L-Squared Podcast

MONDAY MUSICALS: LA LA LAND . . . LA LA LAND is one of the biggest musicals to come out in the last five years. This is remembered as the movie that won all the Oscars except for Best Picture, which everyone thought it did win for a few brief moments. This is the rare musical that I saw and actually really liked when it came out, I still really like especially for the courage to play out the way i...

MONDAY MUSICALS: ELF THE MUSICAL . . . ELF THE MUSICAL is a little deviation from the norm of what these episodes have become. Instead of a big screen adaptation of a big musical theater play, this is a small musical version of a major motion picture. This episode turned into a highlight reel of our glory days back in high school theater. . . . My sister and I started this experiment in June, tryi...

HOUSE OF GUCCI . . . So many Italian accents, so little time. This was a ride. It was like a competition to see who could ham it up more between all these actors. I for one am absolutely here for it. . . . Glitz. Glamour. Gucci. #houseofgucci #adamdriver #ladygaga #alpaccino

MONDAY MUSICALS: DEAR EVAN HANSEN . . . DEAR EVAN HANSEN is another big screen adaptation of an extremely popular stage musical. This film has been divisive since the first trailer dropped. After its release it became extremely polarizing taking criticism for having Ben Platt try and portray a high school student when looking like a 35-year-old man. This was another rough one to get through. . . ....

MONDAY MUSICALS: ANNETTE . . . ANNETTE is one of the more challenging films I’ve seen in a while. It’s about a superstar celebrity tabloid couple (Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard) that have a child (wooden puppet) that is both more talented than either of them and is a haunting reminder of past misdeeds. This was a tough hang, but it has a unique ability to be indescribably enthralling as well as...

PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES . . . Tis the season to be thankful. I, for one, am thankful for the host of BackLot605 – Casey Kelderman. Casey joined me today to breakdown the ONLY classic Thanksgiving movie: PLANES, TRAINS and AUTOMOBILES. Casey had never seen it before so I was excited to get his thoughts on this undeniable classic. . . . Though it made be heresy; we decided to remake this clas...

This is a special episode. Haley and I rediscovered our deep-seeded love for Jimmy Buffett. ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE was an incredible musical, and maybe one that can only truly be appreciated by fans of the source material. This conversation was a treasure. . . . My sister and I started this experiment in June, trying to see as many musicals as possible and potentially changing my view of musical...

MONDAY MUSICALS: NEWSIES . . . NEWSIES is a 1992 Disney musical loosely based on the New York City Newsboy's Strike of 1899. This was a surprisingly well-made movie, very well-choreographed, and I thought the story lent itself to being a musical quite well. Most famously known for starring a young Batman to be: Christian Bale. . . . My sister and I started this experiment in June, trying to see as...

IN THE HEIGHTS was slated to be this summer's big musical hit, to bust open the doors and welcome us all back into the theaters... That didn't exactly happen.  . . .  My sister and I started this experiment in June, trying to see as many musicals as possible and potentially changing my view of musicals in general. I don’t particularly enjoy musicals as movies, so this is an on-going expe...

Our most anticipated film of the last two years has finally come. Resident Uncle, God Emperor himself Uncle Chuck RETURNS to smell the spice with Old Legs and I. . . . RUDE DUNNERS! - link in bio . . . #Dune #HBOMax #timotheecharlamet #denisvillenueve #zendaya #oscarisaac #jasonmomoa

Picture this: you’re a humble Icelandic sheep farming couple who desperately wants a child. One day one of your sheep births a half human/ half lamb hybrid. What do you do? . . . As many of you don’t know, Old Legs is actually a sheep farmer in real life. Needless to say, this film was circled on our calendars. Was it good or was it baaaaad? (sorry) . . . #lamb #a24 #noomirapace #dune #october #ls...

doubLLe feature: The Many Saints of Newark & Titane . . . The best month of the year starts off with a BANG! Old Legs and I get into it. . . . Aye! Bafangool! We got Sopranos talk here! Plus, we get to talk about an incredible and completely bonkers new French film that I could not wait to talk about; Titane. . . . #manysaintsofnewark #titane #davidchase #lsquared #podcast

"This Fog" is a lyrical short film shot on the harbor islands of New Hampshire’s seacoast that attempts to capture our strange and lonely, sometimes terrifying, sometimes beautiful pandemic lives. . . . Director Jeff Stern sat down with me today to have a great conversation about his newest film and about how life has felt like we've all been in a bit of a fog these last couple years. . . . Follow...

