Piecing It Together Podcast

On the 83rd episode of Piecing It Together, Kris Krainock returns to the show to talk about one of his favorite movies of the year, the debut from writer/director Joe Talbot, The Last Black Man In San Francisco. This beautiful, surreal look at the effects of gentrification from A24 is one of the year's best, most unique films. Puzzle pieces include The Royal Tenembaums, Do The Right Thing, The Florida Project and Atlanta.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Last Black Man In San Francisco and the movies we discuss! https://a24films.com/films/the-last-black-man-in-san-franciscoDirector - Joe TalbotWriter - Joe Talbot & Jimmie FailsStarring Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Danny Glover, Mike EppsA24Kris Krainock is a filmmaker and film fan who hosts Cinemondays, a weekly film event here in Las Vegas. Check out info on upcoming editions of Cinemondays at https://www.facebook.com/Cinemondays/Kris also has a web series in the works called “It’s All Downhill From Here” which currently takes the form of a weekly

On this special episode we follow up Episode 82's conversation about The VelociPastor with an interview with the film's writer/director Brendan Steere. After a silly viral trailer, Brendan moved on with his career, but eventually found himself wanting to return to this parody of B-Movie horror-schlock. Who would have thought that the movie with the silly title would end up being so fun?As always, SPOILER ALERT for The VelociPastor and the movies we discuss!https://www.facebook.com/thevelocipastor/Writer / Director - Brendan SteereStarring Greg Cohan, Alyssa Kempinski, Daniel Steere Wild Eye ReleasingJosh Bell is a film critic whose work has been seen in the Las Vegas Weekly, Film Racket and more. Check out his website at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/Like Him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/And Follow him on Twitter @SignalBleedAlso, be sure to check out Awesome Movie Year, Josh’s podcast that I produce. You can find the show at https://www.awesomemovieyea

On the 82nd episode of Piecing It Together, film-critic Josh Bell joins me for a movie that I never thought we'd be covering on this show... The ridiculous direct-to-video schlocky horror-comedy The VelociPastor. It's about a pastor... Who turns into a raptor. Strap in folks, because we are DOING THIS... Puzzle pieces include Orgazmo, Kung Pow and Grindhouse cinema.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The VelociPastor and the movies we discuss!https://www.facebook.com/thevelocipastor/Writer / Director - Brendan SteereStarring Greg Cohan, Alyssa Kempinski, Daniel SteereWild Eye ReleasingJosh Bell is a film critic whose work has been seen in the Las Vegas Weekly, Film Racket and more. Check out his website at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/Like Him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/And Follow him on Twitter @SignalBleedAlso, be sure to check out Awesome Movie Year, Josh’s podcast that I produce. You can find the show at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and on Face

On this Special Episode of Piecing It Together, I'm actually just reposting an episode of the Faces & Aces Podcast I was recently a guest on. I was contacted by the show's host to join him for a special episode in which we took the Piecing It Together formula and applied it to the city I live in, Las Vegas, NV. Using the format, we came up with a list of movies that represent Las Vegas. It's a fun talk and I thought you'd all want to hear it. Puzzle pieces include The Hangover, Swingers, Spy and Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.As always, SPOILER ALERT for all the movies we discuss.Faces & Aces Podcast is a great podcast about life in Las Vegas. The original version of this episode can be found at http://www.facesandaceslv.com/bonus-round-the-vegas-puzzle/ and on all major podcast apps.You can also follow Faces & Aces on Twitter @FacesAndAcesLVMy 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!Also, m

On the 81st episode of Piecing It Together, we jump head first into the Fast & Furious Universe with the hilariously titled Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (a movie we already started to discuss on the special episode with my parents). The Lady-Wan from Screen Fix podcast joins me to discuss this absolutely ridiculous, unnecessary and pretty fun spin-off. Puzzle pieces include the Mission: Impossible, James Bond and Star Wars series, as well as every The Rock movie.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Hobbs & Shaw and the movies we discuss!https://www.universalpictures.com/movies/fast-furious-presents-hobbs-shawDirector - David LeitchWriter - Chris Morgan & Drew PearceStarring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa KirbyUniversal PicturesThe Lady-Wan is a co-host of the Screen Fix Podcast which you can find at http://screenfixpod.com/Follow The Lady-Wan on Twitter @TheLadyWanMy 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes&nbs

