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LKTV 060: Christmas with Kojak and My Mother, the Car

Dave and Alonso are still feeling the holiday spirit, so here's a FREE episode of LKTV, our podcast of the television that's usually available only to subscribers to our Patreon page -- you should totally consider becoming one of them. On this episode,we look back at the Christmas TV we consumed this year, including Cher, Good Times, Our Miss Brooks, The Mistletoe Promise, Maude, The Mod Squad and more!

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SPOILERS for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Collateral Beauty; with Ryan Downey

Ryan Downey sticks around to go deep into SPOILER territory with Dave and Alonso, so don't listen unless you want all to be revealed. Follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, ring-ting-a-ling-a-ling too.

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Ryan's streaming pick of the week: STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: THE SEVENTH SEAL

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Collateral Beauty (Non-Spoiler); with Ryan Downey

Star Wars fanboy and friend of the show Ryan Downey joins Dave and Alonso to talk about the latest excursion to that universe, and sit slack-jawed at the explanation of the plot of Will Smith's latest. Don't miss out extra, spoiler-packed episode this week! We're @linoleumcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, just hear those sleigh bells ring-a-ling.

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La La Land, Office Christmas Party, Believe

Dave and Alonso explain why the R-rated raunchy comedy is a more Christian movie that the ostensibly faith-based one, and they don't quite see eye-to-eye on one of the year's most acclaimed films. Follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, give us some love on iTunes, are you shining just for me.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: THE ESSENTIAL JACQUES DEMY

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: A WOMAN IS A WOMAN

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Jackie, Things to Come, LAFCA Awards

Dave and Alonso discuss the Los Angeles Film Critics Association honorees, bust out their breathy FLOTUS impersonations, and bow before the greatness of Isabelle Huppert for the second time in a month. Leave us a nice iTunes review, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, the corner Santa Claus.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: THE MAGIC BOX: THE FILMS OF SHIRLEY CLARKE, 1927-1986: PROJECT SHIRLEY, VOLUME FOUR

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: BLACK CHRISTMAS

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Moana, Bad Santa 2, Elle, Miss Sloane, Rules Don't Apply, Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened

Dave and Alonso rouse themselves from post-Thanksgiving food coma to talk complicated heroines, failure at the box office (movies that do it and movies about it) and other stuff. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @linoleumcast, leave us a nice iTunes review, burn your bridges, start again.

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Allied, The Edge of Seventeen; Listener Mail

Dave and Alonso wish you a Happy Thanksgiving with this extra in-betweener episode, catching up on a few movies and some (but not all) of the mail backlog. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, subscribe for free (and review us) on iTunes, the horse knows the way. 

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Manchester by the Sea, Nocturnal Animals, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Hunter Gatherer

Dave and Alonso got their eyes fried by one of the world's leading filmmakers, and they disagree on a film that's destined to be a big awards contender. Also, there's discussion of lima beans. Follow us @linoleumcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, review us (and subscribe) on iTunes, that's what love can do.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: HOT TYPE: 150 YEARS OF THE NATION

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

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Arrival, Almost Christmas, The Love Witch, Loving

Dave and Alonso have a thing or two to say about the election, yes, but they also discuss quotable celebrity sex tapes and gummi candies (in two completely separate contexts). Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, subscribe (and review us) on iTunes, she don't ask for things.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: THAT TENDER TOUCH

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: THE VELVET VAMPIRE

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Matt Zoller Seitz; Doctor Strange, Trolls, Hacksaw Ridge, I'm Not Ashamed

Dave and Alonso are joined by RogerEbert.com's Matt Zoller Seitz to talk about the complications of Mel Gibson, the trippier corners of the Marvel Universe, and the latest in problematic Christian cinema. Follow us @linoleumcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, subscribe (and review us) on iTunes, it's a love thing.

