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Uncut Gems Podcast

Uncut Gems Podcast

A weekly show about bringing attention to forgotten and orphaned movies where a bunch of like-minded individuals dive head first into the septic tank of cinema in search for disregarded masterpieces. A CLAPPER production.

tv & film film reviews

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02:22:32

Episode 215 - The Package

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2025/03/08

In this episode of the show, we are continuing our March with Andrew Davis and we are talking about his 1989 conspiracy thriller The Package. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how Davis was possibly enamored with the 70s, both in terms of aesthetic and thematic aspirations, and how this movie owes a whole lot to the post-Nixon wave of paranoid thrillers. We also talk about Gene Hackman as a presence in an action movie at the tail end of the 80s, Tommy Lee Jones as a

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00:15:48

Mike Nichols Marathon 03 - Catch-22 (teaser)

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2025/03/05

In this month's instalment of our Mike Nichols marathon, we are putting our thinking caps on as we discuss his first official box office disappointment, which is the adaptation of Joseph Heller's irreverent post-war novel Catch-22. You will hear us talk about how this movie came together with its lavish production, editing woes and having to deal with Orson Welles on set, how it was a truly Herculean attempt at filming the unfilmable and how despite all the script changes and diversions from

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03:15:19

Episode 214 - Code of Silence

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2025/03/01

In this episode of the show we are beginning a brand new month, which means we are switching gears and biting into the work of a new director. In March, we will spend some time talking about Andrew Davis and we begin with his 1985 Chuck Norris vehicle Code of Silence. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to position Chuck Norris in the canon of action heroes as well as attempt to contextualize his journey through movies. We also talk about Andrew Davis behind the camera and

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02:26:44

Episode 213 - Shooter

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2025/02/22

In this episode of the show we are putting a finishing touch on our February with Antoine Fuqua with a conversation about Shooter. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the many years it took to adapt this story into a movie, how Mark Wahlberg and Antoine Fuqua made it happen and how (and perhaps why) the movie left a minimal cultural footprint behind it. We also talk about Mark Wahlberg as a post-Bourne action hero and how Shooter may have been an attempt to spawn a series, the

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00:15:48

BONUS Tie-in 45 - Training Day (teaser)

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2025/02/19

In this podcast we are tying into our February theme surrounding the early cinema of one Antoine Fuqua and we are discussing his most highly acclaimed feature Training Day. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how Denzel Washington may have helped Fuqua make this movie, how David Ayer's script is brimming with authenticity and how some people find this brand of writing provocative and whether this movie has two leads or just one. We also talk about seemingly real

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02:04:21

Episode 212 - Tears of the Sun

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2025/02/15

In this episode of the show Fuqua February continues with a discussion about his 2003 outing Tears of the Sun. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to understand what the mission behind this movie was, whether it was appropriate to transplant a real story into a whole new setting and whether the story in this new setting deserved to be treated as a cross between a prestige war drama and an actioner of the Rambo variety. We also talk about Bruce Willis's pull factor, Antoine

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00:15:48

The 50-30 Series 02 - Braveheart (teaser)

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2025/02/12

In this episode of our 50-30 Series we turn our attention to the movie which swept the Oscars in 1995, Mel Gibson'sBraveheart. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about howBraveheartcontributed to the eventual comeback of the canonical historical epic, bolstered with realistic violence and attention to tone and atmosphere, how the historical epic veers from history for the benefit of entertainment and how it probably didn't need to be as long as it was. We also talk

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02:13:43

Episode 211 - Bait

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2025/02/08

In this episode of the show our February trip through the early outings of Antoine Fuqua continues with a conversation about his sophomore movie Bait. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about how Bait fits into the landscape of movie entertainment at the turn of the century, how much it owes to a whole bunch of 90s movies and filmmakers and how it proves that Hollywood studios can often be terminally inflexible in the face of impending change. We also talk about Jamie Foxx as a

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00:15:48

Mike Nichols Marathon 02 - The Graduate (teaser)

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2025/02/05

In the second episode of our new Mike Nichols Marathon, we are following up our last month's conversation with a chat about a movie Mike Nichols was planning to direct as his debut before Edward Albee's adaptation came across his lap, which is The Graduate. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Nichols "graduating" from stage directing into bona fide movie work, the many ways in which The Graduate upsets the 1960s status quo and how it is subtly cinematic

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02:14:04

Episode 210 - The Replacement Killers

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2025/02/01

In this episode of the show, we are beginning what will be our February mini-survey of the cinema of Antoine Fuqua, which also coincides with Black History Month celebrated in America and Canada. And we begin this journey with a conversation about his debut feature The Replacement Killers. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the way this movie attempts to transplant Hong Kong action movies into a Hollywood setting, the likely influence of John Woo on the production and on the

