Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
Blockbusters and Birdwalks
At Blockbusters and Birdwalks, you’ll listen to reviews and conversations about all kinds of movies, from Academy Award winners to exploitation masterpieces with a mix of commercial hits and obscure favorites thrown in for good measure. The point is recognizing that movies present our culture with the building blocks of social memory, enabling each of us to enjoy ourselves because movies are fun.
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Jul 7, 2026
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Episodes
"Gandhi" (1982) 11.07.2022 10:26
His weapon was his humanity.
CENSORSHIP, a conversation - Part 3: "Greetings" (1968) 24.06.2022 40:25
This is the third part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings. Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s " Censor ". Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s " Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". Future episodes will focus on Gordon Flemyng’s " The Split " (1968), Steven Spielberg’s " Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom " (1984), Garry Marshall’s "...
CENSORSHIP, a conversation - Part 2: "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966) 14.06.2022 41:09
This is the second part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings. Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s " Censor" . Future episodes will focus on Brian DePalma’s " Greetings " (1968), Gordon Flemyng’s " The Split " (1968), Steven Spielberg’s " Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom " (1984), Garry Marshall’s " The Flamingo Kid " (1984),...
CENSORSHIP, a conversation - Part 1: "Censor" (2021) 20.05.2022 27:43
This is the first part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings. Part 1 focuses on Prano Bailey-Bond’s 2021 slasher movie " Censor ", as an introduction to censorship, generally. Future episodes will focus on Mike Nichols’s " Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? " (1966), Brian DePalma’s " Greetings " (1968), Gordon Flemyng’s " The Split " (1968), St...
"Caligula" (1979) 19.05.2022 10:43
"Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am a God."
"Joker" (2019), a conversation 04.05.2022 34:52
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa catch up to the zeitgeisty hit of 2019 and reel-in a real whopper.
"Dolemite Is My Name" (2019), a conversation 20.04.2022 26:39
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa celebrate Eddie Murphy, a stand-up genius, playing Rudy Ray Moore, another stand-up genius, who invented Dolemite, a Hip Hop God.
"God's Not Dead" (2014), a conversation 03.04.2022 22:12
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa get Churched?
"Minari" (2020), a conversation 18.03.2022 35:29
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa lament overdone spectacle in movies versus the too-rare peculiarity of wonderfully humane stories.
"Pig" (2021), a conversation 11.03.2022 26:16
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa get a grip on porcine friendship, the influence of Bruce Springsteen, and the odd brilliance of Nicolas Cage.
"Red Rocket" (2021), a conversation 11.03.2022 28:19
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa reflect on the male member.
"The Last Duel" (2021), a conversation 04.02.2022 37:41
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa think about Ridley Scott's Late Middle Ages story about a woman seeking justice after surviving rape.
"Hobo with a Shotgun" (2011), a conversation 23.01.2022 17:23
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa agree that bad can mean good, and good can mean good, but sometimes bad means bad and not good.
"A Clockwork Orange" (1971), a conversation 11.01.2022 36:32
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray said, "It was gorgeousness," and Ed Rosa replied, "And gorgeousity made flesh."
"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" (1971) 10.01.2022 12:05
"Come on feet, cruise for me."
"Titanic" (1997) 06.12.2021 9:25
"She hits the berg on the starboard side, right? She kind of bumps along, punching holes like Morse code, dit dit dit, along the side, below the water line. Then the forward compartments start to flood."
"Bless the Beasts and Children" (1971), a conversation 05.12.2021 23:36
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa agree that awkward boys become awkward men.
"The Thing" (1982), a conversation 12.11.2021 27:07
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa found a movement: Make Antarctica Great Again!
"The Thing from Another World" (1951), a conversation 31.10.2021 24:15
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa eat their vegetables while interpreting a Cold War classic.
"Promising Young Woman" (2020), a conversation 09.10.2021 29:16
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa discuss the limits of an Oscar-winning screenplay.
"Straw Dogs" (1971), a conversation 28.09.2021 26:18
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa wonder if Bloody Sam Peckinpah is a closeted feminist.
Meryl Streep Double Feature: "Mama Mia!" (2008) and "The Iron Lady" (2011), a conversation 20.09.2021 29:14
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Sheila Chaffin reflect on Peak Streep, or a mother/son study of womanhood.
"The Rescuers" (1977) 11.09.2021 9:43
Not as good as you might remember.
"Nomadland", a conversation (2020) 11.09.2021 37:15
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa interpret the 2020 Academy Award winner.
"Love Story" (1970) 29.08.2021 7:24
Sorry optional.
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