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Inferno, The Handmaiden, King Cobra

Dave and Alonso get a relatively slow week before the year-end onslaught, and they discuss twink porn, kinky Koreans and a franchise that seems to finally embrace its own inherent absurdity. Subscribe (and review us) on iTunes, follow us @linoleumcast at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, all around the world.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER...AND SPRING

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: SPLASH

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Dave and Alonso have a new Tyler Perry movie in their lives, which is reason enough for joy, but there are some really great indies that may or may not be showing at a theater near you that absolutely merit a look. Leave us a nice review at iTunes or on our various streaming platforms, follow us @linoleumcast at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, or combing out their hair.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: WENDY AND LUCY

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY

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The Accountant, Kevin Hart: What Now?, Shin Godzilla, Aquarius

Dave and Alonso discuss monsters, math and the nature of applause. And there will be meandering. Follow us @linoleumcast at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, leave us a nice review at iTunes, there'll be scary ghost stories.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: LA CIÉNAGA

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: NEIGHBORING SOUNDS

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The Girl on the Train, The Birth of a Nation, 13th, Middle School, The Greasy Strangler, Being 17 , American Honey, Blue Jay, Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

So many movies to cover, but Dave and Alonso manage to fine time to discuss the finer points of men's-room cleanliness and other thorny issues. Review us on iTunes, follow us @linoleumcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, hootie tootie disco cutie.

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Alonso and Dave's DVD pick of the week: A FACE IN THE CROWD

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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Deepwater Horizon, Masterminds, Seed Money

Dave and Alonso discuss peanut-butter-to-chocolate ratios, the aesthetics of desire in gay adult media and other pressing subjects pertaining to the cinema. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, subscribe on iTunes (and leave us a nice review), to get a jolt from my electrodes.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: THE WAILING

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: BEETLEJUICE

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The Magnificent Seven (2016), Storks, Queen of Katwe, The Dressmaker, The Lovers and the Despot

Dave and Alonso discuss some welcome September surprises, plus the two classic films that led to a just-OK remake now in theaters. Leave us a nice iTunes review (and subscribe for free), follow us @linoleumcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and now I wonder.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: A TOWN CALLED PANIC

Alonso's DVD picks of the week: MISSISSIPPI MASALA and SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER

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Rena Owen of Once Were Warriors; Blair Witch, Bridget Jones's Baby, Snowden, Miss Stevens, Hillsong: Let Hope Rise, Author: The JT Leroy Story

Dave and Alonso are joined by legendary New Zealand actress Rena Owen to discuss the new U.S. Blu-Ray of the Kiwi classic ONCE WERE WARRIORS; plus we discuss why you really need to see both the latest JT Leroy documentary as well as THE CULT OF JT LEROY to get the full story. Subscribe (and review us) on iTunes, follow us @linoleumcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, will you meet me in the middle.

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Sully, When the Bough Breaks, Other People; #Venezia73; RIP Gene Wilder & Alexis Arquette

Dave and Alonso parse the politics of Eastwood's latest, remember icons who have left us, recap highlights from the 2016 Venice Film Festival, explain why Judy Garland's animated cat movie resembles GIGI, and discuss the Frederick Wiseman retrospective screenings. Leave us some nice feedback on iTunes, Stitcher, The Lounge, Google Play, Podbean, and anywhere else you can while you were looking for yourself out there.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: WIGSTOCK: THE MOVIE

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: NEVER MET PICASSO

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Morgan, The Light Between Oceans, Yoga Hosers; Listener Mail

Alonso's off at the Venice Film Festival, but he and Dave pre-taped this episode, where they answer a bunch (but not all) of backlogged letters from listeners. Alonso has seen the week's major new films; Dave has a lot to say about his colonoscopy. Happy Labor Day! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, subscribe for free on iTunes (and leave us a nice review), the pure tenor quality of the voice of Harold.

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Don't Breathe, Southside With You, The Hollars, The Sea of Trees; BBC 100 Films

Dave and Alonso are stunned that two really good movies surfaced in the clearance sale that is late August. Also, Alonso totally spoils the new Gus Van Sant, but not until the very end of the episode. And we talk about what's interesting and what's flawed in the BBC 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century list. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, subscribe and review us on iTunes, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh.

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War Dogs, Ben-Hur, Kubo and the Two Strings, Hell or High Water, Lo and Behold, Little Men, The Fight Within

Dave and Alonso catch up on some late-summer indie surprises, Christian movies both cheap and expensive, and an extravaganza of white male privilege. Follow us @linoleumcast at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, subscribe (and review us) on iTunes, wild horses couldn't drag me away.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: 3 BAD MEN

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE EIGHTH DIMENSION

 

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Travis McElroy; Sausage Party, Pete's Dragon, Florence Foster Jenkins

Podcaster extraordinaire Travis McElroy joins Dave & Alonso to talk about Disney trauma, technical difficulties and other pressing topics. Follow us @linoleumcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, subscribe (and leave us a nice review) on iTunes, it's a new craze.

