A New Identity for Christmas

On this special Christmas Day episode we give our listeners those new identities that they probably didn't even know they wanted. HOWEVER for those that listened closely who could deny putting on the catsuit and becoming Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman in BATMAN RETURNS? Or perhaps a dead ringer for Veronica Lake like Kim Basinger in L.A. CONFIDENTIAL? And Leonardo DiCaprio bedding any number of young starlets as... well, Leonardo DiCaprio in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN?

Doesn't this already sound better than Christmas 2020? TRILOGY IN THEORY works best when facing such weak competition. Happy holidays!

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Catch Me If You Can (2002)

In the third part in our criminal Christmas trilogy we are granted many a gift from the Steven Spielberg classic (that's right, we're old and you're old) CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. These presents include:

• A great knock knock joke from Tom Hanks that you most definitely should tell to your non-mask wearing family member.
• Amy Adams with an even deadlier combination of disarming charm when you add braces to the mix.
• And Leonardo DiCaprio in no man's land of handsome (which ain't that bad, Leo) in playing too young and too old.

Okay maybe that last one was a bit of coal but I believe one of the finest actors of his generation will get over it. Hopefully you will as well and come back for your stocking of film nerd neuroses as we wrap-up our trilogy of A New Identity for Christmas in our TiT Holiday Special!

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L.A. Confidential (1997)

All we want for Christmas is a lovely lady who looks like Veronica Lake. And not, we can not stress this enough, a gift that resembles in ANY WAY one Kevin Spacey.

But he's still pretty good in the Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland film adaptation of James Ellroy's L.A. CONFIDENTIAL. So that means our listeners will have to settle for Guy Pearce. Better than a PS5, right?

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Batman Returns (1992)

Most people say, it's just not Christmas without Christopher Walken as a scheming businessman with great hair. And if you are most people you also listen to TRILOGY IN THEORY.

Unless it's a month on Michael Cera, you jerks.

But no Michael Cera this month! For it's December which means a podcast is obligated to do a Christmas theme.

Every week.

This week it's BATMAN RETURNS. And one host is not yet in the spirit. For he hates penguins. And cats. But he likes Batman. Which makes him all the more put out by what Tim Burton is laying down.

Merry Christmas Part One!

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The Everything Must Go Trilogy

On this Thanksgiving we attempt to be thankful for all of the things in our lives.

Right before we get rid of them.

No, this isn't one of this creepy and extremely privileged YouTube minimalist videos from a wealthy twenty something who is tired of having so much stuff. This is about a man dealing with the trauma of destroyed Nintendo Switch cases and the trilogy of films that got him through it.

This is just another month of TRILOGY IN THEORY.

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Hearts Beat Loud (2018)

The ever cantankerous persona of Ron Swanson is only somewhat to be found in the Nick Offerman starring HEARTS BEAT LOUD... sooooo we try our best to fill that void.

But this film is so darn likable.

Forgive us for this corny episode and then promptly go to hell for agreeing that it's corny. Like rate and review! This is TRILOGY IN THEORY.

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Everything Must Go (2010)

Who knew that a mostly ignored Will Ferrell dramedy from 2010 would unite your two favorite podcast hosts even further in their bromance?

Not the filmmakers of EVERYTHING MUST GO but I'm sure they will take this as praise.

In fact they would probably gladly accept a podcast (even this one) a decade later trying to share the surprising amount of joy that this film contains. As long as that joy remains in earbuds and not in the front lawn. Because your hosts have a lot of Criterions. And they have learned no lessons from this month's TRILOGY IN THEORY!

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Ghost World (2001)

Listen with great intrigue as two middle-aged men try to understand the whims of teenage girls but do not despair... for these characters come from a comic book! And thus your hosts have a SLIM chance of understanding the motivations of Enid and Rebecca in GHOST WORLD.

We are old and we are tired... but we haven't boarded that bus out of town just yet. For this and many other things we apologize to our listeners.

