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Piecing It Together Podcast

Piecing It Together Podcast

A podcast about movies and the movies that inspired them. A good movie is the result of a large number of people both in front of and behind the camera combining to create a piece of art… But what about the movies that came before that inspired those filmmakers to make the movie? On Piecing It Together we figure out what the clear (and not so clear) influences were that make up the movies we love.

tv & film film reviews

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01:14:31

Breaking It Apart - The Films of David Lynch...

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2025/03/07

On this new entry in the special episode series Breaking It Apart, I’m joined by Mike Miley, author of the book David Lynch's American Dreamscapes, to do a first of its kind episode... A look at films that may have been inspired by the collective works of David Lynch. Undoubtebly one of the most influential figures in cinema, after he recently passed away, it only made sense to do this episode on his full filmography rather than a single film. Puzzle pieces include Natural Born Killers, Synecdoche

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48:10

March 2025 Trailers (Special Episode)

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2025/03/03

On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in March 2025. This month’s episode includes Rule Breakers, Night Of The Zoopocalypse, Novocaine, Black Bag, The Electric State, Opus, Snow White, The Alto Knights, Bob Trevino Likes It, Magazine Dreams, The Woman In The Yard, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Road Trip, Mickey 17 and A Working Man.As always,

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57:23

97th Academy Awards Predictions (Special Episode)

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2025/02/28

On this special episode, Ben Miller joins me to give our predictions for the 97th Academy Awards, happening on Sunday, March 2nd. As in previous years, we’ll just cover a selection of the Oscar categories for the sake of time, but we discuss what should win, what will win and what we think should have been nominated for those coveted Oscars.As always, SPOILER ALERT forany of the movies we discuss!Ben Miller is a film critic and runs Ice Cream For Freaks athttps://icecream4freaks.com/He also hosts

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47:13

The Monkey LIVE (Featuring Knik Woods, Jimmie...

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2025/02/24

On the 436th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Knik Woods, Jimmie Gonzalez and Sam Novak to talk about THE MONKEY! Osgood Perkins' hilarious horror-comedy is based on a Stephen King short story and filled with all kinds of wacky, craziness. Puzzle pieces include Final Destination, Gremlins, The Dark Half and Hellraiser.As always, SPOILER ALERT forThe Monkeyand the movies we discuss!Written by Osgood PerkinsDirected by Osgood PerkinsStarring

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01:03:27

The Brutalist (Featuring Tara Giancaspro)

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2025/02/21

On the 435th episode of Piecing It Together, Tara Giancaspro joins me to talk about The Brutalist. Brady Corbett's American epic is one of the most talked about movies of the year and a big contender at the upcoming Oscars. Puzzle pieces include Babylon, The Aviator, There Will Be Blood and The Neon Demon.As always, SPOILER ALERT forThe Brutalistand the movies we discuss!Written by Brady Corbet and Mona FastvoidDirected by Brady CorbetStarring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn,

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36:05

Captain America: Brave New World LIVE (Featuring...

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2025/02/17

On the 434th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Faith Nault, Jorge Lara and Kristopher West to talk about Captain America: Brave New World. The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn't exactly move things forward like fans had hoped, but we had a good time with it anyway. Puzzle pieces include The Manchurian Candidate, Bond movies, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and a bunch of X-Men movies that we have trouble distinguishing between.As

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40:50

Anora (Featuring Josie DeMarco)

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2025/02/14

On the 433rd episode of Piecing It Together, Josie DeMarco joins me to talk about Anora. Sean Baker's latest starring Mikey Madison was an early awards favorite when we recorded this episode. Then I kept waiting for a good time to release the episode and in the months since, it's won DGA and PGA and is now looking like a clear Oscar frontrunner. Puzzle pieces include Get Him To The Greek, Married To The Mob, Ghost Dog and Zola.As always, SPOILER ALERT forAnoraand the movies we discuss!Written by

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44:14

Heart Eyes LIVE (Featuring Michael Keene, Tia Bean...

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2025/02/10

On the 432nd episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Michael Keene, Tia Bean & William-Patrick Coleman to talk about Heart Eyes! Josh Ruben's new slasher is a horror-romantic-comedy, just in time for Valentine's Day! Puzzle pieces include Scream, Lover's Lane, My Bloody Valentine and My Bloody Valentine 3D.As always, SPOILER ALERT forHeart Eyesand the movies we discuss!Written by Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon and Michael KennedyDirected by

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01:20:51

Top 10 Film Scores of 2024 (Special Episode)

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2025/02/07

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, composer and podcaster Brian Skutle joins me to take a look back at 2024 and some of our favorite film scores of the year! It was a big year for movies and we get into a lot of great picks from some of the more celebrated scores like The Brutalist and Conclave to some more more out of left field picks like Daddio, The Colors Within and A Different Man!As always, SPOILER ALERT forany of the movies we discuss!Brian Skutle is a film critic and runs Sonic

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45:47

February 2025 Trailers (Special Episode)

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2025/02/03

On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in February 2025. This month’s episode includes Kinda Pregnant, Love Hurts, Armand, Paddington In Peru, The Gorge, Bridge Jones: Mad About The Boy, The Monkey, The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, Last Breath, The Legend of Ochi, Heart Eyes and Captain America Brave New World.As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the

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36:23

Flight Risk (Featuring Danette Tull & Troy Staton)