On the 80th episode of Piecing It Together, film-critic Liz Shannon Miller joins me to discuss Lulu Wang's The Farewell. This A24 film invites you into a beautiful Chinese family's lives when the grandmother is diagnosed with cancer, but Chinese culture dictates that no one should tell her. It's a film that reminds you just how important family is. Puzzle pieces include The Joy Luck Club, Little Miss Sunshine, Crazy Rich Asians and Catch Me If You Can.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Farewell and the movies we discuss! https://a24films.com/films/the-farewellWriter / Director - Lulu WangStarring Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Shuzhen ZhaoA24Liz Shannon Miller is a film critic whose work can be seen at IndieWire, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and The AV Club.Check out her website at https://lizshannonmiller.com Follow Liz at @lizletMy 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “T

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, David Rosen and his parents Rich & Sunny recorded their initial reactions in the car ride home from watching Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. Rich loves a good action movie... And Sunny loves a bad action movie, so Hobbs & Shaw seemed like the perfect movie to have them on again for.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Hobbs & Shaw and the movies we discuss!https://www.universalpictures.com/movies/fast-furious-presents-hobbs-shawYou can find more about Wax Trax Records at http://www.waxtraxonline.com or on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/waxtraxrecordsMy 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “The Void” is available now on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH-Z6BCeJLU&t=0sThe song at the end of the episode is “Cut Open” from my album An Unseen Sky which is availab

On the 79th episode of Piecing It Together, Rosa from Rosa's Reviews joins me to discuss a beautiful film shot right here in Nevada - The Mustang. The story of a prisoner who is rehabilitated through a program that has violent criminals train horses hits all the classic prison and horse movie beats while showcasing the beauty of our state. Puzzle pieces include The Shawshank Redemption, Raging Bull, Black Beauty and The Wild Horse Redemption.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Mustang and the movies we discuss! http://www.focusfeatures.com/the-mustangWriter / Director - Laure de Clermont-TonnerreCo-Writer - Mona Fastvoid, Brock Norman BrockStarring Matthias Schoenaerts, Jason Mitchell, Bruce Dern, Connie Britton, Gideon AdlonFocus FeaturesRosa is a film-critic who publishes her reviews at https://rosasreviews.net/ Follow Rosa at @RosasreviewsFind out more about shooting films here in Nevada at the Nevada Film Office website at https://www.nevadafilm.comMy 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is availab

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, film-maker Joe Black joins me for a follow-up to our episode on Once Upon A Time In Hollywood to rank the nine incredible films of Quentin Tarantino. These films are events, and with the amount of excitement and ideas that Tarantino packs into each one, it makes for a great, fun conversation to even try to rank them.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and the movies we discuss!https://www.onceuponatimemag.com/Poster Artwork From https://wallpapercave.com/tarantino-wallpaperJoe Black is a filmmaker. You can find a great interview with him about his work at https://scenester.tv/an-interview-with-filmmaker-joe-black-a-scenester-exclusive-documentary/You can also check out his company at https://www.facebook.com/BlueMeansPregnantFilms/My 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “The Void” is available now

On the 78th episode of Piecing It Together, film-maker Joe Black joins me for one of our most awaited movies of the year, Quentin Tarantino's 9th film, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie and set against 1969 Hollywood on the eve of the Charles Manson murders, it's a film that plays with expectations and leaves you with a lot to think about. Puzzle pieces include Hail, Caesar!, Tropic Thunder, American Psycho and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and the movies we discuss! https://www.onceuponatimemag.com/Writer / Director - Quentin TarantinoStarring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino, Kurt RussellColumbia PicturesJoe Black is a filmmaker. You can find a great interview with him about his work at https://scenester.tv/an-interview-with-filmmaker-joe-black-a-scenester-exclusive-documentary/You can also check out his company at https://www.facebook.com/BlueMeansPregnantFi

