Defocused
A casual podcast about tech, movies, and whatever else we feel like. Featuring Joe Rosensteel and Dan Sturm.
All Episodes
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July 19, 2024 The Fall Guy
375 They’re Just Turner and Hooch Now
Speaking of people who don’t get recognized for their work…
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June 19, 2024 A silly draft from 10 years of silly episodes.
374 The Defocused 10 Year Anniversary
A silly draft from 10 years of silly episodes.
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January 9, 2024 Dumb and Dumber
369 A Reverse Jeff Daniels Pivot
We’re adults, Dan. What can’t make us sad?
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November 22, 2023 The Killer (2023)
368 I’ll Eat My Crow Hat
I am obsessed with this terrible window.
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August 5, 2023 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
365 A Renaissance Faire of the Mind
You can pick yourself, you can pick your elf, but you can’t pick your friend’s elf.
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March 17, 2023 The Lost City
362 The Academy of Rules
Pause in one hand and bell in the other, see which fills up first.
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February 2, 2023 Glass Onion (2022)
361 Stewing In a Broth Of Myself
I’m exactly as dumb as Rian Johnson thinks I am.
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December 31, 2022 Reindeer Games
360 Fix Yourselves, Michigan
If you tape them back together, you’ve still got tape.
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November 12, 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once
358 Cool as a Meat Cucumber
Small, non-moving, frog-shaped object.
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September 22, 2022 Prey
356 Everything Was Quicksand
If you want to go on Twitter and yas-queen your Prey, have at it guys.
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June 20, 2022 Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
353 Entombed in References
The worst poop joke I’ve ever heard
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April 23, 2022 Free Guy
349 Oyster Frappuccino Feet Net Worth Height
We can all agree on Mariah Carey.
Free Guy (2021)
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April 10, 2022 Gone Girl
348 The Mayor of Places That Used to be Other Places
The most Finchery of the Fincher movies.
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February 14, 2022 Ghostbusters: Afterlife
345 President Muncher
Would you see this movie?
Note: This was recorded before Ivan Reitman’s passing.
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January 22, 2022 Ghostbusters (2016)
344 Miss Slimer, If You’re Nasty
Are you with the Toxic Wasteland Trolls or are you with the Protectors and Defenders of the One Perfect Movie?
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January 13, 2022 The Matrix Resurrections
343 Blue is the New Green
Neo and the Kingdom of the Crystal Matrix.
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December 15, 2021 A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011)
340 Shtick Artists
Santa is the Cupid of friendships.
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December 1, 2021 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
339 The Beef Is a Participant
Fish Nibblers® was behind my microphone.
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November 23, 2021 Dune (2021)
338 The Scope Is the Point
The traveling sisterhood of the stillsuit pants.
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October 31, 2021 Freaky
337 Defober
She has resorted to drinking chardonnay that comes in a clear bottle.
Freaky (2020)
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October 26, 2021 The Lego Batman Movie
336 Your Finest Sport Is the Elimination of Crime
You don’t go to live at an orphanage if you have a motorcycle.
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September 19, 2021 The Suicide Squad
334 This Isn’t Your Daddy’s Suicide Squad
Several felonies stacked on top of each other in a trench coat.
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September 11, 2021 Birds of Prey
333 On to the Next Breakfast Sandwich
You go to the box office with the hyena that you have.
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August 3, 2021 The Lighthouse
330 Playing With Your Lighthouse
An hour and forty-six minutes of art.
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July 27, 2021 Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
329 Fear and Loathing in Vista Del Mar
The soda fountain in your memory palace.
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May 6, 2021 Paycheck
322 He Keeps His Mouth Open So Good
You have been, and always shall be, my Uma Thurman.
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March 29, 2021 Detective Pikachu
319 First Rule of Avatar Fight Club
I’ve got suspense, Greg. Can you milk me?
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February 25, 2021 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
316 Sideburn Tan Lines
For the refined Klingon in your life.
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February 17, 2021 Sneakers
315 Bingo Card of the Damned
You don’t become a super-villain by going home early.
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February 1, 2021 Face/Off
313 The Face Is the Top of the Body
The enemy of my enemy is my face’s friend.
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January 4, 2021 Street People
310 Circle Circle Dot Dot, Now You’ve Got The Excommunication Shot
The icing on top of this disgusting cake.
The movie that kicked off Carolco Pictures helps us kick off our new Carolco-inspired t-shirt!
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December 30, 2020 No Movie
309 Defocused 2020: Hot and Rubbery
I like the idea of a chili cheese fry.
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December 23, 2020 National Treasure: Book of Secrets
308 A Pretty Rude Tour of London
President Captain Pike.
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December 7, 2020 National Treasure
307 Hang a Boston Lantern on It
While you were casting spells, I was mastering the art of the brick.
