After the break, you'll find the new episode of Travis Bickle On The Riviera!
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0:00:00 - 0:04:15 - INTROS - this week on Travis Bickle on the Riviea, Tucker and Sean start off the episode by discussing not a movie at all, but the new Kanye West record, YEEZUS.
0:04:16 - 0:12:58 - NEW MOVIES - Tucker watched Frances Ha (2013),directed by Noah Baumbach, written by Greta Gerwig and Baumbach, starring Gerwig. Also mentioned in this section: Manhattan, Baumbach and Gerwig's other films, and DMX.
0:12:59 - 0:20:15 - NEW MOVIES - Sean watched This Is The End (2013), written and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg,starring Rogen, James Franco, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, and has cameos from about 50 other people.
We spoil the shit out of this one, so be aware of that. Also it is kind of unspoilable if you like these guys. Sean reaaaally likes these guys.
Also mentioned in this section: the Rogen/Goldberg and Judd Apatow collaboration, East Bound and Down, White House Down, the trailer for The Wolf Of Wallstreet, 30 Minutes or Less, quoting A Time To Kill, and the never-miss qualities Nick Swardson. Also Tucker talks about an important personal life decision
0:20:16 - 0:29:54 - Tucker went to see Nostalghia (1983), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, starring Oleg Yankovsky, Domiziana Giordano, and Erland Josephson.
0:29:55 - 0:42:29 - DOUBLE HOMEWORK - Both Tucker and Sean watched Blitz (2011), directed by Elliot Lester, starring Jason Statham, Paddy Consindine, Zawe Ashton, Aidan Gillen, Luke Evans, Paul Morrissey, and Mark Rylance. Also mentioned in this section - The Professional, Gene Hackman, Dirty Harry, Death Wish, American History X, The Dark Knight, and the other Jason Statham movies.
0:42:30 - 0:56:58 - Tucker watched The Plague Dogs (1982), directed by Martin Rosen, and starring John Hurt and Christopher Benjamin. Also included Brad Bird as an animator pre-Simpsons. Also mentioned in this section: Toy Story, The Lorax, Watership Down, Milo and Otis, Homeward Bound, Hachi, and Ralph Bakshi.
0:57:00 - 1:07:55 - Sean watched The Bodyguard (the 1976 American edit of the 1973 film Karate Kiba), directed by Ryuichi Takamori with additional footage shot by Simon Nutchern, starring Sonny Chiba. The opening crawl of the film can be seen here. The comics these films were based on were later re-adapted by favorite of the podcast Takashi Miike. Also mentioned in this section: Chiba's Street Fighter series, Pulp Fiction, and the weirder white actors who show up in asian action cinema, specifically in A Better Tomorrow 2 and Rumble in the Bronx, and a little more on Jason Statham.
And finally, we close on a note going back to last week's Fast & Furious cast.
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