Introduce Daniel Hashimoto. Have you seen anything good recently? Chernobyl (HBO) / Godzilla Main Topic: VFX Work Started “Action Movie Kid” channel on YouTube 5 years ago. Almost 1m subscribers on YouTube. “Action Movie Kid Vol 1” has 86m views. “Action Movie Dad” channel goes into BTS of how the videos are created. Favorite videos: Portal, Get in the Boat (Pirate Ship) How did you get started in VFX? Dreamworks Escape Pod/ Toys ‘R’ Us Done work for Samsung, Fox’s ‘The Gifted’, CBS ‘This Mornin...
Jun 15, 2019•30 min
Nick is on his own as he discusses Disney's live-action version of 'Aladdin'. It's not too long.
Jun 01, 2019•18 min
Jason and I, in an additional segment, lament over video games that were turned into movies. Was it a mistake? Only time will tell.
May 24, 2019•54 min
Introduce Jason. Have you seen anything good recently? Dead to Me (Netflix) / Escape Room / Robin Hood / Lego Movie 2 / Snowpiercer / Main Topic: Avengers Endgame 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. $350m domestic, $1.2b worldwide opening weekend. Fastest to $1b (previously held by Infinity War w/ $640m opening weekend) Culmination of 22 movies over 11 years ending the “Infinity Saga”. Next Marvel films will not have phases (‘Spider-Man Far From Home’ 5 July ends Phase 3). Written by Chris Markus & Step...
May 15, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Introduction. Have you seen anything good recently? Glass / Us / Shazam! / Star Trek Discovery (S2) / Scriptnotes Podcast Introduce Alex Lehmann . NEWS: WGA v ATA conclusion Main Topic: How did you get started Directing? “Asperger’s Are Us” Camera Operator, Cinematographer, Editor “On Tour with Asperger’s Are Us” (Apr 30 – May 2) How did this doc come about? Previous work – “Paddleton” At what point will you consider yourself “made”? What are some of your favorite films/ inspiration? Jaws, Total...
Apr 30, 2019•33 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Review of the highly anticipated Marvel Studios film, 'Avengers: Endgame'.
Apr 29, 2019•11 min
LA Times Article
Apr 22, 2019•6 min
Introduce Jasmine. Have you seen anything good recently? The Twilight Zone (CBS) / Pet Sematary (1989) / Dumbo NEWS: Netflix plans to buy historic Egyptian theater on Hollywood Blvd / Batman movies returning to theaters in May / Adam Sandler to host SNL for the first time on May 4 / A Dreamer’s Production Main Topic: Our aspirations in Hollywood Every working writer in Hollywood belongs to a union called the WGA – the WGA allows for Agents to negotiate salaries on the behalf of their members, bu...
Apr 15, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Nick talks 'WREXIT' and some more with Jared that got cut from our last episode for time!
Apr 08, 2019•18 min
Introduce Jared. Have you seen anything good recently? Jared: I Tonya, Baahubali, Lagaan, Incident in a Ghost Land, Isle of Dogs Nick: Nate Bargatze (Netflix) / Bram Stoker’s Dracula / Shrill (Hulu) / WonderCon NEWS: Shooting at a Mosque in Christchurch, NZ (15 Mar) /// Batman is 80 years old (Mar 30, 1939) /// Apple TV+ trailer Main Topic: Disney Acquires 20th Century Fox The Walt Disney Company bought 21st Century Fox in a $71.3 Billion-dollar deal @ 12:02 am on 20 Mar 2019. Biggest media cons...
Apr 01, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Nick talks with Jason and his wife, Megan, about the Netflix Marvel shows, and their rankings of MCU movies!
Mar 24, 2019•37 min
Introduce Jason and Megan. Have you seen anything good recently? Netflix Marvel Shows / Brooklyn Nine Nine (NBC) / The Upside Superstore (NBC) / Working Moms (Netflix) The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) / Paddleton (Netflix) / Free Solo NEWS: March is Women’s History month / March 8 is International Women’s Day WB CEO says “No more DC Extended Universe movies, only stand alone films”. The Simpsons pulls “Stark Raving Dad” in light of MJ Documentary ‘Leaving Neverland’. James Guns’ ‘Suicide Squad 2’ ...
Mar 15, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Life, The Cineverse and Everything Mar 1st / Episode 27 Introduce Kelly Pendygraft. SAG Actress in LA, worked on many commercials, TV and movies. Originally from Louisville? Our mutual friend: Kay. Have you seen anything good recently? 91st Oscars / ‘First Man’ / ‘Roma’ / 'Cold War' Interview: Been in many commercials: Star Wars - Duracell Homegoods Honda Volkswagen KFC (Jason Alexander) Parks and Rec, M.Y.L.F. (also directed), ‘ Oxalis ’ (SPOILERS Discussed), ‘ Magic Bullet ’ (Vimeo) Do you hav...
