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A Dash of Dafoe #4: Streets of Fire and Spider-Man with Special Guests Elena Martinez and Jack Seavor McDonald

Is Morgoth bae? Would you like to have a beer with The Burning Bush? Do you support Big Wiggle? All these questions and more are answered as Patrick "Musty Brain" Gremillion and his special guests Jack Seavor "The Pepperonis Are Rubies" McDonald and "Elena "The Lead Goob aka Mayo" Martinez wax poetic about Willem Dafoe on this week's The Academy Academy. Heads up: This ep was recorded back in August, so there may be a rogue discrepancy here or there. Enjoy... and get me a picture of that hot dog!

 

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Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (The Getaway)

Sam Peckinpah as a Na'vi! Manic Pixie Slim Pickens! Dzundza mispronunciations! This podcast has it all! Don & Pat discuss Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQueen's The Getaway on this week's The Academy Academy. Enjoy!

 

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Probably the Coolest Guy: A Tribute to Kris Kristofferson (Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid & Semi-Tough)

Country Musician. Actor. Rhodes Scholar. He was Whistler in Blade and he wrote Me and Bobby McGee. We're covering the dearly departed Kris Kristofferson, folks. We do a brief overview of his fascinating life, dive deep into the Panoply of Western Movie Character Actor Guys that is Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and kinda regret that we chose to watch Semi-Tough. Tune in and find out who James Coburn considered to be "The most evil m&@!cker to work in this business" on this week's The Academy Academy! I don't think Coburn is talking the ice cream business, folks...

 

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Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Extra Credit: Macon County Line and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)

It's Never Leave The House Week, folks! Don & Pat covering Macon County Line and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre on this addition of The Academy Academy. This ep has everything: Geoffrey Lewis as Hemp(Hamp?), musings about the Jokerfication of America's youth, and of course, that funky dude just trying to find himself: Leatherface. Enjoy!

 

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Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Deliverance)

Don and Pat take a break from the hustle and bustle of Roku City to go on a Cool and Definitely Not Scary canoeing trip on this week’s The Academy Academy!

 

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Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Extra Credit: Death Wish and Straw Dogs)

Don & Pat dive delve into violent waters on this week's The Academy Academy as we discuss Michael Winner's Death Wish and Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs. If you enjoy films directed by son-of-a-bitch bon vivants and movies that interrogate the inextricability of violence from human nature, then this is the pod for you!

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Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Dirty Harry)

Don & Pat tackle the Dirty Harry portion of Cinema on this week's The Academy Academy. Do you miss old school DVD special features? Do you think Unforgiven and Men At Work is the perfect double feature? Do you think Emory Cohen has a shot at becoming the next Paul Walter Hauser? Do you want to learn about the life and times of Don Siegel, the guy who was NEARLY 60 when he directed Dirty Harry and got his start working on montages for films like THE ROARING TWENTIES and CASABLANCA?! This is some must-listen pod material, folks!

 

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Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Extra Credit: The Detective and The French Connection)

It's another extra credit ep, folks! One of the movies discussed is a goodie, while the other is a... confusie. We discuss Cool Cops, Dad Cops, Crazy Uncle Cops, Lunchpail Cinema, and all things Sweaty Troubling Men on this week's The Academy Academy!

 

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Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Bullitt)

Does Bullitt contain the most popular vehicle in all of cinema? Does Frank Bullitt play into liberal cop fantasies the way Dirty Harry plays into conservative ones? Would Steve McQueen have made Sorcerer a bonafide box-office success? Pat & Don discuss all this and more on this week's episode of The Academy Academy!

 

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Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Extra Credit: Black Gunn and The Bus Is Coming)

Did you bragbout brag about watching R-rated films to gain social cache on the playground? Is your life riddled with moments worth of a John Cheever short story? Is Bruce Glover your go-to goon? If you answered yes to any of these questions, look no further: this pod is for you! Don & Pat discuss Wendell James Franklin's The Bus Is Coming and Robert Hartford-Davis' Black Gunn on this week's The Academy Academy. Enjoy!

 

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