Travis Bickle On The Riviera
177 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 104 ratingsTucker Stone, Morgan Jeske & Celia Mattison and the occasional guest check in on movies, and why they keep causing so many problems.
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Dead Reckoning, Spider-Verse & Past Lives
July 29, 2023 18:44 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBCelia and Tucker get together so Celia can hear Tucker's LUKEWARM PRAISE for the big movies and his BOUGHT THE HYPE hustle for the overrated indie picture. Can this submarine be brought to the surface? Is that a robot I see in my future? Breaking Bad: you missed an opportunity!
The Whale Stinks Buddy, But The Great Silence Smells Just Fine
January 10, 2023 11:31 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBMatt Seneca, Celia Mattison & Tucker Stone catch up with The Great Silence, catch zero heat off of Darren Aronofsky, and talk about Charlie Dickens and The Triangle of Sadness. It's a movie cast, for the people, by some persons.
If Only Michael Biehn Had Been In That Basement
November 28, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBCelia and Tucker talk about Barbarian, The Fan (not the Tony Scott one, but the one that James Garner thought was the worst thing in his lengthy catalog of terrible things), and one of the worst movies that Celia has ever made it all the way through: Don't Worry Darling. They also trade secrets regarding their inexplicably personal feelings towards Kyle Reese. Movie time!
That Henry Cavill End Credits Scene In Bela Tarr's Damnation
November 16, 2022 09:50 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBThis time around, Matt Seneca dug Tucker up out of a well, shocked him back to life, and asked him why, why oh why, hast thou never seen Bela Tarr's Damnation? To which Tucker replied that he had been busy watching Black Adam. "Buddy" said Matt, "You can do both." A podcast was born, and in the afterbirth of its labor, you'll also find a brief discussion of Stephen Spielberg.
The Michael Mann Book Club
October 19, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBMatt Seneca and Sara McHenry join Tucker for a special ALL READING, ALL THE TIME episode of a movie podcast. But wait: won't this reading spoil my enjoyment of the movie someday? No, listening to Al Pacino's casting recommendations will do that. (The movie will never come out.)
The Michael Mann Book Club
October 19, 2022 10:00Matt Seneca and Sara McHenry join Tucker for a special ALL READING, ALL THE TIME episode of a movie podcast. But wait: won't this reading spoil my enjoyment of the movie someday? No, listening to Al Pacino's casting recommendations will do that. (The movie will never come out.)
Nopecasting!
August 01, 2022 03:24 - 1 hour - 34 MBAfter a nice and relaxing break to get Covid, Tucker and Celia are back: and so is Jordan Peele, with his latest picture, Nope! We also touch base on Gray Man and then near the end blaspheme Top Gun Maverick. Let's GO!
The Festival Circuit, Throwdown, Mister Miracle & The Northman (again)
June 08, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 38.2 MBCelia's here, and she's been plugging away on the Festival circuit, like a movie robot, beep click and all that. But first we talk about The Northman (sort of!) and then we talk about Letterboxd (why not!) and then it's comic book time (yes ma'am!), before closing it out with Johnnie To's Throwdown. Promises are made!
Vikings? Michael Bay? Together???
May 04, 2022 10:05 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBTucker is joined by Tessa Strain and Geoff Lapid to talk about Michael Bay's Ambulance, which may not have performed as well as some hoped at the box office, but performed extremely well in Tucker's heart--and that's the only metric that matters! We're also blessed with some hot takes on cold violence, with the Los Angeles duo explaining why, in fact, Tucker was right to stay home from the Northman and replay Conan in his minds eye instead.
After Yang Comes: A Penguin!
April 06, 2022 17:03 - 1 hour - 49 MBThis week, Tucker & Celia are talking about After Yang, which is great, and Celia's take on Batman, which is that she watched a shitload of Batman movies, and Tucker's take on Batman: Venom, which he has given on way more podcasts then is necessary.
The Batman & West Side Story
March 10, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBIn this episode, Celia and Morgan valiantly attempt to keep the podcast on the rails, but Tucker has been isolating himself proving once again that outside of Soprano's, there no such thing as the Golden Age of Television. But when they do get him back to movies, there's only one movie allowed: THE BATMAN. Maxwell Wolkin and Tucker trade favorite moments--violence, green PCP, why youtube should be ignored--but eventually, yes, we do talk about another franchise: Spielbeg and his musical! Pod...
Nashville, Baby Altman, Licorice Pizza, Sacrilege
February 03, 2022 01:19 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBThis week, Celia, Morgan and Tucker are joined by Matt Seneca to talk about Robert Altman and his 70s standard: Nashville. We also spend some time with Licorice Pizza in Tucker's attempt to deliver an even worse take than the bad one circulating (he nails it! whoops!) but for the most part we'll are just happy to talk Tennessee. Is that lady British? Let's find out together!
