Theater In College Hoops

Backdoor Cut (Ep. 09) — Summer of Grizz, trades, signings, Mike Conley’s foot, etc.

SLIM, BRO, and the CHIEF are back to talk recent Grizz transactions.  Saying goodbye to some bums — er — players and welcome to maybe bums — er — new faces.  A new Japanese phenom en route to the Bluff City?  SLIM tells us what the weather is like on Jarrell Martin Island, BRO and the CHIEF are luke warm on SHELVIN MACK, is there a new floor on the horizon (these are the things NBA fans get excited about during the summer), Mike Conley's heath in question, etc.  LET'S GOOOOOOO!
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In the Can (Ep. 11) — The Dark Knight

You either die a hero, or you live long enough to listen to this podcast.  The CHIEF and Kansas City Bret aka Ready Player One talk 2008's THE DARK KNIGHT.  Is the Joker the GOAT movie villain?  Does writer/director Christopher Nolan understand how American police talk?  How many Joker/Batman lines will the dudes riff on during this podcast?  Suit up in your hockey pads and HERE... WE... GO!
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In the Can (Ep. 10) — Mission Impossible

[Cue MI Theme Song] This podcast, should you choose to accept it, may result in your extreme entertainment. The CHIEF and STEVE aka SLOTH aka the PEACE CORP PROTECTOR talk the 1996 spy-classic directed by Brian De Palma: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.
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In the Can (Ep. 09) — Catch Me If You Can

Which mouse are you: one that drowns in the cream; or one that churns that cream into the butter and crawls out? The CHIEF and Sloth aka Steve aka the Peace Corp Protector talk Steven Spielberg’s early 2000s gem: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. The dudes discuss Christopher Walken’s career-defining performance, whether DiCaprio is actually any good, con man movies in general, their mutual love for SPEED II, and even take some time to discuss the Spielberg pantheon of movies and the status of gratuitous CGI. Don’t get caught staring at the Yankees’ pinstripes!
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In the Can (Ep. 08) — Avengers: Infinity War

Marvel's self-deemed "most ambitious crossover in history" exploded into theaters this past weekend, and Kansas City Bret, Sweaty Freddy, and the CHIEF get together to talk all things Avengers: Infinity War.  PETER DINKLAGE?!  Who is the best "Chris"?  Does the CHIEF personality-shame Vision?  What about dat ending doe?
TIMELINE:
Initial Thoughts -- (5:24)
In the Can patented one-sentence review -- (10:30)
GOAT Marvel flick? -- (12:00)
THEMES -- (13:51)
BADASS MOMENTS -- (18:06)
That ENDING DOE -- (23:40)
Josh Brolin as THANOS -- (35:07)
Who gets the most buckets? -- (40:55)
Sixth MAN/WOMAN -- (46:10)
DiCaprio Overacting Award -- (48:49)
Nick Cage Switcheroo -- (57:40)
FINAL Thoughts and BARN RATINGS -- (58:25)
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Backdoor Cut (Ep. 07) — The #PENNYSZN Edition: Penny Hardaway Hired as Memphis HC

MEMPHIS TIGERS BASKETBALL IS BACK, BABY. It’s #PENNYSZN. Can you feel it? The palpable excitement? The Backdoor Cut Crew gets together to talk the exciting new University of Memphis Head Basketball Coach, Penny’s rise, the press conference, potential staff, and ‘croots that appear to be on their way to wear the Tiger blue and grey. We’re ready to run through a wall for Coach Penny — are you?
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In the Can (Ep. 07) — Three Billboards

