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On tonight's episode of #talkinthrones , we discuss Episode 6, entitled the Old Gods & the New! This is the first episode directed by David Nutter, who would go on to direct some of the biggest episodes of the show, including the Rains of Castamere and The Dance of Dragons. This episode, entitled The Old Gods & the New, takes a break from all the primary storylines and set up in order to f...

Oh man, 101 episodes. How fitting that this one should be called reminiscence. Just when we thought were out. Don't worry people, the summer is almost over (thank god) and hopefully we'll be moving back to some good movies once the fall arrives, because boy has it been one slog of a summer. For today's podcast, in order to wrap up August, we have Reminiscence! Another sci fi film from...the creato...

On tonight's episode of Talkin' Thrones, we discuss this gangbusters, action packed midpoint of Season 2, entitled The Ghost of Harrenhal. After Pat makes a reference to the 1990 film "Ghost" starring Patrick Swayze (not Kurt Russell) & Demi Moore, they dive head first into the episode, which covers a lot. Renly is promptly murdered by Melisandre's shadow assassin, forcing Catelyn & Brienne to go...

We celebrate our 100th podcast episode by having a nice, casual conversation, answering some questions, finding out some more about ourselves, and informing our guests where we want this podcast to go! We've had so much fun entertaining you guys these last two years here on our channel, and the fun is just picking up! We talk about the new Marvel show What/If?, Chris goes into some of his thoughts...

On tonight's episode of Talkin' Thrones, we discuss episode 14 of our overall Game of Thrones rewatch, Season 2, Episode 4, entitled Garden of Bones! Things are ramping up all over Westeros, with all the main characters getting steered towards their inevitable fates. It's a game of location hopping now, with the characters traveling from one location to another and learning all new sorts of tricks...

Oh man. After MONTHS of just terrible, mediocre movies, not only do we have a gem, not only do we have something refreshing, but we quite possibly have the best movie of the year. That's right. On today's episode of #talkintv , Dom & Chris are joined by longtime movie critic and Dom's old friend, Dustin "The Duster" Mason of Mr. G Movie Reviews to talk about James Gunn's THE Suicide Squad. A 2...

On tonight's episode of Talkin' Thrones, we've got a huge one, arguably the first gangbuster episode of a gangbuster season. Season 2, Episode 3, entitled What is Dead may never Die! The Greyjoy phrase to describe their way of life, which fits because Theon Greyjoy & House Greyjoy are our Focus Character and GOT-chaverse segment tonight! This is such a jam packed episode, because things are ra...

On tonight's episode of the #talkintvpodcast , we take a little bit of a step back from the dreadful and disappointing movies of 2021 to talk about what's in the title of our show, TV! We've been gifted with TV this year in a way that movies really have not been holding up to, and we first wanted to talk about some of our favorite shows of the year, the shows that really, truly exemplify the best...

On today's episode of Talkin' Thrones, we talk about Episode 2 of Season 2, entitled The Night Lands! The 4th of 7 episodes directed by Alan Taylor and written by Benioff & Weiss. Things are starting to get moving in this war of 5 kings. Tyrion makes his first big power play by firing Janos Slynt, Jon finally learns the truth of what happens to Craster's sons, Arya reveals a big secret to Gend...

Alright people, it's that time of the year again, for the debut of another sophomore season of THE hit comedy of 2020, as well as the return of a certain twisty filmmaker, we've got a double batch for you on the #talkintv show here today, we're reviewing the debut of Season 2 of Ted Lasso on Apple TV+, and on the movie side of things, we're reviewing M. Night Shyamalan's brand new movie, Old! Ted...

And we're back! After a much needed week of rest and relaxation, we're back with the next season of Talkin' Thrones! And we're kicking it off with the breakdown of Season 2, which aired all the way back in April of 2012, entitled the North Remembers! As the title suggests, the North does indeed remember the injustice done to it last season, as the realm has officially fallen into war. A great come...

