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Episode 49: One Word Movie Title with Blindspotting and Amaru Moses

2021-12-0701:08:50

This week Aaron and Christina head to Oakland, California with 2018's Blindspotting starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal. Leading them in this journey is Bitesize Breakdown and the Schmoedown's Amaru Moses! Will this lead our hosts blinded by greatness or spotting a ton of errors and flaws? Follow Amaru; https://twitter.com/knick888221 Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions Intro: "Indie Rock" by Scott Holmes of the Road Trip Indie Rock album

Digesting The Franchise- Episode 1: Indiana Jones

2022-01-3149:59

If You Want To Be A Good Archeologist, You Gotta Get Out Of The Library Digesting Cinema is back! This year it's all about the franchises that Aaron and Christina missed along the way and they are starting off with the Speilberg classic Indiana Jones. Harrison Ford has a spotty record on Digesting Cinema with Blade Runner being one of Christina's most hated films from last year, will Dr Jones bowl her over or should these films be thrown in the trash rather than put in a museum? Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christy_Vee_ Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions Intro: "Indie Rock" by Scott Holmes of the Road Trip Indie Rock album

Episode 52: The film which has been on your queue/watchlist/shelf for the longest with The Godfather

2022-01-0348:21

Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. The final episode of Digesting Cinema in this format! And Aaron and Christina are going out with a bang with the 1972 classic The Godfather. Will this film live up to the hype as one of the greatest films of all time or will it have aged like a tomato over these 50 years? Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christy_Vee_ Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions Intro: "Indie Rock" by Scott Holmes of the Road Trip Indie Rock album

Episode 51: A film widely considered one of the greatest of all time, which you have been putting of with Casablanca

2021-12-2743:37

Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine. On the penultimate episode of Digesting Cinema Aaron and Christina tackle one of the greatest romantic movies of all time in 1942's Casablanca. Will the classic leave them asking to play it again Sam or will they be counting down until the end of this film as time goes by? Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions Intro: "Indie Rock" by Scott Holmes of the Road Trip Indie Rock album

Episode 48: A biopic about someone you've never heard of with Searching for Bobby Fischer and William Bibbiani

2021-12-0301:11:17

He's better at this than I've ever been at anything in my life. He's better at this than you'll ever be, at anything. My son has a gift. He has a gift, and when you acknowledge that, then maybe we will have something to talk about. This week Aaron and Christina welcome film critic, soap maker and Schmoedown teams champion William Bibbiani to discuss the 1993 chess biopic about Josh Waitzkin. Will Bibb's favourite film leave our hosts checked out or will they fall in love with this film? Follow William; https://twitter.com/WilliamBibbiani Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions Intro: "Indie Rock" by Scott Holmes of the Road Trip Indie Rock album

Episode 46: A Main Character Under the Age of 10 With Paper Moon

2021-11-1635:57

I want my two hundred dollars! This week Aaron and Christina look up to a Paper Moon starring dad and daughter duo Ryan and Tatum O'Neal, will Tatum's Oscar winning performance leave them with stars in their eyes or will they be thinking that the O'Neals pulled a con on the Academy? Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19

Episode 45: A main character over the age of 60 with Secondhand Lions

2021-11-0843:58

Well, a man's body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever. This week Aaron and Christina blow the cobwebs off of Michael Caine and Robert Duvall's 2003's film Secondhand Lions for a film featuring a main character over the age of 60. Is this movie a roaring success, or will they be lioning up to bash on it? Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19

Episode 44: Stop Motion Animation with A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and Jonathon Knowles

2021-11-0250:15

This week for the art of stop motion animation Christina and Aaron welcome Jonathon Knowles to talk about the 2019 Aardman Animations sequel A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmaggedon. Will this be an out of world experience for the pair or will it just leave them bleating on about how much they hated it? Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19

Episode 43: Set in a Non-English Speaking Country with Taken

2021-10-2740:22

Good Luck This week Aaron and Christina go to Paris for the Luc Besson written, Pierre Morel directed 2008 action thriller Taken starring the totally French Liam Neeson as a man who's daughter got taken. Does this movie contain a particular set of skills to make Aaron and Christina enjoy it? Also shameless bashing of one of the greatest bands of all time. Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19

Episode 42: Set in The UK with The Red Shoes

2021-10-2238:52

**HEADS UP- There is some technical difficulties with this so the sound isn't amazing unfortunately* Don't forget, a great impression of simplicity can only be achieved by great agony of body and spirit. The show so nice they had to do it twice, this episode for a movie set in the United Kingdom Aaron and Christina are getting into first position and ware watching the post war dance classic The Red Shoes. Often called one of the greatest British films of all time will it Jeté into their hearts or does it have the grace and elegance of elephants doing Swan Lake? Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions

