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  • #LAMBMEETUP 2015 – NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE (OR EVER, PROBABLY)

    by Dylan · Jul 23, 2014 at 20:36 CDT · Announcements, Events, Featured · 21 Comments
    #LAMBMEETUP 2015 – NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE (OR EVER, PROBABLY)

    If you’ve been been paying any attention at all to the LAMB, you’d know that we recently held the second annual (official) meetup on July 11-13 in Chicago. A great time was had by all, and the even has been documented on the site’s of many LAMBs who either made the trip or are locals to the Chicagoland area. We even did a LAMBcast that was set in the apartment of another local LAMB. Long story short: if you didn’t go,...

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  • LAMBCAST #200: unedited

    by Dylan · Jan 16, 2014 at 6:44 CST · Featured, LAMBcast, Podcasts · 3 Comments
    LAMBCAST #200: unedited

    Starring:

    * The Vern

    * Jason Soto

    * Nick Jobe

    * Jay Cluitt

    * Todd Liebenow

    * Bubbawheat

    * Joe Giuliano

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  • LAMBCAST #199: DIRECTOR RETROSPECTIVE – THE COENS

    by Dylan · Jan 12, 2014 at 18:22 CST · Featured, LAMBcast, Podcasts · 2 Comments
    LAMBCAST #199: DIRECTOR RETROSPECTIVE – THE COENS

    If it seems as though we just keep getting more and more ambitious with these lookbacks/retrospectives…well, that’s pretty much true.  That said, we’re not insane.  The Coen Brothers had 15 films in their filmography prior to Inside Llewyn Davis; as much as we might have liked to watch all 15, that would make for at least a four-hour podcast, to say nothing of the time involved in watching/rewatching all of them...

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  • LAMBCAST #198: ANCHORMAN 2

    by Dylan · Jan 5, 2014 at 0:05 CST · Featured, LAMBcast, Podcasts · 1 Comment
    LAMBCAST #198: ANCHORMAN 2

    The sequel was years overdue, so why shouldn’t the podcast about the sequel be a few days late as well? 

    Justin hosts this svelte episode (co-starring Lindsay and Dan Clark) on the long-awaited comedy.  Was the wait worth it?  What bits hits and which bombed?   Can lightning be caught in a bottle of Sex Panther once again?  These questions and many more will be answered by our hard-hitting team.

    After that came Rants...

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  • LAMBCAST #197: LAMBPARDY #11

    by Dylan · Dec 26, 2013 at 17:16 CST · Featured, LAMBcast, Podcasts · No Comments
    LAMBCAST #197: LAMBPARDY #11

    “This….is…LAMBpardy!”

    Now entering the studio are today’s contestants…

    First up is our NEW returning champion, Robert of To The Escape Hatch, who won impressively over our prior champ, Nick Powell.  Was that a fluke or is he the real deal?  We’ll find out this week, as he takes on first-time player Matt of Simplistic Reviews, as well as returning player Nick Rehak of French Toast...

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  • THE MOTM FOR JANUARY 2014 WILL BE…

    by Dylan · Dec 25, 2013 at 23:25 CST · Blogathons, Featured, Features, MOTM, MOTM Champions · No Comments
    THE MOTM FOR JANUARY 2014 WILL BE…

    Once again, the MOTM feature proves that all good things come to those who wait.  Of course, your definition of “good things” may differ from someone else’s.  Namely, Dan Heaton’s, whose championing of Timecop has now finally paid off with its selection as the MOTM, beating out Joel’s selection of Runaway Train.  (Apparently, Joel is persona non grata when it comes to MOTM film selections,...

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  • MOTM/LAMBCAST #196: COCKTAIL

    by Dylan · Dec 18, 2013 at 5:29 CST · Blogathons, Featured, LAMBcast, MOTM, Podcasts · No Comments
    MOTM/LAMBCAST #196: COCKTAIL

    I don’t know if it’s a slight against the film or not, but this is the entirety of the IMDb summary of our most recent Movie of the Month, Cocktail:

    A talented New York bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.

    If you’re a normal movie blogger at all, you’re probably wondering why and how this film came to be the Movie of the Month.  For the...

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  • LAMBCAST #195: OLDBOY (2013)

    by Dylan · Dec 11, 2013 at 5:12 CST · Featured, LAMBcast, Podcasts · 1 Comment
    LAMBCAST #195: OLDBOY (2013)

    I was recently having a discussion with your Shep Joel about some various blogging- and LAMB-related things, and he said something interesting: “I like that there has been one of those typical 18 month shifts with a lot of new members etc.” 

    I’m not sure if it’s officially some kind of 18-month cycle, but the sentiment is true: the LAMBcast is going through (another) renaissance of new members.  This...

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  • LAMBCAST #194: THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE

    by Dylan · Dec 3, 2013 at 6:30 CST · Featured, LAMBcast, Podcasts · 2 Comments
    LAMBCAST #194: THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE

    No need for any fancy introduction this time out: it’s the sequel to the massive hit The Hunger Games, and it’s going to be one of the biggest commercial hits of the year.  As such, the LAMBcast does its duty and covers the film with an episode devoted to it.  On hand for the GAMES (not only did I go there, but I went BIG!) were your host Dylan, as well as French Toasties Lindsay and Jess, in addition to TWO newcomers...

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  • LAMBCAST #193: BRING YOUR OWN DISCUSSION TOPIC

    by Dylan · Nov 27, 2013 at 5:25 CST · Featured, LAMBcast, Podcasts · 1 Comment
    LAMBCAST #193: BRING YOUR OWN DISCUSSION TOPIC

    What’s the deal with perfect ratings?  How important should a potential partner’s taste in (and interest in) film be to you, the film lover and/or blogger?  And seriously, what’s the deal with all the superhero fare in the 21st century?  These topics and many more (ok, maybe not many more, but many more tangents, such as Jay’s usage of the term “move house”) are brought to the table in yet another...

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  • THE MOTM FOR DECEMBER 2013 WILL BE…

    by Dylan · Nov 27, 2013 at 5:00 CST · Blogathons, Featured, Features, MOTM, MOTM Champions · 2 Comments
    THE MOTM FOR DECEMBER 2013 WILL BE…

    Timing is everything!  At least as it pertains to the selection of the Movie of the Month, it is.  Justin of Man, I Love Films has attempted to wedge his love for Cocktail and/or Tom Cruise into several MOTM polls, and by waiting until the clamor to champion films died down, he nearly got his pick in without even needing a poll.  As it was, Dan of Public Transportation Snob snuck in at the last second with an equally cheesy...

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  • MOTM/LAMBCAST #192: WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP

    by Dylan · Nov 19, 2013 at 0:55 CST · Blogathons, Featured, Features, LAMBcast, MOTM, Podcasts · 3 Comments
    MOTM/LAMBCAST #192: WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP

    Pretty sure I haven’t seen an IMDb summary recently that makes the film it’s talking about sound much worse than this one: 

    Billy and Sydney think they’re the best basketball hustlers in town, so when they join forces, nothing can stop them, except each other. To add to their problems, Billy owes money and is being chased by a pair of gangster types.

    White Men Can’t Jump,...

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