If you don’t live in Oklahoma City, well you probably have a lot more fun on a regular basis than we do. But if you have some time set aside from painting the town red, feel free to check out these few images from the front lines. These are all taken from our downtown area called Bricktown; it’s a town made of bricks.
This week we have a few films to choose from; up from the two that we’ve had for the passed couple of weeks. On the flip side, however, Joe will be out of town this weekend, so at this moment we’re not sure exactly what will happen, but please feel free to vote. If it comes down to it, I will simply go see the movie myself and sit alone in the dark…by myself…with no friends…
Episode 92 of Pressed & Bound is online! This week we have several people walk in front of our camera. One guy has a red jacket. In this week’s episode we discuss:
Books:
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.)
At the Moving Picture Show:
Alice in Wonderland
Movies:
Carmen Jones
Right click and download the ninety-second episode here:
MP4 260mb
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It’s no surprise that we at P&B absolutely love George R. R. Martin’s Ice and Fire series. You combine an epic story told in a way that neither talks down to the reader nor makes things too easy over the span of thousands of pages and you pretty much have us hooked. Well it turns out that we’re not the only ones.
I have attempted to try and not get too excited about the potential release of this series since hearing about its mumblings last year. HBO has spearheaded the task force in creating the television series, having already shot a pilot in late 2009. Up until now, however, they’ve kept their secrets tight like so many three hundred foot tall walls covered in ice (THAT’S AN ICE AND FIRE REFERENCE, FYI), allowing but little information to leak out. Luckily, the Chicago Tribune has posted a few tasty bits of news for all to enjoy. In summary, they have a full cast list and a couple of quotes from George himself on the matter:
“From the start of this, I’ve told myself, ‘Don’t get too emotionally invested in this, or you will be devastated if it doesn’t go.’ Wise words, those. I’m a smart guy.
“But easier said than done. I’ve failed. I am totally emotionally invested, and if HBO does indeed decide to pass, for whatever reason, I will be gutted.
“So let’s all hope I am soon doing the happy dance instead.”
You can read the rest here.
I’ve mentioned this in the past, but occasionally I turn a blind eye to Pressed & Bound and host another podcast. The show in question is, of course, Nintendorks Radio, of which we have hit 53 episodes. Good job everyone! The link to the episode is within this MAGIC BLOCKQUOTE:
It’s time for another edition of Nintendorks Radio with your hosts Travis Woodside and Garret Evans. You can get your episode now on iTunes (search for Nintendorks Radio in the iTunes store) or right here. Or you can refuse.
Episode 053 – Samus is a 1950s Detective
We discuss the Nintendo Media Summit, Metroid Other M, Heavy Rain, and telephones.Also note a special NEW SEGMENT called “I show Garret some box art and see if it makes him laugh.”
I made that banner, by the way; I just want you all to know that.
Thanks to all who voted last week! We just realized that “At the Movies” was already taken, so we needed to change up the title of our segment a little bit. I think we’re all better off for it in the end anyway. Like last week we have but just a couple of films to choose from. Unlike last week, however, these films could prove to be much more interesting. As a reminder: the poll is located both in the sidebar and at the bottom of this post. Vote for which you’d like to see discussed!
Episode 91 of Pressed & Bound is online! This week we have a short show and talk about some filmage downtown. In this week’s episode we discuss:
In Theaters:
Cop Out
Right click and download the ninety-first episode here:
MP4 72mb
Comments or questions? Email us at: pnbfans(at)gmail(dot)com
Hello! It’s been forever since I posted, but here we are. If this were a regular blog, I’d attempt to ply you with stories and grievances that explain my absence. I would regale you with my adventures with frost giants, Wills-o’th’wisp, and other good people. What does it matter, though? Let’s get to the meat of it!
Let’s look at a movie I recently watched for the first time. It seems like everyone else I know has already seen Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon, but it was new to me. Here, you’ll get the pristine reactions of my first viewing, fresh as the plastic film in one of Garret’s unboxing videos. Read more…
We only have two new films out this week at our local theaters. The polls are now open (and will close on Saturday at 5pm). Choose wisely, young grasshoppers.
Directed by Kevin Smith (‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’), ‘Cop Out’ features two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card who find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy (Bruce Willis) is the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter’s upcoming wedding, and Paul (Tracy Morgan) is his “partner-against-crime” whose preoccupation with his wife’s alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball.
Imagine living in a small town where everything is safe and happy…until suddenly it isn’t. Imagine your friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane. In a terrifying tale of the “American Dream” gone horribly wrong, four friends find themselves trapped in their hometown in ‘The Crazies,’ a reinvention of the George Romero classic directed by Breck Eisner from a screenplay by Ray Wright (‘Pulse,’ ‘Case 39′) and Scott Kosar (‘The Amityville Horror,’ ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’).
David Dutten (Timothy Olyphant) is sheriff of Ogden Marsh, a picture-perfect American town with happy, law-abiding citizens. But one night, one of them comes to a school baseball game with a loaded shotgun, ready to kill. Another man burns down his own house…after locking his wife and young son in a closet inside. Within days, the town has transformed into a sickening asylum; people who days ago lived quiet, unremarkable lives have now become depraved, blood-thirsty killers, hiding in the darkness with guns and knives. Sheriff Dutten tries to make sense of what’s happening as the horrific, nonsensical violence escalates. Something is infecting the citizens of Ogden Marsh…with insanity.
Now complete anarchy reigns as one by one the townsfolk succumb to an unknown toxin and turn sadistically violent. In an effort to keep the madness contained, the government uses deadly force to close off all access and won’t let anyone in or out — even those uninfected. The few still sane find themselves trapped: Sheriff Dutten; his pregnant wife, Judy (Radha Mitchell); Becca (Danielle Panabaker), an assistant at the medical center; and Russell (Joe Anderson), Dutten’s deputy and right-hand man. Forced to band together, an ordinary night becomes a horrifying struggle for survival as they do their best to get out of town alive.
Which film should we discuss for the weekend of 2/26/10?
Total Voters: 9
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Episode 90 of Pressed & Bound is online! It’s a dark and gloomy afternoon in the city. In this week’s episode we discuss:
Books:
Rabbit, Run
Movies:
Stranger Than Fiction (Special Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray]
In Theaters:
Shutter Island
Right click and download the ninetieth episode here:
MP4 238mb
Comments or questions? Email us at: pnbfans(at)gmail(dot)com
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