#7: The Ruins, Knock Off Theatre, The Breeders, and Music Mix Tape!

This week Rock and Reel returns, after another slight delay in postings. We promise that we're working on improving our turn-around; we both have had some pretty crazy schedules. We should improve on that within the next month or so!

First up comes the beach-novel-thriller-cum-Young-Adult-Horror-movie, The Ruins. This film wasn't provided to critics for early reviews; typically, this is a bad sign. Does this film fall prey to that stereotype, or is this a case of a studio not giving a film enough of a chance?

Following that, we introduce the long-in-the-making segment, Knock Off Theatre. In this segment, we introduce and review a film that's been released direct-to-video in an effort to steal some of the thunder of a much bigger release. This week: The Transmorphers!

Then its time for the album of the week. Kim Deal of the Pixies and her twin sister Kelley return with their band The Breeders (best known for their song "Cannonball") for their new CD Mountain Battles. They've not released an album since 2002's disappointing Title TK, and we were both interested to see how this one would turn out.

We then introduce something new: our Theme Mix Tape! This week, to follow the sisterly duo of the Deals, we feature several songs from bands whose members have the same last name:

The Ramones (song: "We're A Happy Family")
Oasis (song: "Cigarettes and Alcohol")
Los Campesinos! (song: "Death to Los Campesinos!")
The White Stripes (song: "Sister, Do You Know My Name?")
Radiohead (song: "Anyone Can Play Guitar")
Tegan and Sara (song: "You Wouldn't Like Me")

And that's the show for this week! Stay tuned though: shows featuring Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Flight of the Conchords, and Iron Man are in the process of being edited, and will be posted as soon as possible!


:00-1:03 Intro
1:04--23:37 - Our discussion of The Ruins
23:38-34:18 - Knock Off Theatre: The Transmorphers
34:19-41:22 - Album of the Week The Breeders' Mountain Battles (Featuring "Bang On")
41:23-1:03:48 - Music Mix Tape: Bands with the Same Last Name (Feat. The Ramones, Oasis, Los Campesinos, White Stripes, Radiohead, and Tegan and Sara)
1:03:49-1:05:08 - Preview of next week/Closing

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Rock and Reel - Episode 3

After a few technical errors and troubles in editing, this week's Rock and Reel episode is a little later than usual. Apologies for that, hopefully there won't be more issues of this nature in the future.

That said, this week on Rock and Reel, we've got plenty more music and movie discussion, as usual.

We start with a review of the film "Jumper," starring Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson.

That's followed by a hypothetical discussion about "Charlie Bartlett," and question exactly how the actual film and cast came together for the project. At the end of all that we also give a brief review of the movie.

Then there's some Radiohead talk. The band has set the first leg of its North American tour, but the second half of the North American dates are currently not announced, save for a couple dates. We talk about the potential for other spots the band will visit, including whether or not they will be doing Lollapalooza or not (note: this discussion took place before sources suggested the band would more than likely be playing Lollapalooza).

After that Kevin introduces his new segment called "Kevin's Horror Corner," where he talks about some "classic" (in some senses) scary movies. This week, it's the historically great film "Basket Case," about two formerly-conjoined brothers who kill people...but one of them is actually so tiny he lives inside a basket. Yes, it's that good.

Finally, this week's album pick is Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks with their record "Real Emotional Trash." You can hear the 6+ minute track "Baltimore" as part of this here podcast.

More to come next week, including reviews of "Be Kind Rewind," "Semi-Pro," and a sneak peek of "Run, Fat Boy, Run." Plus talk about the new Be Your Own Pet album "Get Awkward" along with the new Nine Inch Nails instrumental experiment "Ghosts I-IV." So listen to this podcast and prepare next week for all that!

0:00-1:23 Intro
1:23-17:00 Movie Review of the Week: "Jumper"
17:00-28:50 A Hypothetical Discussion of the film "Charlie Bartlett"
28:50-34:25 Talk of Radiohead's North American Tour Dates
34:25-42:07 Kevin's Horror (Film) Corner: "Basket Case"
42:07-52:45 Album of the Week: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks- "Real Emotional Trash" (feat track "Baltimore")
52:45-55:08 Preview of next week/Closing

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