On the 437th episode of Piecing It Together we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas to talk about Mickey 17! The latest from Bong Joon-ho features 17 Robert Pattinsons (well, mainly two but still, we want as many Robert Pattinsons as we can get). Puzzle pieces include Downsizing, The Death of Stalin, Dead Ringers and The Island. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Mickey 17 and the movies we discuss! Written by Bong Joon-ho Directed by Bong Joon-ho Starring Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven ...
Mar 10, 2025•42 min•Ep. 437
On this new entry in the special episode series Breaking It Apart, I’m joined by Mike Miley, author of the book David Lynch's American Dreamscapes, to do a first of its kind episode... A look at films that may have been inspired by the collective works of David Lynch. Undoubtebly one of the most influential figures in cinema, after he recently passed away, it only made sense to do this episode on his full filmography rather than a single film. Puzzle pieces include Natural Born Killers, Synecdoc...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 15 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 March 2025. This month’s episode includes Rule Breakers, Night Of The Zoopocalypse, Novocaine, Black Bag, The Electric State, Opus, Snow White, The Alto Knights, Bob Trevino Likes It, Magazine Dreams, The Woman In The Yard, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Road Trip, Mickey 17 and A Working Man. As al...
Mar 03, 2025•48 min
On this special episode, Ben Miller joins me to give our predictions for the 97th Academy Awards, happening on Sunday, March 2nd. 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 of the movies we discuss! Ben Miller is a film critic and runs Ice Cream For Freaks at https://icecream4freaks.com/ He also...
Feb 28, 2025•58 min
On the 436th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Knik Woods, Jimmie Gonzalez and Sam Novak to talk about THE MONKEY! Osgood Perkins' hilarious horror-comedy is based on a Stephen King short story and filled with all kinds of wacky, craziness. Puzzle pieces include Final Destination, Gremlins, The Dark Half and Hellraiser. As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Monkey and the movies we discuss! Written by Osgood Perkins Directed by Osgood Perkins S...
Feb 24, 2025•47 min•Ep. 436
On the 435th episode of Piecing It Together, Tara Giancaspro joins me to talk about The Brutalist. Brady Corbett's American epic is one of the most talked about movies of the year and a big contender at the upcoming Oscars. Puzzle pieces include Babylon, The Aviator, There Will Be Blood and The Neon Demon. As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Brutalist and the movies we discuss! Written by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvoid Directed by Brady Corbet Starring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe ...
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 435
On the 434th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Faith Nault, Jorge Lara and Kristopher West to talk about Captain America: Brave New World. The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn't exactly move things forward like fans had hoped, but we had a good time with it anyway. Puzzle pieces include The Manchurian Candidate, Bond movies, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and a bunch of X-Men movies that we have trouble distinguishing between. As a...
Feb 17, 2025•36 min•Ep. 434
On the 433rd episode of Piecing It Together, Josie DeMarco joins me to talk about Anora. Sean Baker's latest starring Mikey Madison was an early awards favorite when we recorded this episode. Then I kept waiting for a good time to release the episode and in the months since, it's won DGA and PGA and is now looking like a clear Oscar frontrunner. Puzzle pieces include Get Him To The Greek, Married To The Mob, Ghost Dog and Zola. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Anora and the movies we discuss! Writte...
Feb 14, 2025•41 min•Ep. 433
On the 432nd episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Michael Keene, Tia Bean & William-Patrick Coleman to talk about Heart Eyes! Josh Ruben's new slasher is a horror-romantic-comedy, just in time for Valentine's Day! Puzzle pieces include Scream, Lover's Lane, My Bloody Valentine and My Bloody Valentine 3D. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Heart Eyes and the movies we discuss! Written by Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon and Michael Kennedy Dir...
Feb 10, 2025•44 min•Ep. 432
On this special episode of Piecing It Together, composer and podcaster Brian Skutle joins me to take a look back at 2024 and some of our favorite film scores of the year! It was a big year for movies and we get into a lot of great picks from some of the more celebrated scores like The Brutalist and Conclave to some more more out of left field picks like Daddio, The Colors Within and A Different Man! As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss! Brian Skutle is a film critic and runs...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 21 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 February 2025. This month’s episode includes Kinda Pregnant, Love Hurts, Armand, Paddington In Peru, The Gorge, Bridge Jones: Mad About The Boy, The Monkey, The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, Last Breath, The Legend of Ochi, Heart Eyes and Captain America Brave New World. As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of...
