Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider Podcast - Part 13

Episode 256: ‘The Longest Ride,’ ‘While We’re Young,’ ‘Freetown’

April 10, 2015April 9, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-3:30 – We begin our sixth year of broadcasting
3:30-10:10 – A Nicholas Sparks memory game
10:10-25:30 – “The Longest Ride” review
25:30-30:00 – “While We’re Young” review (just Bayer)
30:00-33:40 – “Freetown” review (just Snider)
33:40-47:20 – QOTW (your favorite movie animals, non-animated)
47:20-51:30 – Hey, What’d You Watch? (“Stuart Saves His Family,” some TV)
51:30-57:15 – Recap, then a diversion about potty training (one gets the impression Jeff will be talking about this a lot in the coming weeks)

QOTW: What’s your favorite bodily function moment or reference in a movie?

REVIEWS:
The Longest Ride D+ 4/10
While We’re Young n/a 7/10
Freetown B- n/a

Episode 255: ‘Furious Seven,’ Pitch Me

April 3, 2015April 2, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-4:00 – It’s our 5th anniversary! We reminisce a little (plus a baby-monitor cameo by Dylan)
4:00-6:00 – Lead-up to a big announcement, derailed by April Fool’s Day
6:00-12:30 – A big, exciting announcement! Really! One that affects the sitcom of our lives!
12:30-15:10 – Another announcement: the Movie B.S. Perpetual Lunch Fund
15:10-35:40 – “Furious Seven” review
35:40-49:00 – QOTW (movies that could be 7-film franchises)
49:00-57:45 – A round of Pitch Me (Russell Crowe, Kevin James; Christian erotica)
57:45-1:01:00 – What’d You Watch? (“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit,” “Step Brothers,” “Tommy Boy”)
1:01:00-1:02:20 – Recap and goodbye
1:02:02-1:05:55 – BONUS: the first couple minutes of our very first show

QOTW: What’s your favorite animal character (non-animated) in a movie?

REVIEWS:
Furious Seven C+ 7/10

Episode 254: ‘Get Hard,’ ‘It Follows,’ Character Casserole

March 27, 2015March 26, 2015 ericdsnider 3 Comments

0:00-5:45 – Introductions; a brief and mostly inaccurate description of the show; we’re on One Of Us now!
5:45-23:00 – “Get Hard” review
23:00-33:40 – “It Follows” review
33:40-46:20 – Question of the Week (suggestions for improving the show)
46:20-58:45 – A round of Character Casserole (Alex Forrest, Hermione Granger, Jessie the cowgirl)
58:45-1:01:10 – Recap, summary, and goodbye

QOTW: What standalone movie deserves to be expanded into a 7-film franchise?

REVIEWS:
Get Hard C+ 5/10
It Follows A- 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)

UPDATE: iTunes feed is fixed

March 24, 2015March 24, 2015 ericdsnider 1 Comment

Our long national nightmare is over! Our iTunes feed has been updated, and the most recent episodes should be showing up in the iTunes store. (#253 was the last one.) If you look and it’s still something old, that means your particular twig of the Internet hasn’t gotten the message yet from the trunk, so just give it a bit. Once it IS up-to-date, you might have to resubscribe in order for new episodes to download automatically on Fridays like they’re s’posed to. Thank you for your patience during this trying time.

Episode 253: Our SXSW report

March 20, 2015September 30, 2017 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-9:30 – Hello, we are in Austin, some housekeeping items and a new online home for the show
9:30-13:15 – The movies opening today that we didn’t see; the fun of SXSW
13:15-17:00 – The SXSW movies we saw that weren’t really movies
17:00-21:00 – Brief reviews of SXSW movies we didn’t like
21:00-1:12:00 – Our SXSW reviews:

Fresno 6/10
Tab Hunter Confidential 6/10
Hello, My Name Is Doris B+ 8/10
Just Jim 6/10
Ex Machina B
Adult Beginners 6/10
The Invitation B+
7 Chinese Brothers 6/10
Night Owls B+
Brand: A Second Coming 7/10
Spy B+ 7/10
Manson Family Vacation 7/10
The Little Death 7/10
Unexpected B 7/10
Ned Rifle B- 7/10
She’s the Best Thing in It 7/10
We Are Still Here B
Moonwalkers 8/10
Wild Horses B
Love & Mercy 8/10
The Final Girls 8/10
Manglehorn 8/10

1:12:00-1:17:40 – QOTW (movies that went over your head the first time), wrap-up, goodbye

QOTW: On the occasion of our move to OneOfUs.net, what changes should we make to the show? New games or segments, revivals of old ones, anything you can think of.

SUBSCRIBERS: We are still here!

