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Join us for an exclusive episode of the Exit is Now podcast, broadcasting from the highly anticipated Exit Planning Summit. Scott Snider welcomes Renee Russo, Ken Sanginario, and representatives from ELLA to the show. Renee, recently named Thought Leader of the Year, shares how she's leveraged the LinkedIn platform to elevate her voice and drive impact. Ken reflects on two decades of exit planning—what's changed, what's stayed the same, and where the profession is headed. And the team from ELLA, the sponsor of the Summit Podcast series, talks about their role in supporting advisors and their unforgettable sunset cruise experience.Want to learn more? Go to: https://linktr.ee/theexitplanninginstituteConnect with Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-snider-epi/============================================SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exit-is-now-plan-accordingly-with-scott-snider/id1663050204Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0iXzdvQN1ApWPOk3rVytFR============================================CONNECT WITH SCOTT ON SOCIAL MEDIA   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Eh7TfhJHKRa5uc5R0uRgAFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Exit-Planning-Institute-608403729259835Website: https://exit-planning-institute.org#ExitPlanningInstitute #ScottSnider #Podcast============================================About Scott:Scott Snider is the President of the Exit Planning Institute (EPI) and the Operating Partner of Snider Premier Growth, a small family investment company.  At EPI, Scott is responsible for the strategic direction of the organization along with overseeing the company's operations and chapter development. Since joining EPI, Scott has expanded the organization regionally, nationally, and globally, providing a transformational educational experience to advisors from all specialties across the globe.Scott Snider is a nationally recognized industry leader, growth specialist, and lifetime entrepreneur.  Two of Snider's biggest talents: market penetration and rapid growth strategies. As the operational and strategic leader of EPI, Snider thrives on helping advisors learn how to educate clients, achieve market distinction, and deliver real results.

Clint Eastwood might be known for playing grizzled, hard-as-nails lawmen, but in our In the Line of Fire (1993) Review, he takes things in a different direction, just slightly. This week, the Born to Watch crew dives into this overlooked 90s political thriller that pits Eastwood's aging Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan against one of cinema's most memorable villains: John Malkovich as the terrifying Mitch Leary.Whitey, G-Man, and Will “The Worky” are in studio to unpack the deadly game of cat and mouse that unfolds in Wolfgang Petersen's taut, tense, and occasionally trope-heavy flick. What follows is a mix of movie breakdowns, personal throwbacks, accidental roastings, and a bold declaration that Malkovich might just rival Hannibal Lecter as one of the great screen psychopaths.Eastwood: Still Got It (But Also, He's 63) Gow calls Eastwood's performance “Dirty Harry with a blue pill next to the bed.” Whitey thinks it's flirty, even charming, a rare side of Clint. Will just seems shocked that he's now the Born to Watch Eastwood expert. The team debates whether Frank Horrigan is one of Clint's best post-Unforgiven roles or just another iteration of his go-to tough guy with a badge and a haunted past.Malkovich: BAFTA Noms, Creepy Vibes, and a Murderous Basement John Malkovich steals the show as Mitch Leary, a former CIA assassin with a grudge, a creepy lair that looks suspiciously like Buffalo Bill's basement, and a habit of tormenting Clint over the phone. His calm delivery, terrifying intensity, and sheer unpredictability earned him an Academy Award nomination and earned our crew's unanimous praise. The guys marvel at his screen presence, his range, and yes, his mysterious career choices.'90s Tropes and Why We Love Them The gang agrees: In the Line of Fire is soaked in ‘90s action movie tropes, and that's not a complaint. From overbearing chiefs of staff and cheesy one-liners to conveniently timed sniper reveals and romantic subplots with massive age gaps, the movie wears its era on its sleeve. Renee Russo's chemistry with Clint is questionable at best, and her role sparks a deep (and hilarious) debate about whether she's “a good sort” or a “right-light good sort.”Clint's Dating Age Gap: A Cinematic Tradition With Eastwood at 63 and Russo at 39, the romantic tension raises eyebrows. “She's two years younger than his daughter,” Whitey points out. “It could've been a father-daughter thing.” The conversation doesn't stop there; it spirals into references to Seinfeld, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Monty Burns.Cat, Mouse, and Jazz Piano This movie isn't just about bullets and bravado — it's got emotional weight too. Frank's regret over JFK's assassination adds gravitas to the plot, and the constant tension between him and Leary plays out over landlines and cassette recorders. The team loves the phone calls, the psychological warfare, and yes, Clint's real-life jazz piano skills.IN THIS EPISODE:Eastwood's “grizzled flirt” energy gets ratedMalkovich's villain performance gets compared to movie greatsThe trailer's original JFK-themed edit sparks a nostalgic digression‘90s newsagents, porno mags, and the glory days of inside sport magazinesDamo cops heat in the Snobs Report beef from a random footy guyIt's a movie about obsession, redemption, and running beside the presidential limo at 60+. It's also a conversation packed with pop culture tangents, Eastwood trivia, and plenty of digs at Morgs (who's nowhere to defend himself).LISTEN NOW on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods.Join the conversation:Is In the Line of Fire Clint's last great performance?Did Malkovich deserve the Oscar?Is 63 too old to be jogging beside the president's car?Drop us a voicemail at BornToWatch.com.au and let us know.#InTheLineOfFire #ClintEastwood #JohnMalkovich #BornToWatchPodcast #90sThriller #MoviePodcast #ReneeRusso #SecretServiceMovie

In this episode of the Finish Big Podcast, Host Mark Dorman interviews Renee Russo, a dynamic CEO, coach, exit planner, and speaker from Melbourne, Australia, now based in Vancouver, Canada. Rene shares her journey from corporate accounting at KPMG to becoming a sought-after business coach and exit planner. She dives into how her personal challenges and professional pivots led her to develop an innovative approach to business freedom and growth. Renee's story highlights resilience, transformation, and the power of leveraging proven processes to turn chaos into clarity. She is passionate about helping business owners align their personal, financial, and business goals to build sustainable success and unlock wealth while maintaining personal freedom. Mark and Renee discuss: Chaos to Clarity: Implement systems to take control of your business. Mindset Matters: Shift to a value-focused approach for sustainable growth. Lead with Discipline: Build accountable, high-performing leadership teams. Plan for Freedom: Exit planning is about creating opportunities, not just endings. Life by Design: Align business and personal goals for lasting success. Resilience Wins: Turn setbacks into opportunities for growth. Peer Power: Leverage peer support for inspiration and professional growth. Connect with Mark Dorman: Succession Plus US LinkedIn: Mark Dorman LinkedIn: Succession Plus Facebook: Succession Plus (330)-416-9271 mdorman@succession.plus Connect with Renee Russo: Website: Rise Up Business Coaching LinkedIn: Renee Russo About the Guest:  Renee Russo is the CEO and Founder of Rise Up Business Coaching, a leader in helping business owners align their personal and professional goals to achieve freedom and long-term success. She is a certified EOS Implementer and Exit Planning Advisor who leverages her vast experience to deliver high-impact coaching, workshops, and keynotes.

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Discover how strategic planning can elevate your business's worth and ensure a smooth transition–unlike a shocking 70% of business owners who try to sell but can't!Explore the transformative journey of exit planning with Renee Russo, an expert in creating business value and personal energy management. Renee shares her insights on balancing leadership with self-prioritization, emphasizing the importance of personal well-being in achieving professional success. Tune in to learn practical steps to manage your energy and reconnect with your true self, setting the stage for both personal and business growth!0:00 Intro5:05 Startling statistics about business exits11:41 The 90-day rhythm in business and life16:50 Renee's personal story of loss24:08 The turning point: Saving a life on Christmas28:57 Exit planning for family businesses33:16 Five stages of value maturity in business41:01 Writing "Ready to Rise" as therapy46:53 Energy management as key to personal freedom54:55 Simple first steps to start managing energy58:24 How to connect with ReneeResources Mentioned:Book: Ready to Rise by Renee Russohttps://riseupbc.com/ Renee's LinkedinFollow Adam:Sign up for my newsletter and get my free Vision/Reflection Retreat GuideIG: @theadamchillYouTube: @adamchillTikTok: @theadamchillEmail: adam.hill@eosworldwide.com

Olympic Gold MedalistThe world of sports I find fascinating to watch! Years of discipline, conditioning, travel, competitions, etc. all go into building a winning athlete & team. Their stories behind the World Championships, Team M.V.P.'s & Gold are even more so. Can an orphan from an abusive childhood, shuffled from foster home to home, even living on the streets, low self-esteem go on to be a winner in life? It starts with the stories about you have in your mind. You have to see it, speak it, mentor with & surround yourself & your environment to condition YOU for victory! What an eye opener to hear about life after the games from one of my friends  Olympic Gold Medalist Dana Hee. She is grateful to God for her victories. Dana may be a familiar face, not only from winning the "Gold" bunot only from winning the "Gold" but from television & movies like Mortal Combat, Charlie's Angels, Lethal Weapon & many more.  Dana Lynn Hee is an Olympic Gold Medalist and is currently a Hollywood film and television actress, as well as one of an award winning stuntwomen in the entertainment industry. . She has also doubled for Hollywood's top actresses': Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman, Gwynneth Paltrow, Renee Russo, and Jennifer Garner.She also a noted writer, lecturer and television color commentator, and has an extensive background as a speaker to Fortune 500 companies. It's an understatement to say that Dana's childhood was hard. The child of divorced, alcoholic parents, she endured abuse, abandonment, and despair. The years of being passed back and forth between an orphanage, suicidal family members, halfway houses, a commune, government shelter, and finally a foster home, took their tole. Dana grew up to be a young woman with little self-esteem or self-confidence, and a huge fear of failure. To her, nothing seemed possible. It was as if the two words, 'I can't' were programmed into her mind, and she struggled to escape a lifelong habit of running from her fears. Dana looked within herself for strength and determined to make a change. Armed with an ounce of courage, and a glimpse of hope, she set out to make a dream of hers come true. Through the agonizing, against-the-odds process of this struggle, she made the transformation from a shy, under-achieving, below-average young woman to an Olympic Gold Medalist with a new sense of self-esteem, and, finally, some hope for the future.Her story of how this happened - and the lessons you can take from it - are enough to inspire the most discouraged soul. But Dana didn't stop there. She started accepting speaking engagements, then graduated to keynote speeches. She shifted from martial arts, to modeling, and then acting, before setting her sights on becoming a top Hollywood stuntwoman in the movie industry. If this sounds easy, it wasn't. To this day, Dana battles self-doubts whose roots extend back to her youth. But she never quits. She competes successfully in the world's most challenging industries.Dana's autobiography, One Step with Courage: The Story of My Life From Olympic Gold Medalist to Hollywood Stuntwoman, was released in May 2020. Taekwondo Life Magazine featured her story and book release in March, 2021, as part of its International Women's Day Celebration ~ DanaHee.com© 2025 All Rights Reserved© 2025 BuildingAbundantSuccess!!Join Me on ~ iHeart Media @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBASAudacy:  https://tinyurl.com/BASAud

