The Three Film Egos

We're back! In this episode we're discussing three films that were nominated for the best picture oscar but didn't win, and we think deserved to. Isaac's pick: Gangs Of New York (Martin Scorcese, 2002); Clayton's pick: Fargo (Coen Bros, 1994); Ryan's pick: Apocalyps Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979). To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

This episode is best served cold. Isaac's pick: Micmacs (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2009); Clayton's pick: Revanche (Götz Spielmann, 2008); Ryan's pick: Once Upon A Time In The West (Sergio Leone, 1968). To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

The George A. Romero marathon continues! Join us as we discuss Land Of The Dead (2005), Diary Of The Dead (2007), and Survival Of The Dead (2009), and cap it all off with a general discussion of the entire series. Tangents include: racist villains, forgettable endings, watching shitty movies for money, Breaking Bad and other worthwhile television that can distract us from the awfulness, and zombie fatigue. To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

The George A. Romero marathon begins! Join us as we discuss Night Of The Living Dead (1968), Dawn Of The Dead (1978), and Day Of The Dead (1985). Tangents include: the nature of introductions, accidental social commentary, annoying synthesizers, genre classification, and zombification inconsistencies. To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

Fee, fie, foe, fum. Monsters. Ryan's pick: Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008); Clayton's pick: TrollHunter (Andre Øvredal, 2010); Isaac's pick: The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982). Tangents include: a large diatribe about George Lucas towards the end of the episode. Enjoy. To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

Our foray into the Halloween-ish continues with serial killers. Clayton's pick: The Element of Crime (Lars von Trier, 1984); Ryan's pick: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer, 2006); Isaac's pick: Man Bites Dog (Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde, 1992). Tangents include: sushi, borrowing from Tarkovsky, smell-o-vision, Kurosawa's later years, praise and ambivalence for Christopher Guest, the psychological difference between real and fake violence via stupid people on message boards, snuff films by Mel Gibson and criterion comedies. In reference to the discussion on Man Bites Dog, from IMDB: "According to an essay André wrote, Ben's family didn't know anything about the plot of the film. Ben's mother and grandparents thought they were filming raw footage of Ben, and had no idea that the footage was going to be used in a film in which Ben is a serial killer. Ben's mother was shocked to see her son behind bars, when she comes to visit him in prison." To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

All through October we'll be discussing the scary and macabre and otherwise Halloweenish, starting here with Ghosts. Isaac's pick: Empire Of Passion (Nagisa Oshima, 1978); Clayton's pick: Carnival Of Souls (Herk Harvey, 1962); Ryan's pick: Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984). Tangents include: period piece authenticity, the works of Nagisa Oshima, the Saltair pavilion, inauthentic instrument playing, and dialogue scavenger hunts for the purpose of drinking. To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

To sleep, parchance to dream - ay, there's the rub of this week's episode. Ryan's pick: Waking Life (Richard Linklater, 2001); Isaac's pick: The Science Of Sleep (Michel Gondry, 2006); Clayton's pick: Paprika (Satoshi Kon, 2006). Tangents include: lucid dreaming, kicks, Charlotte Gainsbourg, the inescapable bullshit of the MPAA, and books. To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

This week we delve deep into the world of graphic novel film adaptations. Isaac's pick: V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2006); Clayton's pick: Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001); Ryan's pick: Road To Perdition (Sam Mendes, 2002). Tangents include: theocracy in fiction and reality, hipsterism, censorship of art in public spaces, and youth in exodus. Three Film Egos (but Isaac specifically) regrets the error: according to wikipedia, "Originally James Purefoy was cast as V, but left six weeks into filming due to difficulties wearing the mask for the entire film. He was replaced by Hugo Weaving... Portions of the film contain scenes with Purefoy playing V with a dubbing from Weaving." To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

Our topic this week is addiction. Clayton's pick: Under The Volcano (John Huston, 1984); Isaac's pick: In Vanda's Room (Pedro Costa, 2000); Ryan's pick: Kids (Larry Clark, 1995). Tangents include: hanging films on walls like paintings and the lack of tangents in this episode. To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

This week we're discussing swordplay movies. Ryan's pick: Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000); Clayton's pick: 13 Assassins (Takashi Miike, 2010); Isaac's pick: Hanzo The Razor: Sword Of Justice (Kenji Misumi, 1972). Tangents include: crazy Nicholas Cage, stupid American distributors, and sexual violence in art. To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

On this episode we're discussing the films we loathe, hate, despise, and otherwise found ourselves in extreme pain while watching. Clayton's pick: Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (Garry Marshall, 2004); Ryan's pick: Head Of State (Chris Rock, 2003); Isaac's pick: Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978). To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

The theme for this episode is time travel. Clayton's pick: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (Stephen Herek, 1989); Ryan's pick: Star Trek: First Contact (Jonathan Frakes, 1996); Isaac's pick: 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995). To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

Our theme this week is justice. Clayton's pick: 12 Angry Men (Sydney Lumet, 1957); Ryan's pick: Deliverance (John Boorman, 1972); Isaac's pick: The Proposition (John Hillcoat, 2005). To get involved in the discussion, like us on facebook.com/threefilmegos, follow us on twitter @threefilmegos, email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com, or go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show.

Our very first episode ever! Get to know your hosts as they talk about why they love film and what films they love. Go to threefilmegos.podomatic.com to subscribe and donate to the show. Like us on facebook. Follow us on twitter @threefilmegos. Email us at threefilmegos@gmail.com. Let us know what movies you want to hear us talk about, especially the one's you hate. Also, it has been confirmed that Phantom Planet was indeed Jason Schwartzman's old band.