Piecing It Together Podcast

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Selah and The Spades (Featuring Josh Bell) May 05, 2020

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On the 125th episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell stops by to talk about a stylish, unique debut from filmmaker Tayarisha Poe, the Amazon Original Selah and the Spades. It's a film that flips the high school movie sub-genre by blending it with an almost organized crime style story. Puzzle pieces include Brick, Donnie Brasko, Rushmore and Mean Girls.

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (Featuring Rico Albarracin) May 01, 2020

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On the 5th installment of our Missing Pieces series, Rico Albarracin joins me to talk about Edgar Wright's 2010 comic book adaptation Scott Pilgrim Vs The World. A celebration of nerd culture, it's become a cult hit over time, even if audiences didn't immediately respond to the film or its soon to be hugely famous cast at the time. Puzzle pieces include Speed Racer, 500 Days Of Summer, Sin city and The Wizard.

Frances Ferguson (Featuring Chad Clinton Freeman) Apr 24, 2020

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On the 124th episode of Piecing It Together, Chad Clinton Freeman joins me to talk about one of my favorite movies of this very weird year... the very weird Frances Ferguson. The story of a woman who throws it all away by way of an affair with her student, it's uncomfortable, weird and a lot of people were very offended by it... but I loved it. Puzzle pieces include To Die For, Daria, Fight Club and Orange Is The New Black.

Frozen II (Special Mini-Episode) Apr 22, 2020

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On this special mini-episode of Piecing It Together, David Quinones' daughter Zoe joins me to discuss one of 2019's biggest movies, Frozen II. We don't really get into any puzzle pieces... And I'm not sure we exactly uncovered any particularly interesting analysis of the film, but we definitely talked about something for 10 minutes.

Bloodshot Part 2 (Special Episode Featuring My Dad) Apr 20, 2020

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On this special episode of Piecing It Together we follow-up our Episode 123 on Bloodshot (which is a great episode featuring Sean Malloy) with a short conversation with my dad. He's something of a Vin Diesel expert (when he can remember the movies he's watched), but gets a little side tracked thinking about the girl with the black hair.

Bloodshot (Featuring Sean Malloy) Apr 17, 2020

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On the 123rd episode of Piecing It Together, Sean Malloy, a guy who knows a thing or two about action movies stops by to talk about Vin Diesel's latest attempt at an action franchise, Bloodshot. Based on the Valiant Comic, the film opened the weekend the Coronavirus closed all theaters, which combined with abysmal reviews dashed any hopes of a new cinematic universe. But we covered it anyway. Puzzle pieces include Deadpool, Universal Soldier, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Top 5 Food Moments (Special Episode) Apr 13, 2020

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On this special episode of Piecing It Together, Stephanie Barajas of All Rice No Beans, the restaurant podcast that I produce, joins me to talk about our five favorite food moments in movies. As two lovers of food, it was a fun crossover for us to do, especially since this whole quarantine situation we're all living through has us unable to enjoy restaurants and food in the way we're all used to.

Garden State (Featuring The Lady-Wan) Apr 10, 2020

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On the 4th episode of Missing Pieces, The Lady-Wan from the Screen Fix Podcast joins me to talk about 2004’s Garden State. Zach Braff swings for the fences with a story he wrote, directed, produced and starred in (not to mention putting together an all-timer soundtrack), and it definitely paid off at the time... But the film and star's reputation has taken a hit in recent years. We discuss whether it still works. Puzzle pieces include The Graduate, American Beauty, Dazed & Confused and Annie Hall.

Love & Mercy (Featuring Luella Chavez) Apr 06, 2020

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On the 3rd episode of Missing Pieces, Luella Chavez joins me to talk about 2014’s Love & Mercy. The story of Brian Wilson, the legendary lead songwriter of the Beach Boys who is perhaps as famous for his beautiful music as he is for the stories of his mental illness and his multiple years spent in reclusion. Puzzle pieces include The Aviator, Ray and I'm Not There.

The Platform (Featuring David Quinones) Apr 03, 2020

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On the 122nd episode of Piecing It Together, David Quinones joins me to talk about yet another movie that critiques Capitalism (I'm sensing a theme here), Netflix's The Platform. It's a crazy movie about a 300 story prison in which prisoners must survive by scavenging from a levitating food platform that travels down from the top to the bottom. Puzzle pieces include Snowpiercer, mother!, The Machinist and Cube.

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