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Suicide Squad, Nine Lives, The Little Prince, Don't Blink: Robert Frank; Make Me: Higher Ground

Dave and Alonso talk about That Superhero Movie, but also another Straub-Huillet movie and the latest in the "Make Me" series of films they're making each other watch. Subscribe (and review us) at iTunes, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, en pile ou face.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: BELLADONNA OF SADNESS

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: DAY FOR NIGHT

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Jason Bourne, Bad Moms, Nerve, Women He's Undressed; Sarah Jacobson

Dave and Alonso are surprised and disappointed this week by the big new releases, and recommend a dishy new doc full of Hollywood gowns and gossip. Follow us @linoleumcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, subscribe at iTunes (and leave us a review), now that I've discovered what you mean to me.

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Dave Holmes; Star Trek Beyond, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Ice Age: Collision Course, Lights Out

Dave Holmes drops by to talk with Dave and Alonso about his hilarious new memoir PARTY OF ONE, along with a look at the films of the week. (One of which Dave spoils, but only at the very end.) Follow us @linoleumcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, leave us a review on iTunes, just take the good with the bad and don't think.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: LOUDER THAN BOMBS

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: THE IN-LAWS

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Ghostbusters (2016), The Infiltrator, Café Society, Equals, Five Minutes to Live

With Outfest behind them, Dave and Alonso can dig back into the new movies, including a Kristen Stewart vehicle so forgettable that it sets off perhaps a record number of tangents and digressions. Subscribe (and review us) on iTunes, follow us @linoleumcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, it gets better, that's for sure.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: CLOSE-UP

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: HEAVEN'S GATE

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MIke and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Captain Fantastic; The Devils (1971); Outfest and Karlovy Vary Film Festival

Alonso's bouncing from film festival to film festival, so he and Dave discuss...well, food, but eventually movies. Follow us @linoleumcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, leave us an iTunes review, I wouldn't want to live with the pain.

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Alonso's DVD pick of the week: THE BOX

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The BFG, The Legend of Tarzan, The Purge: Election Year; Spoilers for Midnight Special, The Invitation, Tickled

Dave and Alonso pre-taped this holiday weekend episode, where we finally deliver on some promised spoilers and catch up on (some, but not all) old letters. Happy 4th! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, leave us a nice iTunes review, doodle do or die.

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Dave's streaming pick of the week: AT SEA

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: THE WITCHES

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Independence Day: Resurgence, The Shallows, Swiss Army Man, The Neon Demon, Wiener-Dog; Make Me: Au Hasard Balthazar

In the introductory segment of "Make Me," Dave gets Alonso to watch AU HASARD BALTHAZAR, which ties in perfectly with the new Todd Solondz. Also, the great awfulness of the latest from NWR, the superhuman effort Judy Garland exerts to put one good number in IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME, and the dieting hijinks of REDUCING. Follow us @linoleumcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and leave us a nice iTunes review. Rock on with your bad self.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: DARK HORSE

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: WHO ARE YOU, POLLY MAGGOO?

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Finding Dory, Central Intelligence, Tickled

Dave and Alonso are surprised by the strong offerings of a mid-summer weekend. (And also by that audio glitch at the beginning -- our apologies.) Review us on iTunes, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, you just sputter and fizz like old headache powder.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: THE WAVE

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: FEDS

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The Conjuring 2, Warcraft, Now You See Me 2, De Palma, Genius

Dave and Alonso get it together enough to discuss what's fun and what's scary (and what's not). Like us on Facebook, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, leave us an iTunes review, can you tell me why.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: MOON

Alonso's DVD pick (which apparently isn't out on DVD yet) of the week: HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT

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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Me Before You, Weiner, Chevalier

Dave and Alonso discuss pop parody, sex and politics, Greek manhood, and death pudding. Like our Facebook page, follow @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, review us (and subscribe) on iTunes, yes yes yes on and on as I flex.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: THE PURGE & THE PURGE: ANARCHY

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: HOT ROD

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Cannes Recap with Justin Chang; X-Men Apocalypse, Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Ones Below, The Wailing

Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times has the scoop about this year's Cannes Film Festival, then sticks around to talk mutants and occult Korean serial killers with Dave and Alonso. Like our Facebook page, subscribe and review us on iTunes, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, bet on it.