Feb 03, 2025•46 min
On the 431st episode of Piecing It Together, Danette Tull from the Nevada Film Office joins me to talk about Flight Risk, the Mark Wahlberg starring acion flick shot here in Nevada. We recorded this episode at LMG Studios where the film was mostly shot and after our main converastion we're also joined by Troy Staton to discuss filming in Nevada. Puzzle pieces include Con Air, Fear, Flight and Zero Hour! As always, SPOILER ALERT for Flight Risk and the movies we discuss! Written by Jason Rosenber...
Jan 31, 2025•36 min•Ep. 431
On this special episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell joins me to talk about our picks for our favorite older films that we watched for the first time in 2024. Some of our picks come from our research for Josh’s podcast Awesome Movie Year and some are just movies from our watch list that we happened to watch in the last year. We also hear from Josh’s Awesome Movie Year co-host Jason Harris about his 10 favorite first time watches of 2024. As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we dis...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 15 min
On the 430th episode of Piecing It Together, film critic Courtney Howard joins me to talk about Better Man. If you don't know it by name, this is the Robbie Williams biopic where he's digitally replaced by a CGI Chimp. It's WILD. Puzzle pieces include All That Jazz, Rocketman, Babylon and of course, Planet of the Apes. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Better Man and the movies we discuss! Written by Michael Gracey, Simon Gleeson, Oliver Cole Directed by Michael Gracey Starring Robbie Williams, Steve...
Jan 24, 2025•37 min•Ep. 430
On the 429th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests K.L. Martin, Luella Chavez and Knik Woods to talk about Wolf Man! Leigh Whannel's take on the classic Universal monster added some interesting ideas and plenty of tension. Puzzle pieces include The Shining, Night of the Living Dead, Twilight and Ginger Snaps. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Wolf Man and the movies we discuss! Written by Leigh Whannell and Corbett Tuck Directed by Leigh Whannell S...
Jan 20, 2025•50 min•Ep. 429
On the 428th episode of Piecing It Together, Toby Cochran joins me to talk about The Wild Robot, which has just been re-released in theaters. This beautiful animated film is one of 2024's best. We also discuss my guest's animated film about a robot, LUKI & The Lights. Puzzle pieces include Isle of Dogs, Bambi, Life of Pi and The Iron Giant. As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Wild Robot and the movies we discuss! Written by Chris Sanders Directed by Chris Sanders Starring Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro ...
Jan 17, 2025•51 min•Ep. 428
On the 427th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in North Las Vegas with guests Jason Harris, Derek Sante and KC Christon to talk about Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera! This long awaited sequel to the "dirtbag action" flick takes things to the next level. Puzzle pieces include Ronin, The Italian Job, The Fast & The Furious and Oceans 11. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera and the movies we discuss! Written by Christian Gudegast Directed by Christian Gu...
Jan 13, 2025•52 min•Ep. 427
On the 426th episode of Piecing It Together, Robert Kachelriess joins me to talk about The Last Showgirl. Both of us being Las Vegas based gave us plenty to talk about with Pamela Anderson's much hyped Vegas showgirl story. Puzzle pieces include Casino, Leaving Las Vegas, The Wrestler and Nyad. As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Last Showgirl and the movies we discuss! Written by Kate Gersten Directed by Gia Coppola Starring Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Brenda Song, Kiernan Sh...
Jan 10, 2025•49 min•Ep. 426
On the 425th episode of Piecing It Together, journalist Corey Levitan joins me to talk about A Complete Unknown. This Bob Dylan biopic from James Mangold starring Timothee Chalamet does its best to make a story out of a mysterious music icon. Puzzle pieces include Bohemian Rhapsody, Amadeus, Birdman and inside Llewyn Davis. As always, SPOILER ALERT for A Complete Unknown and the movies we discuss! Written by James Mangold and Jay Cocks Directed by James Mangold Starring Timothee Chalamet, Edward...
Jan 06, 2025•39 min•Ep. 425
On this special episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell & Jason Harris from Awesome Movie Year join me to discuss our Top 10 favorite films of 2024. Along with some honorable mentions and suggestions from the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group, we get into a lot of the movies that made up 2024. As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss! Thank you to Gina Mizzoni, Joe Black, Paul Hibbard, Steven Hughes, Arthur Glover Josh Bell is a film critic whose reviews can be re...
