Michael May's Blog, page 26

AfterLUNCH | Southern Road Trip

AfterLUNCH's 50th episode coincided with my road trip south to see a bunch of friends I haven't seen in a long time (and one I'd never met face-to-face before). Some of them grew up in the South, some transplanted there, and some transplanted away from there, so I talk to them about Southern living and what movies, TV shows, and books best represent it.

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Hellbent for Letterbox | Hitchin' Post Live!: List of 100 Best Westerns by Cowboys & Indians Magazine

Pax and I record a rare face-to-face episode to talk about Cowboys & Indians magazine's recent revised list of their 100 Greatest Westerns. 
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AfterLUNCH | MangAnime

Following up on some discussions in the After Dinner Lounge episodes, Michael and Evan welcome Evan's daughter Sarah to talk about favorite manga and anime. Some of the manga discussed are: Black Butler Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Moriarty the Patriot Bungo Stray Dogs Silver Spoon Akira Samurai 7 Anne Freaks Children of the Sea A Silent VoiceAnd anime like: Jujutsu Kaisen Death Parade Yuri on Ice Cowboy Bebop Grave of the Fireflies The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Mary and the Witch’s Flower Your Name And of course, the films of Hayao MiyazakiDownload or listen to the episode here.

AfterLUNCH | Familify Something for Disney

Back on Episode 35, we sexified some stories for the CW. On this episode, we do the opposite as Rob and I welcome Karen Flieger and Adam Pope to turn material for grown-ups into kid-friendly fare.

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Hellbent for Letterbox | The Left Handed Gun (1958)

Pax and I discuss Arthur Penn's Billy the Kid tale, The Left Handed Gun, starring Paul Newman as Billy with appearances by The Dukes of Hazzard's James Best and Denver Pyle.
I also continue my Western History movie project with The Mountain Men (1980) and Two for Texas (1998). And Pax continues reading Thierry Gloris and Jacques Lamontagne's Wild West graphic novels with a volume about Wild Bill. He also checks out the 1989 TV movie redo of The Left Handed Gun, Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid starring Val Kilmer.
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AfterLUNCH | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

For the second episode of AfterLUNCH, we reran a discussion of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl from an old podcast that my son David and I used to have. In addition to me and David, the panel featured Lizzie Twatchman, Mike Westfall, and Ron Marz. Now, we finally reconvene (with 100% more Rob Graham) to take a critical, but fond look at the second Pirates movie, Dead Man's Chest.

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AfterLUNCH | Captain America: The First Avenger

Lizzie, Pax, Rob, and I drill into the first Captain America movie like a SHIELD laser drills into ice.

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Filthy Horrors | Return of the Filthy Horrors

Darla, Jess, and I have been fully vaccinated and reconvene at last to catch up on how we did during the pandemic and what horror movies, books, and shows we were into over the last year-and-a-half.
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AfterLUNCH | Sherlock Holmes (and Board Games)

In the first of a series of Sherlock Holmes episodes, Rob and I talk about our history with and love for the character as well as favorite adaptations. And somewhere along the way we get really sidetracked into a discussion of board games.

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Hellbent for Letterbox | Belle Starr (1941)

Following Belle Starr's appearance in The Long Riders, Michael and Pax watch a highly fictionalized biography of the character starring Gene Tierney, Randolph Scott, and Dana Andrews. 
Pax also checks out the Italian Western version of The Belle Starr Story while Michael continues watching mountain man movies with Clark Gable in Across the Wide Missouri.
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