Stay ConnectedWith more movies than ever going straight to streaming, Filmspotting: SVU is on the case. Hosts Matt Singer and Jordan Hoffman cover the big movies on the small screen, offering reviews, recommendations, a rundown of new releases, and more.
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This week on Filmspotting: SVU, Matt and Jordan tackle the new Netflix action-thriller Apex, starring Charlize Theron and Taryn Egerton. Inspired by Matt Damon’s recent comments on "the Netflix note," the duo investigates whether this Australia-set survival story is better than the average streaming title or another victim of Netflix's "house style" that caters to people doing the dishes.
Plus, Jordan uncovers a bizarre cinematic trend involving beef jerky, Matt pays homage to the "undisputed queen of Netflix action," and the guys launch their first-ever Personalized Recommendation segment to help a listener find some deep-cut noirs. The episode wraps with a high-stakes, all-Charlize edition of "Letterboxd-ing," where producer Sam attempts to break his losing streak. (Ep. #170)
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Intro (00:00:00-00:02:00)
Apex (00:02:01-00:27:10)
Rec Seg! (00:27:11-00:39:35)
Radical Streaming Honesty (00:39:36-00:53:33)
Personalize Recommendations: Deep Cut Noir (00:53:34-01:03:58)
Game: Letterboxd-ing (01:03:59-01:22:40)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:22:41-01:31:03)
Notes:
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive
https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/
Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" comes to bookstores everywhere in October
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/
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Matt and Jordan return with a review of Balls Up, debating if the Peter Farrelly formula still works on the small screen and whether they can actually recommend a movie involving cocaine-addicted crocodiles. Later, Matt revisits Empire Records, Jordan goes back to 1935 with The 39 Steps, and the team plays the first-ever round of "Key Chain." (Ep. #169)
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Intro (00:00:00-00:02:58)
Balls Up (00:02:59-00:34:13)
Rec Seg + Radical Streaming Honesty (00:34:14-01:11:40)
Game: Key Chain (01:11:41-01:29:18)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:29:19-01:37:28)
Notes:
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive
https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/
Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" comes to bookstores everywhere in October
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/
The Reddit thread that explains how the poster for Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie ripped off Marty Supreme (and how this all related to the Balls Out poster):
https://www.reddit.com/r/blankies/comments/1qk7av1/marketing_for_nirvanna_the_band_the_show_the/
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Not a dream, not a hoax — SVU is back. After an eight-year hiatus and a “miracle leap forward in technology,” Matt Singer returns with new co-host Jordan Hoffman. To christen the new era, they tackle Jonah Hill’s Apple TV original Outcome, starring Keanu Reeves as the neurotically obsessed movie star (and former heroin addict) Reef Hawk. The duo debates whether the film is a fascinating failure — or just a “transcendentally bad” piece of garbage. Plus, Jordan takes us on the grossest space-related tangent in podcast history, Matt provides some radical streaming honesty, including a recommendation for Netflix’s new Pizza Movie, and producer Sam Van Hallgren joins the fray for the inaugural edition of Letterboxding. (Ep. #168)
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Intro (00:00:00-00:03:57)
"Outcome" (00:03:58-00:44:02)
Radical Streaming Honesty (00:44:03-01:14:01)
Game: Letterboxding (01:14:02-01:28:56)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:28:57-01:36:31)
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It's been six (mostly) wonderful years of Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit, but on this episode, Matt and Alison say goodbye. First, in honor of JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER, which they talked about in their first episode (yup) back in 2012, they take a look at a movie that owes a lot to that documentary — Lonely Island's POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING. Then they devote the rest of the podcast to answering listener questions about everything from the future of the film industry to THE ADVENTURES OF FORD FAIRLANE. Thanks for listening, everyone!
Hosts' Choice Review: "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping"
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Remember how when we were kids we battled a nightmare clown terrorizing our small town and devouring children? No? Maybe it was just us then. On this episode of Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit, Matt and Alison take a look at the 1990 TV miniseries version of Stephen King's IT, now available on Hulu, and then recommend some other clown movies, scary and otherwise, available to rent or stream right now. They also share some important (and sad) news about the future of the podcast.