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November 30, 2020 Gone in 60 Seconds
306 36 Is Almost 40
I don’t even know where you get brass knuckles.
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November 15, 2020 Alien: Covenant
304 A Self-Poisoning Well
I hold the movie to higher standards than the room that they’re in.
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November 6, 2020 No Movie
303 Baby Steps to 270
California Coupon Day
This episode contains some cursing. It was recorded on November 05, 2020 at 8pm PST
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October 31, 2020 Prometheus
302 The Rock Side of the Tracks
The computer generated issues started and stopped in Final Draft.
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September 12, 2020 Batman & Robin
299 Rubber Butts and McDonald’s Toys
His power is an unlimited basket of fries.
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August 18, 2020 Batman
296 An A to Bat to C Story
I liked Bruce Wayne better when he was underground.
Batman (1989)
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August 10, 2020 Alita: Battle Angel
295 Inverted Garbage Disposal
It feels like yesterday that I decided I didn’t care about this.
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August 5, 2020 The Iron Giant
294 Some of My Best Friends Are Animators
Hey, Stevie, is that about poop?
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July 26, 2020 Paddington 2
292 Conjecture and Costumes
He probably thinks this drawing is about him.
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July 18, 2020 Paddington
291 A Preponderance of Talking Bears
Windsor Gardens isn’t big enough for the two of them.
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July 3, 2020 Our 6 Year Anniversary Show!
290 The Defocused Six Year Anniversary Neat Stuff Award
Someone, somewhere, learned something.
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June 30, 2020 Speed 2: Cruise Control
289 Jason Patric is Superstar
The first button is the good button.
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June 10, 2020
286 Finger Sandwich Town
Four Boats, No Horses, Plenty of Glue.
This episode was recorded on May 20, 2020.
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April 16, 2020 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
280 Harrison Ford Counts to Three
That’s how last names work.
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April 6, 2020 Stargate
279 Two Horuses, an Anubis, and a Pizza Place
You cannot debate the flatness of the top.
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March 29, 2020 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
278 The Homer Simpson Car of Movies
The dialogue is terrible and the cuts are small.
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March 10, 2020 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
276 Feet by the Foot
Tarantino just wants to turn people into dinosaurs.
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February 17, 2020 No Movie
274 Film vs. Digital vs. Orange Chicken
Find someone you’re on double-dipping terms with.
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February 8, 2020 Hustlers
272 They Didn’t Have Flutes Back Then
If you can’t trust Goldman Sachs who can you trust?
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January 27, 2020 Dolemite Is My Name
271 It’s Fine That My Life Is the Way That It Is
Don’t let the door hit you where the GI split you.
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January 3, 2020 Hudson Hawk
269 When God Closes a Door He Opens the Pool
She’s an undercover nun with an occasional habit.
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December 26, 2019 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
268 Honey, With Regard to the Child
The Hitchcock Sandwich.
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December 16, 2019 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
267 We Can’t Polish the Cheerio
If it’s in a yard and huge, I’ll eat it.
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November 30, 2019 The Man Who Knew Too Little
265 Doing Some Very Serious Mustache Work
Old Spice is the Final Destination of flowers.
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November 9, 2019 Mission: Impossible - Fallout
263 Christopher McQuarrie’s Dark Knight
You can’t save both glaciers.
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November 5, 2019 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
262 All Guns Are Wind Instruments
He does all of his own drownings.
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
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October 28, 2019 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
261 Charles Grodin’s Cousin
We know it’s an assassin because the phone said “assassin”.
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October 13, 2019 Mission: Impossible II
259 There’s at Least One Dove
Spirally slow-motion spinny-ma-jig.
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October 1, 2019 Mission: Impossible
258 Darker in Brightness
These roostings are making me so chicken.
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September 23, 2019 Venom
257 If Upton Sinclair Had a Leather Jacket
I went to journalism school, I know that’s past tense.
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September 14, 2019 No Movie
256 Are You Talking About Length or Girth?
If the oats are hydrated in a forest and no one is around to see it did they really happen overnight?
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September 2, 2019 A Quiet Place
255 Macrobiotic Handwraps
Constant illumination is the enemy of suspense.
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August 25, 2019 The Predator
254 The Franchise Is a Bathroom
I swear to god, Gary Busey plays someone’s cop partner in a movie.
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August 8, 2019 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
252 The Aliens Will Continue Until Morale Improves
How is predalien babby formed?
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August 1, 2019 More summer movie trailers!
251 The Wrath of Cons
Not to be those people, which we always are.
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July 23, 2019 Summer movie trailers!
250 She Shed She Shed By the Sheshore
I very closely associate Jason Derulo with Jason Derulo.
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July 16, 2019 John Carter
249 If Mayor McCheese Was a Lizard Dog
I’ll give you stars on your bellies.
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July 4, 2019 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
248 I’ve Buried 14 Spider-Mens
This isn’t your daddy’s Pixar movie.
