Monthly Archives: January 2017

The Reel Thing: January 29, 2017

The Reel Thing for January 29, 2017

-After a long hiatus, we welcome (god damn it, WELCOME!) our listeners back with a discussion of the box office numbers over the last three weeks, including the current movie at the top, the M Night Shyamalan thriller Split. Chris and Mark go over the filmmaking career of Shyamalan and discuss his recent film (with NO spoilers FYI).

-The Oscar nominations have finally arrived, and The Reel Thing discusses the nominees at length from the major categories, including Best Picture/Actor/Actress, and talk about some of the nominees, including Moonlight, Jackie, Silence, 20th Century Women, and The Lobster. Find out if we think the Academy got their picks correct or way off base (No Deadpool but Suicide Squad got a nomination? Alrighty then).

-Last, #SIGNIFICANTDEATHS returns to discuss the recent passing of Miguel Ferrer and John Hurt.

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Talk Radio Meltdown: January 13th, 2017

Talk Radio Meltdown 1/13/17 – Episode 339: This Is (Not) Us

– Fro has a divorce update!
– Jack is wearing a shirt with Chris Pratt on it, and Red is oddly interested in it
– Boston Calling 2017 lineup is revealed, and it’s all forms of epic
– La-La-Land won all the Golden Globe awards
– Meryl Streep vs. Mel Gibson vs. Vince Vaughn vs. Trump supporters vs. Elvis
– America prepares for the inauguration of President Danny Tramp

– Since when did “All Star” become a meme?
– Nintendo announces the release date of the Switch and the new Legend of Zelda
– Daniel Tromp gets uppity with a CNN reporter at his first press conference as President-somehow-elect
– Jack tried to leave his dog home alone for 2 hours, with messy results
– Jack and Red try to convince Fro to watch This Is Us
– William Hung should front all of the bands – all of them.
– Dead woman just chilled out in the kitchen of a Brookline home for over a year

– Liam Gallagher vs. Noel Gallagher – the never-ending battle
– Dear Red Cross: PLEASE STOP CALLING US
– Lucasfilms confirms Carrie Fisher will not get the Peter Cushing digital treatment
– Famous movies that turned into television shows

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The Reel Thing: January 9, 2017

The Reel Thing for January 9, 2017

-Greetings from the other side of 2016 and Happy New Year! We welcome back all of our lovely followers by discussing the recent champ at the box office, Rogue One…..wait, Hidden Figures won last week???

-The Golden Globes occurred last night, and we discuss the winners and our takes on the movie awards season moving forward

-Chris and Mark both review the critically acclaimed La La Land, as well as the equally lauded Manchester By The Sea

-Furthermore, The Reel Thing hosts both give their respective Top Ten of 2016

-Finally, Mark and Chris give a quick preview of their most anticipated movies in 2017, as well as a side bet that definitely needs to be mentioned during the 2017 NFL playoffs, AND a reminder to be excellent to each other (shameless plug to Buttercup Sunset, RamCat Jackson and Cupcake Burlesque FTW)…PARTY ON, DUDES!!!!!!

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Talk Radio Meltdown: January 6th, 2017

Talk Radio Meltdown 1/6/17 – Episode 338: TalkRadioMelt

– Our new fancy mixing console is put to the test
– Beginning the first show of the new year with a horrific joke by Red
– Join Red’s Clash Royale group, “TalkRadioMelt”
– Super Mario Run, or Nintendo’s attempt at entering the free-to-play games market
– Mariah Carey’s career, the final celebrity death of 2016
– Some doofus crashed his Lamborghini on I-93 in Quincy
– Video game rage: Kid gets flashbanged, flips his shit playing Call of Duty

– SPOILERS: The end of Star Wars: Rogue One is discussed
– Helen Mirren vs. Meryl Streep vs. Betty White
– Girl Meets World has been canceled

– Jimmy John’s has invaded Massachusetts
– Mike’s wife presents “Working with a One-Upper”
– Donald Trump vs. Arnold Schwarzenegger: Battle for the ratings!

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Brainstu Wrestling: January 4th, 2017

 

– Braun Stroman’s Tinder profile has been leaked, so we take a guess as to what wrestlers in character would put as their Tinder tag lines
– Raw & Smackdown recap: Smackdown is doing everything right while Raw is doing everything wrong
– TNA has a new majority owner
– Wrestle Kingdom 11 already being called the PPV of the year

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Talk Radio Meltdown : December 30th, 2016

Talk Radio Meltdown 12/30/16 – Episode 337: My Year In Lists

– Enjoy our final episode of the year; a year we would otherwise like to forget
– Acquiring the new board for the show has been nothing short of a nightmare for Jack
– The Great Celebrity Genocide of 2016 has hit it’s peak: RIP Carrie Fisher, – Debbie Reynolds, the actor who performed Alf, and the guy who invented the Red Solo cup
– Man creates a GoFundMe to protect Betty White from 2016
– Jack really dislikes country music

– Talk Radio Meltdown’s Top 10 songs of 2016, continued!
– Steve Martin and Cinnabon post tweets about Carrie Fisher that offend everyone (but probably would have made Carrie Fisher herself laugh)
– Rogue One is one of the best Star Wars movies in the franchise
– Jack watched the Eagles tribute on CBS
– Horrific names for your baby

– Battlefield 1 players attempt a Christmas truce and party like it’s 1914
– Buckcherry, not to be confused with Chuck Berry; one should be dead, and one is still very much alive

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