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What We're Watching (& Listening To): You Must Remember This; G.I. Jane; Paul Schrader Deep Dive: Hardcore; American Gigolo; Light Sleeper; Affliction; Knock at the Cabin

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Music by Splash '96
Recorded & Edited by Boutwell Studios

#328 - We Watched That Bus Go Around The Bend About 7,000 Times

In which we discuss the seeming improbability of Michael Bay agreeing to helm this franchise, everything revolving around a horny teenager, characters arriving in pairs, deploying Megatron so late and Matt's potentially controversial take on the best handling of a Transformer in a Michael Bay movie.

For those wanting to read and/or watch along, next week's episode covers More Than Meets the Eye Issues 1-8, and the week after will be Revenge of the Fallen.

Outro music performed by Saskia Parks

More (and Less) Than Meets The Eye

More (And Less!) Than Meets The Eye - Episode 1: Transformers (2007)

In which we discuss the 2008 writers strike's impact on one of the worst major movies ever released, going Full-Bay, giant robot balls and of course a Magic Sock Full of Matrix Dust.

Next week: MTMTE 2012 Annual & Issues 9-16 
Two weeks: Dark of the Moon

More (And Less!) Than Meets The Eye - Episode 3: Revenge of the Fallen

In which we discuss Shockwave's cool pet drill, the height of 3D filmmaking, the courting of major name supporting actors, gay panic with Dr Ken, juggling villains, and the ups and downs of The Battle of Chicago

(Yes, Matt said 'Episode 4' at the start by accident. Sorry!)

Next Week: Issues 17-33 of MTMTE (you can skip Dark Cybertron)
Two Weeks: Age of Extinction

Outro Music: 'This Is Why We Fight' (The Decemberists Cover - Saskia Parks

More (And Less!) Than Meets The Eye - Episode 5: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

It took 9 weeks, but Ben & Matt finally disagree about the quality of a movie. For Mat, The Last Knight is one of the worst things he has ever seen in his entire life and potentially permanently altered his brain chemistry. Ben contends that while it's bad, it's not only not the worst Transformers movie, but not even the second worst!

They discuss Cogman, 'Hot Rod' (it ain't right what they done to our boy), sozzled Merlin, poor Gemma Chan, awkwardly smushing two ideas together (again!) and generally become delirious.

Outro music: 'This Is Why We Fight' (The Decemberists Cover) - Saskia Parks

Homework
Next Week: More Than Meets The Eye Issues 45-55 (Vol. 9 & 10)
Two Weeks: Bumblebee

More (And Less!) Than Meets The Eye - Episode 9: Transformers: The Last Knight

Bryan is away this week, so we're kicking off May with another "OOPS! All Daves" episode! 

This month, we're leaning into some of the worst-of-the-worst movies with our Crappy Hour theme. The very first pick comes from special guest and temporary co-host Dave Novak, who has beered us Movie 43. 

With 13 directors and a laundry list of famous actors, might this actually be this century's Howard the Duck? 

*Movie 43 © 2013 Movie Productions, LLC

EP71: Movie 43 (2013) feat. Dave

Mike Thomas, Matt Waters, Ben Phillips, Kevin Ford, Jerome Cusson and more bring you shows covering a plethora of films and TV shows, including Lost, Adventure Time, Game of Thrones, Firefly and even superhero movies, because nobody else is talking about those! Where else could you hope to find a 90-minute critical discussion of Brokeback Mountain and a dump truck of trivia on Mission: Impossible II in the same feed?

SideTalks is the official podcast of the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema. Hosted by Sidewalk Creative Director Rachel Morgan and Programmer Corey Craft and featuring the Sidewalk staff as well as industry professionals, SideTalks takes on all things cinematic. Produced by Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama, the podcast provides a fun, fast-paced spotlight on select current and retrospective films from all eras and genres and related cinematic topics by way of debates, deep dives, interviews and notes on "what we're watching". The podcast also highlights select events and films screening at the annual Sidewalk Film Festival and year-round Sidewalk Cinema and provides an awesome companion for festival-goers, cinema patrons and film enthusiasts alike. Email us at podcast@sidewalkfest.com with your questions, comments, and counter arguments.

A weekly podcast where two self-proclaimed film nerds talk movies. That's right, another movie podcast.

Throughout each episode, we assign point values for different categories to arrive at a final score. Then we surprise our co-host (and our listeners) with the next week's movie. On the last week of every month, we randomly select a film suggestion from our listeners!

We never know what we'll be talking about the next week! Shenanigans ensue.

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