In this episode of Better Business, Better Life, host Debra Chantry-Taylor welcomes Rene Russo, CEO of Rise Up Business Coaching, to explore the power of aligning personal and business goals. Rene shares her journey of self-discovery, the importance of honoring oneself, and how EOS and Exit Planning can help business owners create value, freedom, and a life of fulfillment. She discusses key strategies for ensuring a business can thrive independently of its owner, integrating personal, financial, and business goals for long-term success. Rene also introduces insights from her book Ready to Rise, offering practical tools like the "555 Playbook" for personal growth and alignment. If you're a business owner looking to gain clarity, create a sustainable business, and design a future that aligns with your vision, this episode is packed with actionable wisdom.  Tune in to take the next step toward building a business—and life—that truly works for you.CONNECT WITH DEBRA:         ___________________________________________         ►Debra Chantry-Taylor is a Certified EOS Implementer | Entrepreneurial Leadership & Business Coach | Business Owner ►Connect with Debra: debra@businessaction.co.nz ►See how she can help you: https://businessaction.co.nz/       ____________________________________________         GUEST'S DETAIL: ► Rise Up Business Coaching Website  ► Ready to Rise - Renee's Book ► Renee Russo - LinkedIn Chapters:   00:22 - Introduction 02:12 - Renee Russo's Journey and Personal Growth 04:35 - Rediscovering Oneself and Business Alignment 10:33 - The Importance of Personal Alignment in Business 13:45 - Exit Planning and Business Value Creation 25:48 - The Role of Advisors and Peer Groups 34:59 - EOS and Exit Planning Integration 41:30 - Practical Tips for Business Owners 

In this episode of Confessions of an Implementer, host Ryan Hogan sits down with Renee Russo, EOS Implementer and author of Ready to Rise. Together, they explore the transformative power of energy management and how entrepreneurs can unlock personal and business freedom. Renee shares her journey from feeling trapped in business to discovering that freedom is a daily choice, not a destination. They discuss practical strategies for building systems that align with values, creating sustainable success, and achieving meaningful exits. This episode offers invaluable insights for entrepreneurs looking to reclaim control of their time and life. Tune in and discover how you can start living the freedom you've been chasing.

Welcome back to the Better Business, Better Life Flashback Series! This week, we're revisiting an insightful conversation with Renee Russo, certified EOS implementer and CEO of Rise Up Business Coaching. Renee's journey from accountant to entrepreneur is a testament to the power of alignment—both in business and in life.  Through her experiences in self-implementing EOS, becoming an exit planning strategist, and developing a personal life coaching system, Renee offers invaluable wisdom on building a business that serves your life—not the other way around. She discusses the challenges of self-implementation, the role of accountability, and the significance of planning for the future with intention. From exit planning to personal transformation, this episode is packed with timeless insights on accountability, mindset, and making intentional choices for a fulfilling future. Whether you're hearing it for the first time or revisiting it for a fresh perspective, Renee's wisdom will leave you inspired to take control of your journey. Tune in to rediscover the keys to building a business and a life that truly aligns with your values!  CONNECT WITH DEBRA:         ___________________________________________         ►Debra Chantry-Taylor is a Certified EOS Implementer | Entrepreneurial Leadership & Business Coach | Business Owner  ►Connect with Debra: debra@businessaction.co.nz  ►See how she can help you: https://businessaction.co.nz/       ____________________________________________          GUEST'S DETAIL:  ► Rise Up Website   ► Connect with Renee ► Renee Russo - LinkedIn  Chapters:    01:03 – Podcast Introduction   01:46 - Renee Russo's Background and Journey   05:15 - The Importance of a Business Methodology   05:50 - Challenges of Self-Implementation and the Role of an Implementer   06:03 - The Concept of Exit Planning   27:37 - The Role of Accountability and Support   30:34 - Renee's Life Coaching System   40:14 - Conclusion  

Show Notes Free Palestine   Buckle in for a possibly uncomfortable flashback as we discuss Outbreak from 1995. Viruses, helicopter chases, sweaty Patrick Dempsey, intense Dustin Hoffman, scared Cuba Gooding, Jr., cocky Kevin Spacey, tough Renee Russo, and a monkey who doesn't know its own power make for a tense against the clock thriller.   Recommendations: Quiet Place Day One (In Theaters)   Next up: Se7en (1995) (Rentable)   Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Find Amity @ www.amityarmstrong.com Our Facebook group is here for those who consent: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1754020081574479/

Dan Gilroy's 2014 Los Angeles ambulance chasing thriller, NIGHTCRAWLER, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the 1930s origin, Jake Gyllenhaal's transformation, the mid-2000s depiction of Los Angeles, Renee Russo, Bill Paxton, and much more! We also pick our TOP 7 ROBERT ELSWIT FILMS in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7. Check out the show, subscribe and become a regular here at THE BROKEN VCR! To watch the LIVE VIDEO RECORDING of BVCR, sign up to the PATREON ($2.99/month) at theturnbuckletavern.com. You'll get the episodes in video form days/weeks early.

Tune into the Better Business Better Life podcast with host Debra Chantry-Taylor for a compelling conversation with Renee Eulant Russo, the visionary CEO of Rise Up Business Coaching. Renee, renowned for her expertise as a certified EOS implementer, exit planner, and value advisor, shares her unique approach to blending business strategy with life coaching.  This episode delves into the critical alignment of personal passions with business objectives. Renee offers insights on identifying your core motivations and integrating them into your business model for a harmonious blend of success and satisfaction.  Catch this episode for an enriching dialogue with Renee Eulant Russo on crafting a business that mirrors your true values and drives.    HOST'S DETAILS:    ___________________________________________    ►Debra Chantry-Taylor is a Certified EOS Implementer | Entrepreneurial Leadership & Business Coach | Business Owner    ►See how she can help you: https://businessaction.co.nz/     ____________________________________________    GUESTS DETAILS:    ____________________________________________    ► https://riseupbc.com/  ► Renee Russo - LinkedIn     Chapters:    0:00 Introduction  0:00 Entrepreneurship, business growth, and personal development.  7:10 Rediscovering oneself and prioritizing personal needs in business ownership.  12:41 Aligning personal and business goals for success.  18:21 Self-improvement and business growth through EOS implementation.  25:40 The importance of having a master or implementer guide a team to achieve alignment and reach their full potential.  29:41 Personal growth and energy management.  35:43 Energy management and personal transformation.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/betterbusiness-betterlife/message

Olympic Gold MedalistThe world of sports I find fascinating to watch! Years of discipline, conditioning, travel, competitions, etc. all go into building a winning athlete & team. Their stories behind the World Championships, Team M.V.P.'s & Gold are even more so. Can an orphan from an abusive childhood, shuffled from foster home to home, even living on the streets, low self-esteem go on to be a winner in life? It starts with the stories about you have in your mind. You have to see it, speak it, mentor with & surround yourself & your environment to condition YOU for victory! What an eye opener to hear about life after the games from one of my friends  Olympic Gold Medalist Dana Hee. She is grateful to God for her victories. Dana may be a familiar face, not only from winning the "Gold" bunot only from winning the "Gold" but from television & movies like Mortal Combat, Charlie's Angels, Lethal Weapon & many more.  Dana Lynn Hee is an Olympic Gold Medalist and is currently a Hollywood film and television actress, as well as one of an award winning stuntwomen in the entertainment industry. . She has also doubled for Hollywood's top actresses': Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman, Gwynneth Paltrow, Renee Russo, and Jennifer Garner.She also a noted writer, lecturer and television color commentator, and has an extensive background as a speaker to Fortune 500 companies. It's an understatement to say that Dana's childhood was hard. The child of divorced, alcoholic parents, she endured abuse, abandonment, and despair. The years of being passed back and forth between an orphanage, suicidal family members, halfway houses, a commune, government shelter, and finally a foster home, took their tole. Dana grew up to be a young woman with little self-esteem or self-confidence, and a huge fear of failure. To her, nothing seemed possible. It was as if the two words, 'I can't' were programmed into her mind, and she struggled to escape a lifelong habit of running from her fears. Dana looked within herself for strength and determined to make a change. Armed with an ounce of courage, and a glimpse of hope, she set out to make a dream of hers come true. Through the agonizing, against-the-odds process of this struggle, she made the transformation from a shy, under-achieving, below-average young woman to an Olympic Gold Medalist with a new sense of self-esteem, and, finally, some hope for the future.Her story of how this happened - and the lessons you can take from it - are enough to inspire the most discouraged soul. But Dana didn't stop there. She started accepting speaking engagements, then graduated to keynote speeches. She shifted from martial arts, to modeling, and then acting, before setting her sights on becoming a top Hollywood stuntwoman in the movie industry. If this sounds easy, it wasn't. To this day, Dana battles self-doubts whose roots extend back to her youth. But she never quits. She competes successfully in the world's most challenging industries.Dana's autobiography, One Step with Courage: The Story of My Life From Olympic Gold Medalist to Hollywood Stuntwoman, was released in May 2020. Taekwondo Life Magazine featured her story and book release in March, 2021, as part of its International Women's Day Celebration ~ DanaHee.com© 2024 All Rights Reserved© 2024 BuildingAbundantSuccess!!Join Me on ~ iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBASAudacy:  https://tinyurl.com/BASAud

Mind Corp”s full day boot camp was born out of necessity. When Kelly was a personal fitness trainer in Hollywood CA. He trained a lot of agents, executives and Hollywood stars including Chalize Theron, Andy Dick and Renee Russo to name a few. These agents and executives and their employees who sat at a desk all day long had the same tight overworked muscles. Kelly suggested stretch exercises to do. One agent said if it popped up on my computer I would do them. So the “Corporate Stretch” was born. Then as he became a Certified Clinical Master Hypnotherapist graduating from H.M.I. Hypnosis Motivation Institute, he had some of the same clients coming from theses offices with a new set of problems. They suffered from Stress, Anxiety, Overwhelm and Burn Out. So Kelly designed the “Corporate Quick Break” A 15min. Guided visualization to relieve their Stress, Anxiety, Overwhelm and Burn Out. Realizing these two problems are coming from the same offices he designed the Mind Corp's Full Day Boot Camp. A complete rebalance of mind and body for amazing success and results! Watch The Mind Body Business Show LIVE! - Did you know that this "podcast" is a LIVE video show?  Register (completely SPAM-Free) to receive automated announcements whenever we go live.  Then simply click and engage.  We welcome your questions and real-time participation.  Go to http://ryps.us/mbb-register and register (free) now!

The 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair presents Pierce Brosnan as the slick, titular character indulging in a heist dripping in male fantasy. John McTiernan directs a film, in the downswing of his career, that could have been much more if it focused principally on the cat and mouse game between Brosnan and Renee Russo. The film is beautifully shot and revels in the splendid aesthetics of New York, the art world, and even Brosnan's buttocks. Watching this movie left our hosts questioning what could have been with a better script writer, supporting cast, and a more ambitious director.