March 16, 2015March 16, 2015 ericdsnider 1 Comment

If you subscribe to the show via iTunes or one of the other things through which people subscribe to podcasts, this week’s show (#252) probably didn’t show up. See, as of this week, we’re no longer being hosted by GeekNation. This was our decision — we gave it a year; it’s been a year — but once we told them, they erased us lickety-split, and didn’t redirect the feed, because why would they? So there was no “forwarding address,” as it were, and when your iTunes or whatever went looking for this week’s show, it found nothing.

You can stream or download the show directly from us here at MovieBS.com. We hope to have the new feed confirmed by iTunes this week. Once we do, you will unfortunately have to unsubscribe and resubscribe again. We agree, this is dumb.

In the meantime, try not to forget that we exist, even if a new episode doesn’t show up in your podcast bucket on Friday. Thank you and good day.

Episode 252: ‘Run All Night,’ ‘Cinderella’

March 13, 2015March 13, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-4:10 – Intro, we’re in different places in Texas, some delusions
4:10-14:30 – “Run All Night” review
14:30-25:45 – “Cinderella” review
25:45-44:30 – QOTW (movies you half-remember from childhood)
44:30-49:10 – Hey, What’d You Watch? (“Dead Man,” “Lambada,” “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me”)
49:10-57:35 – Some movies and people we’re looking forward to seeing at SXSW
57:35-58:55 – Recap, goodbye

QOTW: What movie that you saw as a youth did you re-watch later and realize it had gone over your head or you’d misunderstood it the first time?

REVIEWS:
Run All Night B- 6/10
Cinderella B 7/10

Episode 251: ‘Unfinished Business,’ ‘Chappie,’ Pitch Me

March 6, 2015April 1, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-3:15 – Hi there! Also, Sodastream
3:15-18:30 – “Unfinished Business” review
18:30-27:20 – “Chappie” review (Bayer only)
27:20-30:50 – Some other movies that you can watch (Portland: “What We Do in the Shadows”!!), plus talk of mic-dropping
30:50-43:10 – QOTW (movie coincidences)
43:10-52:35 – A round of Pitch Me
52:35-54:00 – Recap and goodbye

QOTW: What movie that you only half-remember (maybe from your childhood) are you due to re-watch? Feel free to share the details that you only half-remember.

REVIEWS:
Unfinished Business C 6/10
Chappie n/a 3/10

Episode 250: ‘Focus,’ ‘The Lazarus Effect’

February 27, 2015April 1, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-4:00 – It’s our 250th show; what other numbers we like; what if we did a reunion show?
4:00-8:40 – Eric had a “Parks and Recreation” thing in Vanity Fair (online); Dylan has a harmonica; some questionable surgical procedures are recommended
8:40-23:10 – “Focus” review
23:10-35:10 – “The Lazarus Effect” review
35:10-1:04:50 – QOTW (things to change about the Oscars), plus talk about the Oscars, oh my gosh, why did we talk about the Oscars so much?
1:04:50-1:08:55 – Next week’s QOTW, recap, and goodbye

QOTW: What’s your biggest movie coincidence? (Example: Jeff saw a movie where the main character had the same hometown as him, Bettendorf, Iowa. Hopefully your coincidence is better.)

REVIEWS:
Focus B 7/10
The Lazarus Effect C+ 4/10

Episode 249: ‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2,’ ‘The Duff,’ ‘The Last Five Years,’ ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ ‘The Voices’

February 20, 2015April 1, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-4:20 – Hello; a game we used to play but don’t anymore; some “Parks & Recreation” talk
4:20-7:15 – iTunes reviews
7:15-20:00 – “Hot Tub Time Machine 2” review
20:00-30:35 – “The Duff” review, ending with more “HTTM 2” complaints
30:35-42:50 – “The Last Five Years” review
42:50-51:50 – “What We Do in the Shadows” review
51:50-58:10 – “The Voices” review
58:10-1:09:45 – QOTW (movies that needed a time machine)
1:09:45-1:12:25 – What’d You Watch; Oscar bowling
1:12:25-1:14:05 – A shoutout; talk of karaoke
1:04:05-1:18:20 – Recap, interrupted by more Oscar talk, and then next week’s QOTW, then more recap. It’s kind of a mess.

QOTW: What should be changed about the Oscars?

REVIEWS:
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 C- 3/10
The Duff C 6/10
The Last Five Years B- 5/10
What We Do in the Shadows A- 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)
The Voices A- 9/10 (B.S.-approved!)

