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As James Bond once said—”I thought Christmas only came once a year.” We found a lost present inside the Starchives and we are unwrapping a magnum sized episode for you to ride all the way to work. Well, since most of us now work from home….take it to the bathroom, your bedroom, basement or even to your designated crying or snack room.Enjoy the ins and outs of architecture using gingerbread and Tia or Tamera Mowry.We watch A Gingerbread Romance!

wait… is this about a weird serial killer's dumping ground or a term for infertility? how on earth does this word relate to A&D. the starchitects suss it out.

Are you angry? Are you? Well after this past year during these uncircumcised times filled with despair, hopelessness and flapping dirty foreskin we dove balls deep into the Starchives and pull out all over the place with 12 Angry Men!Lets take a look back on where we were as a society, where we have gone as a society and how much and how little we have changed as a society. Basically thanks for nothing history. When will we ever learn? Same as it ever was….Come on people!

Before the team met Tom (aka Better is the Enemy), before “Alive or Dead,” before all the babies and weddings, we recorded in a conference room at work. We even had different intro music. We recorded “The Money Pit” and hoped we were ready to take it to the website. The audio is pretty bouncy and we had microphones in pencil cups on wool coasters.Speaking of “wool,” Shelly Long and pre-Oscar Tom Hanks star along side some Hollywood favorites in this 1986 comedy…. emphasis on COMEDY. Ooo boy... so much comedy. Enjoy our origins and hang tight for some newness….Meanwhile, here's Jeff and Joelle in lock down. (thank you, Google closed captions!)

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What is Brandscaping? Whatever it is we have to make sure we don't nick the balls.

The Tower is the story of a smart office building that's mad about Paul Reiser. This high Reiser is the latest in smart technology (beside Paul's hair plugs) that really hates musicians (especially keyboard players).When Die Hard meets Seinfeld that meets Robin Concord from Cheers in a sauna you have a feature film…a tv movie…a TV show…oh god we don't know what this is! We watched The Tower!

jeff, vince, and roberta are a part of the rhythm nation as they discuss the term “cadence” and how it relates to the profession of architecture. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1….

Kevin Bacon is the son of a highly respected urban planner, architect and educator Edmund Bacon. This is a film that might make his dad rise from the grave to haunt him for the rest of his life. The Darkness is a movie that follows an architect whose son decides to steal sacred rocks and bring them home to be a part of his Duplo Lego collection. All hell breaks loose—-will his family defeat The Darkness? We don't mean Keven Bacon's hair but actual dark spirits that rule from another dimension. You might want to watch other horror films with Keven Bacon such as Friday the 13th or Stir of Echoes but we didn't!We watched The Darkness—-Happy Halloween!

When you are in a lonely relationship and all that matters to you is money and how you look to other people then the next logical step is to build your dream house so you can keep up with your “friends”…if this is you then you are the main characters of The Architect. This vapid couple then teams up with a pretentious architect who feels he can build them a house they want but never asked for. Jesus Christ everyone in this movie is pathetic BUT oddly enough, you find a level headed construction manager and another architect that would have completed this dream house on time and under budget. They use the level head construction manager but even he gets consumed by the tidal wave that is a hopeless architect and insipid couple.We watched the Architect!

Oftentimes designers are asked to predict the future so a client can spend their money wisely. Unfortunately, we are not precognitive. Instead we use magic words like “FUTURE-CASTING” to sound more like Philip K Dick than an actual dick.Special thanks to our guest, Aly Pierce, for setting the record straight.

