On the 245th episode of Piecing It Together, filmmaker Bradley Andrew joins me to talk about special effects legend Phil Tippett's 30 years in the making Mad God , a wild feature length stop motion animated freak-out. Puzzle pieces include It's Such A Beautiful Day, Baraka, Alien and Tool music videos. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Mad God and the movies we discuss! https://www.madgodmovie.com/madgod-home Director – Phil Tippett Writer – Phil Tippett Starring Alex Cox, Niketa Roman, Satish Ratako...
Jun 17, 2022•49 min•Ep. 245
n the 244th episode of Piecing It Together, Pete Abeyta returns to the podcast to talk about Robert Eggers' latest, The Northman (out now on Peacock). A brutal Viking epic starring Alexander Skarsgard that was one of my most awaited movies of the year, and it did not disappoint. Puzzle pieces include Valhalla Rising, Conan The Barbarian, The Green Knight and Gladiator. As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Northman and the movies we discuss! https://www.thenorthmanfilm.ca/home/ Director – Robert Egge...
Jun 14, 2022•47 min•Ep. 244
n the 243rd episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black is back on the podcast to talk about one of the most fun experiences I've had at the movies this year... The pure, uncut madness of Michael Bay's AmbuLAnce. Puzzle pieces include Collateral, Going In Style, Speed and Hell or High Water. As always, SPOILER ALERT for AmbuLAnce and the movies we discuss! https://www.ambulance.movie/ Director – Michael Bay Writer – Chris Fedak Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jake Gylenhaal, Eiza Gonzalez, Keir O'...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 243
On the 242nd episode of Piecing It Together, Chauncey Telese returns to the podcast to talk about the crazy, irreverent take on Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers from the Lonely Island guys. It's all over the place and filled with references galore. Puzzle pieces include Wreck It Ralph, The Lego Movie, Jay & Silent Bob Reboot and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers and the movies we discuss! https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/movie/chip-n-dale-...
Jun 06, 2022•53 min•Ep. 242
On the 241st episode of Piecing It Together, Darin Lundberg from NostalgiaCast joins me to talk about a movie full of nostalgia, the long awaited Top Gun: Maverick. It's more than just nostalgia overload though, as this thrill ride of a movie fits right in with Tom Cruise's latest action extravaganzas. Puzzle pieces include Creed, Star Wars, Dunkirk and the Mission: Impossible series. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Top Gun: Maverick and the movies we discuss! https://www.topgunmovie.com/ Director ...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 241
On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in June 2022. This month’s episode includes Dashcam, Hustle, Jurassic World: Dominion, Crimes of the Future, My Fake Boyfriend, Lightyear, Spiderhead, Cha Cha Real Smooth, The Black Phone and Elvis. I also shout-out some listener provided puzzle pieces for episodes we did in the month of May. Included are puzzle pieces from...
May 30, 2022•44 min
On the 240th episode of Piecing It Together, Ryan Daugherty returns to the podcast to talk about Sonic The Hedgehog 2! Ever since 2020, it's been a sort of inside joke that Ryan would have to eventually join me to talk about Sonic, and after delaying talking about the first one for so long, he's finally here to talk about the sequel. Puzzle pieces include Dracula, Super Mario Bros., Austin Powers In Goldmember and Resident Evil 2. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and the movies ...
May 27, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 240
On the 239th episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black returns to the podcast to talk about The Lost City, a fun, throwback romantic adventure starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum. Puzzle pieces include Adaptation, Fools Gold, Ruby Sparks and of course, Romancing The Stone. As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Lost City and the movies we discuss! https://www.thelostcity.movie/ Director – Adam & Aaron Nee Writer – Adam Nee, Oren Uziel, Dana Fox Starring Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Danie...
May 20, 2022•59 min•Ep. 239
On the 238th episode of Piecing It Together, I'm joined by Robert Yaniz Jr to talk about Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the latest entry in the long running Marvel Cinematic Universe and our first chance to talk about a Sam Raimi movie! Puzzle pieces include a bunch of other Sam Raimi movies as well as The Ring, Demolition Man and The Matrix. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the movies we discuss! https://www.marvel.com/movies/doctor-stra...
May 13, 2022•51 min•Ep. 238
On this special episode, a first of its kind experiment, Jason Harris and Josh Bell join me again to talk about some upcoming Limited Series on TV! We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for Limited Series that are premiering in May 2022. This episode looks at The Pentaverate, The Staircase, Candy, The Essex Serpent, Conversations With Friends, The Time Traveler's Wife, Angelyne, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Pistol. As always, SPOILER ALERT for any movies (and TV shows) we discuss! If you ...
