Some Like It Scott

Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's latest limited series: the Fincher Countdown. Each week in the lead up to David Fincher's latest film, Mank, the two Scotts and countdown special guest, Jay Habib, will be working their way through most* of David Fincher's filmography in chronological order, starting from his non-franchise debut, the neo-noir psychological detective thriller, SEVEN, leading all the way to 2014's GONE GIRL. Join us each week as we talk about a different Fincher film!   On part 9 of the countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay revisit Fincher's most recent film, the 2014 psychological mystery thriller, based on the best-selling Gillian Flynn novel of the same name, GONE GIRL. Starring Ben Affleck as Nick Dunne, a writing teacher at a local college, and Rosamund Pike as Nick's wife, Amy, GONE GIRL embarks as a story to solve the mystery of Amy's sudden disappearance on hers and Nick's 5th wedding anniversary. However, as the investigation into her disappearance progresses, Nick become

Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's latest limited series: the Fincher Countdown. Each week in the lead up to David Fincher's latest film, Mank, the two Scotts and countdown special guest, Jay Habib, will be working their way through most* of David Fincher's filmography in chronological order, starting from his non-franchise debut, the neo-noir psychological detective thriller, SEVEN, leading all the way to 2014's GONE GIRL. Join us each week as we talk about a different Fincher film!   On part 8 of the countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay revisit the penultimate film in the countdown, the 2011 psychological crime thriller, based on the best-selling Swedish novel of the same name, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. Starring Rooney Mara as the titular computer-hacking girl with the dragon tattoo, Lisbeth Salander, and Daniel Craig as disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomqvist, hired by Christopher Plummer's, Henrik Vanger, an aging wealthy businessman who is haunted by his niece's disappearance from 40

Welcome everyone to an all new, super palindrome episode of Some Like It Scott! On this week's episode, the two Scotts celebrate episode 111 with another palindrome, as they review (at great length, thanks to one of the Scotts) Christopher Nolan's latest mind-bending, time-bending film, TENET. After giving their full thoughts on pretty much every aspect of the film, the two Scotts wrap the podcast up by talking about the latest blow to the 2020 release calendar, Barry Jenkins directing a follow-up to 2019's "live action" THE LION KING, and the news that a new BORAT sequel is coming out this month ahead of the election. See time codes below:   6:12 - Tenet 1:23:46 - No Time to Die moves to April 2021 1:29:09 - Barry Jenkins set to direct Lion King prequel 1:35:59 - BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM   Sign up for our newsletter here!   Next time: No episode! Back on Oct. 22 with The Trial of the Chicago 7   Patreon: www.patreon.com/MediaPlugPods Twitter: @MediaPlugPods

Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's latest limited series: the Fincher Countdown. Each week in the lead up to David Fincher's latest film, Mank, the two Scotts and countdown special guest, Jay Habib, will be working their way through most* of David Fincher's filmography in chronological order, starting from his non-franchise debut, the neo-noir psychological detective thriller, SEVEN, leading all the way to 2014's GONE GIRL. Join us each week as we talk about a different Fincher film!   On Part 7 of the countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay revisit David Fincher's team-up with acclaimed writer, Aaron Sorkin, in the 2010 biographical drama, THE SOCIAL NETWORK. Starring Jesse Eisenberg as real-life Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, THE SOCIAL NETWORK weaves the tale the social media platform's nascent days, recreating Zuckerberg's times at Harvard in the days leading to Facebook's conception, as well as its days as a developing exclusive platform for elite colleges, all interwoven with mode

Welcome everyone to an all new episode of Some Like It Scott! On this week's episode, the two Scotts get their detective mystery on with Netflix's Sherlock Holmes spin-off, the coming-of-age mystery film, ENOLA HOLMES. After talking about the one-woman-show that is Millie Bobby Brown, the two Scotts turn their attention to the confirmed Disney calendar reshuffling from last week, as well as the final trailer for Aaron Sorkin's next film, TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7. See time codes below:   2:21 - Enola Holmes 48:28 - Disney release calendar 1:02:16 - Trial of the Chicago 7 final trailer   Sign up for our newsletter here!   Next time: Tenet   Patreon: www.patreon.com/MediaPlugPods Twitter: @MediaPlugPods

Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's latest limited series: the Fincher Countdown. Each week in the lead up to David Fincher's latest film, Mank, the two Scotts and countdown special guest, Jay Habib, will be working their way through most* of David Fincher's filmography in chronological order, starting from his non-franchise debut, the neo-noir psychological detective thriller, SEVEN, leading all the way to 2014's GONE GIRL. Join us each week as we talk about a different Fincher film!   On Part 6 of the countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay revisit what may arguably Fincher's furthest afield film, at least from his normal standards, that is of course the fantasy romantic drama, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Starring Brad Pitt as a man aging in reverse and born on the eve of the end of World War I, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON is an epic life-spanning tale exploring the simple concept of what it would be like if you lived your life's milestones in reverse. What if you looked the part

Welcome everyone to an all new episode of Some Like It Scott! On this week's episode, the two Scotts head back to the barrel of new Netflix movies, and fish out a southern-gothic-drenched psychological thriller in the form of Antonio Campos's latest movie, THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME. After giving their thoughts on the ensemble cast, its effectiveness as a genre film, and whether it's story and characters are interesting, the co-hosts turn their attention to recent rumors regarding the Disney release calendar, as well as the trailer for season 2 of The Mandalorian on Disney+. See time codes below:   2:53 - The Devil All the Time 37:41 - Disney release calendar shake up rumors 46:13 - Mandalorian season 2 trailer   Sign up for our newsletter here!   Next time: The Devil All the Time (Netflix)   Patreon: www.patreon.com/MediaPlugPods Twitter: @MediaPlugPods

Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's latest limited series: the Fincher Countdown. Each week in the lead up to David Fincher's latest film, Mank, the two Scotts and countdown special guest, Jay Habib, will be working their way through most* of David Fincher's filmography in chronological order, starting from his non-franchise debut, the neo-noir psychological detective thriller, SEVEN, leading all the way to 2014's GONE GIRL. Join us each week as we talk about a different Fincher film!   On Part 5 of the countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay try to crack one of the most famous unsolved serial killer cases of all time in David Fincher's 2007 historically fictionalized true crime-esque mystery thriller, ZODIAC. Based on the hunt for the titular serial killer, who is believed to have murdered double-digit people up and down the California coast in the second half of the 20th century, ZODIAC follows the story of Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal), a San Francisco Chronicle cartoonist in the late 60s an

Welcome everyone to an all new episode of Some Like It Scott! On this week's episode, the two Scotts finally return to one of the great past times of the podcast: reviewing Disney live action remakes. This time the live action remake of MULAN, directed by Niki Caro and starring Tifei Liu in the titular role. After giving their thoughts on whether this remake is worth its salt (like a certain Aladdin remake) or not (like a Dumbo), the two turn their attention to the recent news that Harry Styles has been cast to replace Shia Lebeouf on Olivia Wilde's next project and the ever-changing Warner Bros. release calendar after the box office returns of TENET. See time codes below:   3:16 - Mulan 47:41 - Harry Styles cast in DON'T WORRY DARLING 54:51 - the Dune trailer + Warner Bros. release calendar   Sign up for our newsletter here!   Next time: The Devil All the Time (Netflix)   Patreon: www.patreon.com/MediaPlugPods Twitter: @MediaPlugPods

Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's latest limited series: the Fincher Countdown. Each week in the lead up to David Fincher's latest film, Mank, the two Scotts and countdown special guest, Jay Habib, will be working their way through most* of David Fincher's filmography in chronological order, starting from his non-franchise debut, the neo-noir psychological detective thriller, SEVEN, leading all the way to 2014's GONE GIRL. Join us each week as we talk about a different Fincher film!   On Part 4 of the countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay take a look back at what at least one Scott labels as David Fincher's most underrated film: the home invasion thriller starring Jodie Foster, PANIC ROOM. PANIC ROOM follows the lives of a recently separated mother, Meg (Foster), and her daughter, Sarah (Kristen Stewart), on the first evening in their newly purchased Upper West Side brownstone in Manhattan, when their new home is invaded by a trio of burglars, intent on finding millions of dollars in the floor s

