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Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 046: Elysium (2013) and We’re the Millers (2013) and In a World… (2013)

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In Episode 046 of Movie Podcast Weekly, you get more than two hours of movie podcasting magic, three new release Feature Reviews and your four original hosts — sans guests. We bring you an in-depth examination of “Elysium,” and Josh covers “We’re the Millers” and “In a World…” for us. And of course, we also bring you some Mini Reviews and our Specialty Genre Recommendation Segments. Also in this episode, you’ll hear a surprising amount of discussion about elementary education and Nicolas Cage…

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Reconsidering Jody Hill’s “Observe and Report”: Is It Transgressive Cinema?

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by Andy and Jason Pyles
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Andy and Jason Pyles, the authors of this essay, are two of the hosts of Movie Podcast Weekly, a new movie podcast that launches on October 1, 2012. Andy and Jason revisited Jody Hill’s dark comedy “Observe and Report” (2009), and then had the following discussion via e-mail. Here is Jason’s perspective:

The Flawed Defense of Transgressive Cinema. There’s a phenomenon called “transgressive cinema.” It’s not new. I believe that term was originally coined in the ’80s, but transgressive cinema has been around since the birth of the medium. Indeed, Georges Méliès (“A Trip to the Moon”) used to make nudie films, Continue reading →