The Deuce – 202 – There’s An Art To This Bald Move TV podcast

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The Umbrella Academy, This Giant Beast, Documentary Now, Lorena1:31:00

12h ago1:31:00

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Jim and A.Ron watched a near record amount of television this week! We finished The Umbrella Economy and Lorena, as well as offering first looks at the third season of Documentary Now and the new Prime Original, This Giant Beast that is the Global Economy. Buckle in, this is a mega round up with lots of deep dives into political and economic to ...…

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The Umbrella Academy / Lorena39:34

7d ago39:34

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Jim and A.Ron have seen The Umbrella Academy and Lorena, Netflix and Amazon originals respectively. The Umbrella Academy is a smart, fun take on the X-Men universe with some Noah Hawley DNA mixed in. Lorena is a four part documentary examining the 1993 dismembering case of Lorena Bobbitt. While the case is no doubt interesting and probably a bi ...…

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Russian Doll and Black Earth Rising56:04

17d ago56:04

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Jim and A.Ron take a look at Netflix's new darkly comedic take on the Groundhog Day concept, Russian Doll. Starring Natasha Lyonne, it offers a funny, inventive, and interesting take on the human condition, what being happy and connectedness means, and what obligations we have to our fellow humans around us. At a binge time of less than 4 hours ...…

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Kingdom, Black Earth Rising1:00:13

22d ago1:00:13

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Jim and A.Ron give their thoughts and opinions on the entire first season of Netflix's Korean medieval zombie series, Kingdom, as well as the first two episodes of Black Earth Rising. Kingdom is much needed breath of fresh air in the mouldy zombie genre, with lush locations and sets, impressive costuming, excellent plotting and performances, an ...…

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Baldies 2018 - Awards Ceremony46:04

24d ago46:04

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Welcome to the fifth annual Baldies Awards, the most prestigious Cincinnati-based podcast fake awards show on the planet, where we honor the outstanding achievements in film, television, and Bald Move podcasting for the year! This is the main event, the 2017 Baldies Awards Ceremony proper. Once again we don our most formal t-shirts to hand out ...…

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Best Comedy, Biggest Miss, Biggest Surprise, Most Under-Appreciated Bald Move Content1:50:19

23d ago1:50:19

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Unlike many other, actual awards shows that are taken seriously by the industry, we're not content to merely rip open some envelopes and throw some confetti and that's that. Oh, no. We sweat the details and record audio and video of all the debates Jim and I have had to arrive at the winners. If you disagree with our rankings and ratings, this ...…

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Best Female Actor, Worst Career Suicide, Worst Disappointment1:38:45

23d ago1:38:45

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Unlike many other, actual awards shows that are taken seriously by the industry, we're not content to merely rip open some envelopes and throw some confetti and that's that. Oh, no. We sweat the details and record audio and video of all the debates Jim and I have had to arrive at the winners. If you disagree with our rankings and ratings, this ...…

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Best Male Actor, Best Commission - Baldies 2018 Deliberations1:42:20

23d ago1:42:20

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Unlike many other, actual awards shows that are taken seriously by the industry, we're not content to merely rip open some envelopes and throw some confetti and that's that. Oh, no. We sweat the details and record audio and video of all the debates Jim and I have had to arrive at the winners. If you disagree with our rankings and ratings, this ...…

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Best Drama, Best Debut / Pilot, Return to Form - Baldies 2018 Deliberations1:49:22

23d ago1:49:22

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Unlike many other, actual awards shows that are taken seriously by the industry, we're not content to merely rip open some envelopes and throw some confetti and that's that. Oh, no. We sweat the details and record audio and video of all the debates Jim and I have had to arrive at the winners. If you disagree with our rankings and ratings, this ...…

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The Punisher - Season 2 Wrapup37:34

29d ago37:34

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Jim and I haven't finished The Punisher season 2 yet, but we've seen enough to tap out as viewers. As we discuss in our spoiler filled review, The Punisher has the chief sin of all these Marvel/Netflix collaborations; a bloated 13 episode runtime, and adds to it ludicrous character details and plot-points until this grimdark ultra-violent fanta ...…