Episode 248: ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service,’ ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ ‘Mommy’

February 13, 2015April 1, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-3:00 – Opening blather
3:00-16:15 – “Kingsman: The Secret Service” review
16:15-34:00 – “Fifty Shades of Grey” review
34:00-43:50 – “Mommy” review
43:50-59:25 – QOTW: Mt. Rushmore of romantic movies
59:25-1:01:40 – Recap and goodbye

QOTW: What movie could have used a time machine?

REVIEWS:
Kingsman: The Secret Service: B 7/10
Fifty Shades of Grey: D- 4/10
Mommy: A- 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)

Episode 247: ‘Jupiter Ascending,’ ‘Seventh Son,’ ‘A Most Violent Year,’ ‘Still Alice,’ ‘Mr. Turner’

February 6, 2015April 1, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-4:30 – Hello there; ’90s nostalgia
4:30-16:00 – “Jupiter Ascending” review
4:30-24:20 – “Seventh Son” review
24:20-29:30 – “A Most Violent Year” review
29:30-31:50 – “Mr. Turner” review (Bayer only)
31:50-36:10 – “Still Alice” review (Bayer only), including personal reflections
36:10-50:25 – QOTW (movies you were most excited for that turned out to be the biggest disappointments)
50:25-53:35 – Next week’s question concerns Valentine’s Day
53:35-56:10 – A round of What’d You Watch? featuring few movies but a lot of “Parks & Recreation”
56:10 – A recap of what we learned today, brief talk of postage stamps, and goodbye

QOTW: What are your four (4) favorite romantic movies? (We’re compiling another Mt. Rushmore.)

REVIEWS:
Jupiter Ascending: B 4/10
Seventh Son: D 4/10
A Most Violent Year: B 8/10
Mr. Turner: n/a 7/10
Still Alice: n/a 9/10

Episode 246: Sundance Film Festival

January 31, 2015September 30, 2017 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-3:40 – We’ve been at Sundance all week! Here are the movies we saw:

3:40 – A Walk in the Woods
6:50 – Knock Knock
10:20 – The Bronze
12:40 – Entertainment
15:00 – Stockholm, Pennsylvania
20:00 – Strangerland
23:25 – Cop Car
27:50 – The Stanford Prison Experiment
31:25 – Results
35:00 – The D Train
40:35 – Hot Girls Wanted
42:15 – Digging for Fire
48:15 – Turbo Kid
49:30 – I Am Michael
51:30 – It Follows
52:45 – ’71
54:30 – Mistress America
59:45 – The Overnight
1:02:05 – Experimenter
1:05:05 – Misery Loves Comedy
1:05:50 – James White
1:09:05 – Dope
1:11:05 – Sleeping with Other People
1:13:00 – Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of The National Lampoon
1:14:40 – Mississippi Grind
1:16:00 – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
1:18:20 – Call Me Lucky

1:20:05-1:21:20 – QOTW, and goodbyes

QOTW: What movie were you most excited for that turned out to be the biggest disappointment?

Episode 245: ‘Black Sea,’ Character Casserole, Johnny Depp

January 23, 2015April 30, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-2:00 – Hi, Jeff’s mom is visiting (him, not the show)
2:00-5:25 – This week’s wide releases went largely unscreened
5:25-15:05 – “Black Sea” review
15:05-20:35 – “The Interview” is coming to Netflix; Jeff is suspicious of everyone’s story; he re-watched “Grand Budapest Hotel”; Eric pretends to listen
20:35-30:50 – QOTW (what should Johnny Depp do?)
30:50-42:25 – Some of the Sundance movies we’re looking forward to
42:25-53:10 – A round of Character Casserole
53:10-56:10 – A little more Sundance pre-talk, then the recap and goodnight

QOTW: What should we do at Sundance (happening now)?

REVIEWS:
“Black Sea” B- 8/10

Episode 244: ‘Blackhat,’ ‘American Sniper,’ ‘The Wedding Ringer’

January 16, 2015April 30, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-5:00 – Hello, for some reason Gamergate, what if we did traffic reports?
5:00-20:10 – “Blackhat” review
20:10-28:25 – “American Sniper” review
28:25-29:30 – We’ll review “The Wedding Ringer” later in the show
29:30-45:50 – QOTW (remakes but in a different genre)
45:50-50:00 – Sundance is coming up and we are excited to see movies and other critics
50:00-1:07:40 – “The Wedding Ringer” review, as prophesied
1:07:40- Recap, Navy SEALs, the end

QOTW: What should Johnny Depp do?

