Battleship Pretension
1,249 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 days ago - ★★★★ - 292 ratingsBattleship 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
720. Chadwick Boseman
January 04, 2021 07:11 - 1 hour - 107 MBTyler and David are joined by Terence Johnson to discuss the career of Chadwick Boseman. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
719. Movies About Drunks
December 28, 2020 21:31 - 1 hour - 80.8 MBTyler and David discuss movies about drunks as well as the Golden Globes categorization of Minari. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
718. Christmas in Britain
December 21, 2020 06:57 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBTyler and David are joined by Nerdist's Kyle Anderson to discuss British Christmas movies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 12/17/20
December 18, 2020 07:16 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including The Weasel's Tale, The Stand In, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, You've Got Mail, Education, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, Hunter Hunter, Fatale, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Promising Young Woman and Elf. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
717. Fake Movies Within Movies
December 14, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBTyler and David discuss fake movies in other movies as well as Warner Bros.' 2021 release plan. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 12/9/20
December 11, 2020 05:44 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including Half Brothers, I'm Your Woman, The Holiday, 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez, Farewell Amor, Wild Mountain Thyme, Alex Wheatle, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Wander Darkly, Let Them All Talk and Mank. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
716. Winter Movie Preview
December 08, 2020 07:23 - 1 hour - 91.7 MBTyler and David are joined by Scott Nye and Julie Sesnovich to discuss the upcoming movies of this year's extended awards season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 12/2/20
December 08, 2020 06:33 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including Lovers Rock, Crock of Gold, Gunda, Red, White and Blue, Mr. Jones, Dear Santa, Another Round, Nomadland and Beast Mode. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
715. Josh Fadem's Noirvember
November 30, 2020 04:46 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBTyler and David are joined by Josh Fadem to talk about Noirvember (with acknowledgments to Marya E. Gates!). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 11/25/20
November 27, 2020 03:52 - 34 minutes - 32 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including Run, Happiest Season, Girlfriends, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Stardust and Zappa. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
714. Things for Which to Be Thankful
November 23, 2020 03:22 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBTyler and David discuss movie-related things for which they're thankful in These Unprecedented Times as well as Sony's acquisition of Pure Flix. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 11/18/20
November 19, 2020 21:31 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including Ammonite, The Last Vermeer, Gosford Park and Mangrove. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
713. Great Character Introductions
November 16, 2020 20:52 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBTyler and David discuss some of their favorite movie character introductions as well as the passing of Alex Trebek. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 11/12/20
November 13, 2020 17:25 - 2 hours - 117 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including Hairspray, Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Tenet, Beaches, Possessor, 12 Hour Shift, The Social Dilemma, The Doorman, Hocus Pocus, Shithouse, The War of the Gargantuas, David Byrne's American Utopia, Ham on Rye, Addams Family Values, Blow the Man Down, April Fool's Day, Nationtime, Over the Moon, Galaxy Quest, Bad Hair, The Witches, They Reach, The Craft, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, St...
712. Dance Movies w/ Julie Sesnovich
November 10, 2020 06:29 - 2 hours - 110 MBDavid and Scott are joined once again by Julie Sesnovich to discuss dance movies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
711. AFI Fest 2020 Wrap-Up
November 02, 2020 05:06 - 1 hour - 87.7 MBDavid and Scott discuss the films of this year's AFI Fest as well as the return of the unending Twitter movie bracket. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
710. Ennio Morricone w/ West Anthony
October 26, 2020 17:02 - 2 hours - 130 MBTyler and David are joined by Battleship Pretension's resident musicologist West Anthony to discuss the career of Ennio Morricone. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
709. All of Them Witches
October 20, 2020 01:52 - 1 hour - 61 MBDavid and Scott discuss witchay movies as well as next year's virtual TCM Fest. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
708. Movies from Argentina
October 12, 2020 17:33 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBDavid and Scott discuss movies from Argentina as well as a possible movie about the making of The Godfather. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
707. Movies About Twins
October 05, 2020 06:48 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBTyler and David discuss movies about twins as well as some now dated observations about this year's TIFF. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
706. Fall Movie Preview 2020
September 30, 2020 05:50 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBDavid is joined once again by Scott Nye and Julie Sesnovich to discuss the movies that may or may not be coming this fall. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
705. Unsympathetic Protagonists
September 21, 2020 21:03 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBTyler and David discuss movies with unsympathetic protagonists as well as the multiple controversies facing Mulan. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 9/17/20
September 18, 2020 21:08 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including I Am Woman, Dead of Night, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Infidel and The Devil All the Time. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
704. The Ethics of Recommending Movies Today
September 14, 2020 05:50 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBTyler and David are joined by film critic Katie Walsh to discuss how to navigate recommending movies themselves without recommending going to the movies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
703. How Will Things Change?
September 08, 2020 06:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBTyler and David toss around some predictions about what long term effects our current reality might have on the world of movies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 9/3/20
September 04, 2020 20:27 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including A Mighty Wind, Class Action Park, Feels Good Man and The Speed Cubers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