May 06, 2022•51 min
On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in May 2022. This month’s episode includes Vortex, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Marmaduke, Firestarter, Pleasure, Tankhouse, Good Mourning, Men, Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers, Top Gun: Maverick and The Bob's Burgers Movie. I also shout-out some listener provided puzzle pieces for episodes we did in the month of...
May 02, 2022•44 min
On the 237th episode of Piecing It Together, I'm joined by the hosts of TWO Nicolas Cage related podcasts, Darryl Edge from Cage/Rage Podcast and Petros Patsilivas from Caged In: Coppola Connections Podcast to talk about the most Nicolas Cage movie of all time... The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Puzzle pieces include Tropic Thunder, My Name Is Bruce, Face/Off and Adaptation. As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and the movies we discuss! https://www.nickca...
Apr 29, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 237
On the 236th episode of Piecing It Together, filmmaker Paul Hibbard joins me to discuss Ti West's X, a fun new A24 horror film that looks at the intersection between slashers and the porn industry. Puzzle pieces include Boogie Nights, The Visit, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Psycho. As always, SPOILER ALERT for X and the movies we discuss! https://a24films.com/films/x Writer / Director - Ti West Starring Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Kid Cudi, Martin Henderson, Owen Campbell A24 Paul ...
Apr 22, 2022•48 min•Ep. 236
On the 235th episode of Piecing It Together, Jason Harris joins me to talk about Richard Linklater's latest, Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood. While it's being strangely underpromoted by Netflix, we had a great time with this rotoscoped look back at growing up in Texas. Puzzle pieces include Licorice Pizza, Spy Kids, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and The 400 Blows. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood and the movies we discuss! https://www.netflix.com/title/81161...
Apr 18, 2022•34 min•Ep. 235
On the 234th episode of Piecing It Together, film critic Erica Richards joins me in this universe and many multiverses to talk about Daniels' new A24 film Everything Everywhere All At Once. As a huge fan of their previous film Swiss Army Man , this was one of my most anticipated movies of the year. Puzzle pieces include The Matrix, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, About Time and Synecdoche New York. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Everything Everywhere All At Once and the movies we discuss! https://a24f...
Apr 15, 2022•55 min•Ep. 234
On the 233rd episode of Piecing It Together, The Movies joins me to discuss Morbius, Jared Leto's ill-fated attempt to bring Marvel's living vampire to the big screen. Or maybe not so ill-fated since it did make a bunch of money, even if critics absolutely hated it. Puzzle pieces include a whole lot of Spider-Man properties, Venom, Blade, and Bloodshot. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Morbius and the movies we discuss! https://www.morbius.movie/ Director – Daniel Espinosa Writer – Matt Sazama and B...
Apr 11, 2022•48 min•Ep. 233
On the 232nd episode of Piecing It Together, Ryan Pak from Soundtrack Your Life joins me to discuss this year's Oscar winner for Best Picture, CODA. The story of a young woman who becomes interested in singing, causing tension with her deaf parents. It's a crowd pleaser, even if I didn't exactly like it the first time around (I liked it more on rewatch). Puzzle pieces include Little Miss Sunshine, Lady Bird, School of Rock and Minari. As always, SPOILER ALERT for CODA and the movies we discuss! ...
Apr 08, 2022•39 min•Ep. 232
On the 231st episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell returns to the podcast to discuss the Hitchcockian Netflix dark comedy thriller Windfall starring Jesse Plemmons, Jason Segel and LIly Collins. The film didn't make much noise when it dropped a couple weeks ago but we had a great time with it. Puzzle pieces include The Ref, Parasite, The Social Network and plenty of Hitchcock. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Windfall and the movies we discuss! https://www.netflix.com/title/81483895 Director – C...
Apr 04, 2022•44 min•Ep. 231
On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in April 2022. This month’s episode includes You Won't Be Alone, The Contractor, The Bubble, Ambulance, All The Old Knives, Father Stu, Chariot, The Northman, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and Memory. As always, SPOILER ALERT for any movies we discuss! Jason Harris is a writer and stand-up comedian (not just here ...
Apr 01, 2022•46 min
On the 230th episode of Piecing It Together, Shannon McGrew returns to the podcast to discuss one of the year's most ridiculous movies, Adrian Lyne's Deep Water. The sexy thriller starring Ben Affleck and Ana De Armas is neither sexy nor thrilling, but definitely had us laughing and made for a fun episode. Puzzle pieces include Knock Knock, Gone Girl, Serenity and The Woman In The Window. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Deep Water and the movies we discuss! https://www.hulu.com/movie/deep-water-2c4...