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Justin's DVD pick of the week: ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: X2

Dave's DVD pick of the week: THE CHASER

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The Angry Birds Movie, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, The Nice Guys, Sunset Song

Dave shuts down talkers at the arthouse, Alonso remembers being a kid in the sexed-up '70s. Like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, subscribe on iTunes (and leave us a review), I'm gonna stay right where I am.

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Alonso's DVD picks of the week: KISS KISS BANG BANG and THE LONG DAY CLOSES

Dave's DVD pick of the week: THE DEEP BLUE SEA

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Money Monster, The Lobster, Love & Friendship, High-Rise, Last Days in the Desert

Dave and Alonso discuss two films that are among the best of 2016 so far, and three that aren't. Also, peak snoot and sleep busses. Like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, leave us a nice review on iTunes, cry boy cry.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: THE STUFF

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: CUPCAKES

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Captain America: Civil War, A Bigger Splash, Green Room, The Family Fang

Dave and Alonso discuss TV punks and films about art (not to be confused with art films) on this week's episode. Like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, review us (and subscribe for free) on iTunes, that's what they don't know.

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Dave's pick of the week: Straub-Huillet Retrospective at MOMA

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: I AM LOVE

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Wong Kar Wai expert John Powers, Keanu, Mother's Day

John Powers (Vogue, Fresh Air) joins Dave and Alonso to talk about his gorgeous book WKW: THE CINEMA OF WONG KAR WAI. So it's weird when we then have to talk about Garry Marshall. Like us on Facebook, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, and the sky is gray.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: CHUNGKING EXPRESS

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

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RIP Prince, The Huntsman: Winter's War, Nina, The Meddler, Francofonia, Absolute Beginners at 30

Dave and Alonso laugh about Snow White: The Winter Soldier and mourn the Purple One. Subscribe (and review us) on iTunes, like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, Gustav Mahler number three is jammin' on the box.

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Alonso's Blu-ray pick of the week: DEATH BECOMES HER

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The Jungle Book, Barbershop: The Next Cut, Sing Street, Godard's A Married Woman

Dave and Alonso discuss talking animals, nouvelle vague editing, 80s Britpop and Nicki Minaj as the new Jayne Mansfield, among many other topics. Leave us an iTunes review, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, oo-bee-doo.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: THE INFORMER

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: BEGIN AGAIN

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The Boss, Hardcore Henry, Midnight Special, Demolition, The Invitation, Louder Than Bombs, Golden Eighties

Dave and Alonso watch unsubtitled French movies, disappointing third acts and movies that can't be discussed without getting into spoiler territory. Review us (and subscribe) on Facebook, like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, but love taught me.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: VENUS BEAUTY INSTITUTE

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: LADY IN THE LAKE

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God's Not Dead 2, Everybody Wants Some!!

Dave guides Alonso (and everyone else) through the minefield of dog-whistles and straw men that make up the latest faith-based flick. Also we talk about Kate Smith, for some reason. Like our Facebook page, leave us a review (and subscribe) at iTunes, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, hotel motel Holiday Inn.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: CHANTAL AKERMAN - FOUR FILMS

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: THE NEW AGE

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Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Take Me to the River, My Golden Years, Mountains May Depart

Dave and Alonso prefer three arthouse releases to the big jive-ass superhero movie which, to be fair, is not a knee-jerk reaction on their part. Review us (and subscribe) at iTunes, like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, drop me in the water.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: Anything by Jia Zhangke

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: BATMAN (1966)

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Special: Spring 2016 All-Mail Review

There's still this week's regular episode to come, but in the meantime, Dave and Alonso sift through the listener mailbag and get to long-ignored correspondence. Questions are answered, lists are knifed, and criticism and praise alike are manfully accepted.

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SXSW Recap, Miracles From Heaven, Pee-wee's Big Holiday, Cemetery of Splendor, The Clan

Alonso recounts his "curated travel experience" to Austin for SXSW 2016, while Dave sees a contemporary faith-based film that merits comparison to his beloved Bresson. Like our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, leave us a review on iTunes (and subscribe for free there), a huffin' and a puffin' and away she goes.