Episode 41: A Full Name In the Title with Speed Racer

2021-10-1840:49

Racing hasn't changed, and it never will. This week Aaron and Christina watch The Wachowskis' 2008 take on the classic anime Speed Racer. A big flop in the day now finding a cult status will it be a car wreck or a glitch in the matrix that it wasn't popular at the time? Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions

Episode 40: Set in New York with Moonstruck

2021-10-0652:25

Old man, you give those dogs another piece of my food and I'm gonna kick you 'til you're dead! The band is back together as this week Aaron and Christina go to Brooklyn Heights and the Italian-American part of New York as they watch 1987's Moonstruck starring Cher and Nicolas Cage. Do you have to be a gypsy, tramp and thief in order to enjoy this Norman Jewison directed flick or would you Believe them if they said they liked this film? Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions

Episode 39: Music Centric Film with Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

2021-09-2744:23

We'd like to get to the point where Connor is everywhere, like oxygen or gravity or clinical depression. This week Christina welcomes husband Anthony on to discuss the Lonely Island 2016 mockumentary Popstar:Never Stop Never Stopping. Will this movie produce Incredible Thoughts or will it be hated and fucked like Bin Laden? Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Anthony; https://twitter.com/GettinTizzy Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions

Episode 37: Mystery Movie with Shutter Island

2021-09-1344:02

Which would be worse - to live as a monster? Or to die as a good man? This week Aaron and Christina go back to the Leo and Marty partnership with 2010's Shutter Island. Will this 50 mystery leave them stranded for good things to say or will they go crazy with conspiracies and theories? Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions

Episode 36: Alfred Hitchcock with ???

2021-09-0738:56

This week Aaron and Christina delve into the master of suspense's filmography and picks an Alfred Hitchcock film to watch, but which one? We'll leave you hanging on that Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions Intro: "Indie Rock" by Scott Holmes of the Road Trip Indie Rock album

Episode 35: Stephen Spielberg with Minority Report and Corey Quinto

2021-08-3101:00:51

Sometimes, in order to see the light, you have to risk the dark. This week for the most successful box office director of all time Aaron and Christina are watching the 2002 sci-fi mystery Minority Report starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell and Max "discount Christopher Plummmer" Von Sydow. Will they be happy to report this movie is still amazing or will they pre-confirm what the ending will be way 5 minutes into the film? And joining them this week CQ Review's Corey Quinto! For more of Corey visit: https://www.cqreviews.com/ Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions Intro: "Indie Rock" by Scott Holmes of the Road Trip Indie Rock album

Episode 34: A Marx Brother Movie with A Night At the Opera and guest Kirk Kowalkowski

2021-08-2343:14

This week it's all sophistication as we go off to the opera with along with Groucho, Chico and Harpo as Aaron and Christina watch the 1935 Marx Brothers film A Night at The Opera. And joining them this week on their first step into the world of Marx insanity is Marx Bros fan and fan league star Kirk Kowalkowski! Follow Kirk: https://twitter.com/rollnmovereview Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions Intro: "Indie Rock" by Scott Holmes of the Road Trip Indie Rock album

Episode 33: A Tyler Perry Movie with The Family That Preys

2021-08-1637:30

It is sisters like you that give us all a bad name. This week Aaron and Christina dive into one of the most influental filmakers of the 21st Century Tyler Perry with his 2008 The Family That Preys starring Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Taraji P. Henson and Kathy Bates! Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions Intro: "Indie Rock" by Scott Holmes of the Road Trip Indie Rock album

Episode 32: An A24 Film with Uncut Gems

2021-08-0948:29

This is me! This is how I win. This week "Mr A24" Aaron shows Christina the wonders of his favorite film company with 2019's Uncut Gems starring Adam Sandler, The Weekend, Kevin Garnett and a lot of shouting! Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions Intro: "Indie Rock" by Scott Holmes of the Road Trip Indie Rock album

Episode 31: A Book Adaptation Over 100 Years Old with Pride and Prejudice with Billy Pollihan

2021-08-0201:04:13

And that put paid to it. I wonder who first discovered the power of poetry in driving away love? This week for an century old book adaptation Christina and Aaron welcome back See You Next Summer's Billy Pollihan to cover 2005's Pride and Prejudice! Follow Billy: https://twitter.com/MasterOfPuns196 For See You Next Summer; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/see-you-next-summer/id1523540004 Follow Aaron; https://twitter.com/AaronJayBrooks Follow Christina; https://twitter.com/Christina_Vee19 Follow Featured Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeaturedPresentationProductions Intro: "Indie Rock" by Scott Holmes of the Road Trip Indie Rock album

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