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02:42:18

Episode 209 - Mile 22 and Spenser Confidential

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2025/01/25

In this episode of the show we are finishing our January survey of the professional relationship between Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg and we are doing so with a double bill of Mile 22 and Spenser Confidential. Over the course of our chat you will hear us debate whether the critics were right about these movies or if they couldn't see the forest for the trees and whether it's appropriate to call these movies "movies" instead of cinematic TV pilots. We also talk about Iko Uwais

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00:15:48

BONUS Tie-in 44 - Bloody Sunday

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2025/01/22

In this month's bonus tie-in show we chose to discuss one of the arguable progenitors of the modern docu-drama, the Paul Greengrass-directed Bloody Sunday. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the incredible immediacy baked into this film, Paul Greengrass's journalistic background lending added realism to the movie and the many subtle ways in which the movie adds humanity and urgency to its otherwise slim narrative framework. We also talk a little bit about the

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02:31:03

Episode 208 - Patriots Day

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2025/01/18

In this episode of the show we are talking about the third collaboration between Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg, which is Patriots Day. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk at length about the power of Berg's Mann-esque realism and how it is additionally bolstered by the emotional honesty smuggled by the characters, whether Wahlberg's composite character is a detractor or not, and how occasionally Hollywood may creep into the movie after all. We also talk about the

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00:15:47

The 50-30 Series 01 - Shampoo (teaser)

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2025/01/15

In this inaugural show of our brand new 50-30 series where we will be talking about great movies turning 50 and 30 this year we are getting together for a chat about Hal Ashby's Shampoo. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how we thought this movie fits in the 1975 landscape, what it was that elevated it to the status of the third-biggest box office success of its year and whether it may have been a little bit too late to the New Hollywood party. We also spend some time

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02:08:17

Episode 207 - Deepwater Horizon

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2025/01/11

In this episode of the show our trip through the professional collaborations of Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg continues with a conversation about Deepwater Horizon. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the many problems getting this movie off the ground, the place of a disaster movie genre in the modern landscape of entertainment and the problem of sensitivity when depicting recent events. We also talk about Berg's attempt at workplace realism, Wahlberg's swagger, John Malkovich's

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00:15:48

Mike Nichols Marathon 01 - Who's Afraid of Virginia...

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2025/01/08

We are officially launching our brand new comprehensive director marathon where each month we will discuss one movie directed by Mike Nichols. As we all know, a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step and the step we take today is a conversation about Nichols's feature debut, the 1967 adaptation of the Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Over the course of our great chat you will hear us talk about how a young and unassuming

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03:05:24

Episode 206 - Lone Survivor

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2025/01/04

In this first episode of 2025 we are launching our Berg-Wahlberg January, a month where we will talk about the collaborations between Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg, and we begin this journey by talking about Lone Survivor. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how the harrowing true story of Marcus Luttrell translated to the screen and how reality met Hollywood, what Peter Berg brought to the table and what his style is in our estimation, and how it is after all possible to

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02:00:34

Episode 205 - The Long Kiss Goodnight

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2024/12/28

In this final podcast of 2024 we conclude the December Shane Black Christmas series with a conversation about the Renny Harlin-directed The Long Kiss Goodnight. Over the course of our chat you will hear us try to make sense of the action movie landscape in 1996 and how The Long Kiss Goodnight fit or didn't fit into the changing times, Shane Black's crassness and its interplay with Harlin's innate directorial trashiness, the way Harlin needed a win after he quite literally brought down a studio and

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00:15:48

BONUS Tie-in 43 - Die Hard (teaser)

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2024/12/25

In this special Christmas Bonus episode of our podcast we are loosely tying into our Black Christmas operations by way of talking about an action movie set at Christmas, but most importantly, we are tying into one of the foremost movie Christmas traditions out there. We are talking about Die Hard! Over the course of our amazing chat you will hear us recount the oral history of how this movie was made, how Die Hard changed the action movie narrative and reinvented the canonical action hero to make

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02:47:33

Episode 204 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

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2024/12/21

In this episode of the show, our December series of Shane Black Christmas continues with Black's directorial debut, the 2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Over the course of our sprawling discussion you will hear us talk about how important it was to watch this movie around the time of its release to get on board with its vibes, how it struggles to match Black's crass humor with the story reliant on truly dark noir and how Black has continued developing the formula for a buddy movie over the years. We also

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