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Well...it's clear that Brandon and Jeremy have wildly different views on movies. This week Jeremy introduces Brandon to the world of golf movies, with 1996's Tin Cup starring Kevin Costner, Cheech Marin, Renee Russo, and Don Johnson. Brandon ranks this as the worst movie Jeremy has suggested and bemoans its lack of character development and depth while Jeremy just likes it for the good time. As always the back-and-forth provides some interesting takes and entertaining moments. Whiskies: Brandon-Johnny Walker Blue Label Jeremy-Suntory Toki

This week we review the fourth installment in the Lethal Weapon movie franchise from 1998, Lethal Weapon 4. Starring Danny Glover, Mel Gibson, Renee Russo, Chris Rock, and Joe Pesci. *** ⁠Subscribe on Apple⁠ ⁠Subscribe on Good Pods⁠ ⁠Subscribe on Google Podcasts⁠ ⁠Subscribe on Pandora⁠ ⁠Find us on Amazon Music⁠ Email us! ⁠heydidyoueverseethatmovie@gmail.com⁠ ⁠Find us on Facebook⁠ ⁠Find us on Instagram⁠ Dez wrote and performed our theme song!⁠ Listen to more of his music here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heydidyoueverseethatmovie/support

Hosts Sonia Mansfield and Margo D. are juuuust a bit outside and dork out about 1989's MAJOR LEAGUE, starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, Corbin Bersen, and Renee Russo. Dork out everywhere …Email at dorkingoutshow@gmail.comSubscribe on Apple PodcastsGoogle PlaySpotify LibsynTune In Stitcherhttp://dorkingoutshow.com/https://twitter.com/dorkingoutshow

