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All posts by Josh Spiegel
Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 205: “Heavyweights”
You better be listening to this episode while taking part in a solid workout, buster. Feel the burn! Push yourself! Etc.! Sorry, we're just in a very exercise-friendly mood after discussing the 1995 comedy Heavyweights on this week's episode of Mousterpiece Ci...
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“Self/Less”
Self/Less is a long, slow slog with a disappointing capper in its “Directed by” credit. It’s hard to believe that Tarsem Singh, the same visual stylist behind The Cell, The Fall, and even the utterly silly Mirror Mirror, was behind the camera for this detached...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 204: “Third Man on the Mountain”
Mousterpiece Cinema. Forbidding. Aloof. Terrifying. The podcast with the biggest goofballs in the world. OK, we are referencing a classic Monty Python sketch with this opening, but for the movie of the week, it makes sense. Today, Josh and Gabe are scaling new...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 203: “Popeye”
Grab the nearest can of spinach, friends, and get ready for this week's (sound-issue-free) episode of Mousterpiece Cinema! On this episode, Josh and Gabe are headed to the lakeside village of Sweethaven to tangle with Wimpy, the Oyl family, Bluto, and everyone...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 202: “Inside Out”
Friends, with this week's episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, we have good news and bad news. The good news is that Josh and Gabe are joined by longtime friend of the show and Forbes.com film critic Scott Mendelson to talk about the latest film from Pixar Animatio...
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“Inside Out”
Pete Docter’s prior films are permeated with sadness, hovering on the periphery and threatening to swallow the stories whole. On the surface, Monsters, Inc. is a mix of high-octane action and screwball farce in a fantastical universe; just below, it builds up ...
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On Animation as Genre And Medium in Cinema
In a recent article profiling Inside Out, the new film from Pixar Animation Studios, New York Times journalist Brooks Barnes wrote the following regarding the state of modern animation and the burden that Inside Out bears in the industry: “The rival DreamWorks...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 201: “Old Yeller”
Friends, we're heading to the farm this week on Mousterpiece Cinema. Sure, you know the one, don't you? That farm where your favorite dog or cat got sent to after it was sick when you were a kid. They could run and jump and play and be happy without a care in ...
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“Jurassic World”
It’s impossible to discuss Jurassic World, the large-scale fourth entry in the dinosaur-laden franchise, without acknowledging the T-Rex in the room: Jurassic Park. The 1993 film by Steven Spielberg looms large over this one, not just because of its unshakable...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 200: “The Lion King 1 1/2”
We did it, friends! This week, we reach a podcasting plateau--200 episodes! Why, barely any other podcast has ever hit that peak before! (Don't verify our math.) And what better way to celebrate the 200th episode of Mousterpiece Cinema than with a direct-to-DV...
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