Alright people, for tonight's episode, we're doing something completely different. And by we, I mean I. Chris is on a well deserved vacation, which left me by myself to review Space Jam: A New Legacy. And oh man, did we have a lot to talk about here. Space Jam: A New Legacy is a 2021 American live-action/animated sports comedy film directed by Malcolm D. Lee, serving as a standalone sequel to 1996...

We're back people! This is it! After a long wait, the MCU has finally made its long awaited return to theaters, with the long delayed Black Widow! Black Widow is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures, it is the 24th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)....

Happy Fourth of July people! This is it, we made it! One full season recap of Game of Thrones in the books! Professor Pat & I have had a ton of fun with this interesting little experiment as we recapped all of Season 1, and we hope you guys continue to tune in each week going forward because the craziness is only going to ramp up as we continue to recap the rest of the show! But first, this season...

This is it people! The return of our favorite indie studio that helped give cinema some legs prior to the pandemic, A24! And we're back to review their latest movie Zola, a 2021 American black comedy film based on a viral Twitter thread by Aziah "Zola" King, and the resulting Rolling Stone article "Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted" by David Kushner. Dir...

It's time people, for the first major event of this series that changed television forever. People, tonight, Professor Pat & I bid goodbye to poor old dead Ned Stark! We break down everything that happened in this monumental penultimate episode of Season 1! From Robb making a deal with the devil with the newly introduced Walder Frey, to Jon having a frank but necessary conversation with Maester Ae...

This is it people! The thing we've been building towards! We finally made it, Chris has caught up on all the movies, and it's time to dive head first right back into the most unstoppable franchise in every sense of the word, Fast & Furious is back! And the latest installment if F9, which sees the return of franchise mainstay Justin Lin, who previously directed Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious,...

On the latest episode of #talkinthrones , Dom & Professor Pat witness the ripple effects of what happens when someone tries to do the right thing in Westeros with Episode 8 of Season 1, entitled The Pointy End! The episode begins with the immediate fallout from Ned's betrayal of last episode, and man, it sure does hurt to be a Stark in King's Landing at this point! Arya takes her first life th...

Today, the Talkin' TV boys break down the latest Disney+ drop from Pixar, Luca!

On the latest episode of #talkinthrones, Dom & Professor Pat break down this pivotal season 1 episode, the one where everything goes down, You Win or You Die! As is infamously quoted by Cersei Lannister in this episode as to when Ned confronts her. There was a lot to talk about with this episode, with a central theme being how oaths seem to be the makers or breakers of people, specifically within...

Do Musicals work as Movies? On today's episode, the #talkintv boys talk about the next HBO Max drop and the next big budget musical, In the Heights! In the Heights is a 2021 American musical drama film based on the stage musical of the same name by Quiara Alegría Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Directed by Jon M. Chu from a screenplay by Hudes, the film stars Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Gra...

On the latest episode of #talkinthrones, Professor Pat takes a break and Chris "The TV Nerd" Evanko comes in to help Dom break down Episode 6 of this tale of Ice & Fire in their Game of Thrones recap series, entitled "A Golden Crown." After a slight scheduling mix up, Dom & Pat return for their signature weekly recap show. In this episode, directed by Daniel Minahan and the only episode that Benio...

On the next installment of the Talkin' TV summer series, we have the next big HBO Max drop with the Conjuring 3: The Devil made me Do It! The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is a 2021 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Chaves, with a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick from a story by Johnson-McGoldrick and James Wan. The film serves as a sequel to The Conjuring (20...

On the latest episode of #talkinthrones, Dom & Pat break down Episode 5 of this tale of Ice & Fire, The Wolf and the Lion. This was the episode where things really came to a head. Ned Stark is full on into the investigation of Jon Arryn's death, particularly after the death of his squire. Arya stumbles upon some plottings, Varys and Littlefinger are at each other's throats, Tyrion is being taken b...

Quiet Place Part II is a 2021 American horror film and the sequel to the 2018 film A Quiet Place, both of which follow a family that is forced to navigate and survive in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind monsters with an acute sense of hearing. The sequel was written and directed by John Krasinski under the studio Paramount Pictures. Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe reprise...