On the 77th episode of Piecing It Together, film-critic Josh Bell joins me for the hilarious dark comedy The Art of Self-Defense from writer/director Riley Stearns. It stars Jesse Eisenberg as a man who gets attacked and decides to learn to defend himself by taking karate classes... But the world of karate ends up being much different than he expected. Puzzle pieces include Fight Club, Napoleon Dynamite, The Foot Fist Way and Office Space.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Art of Self-Defense and the movies we discuss! https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/theartofselfdefenseWriter / Director - Riley StearnsStarring Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, Alessandro NivolaBleecker StreetJosh Bell is a film critic whose work has been seen in the Las Vegas Weekly, Film Racket and more. Check out his website at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/Like Him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/And Follow him on Twitter @SignalBleedAlso, be sure to check out Awesome Movie Year, Josh's podcast t

On the 76th episode of Piecing It Together, JD Duran from the InSession Film Podcast joins me to talk about Wild Rose, a fantastic new film about a country music singer who tries to balance launching a career with being a mother. It's all anchored by an incredible lead performance by rising-star Jessie Buckley and some great music. Puzzle pieces include 8 Mile, Crazy Heart, Inside Llewyn Davis and The Florida Project.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Wild Rose and the movies we discuss!https://www.wildrose-movie.com/Director - Tom HarperWriter - Nicole TaylorStarring Jessie Buckley, James Harkness, Julie Walters, Sophie OkonedoNEON / Film4 / Entertainment OneJD Duran has a movie podcast called the InSession Film Podcast which you can find at http://insessionfilm.com/You can also follow him @RealJDDuran and the podcast itself @InSessionFilmMy 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “The

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, I got the opportunity to interview Scott Evans, an author and inventor who also happens to be the guy who was the real kid that went over that wall to retrieve a baseball from a vicious dog named Hercules in the classic family film The Sandlot. Scott has a new book out called Pacoima Days about the true stories of his youth that led to both The Sandlot and another movie written by his brother, David Mickey Evans, Radio Flyer. We have a great conversation about his book and the movies that inspired and were inspired by The SandlotPacoima Days is available now on Amazon and from Scott's website https://pacoimadays.com/ This past weekend he did a book signing at my friend Shawn Lane's No Regrets Bar here in Las Vegas. He'll be doing more signings around the country in the coming months, which you can also find out about on the website.As always, SPOILER ALERT for any movies we discuss!My 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes

On the 75th episode of Piecing It Together, Luella Chavez joins me to talk about the Sam Raimi-produced killer alligator flick Crawl. Directed by Alexandre Aja, Crawl has plenty of B-Movie thrills, but surprises with its realistic tension and suspense. Puzzle pieces include The Evil Dead, Don't Breathe, The Impossible and The Cove.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Crawl and the movies we discuss! https://www.paramount.com/movies/crawlDirector - Alexandre AjaWriter - Michael & Shawn RamussenStarring Kaya Scodelario, Barry PepperGhost House Pictures / ParamountLuella Chavez is an actress and hosts the Vegas Playground PodcastCheck out Vegas Playground at http://vegasplaygroundwithluellachavez.libsyn.com/And follow Luella Chavez on Twitter @LuellaChavezMy 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “The Void” is available now on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH

On the 74th episode of Piecing It Together, Bill Lambusta from The Great Albums Podcast joins me to discuss the true final entry in Marvel's Infinity Saga and conclusion to Phase 3 of their Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man: Far From Home. Acting as both a sequel to the events of Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Homecoming, this fun entry gets a huge boost from the addition of Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio. Puzzle pieces include Mission: Impossible, Daria, The Princess Bride and Iron Man 3.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Spider-Man: Far From Home and the movies we discuss! https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/spidermanfarfromhomeDirector - Jon WattsWriter - Chris McKenna & Erik SommersStarring Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Marisa Tomei and Jake GyllenhaalSony / MarvelBill Lambusta has a great podcast called The Great Albums that you can find at http://www.thegreatalbums.com/ You can also follow The Great Albums at @TheGreatAlbumsYou can also follow his band Fake Pockets at @fakepocketsbandMy 4th

