Piecing It Together Podcast

On the 1st episode of a new side series of Piecing It Together called Missing Pieces, Adam Wells joins me to discuss 2013's This Is The End from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. With the Coronavirus bringing an end to Hollywood's planned release schedule for the rest of the year, This Is The End is a fitting way to kick off a look back at movies that were released before the creation of our podcast! Along with the usual puzzle pieces treatment, we also look to see if there are any movies that came after This Is The End that it may have inspired. Puzzle pieces include Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Ghostbuster, Evil Dead 2 and Pineapple Express.As always, SPOILER ALERT for This Is The End and the movies we discuss! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245492Writer / Director - Seth Rogen & Evan GoldbergStarring Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jay Baruschel, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Craig RobinsonColumbia PicturesAdam Wells is an old friend from Jew camp. He’s an active member of our Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces F

On the 120th episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black joins me to talk about one of his favorite actors, Ben Affleck, and his new film The Way Back. An inspirational drama from writer/director Gavin O'Connor, The Way Back tells the story of an alcoholic who finds the way to recovery through coaching a high school basketball team. Puzzle pieces include Hoosiers, Yes Man, Half Nelson and A Star Is Born.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Way Back and the movies we discuss! https://www.thewayback-movie.com/Writer / Director - Gavin O'ConnorStarring Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Janina Gavankar, Michaela WatkinsWarner Bros.Joe Black is a filmmaker. You can find a great interview with him about his work at https://scenester.tv/an-interview-with-filmmaker-joe-black-a-scenester-exclusive-documentary/You can also check out his company at https://www.facebook.com/BlueMeansPregnantFilms/My 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make su

On this special mini-episode for 3/9/2020, host David Rosen checks in with you, the listeners, about the status of Piecing It Together as it enters year 3, as well as his other podcasts Bird Road, Awesome Movie Year and All Rice No Beans. He also provides some news about a surprise new album release that's coming out THIS month!More news about the upcoming album can be found at this blog post on my music site at https://www.bydavidrosen.com/2020/03/06/beater-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/My 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music video “The Void” is available now on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH-Z6BCeJLU&t=0sThe song at the end of the episode is “Ferris Wheel" from the upcoming album Beater (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPodAnd “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingP

On the 119th episode of Piecing It Together, Robert Yaniz Jr. from the Crooked Table Podcast helps me kick off year 3 of our podcast by looking at The Invisible Man. This modernized take on the classic Universal Monster movie from Blumhouse and director Leigh Whannel is totally surprising and does the long tradition of monsters proud. Puzzle pieces include Terminator 2, Ex Machina, Sleeping With The Enemy and Gone Girl.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Invisible Man and the movies we discuss! https://www.theinvisiblemanmovie.com/Writer / Director - Leigh WhannelStarring Elizabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Aldis HodgeBlumhouseRobert Yaniz Jr. is a writer and film critic. He has a great movie podcast called The Crooked Table you can check out at https://www.crookedtable.com/ Follow Robert on Twitter at @crookedtableMy 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “The Void”

On the 118th episode of Piecing It Together, Adam Wells joins me to talk about the latest Nicolas Cage freak out, the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Color Out Of Space. Directed by Richard Stanley, it's a wild cosmic horror family drama and is out now on VOD. Puzzle pieces include The Thing, Annihilation, Suspiria, and Ordinary People.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Color Out Of Space and the movies we discuss!https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5073642/Director - Richarley StanleyWriter - H.P. Lovecraft, Richard Stanley, Scarlett AmarisStarring Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Elliot Knight, Tommy ChongSpectreVision / RLJE EntertainmentAdam Wells is an old friend from Jew camp. He’s an active member of our Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group where we discuss all the new movies as well as classics and obscure ones that only Adam remembers. You should join too.My 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure

On the 117th episode of Piecing It Together, Jason Harris joins me to talk about Taika Waititi's Nazi satire Jojo Rabbit. We recorded this way back when it came out in theaters, long before it won Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars and before it came out last week on VOD. Jojo Rabbit is kind of a love it or hate it movie, but we didn't really love it or hate it. Puzzle pieces include South Park, Pan's Labrynth, Moonrise Kingdom and Life Is Beautiful.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Jojo Rabbit and the movies we discuss! https://tickets.jojorabbit.com/Writer / Director - Taika WaititiStarring Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Sam Rockwell, Rebel WilsonFox SearchlightJason Harris is a writer and stand-up comedian (not just here in Las Vegas).Check out Jason Harris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jasonharriscomedy/And check out his new web series Copper Creek at https://www.facebook.com/coppercreekshow/Also, be sure to check out Awesome Movie Year, Jason’

On this Special Episode of Piecing It Together, I’m joined by returning co-hosts Ryan Daugherty and Chad Clinton Freeman to discuss all the movies we’re most looking forward to in 2020. Our most anticipated movies of 2020 include everything from indies and horror to super-hero movies and sequels.As always, SPOILER ALERT for all the movies we discussed!Chad Clinton Freeman is the founder of the Pollygrind Film Festival and recently helped plan the Ironton Wizardfest. He’s also the only person I know who sees more movies than me.Follow Chad on Twitter at @pollystaffleAnd Check Out Ironton Wizardfest on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/irontonwizardfest/Ryan Daugherty is a programmer and has collaborated with David Rosen on a number of projects.Check out his website at http://sharmandraproductions.com/The song at the end of the episode is Untitled and will eventually be finished and released on my next album, whether that happens in 2020 or sometime else in the future.Make sure to “Like”

On the 116th episode of Piecing It Together, Chad Clinton Freeman joins us (two in a row!) to talk about the latest in his beloved DC Extended Universe of films, the Harley Quinn solo movie Birds Of Prey. Following up on the disaster that was Suicide Squad, Birds Of Prey sees a newly single Harley Quinn getting into all kinds of crazy adventures in an uneven but fun comic book movie. Puzzle pieces include Tank Girl, Deadpool 2, Joker and Kill Bill.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Birds Of Prey and the movies we discuss! https://www.birdsofpreymovie.com/Director - Cathy YanWriter - Christina HodsonStarring Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ewan McGregor, Chris MessinaWarner BrosChad Clinton Freeman is the founder of the Pollygrind Film Festival and recently helped plan the Ironton Wizardfest. He’s also the only person I know who sees more movies than me.Follow Chad on Twitter at @pollystaffleAnd Check Out Ironton Wizardfest on Facebook at https://www.facebook

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, we are revisiting Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (which we covered back on episode 78), Quentin Tarantino's ode to the golden era of Hollywood. Ever since its release the takes were coming fast and hard from every end of the spectrum. On opposite ends... Both of our guests Joe Black (who loved it) and Chad Clinton Freeman (who hated it).As always, SPOILER ALERT for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and the movies we discuss!https://www.onceuponatimemag.com/Writer / Director – Quentin TarantinoStarring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino, Kurt RussellColumbia PicturesJoe Black is a filmmaker. You can find a great interview with him about his work at https://scenester.tv/an-interview-with-filmmaker-joe-black-a-scenester-exclusive-documentary/You can also check out his company at https://www.facebook.com/BlueMeansPregnantFilms/Chad Clinton Freeman is the founder of the Pollygrind Film Festival and recently helped plan the Ironton Wizard

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, filmmaker Kris Krainock joins us again (as he did last year) to discuss our predictions for the upcoming 92nd Academy Awards. The Oscars are a bit under fire (what else is new) for continuing to not be diverse, but we give our predictions, hopes and some wishes for what should have been nominated.As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss!Kris Krainock is a filmmaker and film fan.Kris has a web series in the works called “It’s All Downhill From Here” which currently takes the form of a weekly comic strip you can check out on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/itsalldownhillfromhere.tv/You can also check out Kris’ new website for info about him and his film projects https://www.kriskrainock.comMy 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “The Void” is available now on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/