Welcome everyone to an all new episode of Some Like It Scott! On this week's episode, the two Scotts try to dissect Netflix's complex psychological drama and the latest from the mind of Charlie Kaufman, I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS. After judging whether this film is worth the energy of trying to understand, they each share their thoughts on the latest NO TIME TO DIE trailer, as well as the rumored Puzo/Coppola cut of The Godfather Part 3. See time codes below:   4:09 - I'm Thinking of Ending Things 54:25 - No Time to Die trailer 1:02:33 - Godfather Part 3 Puzo-Coppola cut   Sign up for our newsletter here!   Next time: Mulan (Disney+)   Patreon: www.patreon.com/MediaPlugPods Twitter: @MediaPlugPods

Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's latest limited series: the Fincher Countdown. Each week in the lead up to David Fincher's latest film, Mank, the two Scotts and countdown special guest, Jay Habib, will be working their way through most* of David Fincher's filmography in chronological order, starting from his non-franchise debut, the neo-noir psychological detective thriller, SEVEN, leading all the way to 2014's GONE GIRL. Join us each week as we talk about a different Fincher film!   On Part 3 of the countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay take a look back at the film in David Fincher's catalog that has truly achieved "cult" status: his 1999 twisty psychological thriller, FIGHT CLUB. Best known for its infamous first rule and its archetypal toxic male, Tyler Durden, FIGHT CLUB stars Edward Norton as the unnamed insomniac narrator, who, after becoming disillusioned with the emasculating materialistic consumerism of his existence starts an underground fight club for men to get in touch with their e

Welcome everyone to an all new episode of Some Like It Scott! On this week's episode, the two Scotts take time at the start of the podcast to talk about two emotional subjects, one positive and one negative, the first being the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman from Stage IV colon cancer at the young age of 43, and the second being that the two Scotts both returned to the theater this past weekend to see a film at least one Scott never thought would be released: Josh Boone's The New Mutants. After giving their thoughts on this long-gestating horror-lite X-Men movie, they turn their attention to a brief round of casting news, including new roles for Paul Mescal and Ethan Hawke. See time codes below:   2:49 - Chadwick Boseman, dead at 43 13:02 - Return to theaters 22:15 - The New Mutants 54:14 - Paul Mescal cast in Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut 58:18 - Ethan Hawke cast in Robert Eggers's Viking epic   Sign up for our newsletter here!   Next time: I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Netflix)   Pa

Welcome back everyone to the actual final part of the Nolan Countdown miniseries. The countdown trio has already concluded its rewatch of all 10 of Christopher Nolan's films to-date, and in the conclusion of the miniseries, Scott, Scott, and Jay take a look back at the experience of watching all 10 films, and give their thoughts on how Nolan's filmmaking style, skill, and shortcomings have evolved over his two decade plus in Hollywood. After they each give their final words on Nolan, Scott and Jay share their hopes and expectations for Tenet.

Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's latest limited series: the Fincher Countdown. Each week in the lead up to David Fincher's latest film, Mank, the two Scotts and countdown special guest, Jay Habib, will be working their way through most* of David Fincher's filmography in chronological order, starting from his non-franchise debut, the neo-noir psychological detective thriller, SEVEN, leading all the way to 2014's GONE GIRL. Join us each week as we talk about a different Fincher film!   On Part 2 of the countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay take a look back at one of the films in this countdown series that none of them have seen: David Fincher's follow-up in the thriller genre, THE GAME. THE GAME follows Michael Douglas's Nicholas van Orton, an ultra-wealthy investment banker, who is haunted by his father's suicide when he was a child and who is a loner as a result of his estranged relationship with his ex-wife, as well as his aloof brother, Conrad (Sean Penn). On Nicholas's 48th birthday, (not so