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Fyre (Netflix) and Fyre Fraud (Hulu)1:06:11

1M ago1:06:11

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Netflix and Hulu had dueling documentaries on doomed Fyre music festival, Fyre, and Fyre Fraud respectively. With slightly different focuses, the documentaries broadly outline how founder Billy McFarland built several ponzi schemes on the idea of selling a fictionalized "baller" lifestyle to young, naive, rich people and took them for a ride. B ...…

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The Punisher and Star Trek: Discovery57:29

1M ago57:29

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We take a look at the first few episodes of seasons two of both Netflix's The Punisher as well as CBS's Star Trek: Discovery!

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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch58:26

1M ago58:26

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Jim and A.Ron have explored the latest Black Mirror mindf$#%, Bandersnatch. Essentially a choose your own adventure book turned into an interactive Netflix app, Bandersnatch periodically pauses to ask you how the narrative should proceed as you attempt to guide a troubled young 1980's programmer on the cusp of creating an acclaimed video game o ...…

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The Romanoffs - 108 - The One That Holds Everything49:18

3M ago49:18

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Amazon Prime's The Romanoffs arrives at the finish line in "The One That Holds Everything". If you were hoping that this would be the one that really brings into focus Weiner's thesis for The Romanoffs, you're probably walking away disappointed. An ambitious story framing device that doesn't quite work leads to a surprise ending that doesn't fe ...…

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The Romanoffs - 108 - End of the Line47:00

3M ago47:00

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This, by our estimation, is the second best episode of Amazon Prime's The Romanoffs, but unfortunately, that's not saying much about "End of the Line". It features fairly engaging material involving a couple desperate to have a child engaging in grey-market adoption shenanigans in Russia, and the man and woman in question are appealing and symp ...…

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The Romanoffs - 106 - Panorama41:23

3M ago41:23

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Jim and A.Ron think this latest episode of Amazon's The Romanoffs, "Panorama" is a mess. At best, it's a mildly interesting yet gorgeous travelogue for Mexico City. At worst, it's a poorly, written, directed, acted, and edited mess that seems to have no idea what it wants to say, and doesn't know enough about the topics to offer any depth to th ...…

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The Deuce - 209 - Inside the Pretend1:16:00

4M ago1:16:00

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HBO's The Deuce wrapped up it's second season in fine style, with the finale episode "Inside the Pretend". Simon and Pelecanos did an admirable job putting all their players in position to make the jump to the 80's. The pimps seem on the wane, the porn industry is still waxing, but the men and women of the industry don't seem to be enjoying the ...…

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The Romanoffs - 105 - Bright and High Circle1:16:02

4M ago1:16:02

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The fifth episode of Amazon's The Romanoffs has something to say, but we're not sure what it is, if it's worth saying, and if Matthew Weiner is the right spokesperson for the message, which seems to be; the worst thing you can be accused of is accusing somebody else of something they didn't do. Regardless of how we felt about the themes at play ...…

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The Deuce - 208 - Nobody Has to Get Hurt1:22:41

4M ago1:22:41

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Jim and A.Ron are here to gush about the penultimate episode of this season's The Deuce, "Nobody Has to Get Hurt". Of course, that means that someone will have to. The person who gets the hammer felt shocking and also inevitable in hindsight. There's a lot of story left to unfold, the question now is how much resolution will we get and how much ...…

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The Romanoffs - 104 - Expectations56:41

4M ago56:41

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Jim and A.Ron have a split decision on the forth episode of Amazon's The Romanoffs, "Expectations". A.Ron found it pointless and borderline unwatchable, where Jim was drawn into the human element of Amanda Peet's Julia struggling to deal with a secret that has been weighing on her conscience for 20 years. Regardless, the episode does feature en ...…

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The Deuce - 207 - The Feminism Part1:11:33

