Merry Christmas to Daniel L. from Alyssa, David, and Ryan, who joined forced to commission this podcast on 1999's "Fight Club", directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter. Fight Club is a dark and yet at times humorous look at the savage heart of mankind, and the guys have a lot of thoughts on it's ideas and philosophy, despite the constraints of talking about Fight Club while working within the film's first and second rule. Once again, Merry Christ...
Dec 24, 2015•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jim and A.Ron have seen the latest Star Wars, and declare it worthy of the name. Don't expect Empire Strikes Back, but if you set your navicomputer expectations somewhere in Return of the Jedi's neighborhood we think you'll have a good time. We give about five minutes of non spoiler review up front, but then get hardcore old school Star Wars nerd talk. Meet us over in the forums if you want to talk about it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 18, 2015•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andrew "The Commissioner" Mount "strikes" again from his hidden rebel base, this time forcing us to watch Episode V of the Star Wars saga, "The Empire Strikes Back." Which, incidentally, depending on the age of the A.Ron you ask, is either his favoritist movie of all time, or top three. Either way, it's a treat. Once again, Jim and I try to sort through our childhood and adult memories of this holiest of trilogies to give it the treatment it deserves. If you missed in the first time, or would li...
Dec 07, 2015•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jim and A.Ron went out over the long weekend and treated themselves to the latest James Bond flick, Spectre. After discussing the experience itself, in which we review our hometown's newest theater experience, the Eastgate Brew and View, we dish on the few charms and big disappointments in Daniel Craig's latest outing on Her Majesty's Service, Craig's place in the 007 pantheon, and our relationship with the series as a whole. Massive spoilers incoming, so if you want to see this unsullied, put t...
Nov 30, 2015•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today's commissioned podcast is on 1994's Stargate -- brought to you by Dr. Brandon Devito, official dentist of Bald Move and international man of mystery. Directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Kurt Russell and James Spader, it is a star spanning intergalactic tale of ancient Egyptian themed aliens, slip-shod archaeology, and gun toting shepherd boys. The boys ponder how movies change as we age, Emmerich's professional toolkit, the massive flaws in both Ra's and team Stargate's (SG-1?) plans....
Nov 30, 2015•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Many thanks to Tim aka "DoubleT" from our forums for commissioning another (he previously commissioned the awesome "Animal Kingdom") Aussie modern classic, 2005's "The Proposition". It can be best described as an Australian flavored Western, sharing many similarities with the American genre while bestowing the style with the unique characteristics of the Australian landscape and it's own history with outlaws and indigenous people. Starring Guy Pierce, Danny Huston, and Sam Winstone, it is bleak,...
Nov 16, 2015•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Special thanks to Dr. Brandon Devito, Bald Move's favorite dentist, for commissioning our latest podcast, "Mean Girls", on behalf of his daughter, Carmen. "Mean Girls" screenplay was written by the great Tina Fey, and has a lot of star power, with Lindsay Lohan being joined by Rachel McAddams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Tim Meadows, and Tina Fey pulling double duty. It's smart, funny, and offers an insightful look into the dynamics of the high school experience from a female perspective. Wh...
Nov 02, 2015•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Special thanks to Tyler Shumway for commissioning this podcast, on 2004's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind. If you haven't seen it, I suggest doing so before you listen to the cast, as it's a neat little movie with a lot of twists and turns that we'll spoil mercilessly. Written by Charlie Kaufman and starring Jim Carey, Kate Winslet, and Elijah Wood among others, it's a meditation on relationships and loss and why sometimes things just don't work out, or maybe they can? We've got our opinio...
Oct 26, 2015•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast You guys had a lot of great questions for our 10 Million Podcast Q&A Extravaganza, and we've got the answers for you. We talk about life, podcasting, whether we'd work for Chris Hardwick, our dream HBO series projects, our co-hosts most annoying traits, and lots more over a wide-ranging, ass-numbing 2.5 hour podcast. We also have video of the whole deal, which you can enjoy below. If you missed previous Q&A's, you can find some of the past ones here, and a Reddit AMA we did previously. Thanks fo...
