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Instead of a Geek Beat -- A Gran Torino
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First, a disclaimer: I may have studied Anglo-Saxon poetry until I could recite Beowulf in my sleep, but I've never been able to adopt their habit of boasting about one's accomplishments. The reason I'm posting this is because the inauguration left us without a lot of news, because Slashfilm is our friend, and because this is what I was doing instead of writing a Geek Beat on Monday ... not that you were wondering, I'm sure.Following in the /Filmcast podcast steps of Erik Davis, Scott Weinberg and William Goss is nothing short of daunting -- but when David Chen asked me to come on his podcast and try to defend Gran Torino, I decided I would give it my best shot. And if you look at Clint Eastwood's face to your right, you'll see that he wishes that it had been anyone but me. I may have an undying affection for his sneer, but it didn't make me much of a reviewer, nor did it make me very articulate.
But, if you ever wondered what this humble Cinematical blogger sounded like, or were compelled to know what I thought of Gran Torino, RocknRolla, Joaquin Phoenix's rap career, and recasting Mr. Miyagi, go check it out. It can be just one more thing to do while everyone else is at Sundance, and at least you have the thoughts of David Chen, Adam Quigley, and Devindra Hardawar to balance out my nervous ramblings.
Cinematical Rocks the /Filmcast
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Last Monday, yours truly was invited to help a friend of a friend out by offering to review Frost/Nixon on their podcast. As it turns out, it was the /Filmcast we were talking about, and it happened to be the same night that head honcho here Erik Davis was due to join in. Small world, eh?So we tag-teamed our film chatter with the cool guys over at /Film -- David Chen, Adam Quigley, and Devindra Hardawar, to be specific -- and you can listen to that episode right about here. When Erik isn't twirling his hair around his finger and gushing about MTV's episodes of True Life, he and the gang manage to get around to discussing all the latest film news from Terminator: Salvation to the potential Suck Rogers with Frank Miller at the wheel.
I also took part in the /Film After Dark podcast and a recent year-end horror wrap-up extravaganza with just about everyone over at Bloody Disgusting, so with any luck and nearly no shame, we hope to share those as well. For those of you wishing to listen to David, Devindra and Adam record their next /Filmcast live, they'll be looking back on 2008 in film this coming Monday at 9 PM EST/6 PM PST.
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