August 22, 2008 – 9:00 am
The epic battle between McCain and Obama will shape America’s future. To prepare, we look at an eerily similar battle from America’s past, the 1960 primaries between JFK and Hubert Humphry, as portrayed in Robert Drew’s verité classic, Primary.
Karina stays in for the weekend watching back-to-back movie marathons to settle an age-old debate: Who’s better, [...]

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August 20, 2008 – 1:00 pm
The Wholphin Blog alerts us to the news that Carson Mell will be screening a program of his animated shorts and music videos a week from tomorrow in San Francisco. Mell is producing some of the most cinematic (in terms of narrative scope and point of view) indie animation around right now. His Chonto, a [...]
August 15, 2008 – 8:55 am
Tropic Thunder and its fiasco retardo. The Clone Wars assaults weary Star Wars fans, but Karina’s watch list saves the day.

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Pot and taekwondo, the pursuits of a Southern gentlemen named Danny McBride.

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Keanu Reeves tells Kevin Buist–in very inhuman terms–what it’s like to be an alien getting in touch with his “humanness,” just before Kevin gets melted by a cosmic glare for being near Keanu at Comic-Con. So, what’s up with all these A-list Hollywood types going to a comic book convention? Kevin tells the story of [...]

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WHOLPHIN 6 is a must see DVD and listeners unpack THE DARK KNIGHT (now that they’ve seen it).

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This week’s show is devoted to all things THE DARK KNIGHT

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One man’s epic struggle to find his lost cat. Good for hangovers.
What are our friends watching? We check in with /Filmcast’s David Chen and Devindra Hardawar and our own Karina Longworth.

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If you had to choose one comedy that depicts what you wish adulthood could be, would you pick DUMB & DUMBER or GROSSE POINTE BLANK?

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