4M ago1:11:33

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Jim and I checked out the latest episode of HBO's The Deuce, "The Feminism Part", and boy, just a lot happened. There's mob money, murder, attempted murder, betrayals, breakups, Bobby's kid lost his virginity! The stakes can be as low as Vince losing himself for a few days tending bar in sleepy Vermont towns, or as high as a dead prostitute was ...…

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The Romanoffs - 103 - House of Special Purpose1:06:36

4M ago1:06:36

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Jim and I watched an unexpectedly spooky episode of Matthew Weiner's The Romanoffs, "House of Special Purpose". Starring Christina Hendricks, Jack Huston, and Isabelle Huppert, it's a tale that asks us whether we believe in ghosts or if one or perhaps more people are actually losing their minds. Does the spell work, and what is Weiner saying ab ...…

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The Deuce - 206 - We're All Beasts58:54

4M ago58:54

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A.Ron and Jim blow all the doors down on the latest episode of HBO's The Deuce, "We're All Beasts". It provokes a lot of meta discussion about progressive politics, America's long lost battle against vice, and offensive analogies. We also talk about Eileen's guerrilla film-making campaign for what looks to be the very watchable Red Hot. Finally ...…

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The Romanoffs - 101 & 102 - The Violet Hour & The Royal We1:10:42

4M ago1:10:42

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It's been three years since Don Draper and Peggy Olson left our televisions, and now Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner is back with something to say? Is it good, is it bad, is it something even worth saying? After seeing 180 minutes of his new series, The Romanoffs, we're still oddly divided on answering those basic questions. It's beautiful, and ...…

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The Deuce - 205 - All You'll Be Eating Is Cannibals1:05:57

5M ago1:05:57

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Jim and A.Ron go cruising for the latest episode of HBO's The Deuce, and wind up going home with "All You'll Be Eating Is Cannibals". The Deuce has always featured duality; Frankie/Vincent being the parade example. But here we see two raids; one on an underground card game by a professional crew of criminals, another by professional law enforce ...…

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The Deuce - 204 - What Big Ideas52:50

5M ago52:50

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A.Ron and Jim are down to talk about the latest episode of HBO's The Deuce, "What Big Ideas". The Deuce drops another couple of bodies, which draws the increasing attention of the Public Morals Task Force. Unfortunately, that attention is incompetent, corrupt, or often both. Bobby and Vincent have trouble dealing with their involvement in the f ...…

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Ozark - Season 2 Wrapup55:19

5M ago55:19

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For the first time since The Young Pope, Jim and Cecily come together to record a podcast, this time on season 2 of Netflix's Ozark. We talk about the many things we liked and the few things we didn't. We also christen the deadliest road in all of the Ozarks, squeeze a baby for all of its juice, and find out just how much Cecily knows about poison.…

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The Deuce - 203 - Seven-Fifty1:12:16

5M ago1:12:16

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HBO's The Deuce moves out the LaLa land in the latest episode, "Seven-Fifty". The title reminds us that even people that we think of as "good" are capable of terrible exploitation in this world, a reminder that Simon and Pecalanos like to give us every 10 minutes or so. Lori gets her time to shine without her pimp clouding her view, Eileen make ...…

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The Deuce – 202 – There’s an Art to This1:01:07

5M ago1:01:07

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A.Ron and Jim check out another funky episode of HBO’s The Deuce. Lori and Eileen’s careers heat up as the pimps are left out in the cold! Vincent gets nostalgic with Abby, while Paul and Bobby do their best to fight off rivals to their trades. Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Join the discussion: Email | Forums | Facebook | Twitter…

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Castle Rock Wrap Up43:44

5M ago43:44

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So Jim and I saw the final two episodes of Hulu’s Castle Rock, and unfortunately for any Bald Movers that walked away as fans looking forward to season two, we’re not among that number. We’re not upset with the people who do like the show, as it’s charms are evident; it looks great, boasts an incredibly talented cast, and cribs from very highly ...…

