Piecing It Together Podcast

On the 459th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas with Luella Chavez, Darlene Dalmaceda and Ali The Gran Finali to talk about M3GAN 2.0! The return of everyone's favorite sassy killer robot genre shifts and is a blast. Puzzle pieces include Terminator 2, Happy Death Day 2 U, Austin Powers and Scooby Doo.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for M3GAN 2.0 and the movies we discuss!

Written by Gerard Johnstone and Akela Cooper

Directed by Gerard Johnston

Starring Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ivanna Sakhno, Jermaine Clement

On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in July 2025. This month’s episode includes Jurassic World Rebirth, Heads Of State, The Old Guard 2, Madea's Destination Wedding, Smurfs, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Eddington, The Home, Happy Gilmore 2, Bambi: The Reckoning, Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

I also shout out some listener provided puzzle pieces from movies we covered in the month of June including pieces from Josie DeMarco, Eric Lan...

On the 458th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in North Las Vegas with guests KL Martin, Kris West and Eric Mathis to talk about 28 Years Later, the long awaited zombie sequel from Danny Boyle and Alex Garland. Puzzle pieces include The Road, Ghost Of Mars, I Am Legend and The Wizard Of Oz.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for 28 Years Later and the movies we discuss!

Written by Alex Garland

Directed by Danny Boyle

Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alfie Williams, Jodie Comer, Jack O'Connell, Ra...

On the 457th episode of Piecing It Together, Jennifer Howell joins me to talk about Materialists. Celine Song's follow-up to the indie darling Past Lives stars Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans in a love triangle. Puzzle pieces include They Came Together, The Wedding Planner, Hitch and the work of Jane Austen.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Materialists and the movies we discuss!

Written by Celine Song

Directed by Celine Song

Starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal

A24

Jennifer Ho...

On the 456th episode of Piecing It Together, Wil Williams joins me to talk about Final Destination Bloodlines. This long awaited new entry in the classic horror series surprised the hell out of me and became one of my favorite movies of the year. Puzzle pieces include Titanic, The Venture Bros, Top Gun Maverick and Hereditary.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Final Destination Bloodlines and the movies we discuss!

Written by Guy Busick and Lori Evans Taylor

Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein

Starring Brec Bassinger, Richard Ha...

On the 455th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas to talk about the 25th anniversary of Kevin Smith's Dogma! I'm joined by filmmaker Joe Black, comedian Jason Harris and comedian Anne Flagg. Puzzle pieces include Ghostbusters, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Muppet Movie and Gremlins.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Dogma and the movies we discuss!

Joe Black is a filmmaker and has recently completed work on his latest, Natasha Hall: Suffrage.

Check out Joe’s website at https://www.bluemeanspregnantfilms.com/

And Follow Blue M...

On the 454th episode of Piecing It Together, I'm joined by Marco Arriaga, Dayvid Figler, Amanda Guarragi, Jason Harris and David Quinones to talk about the Tim Robinson comedy Friendship. If you're up for this kind of ridiculous, absurdist comedy, this super episode is going to be a fun one. Puzzle pieces include Looney Tunes, I Love You Man, One Hour Photo and Very Bad Things.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Friendship and the movies we discuss!

Written by Andrew DeYoung

Directed by Andrew DeYoung

Starring Tim Robinson, Pa...

On the 453rd episode of Piecing It Together, Paul Hibbard joins me to talk about Bring Her Back. Danny and Michael Philippou's follow-up to the hit A24 horror film Talk To Me gets into some familiar territory but does it all really well. Puzzle pieces include Hereditary, Hellraiser, Martyrs and Speak No Evil.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Bring Her Back and the movies we discuss!

Written by Danny and Michael Philippou

Directed by Danny and Michael Philippou

Starring Sally Hawkins, Sora Wong, Billy Barratt

A24

On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in May 2025. This month’s episode includes Ballerina, The Phoenician Scheme, The Ritual, Straw, Predator: Killer Of Killers, Deep Cover, How To Train Your Dragon, Materialists, Echo Valley, Elio, Everythings Going To Be Great, Bride Hard and F1.

I also shout out some listener provided puzzle pieces from movies we covered in the month of Mayincluding pieces from Josie DeMarco, Eric Langberg, Demetrius Sanders and David Mi...