Dave's DVD pick of the week: Anything by Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: COUSINS

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10 Cloverfield Lane, The Young Messiah, The Brothers Grimsby

Dave and guest host William Bibbiani find some good in the latest Christian drama, find some bad in a buddy comedy, and review 10 Cloverfield Lane twice because they know how you hate spoilers. Subscribe and review us on iTunes, like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, and follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and subscribe to his show, The B-Movies Podcast.

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Dave's DVD Pick of the Week: BROOKLYN and CAROL

Bibbs's DVD Pick of the Week: MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK

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Zootopia, London Has Fallen, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, The Other Side of the Door

Dave and Alonso wind up talking a lot about race this week, but it's all because of the week's new movies. Subscribe and review us on iTunes, like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, and you come to me on a summer breeze.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: JUDGE PRIEST

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: THE TRIBE

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#OscarsSoWhat with Buzzfeed's Adam B. Vary; Gods of Egypt, Eddie the Eagle, Triple 9, Only Yesterday

Adam B. Vary from Buzzfeed tells Dave and Alonso about the Oscars from inside the Dolby Theatre and shares some college ghost stories for good measure. Subscribe (and review us) on iTunes, like our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, because I haven't got one.

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Dave's DVD pick of the week: THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: DOWNHILL RACER

Adam's DVD pick of the week: M (1931)

 

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The Witch, Risen, Race; with Jen Yamato

Satanists, karaoke and donuts are just some of the topics that Jen Yamato (Daily Beast) discusses with Dave and Alonso, as we turn a dead-ish week at the movies into engaging conversation. Like our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, leave us a nice review on iTunes, support our Patreon page, what am I doing without cha.

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Jen's DVD pick of the week: TURBO KID

Dave's DVD pick of the week: ENTERTAINMENT

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: CADFAEL

 

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Deadpool, Zoolander 2, How to Be Single

Dave and Alonso don't quite see eye-to-eye about superheroes, rom-coms or even Valentine's Day itself. Subscribe to (and review) us on iTunes, like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, no Halloween.

Dave's DVD pick of the week: PARIS BELONGS TO US

Alonso's pick of the week: DC SHOWCASE PRESENTS AMBUSH BUG

Direct download: Linoleum_20160214.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 4:57pm PDT

Hail, Caesar! Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, The Choice, 4th Man Out; with Drew Droege

Southern accents and Velveeta are just two of the topics that pop up when the hilarious Drew Droege drops in to talk about the week's new movies. Thanks to everyone who has supported the show via our Patreon page! The podcast of the cinema remains free, but for LKTV and other exclusive goodies, you should become a subscriber. Leave us a nice iTunes review, like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, you're a pal and a confidant.

Follow Drew on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook; if you're in Los Angeles, get tickets to see him in The Devil Wears Prada: The Unauthorized Musical Parody and Golden Girlz: Alive & Kicking.

Drew's DVD pick of the week: CRIMSON PEAK

Dave's DVD pick of the week: THE DICKS FROM TEXAS

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: THE EMIGRANTS/THE NEW LAND

Direct download: Linoleum_20160206.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 3:16pm PDT

Kung Fu Panda 3, The Finest Hours, Fifty Shades of Black, The Treasure, Born Reckless

Dave and Alonso proudly introduce their Patreon page for Linoleum Knife subscribers and then talk about a very mixed bag of January releases. But seriously, go visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/LinoleumKnife

Dave's DVD pick of the week: DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST

Alonso's Blu-ray pick of the week: UP THE CREEK

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Category:general -- posted at: 2:29pm PDT

LKTV 013: DC's Legends of Tomorrow, War & Peace, Gilmore Girls, The Circus, Chrissy Teigen's Hungry, Little Women: Atlanta, Skin Tight

Dave and Alonso cover everything from Tolstoy and Trump to Wendy Williams vs. Kanye West in a wildly eclectic look at the week in television. Review us on iTunes, like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, you spun me round and knocked me on my axis mundi

Dave's pick of the week: "You Can Eat Bread"

Alonso's pick of the week: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 6

Direct download: LKTV_20160129.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 4:42pm PDT

Sundance 2016 with William "Bibbs" Bibbiani of The B-Movies Podcast

Alonso's in Park City again, and he and Bibbs have a sit-down to discuss the films they've seen in the first few days of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. (Except Alonso forgot to bring up GOAT for some reason -- go read his review at TheWrap.) Follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, like us on Facebook, leave us a positive review on iTunes (where you can subscribe for free), release your peace.

