/Filmcast Ep. 44 - Monsters Vs. Aliens (GUEST: Matt Singer From IFC)

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In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley debate the retitling of The Karate Kid, praise the tremendous new trailer for Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, ridicule the changed subtitles of Let the Right One In's home video release, and delve into the merits of Universal Soldier: The Return.  Special guest Matt Singer joins us from IFC.

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Introduction

  • (00:44) Matt Singer from IFC
  • What Have We Watched

  • David Chen (02:30): Hunger, The Animatrix, Breaking Bad
  • Matt Singer (13:58): Sugar, Universal Soldier: The Return
  • Adam (27:00): [Shit movie of the week] 12 Rounds
  • News Discussion

  • (36:21) New Karate Kid Film is now Kung Fu Kid
  • (38:28) Ricky Gervais' Men From the Pru Gets Studio Backing
  • (40:40) Crazy casting for Three Stooges movie reads like an Onion article
  • (44:30) New Let the Right One In DVD subtitles get defanged (And the DVD studio attempts to fix it, but with no exchanges)
  • (48:15) Eastern Promises sequel is in development
  • (50:20) Where the Wild Things Are Trailer
  • Featured Review

  • (58:52) Monsters vs. Aliens
  • Credits

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