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Trilogy in Theory

Michael Denniston and Web Bist

A month of movies meeting movies to form a good trilogy... in theory.

tv & film film reviews

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00:33:21

Doctor Sleep (2019)

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/11/03

In which a director's cut almost causes a divorce... ...but thankfully Mike Flanagan's DOCTOR SLEEP is so good that both your hosts remain married. The tragedy of our respective wives lives is our listeners gain as we do a poor job of maintaining our glee for Stephen King's course correction of THE SHINING cinematic universe. However... we still love Stanley Kubrick's classic horror film. And we love Ewan McGregor as the grown up Danny in a sequel to said classic. We even love Rebecca Ferguson in

00:26:52

The Devil's Rejects (2005)

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2021/10/28

In which we support divorce for the Zombies. That's a bit unfair to Sheri Moon Zombie as she represents only one third of THE DEVIL'S REJECTS. She is also not a clown. And on this episode we encourage people to slap clowns. But do we really want to slap clowns? Tim Curry was fine. This is not fine. Stop playing Free Bird, Rob Zombie. It's beneath even clowns. Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on Patreon Twitter/Instagram/Facebook: @trilogyintheory Tweet at your hosts:

00:26:06

Psycho 2 (1983)

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/10/25

In which we have fun with gaslighting. As long as that gaslighting is being done to a serial killer! It's fun we promise. Along the way we talk about what many may perceive to be a great insult to classic cinema in the first sequel to PSYCHO but we look upon with great reverence for inspiring the likes of SCREAM 3 or more importantly... JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK. The day that cinema was complete. Enjoy! Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on

00:55:10

Debunking Is No Fun (Tombstone, 1408 and The Girl on...

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/10/18

We let a trilogy of films ask the questions... ...and then question why the characters in said films asked them. However we do manage to challenge each other on a few points: Why has it taken one host THIS LONG to watch TOMBSTONE and does he feel like less of a man because of this absence in his life? Is John Cusack more annoying than ghosts? And can Emily Blunt ever be unattractive even or especially when she's mid-drunken rant? All of this AND MORE is answered on the latest episode of TRILOGY IN

00:24:46

Rashomon Again and Again

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/10/13

Doddering old podcast hosts try to remember the three films they watched last month. And the only reminder we get from our friends on the Internet is that we discussed Rian Johnson's STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI. Those comments were pleasant, as usual. But fear not! For the them of this month that we stole from Akira Kurosawa's RASHOMON is that we can choose to remember fan feedback differently! We can remember Carla Gugino as a fine actress and a healthy figure in Brian De Palma's SNAKE EYES! And..

00:34:27

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/09/29

In which we discuss the movie that caused us to lose faith in our fellow man. Among other things. Anyway this is an episode about STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI which proved that once and for all that a small minority of obnoxiously loud Star Wars fans are neither fans of Star Wars nor movies. On the first part we can now agree with them as we are tired of the discourse surrounding this Rian Johnson entry in yet another Disney franchise. However we have a podcast to produce. So THIS... is the final word

00:26:58

Snake Eyes (1998)

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/09/26

In which we discuss an ample bosom. And missiles. Also Brian De Palma's SNAKE EYES. We like to think that the director would be proud of this. For Nicolas Cage with runaway chest hair, hideous fashion sense and overall just being loud in every capacity calls for an episode... ...on the ample bosom of cinema. Enjoy! Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on Patreon Twitter/Instagram/Facebook: @trilogyintheory Tweet at your hosts: @projectingfilm & @webistrying Letterboxd:

00:26:54

Rashomon (1950)

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/09/24

In which we discover that Akira Kurosawa did not in fact make a film similar to BARBERSHOP. As it's long been said by one host on this show "a Kurosawa film is the bran muffin of cinema." Yes, dear listeners... it is probably time that we retreat back to yet another Tarantino film on this feed. However while we're here we might as well try and discuss the classic bowel movement aid of a film that is RASHOMON. At least three times! This is a movie podcast on trilogies after all. Three is

00:32:51

A Number of Arguments in One Room

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/09/22

As usual... this episode starts with our segment called Ask Women As Answered By Two Men. And it goes horribly wrong for one co-host. While the other one giggles we get back to the online arguments that we are comfortable with: movie trilogies of our own making. This month it was a combination of Sidney Lumet's 12 ANGRY MEN, Quentin Tarantino's THE HATEFUL EIGHT and J.J. Abrams' (or one of his fellow silver spooned creatively deceased buddies) 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE and how they all add up to A NUMBER

00:26:53

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/09/08

If two movie podcast hosts find themselves in a bunker during the end of the world... they still grumble about J.J. Abrams. ...HOWEVER, we aren't total elitist snobs. An insult to Terrence Malick is included in the first two minutes of this episode. That means it only takes two minutes to conclude that your hosts can never be pleased. Except if you've hit play! And subscribe! Rate! Review! Five stars! Or we will be forced to release an episode on THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX. You have been