New student Max attends his first ever acting class. He soon discovers that the lines between class and cult begin to blur as he and his fellow students are subjected to the bizarre but brilliant methods of their eccentric teacher, Adam (David Krumholtz). . . . Co-Director of the new short film Class sat down with me today and we had an absolute blast. Class is dark, entrancing, specific, oddly fu...

In an effort to be more social, two friends find themselves consistently sharing rides to and from their friends’ events. Along the way, their casual friendship begins to deepen into something decidedly more… complicated. . . . This is an incredible concept executed to perfection. Ride Share is funny, heartfelt, grounded, and a great ride. See Ride Share NOW at southdakotafilmfest.org

A father sees generations of paternal anger reflected in his four-year-old son. He hopes to break the cycle but fears it may be too late. . . . This is one of the most personal films I've ever seen and it was a great conversation to match. Watch Another Father at southdakotafilmfest.org NOW!

Above an abandoned raceway in the desert, two local goths watch as a hotshot driver challenges a pack of phantom racers. . . . Motorway Macabre is such a fun, unique and dark new short. I LOVED IT. See this great film at southdakotafilmfest.org through 9/25! . . . Talk about a fun chat, this was a great one. CHECK IT OUT!

After an unsuccessful goose hunt, a young girl grapples with seeing her father in a new light. . . . Paper Geese is a beautiful and personal short. Check out this great film at southdakotafilmfest.org through 9/25! . . . Loved this conversation, CHECK IT OUT!

A young birdwatcher runs for his life after witnessing a bird-on-bird murder. When he finds himself cornered, it's man versus bird, and only one can make it out alive. . . . BURDER is the funniest film at the festival this year, bar none. Check out this hilarious animated labor of love at southdakotafilmfest.org through 9/25! . . . This was such a fun conversation, check out Charlie on Instagram @...

Director and Producer of the new film VULTURES makes his glorious return to the L-Squared Podcast!  .  .  .  Vultures is a fantastic and incredibly powerful new short film. This film is resonant to the current state of our American culture. This was a great conversation, as it always is with David.  .  .  .  Watch VULTURES at the South Dakota Film Festival f...

5 YEARS OF L-SQUARED! . . . Today we are celebrating our 5th anniversary of the podcast the only way we know how... talking about movies. . . . The Green Knight is an Arthurian tale and Pig is a Nic Cage modern classic about an exiled chef getting his truffle big back. Let's go.

Welcome to the fourth (?) installment of one of our classic segments: Do DC Movies Suck?!  . . . As always friend of the show and resident DC expert Les Chaon joins me to talk about the latest DC Movies as we try to figure out if they do indeed, suck. . . . We went and saw The Suicide Squad together; though it was fun, was it enough to change the tide of DC movie suckage? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT.

My old friend Nate comes on the show today to talk all about this new age of Marvel Studios on Disney + and what this means for the MCU as a whole. . Black Widow - Wandavision - The Falcon and The Winter Soldier - Loki . What does this mean for the MCU going forward? What can we look forward to in the coming years? Tune in to find out! . #marvel #disney+ #blackwidow #loki #wandavision #mcu #movies...

A werewolf whodunit? SAY NO MORE!  . . . I had the opportunity to go attend the Tribeca Film Festival this year to see one of my most anticipated films of the year. Friend of the show Jack Paynard makes his L-Squared debut by coming on to break down this film with me. . . . Go see Werewolves Within in theaters July 2nd!

The most recent film in The Conjuring Franchise came out last week (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It), that made Old Legs and I realize we haven't talked about any of these films on the show. . . . The Conjuring set the standard for horror films in the 2010's, which turned out to be potentially the best decade for horror. Will this newest addition to the franchise set the standard for the 20...