Mar 28, 2022•40 min•Ep. 230
On this special episode, Ben Miller joins me to give our predictions for the 94th Academy Awards, happening on Sunday, March 27th. As in previous years, we’ll just cover a selection of the Oscar categories for the sake of time, but we discuss what should win, what will win and what we think should have been nominated for those coveted Oscars. As always, SPOILER ALERT for any movies we discuss! Ben Miller is a film critic and runs Ice Cream For Freaks at https://icecream4freaks.com/ Follow Ben on...
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 2 min
On this special episode of Piecing It Together, many time returning co-host Joe Black joins me to discuss his latest feature film, Natasha Hall. It's a twisty private eye comedy with a killer lead performance from his wife Cat Black. We discuss his career, making the film and of course, some of his influences. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Natasha Hall and the movies we discuss! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14562672/ Director – Joe Black Writer – Joe Black Starring Cat Black, Grace Bosley, Russel...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 8 min
On the 229th episode of Piecing It Together, Daniel Howat from Next Best Picture joins me to talk about Pixar's latest, Turning Red! It's a fun movie about a a teen who turns into a giant panda whenever her emotions get the best of her... A story that anyone can relate to. Puzzle pieces include Teen Wolf, Lady Bird, Eighth Grade and PEN15. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Turning Red and the movies we discuss! https://movies.disney.com/turning-red Director – Domee Shi Writer – Domee Shi and Julia Ch...
Mar 18, 2022•39 min•Ep. 229
On the 228th episode of Piecing It Together, it’s time for another Super Episode! I’m joined by Robert Yaniz Jr., Rosa Parra, Brian Skutle, Josh Raynor, Joshua Hatcher and Chad Clinton Freeman to talk about one of the most anticipated movies of the year: the new iteration of The Batman starring Robert Pattinson and directed by Matt Reeves. Puzzle pieces include Seven, Zodiac, Halloween and The Godfather. As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Batman and the movies we discuss! https://www.thebatman.com...
Mar 11, 2022•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 228
On the 227th episode of Piecing It Together, we're talking about Scream! Not the original 1999 Scream, but the new 2022 Scream. Well... Also the old Scream. And the Scream series. And the Scream sequels. And horror movies in general. Gory Cory from The Scream Teens joins me to help me make sense of it all. Puzzle pieces include New Nightmare, Freaky, The Frighteners and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Scream and the movies we discuss! https://www.screammovie.com/ Dire...
Mar 07, 2022•36 min•Ep. 227
On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in March 2022. This month’s episode includes After Yang, Turning Red, Gold, Deep Water, X, Windfall, The Lost City, The Duke, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Batman, The Adam Project and Drive My Car. As always, SPOILER ALERT for any movies we discuss! Jason Harris is a writer and stand-up comedian (not just here in ...
Mar 04, 2022•53 min
On this special episode, I’m sharing a conversation I had on my other podcast Bird Road about the fantastic new documentary Parkway of Broken Dreams from journalist/filmmaker PJ Perez. The film looks at the UNLV Maryland Parkway alternative scene here in Las Vegas, right before it became me and Q's home from roughly 1998-2006. We discuss the area and the film with its director, PJ Perez. This podcast was originally posted at https://birdroadpodcast.com/parkway-of-broken-dreams-feat-pj-perez As a...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 33 min
On the 226th episode of Piecing It Together, I’m joined by Chad Clinton Freeman for a special kind of episode… It’s both a Piecing It Together of the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre (now available on Netflix), and a Breaking It Apart of 1974’s original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre from Tobe Hooper. We'd wanted to cover the original for a long time and the new one gave us the perfect opportunity to do this special episode like we did a few years back for Halloween. Puzzle pieces include that 2018 Hall...
Feb 25, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 226
On the 225th episode of Piecing It Together, Pete Abeyta from Middle Class Film Class joins me for an episode unlike anything we've ever done before... We're talking about just the opening credits of James Gunn's The Suicide Squad spin-off series Peacemaker. It's a very ridiculous episode. Puzzle pieces include Napoleon Dynamite, Austin Powers, Little Miss Sunshine and Midsommar. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Peacemaker and the movies we discuss! https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYb0F...
Feb 18, 2022•42 min•Ep. 255
On the 224th episode of Piecing It Together, it's Valentine's Day! Love is in the air and we just don't cover enough rom-coms on the show, so Rachel Wagner joins me to talk about the return of Jennifer Lopez to the genre with Marry Me. Puzzle pieces include Notting Hill, A Star Is Born, The Bodyguard and Christmas In Connecticut. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Marry Me and the movies we discuss! https://marryme.movie Director - Kat Coiro Writer - Harper Dill Starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, M...
Feb 14, 2022•48 min