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June 30, 2019 Universal Soldier
247 Get You a Car Crash That Can Do Both
This whole scene takes place between his legs.
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June 20, 2019 No Movie
246 Isn’t Everything a Deconstructed Crab Cake?
I’m also glad you didn’t die.
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June 4, 2019 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
244 Let’s Meet God by the Books
You should be thankful that I stayed awake for this whole thing.
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May 24, 2019 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
243 The Vulcans and the Bees
Spock’s always in the last place you look.
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May 19, 2019 Doom
242 Bad People That Poop at Work
Please, The Fourth Wall is my father, call me Fourth.
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May 14, 2019 The Blues Brothers
241 Comedy by Attrition
A couple dozen more viewings and you’re going to love it.
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April 29, 2019 Out of Sight
239 Soderbergh, Salad, and Breadsticks
I was going Boondock Saints and you went Lion King.
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April 8, 2019 Get Shorty
236 Moe Greene Is on a Boat
The soup isn’t the important part of the story.
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March 23, 2019 Die Another Day
234 He Had Three Sex
I just give up and let the movie hit me in the eyes.
Die Another Day (2002)
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March 16, 2019 The World Is Not Enough
233 Now That We’re 44 Minutes In
Bad, dull, gray potato of a movie.
“The World Is Not Enough” (1999)
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January 29, 2019 Solo: A Star Wars Story
227 I’m Always the Droid
You don’t understand the sincerity of a hug.
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January 14, 2019 Super Troopers 2
225 We’re Good Enough for the Gutter
The Magic Eye of Canadian Accents.
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January 8, 2019 No Movie
224 A Falling Tide Makes the Whole World Blind
I look like a bearded egg wearing an Edge beanie.
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December 24, 2018 Dude, Where’s My Car?
222 Dude’s on First, Sweet’s on Second
James Bond would not be so gauche.
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December 7, 2018 Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
220 The Air Ducts of Hell
Welcome to Dudecember, everybody!
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November 26, 2018 Black Friday
219 We’re UHD Truthers
It’s more like a mortadella than bologna.
It’s Black Friday!
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November 17, 2018 Film Score and Music Draft
218 Human Shameapede
Save all your Loggins in 1Password.
Our first ever Film Score and Music Draft!
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November 13, 2018 No Movie
217 I May Not Even Like The People I’m Familiar With
Craft services always comes home with me.
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November 6, 2018 Addams Family Values
216 Don’t Look a Gift Meatloaf in the Horse
The physics of severed hands.
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October 31, 2018 Weekend at Bernie’s
215 Too Dumb to be in Poor Taste
You got a permit for a day and a dummy.
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October 8, 2018 Alien: Resurrection
212 The Space Jam Cinematic Universe
When you see the Abomination Room go two more doors and hang a left.
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August 31, 2018 Flight
207 This Is the Inception Top
Really, it’s about the friends we made along the way.
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August 15, 2018 Training Day
205 Peanut Butter Is Not a Liquid
This movie is not called Coincidence Day.
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August 6, 2018 Crimson Tide
204 As You Know, That’s Crush Depth
At your worst you should always be your best.
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July 29, 2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
203 Bone-ar
This made Jurassic Park 2 look like Jurassic Park 1.
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July 13, 2018 The Lost World: Jurassic Park
201 Whatever The Script God Says
Mistakes Were Made: The Lost World Story
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July 6, 2018 Jurassic Park
200 They May Have Spared a Few Expenses
Flashlights are the downfall of this movie.
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June 21, 2018 Terminator Salvation
198 A Very Practical Beef
There are no other terminators in this terminator factory.
Terminator Salvation (2009)
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June 6, 2018 American Psycho
196 Murder Is Not Good
I still don’t know what this movie is saying.
American Psycho (2000)
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May 29, 2018 Avatar
195 Press ‘C’ to Pray to Eywa
The teeth are the doorway to the soul.
Avatar (2009)
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May 11, 2018 Terminator 2: Judgment Day
193 Four Prominent Trucks
This movie is all about melting pots.
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May 6, 2018 The Terminator
192 Grow a Meat-Sleeve
Be the naked guy you want to see at Griffith Observatory.
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April 28, 2018 Bad Boys II
191 This is Why I Break Pools
This is a movie where you don’t need a reason for anything.
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April 22, 2018 Bad Boys (1995)
190 The Arbiter of Florida
Technically, every photo is a photo of a light leak.
Bad Boys (1995)
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April 7, 2018 Back to the Future Part III
188 A Sunset From Every Angle
I checked and it’s true, based on Jason Snell’s Wikipedia page.
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March 27, 2018 Back to the Future Part II
187 The Three Laws of Jack Sparrow
A lot of incapacitated Jennifer.
With Special Guest Seth Worley.
