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/Filmcast Ep. 72 - Where the Wild Things Are (GUEST: Stephen Tobolowsky from Glee)

Posted on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 by David Chen

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In this week’s /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley praise The Inside Man, wonder why America can’t handle miniseries, celebrate the joys of Glee, and explain the similarities between Where the Wild Things Are and Children of Men. Special guest Stephen Tobolowsky joins us for this episode. You can currently see Stephen on Glee, which airs on FOX, Wednesdays at 9 PM EST.

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Shownotes

Introduction

(01:30) Stephen Tobolowsky and the mystery behind his family name

What We’ve Been Watching

David Chen (05:10): Law Abiding Citizen, Glee
Devindra (31:32): Inside Man
Stephen (37:17): Children of Men, 40 Year-Old virgin, Knocked Up

News Discussion

(47:50) Edge of Darkness Trailer
(56:20) Jolie/Worthington Project The Tourist to be Helmed by Director of Oscar-Winning Film The Lives of Others
(58:50) Bob Rodat Hired to Write World of Warcraft Film for Sam Raimi
(1:02:12) Chris Pine May Be The New Jack Ryan

Featured Review

(1:07:19) Where the Wild Things Are

Credits

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Comments

Name

the last few podcasts have been some of your best.

krackajap

Wait wait wait wait....Romeo and Juliet ends in tragedy? Thanks a lot for the spoiler warning!

hailstate

FWIW, John Clark is the Bond-type character in the Ryanverse, not Jack Ryan. While I agree the Ryan character is deeply rooted in the Cold War, many of the Clancy novels are still relevant. It's a shame Hollywood bastardized Sum of All Fears, making neo-Nazis the bad guys instead of Islamic terrorists.

partofaplan

I'm so, so glad you had Sandy from Glee on the show!

Itri12

WTWTA is not a hipster movie. That is all.

Gerry

WTWA is definitely a Hipster movie. There was even an adult clothing line based on the movie! And also, the Monsters better represent a den of drug addicts and depressed stoners more than Max's inner battle or issues he's dealing with.

This movie is made or urbanies and disgruntled suburban people in their late teens/early 20s.

Name

4year WoW vet - I laughed pretty hard at Devindra's rant on MMOs

Casey

Devindra should write an essay on hipsterdom. That would be a must read article for me.

vadmspartan

I'm downloading this episode just for the whaaaa?'s at the beginning.

robb3d

this episode makes me want to read Where the Wild Things Are again :)
got to love ST tell amazing stores !

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