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Battleship Pretension

1,249 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 days ago - ★★★★ - 292 ratings

Battleship Pretension is a podcast that represents the kind of conversations that film geeks have when they get together. There are strong opinions, in-jokes, obscure references, and wild tangents. And, since Tyler and David are two of the sharpest wits ever fused together, there are laughs aplenty.

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Episodes

Looper review

October 04, 2012 08:14 - 6 minutes - 5.77 MB

West reads Sarah's review of Rian Johnson's Looper. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

289. Great trailers

October 01, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 71.9 MB

Tyler and David discuss their favorite movie trailers of all time. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

288 w Kyle Anderson

September 23, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 85.7 MB

Tyler is joined by guest co-host Kyle Anderson. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

287. Hating movies

September 16, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 107 MB

Tyler and David are joined by Josh Long to discuss whether it's okay to hate a movie and, if so, which ones? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Master review

September 15, 2012 08:14 - 6 minutes - 6.16 MB

West reads Kyle's review of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Words review

September 14, 2012 08:14 - 6 minutes - 5.76 MB

West reads Josh's review of The Words. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

286. 2012 Summer Movie Wrap-Up

September 09, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 105 MB

Tyler and David discuss the summer movies of 2012. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

285. With special guest Alex Berg

September 04, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 71.7 MB

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Alex Berg to discuss, among other things, the X-Men. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lawless review

August 30, 2012 08:14 - 4 minutes - 4.15 MB

West reads David's review of John Hillcoat's Lawless. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Payback review

August 28, 2012 08:14 - 3 minutes - 3.57 MB

West reads David's review of Jennifer Baichwal's Payback. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Little White Lies review

August 26, 2012 08:14 - 5 minutes - 4.99 MB

West reads Tyler's review of Guillaume Canet's Little White Lies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

284. Compliance w Pat Healy

August 26, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 79.6 MB

Tyler and David are joined by actor Pat Healy to discuss his newest film, Compliance. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

283. Fall Movie Preview

August 19, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 88.6 MB

Tyler and David discuss some of the upcoming movies as well as David Cronenberg's position on superhero films. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 282. Bias

August 18, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 87 MB

Tyler and David discuss the downside of subjectivity in wathing movies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Compliance review

August 17, 2012 08:14 - 9 minutes - 8.44 MB

West reads Tyler's review of Craig Zobel's Compliance. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Royal Tenenbaums review

August 15, 2012 08:14 - 3 minutes - 3.66 MB

West reads David's review of Wes Andeson's The Royal Tenenbaums. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 281. Sight + Sound 2012 poll

August 12, 2012 08:14 - 2 hours - 114 MB

Tyler and David are joined by West Anthony to discuss the Sight + Sound 2012 poll. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Bourne Legacy review

August 11, 2012 08:14 - 5 minutes - 4.62 MB

West reads David's review of Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Last Days of Disco review

August 10, 2012 08:14 - 5 minutes - 5.24 MB

West reads Tyler's review of Whit Stillman's The Last Days of Disco. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Celeste and Jesse Forever review

August 07, 2012 08:14 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MB

West reads David's review of Lee Toland Krieger's Celeste and Jesse Forever. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 280. Christopher Nolan

August 06, 2012 08:14 - 2 hours - 127 MB

Tyler and David discuss the career of Christopher Nolan. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

279. The Dark Knight Rises

July 29, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 107 MB

Tyler and David are joined by Pat Francis to discuss Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 278. Comic-Con Wrap-Up

July 23, 2012 08:14 - 2 hours - 143 MB

Tyler and David discuss their experiences and report what they saw at San Diego Comic-Con International 2012. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comic-Con 2012 Day Three

July 15, 2012 08:14 - 5 minutes - 5.41 MB

David talks about the very few movie-related things he saw at Comic-Con 2012 day three See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comic-Con 2012 Day Two

July 14, 2012 08:14 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB

David talks with Ryan Gallagher about the movies Sony presented at Comic-Con Day Two. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Battleship Pretension for Friday, July 13, 2012

July 13, 2012 08:14 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

David talks about some smaller panels he saw at Comic-Con day one and talks to friend of the show Patrick Starr about CZ12 and The Expendables 2. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comic-Con 2012 Preview Night

July 12, 2012 08:14 - 3 minutes - 3.66 MB

David talks briefly (very briefly) about Comic-Con 2012 Preview Night and lets you know what's to come. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 277. Comic-Con 2012 Preview