Oct 20, 2015•3 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jim and A.Ron saw Ridley Scott's "The Martian" last night, starring Matt Damon, and have a lot to say about it. Note, the first part of the podcast is spoiler free, but then when we say we're about to spoil things, that's your cue to get out while the getting is good. Along the way, we talk about the trailers we saw for The Revenant, The Big Short, Joy, and Concussion. Support Bald Move: Amazon | Club Bald Move If you are still hungry for more Martian goodness, might I recommend reading Andy Wei...
Oct 02, 2015•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Special thanks to D'Nique G, who commissioned us to watch the 1985 Steven Spielberg film, "The Color Purple", based on the novel by Alice Walker and starring Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Danny Glover. While we found some of the tonal shifts and musical choices in the first half bizarre, the movie nevertheless drew us into the story of one woman's triumph over countless adversities, and the ending of this movie has a heart as big, wide, and bright as Celie's smile. Thanks again for your su...
Sep 28, 2015•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Much thanks to Nick Knol for commissioning the 2000 Christopher McQuarrie film, "The Way of the Gun", starring Ryan Phillippe, Benicio del Toro, and Juliette Lewis. As dark, gritty, violent, funny, post-Tarantino quasi-western fable, we found a lot to enjoy, but wondered if the plot was too convoluted for it's own good. In this we discuss questionable obstetrics, geriatric hitmen, and our inner outlaws. Thanks again, Nick! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 21, 2015•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 14, 2015•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jim and A.Ron clean up some lose ends and get retrospective on the first seasons of "The Brink", "Ballers", "Narcos", and talk about the start of their binge of the first season of "Mr. Robot", with more to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 11, 2015•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast This Australian crime drama from 2010 really snuck up on us. It's not what you might think given only that description, but it delivers the goods. We talk about a mother who kisses her children just a little too long, some of the excellent performances, and how it stacks up against other films in the gangster genre. Fair warning: you should see this movie before listening to the podcast because a) you'll be lost if you don't, and b) much of its value is in that first watch. You've been warned. L...
Aug 10, 2015•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Many thanks to Em from the No Ship Network (purveyors of fine podcasts on Vikings, Spartacus, Penny Dreadful, and more) for commissioning this podcast, covering the 1999 psycho-sexual drama, "Holy Smoke". Directed by Jane Campion ("The Piano", Top of the Lake") and starring Kate Winslet and Harvey Kietel, it starts off as an intriguing and campy telling of a young girl being deprogrammed from a cult experience, and then... turns into something else entirely. Lots of at times uncomfortable discus...
Jul 27, 2015•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jim and A.Ron (with an assist from Nina over at ProjectFandom.com) set out to talk about ALL the television. Programming highlights with time codes are as follows... Ash vs Evil Dead SDCC trailer - 00:01:04Fear the Walking Dead SDCC trailer - 00:03:46Walking Dead season six SDCC trailer - 00:09:47Heroes Reborn SDCC trailer - 00:14:28The Spoils Before Dying - 00:16:507 Days in Hell - 00:18:31DS9 - 00:22:10Silicon Valley - 00:34:26Danger Five - 00:44:22Ballers - 00:47:36The Brink - 00:49:47Penny D...
Jul 07, 2015•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Special thanks once again to Andrew "The Commissioner" Mount, for having us do the 2001 Christopher Nolan movie, "Memento"... Starring Guy Pierce and Carrie-Anne Moss, Memento is an engaging, cerebral, well crafted thriller mystery with an ingenious plot device that plays with our sense of memory and time. We both highly recommend you see this movie before listening to the podcast, as the first time viewing experience of this movie is hard to beat, and it's an excellent film. If you can find it ...
May 18, 2015•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thanks once again to Andrew "The Commissioner" Mount for ponying up for our coverage of the wonderful 2003 film, "The Station Agent". Staring a murderer's row of Bald Move stars; Peter Dinklage, John Slattery, and Bobby Canavale among others, and directed by The Wire alumnus Thomas McCarthy, it is many things... A slow burn, life affirming, a study of loneliness and isolation, and the effects on being truly different on your perception and interfacing with everyday life. I highly recommend every...