This is a story of an interior designer whose BFF asks her to be maid of honor, but she must take on a few responsibilities—such as making sure the family cottage is perfect for the honeymoon. Legend has it that if newlyweds spend their first night there, everlasting love and happiness follow. Not to mention cold vanilla emotionless sex. When you mix BFFs, old lovers, fake snow, lonliness and magic——you get a film called The Christmas Cottage starring Jared Padalecki…..wait that's not the film….it's the one WITHOUT Jared Padalecki. Sorry Supernatural fans.

sometimes when an outsider hears the words used by a design professional, their meaning gets muddied. is she really going to “massage” the plan? does he really get turned on by a glossy, white, metal detail by calling it “sexy?” why exactly are a&d professionals hijacking the tech darling “ux?” in our companion micro-cast, we explore some of the vocab words with past guests of the show to try to decipher: archi-speak.thanks to matt carter for chatting about: DISRUPTION

When someone says they are “as old as dirt”, they are referring to the characters in this film. Even eons ago architects thought they were great and had all the answers. This is a time when architects didn't wear pretentious beady glasses. Instead they named themselves Vashtar and faked their way through a project. On second thought, things haven't changed. The problem is when a Pharaoh has fallen for a cold hearted vixen it screws up his plan for greatness and a life of swimming in his riches like Scrooge McDuck. You've heard the story a thousand times; well now you can see it from a thousand years ago.We give you Land of the Pharaohs!starchitect: Matthew Poncelow

sometimes when an outsider hears the words used by a design professional, their meaning gets muddied. is she really going to “massage” the plan? does he really get turned on by a glossy, white, metal detail by calling it “sexy?” why exactly are a&d professionals hijacking the tech darling “ux?” in our companion micro-cast, we explore some of the vocab words with past guests of the show to try to decipher: archi-speak.thanks to kevin valk for kicking us off with: EXPERIENCE

Legendary movie star Cary Grant wants the perfect house in the country so he can get away from the crazy city life with his family. Before he knows it, Grant and his wife become amateur architects and interior designers and soon get in way over their heads and this city family can't stop the train called his Dream House. We see the family man Grant in his prime. In this precursor to The Money Pit meets Funny Farm, we give you a long movie title like Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.

And we're off to the races! In this episode we dive deep into the shallow world that is Spike Lee and the outdated film that had so much talent on camera but so little behind it.Grab some cheap Chinese take-out, go to your office, and bang on a drafting table because tonight is the night! Minus the Dura Flame log. Sam Jackson gives a performance that can only be called the major influence in Dave Chapelle's famous crack-head character, and Tim Robbins tries so hard to make something out of nothing.You get Jungle Fever, she gets Jungle Fever, he gets Jungle Fever, we get Jungle Fever. Everybody gets Jungle Fever! You win! And oh yeah…..Charlie Murphy! Charlie Murphy! Charlie Murphy!Let's get it on!starchitect: Aly Pierce

A dead wife forces an architect to move across the country and live on a houseboat where he is stalked by a crazy lady who likes to peel apples with a switchblade. This is not a pitch for a horror movie but the basic idea of the romantic comedy starring, America's sweetheart, Tom Hanks and, Dennis Quaid's ex-wife, Meg Ryan. If you have a hard time wrapping your head around this or you are already bored to death with the vanilla idea of Hanks and Ryan, then just watch an Affair to Remember. That's exactly what Nora Ephron did and renamed it Sleepless in Seattle.This is a moment in time just before Hanks won two Oscars, Ryan hooked up with Russell Crowe, no internet and you could walk up to an airplane gate without going through security. There is nothing else to say about this movie except it was made in 1993 and we watched it.Thanks for nothing America!starchitect: Francis Dardis

Forgotten about until just recently, when this “reality show” made a comeback in 2018. Roberta, Vince, Jeff and our guest Joelle Wolinski reminisce about the early 2000s and the design, style and trends it had to offer.We get into three very different episodes—-One episode has the popular host Paige Davis, one doesn't have a host at all and the other has a host that isn't Paige Davis but one Alex McLeod who left the show to pursue…..well, we're not sure. Anyways, these episodes take us on a journey from horrible South Carolina, to despicable Philadelphia all the way to the beautiful Pacific Northwest's Seattle, WA….well, Everett, WA. Coffee!Lets dig into some great interior design (decorating) and watch a show only the likes of what you would see on the Great White Way of Broadway!!!!!……Wait a second. Hold it. Paige Davis get out of here! As Vern Yip says, “Architect's get all the girls!” starchitect: Joelle Wolinski