Bigelow 2: Near Dark
January 14, 2022 20:16 - 58 minutes - 30.5 MBNew year, new you: same us. It's time to talk about Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark, to knock the dust off talking in general, and to pontificate on what is to come with Kathryn and her secrets. Celia, Morgan & Tucker are here, so is Bill Paxton and the rest of his Aliens cronies--unfortunately, Adrian Pasdar is as well. Time to get some!
A Showdown Between Two Netflix Westerns
December 14, 2021 19:09 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBIn one corner, it's Benedict Campion. In the other? Delroy Lindo with the cheapest fake mustache you've ever seen. While you'll never be forced to choose between one Netflix movie versus another, we're still throwing them into the ring. Blame Sloane Leong, who is here for the ride, and refuses to honor the term "revisionist Western" with anything that doesn't sound exactly like contempt.
Done With Dune? Not So Fast!
November 16, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBThis time around, Morgan, Celia & Tucker are debating DUNE. A debate you say? Yes: a debate between the two sides of Morgan's brain--the side where he doesn't seem to like Dune (2021) and has a lot of reasons why, and the other side, where he keeps saying "no, I actually did like it!" Meanwhile, Celia admits that her neglect of the Synderverse may have resulted in a pent-up affection for Stern Faces, and Tucker conserves all his energy so that he can make the case for pee-pee, and make that ...
The Only French Titanium Affleck Needs Is Adam Driver's Thoracic Spine
November 09, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBMatt Seneca joins Celia & Tucker to talk about Titane, which 2/3 of us think is the best movie of the year: BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. There's also the return of Ridley, sloughing off that cemetery dirt and firing a shotgun into the ceiling: this ain't the first duel baby, it's The Last Duel. Do we talk about Lamb? Yeah, sure. But you can otherwise call this podcast the MON DOUX. Get some, pal!
But Is It Better Than Quantum?
October 19, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBIt's time to talk about James Bond with Maxwell Wolkin--that's right! We brought in Travis Bickle's very own official James Bond expert to talk about the return (and immediate retirement) of Daniel Craig, in 2021's No Time To Die. Marvel at Tucker's recalcitrance, bask in Wolkin's studied fashion critique, and wallow in our disdain for Skyfall: it's time to talk 007. Is this the last time he'll have blond hair? Who knows!
Bigelow Begins
October 05, 2021 10:00 - 55 minutes - 34.4 MBAnd we're on! Morgan, Celia & Tucker got together to talk about Kathryn Bigelow, in the first of a series as of yet untitled, taking a look at her 80s debut, The Loveless. Co-directed with Monty Montgomery and featuring the "official" debut of Willem Dafoe: will we be able to say more than that about this 80 minute movie packed full of slow ass takes? Let's see!
The Candyman Can...Not Convince Me This Was A Good Idea
September 17, 2021 21:30 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBWe start off with Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch, which leads us to Paul Schrader's The Card Counter: an Oscar Isaac double feature! After that, it's time to talk about Candyman, courtesy of Nia DaCosta and too much talking. But wait: what about that Clint Eastwood trailer???
Shiva Baby, Shiva Belly
August 24, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBFrom the brackish past, it's an ep that had been lost: now it is found! Earlier this year, we got together to talk about the passing of DMX, which means we talked about Belly and Tucker defended that one scene in Top Five, we talked about trailers and a whole mess of things: and it all started with the movie Shiva Baby, which we had genuine affection for. Come join us in the re-discovered country of....a round-up-cast!
The Green Knight, Suicide Squad, Jennifer's Body & Morezo
August 19, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBDoes the title tell it all? NO. It's a round-up cast buddy! This episode even includes Conan The Destroyer, some talk about Jimmy Bond, Celia saying incorrect things about Invitation, Tucker wasting an explanation of a great Justice League cover on a couple of BUZZKILLS. It's a podcast, buddy!
M. Night Tarkovsky's Old Ass Mirror
August 04, 2021 18:30 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBIf the title didn't clue you in, yeah, this episode is on the new movie by M. Night Shyamalan's Old and Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror. But what the title doesn't tell you is that this crossover episode features Joe McCulloch and Matt Seneca: one man an expert in M. Night Shyamalan, the other man an expert in Andrei Tarkovsky. What to do about a host who is an expert in....neither? Only one episode required to find out!
Tell John Krasinski To Shut Up: The Terrorizers Are Here!
