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0:00-3:05 – Introduction; Bayer’s knee
3:05-14:55 – “Red Tails” review
14:55-24:40 – “Haywire” review
24:41-26:45 – “Underworld: Awakening” non-review
26:45-36:35 – QOTW (which actress would you like to see beat up which actor)
36:35-45:40 – “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” review
45:40-53:35 – Character Casserole (Eddie Murphy from “Daddy Daycare,” Melissa McCarthy from “Bridesmaids,” and the frog from “Princess and the Frog”)
53:35-55:50 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

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0:00-5:35 – Introduction; Bayer’s vacation
5:35-14:40 – “Joyful Noise” review
14:40-27:20 – QOTW (your best celebrity encounter story)
27:20-40:45 – Bayer’s adventures at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards
40:45-42:30 – Next week’s QOTW
42:30-49:05 – Interquel (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and “Up in the Air”)
49:05-52:15 – Discussions of James Franco, Michael Fassbender, Ron Perlman, Steven Spielberg, Elijah Wood
52:15-53:40 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

Your QOTW for next time: Which actress would you like to see beat up which actor in a movie?

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Introduction, we’re doing the art-house stuff, covering a few stragglers from the end of 2011 – 0:00
“The Artist” review – 4:00
“The Iron Lady” review – 14:25
“My Week with Marilyn” review – 23:35
“Carnage” review – 32:30
“A Dangerous Method” – 41:05
QOTW (your two most anticipated movies of 2012) – 46:40
Next week’s QOTW, including a fanciful tale about Johnny Depp – 57:35
“The Devil Inside” – 1:00:05
Wrap-up and goodbyes – 1:04:35

Your QOTW for next time: What is your greatest celebrity encounter?

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Introduction, explanation of what a “list” is, and so forth – 0:00
The best movies of 2011 – 4:40
Tangent about the relativity of “worst” movies, and Entertainment Weekly – 42:50
The worst movies of 2011 – 45:10
QOTW (your defining movie moment in 2011) – 48:20
Random facts about 2011 movies – 58:30
Thanks to (and gentle mockery of) this week’s lunch sponsor – 1:03:05
Wrap-up and goodbyes – 1:04:35

Your QOTW for next time: What are your TWO (no more, no less!) most anticipated movies of 2012?

Jeff Bayer’s top 10 list:
1. “Hugo”
2. “Beginners”
3. “Drive”
4. “Young Adult”
5. “The Tree of Life”
6. “50/50”
7. “Rango”
8. “The Muppets”
9. “Win Win”
10. “Martha Marcy May Marlene”

Eric D. Snider’s top 10 list:
1. “Drive”
2. “Bellflower”
3. “The Tree of Life”
4. “50/50”
5. “Rango”
6. “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
7. “Winnie the Pooh”
8. “Rubber”
9. “Like Crazy”
10. “Martha Marcy May Marlene”

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Introduction, with talk of expectations vs. realities, related to holidays and movies – 0:00
“We Bought a Zoo” review – 5:15
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” review – 14:50
QOTW (most awkward movie-watching experience with family) – 23:40
“The Adventures of Tintin” review – 34:40
“War Horse” review – 42:35
Pitch Me (Tom Cruise, Sissy Spacek, biopic ghost comedy) – 51:40
Lunch sponsorship, Christmas plans, etc. – 57:15
Wrap-up and goodbyes – 1:01:00

Your QOTW for next time: What is the defining movie moment of 2011 for you?

NOTES: Here are the links to Snider’s written reviews of “We Bought a Zoo,” “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “The Adventures of Tintin,” and “War Horse.”

Here is the link to Bayer’s written review of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”

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Introduction, blathering, nonsense – 0:00
“Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” review – 1:40
QOTW (actors who should be in the Running Hall of Fame with Tom Cruise) – 15:30
Discussion of next QOTW, and tangent about holidays – 20:55
“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” review – 23:50
“Young Adult” review – 31:45
“We Need to Talk About Kevin” review – 42:15
Character Casserole (Sidney Prescott, Rango, and Merry) – 50:45
iTunes reviews – 58:30
Wrap-up and goodbyes – 59:15

Your QOTW for next time: What is the most awkward movie you’ve watched with your family (or a family member)?

