Episode 7 – Argo

This week the film nerds discuss Ben Affleck’s Argo as well as Pierce Brosnan, the CW’s Arrow, recent Marvel Studios news and using source music in films.

Show Notes:

  • Introduction
  • What We’ve Been Watching
    • Willie: Weird Horror Films (0:01:17)
    • Tim and Nick: The CW’s Arrow Series Premiere (0:04:33)
    • Alex: That’s My Boy, Pitch Perfect, The Walking Dead Season 3 Premiere (0:10:05)
  • Film News
    • Marvel Quick Hits:
      • Iron Man 3 trailer hitting October 23rd (0:11:46)
      • Hugo Weaving is quite opposed to reprising his role as Red Skull in any future Marvel films (0:12:43)
      • Ant-Man got an official release date – November 6th, 2015 (0:14:24)
    • Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium has been pushed from March 2013 to August 2013 (0:17:59)
    • Aaron Paul will star in a Need for Speed video game movie adaptation (0:21:30)
  • Review: Argo (0:29:29)
    • Spoilers Start: (0:47:40)
  • Feedback/Food for Thought
    • What do you think is the best (or worse) use of source music in a film? (1:13:33)
  • Outro (1:36:11)

As promised, here’s the gem that Nick showed us shortly before the Pierce Brosnan discussion, as well as a clip he’d like everyone to watch exemplifying restrained acting:

Music and artwork were made for us by @mistajon on twitter.

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