Piecing It Together Podcast

On the 3rd episode of the special episode series called Breaking It Apart, co-host Chad Clinton Freeman and I discuss the 1931 classic Frankenstein! This film and its creature have not only influenced hundreds of films, but pop culture in general. The hardest part of this episode was narrowing down all the movies we had to choose from! Puzzle pieces include Chappie, Edward Scissorhands, Alien, and Ex-Machina.And for those keeping track of the Piecing It Together Podcast, just know that special series and episodes like this will continue to be a part of the future of the show, and we’ll continue figuring out the best way to brand them and tie them in to the overall puzzle theme as we continue doing them. While some special episodes will be a once in a while thing, Breaking It Apart will be a regular occurrence with its own numbering.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Frankenstein (and any other movies we discussed)!Chad Clinton Freeman is the founder of the Pollygrind Film Festival and is currently helping plan

On the 33rd episode of Piecing It Together, returning co-host Ryan Daugherty and I discuss (for a really long time, so get ready) Drew Goddard's Bad Times at the El Royale. Ryan and I are obsessed with Goddard's Cloverfield series so we jumped at the chance to cover this mystery about a group of strangers who converge on an old motel located on the California-Nevada border... And while we weren't The Cloverfield Paradox level disappointed, we didn't exactly love our stay at the El Royale. Puzzle pieces include every Quentin Tarantino movie, Lost, Smokin' Aces, and No Country for Old Men.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Bad Times at the El Royale (and any other movies we discussed)!https://www.foxmovies.com/movies/bad-times-at-the-el-royaleRyan Daugherty is a programmer and has collaborated with David Rosen on a number of projects.Check out his website at http://sharmandraproductions.com/My new album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores!

On this Special Episode of Piecing It Together, we follow-up Episode 26's The Beast with an interview with the film's writer/directors Ryan & Cody LeBoeuf. The brothers are based here in Las Vegas, so getting to not only cover their film, but do this follow-up where we discuss some of the puzzle pieces we got into on the original episode was an awesome experience. Josh Bell and I really enjoyed The Beast, so we encourage you to watch it on Amazon and then check out this interview!As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Beast and all the movies we discuss.https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Clarence-Gilyard-Jr/dp/B07GH8236K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536278819&sr=8-1&keywords=the+beast+movieMy new album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!Also, my new Virtual Reality Music Video “Palindrone 360” is available now on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26kcl20ESp0And now my new short-film style Music Vi

On the 32nd episode of Piecing It Together, returning co-host Brian Garth joins me to discuss First Man. Will Neil Armstrong overcome grief and make it to the moon? Will Damien Chazelle make three Oscar nominated, highly acclaimed films in a row with his first three features? Well yes, of course... but that doesn't mean we loved it. Puzzle pieces include Dunkirk, Melancholia, The Right Stuff and Interstellar.As always, SPOILER ALERT for First Man (and any other movies we discussed)!https://www.firstman.com/Brian Garth is a music producer and has a band, Black Camaro.Find Black Camaro’s music on iTunes or at https://blackcamaro.bandcamp.com/And don't forget to look for hashtag #instajamlv on Instagram for new music from Black Camaro AND me!My new album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!Also, my new Virtual Reality Music Video “Palindrone 360” is available now on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/wat

On the 31st episode of Piecing It Together, we are joined for a second time in a row by co-host Jacob Tiranno to talk about A Simple Favor, a mystery that comes to us from "the darker side of Paul Feig," the comedy director best known for Bridesmaids and the Ghostbusters reboot. It's a solid mystery that still manages to squeeze in plenty of Feig's style of comedy and some great performances from Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively. Puzzle pieces include Gone Girl, Big Little Lies, Lifetime movies and The Talented Mr. Ripley.As always, SPOILER ALERT for A Simple Favor (and any other movies we discussed)!https://www.asimplefavor.movie/Jacob Tiranno is a film critic and has a website ChasingCinema.comHe can also be heard reviewing films on The Chet Buchanan Show on 98.5 KLUCFollow Jacob on Twitter @JacobTirannoMy new album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!Also, my new Virtual Reality Music Video “Palindro