On the 452nd episode of Piecing It Together, William-Patrick Coleman joins me to talk about Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. The 8th and possibly final entry in the long running Tom Cruise action series gave us an opportunity to look back at the whole series and talk about what might have inspired this conclusion. Puzzle pieces include Furious 7, Meg 2: The Trench and Avengers: Endgame.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning and the movies we discuss!

Written by Christopher McQuarrie and Erik Jendersen

Directed by Ch...

On the 451st episode of Piecing It Together, Jason Harris joins me to talk about Black Bag. Our 2nd episode on a Steven Soderbergh film this year, this one is truly one of the year's best. Puzzle pieces include The Killer, Closer, Fair Play and The Addams Family.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Black Bag and the movies we discuss!

Written by David Koepp

Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Starring Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke, Pierce Brosnan

Focus Features

On this special Episode 450, I take some time to make some announcements about the show moving forward and everything else that I have going on. It's about to be a busy time for me, but lots more Piecing It Together is on the way.

My latest David Rosen album MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024 is a compilation album that fills in the gaps in unreleased music made during the sessions for 2018's A Different Kind Of Dream, 2020's David Rosen, 2022's MORE CONTENT and 2025's upcoming And Other Unexplained Phenomena. Find it on Bandcamp, Apple Music...

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, I’m taking a break from movies to share with you all my new album Another One Already??? But You Just Had One! by The Pup Pups! This collection of novelty/comedy songs about dogs and cats (and in some cases sung by my dogs and cats) is the 4th album by The Pup Pups and dare I say... The best yet? As of 5/9/2025 the album is available to stream on all the major streaming platforms and the limited edition CD can be purchased on Bandcamp.

Check out https://thepu...

On the 449th episode of Piecing It Together we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas with Antonio Llapur, Laura Espinoza and Kris Mayeshiro to talk about the latest entry in the MCU, the super-anti-hero team up Thunderbolts*! Puzzle pieces include Suicide Squad, Logan, Avengers and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Thunderbolts* and any of the movies we discuss!

Written by Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo

Directed by Jake Schreier

Starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Da...

On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in May 2025. This month’s episode includes Another Simple Favor, The Surfer, Rust, Fight Or Flight, Clown In A Cornfield, Final Destination Bloodlines, Lilo & Stitch, Karate Kid Legends, Mountainhead and Bring Her Back.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss!

I also shout out some listener provided puzzle pieces from movies we covered in the month of April including pieces fro...

On the 448th episode of Piecing It Together, Eric Langberg joins me to talk about The Shrouds. The latest from David Cronenberg could be his last, and it would be a fitting end to a legendary career given the subject matter. Puzzle pieces include To Dust, Between The Temples, Her and Videodrome.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Shrouds and the movies we discuss!

Written by David Cronenberg

Directed by David Cronenberg

Starring Vincent Cassell, Guy Pearce, Diane Kruger

Sideshow

Eric La...

On the 447th episode of Piecing It Together, filmmaker Davey Schaupp joins me to talk about Alex Garland's latest, Warfare! We also talk about his new documentary No Place To Grow Old. Puzzle pieces include Black Hawk Down, Children Of Men, Sing Sing and Whiplash.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Warfare and the movies we discuss!

Written by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza

Directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza

Starring Joseph Quinn, Will Poulter, Michael Gandolfini, Charles Melton

A24

Davey Sc...

On the 446th episode of Piecing It Together we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas with Ms Michelle, Michael Keene and Tyler Najera to talk abuot Sinners! Ryan Coogler's music / vampire / gangster epic starring twin Michael B. Jordans is one of the most exciting releases of the year so far. Puzzle pieces include From Dusk Till Dawn, Elvis, The Shining and Eve's Bayou.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Sinners and the movies we discuss!

Written by Ryan Coogler

Directed by Ryan Coogler

Starring Michael B. Jordan, Ha...

On the 445th episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell joins me to talk about Companion! It's all killer robots, incels and spoilers on this one folks. Puzzle pieces include Her, M3GAN, Ex Machina and Revenge.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Companion and the movies we discuss!

Written by Drew Hancock

Directed by Drew Hancock

Starring Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Rupert Friend

Warner Bros.

Josh Bell is a film critic whose reviews can be read at CB...

On the 444th episode of Piecing It Together we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in Las Vegas to talk about The Amateur! This espionage thriller starring Rami Malek takes some weird twists and turns that made it stand out for us. Puzzle pieces include Mission: Impossible, Beverly Hills Cop, Home Alone and Hackers.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Amateur and the movies we discuss!