Welcome back to Movies that Make Us. Val is still exploring Africa, so we have special guest James A. Owen back to the show to talk about the 1999 film “The Thomas Crown Affair.” James joined us previously on the “A Knight's Tale” episode. James is a best selling author and illustrator and please visit his website at http://jamesaowen.com/The Thomas Crown Affair is an updated telling of the 1968 film starring Steve McQueen. Pierce Brosnan plays Thomas Crown, a bored billionaire who steals art from a museum for the thrill of it. Renee Russo plays the insurance agent trying to catch him while they are falling in love. What are your thoughts on the film? Have you seen the original? What's your favorite Pierce Brosnan film?Did you miss the video premier of this episode? Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel, and then click the little bell to receive notifications when we add a new video or go live.You can also follow our Facebook page so you can receive notifications for new audio or video of our episodes.As always, thank you for listening, and for now, we won't see you at the movies… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NSFW Smack My Pitch Up 96 - Freejack: Orphans of a Nihilistic God Transcript at the bottom of show notes Hobbit and Thandi enter the spiritual switchboard to remake and remix the 1992 dystopian sci-fi film Freejack starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, and Mick Jagger Subscribe to Smack My Pitch UP! https://link.chtbl.com/smpu_gui_subscribe Check out tons of merch for the GUI Network on TeePublic: http://bit.ly/teepublicGUI GUI Network Hotline: (804) 505-4GUI (4484) (Message & data rates may apply) _________________________________________________ ● Track Info ● "In A World" "The Voyage" "Corporation Motivation" and "Assassins" by Jason Shaw (audionautix.com) These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US geeksundertheinfluence@gmail.com for sponsorship inquiries   Transcript: [00:00:00] Hobbit: Hello geeks and welcome to another amazing episode of Smack My Pitch Up, the podcast that reboots, remakes, reimagine sequels, sidequels, and adapt some of your favorite and least favorite. And let's face it poorly. Created from the past, Thandi: They're Hobbit: that definitely the case for this one. That's been the inspiration for this show in the first place was movies like this one that we're gonna talk about today, where the idea is good. It's an interesting concept, but the execution leaves a lot to to be appreciated Thandi: And then they decide to cast Emilio Estevez. Yes. And it ruins the whole project. Hobbit: Oh man. You know what? Not all the time Repo Man was a perfectly good movie. Perfectly good and weird movie. But besides that, yeah, pretty Thandi: Yeah. Repo Man's fun or repo man. Is it repo? It's repo man, right? Hobbit: repo Man, repo Men was a movie with Jude Law enforced Whitaker years later. [00:01:00] That was weirdly close to the storyline of repo, the genetic opera. Thandi: What was the one where he and his brother were garbage men together? Hobbit: Men at Work Thandi: Ah, Hobbit: where they found a mo, a body the mob had dumped or something, I think was the, Thandi: involved in movies of the era, both literally and on screen. Just the mob was fun at that point. Hobbit: well, that was when the mob was like, get going on dateline and stuff to be like, yes, I do kill people. Like they were super about being publicly mobsters was the fun, fun time. Yeah. Right. But this movie, this is of that similar era. This is I think 91 or 92 when this movie was made. Thandi: 92 I think, or no, 90. Hobbit: yeah, 91. Yeah. I think it was made in 91, released in 92 or whereabouts. And it definitely reeks of that early nineties. Sci-fi. There was not a lot coming out at that time that, oh, by the way, my co-host Thandi is here Thandi: Hey, it's Thandi and I'm here and we've been talking. So does it [00:02:00] matter? Who knows? Hobbit: Who knows? We'll find out. Hopefully you already know who is running this this thing. So yeah, you've got 19 91, 92, you've got only a few sci-fi movies that you even remember from that era you've got, and this like demolition man and hackers and, what else do we got? Like virtuosity is around Thandi: abyss. When did that come? Hobbit: That was late eighties I wanna say. So that was still not. Of this era. This was kind of a a lull in sci-fi around the time that Fredj Jack came out. There wasn't a whole lot happening. Thandi: few years later, independence Day. What else stands Hobbit: Independence Day was that was 1999. I Thandi: No. Independence Day was like 95 or 96. I think it's Hobbit: Was it? You might be. I think you are right. Actually. Thandi: Yeah. Hobbit: I am. 96. Yeah. Okay. So I guess that's, yeah, that would be where the upswing started happening, I think was post Independence Day. But movies like this the Independence Day was a more than sci-fi, a big budget action comedy extravaganza type of a movie, whereas this was not meant to be that. We're [00:03:00] talking about Freejack. Listeners may not even be familiar with this film if you are interested in checking it out. It was available on basically all the free apps. Thandi: I watched it on Hobbit: Two. Which one? Tuby? Yeah, it was Tuby, Pluto TV free v I think even Roku channel. It was on. So you shouldn't have too much trouble tracking this down. And it's kind of a shame that this movie doesn't get brought up more in the conversation of, inspiration for other films. Like I feel like this is a predecessor to movies like strange Days, which is also an underappreciated sci-fi movie or Johnny mnemonic. This is definitely like a pre Johnny Mnemonic movie this is, in the path that leads you to Johnny Thandi: Well, leading to the ultimate extension of the idea, which is the matrix, it's like a Pokemon evolution and like the God version is the matrix. Hobbit: This is, William Gibson Light. This isn't actually based on a William Gibson story. I forget the name of the writer that this was based off of, I think a short story, but it has very much that William [00:04:00] Gibson energy whereas Johnny Monic, I think, is actually an adaptation from William Gibson. But it, it's that dystopian cyberpunk future kind of vibe. But the set dressing is way more streets of fire than it is a Blade Runner Thandi: Yeah. Or the Wiz it's got an interesting look for the kind of sci-fi that it's doing. Hobbit: also the time jump is fucking wild. In this movie, this is supposed to take place in, it's like 18 years and it goes from 1991, looking like 1991 with race cars and shit to, The world has fallen into the sewer and there's bone snatchers and time travel and tanks going through the street and utter fucking chaos. And Renee Russo is apparently a vampire that just doesn't age. Thandi: That was hilarious. That was hilarious to me. I was like, they didn't even try, they didn't put like a gray streak or anything. Hobbit: I thought that would've honestly made a more interesting. Conversation if Renee Russo looked like she [00:05:00] had aged 18 years and Emilio Estevez has hadn't, and how much does that affect their relationship? Because it's not just about looks, but it's also she's had 18 years of real hard living with the world basically falling apart. Even though she's doing really well, she's had to probably, Ignore her morals a lot to get to where she was. She's had to beg, borrow, and steal to survive. And she's working for basically an evil omnipresent corporation. How does that translate to Emil? It's been a day for Thandi: Yeah, and just what, 18 years of just general experiences and wisdom. Maybe a bunch of other stuff, maybe trauma, all kinds of stuff different loves. How does that translate? I mean, that's ultimately for that kind of movie, that's not a super important question because that bogs down the action or whatever. But yeah, it's a relevant question of how these people who are now or should be completely different people because of their specific experiences, the world fell apart. How does that make them [00:06:00] different human being? Hobbit: Renee Russo apparently is the most strong-willed human being to ever. Exist on the planet has not changed. A fucking iota is the same exact person from 1991. In the future of 2009 , this takes place. Thandi: the very least she willed the wrinkles away, so Hobbit: That's some serious fucking power right there. But I think the bones of this movie are good. It's the idea that that Emilio Vez is a race car driver who gets snatched right before he's in this fantastic and completely unrealistic. That happens where his race car, goes like off a ramp and then crashes into a bridge like in mid-air. It's buck fucking wild. Like they chose the least realistic way to send him out in this movie. Thandi: but it's fine that there's nothing is odd, that there's absolutely no body, no bones, anything. And they're like, eh, this shit happens. I guess Hobbit: Yeah, I guess he was vaporized or whatever. Yeah, I love that. Brad Carter, the his best friend [00:07:00] basically in this movie played by New York Dolls David Johansen. Thandi: Buster Poindexter, Hobbit: Buster Poindexter in this movie with the largest mouth in film. I think he's massive fucking mouth. Which makes his laughter like both really unsettling and hilarious whenever he cracks up. But he is bitching to Alex Furlong about how he couldn't get the insurance money because they couldn't find the body, which was fucking fantastic to me. He's like, oh, it's great. You're alive anyway. Thandi: I kind of wish he was in more of the movie. Hobbit: Seriously, he was such a fun, like he broke up some. Unnecessary seriousness of this movie. It, this movie should have been more fun than it was. This the set dressing. You shouldn't be trying to play this straight at all. And Amelia was trying, but he just he's not that strong an actor. He just isn't. Thandi: he's not that strong a presence either. I think that's the bigger thing for this kind of. he's a little dude, [00:08:00] but he's also got, his energy is not big enough. I don't know if he, if you turn this into more of a a fun movie and had Michael J. Fox as the little dude lead, then that would be a good time. But Emilio Estevez doesn't really carry this very well, and his energy is weird in the way that people interact with him as little kind of Mousey. Emilio Estevez is also just. Like it feels Hobbit: It is like nobody takes him seriously. He's supposed to be this like action lead in this movie and no, even the side characters are just don't give a fuck about him. Like he is nothing to anybody. Which is an interesting Kind of way to go about a movie like this. I like red Heat, think that the bones of this are good, but there is so much room to expand on this or add more depth or, undertone or more story to this. They, there's not a lot to this. You're able to, I'm assuming you guessed who the big, bad at the end was at the beginning of the movie. Thandi: That's the experience of [00:09:00] movie narrative, that's they don't hide it very well or sell it very well. It's just a thing and you don't even care about it. For most of the movie, it's like, whatever. I, Hobbit: Yeah. When it's finally revealed, it's like, oh, it's your, it's been your boss all along. She's like, no, it's not. and the crowd was like, no it is. This isn't hard to believe, like this is, it was pretty clearly him the whole time. And the cast on this, Hurt Boss being played by one Anthony Hopkins in this movie. Thandi: He had already done Hannibal Lecht or that movie had silence of the Lambs had already come out. But I think that he may have filmed this before his career blew up immediately after that. So he still had a stinker two to do or to show in there because Hobbit: Sure. Sure. He is an unbelievable one, one of the greatest actors of our time, but he also will do a stinker or two from time to time. I mean, he's in a Transformers movie, so if that Thandi: mean, the man has houses and cars to pay for too. So, Hobbit: Yeah, true . So, Mine is set in the past [00:10:00] 1991 is 2000. I'm not doing like a 1991 version of this. Are you sticking around the same timeline? Are Thandi: I am. I Hobbit: it in the same genre? Thandi: 2020 3, 20 20. Hobbit: Okay. So you're jumping from 2023 into the distance future of like Thandi: no, I'm not. We'll get into it in the take, but no, I'm not, Hobbit: So, well, let's get into it. I mean, there's not a lot more to say about this film. It's Thandi: uh, The director Jeff Murphy. Interesting career under Siege Two young guns two, and most interestingly to me, dude was a second unit director on all of the Lord of the Rings movies. Hobbit: Really? Wow. Okay. Thandi: So he is had a career of not obscurity, not complete obscurity, but I think most everything I saw that was involving him that was listed was pretty mediocre, except being a second unit director on the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Hobbit: Do you think that while he was shooting Lord of the Rings as second unit, that he was like bragging about his time [00:11:00] working on directing Mick Jagger, on Freejack, like back when I was directing Jagger back on Free Jack Set Thandi: Yeah. And then he follows it with the Steven Segal story. So Segal and I are tossing back some beers, Hobbit: Ian McConnell was like, I fucked Mc Jagger in 1996. Thandi: Oh let's go listen to Sir Ian's story. That's a much better story. Hobbit: me and Bowie look, had 'em tied up like a pair of Chinese finger cuffs Thandi: we were in shade of pasty tall men and it was the most beautiful thing that you had ever seen. Hobbit: It was like the human centipede, but with cum, Thandi: man. Is that appropriate for this show? I think it is cuz I think I've gone there before, but I haven't heard you go there. Hobbit: Hey, you know what, like this is marked as explicit, so I think we're okay. I think . Yeah. Okay, so yeah let's lay it down. We got formerly by the second unit director of Lord of the Rings, bringing down the original. What are we doing for [00:12:00] your real take on this? Thandi: So for my real take, I'm going with a tried and true modern genre, which is action, not really action comedy, but fun. Action. Hobbit: Sure. Action Romp Thandi: an action romp something with some high energy maybe a little bit of cynicism or probably a lot of cynicism, but more in keeping with what is popular in the modern time, cuz this is a 2023 movie that takes place in 2023. Hobbit: Sure. Thandi: So, in my movie I got rid of the time travel altogether I was like, this doesn't work the way it's presented. Really like how, that works. But what does work to take its place that's all over modern culture is multiverse stuff. So he is bone jacked across the multiverse to another 2023 Earth that's similar enough that you're like, oh it is 2023, I guess, but different enough where, it's a completely different place almost immediately upon. Hobbit: some like more totalitarian like little peppering [00:13:00] in there. Okay. Thandi: So, same race, car accident. Race car crashes, blows up. He's bone jacked to this other reality and escapes in much the same way. But in going around and looking at things, he's like, wow, there's so much that's the same but different. This is not where I'm supposed to be. He runs into a nun who tells him that he's a free jack and lets him know basically the scenario. She does a little exposition dump for him. I wanted to introduce that nun as a bigger part of this property, of this movie so that she's actually directly involved in a lot of of the movement, of the narrative. So I'm gonna introduce that nun as a person, as an actor right now, which is Kat Dennings is my nun in this. Yeah. And so she is the one who is the main secondary character the Robin to the character's Batman as they move through the the narrative. Although he does run into his his girlfriend in this reality, she comes off she [00:14:00] sold to him as a friend as are other people that he knows from his own reality are kind of sold to him as friends. They try to bring him. But it's all part of a scheme to bring him back into the clutches of the person who brought him to this reality in the first place. And that person exists as a, like a head on a screen. And you see him throughout the movie much as Sir Anthony Hopkins was a head on a screen as we go through the movie. But the outcome with that character's a little bit different. So they get adventures trying to escape the powers that be. He's introduced ultimately to Morgan, who was the character that was played by, I think his name is John Shea. John Shea was Lex Luther on Lois and Clark. So that's how I know that actor, like immediately when I see him. Oh, it's Lex Luther from Loon Clark. And John Shea is like the rebellion leader or whatever, or Morgan is the rebellion leader. So, they hook up with Morgan and the nun of the Morgan help him. We reached the same climax where everybody comes together and they try to do the consciousness [00:15:00] transfer. The big bat is revealed. It turns out that the the image of Ian McCandless was not who the character actually was. The real, super powerful, multi-billionaire that's driving this whole scheme. Is Alex Furlong himself, the lead himself. It's his alternate reality version that is dying and needs his body from an alternate reality. Hobbit: Nice. I like that. Thandi: In the the process of coming together and doing the climax he dies. And Julie, the girlfriend dies as well. But it plays out where they think that he's done the mind transfer, and of course, Victor Vacendak, who was. The character that was played by Mick Jagger helps him with his subterfuge. And because Julie dies and we want kind of a classic turn at the end, the Nun Kat Dennings, who's been helping him through the whole project what he finds out after becoming a multi-billionaire and ruling the world and going onto a new a. Is that in a casual conversation with Victor, he finds out that [00:16:00] nuns in this world don't take a valve chastity, and they do the furtive look and the like, the wink freeze take at the end. No, no action. Just a thing that says, yeah, he's gonna be fighting in this world cuz he's gonna have sex with cat denning, basically end of movie. So that's my version of Freejack starring as Alex Furlong. I have Joe Keery. I feel like Joe Keery has the right energy, and he's also. He's taller. I'm saying this is a short guy too. putting this out there. Just it's more believable for the way that people interact with him for what he's supposed to be. That his screen presence is a little bit better in always. So Joe Keery is my Alex Furlong. Hobbit: I can see just the scene from the original movie where he gets fucking hammered on one drink in the bar and he is talking to the camera people and he is like, I don't give a fuck. Fuck this dude. I can see Joe Curie having so much fun with Thandi: Like a good Hobbit: Like something similar to Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Thandi: For my Victor Vacendak I thought about going with a rockstar, but there [00:17:00] are no more rock stars. I'm not gonna have like Drake play my Victor Vacendak. So, Jason Statham is my Victor Vacendak. Jason Statham has the right British guy energy to be this kind of tough guy. This the. Kind of tough guy. That Victor Vacendak is Hobbit: a guy that says Roy a lot. Yeah. Yeah. Thandi: Croy. And then but not much else. It's very quiet otherwise. Hobbit: Occasionally it's just a low guttural growler. Thandi: My Julie Redland, the girlfriend character. I wanted somebody who falls into a trope that is not as prevalent in modern times. Which is the the strong, handsome woman trope. And I couldn't really think of anybody for a while. But Carrie Mulligan is my strong, handsome woman, As Julie Redland, who is not a friend, but a foe. And I think that especially in that aspect, Kerry Mulligan would work really. For Ian McCandless, who's not an actual person in the movie. So Ian McCandless was the Anthony Hopkins ultimate bad guy in the original [00:18:00] movie. In this movie, he's just a face and he's a ai like deep fake. He's a deep fake. He's not actually a person. Kevin Bacon is my Ian McCandless, Lucia the right combination of charm and gravity. I think that yeah, he could do. Without being Anthony Hopkins. He's got his whole different thing going, but with the gravity and the charm. My mark Michelette, who was God, what's that actor's name in the original movie? Hobbit: Mark. Oh, that's Jonathan Banks. He from breaking Bad. Yep. Thandi: As Mark Michelette, I have Colin Ferrell. Colin Ferrell can portray the right kind of menace. And, he's willing to play all different kinds of characters as he ages, not just the handsome guy. I think he would work out well under these circumstances. He holds the screen. He has the right kind of menace. Yeah, him for my nun, we already introduced Kat Dennings for Morgan, the revolutionary leader who's played by Lois and Clarks. Lex Luther. I have Smallville, Lex Luther, Michael Rosenbaum. I like Michael [00:19:00] Rosenbaum. I don't get to see him in many things, but yeah, I just like the idea of having Lex Luther in there as the same character. Hobbit: I would say he's turned out to be a really nice podcast host. I've really enjoyed some of the interviews that he's done on his show. Inside of you with Michael Rosenbaum Thandi: Nice. I've heard clips, of his podcast, but I I have not listened to the show. I'll have to check it out though, because like I said, I do like Michael Rosenbaum. Hobbit: He has a very, how do you say, calm kind of energy when he's on the show. There's no rush to him speaking. He is very casual and comfortable on the microphone. And so therefore, the guests really do feel like they're comfortable when they're talking, Thandi: I'll have to put that on the list. I think the only celebrity cast to listen to is Sarah Silverman. So, Hobbit: Oh, nice. Thandi: it'd be interesting to pick up something new. But and as my final character that I've casted as Brad, who is the Buster Poindexter character, David Johansen Busta Rhymes is my Brad and the version that I have in my mind, Brad lasts a little bit longer. Busta Rhymes gets to do more [00:20:00] stuff. He hasn't acted in years, but he does have acting experience and he's also very an interesting character to see on the screen. Hobbit: I'd be interested to see if there were any measurements of like mouth size between Buster Poindexter And Buster Rhymes cuz both of them, they both could fit like a softball in their mouth. They both have these massive Thandi: That's probably the one of the reasons that Buster took on that name. So, or Busta took on that name. But for my director, I have Sean Levy, who was the director of Free Guy and Night at the Museum, real Steel. Hobbit: That's smart. That's a good call. I like that. Somebody that is able to do kind of bigger action sci-fi stuff, but also can play in the comedy range as well. Yeah, exactly. Cool. Yeah, I think that's a a really smart choice for a real take here and. Alternate universe, I mean, timely. So you're really right in that wave of multiverse that's happening everywhere. Literally the best movie of 2020 two for most, for a lot of people was a multiverse movie with everything everywhere, all at once. DC Marvel, all going multiverse. it's, I'm just waiting for the sliders revival to come [00:21:00] through. Thandi: Oh, would love rem Hobbit: keep waiting probably. Yeah. They redid fucking Quantum Leap, but they can't do sliders. All right. That's fine. That's fine. I'll wait. That's cool. Yeah. Crying man. Oh, love Rembrandt. So, and yeah, and what's his face from Lord of the Rings and IA Jones? Thandi: John Reese Hobbit: John Reese Davies. Yeah. Oh, man. As a professor. Fantastic. Yeah I think you've got a really solid idea for Freejack that, not that it's a high bar, but I'd say that's a little better than the original Thandi: Yes. Once again, not a high bar. It's not a high bar. Hobbit: Yeah. I think giving some more of these characters, some agency is not a bad call that like most of these characters are just set