NOTES: Here are the links to Snider’s written reviews of “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” “Young Adult,” “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” and “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”

Here are the links to Bayer’s written reviews of “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” and “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.”

Hanukkah begins at sunset on Dec. 20. Christmas begins at 12:00 a.m. on Dec. 25.

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Introduction (our increasingly unusual recording setup; how much coffee Jeff has had) – 0:00
“New Year’s Eve” review – 4:20
QOTW (movies that take place all in one day) – 22:10
Photographs in movies – 30:10
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” review – 31:25
“Shame” review – 41:20
Eric saw “Hugo” again – 50:35
Lunch sponsorship – 53:25
iTunes reviews – 55:35
Interquel (“The Graduate” and “Juno”) – 56:40
Wrap-up and goodbyes – 1:03:30

Your QOTW for next time: Who should join Tom Cruise in the Running Hall of Fame? Cite examples of their fine work running in movies.

NOTES: Here are the links to our written reviews of “New Year’s Eve” (Bayer, Snider); “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (Snider); “Shame” (Snider); “Hugo” (Snider).

Here are the episodes of the /Filmcast and Not Just New Movies podcast that had Eric on as a guest.

If you’d like to share the “Rocky” song heard at the very end of the show with your friends and loved ones, it’s on YouTube.

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Introduction (our first post-Cascadia show; our “studio” is Eric’s apartment) – 0:00
“The Muppets” review – 1:45
“Arthur Christmas” review – 13:08
“Hugo” review – 18:35
“The Descendants” review – 27:00
“Melancholia” review – 35:30
“Being Elmo” review – 44:45
“The Lie” review – 50:00
Pitch Me (Woody Allen, Jessica Lange, horror comedy) – 53:00
Wrap-up and goodbyes – 58:30

Your QOTW for next time: What is your favorite movie that takes place entirely in one day?

NOTES: Here are the links to our written reviews of “The Muppets” (Bayer, Snider); “Arthur Christmas” (Bayer, Snider); “Hugo” (Bayer); “The Descendants” (Bayer, Snider); “Being Elmo” (Bayer); “The Lie” (Snider).

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REVIEWS: “Paranormal Activity 3,” “Take Shelter,” “Three Musketeers,” “Johnny English Reborn,” “Margin Call”
MISC: Propaganda Extravaganza

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About the Podcast

Jeff Bayer and Eric D. Snider are movie critics, but not the stuffy, elitist kind. They’re not the idiotic fanboy kind either. So what kind of movie critics are they? The kind with an Internet radio show, that’s what.

“Movie B.S.” features reviews of new films both good and bad, smackdowns of the bad movies of yesteryear, and a plethora of other movie-related features. All of it is tied together by cavalier banter between Bayer and Snider, who noticed that there was a dearth of cavalier banter on the Internet and sought to rectify that.

It was Jeff Bayer’s turn to write the summary for Episode 79 of Movie B.S with Bayer and Snider, but he forgot to do it before he left for the airport and Eric D. Snider had to do it instead. This is really symptomatic of the problems in Jeff and Eric’s professional relationship, and it’s only a matter of time before it comes to a head. In the meantime, on the show they both raved about “50/50,” the funny and touching cancer comedy-drama starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen. Both critics also agreed on “Dream House”: it’s terrible. They both liked the gory horror comedy “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil,” too, though Eric liked it more than Jeff did. See? This is what I’m talking about. A perfectly good horror comedy like “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil,” and Jeff doesn’t appreciate it. He’s ungrateful. I guess that’s what it is. He’s just ungrateful. But anyway. Sorry. Jeff saw Anna Faris’ new comedy “What’s Your Number?” and said it’s really bad, so we’re taking his word for it. Then the show got cut a little short because — surprise, surprise — Jeff selfishly had to fly out of town to join his wife and celebrate their anniversary. Ugh. This guy.