Written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli

Directed by James Hawes

Starring Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Michael Stuhlbarg, Laurence Fishburne

20th Cen...

On the 443rd episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from The Beverly Theater in Las Vegas for a crossover episode with the UNLV Film Department Podcast. I'm joined by Nic Patrick, L Villarreal and Ani Rogy to talk about Newlyweeds, the debut film from Judas and The Black Messiah director Shaka King. Puzzle pieces include Half Baked, The Graduate and the Beastie Boys "Sabotage" music video.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Newlyweeds and the movies we discuss!

Written by Shaka King

Directed by Shaka King

Starring Am...

On the 442nd episode of Piecing It Together we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas to talk about Screamboat! This horror rendition of the original Mickey Mouse short Steamboat Willie takes the iconic character places where Walt never dreamed. Puzzle pieces include Leprechaun, Gremlins, Ghoulies and Scary Movie.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Screamboat and the movies we discuss!

Written by Steven LaMorte and Matthew Garcia-Dunn

Directed by Steven LaMorte

Starring David Howard Thornton, Allison Pittel, Amy Schumacher, Jesse Posey, Kailey Hyman

Sleight Of Ha...

On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in April 2025. This month’s episode includes The Friend, A Minecraft Movie, Freaky Tales, Warfare, Drop, The King Of Kings, Sneaks, Sinners, Cheech and Chong's Last Movie, Bullet Train Explosion and The Accountant 2.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss!

I also shout out some listener provided puzzle pieces from movies we covered in the month of March including pieces fr...

On the 441st episode of Piecing It Together we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas to talk about Death Of A Unicorn! The A24 horror-comedy starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega takes on the mythical creature in some very unexpected ways... Unless you're a unicorn expert, then maybe you saw some of it coming. Puzzle pieces include Jurassic Park, Limitless, Knives Out and The Last Unicorn.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Death Of A Unicorn and the movies we discuss!

Written by Alex Scharfman

Directed by Alex Scharfman

On the 440th episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black joins me to talk about Baby Invasion. The latest from Harmony Korine features a live feed of a videogame in which players rob a mansion while their faces are digitally replaced by baby faces. Cinema. Puzzle pieces include We're All Going To The World's Fair, The Bling Ring, Searching and Doom.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Baby Invasion and the movies we discuss!

Written by Harmony Korine

Directed by Harmony Korine

Starring Juan Bofill, Shawn Thomas, Steven Rodriguez, An...

On the 439th episode of Piecing It Together, Robbie Sherman joins me to talk about The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie. This episode is a crossover with Conversations With Robbie Sherman where I recently guested on two Looney Tunes related episodes in the lead up to the first ever fully animated theatrically released Looney Tunes movie. Puzzle pieces include The Thing, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, Indepdendence Day and Dirty Work.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Day The Earth Blew Up and the movies we discuss!

Wr...

On the 438th episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell joins me to talk about Presence, one of two Steven Soderbergh films released this year. This ghost story from the point of view of the ghost is a unique, original and one of the year's best so far. Puzzle pieces include A Ghost Story, In A Violent Nature, Paranormal Activity and I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Presence and the movies we discuss!

Written by David Koepp

Directed by Steven Soderbergh

On this special episode, I’m joined by Nick Marcus from The Film Scorer Podcast to discuss our picks for the best film scores of the 2020s decade so far at the mid-way point. This special conversation is a cross-over that will appear on both of our podcasts and we get into a lot of really amazing film scores from over the last 5 years.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss!

Nick Marcus is the host of The Film Scorer Podcast, featuring long-form interviews with film composers.

Check out The...

On this special episode, I'm joined by Josh Bell from Awesome Movie Year to discuss our picks for the best films of the 2020s decade so far at the mid-way point. With very differring movie tastes, we get into a lot of varied picks from over the last 5 years.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss!

Josh Bell is a film critic whose reviews can be read at CBR, Crooked Marquee, The Inlander and elsewhere. With comedian and filmmaker Jason Harris, he co-hosts the podcast Awesome Movie Year, a...

On the 437th episode of Piecing It Together we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas to talk about Mickey 17! The latest from Bong Joon-ho features 17 Robert Pattinsons (well, mainly two but still, we want as many Robert Pattinsons as we can get). Puzzle pieces include Downsizing, The Death of Stalin, Dead Ringers and The Island.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Mickey 17 and the movies we discuss!