July 09, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 77.9 MB

Tyler and David discuss the movies that will be at San Diego Comic-Con International 2012 as well as streaming first-run movies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 276. Movie Presidents

July 05, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 69.9 MB

Tyler and David discuss presidents in movies as well as the death of Nora Ephron. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 275. Comedy vs. Coherence

June 30, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 69.8 MB

Tyler and David discuss whether being funny is enough to make a comedy good as well as the passing of film critic Andrew Sarris. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Interview with Kevin Porter

June 29, 2012 08:14 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB

Tyler talks to Kevin Porter about his viral video Sorkinisms. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comic-Con Meetup Announcement

June 25, 2012 08:14 - 1 minute - 1.75 MB

Battleship Pretension, along with CriterionCast and Warner Archive Collection, invite you to another Comic-Con meetup! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Interview w David Fenster, David Nordstrom Phil Lord of the film Pincus.

June 22, 2012 08:14 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

Jack Fleischer interviews director David Fenster, star David Nordstrom and producer Phil Lord of the film Pincus. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 274 w Wil Anderson

June 18, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 87.2 MB

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Wil Anderson to talk Prometheus and Australian movies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 273. Creepy as Hell

June 10, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

Tyler and David discuss scenes that are creepy as hell as well as this year's slate of good studio releases. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 272. Rewatchability

June 04, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 63 MB

Tyler and David discuss what makes a movie rewatchable as well as being defensive about their opinions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 271. Favorite scores w West Anthony

May 29, 2012 08:14 - 2 hours - 127 MB

Tyler and David are joined by West Anthony to discuss and play excerpts from some of their favorite scores. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 270. Carter Burwell

May 20, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 107 MB

Tyler and David profile the career of Carter Burwell after discussing Tyler's attempts to watch more movies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 269 w Dallas Hallam Patrick Horvath

May 13, 2012 08:14 - 2 hours - 117 MB

Tyler and David are joined by Dallas Hallam Patrick Horvath, the directors of Entrance, to talk about modern horror. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 268. Moralizing

May 07, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 80.6 MB

Tyler and David discuss to what extent a film should moralize about its characters. Also, The Avengers is great. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 267. Summer Movie Preview with Josh Fadem!

April 29, 2012 08:14 - 2 hours - 124 MB

Tyler and David are joined by comedianactor Josh Fadem to discuss the upcoming summer movies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 266. Judging by Reputation

April 22, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB

Tyler and David discuss whether or not a film's reputation should enter into the juding of it as well as director Francis Lawrence possible taking on the Hunger Games franchise. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 265 w Tim Buel

April 16, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 97.4 MB

Tyler and David are joined by Tim Buel to discuss recent genre films. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 264 w Colin Marshall

April 09, 2012 08:14 - 2 hours - 158 MB

Tyler and David are joined by Colin Marshall to discuss American independent films of the 1990's. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 263 w Rodney Ascher

April 01, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

Tyler and David are joined by director Rodney Ascher to discuss his new film, Room 237 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 262 w Susan Burke

March 25, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 62.4 MB

Tyler and David are joined by Susan Burke, co-writer of Smashed, to discuss her experiences with the film at Sundance. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 261 w Karl Hess

March 20, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 66.8 MB

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Karl Hess to talk about Commando and other great films. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 260. Jim Jarmusch

March 11, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 109 MB

Tyler and David discuss the career of Jim Jarmusch after thanking some people for helping them out for the past five years. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 259. 2011 Individual Achievements

March 05, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 74 MB

Tyler and David discuss their favorite individual achievements in film in 2011. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 258. Oscars!

February 27, 2012 08:14 - 1 hour - 94.1 MB

Tyler and David are joined by BP blogger Kyle Anderson to discuss the Oscar telecast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guests

Susan Burke
5 Episodes
Mike Schmidt
4 Episodes
Alonso Duralde
1 Episode
Burt Reynolds
1 Episode
Elmore Leonard
1 Episode
Erin Gibson
1 Episode
Graham Elwood
1 Episode
Hayao Miyazaki
1 Episode
Jimmy Pardo
1 Episode
John le Carré
1 Episode
Matt Gourley
1 Episode
Paul Gilmartin
1 Episode
Rob Cesternino
1 Episode
Ryan Gallagher
1 Episode
Tim Curry
1 Episode

Books

The Quiet American
1 Episode