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March 20, 2018 Back to the Future
186 Directionally Confused by the Title
You know about the refrigerator.
We’re joined, once again, by Special Guest Seth Worley.
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February 6, 2018 22 Jump Street
182 It’s Fun You Can Take to the Bank
Psychotic drug dealers are people too.
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January 29, 2018 21 Jump Street
181 A Peeled Grape
A Good Bad Drug, a Bad Bad Drug, or a Drug You Kinda Like
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January 16, 2018 Kingsman: The Golden Circle
179 Your Bougie Flesh Burger
My sidekick doesn’t defecate.
With special guest Mikah Sargent.
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January 5, 2018
178 Post Beignet Drip
The high points of the holiday are mostly the alcohol.
No movie this week.
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December 27, 2017 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
177 Last Christmas They Shocked My Balls
Have you seen a woman that looks like these 30 pixels?
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December 18, 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
176 The Dumbest Ticking Clock
Kids explode the darnedest things.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
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December 15, 2017 Bad Santa
175 They Can’t All Be Winners
You couldn’t pick a worse person to be around children.
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December 10, 2017 Trading Places
174 Eight Wrongs Make a Right
I don’t want to say “problematic” because I say it too much.
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November 5, 2017 Wild Wild West
169 Shall We Talk About Magnets
If anything, the fall would have been fatal.
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October 28, 2017 Blade Runner 2049
168 Super Hashtag Movie Magic
Peak Deakins. Shutup Jared Leto.
‘Blade Runner 2049’
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September 4, 2017 The Matrix Reloaded
163 I Am the “How Is Babby Formed” of Car Maintenance
Stick my head up The Matrix’s butt.
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August 4, 2017 Kingsman: The Secret Service
159 I am No One’s Father, Papa, or Daddy
You wanted the Defocused experience.
Special Guest Mikah Sargent!
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July 28, 2017 Drive
158 Every Day is a Winding Refn
There’s squish and there’s also crunch.
The return of Special Guest Merlin Mann!
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June 29, 2017
154 All My Favorite Techno Beats
Everything that happens during the tournament is part of the tournament.
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June 2, 2017 Animal House
150 Any Victory in a Storm
This is only good if you’ve seen it before you had any taste
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May 19, 2017 My Blue Heaven
148 Leave the Criticism, Take the Cannoli
A “Buy One, Get Four Free” Refreshe Situation
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May 2, 2017 Inglourious Basterds
146 Coke, Feet, and Blood Squibs
On this historic episode, we’re joined, for the first time, by two special guests: Merlin Mann and Todd Vaziri!
The bar is in the globe.
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April 26, 2017 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
145 The Holy Grail EULA
The seagulls in Spain are mostly on the plane.
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April 21, 2017 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
144 Rube Goldberg Fight in a Goofy Room
Joe sold his record player for a gold comb and Dan sold his hair for a record.
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April 14, 2017 Raiders of the Lost Ark
143 And Now You’re Surprised!
The story you can get literally anywhere else.
We’re joined by special guest Seth Worley to discuss Raiders of the Lost Ark!
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April 4, 2017 Turner & Hooch
142 The Law Firm of Keaton, Turner, and Hooch
Can you put gelato on a stick?
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March 27, 2017
141 Always the Toddsmaid, Never the Todd
The death of civilization can be tied to the jog wheel.
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March 16, 2017 L.A. Confidential
139 Dead People and Unanswered Questions
I’m not scared of anything, fight me!
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February 27, 2017 Hail, Caesar!
137 A Little Extra Dough
Would that it were so simple to fluster Joe.
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February 16, 2017 Spaceballs
135 One is the Loneliest Schwartz
What kind of crust do you think Pizza the Hutt was?
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January 29, 2017 Judge Dredd
133 Rob Schneider is a Corn Muffin
Don’t Put Your Excitement Knob on Your Forehead
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January 23, 2017 Kickboxer
132 Brothers in Mullet
Jean-Claude Van Damme does basically the same fighting stuff.
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January 16, 2017 Bloodsport
131 A Real Mike Daisey of a Story
For every cat you see, there are a thousand you don’t.
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January 10, 2017 The Running Man
130 Twitter’s Our Game Show
We Need a Moist Raisin!
This episode begins with a very special announcement from your hosts.
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January 2, 2017
129 Defocused: 2016 Year in Review
Starring: Dan Sturm
Edited, Produced, and Directed by: Joe Rosensteel
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December 26, 2016 Die Hard 2
128 The Weather Outside is Frightful, but the Luggage is So Delightful
I don’t want to spoil it for you, but there’s a bad guy.
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December 18, 2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
127 Shop Local Moisture
The address is 1234 Jedha St, Jedha City, Jedha Planet.
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December 12, 2016 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
126 Kevin McAllister’s Tape-Based Interfaces
What is the deal with this family?