dressing in the original movie. There's not a whole lot happening for them. Giving Julie A. Little bit more to do giving Brad Carter or Buster Poindexter's character, a little bit more to do, I think is really smart Thandi: Well, you know, that's indicative of the time generally. Like everything focused on the leads, everybody else is set dressing. And [00:22:00] then in the modern time, you need a team around the start to make interaction more interesting and to actually push narrative over set pieces. So yeah, by and large, the base formula for movies makes for more interesting movies in the modern time. Hobbit: A, and actually thinking about it around this time, I'm remembering two more movies that they were definitely depending on. Cult to personality for these sci-fi movies because two that came out in 90 and 91 Arnold Schwarzer movies, I believe total recall was 1990 and 91 was the Running Man. And both of those movies would've sucked with like an Emilio estevez level like actor in the role. You needed a bigger than life person to carry. Such a ridiculous, Thandi: have an interesting concept and then loads of set pieces. Hobbit: yeah. Thandi: like video. They're structured like video games. They don't have relationships or real complexity like that. Hobbit: So I think, yeah, Emilio was definitely not the best choice for this, but is definitely not the only reason why Freejack work. I think Sean Levy would be a great choice [00:23:00] for Modern Director. I decided to go the opposite direction of you with my remix version of this Thandi: Remix!. Hobbit: You went with the like, action romp. Role of it, because there isn't a lot to do with the plot from the original. The, it can be dressed up as just like a fun action romp and still have more depth to it than the original did. I went the other way where I looked for almost entirely just depth in this empty husk of a movie plot. So I decided that this is gonna be a conversation about what it is to be, to exist about the conversation of personhood and analog versus digital which is something that we're talking about in media nowadays, and also our presence on the internet versus who we are in real life. And there's a conversation that's happened in The Matrix and a number of other films, but with this, with time travel being the element and transferring a person's like consciousness, it's not gonna be that the physical body was transferred to the future so much. [00:24:00] It's basically almost like a transporter. Built the body in the future and transferred the consciousness into it. But they needed the consciousness basically to like jumpstart the body like with, they couldn't just build the body and then have the the in mechanics character jump into it. It needed to be kind of jumpstarted by the original consciousness first, which, whatever, it's all pseudoscience. Who fucking cares if that's like a real thing or not? So that I think gives it a little bit more. believability, I think is the idea of just taking almost like the DNA from the past to build a, to like transfer a consciousness into the future kind of thing. Thandi: also in keeping with giving it more weight, that already starts off with a very intriguing philosophical question. Hobbit: And then also that, how did that transfer go? The Alex Furlong character throughout this is having trouble, remembering things, having trouble like knowing what is real and what is suggested by the people like that. He runs into like his old friend, Brad Carter. He can't really remember how, if their relationship was like strained or not in the [00:25:00] past. There's parts of his memory you can remember and there's stuff that's coming back, but he doesn't know how much is coming back or if it ever will. And so he's trying to put this together as the plot is like unfolding and he's not entirely sure if this is real or some kind of fantasy made up in his brain as he's dying. He's. Completely removed from anything that he is familiar to him. So everything is up for question, Thandi: and you also get like a real really strong ship of Theseus discussion under those circumstances. Hobbit: Right. Yeah, absolutely. Like, yeah. Is it the same person at the end of the day? I thought that was beautifully done in the in the modern version of that in John dies at. Where it was about a hammer that you re, you replaced the head of the hammer and the actual like handle of the hammer. Is it the same hammer that you bought? It's the same ship of Theseus thing, but do that with the human body. Yeah. When, When you reconstruct the consciousness to a degree, is it the same consciousness? It's if it's a different body. At the same time, the plot is the same. You've got the Ian McCann's character, or there's this like [00:26:00] presence that is the puppeteer of this whole thing. And then you've got Alex Furlongs estranged girlfriend, originally played by Renee Russo. I really wanted to have the age conversation more in this version. So, for Alex Furlong, I casted Aronofsky is my Thandi: Oh. Hobbit: off. Yeah. And his whole thing is about obsession and addiction. And also being the orphans of an nihilistic God is a common theme in his stuff. Thandi: And making movies that say, man did I like that. Yeah, I like that. Did I? Did. I like that. Hobbit: And because it's so artistic that you're like, feel obligation to like it. if I'm gonna be a movie guy, I have to like it, which is the feelings I had walking outta the whale, which I hated. And I know I saying that I might get shit on for it, but I don't care. Like, I think the performances were incredible. I think that Brendan Frazier deserves all of the accolades that he's getting. I think the movie was exploitative and kinda shitty and didn't serve any [00:27:00] purpose really, in my opinion. But Thandi: I'm sure there's a creative thesis at the bottom of that would make you be like, all right, I get it. I don't like this movie, but I. Hobbit: yeah I've had conversations about it since, and I get what maybe was trying to be done, but I think that the ends didn't justify the means. For me anyway, with that movie. But that being said, I am a fan of Aronofski. I think that he's done some very challenging and very interesting work pie. It was an incredible film. Black Swan Requiem for a Dream, which was great, and I'll never watch ever again. Same with Mother. The Fountain was an interesting Thandi: not like mother or the fountain. I did not like the fountain. Hobbit: The Fountain I think, had some very interesting concepts that it, that he took six. To make that movie. I think it was one of those situations that he had too long to develop the story and it ended up working against him. If he had less time to develop it, it was overworked and came off hollow in its delivery. But the themes of conquering death [00:28:00] I think are gonna be echoing in this version of Freejack. Also Aronofsky is known for taking. Actors that are on the end of their popularity and pulling 'em back into focus again. He did that with the wrestler and then he did that also with the whale, with with Brendan Frazier. So for Alex Furlong, Taylor Latner from Twilight is gonna be pulling the the weight of of Alex Furlong in Thandi: would ni be nice to see his return to pop culture. Hobbit: And also I think, He's done a couple things since Twilight. I don't know how good an actor he can be, cuz I don't think he's ever really been given the chance to stretch those legs fully. So, you've give Thandi: martial arts spy guy movie in an airport theater or coming from the airport at layover. And man, like after watching that, I know why he's not, he dropped out of of usage in Hollywood. But yeah, everybody deserves a chance and it just takes some training. Spend your time in acting school and get your muscle. Hobbit: Yeah, just, and I mean, he can do the action stuff and he can [00:29:00] come off as like a hothead young, like race car driver type character. I think he that's not too much of a push for him. And he's like 31 or 32. So he's young enough that he can play like a young hothead racer guy. Julie, his girlfriend in the future is gonna be played by Laura Dern. wanted to have an attractive, but definitely older than the main character actress Laura, as you were saying, like a handsome Thandi: Yeah, she was who I thought of actually. Actually as I was trying to think of somebody who was an A, a handsome actress. she's too old for what I was going for, but yeah, she did come to Hobbit: for what I'm going for. I wanted there to be a clear. Differentiation in age between the two. So Taylor Latner and Laura Dern, it does seem a little bit mismatched with their ages when you were to say put 'em together on screen. But I want that's what I'm going for, is that time is not just showing on their face, but also in their experiences that, Laura Dern has had to get harder as a person has had to go through a lot of shit and like remove the [00:30:00] part of herself that probably was mostly. Alex fell in love with in the first place. Her softness, her warmness her her optimism of the world. So like how much of that is left and if there's not much of that left, then is he just in love with the idea of the person or still the person? And that goes into the conversation about our consciousness, who we are. Are we like the layers of our skin? That every like seven years, it's an entirely. Set of skin on our bodies like the ship Theseus. If we are totally a different person than we were 10 years ago, 20 years ago, is it a ship theseus thing with our consciousness? Are we still the same person or are we actually a different person? And so that's the conversation that I'm putting into free Jack. It's like this evolution of consciousness, and Alex is going through it with him being basically scanned into a cloned body. Julie's going through it through the passage of time. And Ian McCandless, the main character, Anthony Hopkins, is [00:31:00] actually in what they called what do they call it? The spiritual switchboard. But he hasn't been there for three days. He's been there for literally years and it's been hush hush within his corporation and his handler. Mark Michelette has been basically speaking for him. He has been a ghost in the machine, the whole time. And so the, he has this feeling of omnipotence, a narcissistic God that has removed himself from morality by being part of this machine for so long. But the one thing that he doesn't have is companionship. And he does want that from Julie who he has had interactions with, virtually. And so that's why he needs the body is just the one thing that he can't get from being omnipresent on the net. The digital version of himself is like physical love, and so that's why he goes for Alex Furlong and he, but he needs that consciousness in there briefly. The argument at the end of it is whether or not Alex is the same person, if Ian is the same person, if it's a combination of the two, [00:32:00] because at the end of Freejack. They have basically a mind fight, which is like the dumbest shit in the world that like, is so poorly portrayed on screen. There's like screens that are flipping, like Thandi: the screensaver from windows xb or Windows 95 Hobbit: like it's a prison thing that Zod is in and Superman floating through the phantom zone. And there's fire behind Emilio Estevez. He's like, ah, it's so cheesy. I think. The part where he has to read off his human code or whatever to Mick Jagger in the original, the joke at the end is that Mc Jagger, it was totally wrong, and Mc Jagger just said that it was correct, so that he had a change of heart. Fuck that. He got it right because he's now a combination of Alex Furlong and. Mc Candless, but that combination actually gives him the opportunity to better identify with Laura Dern's character. He now has levels of experience over those years from his incorporation of the two people. He has, he's got like the humanity from Alex Furlong and he's [00:33:00] got the experience and. Success from Ian McCandless. And so he actually has a chance to be with Laura Dern by being a combination of parts of these two people. Thandi: It functionally leaves him as a new person Hobbit: Yeah, a new person that she's gonna give it a shot, and have this ambiguity at the end. Like, is this gonna work? I don't know. I don't even know who, you don't even know who you are yet, but we'll find out together kind of thing. So Freejack is all about who we are and if we are different people at different points in our lives, or if we're just a evolution the actors. Taylor Latner for Alex Furlong, Laura Dern for Julie Redland. Ian McCandless, I wanted the virtual version of this person. It's not gonna be like an older character. It's gonna be also. World is rife with disease. It doesn't have to be an old man that's dying. It could be somebody that just you know, all the pestilence the world. Let's give it a Bradley Cooper. Let's have somebody that is classically super handsome, as the [00:34:00] villain. You don't have to have an old man that's dying. Thandi: Yeah, and he's a strong actor. he can do. what he can do. Hobbit: yeah, I think he can do it. and then Mark Michel Gillette. I wanted somebody that has this calmness to them, Jonathan Banks in most of what he does. There is no rush to the way he speaks. He feels confident in the scenes. He feels like he knows what's going on more than anybody else in the scene. And I wanted somebody that had that level of, gravitas that there's this energy around them that they are both calming and also like, Ooh, I don't know if I wanna fuck with them. And. Dramatically underrated actor, in my opinion, is Sterling K. Brown, who, he had a very small, scene in Black Panther as N'Jobu, he was, this Is Us. But also what really sold me on him was his portrayal of the defendant in Marshall. He was so good in that role and just brought it, and I think it's criminal how under. Thandi: Oh, he's a great actor Hobbit: great Discussed he is as far as like dramatic actors. Yeah, he's fantastic. So, definitely check out Marshall if you haven't. He's the defendant. I forget the name of [00:35:00] the character, blew me outta the water. Fantastic. Only reason I think there wasn't more conversation is you've got Chadwick Bozeman in there, so kind of a Scotty Pippen and Michael Jordan situation going. Thandi: Look, I got a wife that looks just like yours. Hobbit: So Then we got the rock stars, we got Mick Jagger and Buster Pointdexter. We got two actors that aren't good actors. One is a little bit better than the other, as of Cult a personality, at least that's David Johansen from the New York Dolls. I'm getting Tom Waits in there. Also a big weirdo that has been acting for years, have a lot of fun with it. Thandi: Yeah, he was, renfield. Hobbit: And well, and he's in mystery men, as well. all of the, uh, like coffee and cigarettes and, uh, Jim Jarmusch all of those. Then I wanted a rockstar, quote unquote, that would not be a good actor. I don't know if I've ever seen them in a movie. I cannot imagine. They're good at acting. They don't need to be. They're just the hot rock star, character. Adam Levine as Victor Vacendak, just stand there with covered in tattoos [00:36:00] looking like a weird, like bone jacker thug from the future with all of his, like tattoos that he got in like a three year period. Thandi: I'm not threatened by you, Adam Levine Vacendak. I, I can't I can't even take you seriously. Hobbit: That's exactly why I chose him, because there's nothing threatening about Mick Jagger in his role either. he's, just. A weird placeholder character and I said, let's just keep going with that. Let's just carry that energy over with Adam Levine. So yeah, I think that's it. So the whole point of this Freejack version is to, discuss the nature of, personhood. What makes you a person Thandi: Yeah. And, that's your gift with these pitches to add meat to the bone Hobbit: Yeah, absolutely. Speaking of meat to the bone, the real meat of this show is, the trailers , the, uh, the trailers Thandi: I remember my pitch enough to actually do a trailer out of it. Hobbit: God. Yeah. That's the hard part of going first is, trying to remember everything. So let me get that queue up. Thandi: The years [00:37:00] 2023 and Stranger Things, Joe Keery is Alex Furlong, a race car driver who's about to die and go to 2023. Freejack, a movie that finds Joe Keery in a situation that is his own, but very much not his own, starring as his alternate universe. Girlfriend Carrie Mulligan as the nun who helps him along his way. Kat Dennings. And also starring Michael Rosenbaum. Busta Rhymes. Kevin Bacon, Colin Farrell and Jason Statham from Director Sean Levy. Take yourself to an alternate version of your life and make it better freejack Hobbit: yeah. Thandi: Wow. Hobbit: Yeah, I think that was a good choice. The intro music for that one I think fit relatively well. Nice. Nice. All right. Now onto my fucking, I have no idea how I'm gonna do this Aronofsky version. So we're gonna find out together. Always the best [00:38:00] not plan ahead. Go for it. Thandi: Yeah, straight from the dome is not my favorite way to do it but, uh, I Hobbit: Here we go, .Okay, cool. Let's light this turd candle. Here we go. Who are you? Who am I? What is it To be alive this fall, Alex, Furlong, finds out as he's transported to the future of 2041. Alex Furlong, a race car driver with a loving fiance, Julie. Dies in a horrifying car wreck, or does he, his consciousness transferred to the future and put into a clone version of his own body only to be chased through this dirty dystopian streets by a menacing presence. Taylor Lautner is Alex Furlong. Julie Redland, it played by Laura Dern, [00:39:00] fights against. Bradley Cooper and Sterling K. Brown, as Darren Aronofski asked the question, what is it to be alive? Also featuring Tom Waits Free Jack. Thandi: the trailer that asks you, I love it, or do I. Hobbit: I think Freejack should be in the conversation more about the progression of sci-fi movies and what they were trying to do and what they were trying to say. But that doesn't mean it's a good film. I think it's one of those films that, it had some tools that it could have used a lot better. Other movies did use them a little bit better, but, I think it's still worth a mention from time to time. Thandi: No, it's interesting actually, on Tubi, there were a whole just truckload of, of B sci-fi movies from that era that I'm sure most of 'em were straight to video, but that were the end of that. If you like this, you'll like this. That I was very curious Will I ever watch them? Uh, I still drink [00:40:00] sometimes, I guess so, uh, there's Hobbit: These, These, kind of movies, Freejack, if you have the opportunity, it is a perfect movie to throw on with some friends and a few drinks or a few, uh, other inebriates and enjoy for sure. And that's what I love about this era of sci-fi is they're bad. Most of them are really bad, but. This used to be my Saturday afternoons. Uh, When Ms. Amy Bogarde was still working on Saturdays, I would have the whole afternoon to watch this garbage. I would never ask her to watch with me love her too much. I wouldn't put her through that. And I'd watch like the core, uh, ,,like the 2004, Thandi: Man, that was a dumb ass era of movies. Hobbit: oh so bad. But there's something kind of special about how. Unfortunately bad they are, and they're still happening. There's still the geo storms and hurricane heists out there that are just as bad. It's just that their budgets are bigger for some reason, because Thandi: year, moon fall. Hobbit: moon fall is the biggest pile of hot fucking garbage. And I'm also like weirdly into [00:41:00] it at the same time, like I'm angered by the fact that it got so much money to be made. that was a hundred million dollar movie. This is a sci-fi channel movie. This isn't a, this shouldn't be a real, like a real real movie Thandi: When you have a legacy, you can make poop monster movies Hobbit: Oh God. That's right. That was rolling Emrick, wasn't it? That's why. Yeah. Oh God. But watched Moon, uh, fall more than once, I think three times now. I've seen it. Thandi: Wow. How does that work? Hobbit: Once out of morbid curiosity the other time, because I kept talking about it, Thandi: Man, you a PopCultist about your infatuation with Moon fall Hobbit: Amy jokes that it's my favorite movie because then we watched it together and she's like, wow, this is real, this is worse than you even described. And then I, I forget, I maybe watched it with another friend at some point, but yeah, it's just, it's. So bad that I just, I can't wrap my brain around the fact that it actually exists. Like this is something that like is in the world [00:42:00] that was made, people signed on, like actors were in this movie and acted at it and. Thandi: The halle Berry had to pay for houses and cars too, I guess. Hobbit: There was a special effects person whose marriage fell apart because they were working so many long hours on the special effects for this garbage fucking movie. And so they're like signing the divorce papers the weekend that this movie comes out and they see it in the theater. They're like this, this is what I sacrificed my marriage for is moon fall. This is, this is what I think about when watching Moon fall, because it's definitely not the plot. Thanks so much everyone for listening to this episode of Smack My pitch up, and, uh, Thandi. Thank you so much for, begrudgingly, going through this Mick Jagger, movie. The future of Thandi: thank you mate. Hobbit: Crikey, make sure To rate, review, subscribe, tell you friends, repost our stuff on social media. Please, please share our stuff. , that's the best way for us to get around to New Ears is for you to repost the stuff from our social media. And, we will find you next time [00:43:00] for another episode of Smack My Pitch Up. I'm Mike The Hobbit, Thandi: I'm Thandi. tdy. Hobbit: and you just got, uh, the pitch smacked outta ya from the future Thandi: Yeah. 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Renee is back again already, and she somehow managed to exceed my already-high expectations for our conversation today! There's just so much to unpack from our episode, I couldn't do it justice in this description - but here are a few of the highlights: - On alignment and fit: Less friction, more flow. - On the personal as foundational: Self-discipline is a form of self-love. - On the one question that will make every decision and endeavor easier: "Will it make the boat go faster?" We also talk about how Renee has truly exploded out of the blocks in 2023 thanks in part to an exciting new book on Personal Mastery, Unscatter The Chatter. Seriously, there's a TON to unpack here for such a short episode - do yourself a favor and dive right in. :) Renee is the CEO of Rise Up Business Coaching Ltd. and a Certified EOS Implementer. She's also a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) and helps entrepreneurs unlock their wealth and achieve their life goals – building their life by design! As a Certified EOS Implementer, Renee helps business owners get in control of their business operations and get what they want, specifically she helps them to: - Get clear on their vision for the company and ensure that it is shared by all; - Build structure, discipline, and accountability in the business to get traction on the vision; - Develop a healthy, aligned, and cohesive team that rows in the same direction. As a Certified Value Builder, Renee helps businesses owners understand the drivers of business valuation, assess their business, and build and execute action plans that put them in control of their value-building journey so that they can set themselves up for a lucrative and well-architected exit, on their terms and their timeline. To learn more about Renee: https://riseupbc.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/renee-russo-riseupbc/ Other links:Unscatter The Chatter This One Question Will Make Every Decision In Your Life Easier Will It Make The Boat Go Faster (VIDEO) To learn more about the podcast, please visit:https://boxer.agency/conversations-with-coaches/