On the 73rd episode of Piecing It Together, Millennial Mike from the Exiles Network joins me for an episode long in the making. Alita: Battle Angel, James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez's manga-based epic sci-fi adventure has divided audiences ever since it came out earlier this year, but now that it's on VOD, the two of us have a great discussion about this inventive, crazy movie that we both loved. Puzzle pieces include The Matrix, Avatar, Wonder Woman and Ex Machina.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Alita: Battle Angel and the movies we discuss! https://www.foxmovies.com/movies/alita-battle-angelDirector - Robert RodriguezWriter - James Cameron, Laeta KalogridisStarring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein20th Century FoxMillennial Mike is a podcaster and part of The Exiles Network. Check them out at https://theexilesnetwork.wordpress.com/ Follow Mike @Velkro16 on TwitterMy 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digi

n the 72nd episode of Piecing It Together, Bee Garner returns to the podcast for another weird A24 film. This time we're covering what very well may be the strangest, most difficult to crack film of the year, High Life. Claire Denis has created something unique and one-of-a-kind, and Robert Pattinson gives another amazing performance. Puzzle pieces include Moon, Under The Skin, Children of Men, and Dogtooth.As always, SPOILER ALERT for High Life and the movies we discuss! https://a24films.com/films/high-lifeWriter / Director - Claire DenisStarring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Andre Benjamin, Mia GothA24Bee Garner is a film critic whose work can be seen on Filmotomy, JumpCut Online and more.Follow Bee Garner on Twitter @CineBee2My 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “The Void” is available now on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH-Z6BC

On the 71st episode of Piecing It Together, film-critic Josh Bell joins me for one of the most anticipated movies of the year, Ari Aster's sophomore effort, Midsommar. It's an insane trip into the Swedish countryside filled with lots of strangeness and an excellent central performance by Florence Pugh. Puzzle pieces include mother!, Dogville, The Witch and the films of Wes Anderson.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Midsommar and the movies we discuss! https://a24films.com/films/midsommarWriter / Director - Ari AsterStarring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Will PoulterA24Josh Bell is a film critic whose work has been seen in the Las Vegas Weekly, Film Racket and more. Check out his website at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/Like Him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/And Follow him on Twitter @SignalBleedAlso, be sure to check out Awesome Movie Year which launched TODAY. You can find the show at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and on Faceboo

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, film-critic Josh Bell joins me to discuss our favorite movies of 2019... so far. With only one movie that made both of our lists, it's a great conversation about a whole lot of movies that you should check out if you haven't yet.There will also be a blog post up this week with my full ranking of all the movies I've seen this year.As always, SPOILER ALERT for all the movies we discuss!Josh Bell is a film critic whose work has been seen in the Las Vegas Weekly, Film Racket and more. Check out his website at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/Like Him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/And Follow him on Twitter @SignalBleedAlso, be sure to check out Awesome Movie Year when it launches on July 3rd. You can find the show at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear/My 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all ot

On the 70th episode of Piecing It Together, an old friend from summer camp where we used to discuss horror movies all night joins me to discuss the remake of one of those now classics... Child's Play. Yes, Chucky the killer doll is back, but as you'll find from our conversation, this isn't the same Chucky from the old movies. Puzzle pieces include It, A.I., King Kong and Avengers: Age of Ultron.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Child's Play and the movies we discuss! https://bestbuddi.com/Director - Lars KlevbergWriter - Tyler Burton SmithStarring Aubrey Plaza, Mark Hamill, Brian Tyree Henry, Gabriel BatemanOrion Pictures / United ArtistsAdam Wells is an old friend from Jew camp. He's an active member of our Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group where we discuss all the new movies as well as classics and obscure ones that only Adam remembers. You should join too.My 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!