Piecing It Together Podcast

On the 141st episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black joins me to break down why he not only hated Bill & Ted Face The Music, but considers it an attack on art. I thought it was alright. Puzzle pieces include Jay & Silent Bob Reboot, the Star Wars Sequel Series, Tron Legacy and Independence Day 1 & 2.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Bill & Ted Face The Music and the movies we discuss!http://www.billandted.org/Director – Dean ParisotWriter – Chris Matheson and Ed SolomonStarring Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves, Bridgette Lundy Paine, Samara Weaving, Kristen Schall, William Sadler, Anthony CarriganOrionJoe Black is a filmmaker. Check out his work at https://www.bluemeanspregnantfilms.com/My 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “Ferris Wheel” on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkRQZLam5z4The song at the end of the episode is “Cut Open" from

September 2020 Trailers (Special Episode)On this special episode, Jason Harris joins again me to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in September 2020. This month’s episode includes Critical Thinking, The Owners, I'm Thinking Of Ending Things, The Devil All The Time, Kajillionaire and Enola Holmes (as well as a little bit on a little movie you might have heard of called The Batman).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 in its 5th season. They’ve also launched some bonus episodes on our Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen including episodes on Space Jam and Waiting For Guffman! Subscribe today!My 5th album, Bea

On the 8th episode of the special episode series called Breaking It Apart, Joe Black joins me to discuss Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. Starring Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves as two of the most lovable idiots in cinema history, we take a Missing Pieces style approach and look both at the films that inspired these two movies, and the movie they inspired.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Bill & Ted and the movies we discuss! http://www.billandted.org/Joe Black is a filmmaker. You can find a great interview with him about his work at https://scenester.tv/an-interview-with-filmmaker-joe-black-a-scenester-exclusive-documentary/You can also check out his company at https://www.facebook.com/BlueMeansPregnantFilms/My 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “Ferris Wheel” on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

On the 140th episode of Piecing It Together, Kristen Maldonado joins me to talk about Netflix's Project Power, a high energy, over-the-top superhero movie. We don't see a lot of original superhero movies nowadays, so despite a somewhat ridiculous attitude, it's still refreshing to see. Puzzle pieces include Limitless, The Professional, Requiem For A Dream and the Transformers Series.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Project Power and the movies we discuss! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7550000/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Director – Henry Joost & Ariel SchulmanWriter – Mattson TomlinStarring Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Rodrigo SantoroNetflixKristen Maldonado is a film & TV critic who hosts her own YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/kaymaldo Follow Kristen on Twitter @KayMaldoMy 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “Ferris Wheel” on YouTu

On the 139th episode of Piecing It Together, Jason Harris from Awesome Movie Year returns to the podcast to cover a movie we mentioned in our August 2020 Trailers Special Episode, the Seth Rogen star vehicle An American Pickle. It's very jewy, but unfortunately not very good. But we had a great time talking about it. Puzzle pieces include Adaptation, To Dust, Borat and Being There.As always, SPOILER ALERT for An American Pickle and the movies we discuss!hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GXyIYDACdyMNlkwEAAAAEDirector – Brandon TrostWriter – Simon RichStarring Seth Rogen, Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Molly Evensen, Eliot Glazer, Kalen AllenHBOJason 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 starting its 5th season next week. They’ve also launched some bonus episodes on our Patreon over at

The Tax Collector, starring David Soto and a potentially problematic (but not really) Shia LaBeouf. Puzzle pieces include Harsh Times, Blood In Blood Out, Zoot Suit and Rambo Last Blood.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Tax Collector and the movies we discuss! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8461224/Rosa is a film-critic who publishes her reviews at https://rosasreviews.net/She also co-hosts Latinx Lens which you can find at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/latinx-lens/id1518650275 Follow Rosa at @Rosasreviews and Latinx Lens at @LatinxLensFor more on The Tax Collector, check out Rosa's review at https://shuffleonline.net/2020/08/12/the-tax-collector-film-review/My 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “Ferris Wheel” on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkRQZLam5z4The song at the end of the episode is “To Cherish The Time" from my most

On the 137th episode of Piecing It Together, we do something that we've never done before... Cover a book! But it's not that surprising that I'd want to talk about Charlie Kaufman's first novel on the show, considering he's the writer of my favorite movie Adaptation and a number of other films I love. Joining me is returning co-host Kris Krainock who did a great job of filling in the literary gaps with some puzzle pieces I'd have never been able to come up with unless I had another decade or two to read some more books... Did I mention I'm a slow reader?As always, SPOILER ALERT for Antkind and the movies and books we discuss!https://www.amazon.com/Antkind-Novel-Charlie-Kaufman/dp/0399589686Kris Krainock is a filmmaker and film fan. You should check out Kris’ new website for info about him and his film projects https://www.kriskrainock.comMy 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My

On this special episode, the first of a new series, Jason Harris joins me to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in August 2020. This month's episode includes An American Pickle, Spinster, I Used To Go Here, The Tax Collector, Project Power and Tesla.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 starting its 5th season next week. They’ve also launched some bonus episodes on our Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen including episodes on Space Jam and Waiting For Guffman! Subscribe today!My 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores!

