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The Greatest Video (About The Greatest Showman)!!!!

It's the last video of the year. And the longest video of the year. We went hard on this one.

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!

Do Kevin Smith's Movies Hold Up?

Damn these videos just keep getting longer and longer. I really didn't think I had THAT much to say about Kevin Smith.

This is one we've been planning for a while. We actually teased it back in the very first talk show episode. This one is less of a Coppola-style full career overview and more of a personal reflection on why I loved something when I was younger and what it means to me now. It sounds weird to say now but Kevin Smith was once a very big deal to me!

Hope you all enjoy...

Plush Charl - Black Friday deal

We did it. We made a plush Charl. And you can pre-order it now

http://standard.tv/charl

And for patrons, we have a special deal just for today.  Use the code REBECCABLACKFRIDAY to get 20% off your order

Also every order comes with a free month of Nebula

What's the Point of R-Rated Superheroes?

This one was originally planned for April, and then the pandemic came and threw off the plans. Honestly, I can't remember what about this episode wasn't possible to during quarantine. Maybe I felt it didn't fit with the talk show format?

As anyone who listens to The Infinity Podcast knows, this is a topic I've been bringing up repeatedly for well over a year. I'm glad I waited on it because I know this is a touchy subject (as in, dudes on the internet get really angry about it) and I wa...

EARLY ACCESS - The Austin Powers video

I've been waiting to release this until the election has a real conclusive result, but since things are looking pretty good, I thought I'd give you folks an early look. For us Americans it's been a stressful week, so here's something very silly to distract you for half an hour.

THIS IS FOR PATRONS ONLY SO PLEASE DON'T SHARE THE LINK PUBLICLY

COPPOLA PART 2

Wow thank god we split this into 2 parts. It's so long

COPPOLA PART 1

This thing is enormous. Thank you patrons for making this happen in the first place! It's been a blast working on it, and I think Part 2 is going to be even better. And it's all written already! I'm actually excited to get to work!

Update on Upcoming Videos

Hello everyone! It's October 1st and you may have noticed that there was no video released in the month of September. Don't worry! Everything is okay!

We usually release 2 videos every month, but after I experienced a real case of burnout exactly a year ago, I've been trying to periodically schedule little breaks for myself. The idea is that every 3 months, I'll have a month with just 1 video. ...

The Modern Class of Gonzo Blockbusters

I'm back in New York! The talk show is over! A new era begins!

Okay this new era is really just..how we made videos before I got quarantined up at my parents' house, but we're running with this and working all these real-life events into the ongoing story. This episode is a big one for that.

This one is about a group of movies I've been thinking about for a couple years now, this grouping of movies from the past 5 years or so that use their massive budgets for truly insane spectac...

The Zack Snyder Video is Happening

Welcome new patrons! You did it! You helped us reach the goal where I make the video that will surely destroy me.

Many of you are excited. Many of you are scared for my health and safety. Let me address a few things here.

1. In my experience, toxic Star Wars fans have become even worse than toxic Snyder fans. I've already made videos about why The Last Jedi is good so there's nothing coming I haven't dealt with before.

2. This will not be a super negative takedown "thing bad...

We Reached a Goal!

Hello everyone! And hello new patrons!

As you may have seen, today we hit the 1,400 patron goal (it actually happened live on the commentary stream with David Chen).  This is the goal where, upon reaching it, I will purchase the $800 Art + Wine Collection - The Conversation Edition from the Francis Ford Coppola Winery, which ...

The Strange Comfort of Time Loop Movies

This is the final episode of the talk show.

We've had so much fun with this format, and this seemed like the right time to wrap it up.

We went all out for the finale. I'm really happy with how this turned out.

Huge shoutout to Emma Logsdon, Jake and Rachel, Mike Curran, and Dave Wiskus for their huge contributions.

And Charl, of course.

Patron-Exclusive Live Q&A in 15 minutes

Tune in and ask any questions you have! I'll make tea!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwhfv9SdBzc&feature=emb_title

Live Patreon Exclusive Q&A 7/29

We're doing a live Q&A JUST for Patreon tomorrow, Wednesday, July 29th, at 6pm EST!

It's been a little while since the last one. I've been super busy with the videos and the commentaries with David Chen over on the second channel have kind of been filling this spot, but we're overdue so let's do it again!

Maybe I'll make tea! But I'll definitely answer whatever questions you have. So tune in! Hang out! See you soon!

One X-Cellent Scene

Oh my god a new episode already????

