Content dispatch episode 29 "Feeling Minnesota" (1996) by director Steve Baigelman. Summary: Patrick McAuliffe is 48 years old and was born on 03/01/1972. In this episode we spend a lot of time debating the evolution of “prestige TV,” as well as discussing Batman Day, the film Slugs, and the 2003 film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Patrick Willems reviewed and rated Let Them All Talk ★★★★ on Friday Jan 1, 2021 on 2021-01-03 We've finally reached one of the biggest movies of Josh Hartnett's career, the moment he officially became a movie star. This week: we enter the lascivious intrigue-laden world of 18th century French aristocracy with Dangerous Liaisons (1988). Eventually Jesse goes to Bhutan with his dad and meets other vessels for lama Dorje. Naturally everyone gets their comeuppance. They discuss the evolution of the franchise, how it manages to keep topping itself, Keanu’s place in the landscape of modern action cinema...and also go on an extended tangent about award-winning musician Enya. Look, we're a little rusty and it maybe took us a bit to get to the film, but we DO get there. By Patrick (H) Willems "Can't Get Enough of Keanu" follows hosts Patrick Willems, Matt Torpey, and Jake Torpey as they explore the filmography of the ageless and inimitable movie star, Keanu Reeves. We live in a simulation created by machines in order to keep us blind to our captivity and usefulness merely as an energy supply for said machines. (Alex Winter) himself, who also stars and helped write the film! What to really say about this film? Film critic Siddhant Adlakha joins Patrick and the Brothers Torpey to explore Josh Hartnett’s second collaboration with director Paul McGuigan: Lucky Number Slevin. YouTube videos by Patrick Willems and his Amazing Friends. Home; About; YouTube Shorts; Contact; Twitter; Instagram John Wick Chapter 2 (w/ Siddhant Adlakha). on 2021-01-24, Patrick Willems reviewed and rated Tenet ★★★★ on Saturday Jan 16, 2021 $5.00. This week, Josh Hartnett teams up with Hollywood legend Harrison Ford for a buddy action comedy that it turns out…is mostly about real estate. Keanu plays Martin, a young radio writer with an incestuous infatuation with his aunt, an older woman who isn't connected by blood, so it's, like, incest lite. This ultimately lands Leger in a Thai prison. This was a great opportunity to take a book that's fun but not especially great and get rid of all the stuff that doesn't work (like the extra act at the end after the main story is finished), but for some reason it's so faithful and respectful as if this is some literary masterpiece that needs to be preserved perfectly, They say "temporal pincer movement" and I clap my hands and cackle with glee, A movie as good as its sweaters (the sweaters are excellent), No spoilers but I didn’t breathe for the last few minutes of this movie, Patrick Willems reviewed and rated The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ★★★ on Thursday Jan 21, 2021 This week's ep is about Tune In Tomorrow (1990). Box 380333 Brooklyn, NY 11238 And that's good since we've burned through our banked episodes from our previous hiatus and there is a distinct lack of addressing certain "current affairs." Matt is back! High points are The Richest Man in the World played by John Malkovich and his absurd palace, and the weird interweaving of Navajo mythology resulting in someone fucking and impregnating a mountain. This week, Patrick, Jake, and Matt do their best to keep the mood light while discussing 1988's Permanent Record, a movie that deals with the difficult subject of teen suicide. The crucial juncture. Merry Christmas! (Source: youtube.com) Jul 7 2020. The Matrix (1999)! Reeves, Hopper, Bullock, Daniels, Morton, Jan de Bont at the mf helm, winner of 1995's Academy Award for best sound editing/mixing: it's SPEED (1994)! This week we’re talking about 40 Days and 40 Nights, the sex comedy about Josh Hartnett not having sex, which is a much weirder movie than we expected. This is a big one for our boy, setting him up as a bona fide action star as LAPD SWAT member Jack Traven (more like Jacked Traven right?!). Add to Cart. It's dumb. This week Patrick, Jake, and Matt are joined by actress Comfort Clinton (Billions), and together they deal with their frustration about Brian De Palma’s film adaptation of The Black Dahlia. Sometimes Patrick goes by various nicknames including Patrick A Mcauliffe and Patrick Anthony Mcauliffe. ‎"Can't Get Enough of Keanu" follows hosts Patrick Willems, Matt Torpey, and Jake Torpey as they explore the filmography of the ageless and inimitable movie star, Keanu Reeves. 