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November 28, 2016 Spies Like Us
124 I’ve Always Appreciated The American Van
Can I have sour cream on my burrito?
With returning Special Guest Anže Tomić!
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November 21, 2016
123 Check Me Out on Instagram at @DansSucculents
As the Barefoot Contessa would say.
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November 18, 2016 The Nice Guys
122 The Einsteinium Research Podcast
Hello, I am an Important Person. Come To My Small Office Now.
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November 6, 2016 Dazed and Confused
121 Arizona by the Sea
A lot of follow-up and a little bit of movie.
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October 28, 2016
120 The Transitive Property of Dan
Imagine having chocolate milk and then you’re drunk.
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October 24, 2016 The Thing
119 The World is Your Dog Head
Here, put your arms inside of this hydraulic maw.
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October 16, 2016 Predator 2
118 A Chex Mix of Bad
Wake me up when we get to the meat-packing scene.
‘Predator 2’ (1990)
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October 1, 2016 Aliens
116 The Latin Root of Gross
Never trust a company man in a wool blazer with a popped collar.
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September 25, 2016 Top Gun
115 This Hat Can Be My Wingman
My helmet could have a big picture of a waffle on it.
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September 18, 2016 iPhones, donuts, and cereal
114 Almost Exclusively Glazed
iPhones, donuts, and cereal.
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September 12, 2016 Demolition Man
113 E Pluribus Aquam
Dennis Leary lives underground and eats rat burgers.
Demolition Man (1993)
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September 5, 2016 The Net
112 Cathedral Software is a Fish
It’s always beige in Malibu.
‘The Net’ (1995)
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August 21, 2016 Beverly Hills Cop II
110 Secondhand Haze
There was already a Dent in the car.
‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ (1987)
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August 14, 2016 Beverly Hills Cop
109 How Many Breakfast Clubs are you a Member of?
Chicken Salad Chicken Salad, Salad that is Chicken.
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July 30, 2016 Star Trek Beyond
107 Everything is a Mantel and a Gun
Got a nail in your warp nacelles?
‘Star Trek Beyond’ (2016)
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July 20, 2016 Star Trek Into Darkness
106 Jiminy Tiberius Christmas
Ohana means #family.
Dan and Joe are less than enthusiastic about Star Trek Into Darkness.
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July 16, 2016 Star Trek (2009)
105 The Definitive Guide to Winging it
The new Vulcan colony is in Flavor Town.
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July 10, 2016 The Social Network
104 He Only Has Eisenbergs for Sean Parker
Just give me two Armie Hammers, that’s all I want.
We talk about Dan’s favorite film The Social Network (2010).
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July 2, 2016 The Devil Wears Prada
103 Cerulean MacBook
Remember when people read Harry Potter?
Dan and Joe discuss ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ on it’s 10th anniversary.
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June 25, 2016 RoboCop (2014)
102 The Emotional Percentage Bar
You don’t want to update your devices right before your keynote speech.
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June 8, 2016 100th Episode
100 It’s About Friendship … and Cuban Bread
We discuss all previous episodes of this podcast. Tune in for some nonsense.
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June 1, 2016 The Mummy Returns
99 The Allen Wrench of Osiris
Follow your turn-by-turn directions to Egypt. Or don’t because this movie is terrible.
‘The Mummy Returns’ (2001)
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May 25, 2016 The Mummy
98 Look I So Lolcats To Young Eyes?
Where is the Vice Pharaoh during all this?
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May 18, 2016 Captain America: Civil War
97 A Trunk Full of Captain America Juice
It was all just a big misunderstanding.
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April 19, 2016 Wing Commander
93 The Wingmander
Watch as a movie steers into the skid of insufferability.
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April 13, 2016 Looper
92 Steak and Eggs and Exposition
🎶 I’ve got a lighter on a string, sitting on a rainbow. 🎶
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March 21, 2016
89 Why Did the Bread Come in the Mail?
It wasn’t really a Cuban sandwich, but it was good.
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March 15, 2016 Dan defends his position.
88 Old People Problems
We’re joined by special guest Todd Vaziri to discuss Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Todd is a compositing lead and supervisor at ILM and has worked on the Star Wars and Star Trek film franchises.
Making of The Genesis Effect Narrated by Alvy Ray Smith | YouTube
Really Weird Shot Reverse-Shot From the Pan and Scan Version | YouTube
Netflix Lacks Vulcan Subtitles | Twitter
Defocused #38: How Do You Feel?
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March 8, 2016 Torque
87 Hollywood Tortoise
We’re joined by special guest Adam Lisagor to discuss Torque (2004).
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February 28, 2016 Congo
86 Bad Movie Soup
This movie is the intersection of gorillas and eye-shaped drawings.
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February 21, 2016 Roger Rabbit
85 In Patty Cake Delicto
Nice to meet you, here’s some ink for your shirt.
