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PODCAST

Wages of Cinema

Jack Gattanella

A podcast that is practically all about MOVIES! Cinema, films, celluloid, digital, whatever you want to call it. Jack and Andrew are the hosts, and we talk about new movies, classics, cult work, things we"ve seen and have never seen, special segments about directors and styles and trends, and "Required Reading" which is about movie books. And the "Local Vocal" series gives you in-depth interviews with NYC/NJ based filmmakers, actors, artists and musicians.

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01:02:12

Episode 136: GODZILLA - KING OF THE MONSTERS (2019)

Wages of Cinema ·

2019/05/30

Hey, I gotta make sure everyobody knows that it's the new one, right? What if some dude or gal decides they want to listen to us take apart Raymond Burr as Steve Martin in the hallowed original? Eh? Alright, no, takers, but the year remains. ANYWAY.... It's time the Wages of Cinema returns to take on some GIANT DAMN MONSTERS! We have done many episodes on this - look back in our archives, especially with former co-host Andrew (who sadly couldn't be on this episode) - but now we return to the

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01:10:04

Episode 134: The JOHN WICK Trilogy

Wages of Cinema ·

2019/05/18

Oh my goodness! As it turns out, we have discovered the Pym particles and can manage to travel to time to before we recorded the Endgame episode, hence number 134! Or.... we messed up and skipped an episode number and are going back now to fill in the gap missing. Don't judge us, we're all human! Whadda we look like, John Wick? (If that indeed is his name, sir!) Although John Wick previously was discussed on the Wages of Cinema (or Jack previously did) - the first one is on episode 48, and

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01:15:58

Episode 135: Marvel's AVENGERS - ENDGAME

Wages of Cinema ·

2019/04/28

After the events of Infinity War, we knew we had to come back for part two (well, at any rate, we have this podcast, what else would us four Wagers - Jack, Korey, Andrew and Guest Star Matt - have to do on opening weekend?) How would it turn out after that big fat Thanos snap? How would the characters overcome and have that vengeance part of their name? Could they? And hey, what's Scott Lang doing here? This is the Endgame, people! All four of the regular group have assembled, so check it

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01:11:11

Episode 133: The BOY BAND CON - LOU PEARLMAN - LONGSHOT

Wages of Cinema ·

2019/04/07

Lou Pearlman, whatever happened to him? Oh (looks at notes) he died in 2016. But why is he suddenly relevant - the Boy Band Manager-Impressario-Svengali who managed to bring together a bunch of kids in Orlando to form two super-mega groups (Backstreet Boys and N'Sync, remember them? Go ask your sister, she'll know, or maybe your brother, too)? Is it only in the midst of a wave of documentaries like Fyre (about the scam Fyre Festival and Billy McFarland) or Leaving Neverland (about Michael

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00:53:39

Episode 132: SHAZAM!

Wages of Cinema ·

2019/04/05

SPOILERS at 37 1/2 minutes in. Who is SHAZAM!? Why is SHAZAM?! When is SHAZAM!? But really, why would DC make a movie out of a character who used to be so wholesome and then become somewhat less but still charming in the New 52? Well.... Zack Snyder might be a reason... But anyway, David F Sandberg has delivered the latest comic book offering (which, as chance would have it, some would say is the *second* Captain Marvel movie in theaters out now.... and both with DJIMON HUNSOU?! Here's out

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01:06:53

Episode 131: Marvel's CAPTAIN MARVEL

Wages of Cinema ·

2019/03/12

SPOILERS at 40 mins in. The Marvel Cinematic Universe just hit 21 films! Woo! What are they gonna do for the big 21! Go out drinking till they pass out? Um... actually, they're just going to, I dunno, finally have a female-protagonist-led movie that helps to tie in the previous and next Avengers movies with an Academy Award winning actress, and that darn cat who... well, we're getting ahead of ourselves just a bit mentioning him (Or her, or maybe multiple cats, we'll see who were the Cat Actors,

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02:18:18

Episode 130: Top 10 of 2018 (with Special Guest!)

Wages of Cinema ·

2019/02/24

This is different for us, and yet it is very much in keeping with the ethos of the Wages of Cinema which involves having long-winded and long-winging discussions about film. What makes this episode especially meaningful, however, where we talk about our favorite films of 2018 (and, frankly, the icon image may give one of them away, woops), is the very special guest this week! Jack has invited his Mom for the first time (aka "Motherly Duties Florence"), and she accepted! Listen in as she discusses

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00:52:36

Episode 129: ISN'T IT ROMANTIC

Wages of Cinema ·

2019/02/16

Well, is this BEGUILING or what? A new romantic comedy in major release from Hollywood? Whodathunk it that someone would green light (gets a phone call) hold on, we need to get this... 'Uh huh... huh huh... oh I see, right, this is a Meta-textual satire on the romantic comedy genre as a whole and another in a line of films (like I Feel Pretty) deconstructing the image of women on film as empowered figures of self realization... right, gotcha, thanks helpful caller!' Anyway, Jack and Korey saw

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00:58:04

Episode 128: SERENITY (2019)

Wages of Cinema ·

2019/01/25

So... you know how just yesterday we talked about Glass and that had its own particular... ambitions and sense of itself as an auteur-driven work? It turns out, that's not the only star-filled movie out in theaters this January, and the director of the sleeper LOCKE (with Tom Hardy, remember? Sure you do, if not, go watch it, it's really good) Steven Knight managed to bring together Interstellar stars Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway into a sordid and twisted neo-noir that will electrify

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01:15:48

Episode 127: GLASS (and SPLIT and UNBREAKABLE)

Wages of Cinema ·

2019/01/24

UNBREAKABLE! Because Females are Strong As He.... Hey, wait a minute, this isn't Kimmy Schmidt! (That comes out later, a different podcast anyway). No, Jack went to go see the new Masterpiece* by M. Night Shyamalan, and it leads to an in-depth (SPOILER-filled, no time-code, it's spoilers on parade, okay) discussion about this trilogy of movies, including Unbreakable, Split and Glass (Korey has only seen one of these... but she has some theories about what Unbreakable is about for sure!)

