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PODCAST

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast

Percolated Media

Join Adam, Garrett, and Matthew, on their never-ending retrospective journey through their reviews of the best and worst of films and television.

tv & film film reviews

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1:35:20

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes...

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/12/23

Keeping up with a retrospective we started years ago can be eye opening. Here we have a review of a movie that is a prequel (boy, where have we heard that before?) to a series that one of us was a fan of, one of us was ambivalent on, and one of us had conspiracy theories about. Welcome, to our Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Listen to the boys refresh peoples’ minds about where they stand on the series, and then dive into the new Viola Davis/Peter Dinklage starring prequel that

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1:47:46

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/12/15

Going into 2005, there were a lot of alternatives in the universe that did not involve seeing Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker struggle to keep peace in the galaxy while holding off the evil power established in 1999’s Episode 1. Harry Potter was about to reach for the Goblet of Fire. Batman was gearing up to begin all over again. And Peter Jackson was about to unleash a whole new vision of King Kong. While anticipation was still high for his writer/director George Lucas was going to conclude

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1:42:58

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/12/08

2002 marked the follow-up to The Phantom Menace. Lucas, bringing in a co-writer, released Episode II to the masses. Adding a Fett, a grown up Skywalker, political intrigue and Christopher Lee himself. Did the film match expectations in the eyes of our three hosts? Listen in as we dive into all those ingredients that make up Attack of the Clones.

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2:10:05

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/12/01

While it may have seem like a lifetime since the boys visited a galaxy far far away, it wasn’t nearly as long as the 16 years writer/director George Lucas took. And no, two Ewok movies don’t count. While people assumed that 1983’s Return of the Jedi was the end of Star Wars, Lucas would eventually prove them wrong. And after a couple of hits to his empire -notably a high profile divorce and being the spearhead/producer of a little movie called Howard the Duck- it was inevitable that he would. With

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2:14:44

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/11/24

Garrett and Matt start their first of two weeks of playing catch up as they bring Michael Guarnieri back to conclude (?) their look at the films starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese with this review of Killers of the Flower Moon. After years of being stuck in the rut of ‘will it or won’t it be released’, Killers is finally getting its just due, as it hit the market and Oscar talk almost immediately followed it. Listen in to find out if the guys agree with this talk, or if they

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1:19:32

Percolated Media Presents: Opposable Thumbs with Matt...

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/11/23

Welcome to this special Thanksgiving treat as Garrett has finally picked up the microphone and recorded a new Percolated Media Presents. Garrett certainly arrived to the proverbial Thanksgiving dinner with a good one, as he welcomes film review/author Matt Singer to talk about his brand-new book, Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel and Ebert Changed Movies Forever.

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1:37:02

The Exorcist: Believer (2023)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/11/17

It’s all come down to this. After a month and a half of watching and dissecting every film of the Exorcist franchise, the boys reconvene to conclude (for now) their The Exorcist retrospective with this review of the new David Gordon Green film The Exorcist: Believer. Listen in as Mik shares first hand accounts of David Gordon Green and how napping is an important part of his shoots, what we all thought of how Ellen Burstyn’s return was handled, and how we felt about Green doing another ‘legacy’

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59:48

Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/11/10

While Renny Harlin had a film in theaters, Paul Schrader was running his hands together. After having his Exorcist prequel literally taken away from him by James G Robinson and everyone else at Morgan Creek, Harlin’s Exorcist The Beginning was proving to be a gamble that didn’t pay off. So, with receipts not what they expected, Schrader was given an extra $35,000 by Morgan Creek to spice up his film and get it ready for release a year later in hopes of getting their investment back. The result is

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1:10:47

Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/11/03

The story behind Exorcist: The Beginning is one that is even more strange than the hyenas in the actual movie. After hiring Paul Shrader and watching the final film he turned in, producer James G Robinson wasn’t impressed. Even after famed editor Sheldon Kahn edited it to bits and Shrader worked on it himself, Robinson made a decision to scrap the film and start from scratch. The story of the Shrader film will be told next week. For now, we’re here to talk about what new director Renny Harlin

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1:35:31

The Exorcist III (1990)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/10/27

For what it’s worth, The Exorcist II The Heretic should have sank the franchise forever. Not many horror movie series recover from being laughed off the screen. But, what Warner Brothers didn’t want, Morgan Creek did. James G Robinson was now in control of the franchise, and what he wanted was another Exorcist film. But author William Peter Blatty did not want to do a movie version of his book Legion and sell it as The Exorcist III. Not after The Heretic’s bad taste was still lingering. But

