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The Filmcast

Ep. 373 – Swiss Army Man

The Filmcast

The Filmcast

Tv & Film, Entertainment News, News

4.73.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2016

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

David, Devindra, Jeff and Brad Oman (AKA Ethan Anderton) discuss Steven Spielberg’s latest, marvel at the insanity of Gods of Egypt, salute the solid genre thrills of The Purge: Election Year, and get dazzled by the new Ghostbusters: Dimension VR experience. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! SHOWNOTES What We’ve Been Watching (2:00) David: The BFG, Gods of Egypt Brad: The Purge: Election Year, Midnight Special Devindra: BrainDead, Ghostbusters: Dimension VR Film News (33:20) Robin Hardy and Michael Cimino passed away No more sequels for Pixar? Wreck It Ralph 2 Featured Review (38:40) Swiss Army Man (53:35) Spoilers Credits Our music sometimes comes from the work of Adam Warrock. You can download our theme song here. If you’d like advertise with us or sponsor us, please e-mail [email protected]. Contact us at our voicemail number: 781-583-1993 You can donate and support the /Filmcast by going to slashfilm.com and clicking on the sidebar “Donate” links! Thanks to all our donors this week!

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to the Slash Filmcast, the official podcast of Slashfilm.com.

0:25.2

I'm David Chenin with me R, Divindra Hardowire, Jeff Canada, and joining us

0:29.9

today he's a staff writer at Slashfilm.com.

0:33.5

Brad Omen, welcome to the Slash Filmcast, Brad.

0:36.9

How are you doing today?

0:37.9

Hey, it's good to be here.

0:39.5

Thanks for being here and thanks to everyone for listening this week.

0:42.7

What we're going to do here on the Slash Filmcast today is we're going to talk about what

0:45.3

we've been watching.

0:46.3

There's a few news items we just want to mention and then we're going to dive into our

0:50.2

review this week of Swiss Army Man.

0:53.1

Yes, we decided to review Swiss Army Man instead of Tarzan, which is the major release

0:58.4

in box office this weekend.

1:01.1

But I think we made the right choice, guys.

1:02.5

I think it was a good call because remember everything I've heard Tarzan was not very good.

1:06.8

Brad, you didn't see Tarzan, did you?

1:08.3

No, I haven't seen you.

1:09.3

I'm not sure that I will.

1:10.7

Yeah, it sounds pretty rough and I'm kind of bummed.

1:15.1

David Gates, very talented director.

1:16.4

So I'm kind of bummed that it wasn't better and didn't do better at the box office.

1:20.8

But I feel like studios keep mistaking pre-awareness for demand.

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