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2025/01/31

On the 431st episode of Piecing It Together, Danette Tull from the Nevada Film Office joins me to talk about Flight Risk, the Mark Wahlberg starring acion flick shot here in Nevada. We recorded this episode at LMG Studios where the film was mostly shot and after our main converastion we're also joined by Troy Staton to discuss filming in Nevada. Puzzle pieces include Con Air, Fear, Flight and Zero Hour!As always, SPOILER ALERT forFlight Riskand the movies we discuss!Written by Jason

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01:14:57

Top 10 First Time Watches of 2024 (Special Episode)

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2025/01/27

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell joins me to talk about our picks for our favorite older films that we watched for the first time in 2024. Some of our picks come from our research for Josh’s podcast Awesome Movie Year and some are just movies from our watch list that we happened to watch in the last year.We also hear from Josh’s Awesome Movie Year co-host Jason Harris about his 10 favorite first time watches of 2024.As always, SPOILER ALERT forany of the movies we

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36:07

Better Man (Featuring Courtney Howard)

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2025/01/24

On the 430th episode of Piecing It Together, film critic Courtney Howard joins me to talk about Better Man. If you don't know it by name, this is the Robbie Williams biopic where he's digitally replaced by a CGI Chimp. It's WILD. Puzzle pieces include All That Jazz, Rocketman, Babylon and of course, Planet of the Apes.As always, SPOILER ALERT forBetter Manand the movies we discuss!Written by Michael Gracey, Simon Gleeson, Oliver ColeDirected by Michael GraceyStarring Robbie Williams, Steve

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49:34

Wolf Man LIVE (Featuring K.L. Martin, Luella Chavez...

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2025/01/20

On the 429th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests K.L. Martin, Luella Chavez and Knik Woods to talk about Wolf Man! Leigh Whannel's take on the classic Universal monster added some interesting ideas and plenty of tension. Puzzle pieces include The Shining, Night of the Living Dead, Twilight and Ginger Snaps.As always, SPOILER ALERT forWolf Manand the movies we discuss!Written by Leigh Whannell and Corbett TuckDirected by Leigh WhannellStarring

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49:57

The Wild Robot (Featuring Toby Cochran)

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2025/01/17

On the 428th episode of Piecing It Together, Toby Cochran joins me to talk about The Wild Robot, which has just been re-released in theaters. This beautiful animated film is one of 2024's best. We also discuss my guest's animated film about a robot, LUKI & The Lights. Puzzle pieces include Isle of Dogs, Bambi, Life of Pi and The Iron Giant.As always, SPOILER ALERT forThe Wild Robotand the movies we discuss!Written by Chris SandersDirected by Chris SandersStarring Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal,

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51:37

Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera LIVE (Featuring Jason...

Piecing It Together Podcast ·

2025/01/13

On the 427th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in North Las Vegas with guests Jason Harris, Derek Sante and KC Christon to talk about Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera! This long awaited sequel to the "dirtbag action" flick takes things to the next level. Puzzle pieces include Ronin, The Italian Job, The Fast & The Furious and Oceans 11.As always, SPOILER ALERT forDen Of Thieves 2: Panteraand the movies we discuss!Written by Christian GudegastDirected by Christian

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48:29

The Last Showgirl (Featuring Robert Kachelriess)

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2025/01/10

On the 426th episode of Piecing It Together, Robert Kachelriess joins me to talk about The Last Showgirl. Both of us being Las Vegas based gave us plenty to talk about with Pamela Anderson's much hyped Vegas showgirl story. Puzzle pieces include Casino, Leaving Las Vegas, The Wrestler and Nyad.As always, SPOILER ALERT forThe Last Showgirland the movies we discuss!Written by Kate GerstenDirected by Gia CoppolaStarring Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Brenda Song, Kiernan

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38:22

A Complete Unknown (Featuring Corey Levitan)

Piecing It Together Podcast ·

2025/01/06

On the 425th episode of Piecing It Together, journalist Corey Levitan joins me to talk about A Complete Unknown. This Bob Dylan biopic from James Mangold starring Timothee Chalamet does its best to make a story out of a mysterious music icon. Puzzle pieces include Bohemian Rhapsody, Amadeus, Birdman and inside Llewyn Davis.As always, SPOILER ALERT forA Complete Unknownand the movies we discuss!Written by James Mangold and Jay CocksDirected by James MangoldStarring Timothee Chalamet, Edward Norton,

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02:19:22

Top 10 Films of 2024 (Featuring Josh Bell & Jason...

Piecing It Together Podcast ·

2025/01/01

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell & Jason Harris from Awesome Movie Year join me to discuss our Top 10 favorite films of 2024. Along with some honorable mentions and suggestions from the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group, we get into a lot of the movies that made up 2024.As always, SPOILER ALERT forany ofthe movies we discuss!Thank you to Gina Mizzoni, Joe Black, Paul Hibbard, Steven Hughes, Arthur GloverJosh Bell is a film critic whose reviews can be read at

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40:00

Looking Back At 2024 (Special Episode)

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2024/12/30

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, I’m taking a look back at the year 2024. This is not a traditional episode of the podcast, but more a chance to talk to you all and recap my year in movies, music and podcasting, as well as share some news about what’s coming in 2025.My sixth album,MORE CONTENTis available NOW oniTunes,Bandcampand all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music video “Ascending” which you can watch

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