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CORT AND FATBOY: Clint Eastwood vs. the Female Expendables

Above: artwork by Brandon Bird. You can buy it as a print or a lunchbox.

The Friday, Aug. 31 "Cort & Fatboy" podcast was one big weird free-associative brainstorming session, really. Clint Eastwood. Forever 21. Meat Twinkies. Batman. The Female Expendables. "Movie: The Movie." Also, I reviewed films largely by doing impressions of their stars today, which was kind of a departure. (This practice incurred the wrath of my pal Becky Ohlsen.)

Show-notes here.

Cort and Fatboy (Friday, Aug. 31, 2012)

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CORT AND FATBOY: The Glare of Olmos

I spent much of the Friday, Aug. 17 "Cort and Fatboy" podcast confusing Michael Shannon with Michael Sheen with Martin Sheen, to the great consternation of the hosts.

Also discussed:

• The legend of Edward James Olmos' glare, and the special lighter he gives you if you've pleased him;
• What we might trade to get Chicago-style pizza in Portland;
• That damned addictive-as-hell PSY "Gandam Style" music video;
• Crossfit;
• The gorgeously animated "Paranorman";
• Some groovy local screening events;
• A dopey thing David Cronenberg said about Christopher Nolan;
• The buzz on the "Robocop" remake script; and
• The appearance of the Sabertooth Vampire in another issue of Dark Horse Presents.

Show-notes here.

Cort and Fatboy (Friday, Aug. 17, 2012)

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CORT AND FATBOY: Bourne and the brass eagle

During the Friday, Aug. 10 "Cort and Fatboy" podcast, we posited a triple-feature of "Red Dawn," "THX 1138" and "They Live"; feared the brass eagle on John Milius' desk; promoted a bunch of cool local screenings; and talked about the weird addiction/recovery stuff Tony Gilroy snuck into "The Bourne Legacy." Among other things.

Extensive show-notes here.

Cort and Fatboy (Friday, Aug. 10, 2012)

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CORT AND FATBOY: 'Trek in the Park,' 'Total Recall' and a CBS news crew

That was weird. A bona fide CBS News camera crew followed Adam Rosko and Jesse Graff of "Trek in the Park" into the "Cort and Fatboy" studios and filmed us interviewing them during the Friday, Aug. 3 podcast. A few seconds of that footage will be woven into a larger CBS report on "Trek in the Park," I'd imagine.

Also: I reviewed the "Total Recall" remake (or maybe I just made a bunch of comparisons) and also continued my long-standing practice of making up stuff about our show sponsors.

Finally: Listener "Glazed MacGuffin" sort of blew my mind last night by walking into our Bagdad screening of a 35 mm print of "Conan the Barbarian" with this poster-sized piece of C&F fan-art (pictured at right; click to enlarge).

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CORT AND FATBOY: 'You can’t fight helplesness with uselessness.'

The Friday, July 20 "Cort and Fatboy" podcast. Damn, we were angry. (The anger is followed by a long discussion of "The Dark Knight Rises.")

Cort and Fatboy (Friday, July 20, 2012)

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CORT AND FATBOY: Revival City

The Friday, July 13 "Cort and Fatboy" podcast is all over the place. Topics covered include: our shared love of the "Fat Albert" theme song; cool Cosby; blank-check Whedon; James Bond; superhero comics; "Star Trek"; Woody Allen; "North by Northwest"; all the great revival-house movie stuff happening in Portland right now; "Grosse Pointe Blank"; and much more.

Show-notes here.
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Cort and Fatboy (Friday, July 13, 2012)

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CORT AND FATBOY: Spider-Men and animal mayhem

During the Friday, July 6 "Cort and Fatboy" podcast, Cort and I had differing opinions on "The Amazing Spider-Man." (Cort enjoyed it; I side more with Film Crit Hulk's take.)

Also discussed: near-disastrous pet antics; the evolution of movie mythology; and a belated geek-out on "Mad Men" Season 5.
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Cort and Fatboy (Friday, July 6, 2012)

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CORT AND FATBOY: 'Brave,' Abe and Ryan

My actor pal Ryan McCluskey joined us on the Friday, June 22 "Cort and Fatboy" podcast and taught us a bunch of stuff we didn't know about the voice-acting business.

Also: reviews of "Brave" and "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."
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Cort and Fatboy (Friday, June 22, 2012)

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CORT AND FATBOY: Turtles, tech and karaoke hair-metal

During the Friday, June 15 "Cort and Fatboy" podcast, we talked about "Rock of Ages," the Ninja Turtles stoppage, Cobra Commander, and the latest theatrical-exhibition gimmickry. (Also I showed up late and fumbled an attempted description of Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash.")

Cort and Fatboy (Friday, June 15, 2012) [ iTunes feed ]

Podcast catch-up. 'Prometheus.' 'Moonrise Kingdom.' 'Men in Black 3.' 'Total Recall.' Boy Howdy.

 

Recent podcast stuff:

• During the Friday, June 8 "Cort and Fatboy" podcast, we broke down "Prometheus" in obsessive, spoiler-mad detail for like 45 bleedin' minutes.

• During the Friday, June 1 C&F pod, I raved about "Moonrise Kingdom" -- one of Wes Anderson's very best, IMO. Also: Batman. Elliott. Freeman. Brimley.

• On June 1, Cort and Fatboy kicked off their "Summer of Schwarzenegger" with a screening of "Total Recall" at the Bagdad. And we recorded a "Midnight Movie Commentary" for the film -- featuring Cort, Fats, David Walker, Erik Henriksen and yrs. truly.

• On Friday, May 25, Cort, Fats and I talked about "Men in Black 3." But mostly we just yelled "Rrrrroaaaaaurrrrgghh!!!" a lot.

• And finally, on May 25, 2012 -- the 35th anniversary of "Star Wars" -- I turned up on the Boy Howdy Podcast -- run by my dear pals Bill Mudron and Anne E  -- for an epic, unhinged jaw about what the movies meant to us. (This is very much what it's like to hang with Bill when we're drawing something together, BTW.)