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February 3, 2016 The Revenant
82 Fear Factor Frontier
Crawl with us on the forrest floor as we discuss The Revenant (2015).
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January 25, 2016 The Martian (2015 film) & Mad Max: Fury Road
81 Red Dirt and Expectations
Two very dirty movies.
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January 3, 2016 Looking back on Defocused in 2015
78 Defocused: 2015 Year in Review
Our 2015 Guests
- Jason Snell
- Anže Tomić
- Aleen Simms
- Glenn Fleishman
Starring: Dan Sturm
Edited Produced and Directed by: Joe Rosensteel
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December 20, 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
77 I’m Happy That You Like His Hand
It’s totally tubular.
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December 15, 2015 We have a shirt!
76 Defocus Your Torso
We have a shirt! You can buy it!
Also, send us your favorite Defocused moments of 2015 at defocusedshow@gmail.com.
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December 14, 2015 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
75 Quid Pro Quo, Anakin
Who’s a good Jedi? Yes you are!
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December 9, 2015 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
74 Eight-Year-Olds Writing Romance for Fourteen-Year-Olds
Remember that time we found a clone army in the couch cushions?
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November 29, 2015 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
73 Quantify His “Forciness”
It didn’t have to be this way, George.
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November 21, 2015 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
72 Then We All Shout and Throw Things at Our TV
The droids you own end up owning you.
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November 14, 2015 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
71 That’s the Mallrats Line
As it turns out, we don’t agree on everything. Who knew?
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November 5, 2015 Star Wars
70 C-3PO’s Funeral Parlor
The thing is, you get more parsecs per mile on the highway.
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October 27, 2015 Alien
69 This Cat DGAF
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October 20, 2015 Ghostbusters II
68 Souls for Her Feet
Vigo may not be a great movie villain, but we still like his olive oil and crushed tomatoes.
Ghostbusters II (1989).
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October 12, 2015 Masters of the Universe
67 I’m Totally a Good Guy, I’m Just Oily and Dirty
All you need is some chewing gum and twine and you’ve got a doorway to another dimension.
Masters of the Universe (1987).
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October 5, 2015 The ‘Burbs
66 Peter Meme, Peter Truck
Home is where the furnace is.
The ‛Burbs (1989).
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September 29, 2015 Highlander
65 The Bald Cop Doesn’t Have a Hot Dog in His Bun
There should have been only one.
Special guest Glenn Fleishman joins us to discuss Highlander (1986).
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September 21, 2015
64 Do You Know How My Hand is Shaped?
Now that Joe’s back from Europe we can spend some serious time complaining about Apple’s recent announcements.
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September 15, 2015 Johnny Dangerously
63 Living the 1935 Dream
Dan convinced Joe to watch Johnny Dangerously (1984) once. Once ☝️.
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August 30, 2015 Road House
61 The Mullet of River Housing
Need help getting those spices off the top shelf?
Road House (1989).
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August 24, 2015 Starship Troopers
60 Slime Talk with Dan and Joe
It’s an ugly podcast! A BUG podcast!
Starship Troopers (1997).
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August 13, 2015
59 How’s Your Siggraph
Live! In Person! For the first (and probably last) time ever!
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August 10, 2015 Top Secret!
58 It Was the 80s of the Time
For the love of god, no pun intended!
Top Secret! (1984)
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August 3, 2015 The Princess Bride
57 BYOP: Bring Your Own Poison
When you saw only one set of footprints, that’s when Fezzik was carrying the horse.
The Princess Bride (1987).
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July 25, 2015 Jupiter Ascending
56 British in the Year 3000
Jupiter Ascending (2015) - We have some issues.
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July 20, 2015 Stripes
55 A Soft, Flaccid Waffle
This week, we’re joined by special guest Anže Tomić to talk about one of his favorite films, Stripes (1981).
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July 13, 2015 Independence Day
54 Majored in Wall, Minored in Alcove
Dan is not an Explosionologist. Joe is not a Doorologist.
Independence Day (1996).
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July 3, 2015 Jurassic World
53 The Amber that Broke the Dilophosaurus’ Back
This week we did something we swore we’d never do. We watched Jurassic World (2015).
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June 21, 2015
52 A Podcast Loaf
In this, our one year anniversary episode, we reminisce about the show and answer some listener questions.
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June 14, 2015 The Birdcage
51 The John Wayne Walk
Dan evades a political scandal by traveling to visit Joe in South Beach. Then they watch 1996’s The Birdcage.
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June 7, 2015 Django Unchained
50 The Titular Django
At long last, Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained (2012).
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May 25, 2015 The Rocketeer
48 A Very Classy Soup
HDR Hamburger Magic Eye Posters and The Rocketeer (1991).
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May 15, 2015 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
47 Mints in a Public Bathroom
Dan and Joe talk about Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) and their new CBS crime procedural.