Welcome everyone to a brand new episode of Some Like It Scott! On this week's all new episode, the two Scotts discuss in great detail their first documentary of 2020 (ever on the podcast, maybe?), the A24-produced, Apple TV+-distributed documentary about over 1,000 teenage boys in Texas, tasked with forming their own government: Boys State. After giving their thoughts on the effectiveness of this particular iteration of documentary filmmaking, on the individuals explored in the film itself, and the film's key takeaways, they turn their attention to news coming out of Warner Bros. convention over the weekend, DC Fandome, as well as the news that Olivia Wilde has lined up yet another project, this time at Sony directing a Marvel film. See time codes below:   1:43 - Boys State 52:07 - DC Fandome Highlights 1:01:05 - Olivia Wilde to direct a live-action Marvel film for Sony (read: something Spider-Man, probably)   Sign up for our newsletter here!   Next time: New Mutants (THEATERS!!!)   Patreon: www.pat

Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's latest limited series: the Fincher Countdown. Each week in the lead up to David Fincher's latest film, Mank, the two Scotts and countdown special guest, Jay Habib, will be working their way through most* of David Fincher's filmography in chronological order, starting from his non-franchise debut, the neo-noir psychological detective thriller, SEVEN, leading all the way to 2014's GONE GIRL. Join us each week as we talk about a different Fincher film!   On Part 1 of the countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay revisit the film catapulted David Fincher into the Hollywood limelight: the Morgan Freeman-led, Brad Pitt-supporting neo-noir psychological detective thriller, SEVEN. Set in a crime-ridden New York City in the final week of Detective William Somerset's (Morgan Freeman) career, the aging detective is dispatched to the scene of a gruesome homicide-by-overeating. Saddled with a hothead new partner, David Mills (Brad Pitt), the hunt for a murderer quickly becomes a

Welcome everyone to a brand new episode of Some Like It Scott! On this week's episode, the two Scotts are back from summer vacation, and return with a dose of superhero action in the form of Netflix's PROJECT POWER. After they giving their thoughts on the film's performances, entertainment power, and culturally relevant themes, they turn their attention to the news that Mulan will at least partially forego its theatrical release and instead be releasing on Disney+ (sort of), as well as quickly hit several trailers released over the last couple weeks. See time codes below:   4:37 - Project Power 54:12 - Mulan going to Disney+ 1:04:07 - Trailer roundup   Sign up for our newsletter here!   Next time: Boys State (Apple TV+)   Patreon: www.patreon.com/MediaPlugPods Twitter: @MediaPlugPods

Welcome everyone to a brand new episode of Some Like It Scott! On this week's episode, the two Scotts give a look to Dave Franco's directorial debut, the VOD horror film, THE RENTAL. After they giving their thoughts on the film, they turn their attention to the latest update in the Universal Pictures v. AMC VOD dispute, as well as the nominations for this year's Emmy Awards. See time codes below:   2:35 - The Rental 43:01 - Universal-AMC deal 55:04 - Emmy nominations   Sign up for our newsletter here!   Next time: No podcast next week (Project Power [Netflix] the week after)   Patreon: www.patreon.com/MediaPlugPods Twitter: @MediaPlugPods

Welcome everyone to a brand new episode of Some Like It Scott! On this week's episode, the two Scotts give a streaming rom-com with a Groundhog Day-esque hook another try, with Neon and Hulu's PALM SPRINGS. After discussing Andy Samberg's and Cristin Millioti's performances, the humor, and whether this iteration of the reliving-a-single-day formula succeeds, where Love Wedding Repeat may have failed, the hosts then turn their attention to news about two movies on Netflix's upcoming slate: the Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans starring $200m action-espionage blockbuster, THE GRAY MAN, and Richard Linklater's next rotoscope coming-of-age film, APOLLO 10-1/2. See time codes below:   4:36 - Palm Springs 45:04 - Netflix's largest budget for a film: The Gray Man 51:57 - Richard Linklater's next film: Apollo 10-1/2   Sign up for our newsletter here!   Next time: No podcast next week @NCBarExam   Patreon: www.patreon.com/MediaPlugPods Twitter: @MediaPlugPods