Mar 01, 2019•42 min
This is a special episode recorded for Rode's "My Rode Cast" competition where Nick talks about the controversies around the 91st Annual Academy Awards and whether or not they're still relevant. Spoiler: They're not :(
Feb 25, 2019•2 min
Life, The Cineverse and Everything Feb 15th / Episode 26: The REMAKE! Introduce Megan. Valentines Day recommendations: When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, 500 Days of Summer Have you seen anything good recently? Lego Movie 2 / Velvet Buzzsaw / The Kominsky Method / Bird Box / V For Vendetta / The Titan / Crashing (HBO) / Star Trek Discovery / Sorry to Bother You / Geostorm / NEWS: ‘Aladdin’ Genie Reveal in TV spot / Epix starting streaming service w/ MGM properties (Disney+, Apple, AT&am...
Feb 15, 2019•1 hr
Nick is joined by his legally obligated spouse to talk about their new venture as big-shot Hollywood creative types* *We are not actually, in any way, "big" or any other sized- shots.
Feb 01, 2019•1 hr
More interviews with my wife Megan, Jason, Jake and Daniel!
Jan 08, 2019•1 hr 53 min
Interviews with Jared, Alex, Katy and Brian talking about our best and worst of 2018!
Jan 08, 2019•1 hr 41 min
Nick's plan of contacting previous guest hosts gets beaugarted by Wes Singleton, who has some valid concerns on the state of Hollywood, so this episode becomes about that. More with previous guest hosts talking the best/worst of 2018 for extras next week!
Jan 01, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Nick and Megan are in balmy Hawaii, getting ready for Christmas so we talk some good and bad Christmas movies. Check out our list of Christmas movies to watch, and let us know if you agree or disagree with any on our list: Bad Moms 2 Office Christmas Party Home Alone Love Actually It's a Wonderful Life A Christmas Story National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Elf Miracle on 34th Street How the Grinch Stole Christmas A Charlie Brown Christmas Scrooged Jingle All the Way Frosty the Snowman (1969) / ...
Dec 15, 2018•1 hr 10 min
With no "extras" material from our previous episode, Nick just rambles for a while. At least it's short. Enjoy!
Dec 07, 2018•11 min
Since the death of the beloved Stan Lee occurred recently, we thought we would welcome the podcast back with a talk about creativity in our first live show in California! We're back, baby!
Dec 01, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Here's the meat and potatoes of our scary stuff sequel episode. It's basically the whole episode, let's be honest with each other.
Nov 08, 2018•55 min
Jared and Wade are back! To talk about more scary film and television properties that we missed on the previous episode. Nick is also here. There may not be a podcast on Nov 15th. You've been warned. 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Welcome and Guest Hosts 02:25 - Catching up w/ Jared and Wade 02:42 - Jared's Fifth Appearance - FIVE FOR FIGHTING: GOAT 07:46 - Wade's Third Appearance - FIVE FOR FIGHTING: TRILOGIES 12:18 - FIVE FOR FIGHTING: HALLOWEEN 16:28 - Seen anything good recently? 'Sicario: Day of the...
Nov 01, 2018•58 min
Nick, Jared and Wade continue to talk about scary movies. There's even not one, but TWO Five for Fighting segments!!!! Wow. Christmas really has come early. Listen on, if you dare...
Oct 22, 2018•47 min
Nick has enlisted the help of Wade and Jared, 2 experts on the horror genre, to enlighten him on what makes a good horror film and which are the best of all time. We also talk about non-horror related stuff, but that's not interesting because it's the month of Halloween - damn, October... I did it again. 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Welcome and Guest Hosts (Nick's winging it) 01:57 - Seen anything good recently? Wade: 'The First Purge' (not Purge 1, to clarify), 'Solo', 'The Walking Dead' 06:49 - Jared...
Oct 15, 2018•59 min
More with Nick and Jason talking about the Spider-man PS4 game and more!
Oct 08, 2018•48 min
Nick is joined by 3 time guest host Jason Teeter to talk Venom, and his origins in the Spider-Man universe! Fair warning, we talk a lot of Spider-Man before we even get around to Venom.
Oct 01, 2018•58 min
Nick and Wade keep on talking about 80's movies! 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Commando? 01:34 - Cobra? (too much Stallone?) 03:37 - Jack Ryan series (John Krasinski typecast) 04:47 - New Star Trek films 05:34 - Horror kickstarts franchise films 'Friday The 13th'/ 'Halloween' Horror genre 'The Thing' 19:25 - Outro
Sep 22, 2018•20 min
Nick enlists the help of an old friend, Wade Cunningham, to sift through some of the 80's finest franchises. Good, bad and unnecessary, the 80's certainly had a lot to offer. Let's take a look, shall we? 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Welcome and Guest Host 01:54 - Seen anything good recently? Walking Dead/ Watching movies at home now 02:58 - Marvel Cinematic Universe 04:30 - Netflix Subscriptions 'Ozark' (season 2) 'Jack Ryan' (Amazon Prime) 05:14 - 'Marvel's Spider-Man' on PS4 06:15 - 'Saga' (Image Com...
Sep 15, 2018•1 hr