A year ago you may remember Nando V Movies organized a big crossover called "One Marvelous Scene," in which a great collection of video essayists did videos on various scenes in the MCU. I was too burnt out on the MCU from the big trilogy of videos I made in the spring to participate, but this year when he organized a similar plan for X-Men, I was all-in.

And then to be difficult I decided to talk about comic books instead of movies.

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How Imax Made Christopher Nolan a Better Filmmaker

Big new episode! Huge new developments!

And yeah I finally decided it was time to talk about Nolan. Every film YouTube person is required to at least once, right?

The 90s Dark Universe

Good morning! There's another new episode out!

"Already?" you ask, "Wasn't there a 40-minute video a week ago?"

Yes, and I was very stupid scheduling these so close together. I'm extremely tired and excited to take the next couple days off.

I want to apologize to patrons who signed up in the past week: in my haste to get the video finished I neglected to add the new names to the end credits. This is a stupid oversight and I'm sorry. It will of course be fixed by the followin...

I Joined the Turner Classic Movies Wine Club

And now for a very different episode of the talk show

Recently I learned that Turner Classic Movies has a wine club, in which they send you a case of different bottles of wine, each one paired with a  classic movie

So during this time when we've all been looking for interesting quarantine projects, this seemed like a perfect one: I would drink all the wines while watching all the recommended movies

And make a video out of it

So here's what happened

Is MAMMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN the Best Sequel Ever?

Yes, we really made a 30-minute video about the Mamma Mia movies

And we deal with the Krasinski situation

This is the last weekly video for a little while. We're switching back to our regular bi-weekly schedule for June. I knew this wasn't sustainable, but it was fun to do for a month. Hope you're enjoying them!

Little Women - Restructuring a Classic Story

If you noticed that I've had a copy of Little Women on the desk in all the videos recently and that I've been logging all the various film versions on Letterboxd, you may have suspected this was coming

I really love Greta Gerwig's version of Little Women, and after reading the book, I love it even more. So I wanted to talk about how she restructures the story into parallel timelines and the effect it has.

Also: the band killed it in this episode. I think it's their best work yet.<...

The Hunt For Red October - Learning to Love the Soviets

This was supposed to be out a week ago (if you missed it, the videos are going mostly weekly for a bit), but a key item needed for it got lost in the mail until yesterday. You'll probably know the item I'm talking about when you see it.

I was watching a bunch of John McTiernan movies back in March and figured I would make TWO videos about them. He's a great filmmaker and we should talk about him more!

Because this one got delayed, the video originally scheduled for today will be o...

PREDATOR: The Smartest Genre Mash-Up Ever? Probably!

The talk show is back! And now it's weekly (for a little while)!

And since I'm ahead on work for the first time ever, I'm releasing this one early for patrons!

REMINDER - Live Stream Today

Today at 5pm EST! See you soon!

Live Stream Q&A tomorrow

Hey everyone, hope you're doing well. Tomorrow at 5pm EST I'm doing a Patron-only live stream for about an hour. I'll hang out, make some tea, and talk about the latest video or whatever else you're interested in.

Cats! Michael Bay! Music Biopics! The Big Follow-Up Video

We've been hard at work figuring out a new way to keep the videos fun and inventive while under quarantine. This is the start of a new format we'll be using moving forward (until we can go places again).

For this first video I wanted to cover some things I get asked about a lot. Any time I cover a topic like Michael Bay or Terrence Malick or music biopics, and then a new movie gets released that factors into that conversation, people ask if I'm going to do a follow-up video.

I don...

Is This the Most Important Movie of the 1980s?

A very special video essay made while self-quarantined.

Mostly written and shot by Jake & Matt Torpey

Live Stream Q&A Today!

Hey everyone! It's been a while and since we're all cooped up inside our homes, I'm doing a live Q&A tonight at 6pm EST.

Tune in! Hang out! Ask some questions!

https://youtu.be/yQVfjnaIHrA

Patrick Explains THE MASK OF ZORRO (And Why It's Great)

Here's something to entertain you while you're in quarantine. Enjoy, and stay safe!

The Next Video

It's been way too long since the last Patrick Explains video, hasn't it?

If you follow me on Twitter you probably guessed this was coming 

Expect this one 2 weeks from today 

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How Does a Perfect Simpsons Episode Work

Wow a new video only one week later???

I've been trying to figure out a way to make a Simpsons video for YEARS and I finally did it and you know what? I enjoy talking about this show.

(also if you haven't seen yet...we've got a new goal on the Patreon)