Written by Bong Joon-ho

Directed by Bong Joon-ho

Starring Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo

...

On this new entry in the special episode series Breaking It Apart, I’m joined by Mike Miley, author of the book David Lynch's American Dreamscapes, to do a first of its kind episode... A look at films that may have been inspired by the collective works of David Lynch. Undoubtebly one of the most influential figures in cinema, after he recently passed away, it only made sense to do this episode on his full filmography rather than a single film. Puzzle pieces include Natural Born Killers, Synecdoche New York, Barton Fink and I Saw The TV Glow.

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On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in March 2025. This month’s episode includes Rule Breakers, Night Of The Zoopocalypse, Novocaine, Black Bag, The Electric State, Opus, Snow White, The Alto Knights, Bob Trevino Likes It, Magazine Dreams, The Woman In The Yard, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Road Trip, Mickey 17 and A Working Man.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss!

I al...

On this special episode, Ben Miller joins me to give our predictions for the 97th Academy Awards, happening on Sunday, March 2nd. As in previous years, we’ll just cover a selection of the Oscar categories for the sake of time, but we discuss what should win, what will win and what we think should have been nominated for those coveted Oscars.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss!

Ben Miller is a film critic and runs Ice Cream For Freaks at https://icecream4freaks.com/

He also hosts the...

On the 436th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Knik Woods, Jimmie Gonzalez and Sam Novak to talk about THE MONKEY! Osgood Perkins' hilarious horror-comedy is based on a Stephen King short story and filled with all kinds of wacky, craziness. Puzzle pieces include Final Destination, Gremlins, The Dark Half and Hellraiser.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Monkey and the movies we discuss!

Written by Osgood Perkins

Directed by Osgood Perkins

Starring Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Co...

On the 435th episode of Piecing It Together, Tara Giancaspro joins me to talk about The Brutalist. Brady Corbett's American epic is one of the most talked about movies of the year and a big contender at the upcoming Oscars. Puzzle pieces include Babylon, The Aviator, There Will Be Blood and The Neon Demon.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Brutalist and the movies we discuss!

Written by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvoid

Directed by Brady Corbet

Starring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy

On the 434th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Faith Nault, Jorge Lara and Kristopher West to talk about Captain America: Brave New World. The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn't exactly move things forward like fans had hoped, but we had a good time with it anyway. Puzzle pieces include The Manchurian Candidate, Bond movies, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and a bunch of X-Men movies that we have trouble distinguishing between.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Captain America: Brave New World and the movies we...

On the 433rd episode of Piecing It Together, Josie DeMarco joins me to talk about Anora. Sean Baker's latest starring Mikey Madison was an early awards favorite when we recorded this episode. Then I kept waiting for a good time to release the episode and in the months since, it's won DGA and PGA and is now looking like a clear Oscar frontrunner. Puzzle pieces include Get Him To The Greek, Married To The Mob, Ghost Dog and Zola.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Anora and the movies we discuss!

Written by Se...

On the 432nd episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Downtown Cinemas in Las Vegas with guests Michael Keene, Tia Bean & William-Patrick Coleman to talk about Heart Eyes! Josh Ruben's new slasher is a horror-romantic-comedy, just in time for Valentine's Day! Puzzle pieces include Scream, Lover's Lane, My Bloody Valentine and My Bloody Valentine 3D.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Heart Eyes and the movies we discuss!

Written by Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon and Michael Kennedy

Directed by Josh Ruben

Starring Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, De...

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, composer and podcaster Brian Skutle joins me to take a look back at 2024 and some of our favorite film scores of the year! It was a big year for movies and we get into a lot of great picks from some of the more celebrated scores like The Brutalist and Conclave to some more more out of left field picks like Daddio, The Colors Within and A Different Man!

As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss!

Brian S...

On this special episode, Jason Harris joins me again to talk about some upcoming movies. We use the usual puzzle pieces format on some trailers for movies that are coming out in February 2025. This month’s episode includes Kinda Pregnant, Love Hurts, Armand, Paddington In Peru, The Gorge, Bridge Jones: Mad About The Boy, The Monkey, The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, Last Breath, The Legend of Ochi, Heart Eyes and Captain America Brave New World.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we discuss!

I also shout out so...