“Raped while dying” … “And still no arrests” … “How come, Chief Willoughby?” A mother’s grief coupled with small-town humor with a little dark comedy mixed in. The CHIEF and Kansas City Bret talk 2017’s THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI, written/directed by Martin McDonagh. Is Bret just the token Missouri guy? That was definitely a CGI deer, right? What are the Oscar chances of this witty, daring, and emotionally involved dark comedy? Let’s journey to Ebbing.
TIMELINE:
INTRO, BACKGROUND & CHIEF PLOT SUMMARY — (2:05)
An instant classic?
“We were all waiting on this type of movie…”
Where’d this idea come from?
THOUGHTS BEFORE SEEING THE FLICK — (7:14)
ONE-SENTENCE NO-CONJUNCTIONS REVIEW — (9:57)
Bret challenges the process…
Token Missouri guy….
Is this the G.O.A.T. Billboard Movie — (13:39)
Bret brings up a Jason Segal classic…
NOTABLE THEMES — (16:01)
People can change…
Bret doesn’t buy SAM ROCKWELL’S aka DIXON’S ARC
MOST BUCKETS — (19:40)
The CHIEF defends Rockwell…
DEBATE (aka Civil Discourse, cuz that’s a thing that people can actually do)
Is Dixon too dumb to do the things he does in the movie? Did the script falter a bit?
WILLOUGHBY’S MID-MOVIE ACT — (39:33)
SIXTH MAN/WOMAN AWARD — (43:45)
“This was teed up for her. Like McDonagh walked up and put the golf ball on the tee and [Mcdormand] walked up and hit it 400 yards”…
LEO DICAPRIO OVERACTING AWARD — (48:04)
“Oh this is a woman acting like her husband has just died”…
ISO PLAY — (51:48)
CGI deer or nah?
Bret talks about A Knight’s Tale weirdly
Even more weirdly, the CHIEF goes on a The Departed tangent and talks timeless elements in movies…
BILLBOARDS BACKLASH — IS THIS FILM AT ALL RACIST? — (1:03:19)
The CHIEF sort of goes in on the haters…
Nic Cage Switcheroo — (1:14:44)
The CHIEF didn’t buy Robbie’s character…
We talk the daughter scene, the last scene before she disappears…
OSCAR LIKELIHOOD? — (1:19:32)
Bret is a COWARD
More Oscar TALK
FINAL RATINGS and REWATCHABILITY — (1:26:15)
Harry Truman Trivia!
ADAM DRIVER BURNING TAKE
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In the Can (Ep. 06) — Annihilation

WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED? Join the CHIEF, Sweaty Freddy, and John as we embark into “The Shimmer” in Alex Garland’s Annihilation. Will our lives ever be the same? Will John be invited back as a guest on In the Can (spoiler alert: yep)? Does this flick redefine sci-fi horror? Is it better than the book? Does a Crosby, Stills, and Nash song play a prominent part in a dramatic scene? You’ll find these answers out (and more) when you click this play button, baby.
TIMELINE:
Thoughts before we watched — (7:49)
ONE-SENTENCE NO CONJUNCTIONS (EXCEPT JOHN’S A DANG ENGLISH TEACHER) REVIEW — (10:07)
Genres in general…
A discussion of sci-fi/sci-fi — horror flicks…
“I think it’s just straight up sci-fi…”
Ridley Scott comes back up again and John makes a comparison that impresses even the CHIEF…
What the hell do we think happened in this movie — (18:09)
“This is like one of those movies where you go to Denny’s with your buddies, order the All Star Special, chain smoke Marlboro unfiltereds with black coffee, and just talk about what happened in this movie…”
If “The Shimmer” happened in real life, what would you do? — (25:43)
NOTABLE THEMES — (31:47)
Self-destruction
MOST BUCKETS — (34:39)
CHIEF defends home court…
Sixth Man/Woman Award — (41:47)
Leo DiCaprio Overacting Award — (47:59)
“I was fully invested” in the “manufactured drama”…
THE ISO-PLAY — (51:49)
SOUNTRACK — (54:32)
Contrubuted to the tension…
“Did you guys not notice that Nirvana song during the crocodile killing scene?…”
NIC CAGE SWITCHEROO — (56:35)
Freddy and CHIEF do a few quick Cage impressions (or really just Sandberg doing Cage)
OFFICIAL BARN RATINGS AND FINAL THOUGHTS — (1:01:34)
Good ratings with “a shimmer of their own”…
Annihilation coming to NETFLIX SOON!
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In the Can (Ep. 05) — Black Panther