Elsewhere in Change Partners and (Sun)dance, Dave joined Witney on this week's B-Movies Podcast.

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

Bibbs' DVD picks of the week: JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS and GOOSEBUMPS

Direct download: Linoleum_20160124.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 8:38pm PDT

LKTV 012: Degrassi: Next Class, Billions, Fit to Fat to Fit, Just Jillian

Alonso gets his fix of Canadian hormonal-teen soap opera, while Dave watches overweight people and their trainers cry. Also, we finally finish Making a Murderer, keep up with Idol auditions, learn more life lessons from Wendy Williams, and lament what happens to old shows that get shoehorned into new time slots. Like us on Facebook, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, leave us a nice review on iTunes, whatcha know to be real.

Alonso's pick of the week: SHOW ME A HERO

Dave's pick of the week: Amazon Prime ad with the pony

Direct download: LKTV_20160120.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 6:25pm PDT

Best of 2015 with Manohla Dargis, Robert Abele and Peter Debruge (Audio Fix)

[We sincerely hope this version makes it easier to hear our wonderful guests.]

Dave and Alonso are joined by a blue-ribbon panel of critics — Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times, and Peter Debruge of Variety — to discuss the highlights of the year just past. Haynes vs. Tarantino, the joys of Mad Max and documentary ethics are just some of the subjects that pop up in a rousing conversation. Like our Facebook page, review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, but there is no easy way around it.

Follow Manohla on Twitter: @ManohlaDargis

Follow Robert on Twitter: @raabele

Follow Peter on Twitter: @askdebruge

Direct download: Linoleum_20160116_fix.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 1:31pm PDT

Best of 2015 with Manohla Dargis, Robert Abele and Peter Debruge

Dave and Alonso are joined by a blue-ribbon panel of critics -- Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times, and Peter Debruge of Variety -- to discuss the highlights of the year just past. Haynes vs. Tarantino, the joys of Mad Max and documentary ethics are just some of the subjects that pop up in a rousing conversation. Like our Facebook page, review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, but there is no easy way around it.

Follow Manohla on Twitter: @ManohlaDargis

Follow Robert on Twitter: @raabele

Follow Peter on Twitter: @askdebruge

Direct download: Linoleum_20160116.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 6:20pm PDT

LKTV 011: American Idol, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, Golden Globes, State of the Union, Angel from Hell

Dave and Alonso ponder awards shows, singing competitions and presidential punditry. And MAKING OF A MURDERER is still making them furious. Like our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, leave us a nice review on iTunes, I am a lineman for the county.

Dave and Alonso's pick of the week: WORST WEEK

Direct download: LKTV_20160113.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 3:46pm PDT

"The Forest," "Chimes at Midnight," "The Masked Saint," Letters

Dave and Alonso had to push back the Best of 2015 episode a week, so instead they discuss why the new Christian sports movie is like Turkish Star Wars. Like our Facebook page, leave a nice iTunes review, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, whenever we go out the people always shout.

Linoleum Knife is brought to you by the independent film guide THE REEL TRUTH. Find out what Lee Daniels, Kim Peirce and Werner Herzog have to say about making your first low-budget movie. Available now on iTunes and in paperback from Amazon.

Dave's DVD pick of the week: PRINCESS MONONOKE

Alonso's DVD pick of the week: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974)

Direct download: Linoleum_20160110.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 1:52pm PDT

LKTV 010: Downton Abbey, Galavant, Rachel Maddow, Getting On, Signé Chanel

Dave discovers limits to his love of Kylie Minogue, Alonso marvels at how everything old in presidential politics is new again, and they both slowly crawl through some of the hottest streaming shows. Leave us a nice iTunes review, like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter and Instagram, come into my world.

Direct download: LKTV_20160106.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 10:06pm PDT

"The Revenant," "Anomalisa," Worst Films of 2015; with Louis Virtel

HitFix's Louis Virtel joins Dave and Alonso to remember the crappiest cinematic output of 2015, while the hosts discuss two acclaimed year-end releases. And disaster preparedness. Like our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @linoleumcast, leave us a nice review on iTunes, next is the E.

Linoleum Knife is brought to you by Reed Martin's independent film guide THE REEL TRUTH, available as a paperback from Amazon or an eBook from iTunes.

Direct download: Linoleum_20160103.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 5:05pm PDT

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