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Author: Katey Rich
published: 2011-08-12
This week on Operation Kino, all four members of the usual crew are back together to hold hands and weep quietly into our handkerchiefs, as we review The Help. From there we've got a Segment Three inspired by the weekend's other big release, 30 Minutes or Less, in which we talk about movies based on true stories, whether there's ever such a thing as "too soon," and how far David would go to have Werner Herzog make a movie about his tragic death. Before any of that, though, we've got a lightning round dedicated to awesome movie deaths, and tidbits in which Dave doesn't think the Dark Knight Rises set photos are spoilers, David wonders how on earth a movie like Our Idiot Brother qualified as a Sundance success, Patches wants your dating advice and Katey shares the harrowing tale of how she survived Glee 3D. We end, as always, with your lightning round answers for dessert.Don't forget to follow us on our new twitter feed, and take a listen below and find all your downloading options; for more from all of us, you can follow Da7e (@da7e), David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner), Patches (@misterpatches) and me (@kateyrich) on Twitter. Download the file directly here (right-click and save-as) 00:00-00:52 Lightning Round 01:15 - 27:09 Introductions and Tidbits 27:25 - 46:12 The Help review 46:40 - 01:03:52 Movies Based on a True Story Discussed 01:03:52 - 1:08:17 Dessert  Author: Katey Rich
published: 2011-08-05
On this week's Operation Kino, we're once again down a member, as Da7e is taking a much-needed vacation and celebrating his birthday far, far away from us. So once again we've broken the mold and brought in a guest, inviting Popular Mechanics writer Erin McCarthy to join us for a review of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, then a discussion of motion-capture and performance-capture technology, both as seen in this movie and as a template for making films in the future. Erin happens to be an expert about it thanks to her job, so she's probably the best guest we could have gotten for this episode. First, though, there's a Lightning Round inspired by the new indie Bellflower, then tidbits, in which Erin sings the praises of Shark Week, David defends one new video game as a work of art, Patches thinks The Change-Up is the funniest movie of the year, and Katey is blown away by the book A Visit From The Goon Squad. We end, as always, with your lightning round answers for dessert.Don't forget to follow us on our new twitter feed, and take a listen below and find all your downloading options; for more from all of us, you can follow our dearly missed Da7e (@da7e), David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner), Patches (@misterpatches) and me (@kateyrich) on Twitter. You can follow our guest Erin McCarthy (@erincmccarthy too! Download the file directly here (right-click and save-as) 00:00-00:54 Lightning Round 01:10 - 24:30 Introductions and Tidbits 24:47 - 47:10 Rise of the Planet of the Apes review 47:18 - 01:02:28 Motion-Capture And Performance-Capture Technology 01:02:28 - 1:06:43 Dessert Author: Katey Rich
published: 2011-07-29
On this week's Operation Kino, we've got our first-ever special guest! With David Ehrlich still marooned on the West Coast in the wake of Comic Con, we brought in another survivor of the nerd-stravaganza, UGO's Jordan Hoffman, to help us recover from the madness and also review the movie that premiered for the geeky hordes in San Diego last week, Cowboys & Aliens. Before that, though, we've got our lightning round dedicated to cinematic love triangles, and then get into tidbits, where Katey and Jordan relive their respective highlights of Comic Con, Da7e gets into how much Ridley Scott's Prometheus might be an Alien prequel after all, and Patches really wants you to think about seeing The Smurfs. Really. For segment three we're on a bit of a tangent, getting into the ages of movie stars, whether actors can be too old for given roles, and hey, when did Harrison Ford start seeming so damn old anyway?Don't forget to follow us on our new twitter feed, and take a listen below and find all your downloading options; for more from all of us, you can follow Da7e (@da7e), our dearly missed David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner), Patches (@misterpatches) and me (@kateyrich) on Twitter. You can follow our guest Jordan Hoffman (@jhoffman6 too! Download the file directly here (right-click and save-as) 00:00-00:49 Lightning Round 01:04 - 28:56 Tidbits 29:17 - 45:58 Cowboys & Aliens review 45:48 - 01:05:10 Actors and Age 01:05:10 - 1:09:36 Dessert Author: Katey Rich
published: 2011-07-22
This week's Operation Kino was recorded the night before Katey and David took off for San Diego Comic Con, so if you're totally burned out on hearing about that, don't worry! This podcast is not about Comic Con at all. It's comic book related, though, as we review Captain America: The First Avenger, but from there we launch into a conversation about patriotic movies, what the word "patriotic" even means and whether anyone will ever make a movie again that's as blatantly pro-America as, say, Independence Day. Before any of that, though, we've got a lightning round in honor of Friends With Benefits, and then we get into tidbits, where Katey talks up the new indie Bellflower, Patches wants you all to get into the online game Warlight, David sings the praises of Bjork and her tech-savvy new album, and Dave wonders what's up with all the leaked trailers these days. We end, as always, with your lightning round answers for dessert! Don't forget to follow us on our new twitter feed, and take a listen below and find all your downloading options; for more from all of us, you can follow Da7e (@da7e), David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner), Patches (@misterpatches) and me (@kateyrich) on Twitter. Download the file directly here (right-click and save-as) Lightning Round 00:00:00 - 00:00:48 Intro and Tidbits - 00:00:59 - 00:24:16 Captain America Review - 00:24:34- 00:46:46 Patriotic Movies and Captain America - 00:47:13 - 01:07:59 Dessert - 01:08:00 - 01:11:43 Author: Katey Rich
