Completely Conspicuous Episode 107: That's a Wrap
Special guest Matt Phillion and I wrap up our look at the decade in movies.
Topics:
- We both loved Iron Man
- Robert Downey Jr. IS Tony Stark
- Geeking out on comics
- Shaun of the Dead elevated zombie movie genre
- Appreciating Danny Boyle
- LOTR trilogy: Making the "unmakeable" movies
- Matt praises the Pirates of the Caribbean movies
- Hey Hollywood, leave Matt's childhood alone
- Critically acclaimed movie Matt hated: The Royal Tenenbaums
- Critically acclaimed movie Jay hated: Crash
- Matt's pick for best movie nobody saw: Brotherhood of the Wolf
- Jay's pick for best movie nobody saw: In Bruges
- Joseph Gordon Levitt has done good work in recent years
- Jay's actor of the decade: Clooney
- Matt's actor of the decade: Downey, Jr.
- Actress of the decade: Blanchett or Winslet?
- Director of decade: Coen Bros.
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
- The Sons of Hercules - Numb
- White Rabbits - Percussion Gun
- Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
- Dinosaur Jr. - Forget the Swan
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The Sons of Hercules song is on the album A Different Kind of Ugly on Saustex Media. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/sonsofhercules. The song is courtesy of IODA Promonet; download the track for free at http://www.iodapromonet.com.
The White Rabbits song is on the album It's Frightening on TBD Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/whiterabbits and download the song for free at http://www.insound.com.
The Neutral Milk Hotel song is on the album In the Aeroplane, Over the Sea on Merge Records. Find out more at http://www.mergerecords.com/artists/neutralmh and download the song for free at http://www.mergerecords.com.
The Dinosaur Jr. song is on the album Dinosaur on Merge Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/dinosaurjr and download the song for free at http://www.mergerecords.com.
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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at http://clickyclickymusic.com and http://www.keepingsomedarksecrets.net. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell; find out more at http://www.myspace.com/meandboristhebull. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at http://bobdurling.blogspot.com/.
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