Cinebanter - GREATEST HITS, VOLUME 1

The MP3 of the Greatest Hits Volume 1 episode can be found here.

In this episode, Tassoula looks back on the first ten episodes of Cinebanter, which aired between July and December of 2006. The breakdown is as follows:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00:32 Episode 1: Finding our voice
• 02:08 Episode 2: Boy/girl banter about THE BREAK UP
• 07:17 Episode 3: Introducing Average Matt
• Break
• 10:24 Episode 4: Our first fight
• Break
• 17:49 Episode 5: Decoding (or not) a foreign indie
• 19:26 Episode 6: The one with the bird
• Break
• 24:27 Episode 7: Gender differences
• 33:35 Episode 8: About a girl
• Break
• 39:25 Episode 9: Tassoula's Beatle confession
• 40:59 Episode 10: Sarah Silverman, boys? Really?
• 46:07 Outtake reel: Shows 1 - 10

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Cinebanter #63 - CHANGELING

The MP3 of Cinebanter #63 is available here.

In this episode, Michael and Tassoula compliment Clint Eastwood on his remarkable recreation of 1929 LA in their review of CHANGELING. In the Last Five®, Michael gets a sneak peek at the new Michelle Williams flick, while Tassoula registers disappointment over a well-liked indie. The breakdown is as follows:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:32 CHANGELING Discussion - Part 1
• Break
• 16:12 CHANGELING Discussion - Part 2
• Break
• 33:12 To Sum It Up
• Break
• 33:58 The Last Five®
• 1:03:16 Credits and Outtake

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Michael's Last Five in this episode were: WENDY AND LUCY, DAN IN REAL LIFE, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, A REAL YOUNG GIRL and L'ATALANTE. Tassoula's Last Five in this episode were: BATTLE IN SEATTLE, RENT, REAR WINDOW, CHAPTER 27 and HAPPY-GO-LUCKY.

Special thanks to Brad Daane and Mark Cummins for providing the original music in this episode.

Reviews and/or notes of every movie Michael sees can be found at his MichaelVox website.

Tassoula has reviews, musings and movie-related product links at Tassoula's Movie Review Blog.

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