On the 136th episode of Piecing It Together, Jason Harris from Awesome Movie Year joins me to talk about the Lonely Island Classic, Palm Springs. This fresh take on both the romantic comedy and the time loop movie is out now on Hulu and a great time. Puzzle pieces include Groundhog Day, Looper, Passengers and Celeste & Jesse Forever.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Palm Springs and the movies we discuss!https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9484998/Director - Max BarbakowWriter - Andy SiaraStarring Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, Camila Mendes, Tyler Hoechlin, J.K. SimmonsHuluJason 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 starting its 5th season next week. They've also launched some bonus episodes on our Patreon over at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen including episodes on Space Jam and

On the 135th episode of Piecing It Together, Imran The Nerd joins me to talk about 7500, a quick, tight thriller out now on Amazon Prime. Featuring the return of Joseph Gordon-Levitt after what feels like an eternity, its a solid little suspense film about a pilot who must survive a plane hijacking. Puzzle pieces include United 93, Gravity, The Dark Knight and Castaway.As always, SPOILER ALERT for 7500 and the movies we discuss! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6436726/Writer / Director - Patrick VollrathStarring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar, Carlo Kitzlinger, Aylin TezelAmazonImran The Nerd is one of the co-hosts of The Jock & Nerd Podcast.Check their show out at http://jockandnerd.com/ And follow them on Twitter @jockandnerdcastMy 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “Ferris Wheel” on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkRQZLam5z4The song at

On the 134th episode of Piecing It Together, Daniel Berrios joins me to talk about one of the freshest, most excited debuts of 2020, Shannon Murphy's Babyteeth. While it fits pretty squarely in the "dying teen" sub-genre of coming-of-age movies, this is a special movie and definitely has something more to say about life. Puzzle pieces include Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, The Fault In Our Stars, The Virgin Suicides and Garden State.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Babyteeth and the movies we discuss! https://www.babyteeth.movie/Director - Shannon MurphyWriter - Rita KalnejaisStarring Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Essie Davis, Ben MendelsohnIFC FilmsDaniel Berrios is a film critic who writes for Shuffle Online and has a YouTube channelCheck out Daniel's work at https://shuffleonline.net And follow Daniel on Twitter @DanielBerrios93For more thoughts on Babyteeth, check out Daniel's review at https://shuffleonline.net/2020/06/24/babyteeth-film-review/My 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)&nb

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, film-critic Josh Bell joins me to discuss our favorite movies of 2020… so far. It's been a very strange year for movies what with everything going on in the world, but as our conversation should prove, there's definitely no shortage of great ones.As always, Spoiler Alert for any movies we talk about!Josh Bell is a film critic whose work has been seen in the Las Vegas Weekly, Film Racket and more. Check out his website at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/Like Him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/And Follow him on Twitter @SignalBleedAlso, be sure to check out Awesome Movie Year when it launches on July 3rd. You can find the show at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear/My 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new mus

On the 133rd episode of Piecing It Together, JC from Screen Fix Podcast joins me to talk about the latest Judd Apatow film, The King Of Staten Island, starring (and partially based on the life of) Pete Davidson, out now on VOD. A slight growth in the stoner, slacker man-child Apatow collection, it was a little tough to come up with puzzle pieces, but we had a great conversation anyway. Puzzle pieces include Say Anything, Knocked Up and Garden State.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The King Of Staten Island and the movies we discuss!https://www.thekingofstatenisland.com/Writer / Director - Judd ApatowStarring Pete Davidson, Bill Burr, Marissa Tomei, Bel Powley, Maude ApatowUniversalJC is a co-host of the Screen Fix Podcast which you can find at http://screenfixpod.com/Follow JC on Twitter @JCScreenFixMy 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “Ferris Wheel”

On the special mini-episode we follow-up Breaking It Apart 7, a discussion of the films inspired by the 1975 classic Jaws, with a short, fun conversation I had with my mom right after rewatching the film. Shark movies are some of her favorite movies. Those and bear movies. And #MBMMFM movies... Don't ask.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Jaws and the movies we discuss!https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1We are running a contest right now thanks to the good folks over at Mondo. Enter to win a Mondo Jurassic Park Jigsaw Puzzle just by signing up for our mailing list on our homepage at https://www.piecingpod.com and look out for more contests coming soon! A winner will be picked for this awesome Jigsaw Puzzle on Tuesday, June 23rd and notified by e-mail!My 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “Ferris Wheel” on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/w

