36 episodes

"Modern Technology Watches" is a film podcast following Rob Vincent and Gila Drazen, a married couple of film geeks with very different tastes and a shared video library, as they introduce one another to the great and not-so-great films rattling around in their collection.

Modern Technology Watches Modern.Technology (Joyful Firefly, LLC)

    • TV & Film
    • 5.0 • 2 Ratings

"Modern Technology Watches" is a film podcast following Rob Vincent and Gila Drazen, a married couple of film geeks with very different tastes and a shared video library, as they introduce one another to the great and not-so-great films rattling around in their collection.

    Episode 310 - The War of the Worlds (1953)

    Episode 310 - The War of the Worlds (1953)

    Rob shows Gila 1953's groundbreaking alien-invasion scifi thriller "The War of the Worlds."

    Will Gila be able to survive the Technicolor onslaught, or will Gila be defeated by the littlest things which George Pal, in his wisdom, put upon the screen?

    Wikipedia link for the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1953_film)

    Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!
    Contact us via email, social media, or voice:
    https://modern.technology/contact/

    • 1 hr 38 min
    Episode 309 - Bridesmaids (2011)

    Episode 309 - Bridesmaids (2011)

    Gila shows Rob 2011's "Bridesmaids," a zany adult comedy starring Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph and directed by Paul Feig.

    Will Rob enjoy the wacky wedding hijinks, or will the film leave him with embarassing digestive symptoms?

    Wikipedia link for the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridesmaids_(2011_film)

    Please note the R-rated film being discussed in this episode is very heavy on explicit adult content, as is our discussion of it.

    Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!
    Contact us via email, social media, or voice:
    https://modern.technology/contact/

    • 2 hr 7 min
    Episode 308 - Colossal (2016)

    Episode 308 - Colossal (2016)

    Rob shows Gila the 2016 monster movie "Colossal," an independent film about a troubled woman struggling through life, a giant creature from South Korea, and the mysterious link between them.

    Will Gila appreciate a truly unique entry in the kaiju genre, or will movie night implode like a smashed helicopter?

    Wikipedia link for the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_(film)

    Please note the film being discussed contains adult content including frank references to adult relationships, addiction, alcoholism, bullying, abuse, and other very dark subjects and we do not shy away from those subjects in our discussion.

    Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!
    Contact us via email, social media, or voice:
    https://modern.technology/contact/

    • 1 hr 28 min
    Episode 307 - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (2023)

    Episode 307 - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (2023)

    Gila and Rob go to the theater to see 2023's "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," the long-awaited film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Judy Blume about which Rob knows nothing but which means a great deal to Gila.

    Will the adaptation pass muster for Gila, will Rob be put off by the "girl stuff," or will there be enlightenment all around?

    Wikipedia link for the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_There_God%3F_It%27s_Me,_Margaret._(film)
    Wikipedia link for the original novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_There_God%3F_It%27s_Me,_Margaret.

    Please note the film and novel being discussed contain frank references to puberty, religion, and all those things related to both which make cowards ban books. We are fully against such bans, and we do not shy away from any of those subjects in our discussion.

    Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!
    Contact us via email, social media, or voice:
    https://modern.technology/contact/

    • 1 hr 46 min
    Episode 306 - A Chorus Line (1985)

    Episode 306 - A Chorus Line (1985)

    Gila takes Rob out dancing with 1985's "A Chorus Line," the film adaptation of the iconic Broadway show about the lives, hopes, and dreams of an often-overlooked class of performers.

    Will this film make the final cut, or will Rob send it packing its leotards?

    Wikipedia link for the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Chorus_Line_(film)
    Wikipedia link for the original show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Chorus_Line

    Please note the film being discussed contains adult material and brief but frank references to drug use, child abuse, sexual objectification, and sexual assault, and those plot points form part of our discussion.

    Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!
    Contact us via email, social media, or voice:
    https://modern.technology/contact/

    • 1 hr 42 min
    Episode 305 - Flight of the Navigator (1986)

    Episode 305 - Flight of the Navigator (1986)

    Rob shows Gila the 1986 scifi adventure "Flight of the Navigator" in which a kid finds himself stranded out of time and away from the world he knows, with his only hope of assistance coming from a mysterious robot-controlled spaceship.

    Will Gila enjoy the ride? It may not take a NASA-style brain scan to find the answer.

    Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Navigator

    Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!
    Contact us via email, social media, or voice:
    https://modern.technology/contact/

    • 1 hr 17 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
2 Ratings

2 Ratings

thedorkweb ,

I thought I knew these movies by heart!!

Rob and Gila have this way of letting you experience a movie with a strange new AR ear viewer... your nostalgia buttons are immediately engaged while your "love-for-the-movie" geiger counter switches on a word, like a windshield wiper that just got loose of snow. Holy crap. I don't know who I am anymore but I've never felt more connected to movies I've watched a gajillion times. Some films have held up. -Others have NOT aged well! Listening to Rob and Gila go through it is my new JAM. They don't hold back, even when your inner child, slash teen summer camper, begs for mercy.

Learning facts from fellow Brooklynites about actors I forgot about and loving it,
Sleepless in Brooklyn

Top Podcasts In TV & Film

Just B Divorced with Bethenny Frankel
iHeartPodcasts
Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV
Audacy Studios
FX’s Shōgun: The Official Podcast
FX
Give Them Lala
Lala Kent | Cumulus Podcast Network
Watch What Crappens
Ben Mandelker & Ronnie Karam | Wondery
Not Skinny But Not Fat
Dear Media, Amanda Hirsch

You Might Also Like