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Comics Without the Capes and Cowls

For Halloween we play dress up by dressing down comic book film adaptations.

Wait. That sounds insulting.

Maybe even sexual.

None of that! Just two dorks talking about their own strangely paternal trilogy of comic books on the silver screen.

Nothing remotely sexual about this. Just insulting. TO YOUR EARS.

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Sin City (2005)

In an episode on SIN CITY these two movie podcasters feel free to commit all the sins at their disposal:

• Disparaging the director by choosing THE ONE scene directed by someone else as the best (love you, QT)
• Choosing Josh Hartnett as their favorite character because he's the least Chatty Cathy of all these monologue loving dudes.
• And debating if it's worth the end of theatrical exhibition as we know it just to stick it to ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL fans.

Can you handle all this testosterone saturated decadence? If not go back to our episode on AMERICAN SPLENDOR you nerd. Because we need the download. Any downloads!

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American Splendor (2003)

Join us as you discover one host's REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE phase of his youth was strangely influenced by the screen persona of Paul Giamatti. Grabbing the podcast microphone and proudly proclaiming that he is a nerd leaves your other host with no recourse but to play the hipster card and go on the record with being early on the AMERICAN SPLENDOR bandwagon.

So, both are dorks. Welcome to TRILOGY IN THEORY!

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Road to Perdition (2002)

In this episode we discover that one host was THE adult in the room back in the summer of 2002; hanging out with the greats of Newman and Hanks.

Meanwhile your other host couldn't get enough of some dork named Tobey and the usual comic book tights as seen in a little movie called SPIDER-MAN. This month... that host becomes a MAN. Not Spider-Man. That's for kids.

STUPID kids. We are so mature here at Trilogy in Theory. Fans of TiT know this.

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The B-Sides (Fatal Attraction, Amélie, Paper Heart)

When one thinks of rabbits in film... the first thought that comes to one's sick mind is FATAL ATTRACTION.

When one thinks of dreaming in Paris of lives not lived... one judges the scheming of a duplicitous young lady named AMELIE.

And finally when one thinks of Michael Cera you could go with the three prior films we talked about on this very podcast. Or maybe even SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD. But, no... here you will find PAPER HEART.

These films all have one thing in common. They were losers in winning a coveted slot on our previous trilogies in theory. But today... they are on TRILOGY IN THEORY. Enjoy and thank you for being with us for the first three months of this podcast!

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The Romantic Influence of Michael Cera

What more can we say about this century's sexiest leading man in cinema? Our listeners would probably say PLEASE GOD NO MORE and to that we say... calm down, we have to take this opportunity to revisit a "physical journey" with Michael Cera. 

And that's just the disturbing cold open! What will the rest of the episode reveal about our deviant hosts? Only the bold listeners of TRILOGY IN THEORY will know.

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Youth in Revolt (2009)

It's time to be bad, dear listeners. And there's no greater bad boy in American cinema than François Dillinger as played by the actor that made all parents concerned for the youth at the end of aughts.

That's right. Double The Cera in this episode on YOUTH IN REVOLT.

If that wasn't panty dropping enough, you also have Mike and Web. And they're pretty good. Not great. But pretty good.

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Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)

Our most dedicated listeners may find this very podcast to be an infinite playlist of two men with undeniable sexual chemistry... so why not give them more of the same? Except we switch out our hosts for perhaps the more appealing Kat Dennings and Michael Cera in 2008's NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST.

This particular mixtape has less emo, more Wu-Tang Clan, THE One Direction and a debate over the appropriate amount of support from Ari Graynor.

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Juno (2007)

2007 was a far gentler time when it came to disagreements. J.K. Simmons DID NOT throw a cymbal at your head for revealing your teen pregnancy. Ellen Page insulting your favorite band was not the most insulting thing in the world (or in that particularly awkward conversation, Jason Bateman). And the great Michael Cera could trust his heart with the full confidence that the greatest of all movie channels STARZ would provide ample evidence of amorous affection. This is our episode on JUNO. Enjoy.

