FOLLOWING FILMS

Episode 177 We are reaching that time of year when studios start giving us their best films in the hopes that the powers that be will latch onto these films and lavish them with awards. This week, we're taking a look at a film that is sure to garner accolades, as it is made by well regarded director, Tomas Alfredson, and has a stellar cast including Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and J.K. Simmons. The Snowman is surely going to be one of the front runners for best picture, right? MOVIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women , No Estamos Solos , The Snowman , Sleepy Hollow , The Return of the Living Dead

On this episode we steal, like all great artists do, from the new Danny Boyle/Aaron Sorkin film STEVE JOBS by using our own three act structure focused on different movie launches on this man’s life.  In the TNT television film PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY, the focus is primarily on the battle Jobs and Apple had with Bill Gates and Microsoft, released at a time when Microsoft was the clear victor in this battle back in 1999. Then we jump ahead to a new documentary that arrived this year from Alex Gibney called STEVE JOBS: THE MAN IN THE MACHINE. This film questions the deification of Jobs by the general public and thus offends me as I type this on my iMac. But first, returning guest Ben from the podcast  Cinematic For the People  joins me for a film that presents the deification of Aaron Sorkin in STEVE JOBS.

On this episode we are joined by Matt and Ed from the podcast Shot Reverse Shot as we attempt to win the war on drugs, by watching the reviled Steven Soderbergh movie TRAFFIC and the classic Ridley Scott film THE COUNSELOR. And yes, this is shameless trolling in the hopes that you’ll keep listening to a movie podcast on THE COUNSELOR. But before that mess of a movie we have one of the few great films of 2015, and a conversation with Dave from Pop Culture Case Study on new release SICARIO.