Episode 295: 'Kung Fu Panda 3,' 'Son of Saul,' 'The Finest Hours,' Sundance

 

0:00 - Eric's at Sundance; Jeff has a new baby and misses being at Sundance; 

3:45 - Our lunch sponsor: "Windswept: My Hair-Raising Adventure," a picture book written and illustrated by Andy Peterson 

5:20 - Jeff has to know what's going on at the Sundance condo, which leads to an anecdote from the party

8:50 - "Kung Fu Panda 3" review

14:00 - "Son of Saul" review

18:40 - "The Finest Hours" review (Bayer only)

23:40 - Snider's Sundance report, with specific reference to: "AbracaDeborah" 

"Manchester by the Sea," which Snider hadn't seen

"The Birth of a Nation"

"The Intervention" 

"The Fundamentals of Caring"

"Yoga Hosers"

plus more anecdotes about our Sundance press pals, with a cameo by Sam Fragoso, plus lots of questions from Jeff about people's hair

41:35 - QOTW (your Oscar votes)

45:05 - A Listener Asked Us Something® about screenwriting

49:35 - Recap, goodbye

 

QOTW: Give us your remake (casting, story, etc.) of a Coen brothers movie. (Purely hypothetical, of course. No heresy intended.) 

 

REVIEWS:

Kung Fu Panda: C+ 7/10

Son of Saul: B 7/10

Finest Hours: n/a 7/10