Listener's Choice Review: "It" (1990)
Queue Shots: Clown Movies
Behind the 8-Ball:
3 New Streaming Releases
Alison: The Young Karl Marx / A Star Is Born / Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Matt: Lady Bird / Yellow Submarine / Paramount2 Listener Recommendations
1 Random Film From Our Netflix "My Lists"
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Get your skates straight and put out that cigarette, because on this week's show, Matt and Alison are talking 2017's Tonya Harding biopic I, TONYA, which was recently added to Hulu. Then, inspired by the sport that made Harding famous (before The Incident made her infamous), they recommend some other movies (and one television series) that feature ice skating, all available to rent or stream.
Listener's Choice Review: "I, Tonya"
Queue Shots: Movies (And One TV Show) Involving Ice Skating
Behind the 8-Ball:
3 New Streaming Releases
Alison: The Chinese Exclusion Act / Bad Genius / Boarding Gate
Matt: The Disaster Artist / The Quick and the Dead / The Debt Collector
2 Listener Recommendations1 Random Film From Our Netflix "My Lists"
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Is John Woo's latest movie a return to form for the director, or something closer to self-parody? On this episode of Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit, Matt and Alison debate the merits of MANHUNT, Woo's 2017 thriller, which was recently released as a Netflix original. Then, despite MANHUNT taking place in Japan, they use Woo's place as an influential force in Hong Kong film to recommend some other Hong Kong action movies, all available to rent or stream.
Listener's Choice Review: "Manunt"
Queue Shots: Hong Kong Action Movies
Behind the 8-Ball:
3 New Streaming Releases
Alison: Beatriz at Dinner / The Student / Shanghai JoeMatt: Evil Genius / Ace in the Hole / The Toys That Made Us2 Listener Recommendations
1 Random Film From Our Netflix "My Lists"
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There comes a time when a young girl blossoms into a woman, and sometimes that woman turns out to possess terrifying powers that are some kind of allegory for the female sexuality. On this episode, Matt and Alison take a wander through the genre of the supernatural coming of age story, recommending some titles to rent or stream right now. It's all the better to accompany their main review of Joachim Trier's 2017 THELMA, about a teenager from a strict, repressed background who discovers a lot about herself — a lot more than fits into the expected definition of reality — when she goes off to college.
Listener's Choice Review: "Thelma"
Queue Shots: Supernatural Coming of Age Movies
Behind the 8-Ball:
3 New Streaming Releases
Alison: BPM (Beats per Minute) / Psychokinesis / Murder on the Orient Express
Matt: Last Flag Flying / Planet of the Apes / Manhunt
2 Listener Recommendations
1 Random Film From Our Netflix "My Lists"
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"People come to the Oasis for all the things they can do, but they stay for all the things they can be." Presuming, that is, those things are licensable bits of IP. On this episode, Matt and Alison use Steven Spielberg's latest, READY PLAYER ONE, as an excuse to talk about all sorts of movies that turn up in the reference-heavy dystopian adventure, including their main review of Brad Bird's beloved 1999 THE IRON GIANT. And as always, the titles they talk about are all available for rental or streaming right now.
Listener's Choice Review: "The Iron Giant"
Queue Shots: Movies Referenced in Ready Player One
Behind the 8-Ball:
3 New Streaming Releases
Alison: 24 Hour Party People / Saturday Church / Lost in Space
Matt: Kodachrome / Lust for Life / The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story
2 Listener Recommendations
1 Random Film From Our Netflix "My Lists"
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On this episode, Matt and Alison talk cults versus communes, xenophobia, sexual liberation, immigration fraud, religious freedom, and also putting beavers into blenders in order to use the resulting goo to taint the water supply. Yes, they're going deep into WILD WILD COUNTRY, Netflix's stranger-than-fiction docuseries about the 1980s clash between the followers of the Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and the locals in Oregon area where they attempted to build a utopian community. Then, as a nod to the series' sibling filmmaking team, Chapman and MacLain Way, they recommend some other brother-director titles available to rent or stream.
Listener's Choice Review: "Wild Wild Country"
Queue Shots: Movies Made By Brothers
Behind the 8-Ball:
3 New Streaming Releases
Alison: AMO / The Killing of a Sacred Deer / The Florida Project
Matt: Reservoir Dogs / You Don't Mess With the Zohan / Nailed It
2 Listener Recommendations
1 Random Film From Our Netflix "My Lists"
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