Cody Clarke & John D’Amico on ‘Chappie’

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Chappie (2015)
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
Written by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell
120 min.

This past Wednesday, John D’Amico and I attended a free advance screening of this film. The following is a conversation between us, discussing everything from the film to the screening itself:

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Smug Film Podcast Episode #20 – John D’Amico 1-on-1 / Green Brothers / Bed / Where’s Waldo (3/9/15)

Episode 20 1:10:45 | View on iTunes | Download Mp3

On this episode, John D’Amico and I go 1-on-1 on all things Green Brothers and Bed, our two upcoming films. Then, we answer a question from the mailbag, and get into a very long discussion about Where’s Waldo.
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Smug Film Podcast Episode #19 – Rick Harper Returns / Room Full of Spoons / Horror / Aspect Ratios (3/2/15)

Episode 19 59:20 | View on iTunes | Download Mp3

On this episode, John D’Amico and I are joined via Skype by Rick Harper, who gives us some huge updates on the progress of his upcoming documentary Room Full Of Spoons. (You might remember him from Episode 5 of the podcast—if you don’t, check out that one too!) Rick is a big horror fan, so we also shoot the breeze about that, then close the episode with a mailbag question about aspect ratios. Plus, a review of Whiplash by Chloe Pelletier!

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Smug Film Podcast Episode #18 – Greg DeLiso 1-on-1 / E.T. Lighting / Video Game Influence (2/23/15)

Episode 18 1:27:36 | View on iTunes | Download Mp3

On this episode, I am joined by Greg DeLiso via Skype for a 1-on-1, in which discuss a whole bunch of things, and go off on tangents, and it’s not even worth me explaining, just listen. And as always, we close the show by answering questions from the mailbag.
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Cody Clarke & John D’Amico on ‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’

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Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)
Directed by Steve Pink
Written by Josh Heald
93 min.

This past Wednesday, John D’Amico and I attended a free advance screening of this film. The following is a conversation between us, discussing everything from the film to the experience of the event itself:

Cody: Alright, so first off, how about that fucking cold ass line? Not blaming the theater for the weather of course, but man that was not the night to be outside on a line for a movie, let alone an ‘eh, I’ll go I guess’ movie like Hot Tub Time Machine 2.

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