On the 115th episode of Piecing It Together, Chad Clinton Freeman joins us to talk about one of his favorite filmmakers, Guy Ritchie and his new film The Gentlemen. A return to his crime film roots, The Gentlemen is a sometimes problematic but always fun classic crime romp. Puzzle pieces include Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Sexy Beast, Seven Psychopaths and The Player.As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Gentlemen and the movies we discuss!https://www.thegentlemen.movieWriter / Director - Guy RitchieStarring Charlie Hunnam, Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, Henry GoldingSTX Entertainment / MiramaxChad Clinton Freeman is the founder of the Pollygrind Film Festival and recently helped plan the Ironton Wizardfest. He’s also the only person I know who sees more movies than me.Follow Chad on Twitter at @pollystaffleAnd Check Out Ironton Wizardfest on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/irontonwizardfest/My 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW

On the 114th episode of Piecing It Together, my buddy David Quinones from Bird Road Podcast joins me to talk about possibly the most talked about movie of 2019, Parasite. Bong Joon-ho's timely social satire about two families on different sides of the wealth gap surprised everyone and has been cleaning up awards over the last couple months. Puzzle pieces include Us, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Eating Raoul and mother!As always, SPOILER ALERT for Parasite and the movies we discuss! https://www.parasite-movie.com/Writer / Director - Bong Joon-hoStarring Che Yeo-jeong, Park So-dam, Choi Woo-shik, Kang-Ho Song, Jeong Ji-soNeonDavid Quinones is a writer, reporter, podcaster and my best friend. He’s also my boss here at the All Points West Podcast Network. Make sure to check out our other show, Bird Road Podcast wherever you’re listening to Piecing It Together and at http://www.birdroadpodcast.comFollow David Quinones on Twitter @david_quinonesMy 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NO

On the 113th episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black and Adam Wells return to the podcast for a conversation about all things Kevin Smith, touching on lots of moments from throughout his View Askewniverse right up until the brand new Jay & Silent Bob Reboot. We recorded this back when the film was toured around the country and it's now finally out on VOD. Puzzle pieces include O Brother Where Art Thou?, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Dumb & Dumber 2 and of course... Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Jay & Silent Bob Reboot and the movies we discuss!https://rebootroadshow.com/Writer / Director - Kevin SmithStarring Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Harley Quinn Smith, Shannon Elizabeth, Jason LeeSaban Films / UniversalJoe Black is a filmmaker. You can find a great interview with him about his work at https://scenester.tv/an-interview-with-filmmaker-joe-black-a-scenester-exclusive-documentary/You can also check out his company at https://www.faceboo

On the 112th episode of Piecing It Together, Brian Garth from the band Black Camaro returns to the show... This time in a private meeting room in the West Sahara Library to talk about Terminator: Dark Fate, recording directly into his monstrous digital creation known as The Monarch. It's kind of a weird episode, but bringing Arnold Schwarzenegger back to play an old man version of the Terminator makes this a weird movie to talk about. Puzzle pieces include Halloween, Mission: Impossible Fallout, Ghostbusters: Answer The Call and all the previous Terminator movies.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Terminator: Dark Fate and the movies we discuss!https://www.theterminatorfans.com/terminator-dark-fate/Director - Tim MillerWriter - David Ellison / David S. Goyer / Tim MillerStarring Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Gabriel Luna, Natalia ReyesParamountBrian Garth is a music producer and has a band, Black Camaro.Find Black Camaro’s music on iTunes or at https://blackcamaro.bandcamp.com/And don

On the 111th episode of Piecing It Together, Catherine Gonzales joins me to talk about the Roger Deakins cinematography extravaganza that is 1917. The war film is shot in a way that makes it seem like one long take and is probably going to win Best Picture. Puzzle pieces include Birdman, Saving Private Ryan, Dunkirk and We Were Soldiers.As always, SPOILER ALERT for 1917 and the movies we discuss! https://www.1917.movie/Director - Sam MendesWriter - Sam Mendes & Krysty Elison-CairnsStarring George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Benedict CumberbatchUniversalCatherine Gonzales is a film and TV critic and runs Shuffle Online.Check out Shuffle Online at https://shuffleonline.net/Follow Shuffle Online on Twitter @ShuffleOnlineAnd Follow Catherine on Twitter @ThingsCatLovesMy 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “The Void” is available now o

