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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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1:19:32

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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1:17:56

Jurassic Park III (2001)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/08/11

In the interim between The Lost World Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III, no one was really clamoring for another visit to the amusement park for which the franchise was named. So what’s a movie studio starved for a successful movie to do? How about make a 90 minute chase movie. Join Garrett, Matt, and Adam as they dive right into director Joe Johnston’s third sequel that is about as derided as the Carnosaur film the boys discussed while reviewing the first film. But as teased last week, Matt

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1:24:42

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/08/04

1993 was a massive year of success for director Steven Spielberg. He not only won the long out of his reach Oscar for Schindler’s List, but he also once again proved he was the box office king with Jurassic Park. With a year like that, and an already twenty plus year career, Spielberg needed a break. But while on his sabbatical, he asked original Jurassic author Michael Crichton to write a sequel to the most successful film of the early 90s. How much of the Lost World book was actually used in

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2:05:27

Jurassic Park (1993)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/07/28

In 1993, the concept of dinosaurs was something that was only realized onscreen by puppetry and practical effects. Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend and Jim Henson’s Dinosaurs tv show were about the cream of the crop of what an onscreen dinosaur looked like. Who better to change this idea than The Beard himself, Steven Spielberg. With friend Michael Crichton publishing a book he told Spielberg was ‘the most expensive movie ever made’, and Spielberg’s career needing a boost after 1991’s Hook coming

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2:00:52

The Flash (2023)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/07/21

Well, we said we would do all films Batman was in. And sometimes, being completionists gets us in trouble. Yes, we will eventually get to the Flash tv movie from the past. But with Michael Keaton reprising perhaps his most popular role, the boys thought it prudent to go ahead and review the 2023 version now. Listen in as the boys review the latest Andy Muschietti (2017’s It) directed DC release and decide on where DC could have gone from here had the guiding suits behind Warner Brothers and DC

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2:14:32

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast ·

2023/07/18

Being touted as ‘Indy’s last adventure’, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny was one of the most anticipated movies of the year. Bar none, the one on this podcast who was looking forward to it the most, is Garrett, a devoted lifelong fan of the character who thought a proper send off was done for Indy at the end of the Crystal Skull. How would he respond to Disney’s version of the send off the character so richly deserves? Join Garrett, Matt, and Adam in this special Tuesday release of the Three

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