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May 9, 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
46 The Robot Hand that Rocks the Cradle
Dan and Joe ask important questions about Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). Like, ‘Why?’ and ‘What?’
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May 1, 2015 Marvel’s The Avengers
45 Asgardian Go-Bag
Dan and Joe talk about an obscure classic: Marvel’s The Avengers (2012).
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April 25, 2015
44 They Need More Wow Factor
A movie trailer extravaganza! Star Wars! Batman v Superman! Jurassic World! Tomorrowland! Terminator: Genisys! Happiness! Skepticism! Anger! Disappointment!
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April 20, 2015
43 Bad Guys or Baristas
The guys do some NAB Followup before getting back to the gold coin business for John Wick (2014). Didn’t you know John Wick was John Wick?
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April 13, 2015 Total Recall
42 He’s Not Familiar With Ice
Dan and Joe went to Mars to talk about 1990’s Total Recall. Or did they?
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April 3, 2015 The Last Starfighter
41 Blossoming Death Onion
A brief discussion of Otter Pops and motorcycles before activating the StarDrive™ on The Last Starfighter (1984).
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March 30, 2015
40 Stagnant Beyond Stagnant
Dan and Joe talk about how Apple will be your new cable provider.
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March 16, 2015 RoboCop
39 The Transitive Property of OCP
Join Dan and Joe in a completely unsubtle critique of conspicuous consumption, and executive bathrooms.
RoboCop (1987).
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March 8, 2015 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
38 How Do You Feel?
Pugs, Pizza Toppings, and our tribute to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).
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February 27, 2015 Birdman
37 I Can Have My Feelings
To maintain the “magic” of the podcast, we won’t tell you just how much work went into making this episode (at least until after awards season), but we will tell you that Birdman (2014) is one of the most polarizing movies we’ve reviewed.
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February 20, 2015 Edge of Tomorrow
36 You’re a Soldier, ‘arry!
Dan and Joe — (shot). Dan and Joe talk about — (shot). Dan and Joe talk about Edge of Tomorrow (2014). (grenade)
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February 12, 2015 Big Hero 6
35 Cheese-Slingers
A Superhero Spectacular, featuring Spider-Man and Big Hero 6 (2014)!
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February 5, 2015 Chef
34 The Icing on the Sandwich
There’s a lot of love in the middle of this feel-good sandwich. Even if it is served on the wrong kind of bread.
Chef (2014).
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January 31, 2015 Groundhog Day
33 That Was a Pretty Good Day
Dan discusses his Groundhog Day (1993) menu, and Joe does the Pennsylvania Polka.
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January 22, 2015 Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
32 Eddie Van Halen Paradox
Joe Steel Preston Esquire and Dan Theodore Logan go on a most excellent adventure.
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989).
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January 16, 2015 Real Genius
31 I Like a Good Montage
This week we discuss the 80s cult classic Real Genius (1985) with Chris Knight super-fan Jason Snell.
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January 7, 2015 Snowpiercer
30 All the Plans Were Dumb Plans
Live from nowhere near CES 2015, we discuss the mess that is the UHD TV standard before going completely off the rails discussing the larger mess that is Snowpiercer (2013).
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January 2, 2015
29 Defocused: 2014 Year in Review
Presented in Stereo Sound.
Our 2014 Guests:
- Myke Hurley
- Casey Liss
- Stephen Hackett
- Matt Alexander
- Jason Snell
Special Thanks to Listeners:
- David Fuchs
- Kyle Seth Gray
- Carl T. Holscher
- Brian Hamilton
- Isaac McAuley
- Jason Zigler
- A Boy Named Boom
Edited and Produced by: Dan Sturm
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December 17, 2014 Elf
27 A Growler of Maple Syrup
It’s Dan and Joe (We know them! We know them!) here to talk about the 2003 classic Christmas film, directed by John Favreau, Elf.
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December 11, 2014 Home Alone
26 A Shill for Big Dairy
A little follow up. A little more about the Sony hack. And a whole lot of Home Alone (1990).
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December 4, 2014
25 A Controlled Leak
Dan and Joe decided to do a brief overview of teaser trailers, and the way in which they shape expectations for film. The recent release of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Jurassic World teaser trailers inspired this discussion. They also discuss how viewing teasers has changed over time to turn from an occasional snippet of film, in to QuickTime downloads, and instantaneously available streams.
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November 30, 2014 Interstellar
24 The 70mm Ledge
Spoilers abound as we discuss all things Interstellar (2014).
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November 20, 2014
23 Your Dreams Have Been Paved Over
In this “All Follow-Up” episode we talk about Christopher Nolan, SGI Workstations, and how Bonanza got their L.A. Relay Race™ all wrong.
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November 13, 2014 High Fidelity
22 Remember When We Were Punk Rock?
This week, special guest Jason Snell joins the snobs in the record store to talk about High Fidelity (2000).