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The Deuce – 201 – Our Raison D’être47:18

5M ago47:18

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Jim and A.Ron are happy to be back into the swinging 70’s with the cast and crew of HBO’s The Deuce, with it’s return episode, “Our Raison D’être”. This time and setting are so colorful, fun, and alive that it’s easy to forget the layer of decay and menace that lurks just beneath each scene. Whether it’s pimps losing their grip on the game or m ...…

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“Sharp Objects” Wrap, “Castle Rock” Thoughts51:22

6M ago51:22

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We’re back to finish up (?) our coverage of HBO’s Sharp Objects, and discuss our thoughts on Hulu’s Castle Rock through S01E08 (00:26:04). Next week we’ll be back to start our coverage of the second season of HBO’s The Deuce. Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Join the discussion: Email | Forums | Facebook | Twitter…

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Sharp Objects Ep. 8 – Milk1:05:40

6M ago1:05:40

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We thoroughly enjoyed the experience of watching Sharp Objects these past few months. While we could, and do, nitpick a few storytelling elements here and there, we found the finale to be of a piece with the whole. Maybe there weren’t satisfying answers to every single element or question raised by the series, but isn’t that the way life goes? ...…

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Sharp Objects Ep. 7 – Falling, Castle Rock1:43:30

6M ago1:43:30

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On today’s BMTV, we discuss the penultimate episode of HBO’s Sharp Objects, “Falling”, as well as our thoughts on the first six episodes of Hulu’s Castle Rock. Sharp was an especially wild hour, chock full of stomach churning child abuse and problematic sex scenes between damaged and self-destructive people, before promising a truly epic conclu ...…

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)54:08

6M ago54:08

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Special thanks to Brian Strader, previous commissioner of the podcast for the underrated sci-fi saga, Babylon 5. This time he’s back to, as he says, “play ‘TV Show Dumpster Fire’ roulette.” Unfortunately we think he may have lost by betting on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. We were suitably impressed with the detail of the animations, ...…

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Sharp Objects Ep. 6 – Cherry, Castle Rock1:17:18

6M ago1:17:18

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We’re back to talk HBO’s Sharp Objects and a preliminary spoiler-free discussion of Hulu’s spooky Castle Rock! Here are some time stamps to help you navigate the podcast… 00:00:52 – Castle Rock 00:12:18 – Sharp Objects We got a lot of great feedback on Sharp Objects this week, thanks so much for sharing your insights and personal experiences wi ...…

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Sharp Objects Ep. 5 – Closer1:12:01

7M ago1:12:01

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Jim and A.Ron talk about another hard to watch but impossible to turn away from episode of HBO’s Sharp Objects, “Closer”. The town of Wind Gap celebrates what could charitably be called a a dark and regrettable moment from their past history, while Adora tortures her daughter Camille in ways that would make Ramsay Bolton blush. Not much is adva ...…

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Sharp Objects Ep. 4 – Ripe1:11:10

7M ago1:11:10

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Jim and A.Ron continue to focus on HBO’s Sharp Objects, with a deep dive on the fourth episode, “Ripe”. Of course, Adora is just The Worst, but we see hints that the crazy awfulness of her family didn’t start with her. Who knows how many generations of Wind Gap women have been caught in this cycle of rage and shame? Also, Camille and Willis get ...…

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Sharp Objects Ep. 3 – Fix1:06:03

7M ago1:06:03

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This week’s episode of Sharp Objects, “Fix”, is rough to watch. Filled with painful encounters with family, self-harm, and suicide, it is bleak and yet remains engaging and thoughtful as the camera captures the horrific events without artifice or judgment. Amma appears far more at risk and overtly dangerous than we first anticipated, Adora is a ...…

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Sharp Objects Ep. 2 – Dirt1:25:58

7M ago1:25:58

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We’re back for more discussion of HBO’s miniseries, Sharp Objects, discussing the second episode, “Dirt”. But it turns out we can’t resist the siren call of discussing “all of television” as we do a deeper dive than is truly necessary on the 2018 Emmy nominations, as well as talk about the Stranger Things season 3 teaser that just dropped. We j ...…