Renee is the CEO of Rise Up Business Coaching Ltd. As a Certified EOS Implementer, she helps entrepreneurs gain control of their businesses through the Entrepreneurial Operating System. Renée is also a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) and helps entrepreneurs unlock their wealth and achieve their life goals - building their life by design! In our conversation today, Renee talks about the need for a proven playbook when your business reaches a certain level of complexity, the power of a strong system to create the alignment that every business needs to survive and thrive, and the role of a coach not as a "fixer" but as a "guide". Give someone a fish, and they eat for a day - teach someone to fish, and they eat for a lifetime.   To learn more about Renee: https://riseupbc.com   To learn more about the podcast, please visit: https://boxer.agency/conversations-with-coaches/

Olympic Gold Medalist The world of sports I find fascinating to watch! Years of discipline, conditioning, travel, competitions, etc. all go into building a winning athlete & team. Their stories behind the World Championships, Team M.V.P.'s & Gold are even more so. Can an orphan from an abusive childhood, shuffled from foster home to home, even living on the streets, low self-esteem go on to be a winner in life? It starts with the stories about you have in your mind. You have to see it, speak it, mentor with & surround yourself & your environment to condition YOU for victory! What an eye opener to hear about life after the games from one of my friends - Olympic Gold Medalist Dana Hee. She is grateful to God for her victories. Dana may be a familiar face, not only from winning the "Gold" but from television & movies like Mortal Combat, Charlie's Angels, Lethal Weapon & many more. She has also double for Hollywood's top actresses': Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman, Gwynneth Paltrow, Renee Russo, and Jennifer Garner. Dana Lynn Hee is an Olympic Gold Medalist and is currently a Hollywood film and television actress, as well as one of an award winning stuntwomen in the entertainment industry. She also a noted writer, lecturer and television color commentator, and has an extensive background as a speaker to Fortune 500 companies. It's an understatement to say that Dana's childhood was hard. The child of divorced, alcoholic parents, she endured abuse, abandonment, and despair. The years of being passed back and forth between an orphanage, suicidal family members, halfway houses, a commune, government shelter, and finally a foster home, took their tole. Dana grew up to be a young woman with little self-esteem or self-confidence, and a huge fear of failure. To her, nothing seemed possible. It was as if the two words, 'I can't' were programmed into her mind, and she struggled to escape a lifelong habit of running from her fears. Dana looked within herself for strength and determined to make a change. Armed with an ounce of courage, and a glimpse of hope, she set out to make a dream of hers come true. Through the agonizing, against-the-odds process of this struggle, she made the transformation from a shy, under-achieving, below-average young woman to an Olympic Gold Medalist with a new sense of self-esteem, and, finally, some hope for the future. Her story of how this happened - and the lessons you can take from it - are enough to inspire the most discouraged soul. But Dana didn't stop there. She started accepting speaking engagements, then graduated to keynote speeches. She shifted from martial arts, to modeling, and then acting, before setting her sights on becoming a top Hollywood stuntwoman in the movie industry. If this sounds easy, it wasn't. To this day, Dana battles self-doubts whose roots extend back to her youth. But she never quits. She competes successfully in the world's most challenging industries.Dana's autobiography, One Step with Courage: The Story of My Life From Olympic Gold Medalist to Hollywood Stuntwoman, was released in May 2020. Taekwondo Life Magazine featured her story and book release in March, 2021, as part of its International Women's Day Celebration ~ DanaHee.com © 2022 All Rights Reserved© 2022 BuildingAbundantSuccess!!Join Me on ~ iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBASAudacy:  https://tinyurl.com/BASAud

