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Skillset

On Skillset, every guest is an expert, and every week they teach you and me a new way to look at the movies. MTV Chief Film Critic Amy Nicholson talks to behind-the-scenes specialists who make movie magic and actors about the obsessions that shaped them. Season two is about high school movies, which means it’s actually about dozens of things like, the lost “Breakfast Club” footage you’ve never seen, what a principal thinks about “Ferris Bueller” and how Laney Boggs got her makeover in “She’s All That.” Skillset is a proud member of the MTV Podcast Network. You can check out other great shows including Speed Dial, Lady Problems, The Stakes, and Happy Sad Confused at podcasts.mtv.com

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I Just Have Scratchy. You Scratch Brains. May 26, 2016

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In this episode of Skillset: Amy asks actor Ethan Hawke about how marathon running is tied to his work. Also ahead: she talks to the voice actors for "Ratchet & Clank" and a real barber tells us what Ice Cube got wrong in "Barbershop: The Next Cut."

Kill? Harvest? Terminate? May 19, 2016

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In this episode of Skillset: Amy asks actor Tye Sheridan about his love of hunting, and she talks to a therapist about romantic heartbreak in "The Huntsman: Winter's War."

This is Bringing Up Weird Feelings for Me May 12, 2016

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In this episode of Skillset: Amy talks to the kitten trainer on "Keanu." She also chats with actress Sienna Miller about her love of Bette Davis' classic films, and she makes a real punk band, The Muffs, watch "Green Room."

I Call It America and I Love It May 05, 2016

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In this episode of Skillset, Amy watches "Elvis and Nixon" and asks Elvis' best friend what it was really like meeting the president. She also talks to actor J.K. Simmons about playing poker, and she makes a real mom watch "Mother's Day."

Season 1 Premiere: If The Naked Person is Uncomfortable Apr 25, 2016

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On “Skillset,” every guest is an expert. And in every episode, these experts are going to teach us a new way to look at motion pictures. We're going to meet the behind-the-scenes specialists who make movie magic: cat trainers and shark-attack consultants and authorities on ’80s underwear. We're going to send real-life punk singers and barbers to movies about punk singers and barbers to learn the facts behind the fiction. And each week we're going ask our favorite actors about the extracinematic obsessions that have shaped them.

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