After the break you can find the latest episode of Travis Bickle on the Riviera, the world's only movie podcast. With your hosts Tucker Stone and Sean Witzke.
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0:00:00 - 0:26:22 -Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015), directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starring TOM CRUISE, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Alec Baldwin, Sean Harris, Simon McBurney, and Tom Hollander.
Also discussed in this section: Tony Scott, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Williams, Valkyrie, Edge of Tomorrow, Quantum of Solace, Casino Royale, Skyfall, Going Clear, Luc Besson, Jessica Chastain, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Steve Martin, John Carpenter, Nicholas Cage, Ted Demme, Liam Neeson, John Wick, Top 5, Django Unchained, Ninth Gate, Romeo Is Bleeding, Romeo Must Die, Antoine Fuqua, Woody Allen, Telly Savalas, Tears of the Sun, James Horner, Oz, Predator, Monica Bellucci, Inside, Irreversible, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Matrix, Trainspotting, Mark Dacascos, Crying Freeman, The Quest, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Bourne Legacy, Dahmer, White Queen, Wallander, John Le Carre, The Hurt Locker, Louie, Michelle Yeoh, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Supercop 2, Franka Potente, Run Lola Run, Princess and the Warrior, The Bourne Supremacy, The Shield, Charlize Theron, Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, Glen Close, Tilda Swinton, Charles S Dutton in Alien 3, Billy Bob Thornton in Friday Night Lights, The Town, Glengarry Glen Ross, Malice, The Thick of It, The Usual Suspects, Bryan Singer, and Robert Towne.
0:26:23 - 0:39:37 - Hope Floats (1998), directed by Forrest Whittaker, starring Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Mae Whitman, and Gena Rowlands.
Also discussed in this section: PS I Love You, King of the Hill, Guillermo Del Toro, Jerry Maguire, Eddie and the Cruisers, After Hours, Desperately Seeking Susan, Grumpy Old Men, and Easy Rider.
0:39:28 - 0:52:31 - Exiled (2006), directed by Johnnie To, starring Anthony Wong, Simon Yam, Lam Suet, Francis Ng, Nick Cheung, Roy Cheung, Josie Ho, and Richie Ren.
NOTE: Simon Yam was in Full Contact, not Full Alert, both by Ringo Lam.
Also discussed in this section: Sergio Leone, Ringo Lam, The Wild Bunch, Quentin Tarantino's Spaghetti Western retrospective at the Venice film festival, God of Cookery, John Woo, Charles Bronson, Hard Boiled, S.P.L, Andy Lau, Quantum of Solace, Predator, The Thing, Miami Vice, War, The Shooting, and the official Travis Bickle on the Riviera Canon.
Next Week: KING OF NEW YORK.
Our outro music this week: "Testlab" by Tangerine Dream from Firestarter. And our intro, as always, is from Escape From New York.
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You know, I've never been unhappy a day in my life.
P.S. The theater really was that small --
Late to the Johnnie To party. Is exiled a good entry point to his movies? Same with Lam. I focused more on other Hong Kong guys I guess
Posted by: Ike_whitehead | 2015.08.26 at 13:50
Yeah, you really can dive in anywhere. He has done pretty much everything, one movie is as good as another to get started. Breaking News, Election, Vengeance, Mad Detective. Just get cooking.
Posted by: tucker | 2015.08.26 at 16:22
Awesome.
I'll probably go chronological- ish then.
There goes my weekend
Posted by: Ike_whitehead | 2015.08.27 at 07:17
I'm always behind.
Just wanted to say: Finally rented Man of Steel. It was worse than I could have imagined.
Just rented '71 thanks to you for letting me know about it. Too bad a great film like that flew under the radar.
Person of Interests is now streaming on Netflix. I like the part (episode 3?) where the ex army guys beat up the preppy asshole bankers so I could cheer and feel vindicated. Not sure I can stick with it though...
Posted by: Tim Hamilton | 2015.09.08 at 09:00