Description:  This episode features the Service Users of AAW San Diego in an original theatrical scene and musical scene titled; Super Summer Scene: Featuring Rap Battle.  This was a team effort between Podcast Class, Art Class, and Music Therapy class through which the SU collaboratively wrote, rehearsed, and recorded an original scene and an original rap battle that is performed in character! Through this process, the SU explored themes such as team work, patience, seeing the good in others, never giving up, and owning who they are.  We hope you enjoy listening and are inspired by their creation. Cast List Narrator: Jillian Anderson Superman Daniel: Daniel Lee Ice Woman: Stephanie Monis Siren Sarah: Sarah Shaw Speedy Boy: Liam Porter Captain Claire: Claire Feth Juan Marcos: SU does not consent to be named Mr. Jaws: Max Lecanu-Fayet WonderwomAnda: Amanda Terrones Mighty Buck: SU does not consent to be named Gazing Grace: Grace Szymanski Racing Reid: Reid Moriarty Nya: Kaitlyn Johanson  Black Rhino Erick: Erick Abney Renee Russo: Renee Morneau Jammin Josh: Joshua Andrews Nikk: Nikki Pousti Introduction:  Ladies and Gentlemen, we are the artists of Able Arts Work San Diego.  Welcome to our first ever podcast created in person! We created a scene about a character named Mr. Jaws and some superheroes.  Through this story, we wanted to demonstrate themes that are important to us such as finding the good in others, always being kind, never giving up, being patient, and owning who we are.  Each of us has unique abilities in real life, that we showcased through our superhero characters.  When someone is mean, they rise above it and inspire others through teamwork.   We also wrote and recorded an original rap battle to develop our characters further!  This was a team effort between Podcast Class, Art class, and Music Therapy Class.Story:  [Open to beach scene: Superhero friends gather around for birthday party] Narrator: It was a sunny day in San Diego. The San Diego Superheroes gathered at Belmont Park to celebrate their friend Superman Daniel's birthday. The group was very excited for their water balloon fight, dance parties, and karaoke. Gazing Grace and Siren Sarah were prepping the dance floor and putting up decorations Siren Sarah: It's going to be an awesome day! Ice Woman: Yeah, I think so!  Narrator: then suddenly Speedy Boy heard ominous music Speedy Boy: Oh no! It's Mr. Jaws! I've heard he likes to throw water balloons at people.  Black Rhino Erick: That's right, I was at a birthday party last week and Mr. Jaws stole water balloons and threw them at all the guests.  Captain Claire: Not today!  Juan Marcos: Be! WonderwomAnda: Patient, we'll work together to save the party Narrator: A great white shark rose from the ocean and walked toward the group on the beach. The shark bellowed:  Mr. Jaws: You Super San Diegans think you can have a birthday party and not invite me?!? We'll see about that.  Narrator: The party scattered, but the San Diego Superheroes stood together and faced him. Wonderwomanda moved forward to confront the shark WonderwomAmanda: We're just trying to celebrate Super Man Daniel, what do you want from us?  Mr. Jaws: If you are all as super as you say you are I have a 3-part challenge for you. First, we have to go to Belmont Park. And there you have to beat me at air hockey and Fast and Furious racing. If you make it past that, you have to face me on stage for a rap battle, where I will destroy you and your water balloons.  Narrator: The superheroes turned towards each other to make a plan. Renee Russo created an electric smoothie machine with her magic wand and offered it to the group.  Renee Russo: Everyone, let's drink this! It will engage your super powers and help us defeat Mr. Jaws Mighty Buck: Great Idea!  *Rap Battle begins at 10:55(For the FULL Transcription email kking@ableartswork.org)

Ugh. True Believers? It's time to talk about the movie no one wants to talk about ever again: Thor 2: The Dark World. We're sorry.   Joining our brave host Damon, are Vinny Thomas and Gregory Taylor Hill! So that's nice at least.   In this discussion of potentially the MCU's worst movie we cover: - The gentrification of the Dark Elves (they were here first apparently) - Loki's sad man look mirrors that of a hero from a Lifetime movie.  - Can one good Renee Russo performance save this movie? No it can not. All that plus a discussion of how thirsty Jane Foster is for Thor. You're not gonna wanna miss it! Grab some aether and alter your reality with this GREAT podcast about a HORRIBLE movie.   Listen. Subscribe. Don't piss off the elves. Produced by: Michael Seijas

This week Dustin chose Get Shorty to sprinkle some Travolta on the podcast. This comedy adapted from an Elmore Leonard novel stars John Travolta as Chili Palmer a Loan shark out of Miami working for Dennis Farina's Ray 'Bones' Barboni on the trail of David Paymers Leo Devoe, a drycleaner who faked his death to get out of his debt to the loan shark. The chase leads Palmer all the way to Los Angeles where he meets up with Harry Zimm, a sleazy movie producer played expertly by Gene Hackman. alongside stars like Renee Russo, Danny DeVito, James Gandolfini, Delroy Lindo and Bette Midler Barry Sonnenfeld Directs a fun take on the mobster / crime genre.Sylvia: 7/10Bob: 7.5/10Dustin:7/10Movies Against Time is a bi-weekly film retrospective podcast hosted by married couple Sylvia and Dustin along with their long time friend Bob. Each episode we take turns picking a movie from the 60's to the 00's to revisit or sometimes experience for the first time. We share our unique perspectives and research behind the scenes information that we find interesting along with occasional banter and personal stories. With an archive of over 60 episodes as of 2021 our little show is the perfect binge listen for movie buffs and casuals alikeSubscribe / Listen Here - https://link.chtbl.com/matEmail: moviesagainsttime@gmail.comRSS Feed: https://moviesagainsttime.podomatic.com/rss2.xmlWebsite: https://moviesagainsttime.podomatic.com/Insta: moviesagainstTwitter: @moviesagainstMovies Against Time on Facebook.

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Hosts Sonia Mansfield and Margo D. wouldn't take a bullet for the president, but they will dork out about 1993's IN THE LINE OF FIRE, starring Clint Eastwood, Renee Russo, and John Malkovich.  Dork out everywhere … Email at dorkingoutshow@gmail.com Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Google Play Spotify  Libsyn Tune In  Stitcher http://dorkingoutshow.com/ https://twitter.com/dorkingoutshow

Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich and Renee Russo tear up the screen in this Wolfgang Petersen thriller about Mitch Leary's assassination attempt against the president with one man standing in his way Agent Frank Horrigan. Although the romantic storyline between Eastwood and Russo feels forced and mismatched they still put out an academy award nominated performance along with John Malkovich putting on an acting clinic as the would be assassin.Subscribe / Listen Here - https://link.chtbl.com/matEmail: moviesagainsttime@gmail.comRSS Feed: https://moviesagainsttime.podomatic.com/rss2.xmlWebsite: https://moviesagainsttime.podomatic.com/Insta: moviesagainstTwitter: @moviesagainst

The golden rule in cinema is simple. Kevin Costner does not make a bad sports movie! Mike and Anthony are teeing up for another great one with 1996's Tin Cup. They discuss the homemade spa, irrational therapists, defining moments, and the immortal 12. Fire up the blender and kick back "fore" this one.Soda Pop Culture Club Store This is where you can get that thing you never knew you wanted. The Lethal Weapons "You Are Motherfucker" By The Lethal Weapons appears courtesy of SME Sony Music Entertainment(Japan)Soda Pop Culture Club Store This is where you can get that thing you never knew you wanted. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/sodapopcultureclub)

Renee Russo is a highly respected entrepreneurial business coach dedicated to helping people get more out of their businesses. Effective in teaching leadership teams a proven methodology and tools that empower them to get Vision, Traction, Healthy. She prides herself on creating ripples & positive change! She discovered EOS whilst helping her husband run his business. Since then she has become a Certified EOS Implementer & now also coaches other EOS Implementers. In this episode, she talks about how she worked with her husband to turn around the business, finding her superpowers & the power of focus, discipline & believing. Debra Chantry-Taylor Professional EOS Implementer | Entrepreneurial Leadership & Business Coach | Business Owner #betterbusinessbetterlife #entrepreneur #leadership #eosimplementer Professional EOS Implementer NZ Professional EOS Implementer Australia Professional EOS Implementer New Zealand --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/betterbusiness-betterlife/message

Fear Level: Existentially disconcertingTrigger Warnings: Gaslighting, dismemberment, blood, frightening imagery, pretentious assholes  Director/Writers: Dan Gilroy (Writer: Freejack, Kong Skull Island, Real Steel, Bourne Legacy and director of Roman J Israel and Nightcrawler) Stars: Jake Gyllanhal, Renee Russo, Toni Colette, Zawe Ashton, John Malkovich, Daveed Diggs, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer This week we bring you something notably less moist than the Alien movies! It's a movie about art that kills you (and of course all the assholes in the art market who join in along the way). We've got bisexual Jake Gyllenhaal. We've got neurotic John Malkovich. We've got absolutely magic (and gay) Rene Russo! What more could you want? If you answer was murderous monkeys, well, somehow you're in luck. It's Velvet Buzzsaw time!Topics of Discussion: The magic of Gyllenhaal Malkovich! I built a railroad! No you didn't you white son of a bitch! Put your hand in me and see what happens! Evil cat Magic monkeys of the ghost gas station and other Goosebumps titles Poor Coco My respect for your work has evaporated Always a critic, never a mourner What's the point of art if it's never seen? Recommendations:NightcrawlerThe CellIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - "Dee Makes a Smut Film"BasquiatMemory & DreamHouse of LeavesThe FallDonnie DarkoFollow our guests:Sam BeckTwitter: @SamBeckDrawsInsta: @SamBeckDrawsFollow us on twitter @proghorrorpodFollow Emily on twitter @megamothEmily's Website: Megamoth.netFollow Ben on twitter @benthekahnPre-Order Ben's new book, Renegade Rule.Follow Jeremy on twitter @jrome58Visit his website at JeremyWhitley.comRSS Feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/progressively-horrifiedWebsite: https://progressivelyhorrified.transistor.fm/Join our Patreon at: patreon.com/progressivelyhorrified to support the show, get bonus episodes, early access to upcoming episodes, and a cool Progressively Horrified t-shirt.Come back next week to hear about Annihilation!★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What does it mean to be an entrepreneur in 2021? In this episode, guest speaker Renee Russo with Rise Up Business Coaching shares tips on building a business. The formula she coaches is having a vision + Integration = Rocket Fuel for Relationships. She talks about having high follow-up to increase touchpoints with potential customers. Secondly, she says if meetings don't have the right structure, there's no point in even having a meeting. Make sure you watch till the end, as you don't want to miss any of Renee's tips. Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Renee. Renee Russo is........ A people-focused, results-oriented entrepreneurial business coach. Helping people get what they want from their business. Teaching leadership teams a complete system and practical tools that empower them to get VISION, TRACTION, HEALTHY. Creating ripples positive change!

