Episode 066: Sneakers and Baby Driver
It's a double feature of offbeat heists! Heist movies are a staple of the MG diet - and tonight we have a double-feature of offbeat...
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Apr 27, 20211 min read
Episode 065: Paris, Texas & Blood Simple
It's a Texan double feature this time on MG - First is the Coen Brothers’ debut film Blood Simple, a seething neo-noir that rocked the...
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Apr 15, 20211 min read
Episode 064: Tenet & Primer
For the third in our Time Travel series, we present two strangely similar films that were made at opposite ends of the budget spectrum,...
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Apr 1, 20211 min read
Episode 063: Get Carter & The Limey
MG takes on a cockney-crime double feature with two of our favorite tough guys! First on the list is Mike Hodges' grim gangster...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Mar 17, 20211 min read
Episode 062: The Big Short
MG takes some inspiration from recent events - in this case, Reddit vs. the 1% - and looks back at Adam McKay's hilarious (read: wildly...
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Mar 4, 20211 min read
Episode 061: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
This week we take on a french classic - and one of Chris' favorite movies - Bertrand Blier's bizarre, hilarious, and ever-more...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Feb 18, 20211 min read
Episode 060: Blow-Up & The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Join us for a double feature of generation-centric murder mysteries: David Fincher's big-budget, dark-n-kinky version ofThe Girl With the...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Feb 4, 20211 min read
Episode 059: Rollerball
James Caan has had an incredibly varied career, from mobster classics likeThe Godfather and Thief, to light-hearted comedies like Wes...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Jan 21, 20211 min read
Episode 058: Citizen Kane & Mank
No film in the history of American cinema casts as long a shadow as Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane- but was the magic really all...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Jan 7, 20211 min read
Episode 057: Parasite & The Servant
Parasite's win for Best Picture in 2020 was a major breakthrough, representing a huge shift at all levels of the film industry. Audiences...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Dec 24, 20201 min read
Episode 056: It's a Wonderful Life & The Family Man
Break out the eggnog and wrap tinsel 'round your headphones as we bring you an MG Yuletide double feature! And between these two...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Dec 10, 20201 min read
Episode 055: All the President’s Men & Idiocracy
After a long four years and a nightmarish 2020, we still didn't know which path the country would take in November - so we picked movies...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Nov 26, 20201 min read
Episode 054: Invasion of the Body Snatchers & Beetlejuice
MG features a father-daughter team-up today as we are joined by Erick's daughter (and contributing website artist) Olivia Schiele!...
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Nov 12, 20201 min read
Episode 053: The Keep & Legend
Directors Michael Mann and Ridley Scott have each developed a strong brand for themselves, so when you see their name on the marquee, you...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Oct 28, 20201 min read
Episode 052: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Join MG for a Halloween treat as we take on our first Twitch-based episode! Classic films always set a standard, but few movies are so...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Oct 14, 20201 min read
Episode 051: Akira & The Promised Neverland
Chris' daughter Lily is with us tonight to talk about the current state of anime! The iconic Japanese style of animation and storytelling...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Sep 30, 20201 min read
Episode 050: Masculin Féminin & Hairspray
At first glance, Chris' pairing of Godard's New Wave groundbreaker Masculin Féminin with John Water's mainstream crossover Hairspray...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Episode 049: The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
When Julian Schnabel decided to make a film out of of Jean-Dominique Bauby's autobiographyThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly, he was...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Sep 1, 20201 min read
Episode 048: I Shot Jesse James & The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
MG takes on a double dose of Jesse James! First up: Samuel Fuller'sI Shot Jesse James from 1949, a film that many regard as the most...
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TEAM MARTINI GIANT
Aug 19, 20201 min read
Episode 047: Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Seymour: an Introduction
Steven Spielberg's masterpiece Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a deeply personal film - it's one of the few screenplays he wrote...
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