A film starring the always reliable Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen? No it's not one of the Major League films….It's Shattered! Yes, one of the many thriller/mystery films that were released in the early 90s and has been forgotten about….Well, not by Starchitects: The Podcast™!This is a prime example of streaming causing the extinction of so many films. Is this film great? No, but it shouldn't be forgotten! Tom Berenger plays an architect/developer whose face has been Shattered (sha oobie, shattered) by a car accident and he has to figure out why, who, what and when. All of this plus a crazy condo development on the San Francisco bay that can be developed only if the Titanic didn't crash there…..you'll see.Wolfgang Petersen brought us a film that combines Goonies, Elephant Man, Mask, Red Shoe Diaries and Star Wars. Tom Berenger's hair is second billed while Corbin Bersen's hair was fake.This film has laughter, joy, and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex. Look at us, we're in tatters!

After a long and well deserved break—Roberta, Jeff and Vince are back for season 3 of starchitects: the podcast!No better way to open up a new season than with a pretentious look at how a self-important and self-absorbed architect (played by sex machine Wallace Shawn) can whisk little girls off to a magical kingdom and drive their loved ones insane while convincing their protégés they are worthless without them. It's truly inconceivable that this passion project of Wallace Shawn was captured on a digital chip and helmed by Jonathan Demme who seemed to forget he once made films like Silence of the Lambs, Married to the Mob and Something Wild. All we have to say is…..Ragnar!

Our final episode for Season Two is 1982's summer sleeper hit "Poltergeist." Many of the practical effects of this tale brought back terrifying childhood memories of boy-eating trees, self-opening closet doors, and a base fear of clowns.starchitect, and “Poltergeist” virgin, Graham Taylor brings his real estate nerdery to the basement to dissect the possibility of re-developing land once housing hundreds, if not thousands, of consecrated, buried bodies… and deciphering how much money Steven was making off his real estate transactions. If the amount is as much as we projected, why does their home look like a room from a 1980's Grey Gardens?Roberta was able to find the actual house where the movie was filmed and grab an aerial shot as well as a best guess of the basic floor plan used to create and customize the house in the late seventies.Enjoy!starchitect: Graham Taylor  Tract home floor plan. The "Poltergeist House" was probably customized off this inital plan but the basic element are there, though no indication where the portal to the other-side resides and if you can relocate it to a more user friendly area like the family room.... the house where the movie was filmed. the location is public record; the original owners still own the house as in it has never been sold.

In a $20 million dollar coup, the King of Dick and Fart movies, Jim Carrey, broke a salary record for his betrayal of “Chip Douglas,” cable installer and stalker. Matthew Broderick, the center of Chip's attention, lumbers along reacting (?) to Carrey's antics in what appears to be a narcotic haze.Ben Stiller (aka Derrick Zoolander) directs this comedy, which between you, me, and the lamp post, isn't that funny nor is it that exciting watch. Anna Winn joins the team in the basement as we try to figure out if Carrey is spooky or trying his damnedest to people please. The team is split; you decide.starchitect: Anna Winn

The starchitects wondered how the man who created the cult favorite “Meet the Feebles” transitioned into the Academy™ award winner of “The Lord of the Rings.” Like the Australopithecus Lucy, we found the missing link between the two: The Frighteners. In it, Jackson uses his deadbeat sense of humor with, for time, cutting edge special effects. His story telling from his native New Zealand sealed the deal for Jeff, who fell in love instantly. Roberta and Vince, though, needed a bit more convincing.Meanwhile, Michael J. Fox plays an “architect;” we think….starchitect: Cory Bauer

“Two for the Road” saw Albert Finney as the protagonist and love interest to the setting sun of Audrey Hepburn as flirty ingenue. He mumbles his way through all dialogue about… life? art? architecture? We couldn't make it out… then he eats an apple. Double that with Hepburn's scarecrow thin body and you have the recipe for the most BORING ten-year journey of a pair's relationship.Think of this movie like a fender-bender on I-84…. I mean no one really dies, and it's kind of interesting to see how the cars are wrecked but… meh.starchitect(s): Jeff Wolinski, Vince Galea, Roberta Pennington