May 11, 2015•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Special thanks and shout out to Nikki P. for commissioning this podcast, on the 1978 Oscar winning film by director Michael Cimino, "The Deer Hunter". Starring screen legends Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, and Christopher Walken, it is a tale about men coming of age, loss, heartbreak, and the horrors of war. In other words, this is not light watching. Jim and A.Ron take turns spinning the cylinder and pulling the trigger as we unpack our thoughts and feelings about the experience. Thanks again, N...
Apr 27, 2015•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Special thanks to Keith Alejandro who pulled the trigger on this Commissioned Podcast, covering the 2005 David Cronenberg directed thriller, "A History of Violence", starring everyone's favorite ranger, Viggo Mortensen. Jim and A.Ron talk about the multiple meanings of the title, the human capacity for violence, survival of the fittest, the strong's societal obligation to the weak, and how sea turtles make surprisingly effective, though extremely cruel, living refrigerators. Learn more about you...
Apr 13, 2015•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Shayne Bowman from the Heisenberg Chronicles and the Nattercast joins Cecily and I to discuss our thoughts on season 3 of Banshee, as well as the conclusion to the HBO documentary mini-series, "The Jinx"! Timecodes for each are as follows... 00:00:00 - Banshee01:11:46 - The Jinx Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 20, 2015•2 hr 51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jim and A.Ron go all out to name their favorite ten TV shows of 2014! What made the cut? And why? And if you still haven't got enough, check out our over 3 hours of bonus video footage where we narrowed down the original Field of Forty to the Tenacious Ten. If you're interested in that, or want to see why some shows didn't make the cut, see the links below. Jim and A.Ron debate the top 10 - Part OneJim and A.Ron debate the top 10 - Part Two Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...
Jan 29, 2015•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast This podcast for 2014's "The Imitation Game" was commissioned on Subbable by a shadowy MI6 agent who for reasons of operational security, would prefer to remain anonymous. We have seen the film, and we have very mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, it is an artistic and emotional triumph, which really helped us empathize with Alan Turing's life long struggle as a brilliant autistic homosexual man to be accepted and loved as he led the Allied war effort to break the "unbreakable" Nazi Enigma...
Jan 16, 2015•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Super fan Keith Fisher commissioned this podcast on Subbable as a Christmas present for his lovely wife, as it is one of her all time favorite movies. I feel like I'm sliding a large lump of coal down her stocking (hey now!) because it was not Jim and I's favorite movie. But still, we gave it the Bald Move treatment! Are you in the mood for a heartwarming story of a megalomaniac orphan spiritually and emotionally enslaved by a shut in old couple, as she seeks death in ever more creative ways whi...
Dec 25, 2014•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jim and A.Ron do another deep dive into the world of Coppola's The Godfather, this time looking at Part II, which celebrates it's 40th anniversary tomorrow. A darker, more brooding, more intricate film that it's predecessor, we struggle to answer the question, which is better? Along the way we play a lot of what if's and comparisons. Clemenza or Pentangeli? Vito or Michael? Brando or De Niro? When did Vito decide to be the Don? What is Tom and Michael's relationship at the end? Where did Michael...
Dec 19, 2014•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast As a special holiday treat, Jim and A.Ron cover one of their all time favorite movies, The Godfather. Be on the look out for their follow up of Godfather II coming out this Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 15, 2014•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Want to hear Jim and A.Ron get on their high horses about journalism, music, law enforcement and rough childhoods? Ok, we're on that. It's all in the context of TV though. Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 12, 2014•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hey there! Jim and A.Ron are back with an assist from Shayne "The BOWman" Bowman, proprietor of the Heisenberg Chronicles and frequent guest/co-host of The Nattercast. We talk about our thoughts on Homeland through the fifth episode, and then Shayne and I throw down about our thoughts and feelings on the first season of Cinemax's The Knick. Homeland 00:01:47The Knick 00:38:00 Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn m...
Nov 03, 2014•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Bridge 00:01:07 Californication 00:14:00 The Knick 00:23:54 Homeland Season Four 00:36:47 As promised, Mandy Patinkin's awesome appearance on the Colbert Report. Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 09, 2014•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