Jan 01, 2025•2 hr 20 min
On this special episode of Piecing It Together, I’m taking a look back at the year 2024. This is not a traditional episode of the podcast, but more a chance to talk to you all and recap my year in movies, music and podcasting, as well as share some news about what’s coming in 2025. My sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes , Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out! My latest music video “Ascending” which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Dec 30, 2024•41 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 January 2025. This month’s episode includes Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Better Man, Den Of Thieves: Pantera, The Last Showgirl, Wolf Man, One Of Them Days, Back In Action, Flight Risk, Brave The Dark, You're Cordially Invited and Dog Man. As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss! I also sh...
Dec 27, 2024•46 min
On this special bonus episode of Piecing It Together, I’m actually reposting a guest apperance I recently did on LA Podfidential with host Chauncey Telese where we discussed our most anticipated films of 2025! The original version of this conversation is available at https://www.lafbnetwork.com/la-podfidential/ As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss! Make sure to check out LA Podfidential at https://www.lafbnetwork.com/la-podfidential/ Follow LA Podfidential on Twitter @LAPodf...
Dec 23, 2024•41 min
On the 424th episode of Piecing It Together, Arthur Howell joins me to talk about Carry-On ! This tight thriller is set at an airport at Christmas... So I suppose welcome to our Christmas episode! Puzzle pieces include Die Hard, Collateral, Grand Piano and Phone Booth. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Carry-On and the movies we discuss! Written by T.J. Fixman Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra Starring Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman, Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Dean Norris Netflix https://www.netfli...
Dec 20, 2024•39 min•Ep. 424
On the 423rd episode of Piecing It Together, podcaster Robbie Sherman joins me to talk about The Invisible Raptor ... I don't always cover these kinds of straight to VOD jokey movies, but with a concept as great as "what if a raptor was on a rampage... and it was invisible," I had to check it out. Puzzle pieces include Jurassic Park, Hollow Man, Critters and Piranha 3DD. As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Invisible Raptor and the movies we discuss! Written by Mike Capes and Johnny Wickham Directed...
Dec 16, 2024•46 min•Ep. 423
On the 422nd episode of Piecing It Together, Jamila Brown joins me to talk about Wicked . One of the year's biggest films, the adaptation of the beloved Wizard of Oz prequel musical actually turned out to be the hit that Hollywood thought it would be. Puzzle pieces include Wonka, Frozen, Mean Girls and Shrek. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Wicked and the movies we discuss! Written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox Directed by Jon M Chu Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Ba...
Dec 13, 2024•41 min•Ep. 422
On the 421st episode of Piecing It Together we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in North Las Vegas with guests Guillermo E. Barahona C., Angel C and Dustin Ross to talk about Y2K ! This comedy-horror from director Kyle Mooney and A24 imagins a world where the Y2K bug gave way to a technological uprising and all hell breaks loose. Puzzle pieces include This Is The End, Not Another Teen Movie, Small Soldiers and Inglorious Basterds. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Y2K and the movies we discuss! Written by ...
Dec 09, 2024•30 min•Ep. 421
On the 420th episode of Piecing It Together, Katherine Jackson joins me to talk about Nightbitch ! The story of a new mother who believes she might be turning into a dog was one of my most anticipated movies of the year. We also talk about Katherine's new short Attachment Theory . Puzzle pieces for Nightbitch include Tully, Parenthood, Black Swan and Willard. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Nightbitch and the movies we discuss! Written by Marielle Heller Directed by Marielle Heller Starring Amy Ada...
Dec 06, 2024•45 min•Ep. 420
On this special episode of Piecing It Together, I’m taking a break from movies to share with you all my new album A Boy and His Dog and Three Cats and A Bear by The Pup Pups! This collection of novelty/comedy songs about dogs and cats (and in some cases sung by my dogs and cats) is the follow-up to Variety Snaps and I managed to get finished to release the day before our lead singer Harvey's 17th birthday! As of 12/6/2024 the album is available to stream on all the major streaming platforms and ...
Dec 06, 2024•53 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 December 2024. This month’s episode includes Nightbitch, Werewolves, Mary, The Invisible Raptor, Maria, Lord Of The Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Kraven The Hunter, Carry-On, September 5, Mufasa: The Lion King, Babygirl, A Complete Unknown, Y2K, Nosferatu and more. As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we disc...
Dec 02, 2024•43 min