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November 4, 2014
21 Cats Per Mango
We set out, with the best of intentions, to discuss the news and the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer. And then it all went to hell.
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October 29, 2014 Ghostbusters
20 That’s Not a S’more
Dan explains ectoplasmic bayer filtering and anamorphic apparitions. Joe saves the day with a straw and a lid.
Ghostbusters (1984).
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October 22, 2014 The Rocky Horror Picture Show
19 Work Your Tablescapes
Much like The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), this episode is truly Defocused and, yet, a ton of fun.
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October 15, 2014 Clue
18 Tim Curried Bacon
This week, the guys are tired and, we’re not going to lie, things get a little weird. But, that doesn’t change the fact that this week’s movie, Clue (1985) is just wonderful fun.
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October 8, 2014 The Frighteners
17 The Clipping Plane from Heaven
Dan ate our social engagement platform, Joe braces for work, and we watch Peter Jackson’s 1996 cult classic, The Frighteners.
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October 1, 2014 Goldfinger
16 Step 1: Atomic Bomb
Former volcano owner and current World’s Greatest CEO Matt Alexander joins us to talk about tearaway trousers, reclaimed wood, what to do when planes fly overhead, what ingredients may or may not be in KFC’s “chicken”, and, of course, Goldfinger (1964).
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September 25, 2014 Galaxy Quest
15 Chekhov’s Law of Omega Thirteens
Joe and Dan talk about college mascots and libraries. Joe nerds-out over Galaxy Quest (1999), while Dan politely nods.
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September 17, 2014 Grosse Pointe Blank
14 The Penultimate Pen
Joe hates love. Dan hates chicken salad. An omelet with nothing in it isn’t technically an omelet, and carrots and celery are just a base of a soup.
This week, we watch Grosse Pointe Blank (1997).
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September 10, 2014 Pirates of Silicon Valley
13 Racing Bulldozers
Special guest Stephen Hackett joins us for some brief beverage banter before breaking down Pirates of Silicon Valley.
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September 3, 2014 Hackers
12 Server Farm to Table
Like the memories of our childhood, "Hackers" (1995) is an embarrassing cultural retrospective full of that's-not-a-things and awful clothing, but it's still fun to watch in an only-partly-ironic way. Set your modems to receive a file. Defocusers of the world, unite! -
August 27, 2014 Collateral
11 I Do This For A Living
This week we’re joined by special guest, Casey Liss, to discuss 90s music (bad), and Michael Mann’s Collateral (good).
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August 21, 2014 Detention
10 A Filmmaking Kitchen Sink
Dan is wearing pants. Joe promises he’s not peeing. We watch Tony Zhou’s A Brief Look at Texting and the Internet in Film before taking on the early 1990s two ways with Empire Records and Detention (2011).
Bug: Joe would like to apologize for recording the wrong audio input this week and he promises to never do it again.
Feature: You can tell Joe and Dan apart.
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August 13, 2014 The Fifth Element
9 Chocolate Syrup on Everyone’s Forehead
Live from Vancouver, Joe eats the turducken of insects, then buys a new kettle. Dan has no heart, but he can fix his car. All that and The Fifth Element.
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August 6, 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy
8 A Turducken of Dead Media
In a decidedly VFX heavy episode, we catch up on some industry news before spending almost as long talking about Guardians of the Galaxy as we did watching it in the theater. The Spoiler Horn sounds at 26:45.
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July 30, 2014 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
7 A Constant Sense of Achievement
This week, we’re joined by special guest Myke Hurley to discuss Dan’s “desert accent”, Myke’s concern about Joe’s sleep, and why we all love Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
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July 23, 2014 Silicon Valley
6 Pivot!
The Episode 6 platform is built on social media, pivots to Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley, then pivots to coffee, before sunsetting with gym burritos.
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July 16, 2014 Super Troopers
5 Shame Burrito
Dan buys a burrito and feels guilty about it. Joe drinks dirt juice. It doesn’t matter if your TV is 4K because the movie probably isn’t. We don’t know what to make of Pixar’s involvement in the “no raid” scandal, but we’re really glad Super Troopers exists. And, it’s a good thing you didn’t order hashbrowns. I mean, if they had been chugging the catsup.
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July 9, 2014 Shaun of the Dead
4 Human Progress Bar
Dan hurt himself. Joe enjoys both ketchup and mustard on his hotdogs. Neither of them really liked World War Z, but only one of them didn’t like Shaun of the Dead.
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July 3, 2014 Can’t Hardly Wait
3 Toto’s Hey Now, You’re an All Star
Dan’s tired from his trip to San Francisco, Joe got some taquitos, called Kaitan Koribann, and Tow-Mater, Tater, and they both (mostly) watched Dune and Can’t Hardly Wait.