Legends Podcasts

Legends Podcast #741; Aug-Heist: The Getaway – Reservoir Dogs (1992)

This week on Aug-Heist: The Getaway, director Quentin Tarantino brings us his debut outing, Reservoir Dogs! As a video-store clerk turned first-time filmmaker, he directed, wrote, and appeared in this indie hit, which took Sundance by storm as part of the

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Legends Podcast #740; Aug-Heist: The Getaway – Argo (2012)

This week on Aug-Heist: The Getaway, fact meets fiction with the “based on a true story about a fake movie” Argo! Set during the Iranian hostage crisis, this ensemble escape thriller stormed the box office and awards season, raking in over $230 millio

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Legends Podcast #739; Aug-Heist: The Getaway – Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

This is Aug-Heist: The Getaway! This week, we’re running away with Fantastic Mr. Fox, a 2009 animated film directed by Wes Anderson. The quote-unquote “Fantastic Mr. Fox” – voiced by George Clooney – and his colorful cast of animal accomplices – inc

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Legends Podcast #738; Listener Pick: Heretic (2024)

We’ve reached the end of July, and believe it or not, it’s the first month this year with five Tuesdays. Don’t believe me? Well, look at a calendar. No, no, the Julian Calendar. It’s July, for christsakes! Sorry, sorry. Right, where was I? Oh, so

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Legends Podcast #737; Summer of 69 (2025) take2

It’s the summer of ‘25 and we’re heading to Syracuse, New York, in search of an act of reciprocal pleasure. In the Salt City, we discover the latest film from American High, a sultry and silly affair directed by Jillian Bell in her directorial debut

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Legends Podcast #736; Toy Soldiers (1991)

In 1991, Daniel Petrie, the director of Beverly Hills Cop and Turner & Hooch, brought a script he’d co-written with David Koepp, based on the novel by William P. Kennedy, to the big screen. Starring Sean Astin a year before he had everyone chanting his na

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Legends Podcast #735; Sinners (2025)

Director Ryan Coogler and actor Michael B. Jordan have cashed in on teaming up over the past decade, from Coogler’s debut Fruitvale Station, to Black Panther, to Creed. This 2025 film, their fifth collaboration, sees Coogler double down on Michael B. Jo

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Legends Podcast #734; Jaws (1975)

Fifty years ago, the summer blockbuster was born. Director Steven Spielberg, in his second official turn at the helm, adapted Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel about a New England resort town plagued by a great white shark. Despite production delays a

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Legends Podcast #733; Bone Tomahawk (2015)

Ten years ago, 2015 was the year of the epic Western. Two films, Alejandro Iñárritu’s The Revenant and Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, clocked in at an average length of 170 minutes and scored a combined 15 Academy Award nominations, winning

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Legends Podcast #732; October Sky (1999)

Director Joe Johnston, who worked in design and VFX for George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, is best known for effects-heavy family pics like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The Rocketeer, and Jumanji. But in 1999, he tried his hand at the “based on a true stor

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