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Jun 9, 2015 • 1h 17min

SVU #87: Big Trouble in Little China / '80s Movies That Are Being Remade

With Alison missing somewhere in the back alleys of San Francisco, Matt co-hosts this week's SVU with special guest Matt Patches from Esquire.com and the FIGHTING IN THE WAR ROOM podcast. They discuss BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA and – inspired by the news this week that Dwayne Johnson is going to remake the John Carpenter classic – talk about Hollywood's current obsession with '80s reboots and recommend a few of the movies targeted for remakes you can rent or stream at home right now. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable and SundanceNow Doc Club. Opening Break The Nightmare Results Timbuktu Queue Shots: ’80s Movies That Are Being Remade Kickboxer Flight of the Navigator National Lampoon's Vacation The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad Listeners Choice Review Big Trouble in Little China Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: The Aviator / Seven Psychopaths / Sense8 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: Tinga Tinga Tales and Rastamouse / The Brain Hack and C (299,792 km/s) 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Another Woman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 29, 2015 • 1h 47min

SVU #86: Tomorrowland / Top 5 Streaming Sci-Fi Movies

Director Brad Bird has given us an Iron Giant, a Mr. and Mrs. Incredible, and a Rat Chef… what awaits in TOMORROWLAND? Matt and Alison do a little SVU/Filmspotting "Original Recipe" crossover to review Bird's latest and share their Top 5 Streaming Sci-Fi Movies. This episode is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. :00-0:39 - Sponsor:39-27:09 - Review: "Tomorrowland"Hot Chip, "Love is the Future"28:27-33:22 - Movies On Demand33:22-48:59 - Cannes Recap48:59-56:48 - PollsHot Chip, "Huarache Lights"57:59-1:40:40 - Top 5: Streaming Sci-Fi1:40:40-1:44:49 - Close / Outtake LINKS - Alison at Cannes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 12, 2015 • 1h 21min

SVU #85: All Good Things / The Jinx / True Crime Movies

Don't blink or you'll miss all the fun; on the latest episode, Alison and Matt get down and Durst-y by reviewing ALL GOOD THINGS, director Andrew Jarecki’s fiction film about the life of real-estate heir Robert Durst, and THE JINX, Jarecki’s documentary mini-series of the same story. Plus, they also recommend more true crime movies you can rent or stream at home right now. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Maggie 5 Flights Up Welcome to Me Queue Shots: True Crime Movies Serpico Auto Focus Catch Me If You Can The Snowtown Murders Listeners Choice Review All Good Things Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Exit Through the Gift Shop / Wes Craven's New Nightmare / 8 1/2 Alison: The Homesman / Winter Sleep / Closed Curtain 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: Oculus / Resident Advisors Alison: The Lizzie McGuire Movie / Charlie Victor Romeo 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: The Punk Singer Alison: Beyond Clueless Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 28, 2015 • 1h 23min

SVU #84: Starry Eyes / Avengers: Age of Ultron / Movies About Hollywood

Filmspotting: SVU *is* big! It's the streaming movies that got small! And on this episode of SVU, we take a journey to the dark side of show business for a podcast recommending movies about Hollywood. That's inspired by Matt and Alison's Listeners' Choice review of the Hollywood horror movie STARRY EYES. All right Mr. DeMille, we're ready for our close-up. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Mommy Adult Beginners Lost River Queue Shots: Movies About Hollywood Ellie Parker The Running Man The Player Maps to the Stars Listeners Choice Review Starry Eyes Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: They Came Together / FUBAR: Balls to the Wall / Nurse Alison: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night / The Babadook / The Substitute 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: Mondo Hollywood / Short Film Masterpieces Alison: 10 Years / The Spirit of the Beehive 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Explorers Alison: The Honourable Woman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 14, 2015 • 1h 36min