On the 110th episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black, quite possibly the only man with Tom Hooper's film adaptation of Cats in his Top 10 Films of 2019 list, joins me to talk about this can't-look-away train-wreck of a film. I call it a train-wreck, but really, I kind of also loved it for what it is... Pure madness. Puzzle pieces include The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Avatar, Meet The Feebles and Rent.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Cats and the movies we discuss! https://www.catsmovie.com/Writer / Director - Tom HooperStarring Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench, Taylor Swift, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, James Corden, Rebel Wilson, Francesca HaywordUniversal PicturesJoe Black is a filmmaker. You can find a great interview with him about his work at https://scenester.tv/an-interview-with-filmmaker-joe-black-a-scenester-exclusive-documentary/You can also check out his company at https://www.facebook.com/BlueMeansPregnantFilms/My 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell from Awesome Movie Year joins me to countdown our Top 10 Favorite Films of the Decade. Yes, the decade... It's quite the undertaking to try to even remember the hundreds of movies I've seen in the last ten years, let alone try to come up with a meaningful ranking of them... But we did it.Josh Bell is a film critic whose work has been seen in the Las Vegas Weekly, Film Racket and more. Check out his website at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/Like Him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/And Follow him on Twitter @SignalBleedAlso, be sure to check out Awesome Movie Year, Josh and Jason’s podcast that I produce. You can find the show at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear/Josh’s list includes Mud, Atomic Blonde, Hell or High Water, Our Little Sister, Ida, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Blue Ruin, Certified Copy and Mistress America.My list incl

On the 109th episode of Piecing It Together, Kris Krainock joins me for the first episode of 2020, a movie that was probably my #1 most anticipated of 2019... Uncut Gems. After the Safdie Brothers blew my mind with their film 2017 film Good Time, they return with an anxiety inducing story set in the NYC diamond district starring Adam Sandler. Puzzle pieces include Punch Drunk Love, Requiem For A Dream, Boiler Room and California Split.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Uncut Gems and the movies we discuss! https://a24films.com/films/uncut-gemsWriter / Director - Josh & Benny SafdieStarring Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Idina Menzel, LaKeith Stanfield, Kevin GarnettA24Kris Krainock is a filmmaker and film fan who hosts Cinemondays, a weekly film event here in Las Vegas. Check out info on upcoming editions of Cinemondays at https://www.facebook.com/Cinemondays/Kris also has a web series in the works called “It’s All Downhill From Here” which currently takes the form of a weekly comic strip you can check out on In

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, Josh & Jason from Awesome Movie Year stop by to countdown the Top 10 movies of 2019. Continuing a tradition we began all the way back in 2018, we countdown our favorites as well as some favorite movie moments of the year.Josh Bell is a film critic whose work has been seen in the Las Vegas Weekly, Film Racket and more. Check out his website at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/Like Him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/And Follow him on Twitter @SignalBleedJason Harris is a writer and stand-up comedian (not just here in Las Vegas).Check out Jason Harris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jasonharriscomedy/And check out his new web series Copper Creek at https://www.facebook.com/coppercreekshow/Also, be sure to check out Awesome Movie Year, Josh and Jason's podcast that I produce. You can find the show at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/awesome

On the 108th episode of Piecing It Together, journalist Heidi Kyser joins me to talk about Bombshell, the story of Megyn Kelly, Gretchen Carlson and sexual harassment at Fox News. It's a heavy topic but Jay Roach managed to balance the incredibly accurate performances from the likes of Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman with a story that needed to be told. Puzzle pieces include Vice, The Post and Broadcast News.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Bombshell and the movies we discuss! https://bombshell.movie/Director - Jay RoachWriter - Charles RandolphStarring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Allison Janney, Malcolm McDowell, Kate McKinnonLions GateHeidi Kyser is a journalist who works with Desert Companion and KNPR.Heidi's work can be found at https://knpr.org/desert-companion Follow Heidi on Twitter @HeidiKyserMy 4th album, A Different Kind Of Dream is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My brand-new music video “The Vo