The Things That Entertain Us Jeff Rochlin / W. Curtis Preston

Today we have a special episode, inspired by an internet post claiming that The Towering Inferno is the greatest disaster movie of all times, we test that hypothesis by watching and discussing the three greatest of the genre from the same period, The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno and Earthquake.   Join us as we spoil our way through action, adventure, romance, fire, foods, crumbling buildings, tidal waves and every A list actor of the era!  
 
The movies:
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Earthquake (1974)
 
And the Incidentals…
Escape from the Planet of The Apes
Cutting Class
Taking of Pelham 123
The Odd Couple
Die Hard
There Italian Job
Glass Onion
Knives Out
Momento
Volcano
Fall
 
Other Stuff…Airplane Censorship and Love Actually
How the SVB Crisis reflects Human Nature in a crisis
Wokeness, Blazing Saddles, All in the Family, The Jeffersons and the work of Norman Lear
Cocaine Bear
And Movies we didn’t like:
Licorice Pizza
Dead Ringers
Popeye
 
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: JSearching by Faith Yasar
Free download: https://snapmuse.com/track/searching-1909772
License By Snapmuse.com

While Curtis is away, I continue to play!  Join me, Nina Levinson and Jason Rochlin as we talk about movies we’ve already talked about but with different people!
Spoilers happen, so you’ve been warned!
 
We discuss:
3000 Years of Longing
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Black Panther-Wakanda Forever
The Banshees of Inisherin
Star Trek Picard
Taylor Sheridan’s Universe
1883
1923
Yellowstone
 
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Jazzi 3 by Frank SchroeterFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8069-jazzi-3License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frank.schroeter.52

It’s Lucky 13 where our heroes Spoil Menus, Whales, Banshees, Women Kings, Glass Onions and 1883.  It’s Life, The Universe and Everything plus Expensive Vacations, all the things that entertain us!
 
Spoilers happen…. You have been warned!
 
We discuss:
Alec Baldwin gets charged with involuntary manslaughter for the Rust shooting
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/opinion/alec-baldwin-rust-5th-amendment.html
Oscar Nomination Scandal
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/30/business/media/andrea-riseborough-oscars-campaign.html
And the movies/shows:
Amsterdam
Glass Onion
RRR
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Menu
The Woman King / Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Whale
Ghosts
Jack Ryan 
The Last of Us  and
1883
 
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Jazzi 3 by Frank Schroeter
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8069-jazzi-3
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frank.schroeter.52

Take a couple of months off, and what do you get?  Broken Cars, Broken Feet, Tech Jobs Collapse, Ye implodes, Twitter Chaos,  Avatar, Babylon and Everything, Everywhere All At Once…. 
We got Spoilers!  
In today’s episode, we mention…
Avatar
Babylon
Elvis
Everything, Everywhere All At Once
The Adam Project
Top Gun
and
https://www.sothatshowyoudothat.com
 
Enjoy the show!  Tell Your Friends!!!
 
 
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Jazzi 3 by Frank Schroeter
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8069-jazzi-3
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frank.schroeter.52

In today’s episode…. Jeff Auditions for a movie and Curtis takes apart his car!  We talk about Bullet Train, Fall, and The Sandman.  Jeff finally watches Ted Lasso and we talk even more StarTrek!   
We’re so full of spoilers this week that we curdle milk!
 
What we talk about:
Thor - Love and Thunder
Bullet Train
Fall
Nope
M. Knight Shamlan’s films
The Princess Bride
Ted Lasso
The 2000 Year Old Man
Never Have I Ever
Startup
Grim Reaper
Parasite
The Sandman
American Gods
Below Decks
Rue Paul’s Drag Race
Pose
Better Call Saul
Breaking Bad
Star Trek TOS
Nichelle Nichols
Star Trek (JJ Abrams Version)
How it should have ended (Web Series)
Fringe
Star Trek - The Motion Picture (Directors Cut)
Star Trek The Voyage Home
Star Trek II - The Wrath of Kahn
Star Trek First Contact
Star Trek Picard
West World

In today’s episode, our great American crisis is over as Jeff finally gets around to seeing Top Gun,  We catch up on a metric ton of shows, both on the big and little screens as well as talk about fixing the front end of your car using cable ties!
Spoilers are an inherent part of our lives here so be forewarned!  
 
Covered in this episode:
Thor: Love and Thunder
The Boys
Dr. Strange
Wandavision
What If ?
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Face Off
Top Gun Maverick
Minions
Elvis
The Peacemaker
Night Sky
Whiplash
Ms. Marvel
Gandhi
Obi Wan Kenobi
Solo
Stranger Things 4
Black Phone
The Umbrella Academy
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
The Terminal List
Taps
If
Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut
Find out more about all my projects in the garage at https://jrocksgarage.com/projects