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01:35:44

Episode 126: WELCOME TO MARWEN and VICE

Wages of Cinema ·

2018/12/27

WELCOME TO MARWEN: Start of episode to 53 minutes in VICE: 53 minutes in till End of episode. What do you do with all this Oscar-winning energy? Real life people! Steve Carell? How about Christian Bale submerging himself into one of the most controversial figures in modern history? And what is Leslie Mann doing in... this movie? Robert Zemeckis and Adam McKay have new bio-pics out. How did they fare? In the year-end episode, Jack and Korey watch both and let you know. Spoilers here and

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00:58:20

Episode 125: AQUAMAN

Wages of Cinema ·

2018/12/23

2018 goes to show us once again: Just because it was a gag years ago on the HBO show 'Entourage' doesn't mean it cant come to pass in reality! (What's the other thing you might ask? Look up 'Gotti' and you may see what we mean...) Anyway! AQUAMAN! On this special holiday-time episode, Jack, Guest Star Matt, and (GASP!) Andrew for his first episode since the summer, talk about the new blockbuster extravaganza - the latest attempt by the DCEU to plant a footing in the franchise market-world that

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00:57:10

Episode 124: SPIDER-MAN - INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

Wages of Cinema ·

2018/12/15

How does this sound to you: an animated Spider-Man movie where it involves not just Peter Parker, but a) the new(ish) Spider-Man in the comics, Miles Morales, but also a whole host of other Spider-People (men and women, including an alternate universe Parker, Gwen Stacy, Nicolas Cage voicing Spider-Man *Noir*, and Peter PORKER, yes, you read that right), and the animation is pushing the boundaries of all animation? If it sounds at all appealing, then this review is going to perk your

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01:14:15

Episode 123: Stallone - CREED II - ROCKY IV - RHINESTONE

Wages of Cinema ·

2018/11/22

As you are waiting to make or to eat or on a long drive to get to that Thanksgiving dinner, perhaps the Wages of Cinema can help give your ears and more importantly that place in your soul where cinematic knowledge gets nourished can feed you just a bit - in this case we have a FULL course meal on Sylvester Stallone. Not just him, of course, but also Michael B Jordan and Tessa Thompson as they continue in the ROCKY franchise with Creed II ... which, as it turns out, is actually ROCKY IV: Part II

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01:03:47

Episode 122: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (and Other Music Biopics)

Wages of Cinema ·

2018/11/04

Episode 122: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (and Other Music Biopics) by Jack Gattanella

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01:21:09

Episode 121: HALLOWEEN (78) vs HALLOWEEN (18)

Wages of Cinema ·

2018/10/21

Sometimes things in cinema history, as in art and in politics and in life, don't repeat but they rhyme. A good question to posit now: is the new HALLOWEEN, which we have to distinguish between the other *two* films out there in the past forty years named that (perhaps they got scared off by adding names after Halloween after two particular dud entries in 95 and 2002 that we shall not name here - though we may get to it on this podcast), rhyming from the John Carpenter original? What made

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01:07:48

Episode 120: Sony's VENOM

Wages of Cinema ·

2018/10/05

What is a studio to do when they have the rights to a much beloved (very) 1990's comic book villain staple (co-created by none other than Todd MacFarlane - look at the guy, you can tell) BUT now the rights with Spider-Man - the one people kinda sorta *really* want to see - are sort of up in the air between one studio and another? When you got Tom Holland around as Peter Parker... what if you just don't, you know, use him and make your villain movie solo? But wait, what if you can get world-class

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00:59:25

Episode 119: LIFE ITSELF (2018)

Wages of Cinema ·

2018/09/28

Multi-generational saga, check Chapter titles, check Pulp Fiction costumed characters, check Bob Dylan references up the wazoo? Oh, double check. Is it any good? Um.... Jack and Korey saw Life Itself. Is it as bad as everyone (or the critics, not sure how many audience members have seen it) is saying? Find out here in this not-un-spoilery review of the new epic drama from the creator of This is Us and one of the writers of... Cars and Cars 2... wagesofcinema@gmail.com

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00:37:06

Episode 118: OOGIELOVES IN THE BIG BALLOON ADVENTURE

Wages of Cinema ·

2018/09/11

How to describe properly a movie - so called anyway, this barely qualifies - that rests comfortably in the IMDb.com Bottom 100 ranking of films? Is it a dream? A nightmare? A lucid dream? An instructional guide for bubbles and/or milkshakes? Jack and Korey watched Oogieloves, so you don't have to. wagesofcinema@gmail.com

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00:20:15

Episode 117 Pt 2: NEIL BREEN'S TWISTED PAIR TRAILER...

Wages of Cinema ·

2018/07/30

Oh my God! Neil Breen has a new trailer for his next cinematic "masterpiece" (I put that in quotes as I'm not sure who said it) ---oh what's that? And we watched some trailers from the San Diego Comic Con or something. Con? Like a Con job? Oh no... - Here's what we watched and discussed (with Korey's lamentations about the lack of movies in the world that aren't sequels, remakes, reboots, etc etc) - AQUAMAN - GLASS - TITANS - GODZILLA: KING OF MONSTERS - SHAZAM - WELCOME TO

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