Joe and TJ warm up before the big talk of ‘Star Wars’ with a conversation about ‘Warm Bodies’ and TJ’s review of it — TJ is not a big fan, Joe thinks he might just have to see it to see if he agrees with TJ, an R2D2 translator (loads of fun), the ‘Skyfall’ Honest Trailer, the Netflix original series and political drama, ‘House of Cards’, as well as a conversation about Netflix’s full season release strategy, ‘The Avengers’ ‘Firefly’ style opening credits sequence, a few new releases to video on ...
Feb 07, 2013•1 hr 35 min
Joe and TJ talk about Joss Whedon’s wish to do more ‘Firefly’ — which warms a nerd’s heart, Lex Friedman tries to cut the cord and how Cable companies are clinging desperately to the old business model, the SAG Award Winners, and then this little bitty bit of news about J.J. Abrams directing the next ‘Star Wars’ film and what all that means and entails. Then the main topics for this week’s episode are ‘Parker’ and ‘Hansel and Gretel’. Neither TJ nor Joe liked ‘Parker’ very well and there are def...
Jan 31, 2013•1 hr 27 min
FIGHT! In this episode TJ and Joseph disagree on whether ‘Broken City’ was a good film or not. Joseph did not enjoy it very much at all, TJ found it to be pretty good with only more minor grievances. It’s a lively discussion. They also review Gangster Squad, and there is much more agreement on the merits and lesser qualities of this film. Particularly the performances in this film are top notch, as is the visual style and heartfelt story. TJ and Joseph also talk about ‘Man of Steel’s’ Jimmy Olso...
Jan 24, 2013•1 hr 23 min
TJ and Joseph dive in for some good fun and lively discussion. They discuss Jon Polito commenting on a negative review on The New York Times, the news that a ‘Jack Reacher’ Sequel is unlikely, which disappoints TJ, The entire ‘Die Hard’ series coming to theaters for one day only, the White House’s response to a petition for the U.S. to build a Death Star — it’s dead funny regardless of any political leanings, ‘Independence Day 2’ rumors, a Joss Whedon video interview discussing ‘Avengers 2’, and...
Jan 17, 2013•1 hr 17 min
Join TJ and Joseph as they discuss The Piano Guys teaming up with Lindsey Stirling for a ‘Mission Impossible’ music video and the incredible talent they bring to the screen, and to the music, the upcoming film, ‘Gangster Squad’ and the six teaser clips recently released to promote it, more talk of ‘Hansel and Gretel’, Joseph’s ‘Hitchcock’ review and some general thoughts on the film, and the news that Guillermo Del Toro turned down the opportunity to direct ‘Star Wars VII’. Then the main topic t...
Jan 10, 2013•1 hr 8 min
TJ and Joseph discuss Ebert’s top ten films of 2012, including ‘Argo’, which Ebert named top of the year, and TJ’s own top ten films of 2012 as well. This involves a little quibbling over the positioning of items on the list as well as if some actually belong there. They also discuss the teaser for the upcoming ‘Monsters University’ which TJ thinks is pretty great and Joseph thinks it is less so. Hansel and Gretel also has some new promotional material out, including a new TV spot which they dis...
Jan 03, 2013•1 hr 21 min
In this episode, TJ gives some really brief thoughts on ‘Les Miserables’ (next week’s episode will be all about ‘Les Mis’), and some follow up on last week’s episode pertaining to ‘The Hobbit’, then they talk about GLaDOS’ voice in ‘Pacific Rim’, and a little about the trailer, then they discuss the horrifying idea of Carrie Underwood as Maria in ‘The Sound of Music’ TV remake, as well as a ‘Cars’ spin-off, ‘Planes’ and their fears and trepidations for that upcoming film as well as some general ...
Dec 27, 2012•55 min
TJ and Joseph are joined by TrekMovie.com founder and editor in chief, Anthony Pascale, to discuss the nine minute prologue debut of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’, what we know and don’t know about the film, who the villain ultimately is, how JJ Abrams’ ‘Trek’ is not just for fans, but goes for a broader appeal, which Enterprise is the best, how it’s not just a question of old ‘Trek’ or new ‘Trek’ and more. Lots of nerdery to be had here. Then TJ and Joseph are joined by Clark Douglas, who appeared ...
Dec 20, 2012•1 hr 25 min
TJ and Joseph welcome special guest this week, Melinda Snodgrass, a successful screenwriter, and particularly as pertains to this episode, wrote one of the best ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ episodes in Season 2, ‘The Measure of a Man’. She tells us a lot about the writing process on ‘Star Trek’ and what that was like, and talks particularly about that episode, her love for the character Data, her thoughts on how to better use the cast and crew of the Enterprise, the great character moments i...
Dec 13, 2012•1 hr 20 min
Join TJ and Joseph as they talk about whether Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be Batman or not, the upcoming remake of ‘Flight of the Navigator’, ‘Revenge of the Sith’ as a great work of art — which leave them scratching their heads, the ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ poster and how much it looks like a rip-off of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ poster, and the Man of Steel’ in hand cuffs? What gives? And then the two main topics of discussion, Rise of the Guardians, and Men in Black 3. They didn’t think very high...