On the 7th episode of the special episode series called Breaking It Apart, Caitlin Kennedy joins me for the 45th anniversary of the original summer blockbuster - Jaws. Steven Spielberg's shark classic redefined the movies and still feels fresh today. Puzzle pieces include Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Alien and of course, Sharknado .As always, SPOILER ALERT for Jaws and the movies we discuss! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Caitlin Kennedy is a film critic whose work can be read on multiple websites online. Find a list of her work at https://muckrack.com/caitdoescontentAnd follow her at @CaitDoesFor more on sharks in cinema, check out this awesome article that Caitlin wrote over on Film Inquiry at https://www.filminquiry.com/sharks-cinema-jaws-meg/We are running a contest right now thanks to the good folks over at Mondo. Enter to win a Mondo Jurassic Park Jigsaw Puzzle just by signing up for our mailing list on our homepage at https://www.piecingpod.com and look out for more

On this special episode I talk to Nikki Corda, the founder of the Nevada Women's Film Festival. Now in its 6th year, the festival which takes place online starting June 22nd has grown every year and is now making the necessary changes to continue thriving in the post-Coronavirus world. We talk about what inspired her in starting the festival, the challenges of running it, and most importantly, the films (including the excellent The Mustang which we covered back on Episode 79)!Check out more info about the Nevada Women's Film Festival at https://www.nwffest.com/My 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “Ferris Wheel” on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkRQZLam5z4The song at the end of the episode is "Shadows On The Ceiling" from my 2nd album An Unseen Sky.Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPo

On the 6th installment of our Missing Pieces series, Joe Black joins us for the absolute mind-trip that is Richard Kelly's Southland Tales. Is it a biblical story? Does anything make sense? Do pimps commit suicide? All of this and more are discussed on this extensive breakdown of this sort-of cult classic. Puzzle pieces include Star Wars, They Live, Demolition Man and Idiocracy.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Southland Tales and the movies we discuss!https://www.imdb.com/title/tt000000000405336/Writer / Director - Richard KellyStarring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sean William Scott, Jon LovitzUniversalJoe Black is a filmmaker. You can find a great interview with him about his work at https://scenester.tv/an-interview-with-filmmaker-joe-black-a-scenester-exclusive-documentary/You can also check out his company at https://www.facebook.com/BlueMeansPregnantFilms/Joe is currently running a fundraiser for the Blu-ray collection of his films. Check it out at https://www.indiegogo.com/pr

On this special episode we follow up Episode 129's conversation about Z with an interview with the film’s writer/director Brandon Christensen. A Las Vegas native, I've known Brandon for years and was happy to not only see the success he's had with his first 2 features (this and his previous horror film Still / Born), but to get to talk to him about filmmaking and his influences.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Z and the movies we discuss!https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/z/79e8d2c8f00c3b73Writer / Director – Brandon ChristensenStarring Keegan Connor Tracy, Jett Klyne, Sean Rogerson, Stephen McHattieShudderMy 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “Ferris Wheel” on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkRQZLam5z4The song at the end of the episode is “No Escape" from my new album Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).Make sure to “Like” Piecin

On the 132nd episode of Piecing It Together, film critic Caitlin Kennedy joins me to talk about Arkansas, a southern fried crime thriller that's the writing and directing debut of comedic actor Clark Duke. Equal parts Coen Brothers and Tarantino, it's a solid debut that wears its inspirations on its sleeve. Puzzle pieces include Pulp Fiction, Hell Or High Water, The Odyssey and No Country For Old Men.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Arkansas and the movies we discuss! https://www.lionsgate.com/movies/arkansasWriter / Director - Clark DukeStarring Clark Duke, Liam Hemsworth, Vince Vaughn, John Malkovich, Michael Kenneth Williams, Vivica A FoxLionsgateCaitlin Kennedy is a film critic whose work can be read on multiple websites online. Find a list of her work at https://muckrack.com/caitdoescontent And follow her at @CaitDoesMy 5th album, Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “F

On the 131st episode of Piecing It Together, Bee Garner joins me for a fantastic sci-fi mystery that kind of came out of nowhere. The Vast Of Night, out now on Amazon Prime, is like a modern Twilight Zone episode with a great script and wonderful performances. Puzzle pieces include War Of The Worlds, the Before Trilogy, Evil Dead and Goodfellas.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Vast Of Night and the movies we discuss! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6803046/SPECIAL NOTE: If YOU have a story related to aliens or the unknown, get in touch with it! Bee and I would love to retell your story on the show and talk about what "puzzle pieces" YOUR story could have!Writer - James Montague and Craig W. SangerDirector - Andrew PattersonStarring Sierra McCormick, Jake HorowitzAmazonBee Garner is a film critic whose work can be seen on many sites including her new site In Their Own League which you can check out at https://intheirownleague.com/Follow Bee Garner on Twitter @ThefilmBMy 5th album, Beater (Original