“Housesitter” is as rom-com-y as it gets: jilted lover meets drastically, mismatched, kookie gal our protagonist is destined to love…. but are they?! Will they?! One giant bag of Chinese food and awkward boob touch later, Goldie Hawn's Gwen is instantly engaged to Steve Martin's Davis.If we walked away with one life lesson from this fluffy piece of super fluff, it's okay to lie. You'll get the girl, the house, and the promotion. Go on now, lie. Frank Oz said it's okay. Frank Oz, the voice of Super Grover, tells us it's okay to lie.starchitect: Alex Sklar

PT Barnum is noted as saying, “There's a sucker born every minute.” Could it be an entire generation of architects were swindled by noted starchitect, Louis Kahn? He sure fit the bill of a con artist: self-assured, self-serving all while supporting secret families, mistresses, and skyrocketing personal and business debt.Nathaniel Kahn, Louis's youngest of his illegitimate brood, explores his father's life through the lens of the architect's work. But is it all it's cracked up to be? Are we all just a bunch of suckers trying to hear what that mother f***ing brick is saying?!starchitect: Joelle Wolinski

Post “Batman,” Michael Keaton tested his menacing chops as the mysterious Carter Hayes, who turns out to be a misfit, well-to-do psychopath hell bent on making his landlords' (Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine) lives a living nightmare.Vince laments: I'd totally follow Melanie into the desert to get my sex robot back any day.The starchitects team and guest Diony Lopez talk about the realities of being a landlord in San Francisco, something Diony, Jeff, and Vince have in common. Strangely, this movie isn't too far off in its depiction of horrific tenants who will do anything to NOT pay rent and treat apartments like absolute garbage. Even the premise of having a monkey brother isn't beyond fiction, as Vince shared the below picture with us….starchitect: Diony Lopez  photographic evidence vince has monkey brothers....

Project management. It's a job definition most people, even those in the profession, can't quite put their finger on. In her recent shift to project management, Roberta was able to offer some insight as to what Matthew Perry's character was doing on the job site in “Fools Rush In.” Still, no one in the room could grasp the whole picture of scope of service… well, maybe Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing as Alex Whitman could. Could his job responsibilities BE any more vague?Synopsis: An episode of “Friends” minus the other five. Selma Hayek is hot.For the record: Project Managers plan, budget, oversee and document all aspects of a project. Project managers work closely with clients to make sure the scope and direction of each project is on schedule, within the planned budget and executed properly per outlined scope.starchitect(s): Jeff Wolinski, Vince Galea, Roberta Pennington

It's a snapshot into a time when women in their late-twenties wanted to look like women in the mid-forties. A time when shoulder pads were worn to intimidate men and weaker women alike. When Delta Burke's weight was as hotly debated as perestroika. While "Designing Women's" pretense was to show women in control, the end result was five twittering morons who were one step away from uttering "fabulous" with the stereotyped hiss of most TV designers.starchitect Mark Miller joins the team in the basement to talk curtains, pillows, and tassels. No: it is not what any of us went to school for, but your mom thinks so.starchitect: Mark Miller

Hotly debated amongst the starchitects team, "Road House" has been on Roberta's mind for months after strong arming this film into Season Two. Roberta contends it's a movie about urban design as a small town bar owner wants to better his establishment, make a safer place for the townspeople to gather and unwind after a hard day of fighting off organized crime and shopping at the JC Penny's; the rest of the group considers it a ploy to get a Patrick Swayze movie into our rotation.You decide.starchitect: Russell Holzinger

2016 saw the 30th anniversary of “Pretty in Pink” where James Spader plays a rich teenager who seems kind of rape-y. In “Dream Lover,” Spade takes an acting leap in a tour-de-force performance playing a rich architect who seems kind of rape-y.The starchitects team and guest Jessie Lenhardt recommends paying the $2.99 to watch the 1-hour 43-minute full version versus the edited option available for free on YouTube. From what I'm told, the nudity makes up for the clown scenes. Yep; there's clowns. Read it again: clowns.starchitect: Jessie Lenhardt

