Episode 9: Che

In this episode, we celebrate Adam's return from the communist utopia of Cuba by talking about Che.

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Movie Synopsis (from IMDB): The Argentine, begins as Che (Benicio Del Toro) and a band of Cuban exiles, led by Fidel Castro, reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

In 1965, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara resigns from his Cuban government posts to secretly make his latest attempt to spread the revolution in Bolivia. After arriving in La Paz, Bolivia late in 1966, by 1967, Che with several Cuban volunteers, have raised a small guerrilla army to take on the militarist Bolivian movement. However, Che must face grim realities about his few troops and supplies, his failing health, and a local population who largely does not share his idealistic aspirations. As the US supported Bolivian army prepares to defeat him, Che and his beleaguered force struggle against the increasingly hopeless odds.

Adam's Verdict: 7.5/10 (8/10 for The Argentine, 7/10 for Guerrilla)


Carter's Verdict: 8.5/10 (8/10 for The Argentine, 8.5/10 for Guerrilla)


Next time: The revolution moves from Cuba to Ireland as we discuss The Wind That Shakes the Barely.

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Episode 8: Anticipated Movies of 2010

In this episode, we change things up and talk about each of our top ten most anticipated movies of 2010.

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Adam's List:

10) The Expendables
9) Cop Out
8) Predators (Carter mistook Adrian Brody for Cillian Murphy during the recording, whoops)
7) Clash of the Titans
6) Alice in Wonderland
5) The Last Airbender
4) Robin Hood
3) Iron Man 2
2) Shutter Island
1) Inception

Carter's List:

10) Red Dawn
9) Green Zone
8) Robin Hood
7) Iron Man 2
6) Toy Story 3
5) Inception
4) Shutter Island
3) The A-Team
2) Kick-Ass
1) The Expendables

Next time: We get down with our revolutionary sides and celebrate Adam's trip to Cuba by talking about Steven Soderbergh's epic-length Che

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Episode 7: Up in the Air

In this episode, we are somewhat current in reviewing the newest film by Jason Reitman, Up in the Air.

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Movie Synopsis (from IMDB): Ryan Bingham's (George Clooney) job is to fire people from theirs. The anguish, hostility, and despair of his "clients" has left him falsely compassionate, living out of a suitcase, and loving every second of it. When his boss hires arrogant young Natalie (Anna Kendrick), she develops a method of video conferencing that will allow termination without ever leaving the office - essentially threatening the existence Ryan so cherishes. Determined to show the naive girl the error of her logic, Ryan takes her on one of his cross country firing expeditions, but as she starts to realize the disheartening realities of her profession, he begins to see the downfalls to his way of life.

Adam & Carter's Verdict: 8.5/10


Next time: For a change, we won't be talking about one movie but instead giving each our top ten lists of anticipated films in the coming year and discussing them.

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Episode 6: Gamer

After a two month hiatus due to school work and Modern Warfare 2, we attempt to recover by talking about the new Neveldine/Taylor masterwork Gamer.

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Movie Synopsis (from IMDB): Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player (Gerard Butler) from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his independence while taking down the game's mastermind (Michael C. Hall).

Carter's Verdict: 7.5/10
Adam's Verdict: 7/10

Next Time: We move from the grindhouse to the Oscar runway to discuss No Country for Old Men. Hopefully we won't get as delayed this time, wish us luck!

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(No music this episode due to technical difficulties, sorry.)

Episode #5: Bon Cop, Bad Cop

In this episode, we get patriotic and talk about the Canadian-action masterwork, Bon Cop, Bad Cop.

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Movie Synopsis (from IMDB)

Carter's Verdict: 8/10 (6.5/10 if you don't understand the Canadian references/jokes)

Adam's Verdict: 7.5/10

Next Time: Inspiried by the trailer for James Cameron's Dances With Space Wolves in Ferngully Forest (AKA Avatar), we will take a look at one of the man's earlier works, the Micheal Biehn undersea adventure known as The Abyss.

Episode #4: The One

In this horribly stupid and choppy episode, we invite in "special guest" Alex Scanlon onto the podcast and talk about the Jet Li/Jason Statham team-up of The One.

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Movie Synopsis (from IMDB): There is not one universe, but there are many, which is a multiverse. Supposing you are just one person, there are many other versions of you in the other universes, there are ways to travel, but only a police agency,MVA, can travel only for police procedures. Gabriel Yulaw (Jet Li) is a former MVA agent, who killed another version of himself in self-defense. It made the other versions of him stronger. When Yulaw found out about this, he became power-hungry, killing the 122 other versions for two years. After killing Lawless (Jet Li)and getting captured by his former partner Roedecker (Delroy Lindo) and a new MVA agent Funsch (Jason Statham) Yulaw managed to escape the prison and is trying to kill his last target, Gabe Law (Jet Li) who is a police officer. He is also at Yulaw's strength. Roedecker and Funsch now have to arrest Yulaw before he can kill Gabe. There is a possibility that the universe could die or make Yulaw invinible. After encountering Yulaw for the first time, Gabe thought that it was his split personality, but it wasn't. Will Gabe be able to confront Yulaw before or after Yulaw ruins his life?

Adam's Verdict: 3.5/10

Carter's Verdict: 3/10

Alex's Verdict: 8/10

Here's Alex's Facebook page so you can tell him why he's wrong

Next Time: In order to lift their spirits after suffering through The One, Adam and Carter will discuss the deeply patriotic Canadian action film Bon Cop, Bad Cop.

As always, you can email comments, questions or other random nonsense to made.men.tell.no.tales.podcast@gmail.com and special thanks to musician Kevin MacLoed of Incompetech for the use of his songs "Kick Shock" and "Phat Sketch", as the opener and closer of the podcast, respectively.

Episode #3: Blade II

In this episode, filled with yelling and disagreement, we discuss Blade II, a film which Carter loves greatly and Adam does not.

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Movie Synopsis (from IMDB): A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community. The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Now their quickly expanding population threatens the existence of vampires, and soon there won't be enough humans in the world to satisfy their bloodlust. Blade (Weslet Snipes), Whistler (Kris Kristofferson)and an armory expert named Scud (Norman Reedus) are curiously summoned by the Shadow Council. The council reluctantly admits that they are in a dire situation and they require Blade's assistance. Blade then tenuously enters into an alliance with The Bloodpack, an elite team of vampires trained in all modes of combat to defeat the Reaper threat. Blade's team and the Bloodpack are the only line of defense which can prevent the Reaper population from wiping out the vampire and human populations.

Carter's Verdict: 7.5/10

Adam's Verdict: 3.5/10

Next Time: In a change of pace, Adam and Carter will be joined by a guest host, their friend Alex Scanlon, to discuss the team-up of Jet Li and Jason Statham in The One.

As always, you can email comments, questions or other random nonsense to made.men.tell.no.tales.podcast@gmail.com and special thanks to musician Kevin MacLoed of Incompetech for the use of his songs "Kick Shock" and "Phat Sketch", as the opener and closer of the podcast, respectively.