00:34:37

The Hateful Eight (2015)

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2021/09/06

This is a movie podcast hosted by two dudes. So here's another Tarantino movie. The difference is that this time it's the lesser host Web's favorite QT flick. One could blame the better host (and author of these show notes) Mike for not seeing this coming... but the author of these show notes is far more comfortable blaming his partner on this podcast. In keeping with the theme of this month's trilogy there's plenty of blame to go around! Such as: The Roadshow version on Netflix is now quite

00:34:01

12 Angry Men (1957)

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/08/19

One host has a new favorite movie... and it's no longer Guy Ritchie's SNATCH. Meanwhile the other host is hoping for a "sluttier" version of the classic 12 ANGRY MEN... and THANKFULLY there exists a cable tv version starring Jack Lemmon and James Gandolfini. Sexy. But that is for another episode of TRILOGY IN THEORY as this month's theme is kicked off by the Sidney Lumet "original" but not the crappy television version that both hosts couldn't be bothered to check out on their

00:29:36

Historical Fiction Team-Ups... of the 60s

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/08/12

We start with funny books, hate on true stories and in the end save all the compliments for ourselves. It's the ultimate team-up as your two hosts take on the likes of great artist such as Darwyn Cooke, Quentin Tarantino and then we throw in Guy Ritchie because even we make mistakes! But this matters not as we can rewrite our own reality with a historical fiction trilogy where Martian Manhunter, the man who played Superman and Brad Pitt is just around the corner to save the day in (take notes here,

00:35:22

Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019)

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2021/08/04

Not since the hosts of this very podcast has there been a more handsome team-up. Slightly better hair on Leo and Brad, though. We should hate them. But we don't. Although it took one host a few rides out to the squatters known as the Manson family before it clicked. This Brad Pitt guy really IS incredibly handsome. And cool. We should just hang out with these guys in ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD every week. That's the medicine the brighter host takes. It hasn't helped with hair loss but pretty

00:26:47

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/07/31

Your much beloved hosts team up to take down a cannibal... ... and also Guy Ritchie's film adaptation of THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. which is just silly. Silly in that the sell by date for this particular IP is well past relevancy? Silly in that we find it more absurd than our previous selected film which features a shapeshifting martian saving the world? Silly in... OKAY, we can admit that Henry Cavill really does wear a suit well. Worth a watch and a listen! Support what we do with bonus content and

00:29:03

Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/07/21

One host gets his way to take this podcast direct-to-video... ...and then keeps apologizing for it. Is it because he does not enjoy our selection of JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER? No. But he does admit that his reasoning is he bought a new toy to sit on his shelf and so here we are as we kick off a team-up trilogy with Darywn Cooke's all-hands-on-deck look at the DC Universe and the best comic book adaptation. That also happens to be a cartoon. That went straight to video. We'll never do this

00:53:38

Hitchcockian Duality (Dressed to Kill, What Lies...

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/07/14

We restrain ourselves... in a trilogy on film love excess. The three films selected not only are a celebration of three prior months/trilogies on this podcast... I'll wait as you go back and download every single episode. Ahem... THEY ARE ALSO doing a cover of sort of The Master of Suspense as we get callbacks to PSYCHO in Brian De Palma's DRESSED TO KILL. Some REAR WINDOW in Robert Zemeckis' WHAT LIES BENEATH... which is perhaps the greatest film ever featured on this podcast. REAR WINDOW would be

00:27:47

A Breakdown of a Trip

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/06/26

We take a trip based solely on our love for pudding. And also Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO. And Woody Allen's BLUE JASMINE... or Cate Blanchett's BLUE JASMINE if you'd rather. But in a third act twist (and one host hates that it comes to this) you have our resident Criterion Collection hater who waits for our wrap-up show to finally warm to Paul Thomas Anderson's PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE. This marks a year of the journey that is TRILOGY IN THEORY. Thank you for coming along for the ride and ending up not quite

00:23:45

Blue Jasmine (2013)

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/06/17

In which Cate Blanchett has more than a few financial problems but is still better off than people who spend their time podcasting. Anytime now, Spotify. Anyway... Ms. Blanchett is great here. As is Sally Hawkins. And we suppose the director (WHO SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS) does some fine work as well. Casting Louis CK as The Other Man was a curious choice even in 2013. But Cate Blanchett is so good! Just to go back to that Louis CK point... he was The Other Man to... Bobby Cannavale. That's it. This is

00:26:34

Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

Trilogy in Theory ·

2021/06/09

In which we wonder what Paul Thomas Anderson saw in BILLY MADISON and/or HAPPY GILMORE. And we don't stop questioning universally sanctioned arbiters of taste! One host continues to take the Criterion Collection to task for their choices while the other questions his co-host's mentioning of THE BIG BANG THEORY in relation to the modern classic that is PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE. This is episode 50 of TRILOGY IN THEORY and thank you for taking this trip with us as we continue our breakdown trilogy. Support

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