CinEffect Podcast Episode 43

We have to go back, Alex! Back to the future! Back to the past! Back to the island!

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EPISODE TIMELINE

(0:00) We All Become (Transistor OST)
(0:35) Intro
(4:26) Cannes Film Festival

GAMES
(7:27) Wolfenstein: The New Order
(29:55) Transistor
(55:04) Super Time Force

TV
(1:04:00) Hannibal
(1:12:16) Ping Pong: The Animation

MOVIES
(1:17:08) Patema Inverted
(1:34:01) X-Men: Days of Future Past

(2:01:23) Coming Soon To Theaters…
(2:10:19) Coming Soon To Games…
(2:11:52) Links/Goodbyes
(2:13:42) Patema Inverted OST

The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘From Up On Poppy Hill’

Goro Miyazaki’s Earthsea follow-up is barely mediocre, but still manages to have very personal subtext involving father figures and the invisible connections between them and their children that make this movie still shine. Click here for the full article on Movie Mezzanine.

The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘The Secret World of Arrietty’

Been a while, but I’m still moving on with the Ghibli Retrospective, this week with Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s directorial debut The Secret World of Arrietty. Click here for the full article.

CinEffect Podcast Episode 42

Sixty years ago, something awoke from below us. Something beyond human understanding. Something so monstrous that it can’t be stopped by mere humans. That thing was podcasts. And now that it’s reached us, nothing will survive in its wake.

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EPISODE TIMELINE

(0:00) Original Godzilla Theme
(0:24) Intro

GAMES
(4:15) DreadOut
(20:26) The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 3

TV
(33:18) Miscellaneos TV Talk
(34:46) Ping Pong: The Animation

MOVIES
(44:42) Neighbors
(57:33) The Double
(1:14:52) Godzilla (and Monsters)

(1:42:38) Coming Soon to Theaters…
(1:53:02) Coming Soon to Games…
(1:56:05) Links
(1:57:18) Remember Me by Anadel (Walking Dead Season 2 OST)

25 Emerging Filmmakers to Watch

Oh hey there! Sorry there hasn’t been much in the way of my own writings. I’ve been insanely busy with schoolwork due to the fact that finals week was, well, this week. However, I did squeeze in enough time to contribute to this great, in-depth list of 25 excellent emerging filmmakers. I wrote about Andrea Arnold, but believe me, there are plenty of other directors here highlighted that I would’ve loved to write about. Click the link here for the full list.

CinEffect Podcast Episode 41

 

You don’t wanna wake up do you? Just follow my voice into the void. Just follow me until your ears are harvested for maximum podcast energy. We love you.

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EPISODE TIMELINE

(0:00) Brother Louie (Louie Theme Song)
(0:16) Intro

GAMES
(3:24) Dark Souls II
(10:26) Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
(26:01) Child of Light
(44:30) BREAKING NEWS
(46:36) Kentucky Route Zero Act III

TV
(58:44) Louie Season 4
(1:04:29) Miscellaneous Shows

MOVIES
(1:06:10) WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3
(1:17:42) The Amazing Spider-Man 2
(1:53:15) Blue Ruin
(2:05:36) Under the Skin

(2:30:46) Links/Plugs
(2:31:49) Coming to Theaters…
(2:41:17) Under the Skin OST by Mica Levi