Blockbusters and Birdwalks
At Blockbusters and Birdwalks, you’ll listen to reviews and conversations about all kinds of movies, from Academy Award winners to exploitation masterpieces with a mix of commercial hits and obscure favorites thrown in for good measure. The point is recognizing that movies present our culture with the building blocks of social memory, enabling each of us to enjoy ourselves because movies are fun.
Blockbusters and Birdwalks
"The Mule" (2018), a conversation about a Blockbuster
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Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa consider whether it’s worth having the best-paid, part-time job in the history of movies.
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Referenced media:
- “Saturday Night Live” (Lorne Michaels, 1975-now)
- “Gran Torino” (Clint Eastwood, 2008)
- “A Star is Born” (Bradley Cooper, 2018)
- “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Brian Singer, 2018)
- “Green Book” (Peter Farrelly, 2018)
- “The Favourite” (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018)
- “American Sniper” (Clint Eastwood, 2014)
- “Scent of a Woman” (Martin Brest, 1992)
- “Unforgiven” (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
- “Cry Macho” (Clint Eastwood, 2021)
- “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Clint Eastwood, 2006)
- “Flags of Our Fathers” (Clint Eastwood, 2006)
- “Changeling” (Clint Eastwood, 2008)
- “Mystic River” (Clint Eastwood, 2003)
Audio quotation:
- “Saturday Night Live”, Season 44, Episode 10, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5TEsdb918c
- “The Mule” (Clint Eastwood, 2018)