PROPAGANDA EXTRAVAGANZA: If you like Movie B.S., tell people about it. (If you don’t like it, please be quiet.) The most creative propaganda piece will win the biggest Movie B.S. prize to date! One winner will get the following Blu-rays: “TRON: Legacy,” “MacGruber,” “Limitless” and “Louie: Season 1.” Check out our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/moviebspdx for past examples. Fans have made and posted fliers, created decks of cards, and even killed a man in our name! Deadline to enter is October 19.
QOTW: In conjunction with “The Ides of March,” which movie politician would have your vote? Any movie politician, any office.

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Jeff Bayer and Eric D. Snider watched “Moneyball,” which is about baseball and math, and both critics approve. They were less enthusiastic about “Dolphin Tale,” though Eric thinks it’s worth taking the kids to. Jeff was down on the documentary “Pearl Jam Twenty,” and Eric didn’t see it because he doesn’t like the rock ‘n’ roll that you young people today listen to.
PROPAGANDA EXTRAVAGANZA: If you like Movie B.S., tell people about it. (If you don’t like it, please be quiet.) The most creative propaganda piece will win the biggest Movie B.S. prize to date! One winner will get the following Blu-rays: “TRON: Legacy,” “MacGruber,” “Limitliess” and “Louie: Season 1.” Check out our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/moviebspdx for past examples. Fans have made and posted fliers, created decks of cards, and even killed a man in our name! Deadline to enter is October 19.

QOTW: Who’s your favorite sick (i.e., physically ill) movie character, and why?

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For the first time ever in the history of Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider, film critics Jeff Bayer and Eric D. Snider talk about movies they like, don’t like and simply shrug at. First up is “Drive” starring Ryan Gosling. It falls under the “like” category (a lot). Next up is “I Don’t Know How She Does It” starring Sarah Jessica Parker. Can you guess what category this flick falls under? We answer the QOTW which was, “What actor or actress who normally plays a certain type of character could break out and play against type?” Of course there’s pimping, plus PROPAGANDA EXTRAVAGANZA (see details below). Both Jeff and Eric saw the original “Straw Dogs” and Eric saw the remake. Interquel is played with “Bull Durham” and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”

PROPAGANDA EXTRAVAGANZA: If you like Movie B.S. then tell people about it. The most creative propaganda piece will win the biggest Movie B.S. prize to date! One winner will get the following Blu-rays: “TRON: Legacy,” “MacGruber,” “Limitliess” and “Louie: Season 1.” Check out our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/moviebspdx for past examples. Fans have made and posted fliers, created decks of cards, and even killed a man in our name! Deadline to enter is October 19.

QOTW (thanks to listener Dave Gibbons): How far have you ever driven to see a movie, what movie was it, and was it worth the drive?

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There are many movies to talk about this week on Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider, so it’s a good thing it’s a movie show. Jeff Bayer and Eric D. Snider both endorse “Warrior,” a sports movie with heart (and some plot contrivances). They also approve of “Contagion,” a virus medical thriller about death and disease and stuff. Eric loved the raucous sci-fi comedy “Attack the Block”; Jeff liked it OK. They were further split on the spiritual drama “Higher Ground,” which Eric loved and Jeff found boring.

Your QOTW for the next show: What actor or actress who normally plays a certain type of character could break out and play against type? Give us specific ideas of what he or she could do to change things up.

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Film critics Eric D. Snider and Jeff Bayer talk movies, pimp and play a game. Come join us, won’t you? First up is “The Debt” starring Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, and Sam Worthington. Eric liked it, Jeff verged on love. Jeff also plays a little of his interview with Mirren and company. “Shark Night 3D” and “Apollo 18” weren’t screened for critics, so we have no idea what level of bad they are. We did answer the QOTW which was: In honor of “Apollo 18,” which presents a horror twist on the Moon landing, what other historical event could be given the horror treatment?

Next up is “A Good Old Fashioned Orgy” starring Jason Sudeikis and a bunch of others. Both critics enjoyed it enough, though Jeff found it a little tame. They play a rousing game of PITCH ME starring Richard Gere and Scott Baio, yes THE Scott Baio. “The Adults in the Room” gets a one-week run at Cinema 21. It’s from local Portland filmmaker Andy Blubaugh and even has a little Eric in it. Go see it!

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Twitter: @MovieBS

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