WAKANDA FOREVER! The CHIEF and Sweaty Freddy talk Marvel’s Black Panther, co-written/directed by Ryan Coogler. Is this the G.O.A.T. Marvel movie (as many have said)? Who would win if Freddy ritual challenged the CHIEF to be EIC of The BarnBurner? Does Michael B. Jordan possess more swag than anyone else in Hollywood (or perhaps the world)? How does Freddy fare in “TRU OR NAH?” And finally, is this the most important movie in Marvel’s movie canon? Strap in and let’s mine some freakin’ vibranium.
Timeline:
INTRO & QUICK PLOT SUMMARY — (1:50)
Ryan Coogler Movie Festival & His Unique Style
“So he would make you feel something for the characters even though you couldn’t identify with their situation…”
Marvel’s in-house writers’ program
Early thoughts of this flick — (7:27)
Re cliche “world is changing” line in Marvel movies: “When’s the world gonna stop changing, man…”
“Marvel does a really good job hiring these young up and coming talented filmmakers that have real voices…”
ONE SENTENCE NO-CONJUNCTIONS (FOR REAL) REVIEW — (13:11)
Movie Themes
Rejoining the world — isolationism
Changing with the times
Ignoring tradition
Is this the G.O.A.T. Marvel Movie (a ranking) — (15:57)
Setting the Stage: OPENING and COMPTON Scenes — (21:00)
“Sets the tone for a lot of the movie…”
“You’re slowly but surely given more information about what actually went down…”
Who gets the MOST BUCKETS? — (25:30)
“He reminds me of a young Al Pacino in The Godfather…”
“They said he was the best comic book movie villain since Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight…” — but was he?
Sixth Man (or Woman) Award — (35:01)
How does the ACTION stack up to other Marvel movies? — (39:15)
Freddy goes upper 78 percentile somehow…
Ritual challenge scenes
“It would be especially embarrassing to lose in front of your people…”
The Leonardo DiCaprio Overacting Award — (49:29)
“He was like a kid in the candy store every time he did a robbery…”
“What a comic book villain name…”
The ISO-PLAY — (51:17)
Dream sequences/hallucinations
“The idea of being able to talk to your father [after death] and kinda reconciling all the things you want to correct in his honor…”
The SOUNDTRACK — (56:23)
Beneficial or distracting?
“As different as the movie is, the soundtrack is too, so I appreciate that…”
Nick Cage Switcheroo — (58:49)
TRU OR NAH — (1:01:25)
FINAL THOUGHTS AND BARN RATING — (1:07:55)
“Never mind the vibranium and the wealth, did you see how much clean water they had…”
Rewatchability — (1:11:47)
OUTRO — (1:12:50)
“I Just Can’t Wait to be King” — Simba
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In the Can (Ep. 04) — Cloverfield Paradox

In Episode 4 of In the Can, the CHIEF is joined by The BarnBurner’s in-house meme savant, Sweaty Freddy. The dudes drink some (read: many) beers and talk Netflix’s original The Cloverfield Paradox. Do you dig on sci-fi? Do you like to watch characters frantically running through spaceship corridors a la the Alien franchise? What the hell is a “paradox?” Find out what the CHIEF and Freddy thought about this flick.
Timeline:
The CHIEF’s Quick Plot Summary — (2:28)
The BarnBurner’s Patented One-Sentence NO CONJUNCTIONS Review — (3:47)
The CHIEF totally and completely breaks his own rule.
“They should call it the Cliche Paradox…”
Background of Writer & Director and How this Damn Thing Got Made — (7:13)
Writer is Oren Uziel
Spec scripts…
Director is Julius Onah
Why add the Cloverfield-y things?
Who Gets the Most Buckets? — (12:24)
“But also we don’t know the names of anyone in this movie…”
BUT IT’S GOT THE DUDE FROM BRIDESMAIDS IN IT!
How to identify with one-dimensional characters.
The Boyfriend/Little Girl “Subplot” — (16:04)
BURNING HOT TAKE About Netflix Original Movies — (20:11)
A comparison is made…
Sixth Man Award — (22:29)
We discuss, er, patriotism??
Parallel Dimension Plot — (26:22)
“Damn I wish Neil DeGresse Tyson would have been here so he could just roast this shit…”
“If I get a message from myself in a different universe, that’s really gonna ____ me up, dude…”
“If I get messages from another universe, I can’t rule out that it’s Jim Halpert just messing with me…”
The BarnBurner’s Nick Cage Switcheroo — (33:43)
Replace one actor with Nicholas Cage, who would you and why?
Mandarin mixup…
10/10 Tinder Fodder…
Freddy and the CHIEF’s Barn Ratings — (37:20)
“This is a great movie to play for someone to test if they know what makes a ‘good’ movie…”
Rewatchability — (39:54)
“We need [Netflix] to be a little more rigorous on their scripts and their directors…”
OUTRO (44:18)
Kings of Leon
SNEAK PEEK SEINFELD SEGMENT AKA “WHAT’S THE DEAL??” — (45:35)
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