REVIEWS:
“Blackhat” C- 3/10
“American Sniper” C+ 8/10
“The Wedding Ringer” C- 3/10

Episode 243: ‘Selma’

January 9, 2015May 1, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-1:50 – Oh hey, how’s it going?
1:50-4:50 – “Taken 3” was kept from critics, so we made up some other stuff instead, then talked about critics in the U.K.
4:50-7:20 – Then we made up some more “Taken”-based stuff, resulting in an unplanned game of Pitch Me
7:20-8:45 – iTunes review
8:45-24:00 – “Selma” review (B.S.-approved!)
24:00-26:55 – Letting everyone know how much you agree with a movie
26:55-41:00 – QOTW (how movies will be different 10 years from now)
41:00-51:15 – A round of Eric & Jeff’s Excellent Adventure
51:15-53:25 – Recap, more blather

QOTW: What movie should be remade but in a different genre? Tell us how it would change the story, who should be in it, etc.

REVIEWS:
“Selma” B+ 10/10

Episode 242: Our Top Ten Lists

January 2, 2015May 1, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-2:20 – Happy New Year!
2:20-3:30 – iTunes review
3:30-7:25 – It was a good year of movies; pre-top 10 wagering
7:25-47:00 – Our top 10 lists
47:00-53:40 – QOTW: your favorites of 2014
53:40-57:35 – We saw “The Interview”; other things we watched
57:35-59:15 – We’ll do another show next week

QOTW: How will movies be different 10 years from now?

Snider’s list:

10. “Cheap Thrills”
9. “Calvary”
8. “Birdman”
7. “Ernest & Celestine”
6. “The Babadook”
5. “Foxcatcher”
4. “Listen Up Philip”
3 “Boyhood”
2. “Under the Skin”
1. “Whiplash”

Bayer’s list:

10. “The Skeleton Twins”
9. “Fury”
8. “John Wick”
7. “Boyhood”
6. “22 Jump Street”
5. “Birdman”
4. “The Congress”
3. “Selma”
2. “Inherent Vice”
1. “Whiplash”

Episode 241: ‘Inherent Vice,’ ‘Into the Woods,’ ‘Two Days, One Night,’ ‘Big Eyes,’ ‘Unbroken,’ ‘Belle’

December 26, 2014April 23, 2015 ericdsnider 1 Comment

0:00-3:00 – Hello! It’s the day after Christmas! We had a great Christmas, probably
3:00-17:20 – “Inherent Vice” review
17:20-30:10 – “Into the Woods” review
30:10-43:30 – “Two Days, One Night” review, including a Dardennes anecdote from Telluride
43:30-52:35 – “Big Eyes” review
52:35-1:01:40 – “Unbroken” review
1:01:40-1:05:05 – “Belle” review (Bayer only)
1:05:05-1:06:10 – Reminder on QOTW (your 3 favorite movies of 2014). We’re tabulating the results!
1:06:10-1:10:25 – Recap, goodbye, see you next year

QOTW: What were your three (3) favorite movies of 2014?

REVIEWS:
Inherent Vice: B+ 10/10
Into the Woods: B+ 5/10
Two Days, One Night: B+ 9/10
Big Eyes: B- 6/10
Unbroken: B- 7/10
Belle: N/A 9/10

Episode 240: ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,’ ‘Annie,’ Character Casserole

December 19, 2014April 20, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

0:00-3:20 – Hi, howdy, the weather, whatever
3:20-23:30 – “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” review
23:30-24:50 – We had to choose between “Night at the Museum 3” and “Annie”
24:50-35:30 – “Annie” review
35:30-37:00 – Year-end QOTW: what were your three (3) favorite movies of 2014? We’ll tabulate the results for the Jan. 2 show.
37:00-47:45 – A round of Character Casserole
47:45-53:10 – Scar (from “The Lion King”) has a real name; then there’s talk of Hitler and Jeff’s son; if toddlers ruled the world
53:10-57:25 – Recap and more convivial banter, including a Jeff Goldblum anecdote

QOTW: What were your three (3) favorite movies of 2014?

REVIEWS:
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”: C- 7/10
“Annie” C- 7/10

Episode 239: ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings,’ ‘Top Five’

December 12, 2014April 20, 2015 ericdsnider Leave a comment

[NOTE: There’s a slight echo on Eric’s voice on this one. We didn’t know it was being recorded that way, and we couldn’t remove it from the recording after the fact. We’re sorry. You get used to it after a minute.]

0:00-1:50 – Hello! We are your hosts
1:50-13:05 – “Exodus: Gods and Kings” review
13:05-24:40 – “Top Five” review
24:40-26:15 – A sidebar on Aaron Paul
26:15-41:20 – QOTW (other Bible stories to make movies out of)
41:20-42:25 – No QOTW this week
42:25-44:35 – We gotta cut this one short; recap

QOTW: Let’s all brainstorm some Question of the Week topics, eh?

REVIEWS:
“Exodus: Gods and Kings”: C- 5/10
“Top Five”: B 6/10