Dec 06, 2012•1 hr 20 min
Join TJ and Joseph for a conversation on the upcoming ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ and ‘Man of Steel’ trailers coming out with ‘The Hobbit’ - TJ is more excited about the ‘Star Trek’ trailer and Joseph is more excited about the ‘Man of Steel’ trailer - which leads to a discussion of ‘Production Video #9’ of the insane production schedule and things going on behind the scenes with ‘The Hobbit, then they turn their attention to Blockbuster getting in the magazine business, Miley Cyrus’ stupid looking...
Nov 29, 2012•1 hr 12 min
TJ and Joseph are joined this week by special guest Linsay Morgan to discuss ‘Twlight: Breaking Dawn Part II’. Lots of fun discussion about what is good and what is bad about the series, how bad Stephanie Meyer’s writing is, which films have been better and which have been worse (there is much disagreement on this topic), which film had better music (again, disagreement), the male versus female perspective on the series, the difference in Meyer’s vampire mythos versus normal vampire mythos and m...
Nov 21, 2012•1 hr 25 min
TJ and Joseph discuss ‘The Host’ and the new trailer for the upcoming feature film based on Stephanie Meyer’s first post-Twilight book, the idea that Darth Vader might come back for ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’, Michael Arndt writing ‘Star Wars VII’, ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ newest trailer, ‘Arrested Development’ being picked up by streaming video service Netflix as well as an original show, ‘House of Cards’, and they spend some time talking about how the industry can move forward and move toward...
Nov 15, 2012•1 hr 5 min
Join TJ and Joseph for some awesome movie discussion! This week they kick off with some follow up on the ‘Star Wars’ discussion with Mathew Vaugn rumored to be in the running to direct Episode VII, plus Joseph really liked the idea of Machete Order. Then they briefly talk about ‘The Amazing Spider-man’ coming on on DVD and Blu-ray. As they have discussed in a past episode, Joseph quite liked the film and TJ didn’t see it in protest. TJ also wrote a short article regarding 3D which TJ and Joseph ...
Nov 08, 2012•1 hr 28 min
Oh boy is there a lot to talk about this week! TJ and Joseph get ready to catch two films this weekend, ‘Wreck-it Ralph’ and ‘Flight’, they discuss a lot of things, such as the return of Bryan Singer to the ‘X-Men’ Franchise to direct ‘Days of Future Past’, there will be another ‘Mission Impossible’, ‘Argo’ came in number one in the box office last weekend despite going toe to toe with ‘Cloud Atlas’, the launch of ‘The Wrap’ a new weekly show under ten minutes at the end of each week giving an o...
Nov 01, 2012•1 hr 25 min
TJ welcomes Joseph back from being away for an episode on jury duty. They discuss the situation with Wally Pfister making jabs at ‘The Avengers’ Cinematography and story telling style — TJ is fired up for sure, then they talk about the video circulating of Stephen Spielberg and John Williams composing the score for E.T. which of course leads to a discussion about the era of filmmaking back in those days and why film is still a superior format, and they also discuss ‘Skyfall’ and some thoughts on...
Oct 25, 2012•1 hr 8 min
In this episode, TJ is joined by Clark Douglas while Joseph is off on jury duty. TJ and Clark talk a lot about Clark’s radio show and podcast about film scores and soundtracks, Alan Silvestri and Clark’s recent highlighting of his work, what it’s like to be a radio station manager, Hans Zimmer and his approach to film scoring, some of Clark’s favorite composers such as John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith and more, as well as some geeky discussion of Star Trek and Star Trek Scores, and then TJ and Cla...
Oct 18, 2012•1 hr 6 min
In this episode of MovieByte, TJ and Joseph discuss Matt Damon’s recent comments that he thinks it unlikely he will return as Jason Bourne, the ‘Hitchcock’ Trailer — Joseph thinks it looks like a fantastic movie, TJ is nonplussed — and a little bit of discussion about the ‘Taken’ franchise and the fact that Taken 3 is "a go". And then they are joined by special guest Stewart Adams to talk about ‘The Matrix’. TJ and Stewart are fans! (that might be an understatement). They talk about all the diff...
Oct 11, 2012•1 hr 10 min
In this episode of MovieByte, TJ and Joseph discuss ‘Looper’ and ‘Trouble with the Curve’, two pretty good films. For ‘Looper’ they talk about the relatively low budget and indie nature of the film, the exceptional acting from the three top tier actors, Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt, the pitfalls of time-travel plots and the nature of time-travel films, how could Cid have become The Rainmaker in the first loop and more. For ‘Trouble with the Curve’ they discuss why critics ...
Oct 04, 2012•1 hr 5 min
In this episode, TJ and Joseph discuss Skyfall - The upcoming ‘Bond’ film, the new TV series from J.J. Abrams, ‘Revolution’ and how TJ has probably jinxed the series because shows he likes get canceled, the upcoming straight to DVD release with actor Bruce Willis ‘Fire with Fire’, and the main topic, ‘The Avengers’. TJ and Joseph heap loads of praise on this glorious film, the writing, the dialog, Joss Whedon as well as discuss the backstory with the preceding films and what did and didn’t work ...