On the 30th episode of Piecing It Together, we are joined by first-time co-host Jacob Tiranno of ChasingCinema.com to talk about Searching, the newest in a unique style of movie that unfolds completely on computer screens. While normally a gimmick like this would seem like something that would get old quick, a great story and top notch performances by John Cho and Debra Messing keep it interesting and exciting. Puzzle pieces include The Social Network, Gone Girl, Memento and Up.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Searching (and any other movies we discussed)!http://www.searching.movie/site/Jacob Tiranno is a film critic and has a website ChasingCinema.comHe can also be heard reviewing films on The Chet Buchanan Show on 98.5 KLUCFollow Jacob on Twitter @JacobTirannoMy new album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!Also, my new Virtual Reality Music Video “Palindrone 360” is available now on YouTube at https://www.y

On the 29th episode of Piecing It Together, returning co-host David Quinones and I discuss Mandy... A movie that promises the craziest Nicolas Cage performance you've ever seen, and actually pretty much delivers (well to be fair he's got a TON of crazy performances to choose from so lets just say it lives up to his legacy). At its core it's a revenge film about a man who goes after a religious cult after they murder his wife, but it's much more than that and one of the most unique films to come along in a while. Puzzle pieces include Army of Darkness, The Wall, Tommy and Heavy Metal album covers.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Mandy (and any other movies we discussed)!https://legionm.com/mandy/Also, be sure to join the #MandyChallenge by doing your best impression of the Nicolas Cage screaming while in his tidy whities scene from Mandy like we did!https://www.facebook.com/piecingpod/videos/316668705793839/https://www.facebook.com/sharmandra/videos/10217384973514705/ David Quinones is a writer, reporter, pod

On the 28th episode of Piecing It Together, returning co-host Ryan Daugherty and I discuss Shane Black's continuation of the classic alien hunter sci-fi horror action series Predator with... The Predator! It's a straight up sequel and not a reboot or something so I wonder why the didn't just call it Predator 3... I just thought of that... Anyway it's a mess of a movie but a fun mess and we had a blast talking about it. Puzzle pieces include Aliens Vs Predator 2 (because if you're going to emulate a movie from the franchise why not aim low?), Alien Covenant, Independence Day and Con Air.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Predator (and any other movies we discussed)!https://www.thepredator.fox/homeRyan Daugherty is a programmer and has collaborated with David Rosen on a number of projects.Check out his website at http://sharmandraproductions.com/My new album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!Also, my new Vir

On this special Mini-Episode series that we're going to call Piecing Dave Together, host David Rosen fills you in on what's happening in his life, his music, his projects, and everything else he's been up to. These occasional mini-episodes will serve to fill in the blanks so that he doesn't have to ramble too much about stuff during the regular episodes.On this particular episode of Piecing Dave Together, David talks about his trip to the FilmQuest Film Festival in Provo, Utah. Some movies he saw during his trip. His new music video and single "Artificial." Some news about his previous music video "PalinDRONE 360." His new computer. And more!Check out "Artificial" (which was directed by Ben Yonker and his company Outtatime Films) at http://www.youtube.com/musicbydavidrosenMy new album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!The song at the end of the episode is “Artificial (Extended Video Mix)” which is now av

On the 27th episode of Piecing It Together, returning co-host Chad Clinton Freeman and I discuss The Nun, the newest entry in the ever expanding Conjuring Universe. The horrifying character who made her debut in The Conjuring 2 and Annabelle 2 finally gets her own movie, diving deep back into how this evil Nun character got her start and set off the events that would build the Conjuring universe and a world of unspeakable evil... It's also absolutely ridiculous, hokey and hilarious and a great fun time at the movies! Puzzle pieces include Indiana Jones, Evil Dead, the Universal Classic Monsters and Scooby Doo.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Nun (and any other movies we discussed)!http://www.thenunmovie.com/Chad Clinton Freeman is the founder of the Pollygrind Film Festival and is currently helping plan the Ironton Wizardfest. He’s also the only person I know who sees more movies than me.Follow Chad on Twitter at @pollystaffleAnd Check Out Ironton Wizardfest on Facebook at https://www.facebook.

