Across the Universe Podcast, Eps 25: Movies People Hate That We Love

For our first jubilee - number-wise - we are joined by the always cool and brilliantly British Cherokee from Can You Dig It? to discuss a rather embarrassing topic. As always, Nik, Sofia and my own humble self reveal more and more secrets about ourselves and our movie blogging personas as we talk about the movie that we secretly enjoy watching.  

00:21- Chick-chatter
03:28- Trailer
04:05- Guest questionnaire
14:03- The chicks and Cherokee list their favourite films that are hated by most people
1:05:24- Plugs and Goodbyes

Soundtrack
Guest's choice- Comeupoutdawahta (by Gmcfosho)
Mamma Mia! (by Meryl Streep)

Across The Universe (by Rufus Wainwright)




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Leaving Hogwarts and the Order of the Phoenix

HARRY POTTER AND the order of the phoenix

book 2003    movie 2007   first read 2003    first watch 2007

A fifth-in-a-row return to the school of wizardry and witchcraft, where I realize the upside of growing up and that Professor Umbridge is really Goebbels.

Across the Universe Podcast, Eps 24: Winter Soldier

It's veeeery late this time but I just got home from my holiday in Sri Lanka. So here's our latest episode on the new Captain America film (which you get on DVD in Asia already, most certainly illegally). Also enjoy our new game that will set your brain on fire. Or something else.

00:00- Chick-chatter
03:24- Trailer
03:55- Interesting Movie of the Fortnight
17:03- Main discussion on Captain America: The Winter Soldier
55:40- Fuck, Marry, Kill: Superhero edition
1:10:35- Plugs and Goodbyes

Soundtrack:
Star Spangled Man (by David Zippel and Alan Menken)
Trouble Man (by Marvin Gaye)
Across The Universe (by Rufus Wainwright)



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Blind Spot Fixed: Léon, The Professional

Life has taught me that it's always easier to just give your thumbs up to something than to back off and share your doubts on it. Add to that the fact that I can't really get angry - like, ANGRY angry - and think fighting is sort of useless, and you have me slightly afraid of the reactions to this post. Let's cut to the slack: I wasn't the biggest fan of Léon, my April entry to the Blind Spot series. It's a movie I've been aware of for a long time now and I've been close to picking it up several times on flea markets and the like. As all of the movies I chose for this blogathon, it's one of the highest ranked films on IMDBs Top 250 that I haven't seen until now - and this is a list I have only had good experiences with so far. Not that Léon was a bad experience. In fact, I acknowledge it to be a good, solid film with an unusual story and great characters. Still, I'm not a fan.

Spread the Word | Watching Chris Evans on The Tonight Show Is a Legit Hobby But I Still Don't Have a Life

NEAT BLOG POSTS
Mettel explains her reasons for loving film and defends movie-watching as a hobby.
Sofia - dashingly - lists 30 of the many movies to look out for this year.
It's an older post, but I finally read Stevee's wonderful post on feminism and film.
Nick impressed me by not only watching, but also reading Divergent.
Katy reviews Jobs and not surprisingly dislikes it a lot. My tiny hope for it was finally crushed.

SUPERB VIDEOS
Sherlock Season 3: The Musical is so perfect even now. I can't wait to re-watch this season.
Nik shared this awesome video of The Evolution of Bollywood Music.
Jensen Ackles sing 'Carry On My Wayward Son' - does it need more saying?
Chris Evans and his brother Scott were hilarious on the Tonight Show.

GROOVY PODCASTS
As You Watch is becoming a favorite - they recently talked about Woody Harrelson, Anton Yelchin and Daniel Brühl.
FTS is still my #1 podcast and in their latest episode theyd list their favorite Fake Movies/ Shows in Real Movies/ Shows.
If podcasting was a religion, my God would be Ryan McNeil who had Stevee Taylor join him to voice-review Noah along with Vigil and Ben Hur.

WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING ELSEWHERE
Since last time, my guest spots on The Film Pasture (Episode 13: Get a Life!) and the LAMBCast (Episod 212: Muppet Mania) came out. I had a great time discussing my lack of life and what watching the entire Muppet franchise has to do with that on both of these shows.

Spread the word!