published: 2011-07-15
This week on Operation Kino, Katey's back! And just in time to help wrap up the end of a franchise she loves nearly, as we review Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. We start things off with a lightning round dedicated to grading the Potter films of the past, then move on to tidbits, where David promises great things from the New York Asian Film Festival, Da7e digs back into Star Trek: The Next Generation thanks to Netflix, Patches reminisces about summers gone by (specifically 90s summers), and Katey endorses actually going outside, even if you feel guilty about all the movies you're not watching in the meantime. After the Potter review we get into the whole idea of adapting books into movies, how it can be done well and incredibly poorly and what filmmakers need to do to make sure they're actually telling a good story and not just kowtowing to fans of the books. We end, as always, with your lightning round answers for dessert.Don't forget to follow us on our new twitter feed, and take a listen below and find all your downloading options; for more from all of us, you can follow Da7e (@da7e), David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner), Patches (@misterpatches) and me (@kateyrich) on Twitter. Download the file directly here (right-click and save-as) 00:00-00:44 Lightning Round: Best and Worst Harry Potter films? 00:44-24:36 Introductions and tidbits 25:01-45:22 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 reviewed 45:40-1:02:55 Book-to-movie adaptations discussed 1:02:55-1:07:43 Dessert! Author: Katey Rich
published: 2011-07-08
This week on Operation Kino, I've gone missing! With me off in the wilderness taking a much-anticipated vacation, the men of the show are left to their own devices and doing just fine. They forgo a lightning round in my honor, or something like that, and kick things off with extra-long tidbits-- Dave talking about movies and TV shows you find difficult to start watching, David going over the ongoing possibility of an Oldboy remake, and Patches dipping into the world of video games to talk about Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and the prospect of movies based on video games, period. Then these three guys talk about a movie about a different group of three guys, as they review Horrible Bosses. Don't forget to follow us on our new twitter feed, and take a listen below and find all your downloading options; for more from all of us, you can follow Da7e (@da7e), David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner), Patches (@misterpatches) and even though I wasn't on the show this week, me (@kateyrich) on Twitter. Download the file directly here (right-click and save-as) 00:00 - 01:53 Introductions 2:12 - 12: 23 Good Movies and TV that are hard to start 12:46 - 22:44 Spike Lee attached to Oldboy Remake 13:05 - 34:13 Ubisoft and Video Game Movies 34:54 - 47: 09 Horrible Bosses reviewed 47:24 - 49:00 Outro Author: Katey Rich
published: 2011-06-29
Don't forget to follow us on our new twitter feed, and take a listen below and find all your downloading options; for more from all of us, you can follow Da7e (@da7e), David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner), Patches (@misterpatches) and me (@kateyrich) on Twitter. Download the file directly here (right-click and save-as) Author: Katey Rich
published: 2011-06-24
This week on Operation Kino we're back to our usual crew of four, though only two of us saw this week's film up for review, Cars 2. To make up for it we expand the review into an extra-long segment three, talking about the legacy of Pixar and how they can keep it going despite a critical disaster like Cars 2. But first we start with the lightning round, talking about performances by musicians-turned-actors, and then get into tidbits, where Katey gets introduced to The Road Warrior, Dave talks about the Green Lantern movie that could have been (as described in this interview), Patches revisits Gosford Park and David cooks up a harebrained theory about supehero movie plots and where else you can find them. We end, as always, with your answers to our lightning round question for dessert.And this week, we've also got a giveaway! Listen just after tidbits and just before our review of Cars 2 for the details on our giveaway of a giant box of Transformers: Dark of the Moon toys. To enter, just answer the question we ask during the show and post it in the comments below; login via Facebook or Twitter to comment, though, so we're able to track you down in case you're the winner. Unfortunately only US residents can enter, since we simply can't afford to ship this many robots in disguise overseas. Oh, and! We now have a Twitter feed! You know you're dying to follow it. Take a listen below and find all your downloading options; for more from all of us, you can follow Da7e (@da7e), David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner), Patches (@misterpatches) and me (@kateyrich) on Twitter. Download the file directly here (right-click and save-as) 00:00-00:50 Lightning Round 00:50-23:41 Introductions and tidbits 23:41-26:15 Transformers giveaway! 26:15- 54:56 Cars 2 reviewed and Pixar's legacy and future discussed 54:56-59:00 Dessert! Author: Katey Rich