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Sharp Objects Ep. 1 – Vanish1:17:08

8M ago1:17:08

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Jim and A.Ron are here to talk about HBO. Both in general terms, because we’re not big fans of the way the new executive overseeing the network is talking about our baby, and in specifics, namely the new mini-series, Sharp Objects. Based on the novel by Gillian Flynn, it features Amy Addams as a journalist who returns to the small town she grew ...…

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The Terror48:09

9M ago48:09

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Jim and A.Ron have seen AMC’s The Terror, the epic horror/historical drama set in the mid-nineteenth century that tries to answer the question of what went wrong during the doomed Franklin expedition to the arctic circle. These intrepid men were looking for a path through the sea ice that would open up speedier (and more profitable) trade to th ...…

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5/18/2018 – Silicon Valley, Barry39:03

9M ago39:03

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Bald Move TV is back! Jim and A.Ron discuss the fifth season of HBO’s Silicon Valley before considering the brilliant first season of Barry, starring Bill Hader as a hitman trying to turn actor. It probably goes without saying, but massive spoilers for both shows in this episode. If you’d like to skip around, here are timecodes for the discussi ...…

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Altered Carbon Season One Wrapup50:03

12M ago50:03

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We spin up Netflix’s Altered Carbon after we’ve decanted it for a few weeks, to see what we make of it in our final analysis. Cool concepts, excellent design, and decent sci-fi action are slightly undercut by sometimes silly and hammy execution, and a failure to take ideas to their logical conclusion. Still, we’re always down to ponder futurism ...…

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Altered Carbon First Impressions1:08:31

1y ago1:08:31

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Jim and A.Ron have seen the first two episodes of Netflix’s new sci-fi film noir series Altered Carbon. Hundreds of years into the future, the wealthy elite change bodies like we change clothes, and a fallen rebel from a long ago civil war is brought back to life by a rich immortal who wants him to investigate his own “murder”. Intriguing premi ...…

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Baldies 2017 – Awards Ceremony1:25:59

1y ago1:25:59

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Welcome to the 2017 Baldies Awards, where we honor the outstanding achievements in film, television, and Bald Move podcasting for the year! This is the main event, the 2017 Baldies Awards Ceremony proper. Once again we don our most formal t-shirts to hand out the Baldie gold to those deserving. Who takes home the top prize for Drama and Actor? ...…

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Baldies 2017 – Best Drama1:20:59

1y ago1:20:59

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Welcome to the 2017 Baldies Awards, where we honor the outstanding achievements in film and television for the year! This particular episode features what we call “deliberations” which is a behind the scene look at how we arrived at our various picks for the Baldies proper. You SHOULD start by listening to the 2017 Baldies Awards Ceremony, then ...…

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Baldies 2017 – Best Female Actor1:06:05

1y ago1:06:05

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Welcome to the 2017 Baldies Awards, where we honor the outstanding achievements in film and television for the year! This particular episode features what we call “deliberations” which is a behind the scene look at how we arrived at our various picks for the Baldies proper. You SHOULD start by listening to the 2017 Baldies Awards Ceremony, then ...…

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Baldies 2017 – Best Male Actor1:10:08

1y ago1:10:08

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Welcome to the 2017 Baldies Awards, where we honor the outstanding achievements in film and television for the year! This particular episode features what we call “deliberations” which is a behind the scene look at how we arrived at our various picks for the Baldies proper. You SHOULD start by listening to the 2017 Baldies Awards Ceremony, then ...…

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Baldies 2017 – Best First Run Bald Movie41:02

1y ago41:02

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Welcome to the 2017 Baldies Awards, where we honor the outstanding achievements in film and television for the year! This particular episode features what we call “deliberations” which is a behind the scene look at how we arrived at our various picks for the Baldies proper. You SHOULD start by listening to the 2017 Baldies Awards Ceremony, then ...…

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