SVU #83: Marvel's Daredevil / Movies About Blindness

They are the podcasters without fear: Matt and Alison. And this week on SVU, they dive into Marvel's new DAREDEVIL series for Netflix. Plus, they'll recommend other films featuring blind protagonists that you should have on your radar, all of which are available now to rent or stream at home. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Big EyesAlex of VeniceFar From Men Queue Shots: Movies About Blindness Zatoichi Goes to the Fire FestivalsProofBlind FuryThe Eye Listeners Choice Review Marvel’s Daredevil Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Actress / Stop Making Sense / Hercules in New York Alison: Tracks / Starry Eyes / Tusk 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: The Parallax View / The Noah Alison: DiG! / Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: 30 For 30: Broke Alison: The Heart Machine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 2, 2015 • 1h 23min

SVU #82: Conspiracy Thrillers / Three Days of the Condor

Did you hear that clicking in your earbuds? Yep, your iPhone has been bugged by forces far greater and more dangerous than you could possibly imagine. Conspiracies are real – at least on the new episode of SVU, where Alison and Matt review THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, and recommend other classic paranoid thrillers you can watch at home right now. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break The Riot ClubBluebirdLast Knights Queue Shots: Conspiracy Thrillers SecondsCapricorn OneWorld on a WireThe Conversation Listeners Choice Review 3 Days of the Condor Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Life Itself / Memories of Murder / Mad Men: Season 7, Part 1 Alison: World of Tomorrow / Clean / The Zero Theorem 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night / Los Angeles Plays Itself Alison: It's Such a Beautiful Day / The Bletchley Circle 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Labyrinth Alison: Wetlands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 18, 2015 • 1h 20min

SVU #81: House of Cards (Season 3) / Recent TV Recs

My fellow Americans, it's time to go back to the White House, where President Frank Underwood and First Lady Claire Underwood fend off rivals both foreign and domestic in the third season of HOUSE OF CARDS. Matt and Alison review Netflix’s hit show, and then recommend some more current and recent television shows you can watch online right now. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Spring Tracers The Cobbler Queue Shots: Recent Television Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries The Jinx Dead Like Me The Last Man on Earth Listeners Choice Review House of Cards: Season 3 Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Listen Up Philip / Roger & Me / Eurocrime! Alison: Force Majeure / The Puffy Chair / Mary, Mother of Jesus 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: Of Miracles and Men / Undead Alison: Women Aren’t Funny / The Mule 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure Alison: Boy Meets Girl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 3, 2015 • 1h 24min

SVU #80: Predestination / Ethan Hawke Movies

Prepare for a journey to the past, all the way back to last weekend, when Matt and Alison convened to record their review of the time-travel thriller PREDESTINATION. Plus, your hosts travel back into the history of Ethan Hawke's work onscreen, recommending some of his other genre movies available to rent or stream at home right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 17, 2015 • 1h 32min

SVU #79: 50 Shades of Grey / Joe (2013) / Southern Movies

Get ready for the most hospitable episode of Filmspotting: SVU yet, as Matt and Alison share their streaming recommendations for movies set in the South. Plus, a discussion David Gordon Green's JOE, starring Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan, and a bonus review of the much-discussed new film 50 SHADES OF GREY. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Accidental Love Wild Card The Rewrite Queue Shots: Southern Movies The Order of Myths Vernon, Florida The Long, Hot Summer Body Heat Listeners Choice Review Joe Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Jacques Demy on Criterion / Batman Returns / Bosch: Season 1 Alison: Mood Indigo / Cairo 678 / Stray Dogs 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: The Grifters / The Bad News Bears Alison: Wild Style / Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Sherlock Alison: The Greatest Show on Earth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 3, 2015 • 1h 19min

SVU #78: Robot Movies / Automata

Warning! Warning! Danger Will Robinson (and other podcast listeners with different names)! The latest episode of Filmspotting: SVU is all about movies featuring robots. Plus, Matt and Alison (or a pair of incredibly lifelike cyborgs) review AUTOMATA, the indie sci-fi film starring Antonio Banderas. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break The Overnighters Why Don't You Play In Hell? The Voices Queue Shots: Robot Movies Hardware Westworld Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Ghost in the Shell Listeners Choice Review Automata Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Chef / Lawrence of Arabia / Red Hollywood Alison: The Interview / Memento Mori / Obvious Child 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart / Predestinatio Alison: The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears / Stanley Kubrick's Boxes 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: The Dark Crystal Alison: A Price Above Rubies   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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