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All posts by Josh Spiegel
“Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger” A Conflicted, Distracted New Crime Documentary
James "Whitey" Bulger is a very, very bad man; even with a title like Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger, this documentary doesn't intend to debate whether or not Bulger is guilty of the various crimes he's been accused of throughout the last ...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 150: “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”
It's a big day here at Mousterpiece Cinema HQ, as we're celebrating our third anniversary with our 150th episode! Yes, friends, it's really been three years since Josh started a podcast about Disney movies all on his own by ranting about Cars 2. Things have ch...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 141: “Bears”
Note. This was originally posted at Sound on Sight.
It’s been one week since the last episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, but just barely. On this week’s show, Josh and Gabe had to grin and bear it while discussing the new Disneynature documentary Bears. They’r...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 142: “A Goofy Movie”
Note. This was originally posted at Sound on Sight.
This week on Mousterpiece Cinema, we’re feeling a bit silly. A bit wacky, you might say. Possibly even a bit…goofy. Yes, it’s time for Josh and Gabe to goof off while talking about the 1995 film A Goofy Mo...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 143: “Robin Hood”
Note. This was originally posted at Sound on Sight.
A fine oo-de-lally to you, friends, as Robin Hood and Little John would say. Yes, those two scoundrels and some of their friends are at the center of this week’s new Mousterpiece Cinema, which is all about...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 144: “Teacher’s Pet”
Note. This was originally posted at Sound on Sight.
Welcome, everyone, to a very important podcast-cum-intervention, wherein Josh finally gets Gabe to open up about why exactly he hates dogs. Sure, this episode is ostensibly about the 2004 Disney film Teach...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 145: “Million Dollar Arm”
Note. This was originally posted at Sound on Sight.
There are few things more associated with summer in America than our national pastime of baseball. So there’s no better time for Walt Disney Pictures to release a baseball drama based on a true story, righ...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 146: “The Boys”
Note. This was originally posted at Sound on Sight.
It’s a big week here on Mousterpiece Cinema, as Gabe and Josh take a look back at the shared and separate lives of Richard and Robert Sherman, the two men responsible for some of the most memorable pieces ...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 149: “George of the Jungle”
This week on Mousterpiece Cinema, Josh and Gabe are going back to the jungle with one of the most iconic vine-swingers of all. He's daring, he's brave, and he's...probably about to hit some tree that's in his way. Yes, we're not talking about Tarzan this week,...
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“The Signal” Sacrifices Storytelling Logic For Striking Visuals
In the last few years, a number of filmmakers have, intentionally or not, used their first feature as a kind of calling card to bigger and (hopefully) better things. Josh Trank directed Chronicle, a film whose success allowed him to get hired as the director o...
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