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HAM-FISTED RADIO: 'Oscar Talk and Writing Advice'

The intrepid Dawn Taylor asked D.K. Holm and I to appear on her "Ham-Fisted Radio" podcast -- and we ended up talking with her and Fatboy Roberts for damn near two hours. I'm just going to cabbage Dawn's description of this episode right off her site:

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On this epic, feature-length episode, Dawn Taylor and Fatboy Roberts are joined by film critic/comic artist Mike Russell and author/critic/debonair gent D.K. Holm. Among the vast, mostly cinema-related topics covered:

• The new John Travolta action flick, From Paris With Love;
• The number of British and Australian actors working in U.S. television, and the difficulties of acting while doing an accent;
• The sadness of Harrison Ford's career;
• A special "Ask the Experts" segment with listener questions;
• Much film-geek wonkery about Apocalypse Now's aspect ratio;
• Restored "director's cuts" that we'd love to see;
• Our long-winded advice on starting an writing career;
•  ... and oodles of Oscar talk.

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Ham-Fisted Radio, Episode 012: Oscar Talk and Writing Advice with Mike Russell and DK Holm (HamFistedRadio.com)

CORT AND FATBOY and HAM-FISTED RADIO: 'The Road,' the best little-seen flicks of '09, and a soul-destroying 'Fan Fiction Friday'

Two separate podcast appearances by yours truly this week:

• CORT AND FATBOY: We played movie-catchup during the Friday, Dec. 4 show -- talking about "The Road," "Fantastic Mr. Fox," "Ninja Assassin," "The Messenger," and "Boondock Saints" (and its hit-piece companion documentary "Overnight"). Also discussed: Douglas Adams. It's worth noting that this week's "Fan Fiction Friday" is so twisted and wrong, it audibly sapped me of my will to live.

• HAM-FISTED RADIO: I also enjoyed a long, leisurely sit-down with host Dawn Taylor and engineer Fatboy Roberts on Dawn's new podcast, "Ham-Fisted Radio." We rambled on about: our favorite underperforming movies of 2009; the cultural overdose on cuteness; hummingbirds; gorgets; John McLoughlin; the strange utterances of Bill Mudron; community newspapering; and Wes Anderson, among other things.

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Cort and Fatboy (Friday, Dec. 4, 2009)

Ham-Fisted Radio, Episode 004: Movies, Gorgets, and the Backlash Against Cute (hamfistedradio.com)

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