Unknown Penguin Podcast 010: Best Movies of the Year
This week we get ambitious and decide what are the best movies of the year. We go around the room for what movies everyone loved, answer some e-mails, and wrap up with a discussion of this year’s Best Picture nominees. Joining Patrick at the table are:
Matt Hartman from Unknown Penguin’s Festivale (Carl) & the FringeNYC production of Untitled Masterpiece, as well as Sprezzatura’s The Bad News Bearer and ComedySportz DC.
Chris Mathieu from Unknown Penguin’s Festivale (David Johnson) and The Rochambeau Kid (Johnny Cobra) as well as ComedySportz LA.
Burl Moseley from Unknown Penguin’s FringeNYC production of Untitled Masterpiece as well as the Fox series 24.
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E-MAILS TO PODCAST@UNKNOWNPENGUIN.COM
have you really not seen showgirls?
i’m listening to your podcast and i feel like i saw it about a hundred times during college, so i can’t believe you escaped viewing the dolphin sex scene. you haven’t seen goonies! i don’t think i trust your film opinions anymore :0 i wasn’t allowed to watch dirty dancing, but i finally did in college. oh well. I haven’t seen any of the movies you guys don’t like, so I’m going to give up on this one, but I’ll keep tuning in 
Catherine in Chicopee [Gmail Chat]
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I just listened to your podcast (episode 009) and it is tremendous.
Very very funny stuff. I am very much looking forward to your next
episode.
Had I been on there I would not have contributed except one thing: In
the “action hero vehicle” section I would have professed my love for
The Patriot and told the story about you and I and the girl who said
“Daddy, don’t go. I’ll say anything.” That would have been
fun/embarrassing.
J R King, Man of the People
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Alright, so I just listened to this and there are a few movies that I would have liked to have seen mentioned.
1.) Starship Troopers…I mean come on, with the teeth and everything. classic
2.) Spawn…which is a movie I saw on my 13th birthday and I mean it’s awesome, but also perhaps not critically acclaimed as such.
3.) Almost Heroes…which is the only movie I’ve walked out of, it’s chris farley’s last movie and it was directed by Christopher Guest, and’s it’s horrible. Like not even good enough for TBS or TNT bad.
4.) Troy…I really enjoyed the movie, despite it’s lack of either historical or literary accuracy; but I just really enjoy that Achilles (brad pitts) unbeatable fighting move is to stab while jumping, apparenlty in the acient greece area thats just to much.
5.) Dragonheart…just cuz
6.) Any James Bond movies, I haven’t seen them all but License to Kill is pretty bad from my recollection
7.) Valkyrie…I don’t know if you saw it, but I really liked it and I feel like people hated it.
Thats my list of things. I did enjoy the podcast though…of all you’ve done, actually this was the one I felt qualified to comment on given my taste in movies and the fact that I still buy and read comic books; which some how seems relivent.
Mike the Policy Analyst
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