The starchitects team kicks off its second season after a holiday hiatus to talk about all that is wrong in the world of pre- and post-earthquake Los Angeles in the celebrity cluster f***k, “Earthquake.” All-star guest Eric Li returns to remind us no one will ever be calmed by hot coffee and sandwiches in an underground shelter/ mall, especially if that shelter/ mall is constructed of cardboard columns painted to look like brick.Personally, I cannot get enough George Kennedy.(Did you notice the new starchitects logo? It's like we got a hair cut over winter break hoping you'd notice and finally ask us out to the Valentine's Day dance. Well, suck it. We're going to get drunk in the parking lot then throw rocks in the quarry until dawn.)starchitect: Eric Li

In the 1970's, men and women worshipped one man on their televisions: Lee Majors. His finely chiseled, action-figure looks and Kung Fu grip would also open the door to become "Mr. Farrah Fawcett.” During this time, television actors rarely made the jump to feature length films, but Lee would prove them all wrong, because... “Steel.”Joined by fellow Rust Belt native, Crawford Smith, the starchitects team dazzle at the wooden acting and flat butts. Even more amazing, the complete lack of OSHA oversight on a job site where (SPOILER ALERT) not one but TWO people die from fatal falls.Grab a High Life and your ‘merican flag; this movie is happening.starchitect: Crawford Smith

You want Christmas with little plot, no back story, no character development, no inflection in the voices of 60% of the actors, and more face glitter than last seen from a cocaine bender from Studio 54's hay day, you got it. “A Christmas Kiss” is the worst kind of movie for the interior design profession.We hear the words “design” A LOT, but never are the words “health,” “safety,” or “welfare” uttered, let alone “ergonomics,” “egress,” or “efficiency.” What we are shown is a glitter-encrusted, one-dimensional space case who decorates her crush's (read boss's boyfriend) house for Christmas. Ribbon with more ribbon heaped on top of Hallmark-branded ornaments heaped on top of more ribbon. She is NOT an interior designer. She is a decorator and not even the kind of decorator from HGTV. Those decorators would be offended by this woman's work.Roberta gives the starchitects team an early Christmas present: 183 Hallmark movie titles in alphabetical order to enjoy over the holiday break.Happy Everything!starchitect: Joelle Wolinski

Ever watch a movie so perfect you don't have much to say? The starchitects team and guest Aly Pierce had that very problem watching the Tim Burton classic, “Beetlejuice.” We set out to observe and critique Otho, the Deetz's smug interior “designer,” but we were left with awe and inspiration. So many sweet memories of a time when movie making still kicked ass....when Hollywood relied less on CGI and base-y explosions and more on quirky storytelling, stunning practical effects, and acting chewing up more scenery than a Golden Coral smorgasboard on a two-for-one Tuesday.Still, not many design professionals will live with a family and have enough comfort to wear a black, silk, dragon kimono (?) with seemingly nothing underneath while sipping iced tea on your clients' porch... please, write to us if you have: info@starchitectspodcast.comstarchitect: Aly Pierce

Richard Branson brought his unique production talents to what is a seemingly banal movie about a young architect learning the ins and outs of becoming computer literate for the sake of his job and personal organization. Any scene becomes active when you can turn major plot points into a music video. Just nailed the girl of your dreams for the first time? Music montage at Alcatraz. Not sure how to say “I love you?” Call on Culture Club to get your emotions smash cut to a head. Are you a computer who has recently become sentient and stuck in a love triangle with your owner and the woman upstairs? Might I suggest a little Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder (“Together in Electric Dreams”) to shake your virtual booty into a more upbeat mood?Life lessons abound in this 1984 classic:Lesson #1: Don't download your boss's hard drive over a telephone modem.Lesson #2: Don't put out an electrical fire in your hard drive with a bottle of champagne.Lesson #3: When your conscious computer takes over all functions of your apartment, unplug it. No, really, you can unplug it despite the warning tag on the cord! UNPLUG IT!!starchitect: Matt Carter