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2:04:30

The Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/10/20

It might be hard to fathom now, but in 1977 ‘horror sequel’ was a foreign term. Sure, the Universal Monsters had sequels where they were visited by a bride, Abbot, and Costello. But to have a film that follows a set of characters after they were terrorized for two hours in a previous film was unheard of. So when The Exorcist was released to huge box office and critical success, Warner Brothers saw a massive opportunity to cash in. But instead of Jason Miller, they had Richard Burton. And instead of

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1:53:39

The Exorcist (1973)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/10/13

It’s been called by many the scariest movie of all time. It is yet another series that Garrett has been wanting to cover for years. It has a new movie coming out this Halloween season. What other reasons do we need to finally cover The Exorcist? Even though Night of the Living Dead was out just five years prior, never had a horror movie earned as much support from both audiences and critics alike until The Exorcist was released in 1973. Major box office, a slew of Oscar nominations, and a

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1:42:39

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): Superman...

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/10/06

After almost a year of going through all things cinematic involving Krypton’s favorite son, it’s come down to this. A review of a movie we have reviewed before. But this time, instead of telling it from Batman’s point of view, this review of Batman vs Superman Dawn of Justice will be told from Superman’s perspective. Why review this film again? That is the question, among many, that Matt and Adam brought to the table. And as always, Garrett has his reasons. Judge for yourself whether they are

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2:14:07

Man of Steel (2013)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/09/29

After Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy helped put DC’s superheroes back on the map, it was only a matter of time before studio heads were going to try and make the alien from Krypton into a successful part of it. Little did we know they were going to ask Nolan himself to produce, and 300’s own Zack Snyder to direct. After reviewing Superman’s cinematic legacy all year, it was only a matter of time before we came to this one. Listen in as the boys dissect and review one of the most debated

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2:04:53

Superman Returns (2006)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/09/22

When Christopher Reeve hung up the cape after The Quest for Peace, few would have ever thought about someone else making a movie in that continuity. There were plenty of projects that were attempted to revive Superman back on the big screen. Whether it was Kevin Smith, Tim Burton or JJ Abrams, there just didn't seem to be a clear vision WB felt confident in greenlighting. Finally, X-men director Bryan Singer landed the gig of bringing Superman back to the big screen as a continuation of the first

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1:05:45

Steel (1997)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/09/15

By the time 1997 rolled around, the words ‘superhero movie’ were turned into a joke. There were successful bad ones (Batman & Robin, which we reviewed last year) Generally ok received flops (1994’s The Rocketeer) and just flat out bad ones (1996’s The Phantom, Spawn). Even Superman, the one that started them all had not recovered from its all around bad fourth film from 1987. But all this didn’t stop produced Quincy Jones from visiting the world of Superman. Or did he? Listen in as the boys review

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42:24

Ewoks – The Battle for Endor (1985)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/09/08

Say what we will about it -and boy did we ever- Caravan of Courage was a movie that garnered 65 million viewers when it originally aired on Thanksgiving 1984. So, of course George Lucas and company were going to come back for another one. But no one was prepared for exactly WHAT they were going to come up with. Welcome to this review of The Battle For Endor. Or, as it should be called, Sophie’s Choice-the Ewok version. Listen to the boys break down the 1985 sequel to The Ewok Adventure, and then

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54:18

The Ewok Adventure (Caravan of Courage) (1984)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/09/01

With Matt deciding to celebrate his birthday in Florida, we kind of had to throw a curve-ball. But have no worries Percolated Media listeners, as the boys are nothing if not prepared. We’ll ALWAYS be here to release a new podcast on Fridays. It’s just that this week and next, we’ll have to go with a series that was actually recorded a couple months ago for situations such as this. After Return of the Jedi, people assumed that George Lucas was done with Star Wars. But it took barely a year for

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1:39:06

Oppenheimer (2023)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/08/25

2020 was not a very good year for anybody. But it could be argued that in the movie business, no one had a tougher time getting his movie out than Christopher Nolan. As the world was stuck in a pandemic, Nolan was in a fight to keep the theatrical release date of his film Tenet. All while at the same time, Warner Brothers, the studio he had been making films for almost his entire career, decided to put all their oncoming slate of films on the (at the time) HBO Max streaming service. Now, three

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1:06:40

Supergirl (1984)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/08/18

After Superman III came and went with a whimper in 1983, the Salkinds knew their Superman money machine was in trouble. So much so they were within a few years of making a deal with Cannon Films to take over the franchise. Yet they had one more play. A film that was in development even while Superman III was still in production. One that they were sure would bring a whole new audience to the DC property. Yes, they had Supergirl up their blue sleeves. Listen in as the boys return to the Superman

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