published: 2011-06-17
This week on Operation Kino we're down a member, as David Ehrlich is caught up with an illness that may or may not have also been related to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup hockey finals. Soldiering on without him, we review Green Lantern and use that as a springboard to talk about superhero origin stories, and why Hollywood is making so damn many of them. But first, tidbits! In which we throw down over movie musicals (the upcoming Les Miserables in particular), preview the new cable series Falling Skies, and Patches unleashes some rage about a particularly nasty moviegoing experience. We end, as always, with your answers to our lightning round question for dessert-- featured this week are Twitter users @miguelianraya, @gholson, and @ldmullenTake a listen below and find all your downloading options; for more from all of us, you can follow Da7e (@da7e), David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner), Patches (@misterpatches) and me (@kateyrich) on Twitter. Download the file directly here (right-click and save-as) 00:00-00:58 Lightning Round 00:58-20:48 Tidbits 20:48-40:37 Review: Green Lantern 40:37-58:27 Segment 3: Superhero origin stories 58:27-1:02:28 Dessert! Author: Katey Rich
published: 2011-06-10
This week on Operation Kino we're once again gathered together in the same room, fighting against the forces of New York City noise and unbearable heat to review Super 8. Before that we've got a Lightning Round devoted to childhood summer movies. The tidbits involve some New York City boosterism, Patches finally coming around to Parks & Recreation, the necessary annual celebration of Wet Hot American Summer, and some self-promotion from Dave of the movie he produced, The Four-Faced Liar, which is now on Netflix Instant. And after the review we pick up the ball from Super 8 and talk about nostalgia in movies, how it can be both good and bad when used properly, and how a very strange food metaphor somehow can make sense of it all. We end, as always, with your answers to our lightning round question for dessert-- featured this week are Twitter users @riseb4thefall, @atonaljosh, and everyone who submitted Jurassic Park. Take a listen below and find all your downloading options; for more from all of us, you can follow Dave (@da7e), David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner), Patches (@misterpatches) and me (@kateyrich) on Twitter. Download the file directly here (right-click and save-as) 00:00-1:24 Lightning Round 1:24-19:30 Tidbits 19:50-38:37 Review: Super 8 39:04-58:45 Segment 3: Nostalgia in movies 58:45-1:03:42 Dessert! Author: Katey Rich
published: 2011-06-02
This week, for the first time ever, we're recording live and in person! And for the first time in weeks we've all seen the movie we're reviewing, which is the latest superhero opus X-Men: First Class. Plus a lightning round devoted to obscure movie titles, tidbits that include heartbreaking documentaries and two hot trailers, and a segment three about documentaries-- who's watching them, how we can get more people to watch them, and which documentaries are good for people who think they're just the boring filmstrips you had to watch in middle school. We end, as always, with your answers to our lightning round question for dessert-- featured this week are Twitter users @JEBermanator, @BrandonRohwer, @hlkneedler and @thefilmcynic. Take a listen below and find all your downloading options; for more from all of us, you can follow Dave (@da7e), David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner), Matt (@misterpatches) and me (@kateyrich) on Twitter. Download the file directly here (right-click and save-as) 00:00-00:55: Lightning Round: In honor of Submarine, a coming of age story about a boy trying to lose his virginity, what's your favorite movie title that has little or nothing to do with the film's plot? 00:55-22:11 Introductions and Tidbits: David get weepy over How To Die In Oregon, Dave explains the shakeup in the DC Comics universe, Katey defends David Fincher and the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trailer, and Patches sings the praises of 50/50. 22:33-43:28 Review: X-Men: First Class 44:00-1:02:55 Segment 3: Documentaries discussed. What makes documentaries accessible, why don't more people see them, and does it matter if documentaries reach larger audiences? Plus our recommendations for easily found documentaries worth your time. 1:02:55- 1:06:28 Dessert! Your answers to our lightning round question. Author: Katey Rich
published: 2011-05-27
Take a listen below and find all your downloading options; for more from all of us, you can follow Dave (@da7e), David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner), Matt (@misterpatches) and me (@kateyrich) on Twitter. Download the file directly here (right-click and save-as) 00:00-00:55 Lightning Round: In honor of The Hangover Part II, what's your favorite movie in which the main character has no idea what's going on? 00:55-23:38 Introductions and tidbits: Hunger Games casting, Attack the Block, The Killing and two tiny movies, Tuesday, After Christmas and The Warped Ones. 23:38- 36:50 Reviews: The Hangover Part II and Kung Fu Panda 2. 36:50-56:31 Segment Three: Sequels! What makes them good, what makes you want to see them, and why does nobody bothered with serialized storytelling anymore. 56:31-1:01:54 Dessert! |
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