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Operation Kino 113: Predicting The Themes Of This Year's Summer Movie Seasonpublished: 2013-05-07
Operation Kino 113: Predicting The Themes Of This Year's Summer Movie Season

This week we bring in Movies.com mastermind Erik Davis to look at the year's crop of summer movies, and which trends we see emerging by the time the weather cools down again. Katey talks over her first time watching Road House, David sings the indie praises of An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, and we test our memories of the year's films so far with a quick round of Patches Matches. All that plus a lightning round inspired by The Great Gatsby
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Operation Kino 112 Review: Iron Man 3 Is A Very Shane Black Superhero Moviepublished: 2013-05-03
Operation Kino 112 Review: Iron Man 3 Is A Very Shane Black Superhero Movie

This week we each step into our individually crafted Iron Man suits-- or are we just controlling them with our minds?-- to review Iron Man 3, the movie you are probably going to see no matter what we tell you. We also share your answers to our lightning round question about panic attacks in movies
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Operation Kino 112: The Searchers, The Simpsons, Mud And Terrible Marvel Musicpublished: 2013-04-30
Operation Kino 112: The Searchers, The Simpsons, Mud And Terrible Marvel Music

This week we're highlighting a conversation that Patches had with Glenn Frankel, author of the remarkable new book The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend. We also ponder why Marvel movies have such terrible scores, try to figure out our mild disappointment with Jeff Nichols' Mud, and figure out how on earth Katey never particularly got into The Simpsons. All that plus a lightning round inspired by the panic attacks in Iron Man 3
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Operation Kino 111 Review: Pain & Gain Is Roided-Out Near-Greatnesspublished: 2013-04-26
Operation Kino 111 Review: Pain & Gain Is Roided-Out Near-Greatness

This week we want to pump-- *clap!*-- you up, as we review Michael Bay's roided-out American Dream made celluloid, Pain & Gain. We're joined by Da7e, who isn't technically a special guest but who hasn't reviewed a movie with us in ages, so it felt special anyway. We talk about whether Pain & Gain's dumb jokes outweigh its good parts, the comic genius of The Rock, and the movie's surprising violence-- even in moments when it's totally hilarious. We also pick your answers to our lightning round question about Robin Williams's best movie
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Operation Kino 111: Apologizing For Armageddon And Falling Back In Love With Tribecapublished: 2013-04-23
Operation Kino 111: Apologizing For Armageddon And Falling Back In Love With Tribeca

This week we are shocked and horrified to learn that Michael Bay apologized on behalf of Armageddon, and aim to set the record straight on its greatness. Katey talks about her experience at the Indie Grits Film Festival, David is feeling more optimistic than ever about the Tribeca Film Festival, and we ask for your help in supporting our friend Ed Douglas in his fight against cancer
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Operation Kino 110 Review: Alone On Earth With Tom Cruise In Oblivionpublished: 2013-04-19
Operation Kino 110 Review: Alone On Earth With Tom Cruise In Oblivion

In Oblivion Tom Cruise thinks he's the last man on earth, but he's wrong… because we're here with him, wondering why his movie is so derivative from a million other sci-fi films, and how we can steal his Yankees hat. We're joined by Kase Wickman of Next Movie to review Oblivion, and we also choose your answers to our lightning round question about directors who would be perfectly suited to TV
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Operation Kino 110: Place Beyond The Pines Director Derek Cianfrance And His Secret Musical Dreamspublished: 2013-04-16
Operation Kino 110: Place Beyond The Pines Director Derek Cianfrance And His Secret Musical Dreams

This we are joined by Place Beyond the Pines director Derek Cianfrance to talk about his new film, his ongoing collaboration with Ryan Gosling, his dreams of making a musical and much more. We also talk about the Sundance series Top of the Lake, the Evil Dead remake, and whether or not we should be worried about Terrence Malick's sped-up production schedule. All that plus a lightning round inspired by Jane Campion's move to television.
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Operation Kino 109 Review: The Pigs, Worms And Malick Influences Of Upstream Colorpublished: 2013-04-12
Operation Kino 109 Review: The Pigs, Worms And Malick Influences Of Upstream Color

What do the pigs mean? How about the worms? Did he survive the same trauma that she did? Does the Foley recording have anything to do with the kidnapping and the surgery? Those are just a handful of questions we wound up asking about Upstream Color, and we attempt to solve them as we review the new film from Shane Carruth, with film critic-about-town Sam Adams (of The AV Club, the Philadelphia City Paper, Time Out NY and more) to help us out
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Operation Kino 109: Resurrecting Clue And Honoring Ebert With It's A Disaster Director Todd Bergerpublished: 2013-04-09
Operation Kino 109: Resurrecting Clue And Honoring Ebert With It's A Disaster Director Todd Berger

This week we are lucky enough to be joined for the entire show by Todd Berger, the writer and director of the new indie comedy It's A Disaster, which is currently available on VOD and iTunes and is heading to theaters this weekend. At Todd's suggestion we discuss the under-appreciated 1985 comedy Clue, spend some time nitpicking Skyfall, remember Roger Ebert, and talk to Todd about making a black comedy about what happens when the apocalypse interrupts the world's worst brunch. All that plus a lightning round inspired by the biopic 42
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Operation Kino 108 Review: Danny Boyle's Trance Gets Inside Our Headspublished: 2013-04-05
Operation Kino 108 Review: Danny Boyle's Trance Gets Inside Our Heads

What is real life, and what is a dream? Why is Rosario Dawson appearing inside our heads? And how did she know the right way to trim her hair… no, not that hair, the hair… down there. These questions and more are pondered as we review Danny Boyle's Trance with special guest Jordan Raup of The Film Stage, and choose your answers to our lightning round question about the best films of the year so far.
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Operation Kino 108: Game Of Thrones Returns And Sucker Punch Haunts Us Stillpublished: 2013-04-02
Operation Kino 108: Game Of Thrones Returns And Sucker Punch Haunts Us Still

This week we invite special guest and genius book lady Joanna Robinson of the Cast of Kings podcast to help us talk over the new season of Game of Thrones, Da7e tells us what he has planned for his super-special pair of Google Glasses, David wonders if Bioshock Infinite ought to be a movie, and we answer a voicemail from listener Kyle Turner about why Spring Breakers succeeds where Sucker Punch fails
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Operation Kino 107 Review: Of The Rock's Headsweat And G.I. Joe: Retaliationpublished: 2013-03-29
Operation Kino 107 Review: Of The Rock's Headsweat And G.I. Joe: Retaliation

We've been disavowed by our government, half of our team is dead, and the President has been taken over by a shapeshifter named Zartan, but that won't stop us from heroically-- heroically!-- bringing you our review of G.I. Joe: Retaliation, with special guest Mike Ryan. All that and your answers to our lightning round questions about movies so insane you had to see them for yourself
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Operation Kino is a weekly podcast featuring Katey Rich, Matt Patches, David Ehrlich and Da7e Gonzales. Each Friday we review a current movie release and discuss a larger pop culture topic. Follow us on Twitter at @opkino.
Find more Katey @Cinema Blend
Find more Patches @Hollywood.com
Find more David @Criterion Corner
Find more Da7e @Latino Review
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