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Dreaming in Paris of Lives Not Lived

We open with Hemingway and it's all downhill from there as we lament the lack of travel in 2020 and bemoan the inability for our three male leads in BEFORE SUNSET, INCEPTION and MIDNIGHT IN PARIS to ever achieve satisfaction.

Which puts us closer to being in the same category as Leonardo DiCaprio and Ethan Hawke as we'll ever be.

Okay, so maybe we settle for just being in Owen Wilson's company. We hope you've settled for being in our company as we dreamt of Paris this month and give a hint at what's to come next month with our TRILOGY IN THEORY.

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Midnight in Paris (2011)

Though we may never fit into the Parisian lifestyle, at least in Woody Allen's MIDNIGHT IN PARIS we find a kindred spirit in Owen Wilson's bumbling DORK.

Granted a bumbling dork who is engaged to Rachel McAdams and begins an affair across time with Marion Cotillard. But basically the same guy as your favorite hosts on TRILOGY IN THEORY!

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Inception (2010)

We continue our podcast tour of Paris (which is to say, not really) with great philosophical debate over the nature of dreams (also, not really) as one host finds Christopher Nolan's INCEPTION strangely intimate and the other is four levels deep into the process of filmmaking. By the end of it, no conclusions can be drawn other than we sound like two guys who have no business being in Paris.

Or your ears.

But here we are!

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Before Sunset (2004)

The dream of TRILOGY IN THEORY started with a conversation on THE BEFORE TRILOGY... which means of course that one host will question the need of Richard Linklater to the whole venture while the other host reveals his true passion for these characters comes back to a rather attractive high school classmate. A finer pair of serious-minded cinephiles you will not find as we discuss BEFORE SUNSET for our second TRILOGY IN THEORY!

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Of Rabbits and Imaginary Friends

One host looks into the symbol of the rabbit in mythology but can't market our first selected trilogy worth a damn. Meanwhile your other host gets into the weeds of time travel (thanks Richard Kelly!) and accepts the things he will never fully understand... which could very well be our selected trilogy of HARVEY, DONNIE DARKO and JOJO RABBIT.

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Jojo Rabbit (2019)

A scrappy Nazi youth and his even more precocious imaginary friend Hitler made for unfortunately timely movie watching in 2019 as we wrap up our selections for our rabbit trilogy with the title character JOJO RABBIT. Thankfully there is a little dancing and a little Sam Rockwell (and your favorite podcast hosts!) to make it somewhat palatable.

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Donnie Darko (2001)

In which you find your hosts befuddled by the youth of both the 80s setting of Richard Kelly's DONNIE DARKO... but also by themselves in 2001 when this film was originally released. One host wonders if he missed out on the fun for this cult classic while the other doesn't feel hip for being there... just really, really old.

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Harvey (1950)

In our first proper episode of TRILOGY IN THEORY you will quickly succumb to the charms of James Stewart in the classic 1950 film HARVEY... and also quickly surmise that your hosts Mike and Web are enablers of this great Hollywood star. Our only issue really is with the supposed height of this friend named Harvey...

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Trilogy in Theory Trailer (This is Who We Are)

Because a podcast trailer is the first in a series of errors we promise to make as we present to you TRILOGY IN THEORY.

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Invisible Life (Vice and Virtue vs. Sisters)

In a time when separation from your friends and family is encouraged we chose a theme of sisters separated and the consequences that come along with this decision. So maybe our theme isn't encouraging the social distancing necessary but we do have a new favorite in INVISIBLE LIFE followed with some kinkier material in VICE AND VIRTUE and SISTERS (the DePalma one, not Tina Fey). And the guest who takes all the blame for this is Dave of A PODCAST DIRECTED BY, because he deserves it.

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And here are some other movie podcasts I host:

99 From 99

The Grand Gesture

Mark As Played

Original Remake

Projecting Film

Sober Cinema

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