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 - 0:20:31 - Star Wars Episode Seven: The Force Awakens 3D IMAX Experience (2015), directed by JJ Abrams, written by JJ Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan, Michael Arndt, starring Harrison Ford, John Boyega, Daisey Ridley, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Peter Mayhew, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyongo, Andy Serkis, Domnhall Gleeson, Simon Pegg, Max Von Sydow, Yayan Ruihan, Iko Uwais, and Gwendoline Christie.
Also discussed in this section: Star Wars, Avengers 2, Empire Strikes Back, Girls, Attack the Block, Young Indiana Jones, James Cameron, Zack Snyder, Fantastic Four, Return of the Jedi, and Halloween.
0:20:32 - 0:31:05 - Silverado (1985), directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Scott Glenn, Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, John Cleese, Brian Dennehy, Rosanna Arquette, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Hunt, James Gammon, Brion James, Joe Seneca, Jeff Fahey, Lynn Whitfield, and Richard Jenkins.
Also discussed in this section: Dreamcatcher, Pale Rider, Stephen King, Homicide, Heaven's Gate, Gene Hackman, Maverick, Lonesome Dove, Tom Selleck, Jesse Stone, Jack Reacher, Class of 1984, Parker, Jason Statham, Jim Brown, and Terrence Howard.
0:31:06 - 0:39:09 - In the Heart of the Sea (2015), directed by Ron Howard, starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Holland, and Ben Whishaw.
Also discussed in this section: Rush, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, Leviathan, Russell Crowe, The Machinist, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Vanilla Sky, Moby Dick, Barry Lyndon, Transformers 2, and A Hijacking.
0:39:10 - 0:43:20 - Knock Knock (2015), directed by Eli Roth, starring Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana De Armas, and Colleen Camp.
Also discussed in this section: Hostel 2, John Wick, and The Green Inferno.
0:43:21 - 0:59:02 - Ant-Man (2015), directed by Peyton Reed, starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lily, Michael Pena, T.I., Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Anthony Mackie, David Dastmalchian, Wood Harris, and Greg Turkington.
The Punisher (1989), directed by Mark Goldblatt, starring Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr, Jeroen Krabbe, and Kim Miyori.
Also discussed in this section: The Break Up, Attack the Block, Iron Man, Punisher War Zone, Aliens, Terminator, From Dusk Til Dawn, Kill BIll Vol. 1, Chuck Dixon, Circle Of Blood, Romancing the Stone, Agent Carter, Prisoners, The Wire, Mr. Show, Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean's Black Orchid, Dune, Thulsa Doom in Conan The Barbarian, David Cronenberg, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jerry Bruckheimer, Judd Apatow, Quentin Tarantino, and John Milius.
0:59:03 - 1:22:59 - eXistenZ (1999), directed by David Cronenberg, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley, and Christopher Eccleston.
Also discussed in this section: 28 Days Later, Bane, The Revenant, Fury Road, Collateral, Blackhat, Thor, Vacation, Miami Vice, Sean Connery, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Darby O'Gill and the Little People, Hugh Jackman, X-Men: First Class, Layer Cake, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Daniel Craig, Harry Potter, Simon Pegg, Keira Knightley, Godzilla Vs King Kong, Iron Man, Dr. Strange, Tarzan, Samuel L Jackson, Nicholas Cage, Christoph Waltz, Coming to America, Exorcist 3, Werner Herzog, Fantastic Four, Ridiculous 6, Ted 2, Katherine Heigl, Spotlight, Zodiac, All the Presidents Men, Concussion, Pursuit of Happyness, After Earth, Seven Pounds, Bad Boys 3, Suicide Squad, Martin Lawrence, Legends, Infinite Crisis, Jessica Jones, and Daredevil.
Next Year: HATEFUL EIGHT, ROOM, THE REVENANT, THE BIG SHORT, PHOENIX, JOY, THE ASSASSIN, WILD CITY, and pretty soon after that the Best Films of 2015.
Our outro music this week: "Despair" by Ennio Morricone from The Thing. And our intro, as always, is from Escape From New York.
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SEE YOU IN 2016 EVERYBODY
Tucker, have you ever heard of the Mack Bolan Executioner novel series? Marvel shamelessly ripped it off to make the Punisher. It's pretty amazing in similar ways to the way you describe the Jack Reacher books. There's been about one Execution novel out every month since the '60s.
Posted by: Colin | 2015.12.22 at 22:45
You guys release the new Bicklicker Dozen yet? I didn't get no notification. Patreon page useless. GIVE ME WHAT I PAID FOR!
Love the show, as always.
Posted by: James Sommerville | 2015.12.27 at 10:02
Sorry James, I totally forgot to put that up. The patreon post is up now!
Posted by: tucker | 2015.12.27 at 13:02
Oh man, Mack Bolan Executioner is fantastic. I have fond memories of that series.
My father used to read those and he would tell me, whenever we had long drives, about all the ways Bolan used to kill me in extravagant detail. I never read them, but I read them through my father. I think that counts
Posted by: Larry B Vossler | 2015.12.28 at 17:13
The best part is how every one of them begins with a philosophical quote on war and violence followed by a quote from Mack Bolan commenting on that quote.
Posted by: Colin | 2015.12.29 at 13:25
This sounds fucking fantastic
Posted by: tucker | 2015.12.30 at 14:33