Sometimes, the most fantastic foods together sound like a memorable moment of gastronomy: seasonal fruit with artisanal cheese, freshly caught salmon grilled on cedar, a dusty cabernet, lavender creme brulee. Likewise, a movie with the star power listed in “My Super Ex-Girlfriend” would elicit the same anticipation of joy and fulfillment. But really, this movie takes our would-be dreams, dumps it into a blender, turns it on puree, then throws it onto the pee-soaked streets of skid row to add a little fragrant flare.Uh boy, this movie.Jeff wows the starchitects team with his AMAZING Luke Wilson impersonation while Roberta defends her undying love for the actor, bloated or no. (I mean, when you make the commitment to stalk someone, it's for the long haul…)starchitect: Kevin Valk

As an homage to Ingmar Bergman, Woody Allen created the movie “Interiors,” a bleak reflection of a bland upper, upper middle class New York family broken apart by a parents' divorce. The wife, an interior designer (really, a decorator...ugh.), slowly (and holy shmoly is it slow) descends into a deep depression as her three daughters cope. starchitect: Rob Roth

The starchitects team go into the Way-Back Machine to visit the family who made a day wearing bell bottoms a sunshine day, “The Brady Bunch.” Did you remember Mike was an architect? In the episodes we watch ("A Clubhouse is Not a Home," "Mike's Horror-scope," and "Call Me Irresponsible"), Mike's life as an architect at home and at the office are revealed. Pull on your plaid shirt and pour yourself a tall glass of lemonade, we're getting some work done.Holy shmoly....starchitect: Joelle Wolinski

Long ago, in a time called “the Nineties,” the environmentalist movement took hold of a generation. We watched our culture embrace the love of recycling cans, bottles, and office paper. We looked to MTV (back when they played videos) and connected with one man who fully embodied our innocent, doe-eyed GenX souls: Pauly Shore. After such hits as “Encino Man,” “Son-in-Law,” and “In the Army Now,” how could he lose with the enviro-themed “Bio-Dome?” The starchitects team learns why this moronic romp was guest Andrew Rosengarten's favorite movie at age ten. Okay, we already know why: dick and fart humor mixed with shitty hair styles and REALLY baggy shorts.If you are having trouble stomaching the tone of the movie, the team suggests you turn on Italian dubbing and call the movie "Bee-Oh Doe-May" pretending you're watching a would-be Roberto Benigni venture.starchitect: Andrew Rosengarten

“Death Wish” teaches us when wronged to the point of breaking and seeking revenge, start with a sock full of quarters first, then go to firearms. Charles Bronson goes from a wooden work-a-holic architect whose smile looks painted on for the first fifteen minutes of the movie to gun toting vigilante when his wife is beaten to death and daughter is brutally raped. Oh ya, that's Jeff Goldblum's butt doing that. Yoiks.Native Texan Josh Guerra, licensed architect, sits down with Roberta, Vince, and Jeff to decipher the complex back story of Paul Kersey and his use of an apparent Vulcan-like demeanor used in all stressful situations. We're talking client meetings, his wife's funeral, and beating a man with a sock full of quarters.starchitect: Josh Guerra

In 1993, Billionaire John Gage (Robert Redford) asked a would-be architect (Woody Harrelson) to “have one night” with his wife, played by Demi Moore, for $1,000,000. The pretense of this movie sparked conversations all over America where one significant other asked the other, “Would you take the money?” The starchitects team was mystified how a thirty year old architect could have an AIA award so young, the affable nature of Robert Redford's portrayal of a man who has asked a man to pimp his wife “just cos,” and Demi Moore's purse/ backpack/ vest/ chocolate hoarding apparatus. Jeff, Roberta, and Vince are joined this episode by Eric Li, a self-proclaimed seven-layer nerd with geek sauce on top, licensed architect, and all around nice guy for this insane ride through PURE RELATIONSHIP FICTION. It's set in Florida; ‘nuff said. starchitect: Eric Li.