On the 26th episode of Piecing It Together, co-host Josh Bell and I discuss The Beast, a local feature from Las Vegas-based filmmakers Ryan & Cody LeBoeuf. The Beast originally screened at film festivals under the name Rabbit Days before picking up distribution and getting the name change. It's a crazy, mind-trip of a movie about a play director who lures some guests to his home with the promise of great opportunity, but what they find when they arrive goes from weird to bad to much worse. Puzzle pieces include The House on Haunted Hill, The Invitation, Mullholand Drive and Waiting For Guffman.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Beast and all the movies we discuss.https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Clarence-Gilyard-Jr/dp/B07GH8236K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536278819&sr=8-1&keywords=the+beast+movieJosh 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

On the 2nd episode of the special episode series called Breaking It Apart, co-host Kris Krainock and I take a look NOT at a new movie and what movies inspired it, but at a classic movie and what movies were inspired BY it… And this time we're looking at the classic Stanley Kubrick feature 2001: A Space Odyssey. Somehow depicting outer space before we even made it out there, and with some of the most breathtaking visuals ever put to film, 2001 recently had an IMAX re-release which really let the amazingly unique and trippy views of outer space and wormholes shine. Narrowing down the influences on this one were especially difficult as the film clearly laid the groundwork for all of sci-fi from when it was released in 1968 to today. Puzzle pieces include Star Wars, The Tree of Life, Adaptation and The Simpsons.And for those keeping track of the Piecing It Together Podcast, just know that special series and episodes like this will continue to be a part of the future of the show, and we’ll continue figuring out th

On the 25th episode of Piecing It Together, first time co-host Jason Harris and I discuss Eighth Grade, the sometimes hilarious, sometimes heart-felt new film from A24. The film from comedian and first time writer/director Bo Burnham follows 13 year old Kayla as she deals with Eighth Grade, growing up in today's world and the always scary onset of High School, all while continuing to grow her YouTube video series. Puzzle pieces include Welcome to the Dollhouse, American Pie, Ingrid Goes West and The Squid & The Whale.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Eighth Grade (and any other movies we discussed)!http://eighthgrade.movie/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/My new album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check

On the 24th episode of Piecing It Together, returning co-host Chad Clinton Freeman discuss Alpha, the survival epic about the first ever "boy and his dog" from writer/director Albert Hughes. It's a gorgeous looking movie set in 20,000BC with long, beautiful shots of the uncompromising wilderness, acted in an ancient language (with subtitles) and tells the story of the first man who ever bonded with a dog. It might not REALLY be the story of the first man and dog to bond, but it's a great one. Puzzle pieces include Apocalypto, 300, 10,000 B.C., and Annie.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Alpha (and any other movies we discussed)!http://www.alpha-themovie.com/Chad Clinton Freeman is the founder of the Pollygrind Film Festival and is currently helping plan the Ironton Wizardfest. He’s also the only person I know who sees more movies than me.Follow Chad on Twitter at @pollystaffleAnd Check Out Ironton Wizardfest on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/irontonwizardfest/My new album, A Different Kin

On the 23rd episode of Piecing It Together, returning co-host David Quinones and I actually do our first ever cross-over episode with our other show Bird Road Podcast by covering the politically charged Sorry To Bother You. The story centers on a man in an alternate near future (played by Atlanta's Lakeith Stanfield) who discovers he has a special gift that will lead to a fast rise up the corporate ladder at his telemarketing job. As his career begins to take off, his friends begin to organize a protest against the corporation, and the anti-capitalism messages mix with plenty of weird dystopian imagery in this wild movie from first time writer/director Boots Riley. Puzzle pieces include the work of Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry, Office Space, They Live and Dope.The main conversation of this episode also appears on Episode 38 of our Bird Road Podcast.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Sorry To Bother You (and any other movies we discussed)!http://sorrytobotheryou.movie/David Quinones is a writer, reporter, podca