Sep 28, 2012•1 hr 35 min
"Yet another kingdom falls to your glory. Is there no end to your power?" Join TJ and Joseph this week for a review of ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ as they discuss it’s high and low points, as they delve into their likes and dislikes, and as they discuss why TJ loved this film while Joseph didn’t love it so much. They discuss the portrayal of beauty and the contrast between the beautiful but evil queen played by widely haled beauty Charlize Theron, and Snow White played by Kristen Stewart who i...
Sep 21, 2012•1 hr 16 min
"Asps… very dangerous. You go first." In this episode, TJ and Joseph discuss the Indiana Jones film ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ and the recent release of the film to IMAX theaters. They cover how well it held up on the ginormous IMAX screen, what worked and didn’t work about this 1981 film now that it’s 2012, how much it cost to make this film back in the day, its great rating on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB, their childhood experiences with the Indy trilogy, John Williams score and a more general dis...
Sep 14, 2012•1 hr 10 min
"I gotta bad feeling about this - a we’re gonna need a new planet bad feeling"... Join Joseph and TJ as they discuss ‘Battleship’ which was just released to iTunes, Blu-ray, and DVD. Joseph laments the state of film-making in a post-Transformers world, TJ enjoyed the film a bit more, but just a bit. They also discuss ‘Monsters Inc.’ coming out in 3D and the merits of 3D movies, the possibility of a directors cut of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ and why TJ doesn’t like directors cuts for the most part,...
Sep 07, 2012•1 hr 4 min
"Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor." Tune in for a discussion about ‘The Hunger Games’ film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel. TJ and Joseph discuss their likes, dislikes, the themes in this film, who should see it and why, whether it is appropriate for young children and young adults, they evaluate the practical effects, special effects, CGI, editing, directing, shooting style and much more. They also discuss shooting video on your smartphone in portrait mode, ‘Taken...
Aug 31, 2012•1 hr 18 min
“Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-doo” In this week’s episode TJ and Joseph discuss films from TJ’s Box Office Overview Article - ‘The Hunger Games’ and it’s critique of modern culture, ‘The Avengers’ and Joss Whedon, ‘Brave’ and where Pixar veered off track, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ and its great box office success yet still overshadowed by ‘The Avengers’, and the box office failures of ‘Total Recall’ and ‘The Bourne Legacy’. And they also discuss Mel Stuart’s ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ as w...
Aug 22, 2012•1 hr 6 min
This week, TJ and Joseph discuss the TVShack.net and Richard O’Dwyer extradition case and discuss their great consternation over the entire affair, Joss Whedon signing on for a second Avengers movie and what that might mean for the film and the entire Marvel universe, and the main topic, The Bourne Legacy. TJ and Joseph might have "slightly" differing opinions on the worth of this film and which of the Bourne films is the best. We also apologize for the poorer audio quality on TJ’s end this week...
Aug 16, 2012•1 hr 15 min
This week Joseph and TJ discuss the idea of a Brady Bunch reboot, the canceled TV Show Alcatraz, Vertigo and the best movies of all time, Hulu Plus on the Apple TV, content providers and the digital age, ‘The Hobbit’ reworked trailer, and the main discussion on the new film Total Recall. TJ and Joseph disagree on how good the movie was, what parts they liked and disliked, what could have been better, and the totally deplorable state of the first incarnation of Total recall in 1990 with Arnold Sc...
Aug 08, 2012•1 hr 17 min
"And you, Preston, the supposed savior of the resistance, are now its destroyer, and, along with them, you’ve given me yourself… calmly… coolly… entirely without incident." "Not without incident…" - Get ready for a fun and lively discussion as TJ and Joseph have a lot of fun talking about the Man of Steel trailer and the Superman franchise in general, Total Recall coming out on Friday, The Bourne Legacy featuring Jeremy Renner, the Avengers Post Credits Clip, Star Trek: The Next Generation remas...
Aug 01, 2012•1 hr 15 min
TJ and Joseph discuss things pertaining to The Dark Knight Rises. Please be aware there will be spoilers in the second half of the episode. Topics of discussion include the shooting in Colorado and what a horrible tragedy it was, trilogies in general (Indiana Jones, Toy Story, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings), likes and dislikes about The Dark Knight Rises, Spoilers, Liam Neeson’s roll and more. Plus we follow up on Joseph’s "sealed note" predictions for what he thought would happen in this film an...
Jul 25, 2012•1 hr 28 min
TJ and Joseph discuss the inception (see what we did there) of MovieByte and former life as Movieology, the upcoming Movieology podcast, and more. But mostly they focus on Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Night Rises, their past with Batman, what made these films work so well, music by Hans Zimmer, casting, their expectations as they prepare to see the new film in the theater, Joseph’s sealed predictions for the film, Christopher Nolan’s directorial ability, and much, much more. Show...
Jul 20, 2012•1 hr 27 min