S3 E4 JOHN MALKOVICH VERSUS THE APE. In the Line of Fire (1993) was Clint's victory lap film following Unforgiven. Directed by Wolfgang Peterson, this is one of two films Clint has been in since 1990 he did not direct. If you know the other film you win a prize (the prize is watching Amy Adams!). Clint plays a confident - yet haunted - secret service agent who engages in a cat & mouse game with a would-be presidential killer played by John Malkovich, who is by turns sadistic, over the top and beguiling. Running afoul of bureaucrats, Clint must impose his will on a broken system filled with yes-men who value good press over real crime fighting in order to find this maniac... wait a dang second, is this Dirty Harry? It sounds like Dirty Harry.  Anyway, Renee Russo plays a female agent 24 years years Eastwood's junior so you know there won't be any romance there because that is a sizeable age difference (wink-wink). Then we get to one of the strangest and most enduring films Eastwood ever made, 1978's Every Which Way But Loose. It's the one with the orangutan! And bikers! And Sondra Locke. You betcha, Tim Tom Jim James Fargo (1976's The Enforcer) returns to direct another Eastwood epic. This movie made a lot of money and was the first Eastwood film Ken ever saw in theaters back when he was mumble-mumble years old! He liked it then but... HISTORY FACTS, he was a dumb kid with a runny nose so let's wait and see what OLD Ken, Jack and superstar podcast guest Thomas think.  EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE: 00:04:21IN THE LINE OF FIRE: 00:42:05

0:19 CaraIf you were to draft your own MCU Villain All Star team (the anti-avengers if you will), who would make the cut?10:27 LincDo you think we'll see Chris Hemsworth, Idris Elba, Anthony Hopkins, Renee Russo, Jaimie Alexander or the Warriors Three appear in Loki? (with either Levi or Dallas as Fandral, even though I suspect Levi might be harder to secure, post-Shazam)14:50 StevenNow that we have a director for Captain Marvel 2, who is on your draft board for director of potential MCU movies like Blade, Fantastic Four, Nova, Avengers 5, and X-Men?17:57 David RosenNow that AoS is officially over, how would you feel about Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen heading a Disney+ series or a movie? Do you feel like they've had their say with AoS, or would you like to see them get a chance to play in the MCU-proper's sandbox with a new property? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On another swapcast edition of #WrestlingWithMyself join "Hacker" Scotty O'Shea as he talks to Puf.  Listen in as they bullshit about being quarantined, Renee Russo, Jews, world economics (for real), self isolation, bidets, cancelled shows, and more topics we talks about too much. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wrestling-with-myself/support

Cards season starts Friday. Jim Thomas is in quarantine in Edmonton. What's your excitement level, boy? Renee Russo discussion. It's all Netflix and Chill for Iggy. What are people doing with their free time? Back to school? A Swope investigation into Iggy's caddie comments. Iggy received new sunflowers from Sugar Creek Nursery. Don Fanucci is sending Iggy fish to cook on FB Live. Best seafood restaurant in STL? Lot of good food spots in Benton Park. Mac's always has a line for their delicious treat. Nice restaurants.

Cards season starts Friday. Jim Thomas is in quarantine in Edmonton. What's your excitement level, boy? Renee Russo discussion. It's all Netflix and Chill for Iggy. What are people doing with their free time? Back to school? A Swope investigation into Iggy's caddie comments. Iggy received new sunflowers from Sugar Creek Nursery. Don Fanucci is sending Iggy fish to cook on FB Live. Best seafood restaurant in STL? Lot of good food spots in Benton Park. Mac's always has a line for their delicious treat. Nice restaurants.

On another swapcast edition of #WrestlingWithMyself join "Hacker" Scotty O'Shea as he talks to Puf. Listen in as they bullshit about being quarantined, Renee Russo, Jews, world economics (for real), self isolation, bidets, cancelled shows, and more topics we talks about too much. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wrestling-with-myself/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wrestling-with-myself/support

we talk the Dustin Hoffman, Renee Russo virus movie, which isn't quite as relevant to coronavirus, but is still one of the most watched movies on Netflix this week.

Hosts Sonia Mansfield & Margo D. steal a monkey from a bio test facility and dork out about 1995’s OUTBREAK, starring Dustin Hoffman, Renee Russo, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Morgan Freeman, and Donald Sutherland. Dorking out everywhere Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Google Play Spotify  Libsyn Tune In  Stitcher http://dorkingout.com/ https://twitter.com/dorkingoutshow https://www.facebook.com/dorkingoutshow

This weeks episode is brought to you by NOT WINE. Bitches be sober this week. Also. It's Renee Russo not Renee Zellweger. And you'll have to listen to find out what the fuck that means.

"They got Chili Dogs over there?" In this episode with a bucket of KFC, we talk about Jake Taylor and if he's good enough for Renee Russo, if Ricky Vaughn in in the John Hughes universe and every cast member throwing heaters.

"They got Chili Dogs over there?" In this episode with a bucket of KFC, we talk about Jake Taylor and if he's good enough for Renee Russo, if Ricky Vaughn in in the John Hughes universe and every cast member throwing heaters.

Olympic Gold Medalist The world of sports I find fascinating to watch! Years of discipline, conditioning, travel, competitions, etc. all go into building a winning athlete & team. Their stories behind the World Championships, Team M.V.P.'s & Gold are even more so. Can an orphan from an abusive childhood, shuffled from foster home to home, even living on the streets, low self-esteem go on to be a winner in life? It starts with the stories about you have in your mind. You have to see it, speak it, mentor with & surround yourself & your environment to condition YOU for victory! What an eye opener to hear about life after the games from one of my friends - Olympic Gold Medalist Dana Hee. She is grateful to God for her victories. Dana may be a familiar face, not only from winning the "Gold" but from television & movies like Mortal Combat, Charlie's Angels, Lethal Weapon & many more. She has also double for Hollywoods top actressess: Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman, Gwynneth Paltrow, Renee Russo, and Jennifer Garner. Dana Lynn Hee is an Olympic Gold Medalist and is currently a Hollywood film and televsion actress, as well as one of an award winning stuntwomen in the entertainment industry. She also a noted writer, lecturer and television color commentator, and has an extensive background as a speaker to Fotune 500 companies. It's an understatement to say that Dana's childhood was hard. The child of divorced, alcoholic parents, she endured abuse, abandonment, and despair. The years of being passed back and forth between an orphanage, suicidal family members, halfway houses, a commune, government shelter, and finally a foster home, took their tole. Dana grew up to be a young woman with little self-esteem or self-confidence, and a huge fear of failure. To her, nothing seemed possible. It was as if the two words, 'I can't' were programmed into her mind, and she struggled to escape a lifelong habit of running from her fears. Dana looked within herself for strength and determined to make a change. Armed with an ounce of courage, and a glimpse of hope, she set out to make a dream of hers come true. Through the agonizing, against-the-odds process of this struggle, she made the transformation from a shy, under-achieving, below-average young woman to an Olympic Gold Medalist with a new sense of self-esteem, and, finally, some hope for the future. Her story of how this happened - and the lessons you can take from it - are enough to inspire the most discouraged soul. But Dana didn't stop there. She started accepting speaking engagements, then graduated to keynote speeches. She shifted from martial arts, to modeling, and then acting, before setting her sights on becoming a top Hollywood stuntwoman in the movie industry. If this sounds easy, it wasn't. To this day, Dana battles self-doubts whose roots extend back to her youth. But she never quits. She competes successfully in the world's most challenging industries. ~ DanaHee.com © 2019 Building Abundant Success!! 2019 All Rights Join Me on ~ iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBAS Join Me @ Facebook.com/BuildingAbundantSuccess

In Episode 2 of the Chez Bippy Mob Pod, Mike and Murph review director Barry Sonnenfeld’s 1995 comedy ‘Get Shorty,’ starring John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Renee Russo and Danny DeVito.

Welcome to the final episode of Season 1! Robert & Russell meet leading actress, writer & director Zawe Ashton, author of new book 'Character Breakdown' and who initially came to prominence as Vod in Channel 4's Fresh Meat. We discuss Zawe's recent leading film role in art-world satire Velvet Buzzsaw (in which she starred alongside Renee Russo & Jake Gyllenhaal). We learn about artworks that Zawe has connected with over the years including photographer Deana Lawson, Andreas Gursky and Kerry James Marshall, what she learned by interviewing legendary American performance artist Lorraine O’Grady for the Tate, and we discover why she researched the art of Tracey Emin while building her art dealer character for current stage performance in Harold Pinter's Betrayal on London's West End (which will soon travel to Broadway, New York). Thank you for listening to Season 1. We will be back soon with more exciting interviews. Please message us at Instagram @talkart and let us know which episode you loved most from the first series. Thanks for listening. Art for everyone!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

So before I could release this episode, the Warriors swept the Blazers. Spoilers. In the ninety eighth edition of THE WORLD'S GREATEST PODCAST, The Questions format returns! Thanks to my faithful group chat, I was able to compile a big ol' list of questions to answer and I left no stone unturned... except for the questions about advice. Those were tough. We might get to Episode #100 someday. It'll help when I finish watching Days Gone though. This episode is brought to you by The Intern - and no, Jules should not have stayed with her husband and Renee Russo can call me anytime. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hyphen-nation/support

How exciting was that Super Bowl? Yeah. At least we got a few decent trailers! This week, we review the latest Netflix big hitter: Velvet Buzzsaw, directed by the guy who did Nightcrawler, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Renee Russo, and more. A horror movie combined with art satire sounds like something that could work right? RIGHT? Wrong. Bonus coverage: ‘The Batman’ […] The post GlitchCast E60: Velvet Buzzsaw Netflix Review, Super Bowl Trailers, And More appeared first on GlitchUp.

Tonight, Matt and Sandra talk about their recent viewings of the Amazon Original series (episode 1) Hanna and the Netflix original movie, Velvet Buzzsaw.

Claire Titelman returns with friend G.J. Echternkamp to talk to about G.J.'s film, Frank and Cindy - a short film about G.J.'s parents that morphed into a full fledged documentary and is now being translated into a feature film staring Renee Russo and Oliver Platt. DrDrew.com