On the 22nd episode of Piecing It Together, first time co-host Hunter Farris and I talk about Ant-Man & The Wasp, the Marvel action-adventure comedy frequently described as a lightweight side piece to the overarching Marvel Cinematic Universe story that both of us quite frankly like more than the rest of the series. Directed by Peyton Reed and starring Paul Rudd, Michael Pena, Evangeline Lily and Michael Douglas, the Ant-Man series mixes everything you love about superhero movies with more laughs, more fun and more crazy sci-fi tech. Puzzle pieces include the Mission Impossible series, Pirates of the Caribbean 2, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and the Harold & Kumar series.As always, SPOILER ALERT for And-Man & The Wasp (and any other movies we discussed)!https://www.marvel.com/antmanHunter Farris is a podcaster and has a great music podcast called Song Appeal in which he asks the question, "Why do we like the music we like?"Check out Song Appeal at http://songappealofficial.com/ and on all major p

On the 1st episode of a special episode series called Breaking It Apart, co-host Kris Krainock and I take a look not at a new movie and what movies inspired it, but at a classic movie and what movies were inspired BY it... And the first one we're doing is the cult classic Coen Brothers' film The Big Lebowski. The Dude. Walter. Donny. The Jesus. The Nihilists. Bunny. So many classic characters in such a beautifully complicated yet ridiculous story that blends dark comedy, modern film noir and stoners. The Big Lebowski has inspired countless films, and on this first Breaking It Apart special episode, we get into a bunch of them and what makes this film and the Coen Brothers themselves so special. Puzzle pieces include The Nice Guys, Observe and Report, Brick and In Bruges.And for those keeping track of the Piecing It Together Podcast, just know that special series and episodes like this will continue to be a part of the future of the show, and we'll continue figuring out the best way to brand them and tie them

On the 21st episode of Piecing It Together, first time co-host Brian Garth and I talk about the 6th entry in the long running and apparently never slowing down action spy series Mission Impossible Fallout. Tom Cruise, now 56, still feels the need to do all kinds of insane, death defying stunts while saving the world, and for the first time in the series, a writer/director returns for a second installment. Christopher McQuarrie who wrote and directed the previous installment is back to finish the story he started in Rogue Nation... As well as get Tom Cruise to do a bunch of crazy stuff. Puzzle pieces include the previous Mission Impossible films, Uncharted, The Dark Knight and The Fast & The Furious series.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Mission Impossible Fallout (and any other movies we discussed)!https://www.paramount.com/movies/mission-impossible-falloutBrian Garth is a music producer and has a band, Black Camaro.Find Black Camaro's music on iTunes or at https://blackcamaro.bandcamp.com/For the recor

On the 20th episode of Piecing It Together, returning co-host TJ Kross and I discuss the Uncharted Live Action Fan Film. Uncharted is based on the hit video-game series, one that always made sense for a film but every time Hollywood started trying to get one off the ground it would lose momentum, directors or actors and go back to the drawing board. All the while, fans asked for the actor Nathan Fillion to play the role of Nathan Drake, and somehow, director Allan Ungar finally made it happen. At 15 minutes, this fan film is unlike anything we've ever covered on the show before, but it still made for a great conversation with plenty of other movie (and video-game) inspirations to talk about. Puzzle pieces include Tomb Raider, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Da Vinci Code and Mission Impossible.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Uncharted: Live Action Fan Film (and any other movies we discussed)!https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8707436/?ref_=nm_knf_t1TJ Kross is an award-winning composer and recently started a photography

On the 19th episode of Piecing It Together, returning co-host Kris Krainock and I discuss Skyscraper, the new action movie from The Rock that definitely doesn't have Die Hard as a puzzle piece. Just kidding, of course it does, it's the first one we discuss, but the movie absolutely wears its inspirations on its sleeve with The Rock needing to find a way to scale and enter a burning super-tower to rescue his family from terrorists. It's ridiculous, it's fun (but maybe not as fun as we'd have liked), and it made for a great conversation about action movies in general. Puzzle pieces (other than Die Hard) include The Dark Knight, King Kong, The Rock and True Lies.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Skyscraper (and any other movies we discussed)!https://www.skyscrapermovie.com/Kris Krainock is a filmmaker and film fan who hosts Cinemondays, a weekly film event here in Las Vegas. Check out info on upcoming editions of Cinemondays at https://www.facebook.com/Cinemondays/Kris also has a web series in the works called "