of both of our most anticipated movies of 2020 until it was delayed multiple times due to the pandemic, the horror film ended up being not exactly what we wanted it to be, but pretty good anyway. Puzzle pieces include Alien, Poltergeist, True Detective and Werewolf Movies.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Antlers and the movies we discuss!https://www.searchlightpictures.com/Antlers/Director – Scott CooperWriter – Scott Cooper, C. Henry Chaisson and Nick AntoscaStarring Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T ThomasSearchlight PicturesRiley Cusick is a filmmaker whose new feature film Autumn Road comes out November 23rd.Pre-order Autumn Road on Apple TV at https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/autumn-road/umc.cmc.2by4hl1h5t3tswcuq45qgufpw?fbclid=IwAR3pwh1AfRBrnc-1i_SYCWO2nZpUXQSdiQb3unVKZNoXagPYBc-HMHzgAUM And follow Riley on Twitter @14babaorileyMy 7th album, The Dissection Table (Original Motion Pic