The MovieByte Podcast #125: Tastes Like Cheese

The MovieByte Podcast

It’s been a while since TJ and Joe have had a good movie lampooning, so here is ‘Taken 3’ in all its terrible glory. Though TJ and Joe might quibble about which is worse, ‘Taken 2’, or ‘Taken 3’, they agree that neither film is really worth watching. But if you are not into hearing a good bashing of a bad film, don’t worry, there’s plenty else to talk about. Such as Harper Lee publishing a sequel to the famous book, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ — I know, right? — the ‘Honest Trailer’ for ‘The LEGO Movie’, a 3,000 piece LEGO ‘Avengers’ Helicarrier set, the Super Bowl TV Spot for ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’, Martin Scorsese and Kenneth Branagh talking about a ‘Macbeth’ film, the latest video from ‘Every Frame a Painting’ exploring cinematography, and Nicolas Cage praising Hayden Christensen’s performance in ‘Star Wars’ (oh my).

Show Notes & Links

• Harper Lee to publish sequel to ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

  F. Scott Fitzgerald famously claimed, “There are no second acts in American lives,” but Harper Lee is out to prove him wrong.

• Honest Trailers - The LEGO Movie

  Everything is awesome when you’re the #1 toy in the world! We take on the much-beloved LEGO Movie - with some help from Epic Rap Battles of History’s Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD!!!

• 3,000 Piece LEGO ‘Avengers’ Helicarrier

  I MUST HAVE THIS!

• Superbowl TV Spot for ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’

  This is for what we secretly or not so secretly want to be our favorite Marvel film ever, and maybe one of our all time favorites.

• Martin Scorsese & Kenneth Branagh Are Talking About a ‘Macbeth’ Film

  Martin Scorsese and Kenneth Branaugh have had “informal conversations” about Scorsese making a movie based on Branagh’s Manchester International Festival production of “Macbeth.”

• The Quadrant System — Every Frame a Painting

  This will be the second time I’ve posted an ‘Every Frame a Painting’ episode. I really need to subscribe to that or something.

• Nicolas Cage Praises Hayden Christensen’s Performance in ‘Star Wars’ Prequels

  “And so, I watched George’s movies, and the work Hayden did with George, and I was very impressed with Hayden’s sort of edgy, dangerous, dark and still soulful performance,” Cage explained to IGN. “I thought it was superb. And so I really connected with him.”

• Tak3n — Review

  First they took his daughter, then they took him and his wife. Now, they didn’t just take his wife, they killed her.

• Taken 3 — IMDb

  Ex-government operative Bryan Mills is accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed. As he is tracked and pursued, Mills brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.

• Taken 3 — Rotten Tomatoes

  Critics Consensus: Hampered by toothless PG-13 action sequences, incoherent direction, and a hackneyed plot, Taken 3 serves as a clear signal that it’s well past time to retire this franchise.

• Taken 3 — Box Office Mojo

  Domestic Total as of Feb. 2, 2015: $81,774,301 Distributor: FoxRelease Date: January 9, 2015 Genre: ActionRuntime: 1 hrs. 49 min. MPAA Rating: PG-13Production Budget: $48 million