2020 © Anchor FM Inc. All rights reserved. This one's about Neal Cassady (played by Thomas Jane), muse of the beat writers, amphetamine popping driver of The Merry Pranksters, during maybe the most boring part of his life, rendered duller still by being treated so reverently. This week it's Little Buddha (1993), by Bernardo Bertolucci. This week we’re jumping back to the beginning of Keanu’s career to discuss the made-for-TV film Babes in Toyland, in which our dude co-stars with a young Drew Barrymore. Cheers. What ensues is a real meat-and-potatoes chase thriller in which Keanu and Rachel Weisz are the loose ends everyone wants dead. This movie is a bit of a mess, and even Peter Falke, powerhouse that he is as Pedro the visionary soap opera schlock writer, cannot save it. After months filled with twists and turns, ups and downs, this week the podcast finally reaches the end of Josh Hartnett’s filmography…or at least his most recent movie. We have a very special objet d'art here with 1993's "Freaked." Ok folks, we've reached it. This week: we warp back in time to cover 1986's Flying, AKA Dream to Believe, AKA Teenage Dream, wherein young gymnastics hopeful Robin (Olivia d'Abo) tries to make her local team despite a prior knee injury and living in dreary Buffalo, NY! Add to Cart. Patrick Willems reviewed and rated Cherry ★★ on Friday Jan 8, 2021 on 2021-01-09. Unfortunately Eddie and his team are secretly funded by the deep state and it's chosen representative,  the coldly pragmatic Paul Shannon (Morgan Freeman), who wants this revolutionary tech for himself and those he works for. Josh’s string of stinkers continues with 2001’s Town & Country, a “comedy” about wealthy old people having affairs that somehow cost $100 million, took 2 years to make, and ended up being one of the biggest flops in box office history. THE INFINITY PODCAST may or may not be a deep dive on the Marvel Cinematic Universe; it may or may not offer hot takes on Ant-Man & The Wasp or Jeremy Renner’s Instagram. Hey now! But this time…he’s on the small screen. Plus: Patrick’s Reading Corner! Some predictions were correct! Look, it's not great, but D'Onofrio is a national treasure and what else is your quarantined ass gonna do to pass the time? A young woman named Heidi goes searching for her friend Jane, who appears to have become embroiled in a peyote cult led by Josh. Also in this episode: what superhero should Josh play? Also Patrick brings up Hawkman a lot. Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu) is an idealistic young scientist who finds a source of unlimited hydrogen energy by playing music to water or something. $20.00. Avenger. Patrick (H) Willems Video. Every now and then you run into these films by critically lauded directors tackling some large philosophical/theological/metaphysical theme and it just ends up....hollow. Add to Cart. Our dude Keanu plays an innocent fresh-faced music teacher  and gets into a duel. The journey through Keanu's career begins, unexpectedly, with a look at one of his more recent iconic roles: the grieving, dog-loving murder machine: John Wick. This week, Patrick, Jake and Matt, having watched all of Josh’s feature films, dig deeper, discussing his short films, TV appearances, and even his TV commercials. His bona fides (as well as a preternatural ability to choose a jury) get him an offer at a prestigious firm in NYC. Lucky Number Slevin (w/ Siddhant Adlakha), We’ve finally arrived at our most anticipated episode! But other than this boring movie, we cover such important topics as: which host is the Gollum of the group, the MTV Movie Awards Matrix Reloaded parody, the exact definitions of holocaust and genocide. Have a listen! 2 Better than Vol. Patrick H. Willems, one of the best video essayists on YouTube, is mostly just confused. But for real it's not that bad and otherwise this movie is a visually sumptuous masterpiece and a must-see, not just for horror fans, with extremely memorable performances. So is Lori Petty as love interest Tyler, but we all know where the real romance lies. What’s our favorite kind of vampire lore? El Bombastico. So we made a special, short intro episode to explain that! Press play and we'll explain! How does Robert Rodriguez fare in the only work-for-hire movie he ever directed? Terrence Malick or Patrick H Willems? Either way, all agree this was a nice movie and the bonhomie of Bill and Ted lives on, even in their progeny. His video essays are repetitive, and his narrative "films" are just style parodies and Edgar Wright rip offs. He thinks it doesn’t age well since the queer character serves more to advance the main character’s arc and that the sexual politics are outdated. Did it contain the most loathsome, sociopathic protagonist we've seen in years (spoilers: also yes). This week we’re talking about a movie that’s actually good! It’s time for OH LUCY! This week's episode is I Love You to Death (1989). Here, Patrick, Matt, and Jake sit down for a quick chat about how this podcast came to be, why it exists, and what to expect. Can writer Kevin Williamson do for sci-fi what he did for horror with Scream? Movies About Cars That Are REALLY About Hollywood Filmmaking. It's the triumphant return of WE HEART HARTNETT! Did we like this movie(spoilers: no)? They discuss the origins of Patrick's channel, his time at Oberlin College, the effects of COVID on his production schedule, and even manage to squeeze in his opinion of Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown. The Bard doth speak in the immoderate winds of galvanic plenitude most loquacious by familiar visages and....it's our episode on Much Ado About Nothing by Billy Shakes. It's My Own Private Idaho this week, a film about male street hustlers constructed from three separate creative endeavors (including an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV) into a surprisingly coherent and moving art house hit. In the show's inaugural episode, Patrick, Jake, and Matt revisit Chad Stahelski's modern action classic, and explore what it meant for action cinema, and more importantly, for Keanu himself. I've never seen a Terrence Malick movie, but if you are talking about Willems, I agree. This week: now that Keanu is a full-fledged leading man, it’s time to star in a sweeping, romantic period piece. You should never watch this movie but you SHOULD listen to us talk about it. We all agree Tim needs a good punch in the face though. There's a lot to talk about here, so put your Hart Hats on (also your headphones) and join us! Featuring special guest Sophia Park to offer some much needed perspective on Asian representation within the genre of romantic comedies, as well as Ali Wong's reclamation of Keanu Reeves as an Asian actor. Hapless commuter Annie (Sandra Bullock) and Jack vibe under the highly erotic threat of possible death. Service. Also, I don't think we know what magical realism is. Xoxox. 5 years as Patreon creator; 285th ( 13 ) Video Rank. Did a two-part collaboration with fellow video essayist Patrick H. Willems on "The Story of Mission Impossible", each providing intersecting commentary on the franchise as a whole. We go deep on the careers of Rodriguez and Miller, and Patrick explains his theory of how Josh may be responsible for the toxic DC movie fandom. He teams up with Alfonso Arau, hot off the success of Like Water for Chocolate, to make A Walk in the Clouds, in which our dude plays the nicest soldier in the world, who returns from World War II and finds new meaning in life by hanging out with a Mexican family who owns a vineyard. Flying / Dream to Believe / Teenage Dream. Plus: more about our pitch for Patriot Pictures. It’s an eventful season, featuring witches, throat ripping, necrophelia, and some cozy sweaters. Intrigued? The official/only site. Directed by none other than Bill S. Preston Esq. This week, Josh travels back to World War I in what might be the lowest-grossing movie of his career: The Ottoman Lieutenant. Plus, Patrick (H) Willems gets economical by doing a video essay follow-up to six previous videos about Cats, Michael Bay, music biopics, and more. Big P and the Brothers T also discuss which Powerpuff Girl each of us corresponds to, our upcoming boxing fight against the Paul brothers, Matt’s failed trip to India, and whether Jimmy Stewart sounds like a chicken. Almost like something written by someone on speed in their twenties and translated to a feature film. Tibetan monks go to Seattle in search of the reincarnation of their old Buddhist teacher lama Dorje, seeing him in the person of Jesse Konrad, a little blond bowlcutted(?) Obviously we're all here for one of the great big Pacino roles of his career as John Milton, head of said firm. Childhood friends Sasha (Wong) and Marcus (Park) have not spoken to each other since some friend-ruiningly awkward, post-funeral car sex as teenagers. This week we cover Sofia Coppola's debut film, about a bunch of sisters in the 1970s, the boys who love them, and also a lot of death. Cartoonist, writer, actor, and longtime friend Mike Curran joins us to discuss this quirky British comedy in which Josh Hartnett was inexplicably cast as Alan Rickman’s son. Patrick (H) Willems Striped Shirt T-Shirt. The prodigal son returns! "The Last Time I Committed Suicide" (1997) by Stephen Kay. Lost scion and Philly jawn Michael Curran joins us to discuss Point Break (1991), Kathryn Bigelow's action masterwork about two men obsessed with each other: Fresh-faced agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) and the sexily charismatic surf guru/bank robber, Bodhi (Patrick Swayze). The whole movie is based on a letter between Cassady and Kerouac, and that feels about right since this is meagre fare. Joining us is Gita Jackson (Kotaku), who teams up with Patrick to steer things towards The Matrix constantly. This week we’re discussing Sin City, the 2005 Frank Miller/Robert Rodriguez joint that altered the history of comic book adaptations, and which might not exist were it not for our boy Josh. It certainly feels like the product of a young mind; all the preoccupation with sex and criminality is there, violence as punctuation mark. Dennis Hopper is in it, and there's a pretty memorable turn from Crispin Glover which the hosts are divided on liking. As we reach the era of Josh Hartnett: Movie Star, we travel back to the weird world of early-2000s sex comedies. on 2021-01-19, Patrick Willems reviewed and rated The Nest ★★★★½ on Sunday Jan 10, 2021 Listen online, no signup necessary. So buckle up, because it's finally time for Patrick to deliver his grand theory of Michael Bay's career. His parents are passive nothings. Notes On Our Josh Journey So Far (w/ Chris Decerbo). Freddie (Cameron Diaz) is being forced by crime boss Red (Delroy Lindo) to marry his crooked bookkeeper Sam Clayton (Vincent D'Onofrio), until Clayton's brother Jjaks (Keanu Reeves) shows up. So sit back, fold clothes or do some chores or whatever. 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