702. Are TV Movies Movies?
August 31, 2020 06:13 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBTyler and David discuss whether TV movies should count as movies as well as the controversy over Cuties. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
701. w/ Aaron Neuwirth
August 24, 2020 06:28 - 1 hour - 96 MBTyler and David are joined by Aaron Neuwirth to discuss what he's been watching during quarantine. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 8/20/20
August 21, 2020 20:08 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including You Cannot Kill David Arquette, Fried Green Tomatoes, Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics, Tales from the Darkside, Words on Bathroom Walls, Love Hunter and The Sin of Nora Moran. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
700. 700th Episode Celebration with Nick Flanagan and Jeremy Woodcock
August 17, 2020 18:48 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBTyler and David are joined by their two favorite Torontonians, Nick Flanagan and Jeremy Woodcock, to celebrate 700 weeks of Battleship Pretension. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 8/13/20
August 16, 2020 01:32 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including Jazz on a Summer's Day, La Bamba, The Sin of Nora Moran and more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Hotel Movies with Scott Nye and Julie Sesnovich
August 10, 2020 06:23 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBTyler and David are joined by Scott Nye and Julie Sesnovich to discuss movies about hotels. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 8/6/20
August 07, 2020 17:53 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including Psychomagic, a Healing Art, An American Pickle, Rush, The Tax Collector, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, She Dies Tomorrow, Taste the Blood of Dracula and Out Stealing Horses. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
698. Comic-Con at Home Wrap-Up with Kyle Anderson
August 03, 2020 21:54 - 2 hours - 115 MBTyler and David are joined by Nerdist's Kyle Anderson to discuss the many panels from Comic-Con at Home. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 7/30/20
July 31, 2020 04:52 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including Love, Antosha, They Came Together, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Interview w/ Jason Loftus & Eric Pedicelli
July 28, 2020 00:26 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBTyler talks with the directors of Ask No Questions, Jason Loftus & Eric Pedicelli See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
697. Comic-Con Memories w/ Ryan Gallagher and Kate Kulzick
July 27, 2020 06:28 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBTyler and David are joined by Ryan Gallagher and Kate Kulzick to discuss their favorite memories from Comic-Cons past. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 7/23/20
July 24, 2020 07:04 - 1 hour - 88.6 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including The Devil Wears Prada, Radioactive, The Time Traveler's Wife, Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, Remember, Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell, Guest of Honour, See You Yesterday, The Great Buster, Southland Tales, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Red Penguins, Ask No Questions, Before Midnight, Eagle Eye, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, The Price of Fame and more. See Priva...
696. Atom Egoyan Is Our Guest of Honor
July 21, 2020 04:31 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBDavid is joined by director Atom Egoyan to discuss his new film, Guest of Honour (currently available on Kino Now). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
695. Old Movies, New Technology w/ Jim Rohner
July 13, 2020 06:46 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBTyler and David are joined by Jim Rohner to discuss how technology antiquates movies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 7/9/20
July 10, 2020 06:33 - 1 hour - 61 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including Pretty in Pink, I Still Believe, Welcome to Chechnya, The Beach House, Tell It to the Bees, A Most Wanted Man, The Hidden Fortress, Useless Humans, The Searchers, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood and The War of the Worlds. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
694. Top Five of the Year So Far
July 06, 2020 02:21 - 1 hour - 87 MBTyler and David are joined by Battleship Pretension editor-at-large Scott Nye to count down their respective top five films of the year so far. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 7/2/20
July 03, 2020 21:05 - 2 hours - 146 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including The Killing Floor, Michael, Peter Pan, Madchen in Uniform, Victor and Victoria, The Skulls, Mermaids, Tokyo Olympiad, The Phantom of the Opera, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, Period. End of Sentence., Gladiator, The Most Dangerous Game, You Should Have Left, 7500, Meet John Doe, Honeymoon in Vegas, Da 5 Bloods, Under the Volcano, Miller's Crossing, Speed, Repo Man, City That Never Sleeps, Moana, 99 River Street, ...
693. State Your Name
June 29, 2020 17:02 - 1 hour - 99.1 MBTyler and David discuss movies with state names in their titles as well as the plans for this year's TIFF. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
692. w/ Paul Walter Hauser
June 22, 2020 05:11 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBTyler and David are joined by Paul Walter Hauser to discuss Da 5 Bloods and the new Justin Bieber album. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
691. Hudson and Gaines Reunion
June 15, 2020 04:40 - 1 hour - 60 MBTyler and David are joined by Mike Hudson, Craig Gaines and Micah Muzio from the sorely missed Hudson and Gaines podcast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
690. Max von Sydow
June 08, 2020 05:47 - 1 hour - 97.4 MBTyler and David discuss the career of the late Max von Sydow as well as what's appropriate on social media during this time. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 6/4/20
June 05, 2020 06:16 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, Mr. Topaze, The Freshman, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, Reel Redemption and The Old Dark House. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
An Announcement
June 01, 2020 07:00 - 8 minutes - 7.83 MBInstead of listening to Battleship Pretension this week, help us oppose police brutality. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BP Movie Journal 5/28/20
May 29, 2020 06:32 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBTyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including L'important c'est d'aimer, Caro diario, A League of Their Own, On the Record, Death Becomes Her, Seven Psychopaths, Tommaso, The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, The Lovebirds, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, Tales from the Hood, The Vast of Night and A New Leaf. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.