July 27, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBThis week, Morgan and Tucker are joined by Sloane Leong to talk about her path of half star destruction, how it led the boys to find out about the availability of Edward Yang's Terrorizers, and then, in a surprise twist, she is also revealed to have been initiated into the least figured out of all our post-apocalyptic universes: The Quiet Place universe. We all watched the second one due to its ease of availability and because we wanted to see if the Cillian Murphy upgrade could repair the h...
Zola, The Ice Storm, Soderbergh and TELL NO ONE
July 20, 2021 02:25 - 1 hour - 54 MBThis week, Travis Bickle RETURNS to NYC: Celia reports back from watching Zola, Tucker reports from the living room on The Ice Storm, EVERYBODY clocks in regarding the Soderbergh movie that has the three word generic noir title--No Sudden Move? Get Sudden Moon? I can't remember, who cares. In the middle of that Morgan and Tucker meet a new contender in cinema's ongoing battle to produce the greatest foot chase: TELL NO ONE. If America wants to sleep on Harlen Coben, the French will step in!
The Films Of Kimberly Elise
July 02, 2021 22:40 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBHave we all really never seen or talked about the movie Set It Off, a movie which features Queen Latifah doing two guns, one-in-each-hand as best as anybody outside of Chow Yun-fat ever did it? That turned out to be the case. But wait, there's more: John Q as well, a movie that dares to ask the question of whether James Woods can play someone who has a legitimate moral arc where the conclusion is that he can in fact be a good guy. Today, tonight, this morning: there's no time like the presen...
Mads-y Got A Gun
June 22, 2021 20:19 - 1 hour - 39.8 MBThis time, it's 2020's Riders of Justice, courtesy of Anders Thomas Jensen and his beautiful perfect muse, Mads Mikkelsen. We also get into Streets Of Fire, a little about Zack Snyder (under pressure from Celia, I assure you!) and there's even a review of various bowls and their usefulness as soup receptacles.
Making Sense of Saint Maud
June 11, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBThis time around, the crew (Morgan, Celia & Tucker) are all talking about Saint Maud, an A24 prestige horror movie told at a painterly pace by a woman who just might be Rose Byrne. Did you know there's another Coney Island that doesn't have hot dogs? Find out about that, and more, including depressing hand jobs used in place of dialog for character development on this installment of "a movie podcast". Bonus topics include: CRONENBERG.
What Are They Doing To My Beautiful Boy
May 26, 2021 20:57 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBIt's a very special Abba-pology cast, with Tucker & Morgan diving into two of Celia's fist-pumpers, Muriel's Wedding and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. To maintain narrative coherence, they also get into Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert, which features Guy Pearce (from last week) and Abba (who feature prominently in the other movies.) But you already knew that, didn't you, you filthy maniac? Sure you did. It's Get Some O'Clock, buddy!
NOBODY Must GUY This PEARCE-CAST
May 17, 2021 18:28 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBThis week, we're talking about Bob Odendirk's Nobody, whether there are enough bats in Arizona for dracula to have friends, and then it's time for Guy Pearce-ing it: The Rover, Ravenous & The Time Machine. Celia makes a claim for blankness, will Tucker recover? Whose side will Morgan take? What about bubblegum pop!
A Tale Of Two Jax
May 09, 2021 19:36 - 1 hour - 34.6 MBTucker and Celia were reeling from their second shots, but the coursing power of vaccination juice worked upon them much as the juice of Street Fighter's Dhalsim used medication to create Blanka. Who knew? But no, it's Mortal Kombat time. All of the live action Mortal Kombat movies get covered, but not television shit. No thank you, television!
There's A Lot of Billy Bob In This Bill Paxton Cast
April 26, 2021 19:19 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBThis week, Celia reports back on Concrete Cowboys, and the rest of us respond by saying: message received! Then it's time to get down to the meat of the PaxCast: One False Move, A Simple Plan & Frailty. Does Billy Bob Thornton steal the show a bit? He sure does!
Round Those Movies Up, Pal
April 13, 2021 20:30 - 1 hour - 40.1 MBIt's an old timey round-up-cast, with Tucker, Morgan & Celia running the boards: Godzilla Vs. Kong & Bad Trip get some attention, but so does Roberto Rossellini and his neorealism, a metric ton of James Spader movies that Celia used as mood altering substances in her travels across the country, and a bit of riffing on Spielberg and a million other things: movies pal. Movies!
The Terrible Cultural Myth of Bullying!
March 25, 2021 17:14 - 1 hour - 60 MBThis week, it's Tucker & Celia with a chill out session on Judas & The Black Messiah, Sorry To Bother You, The Gate, a funeral Tucker went to, the question of psy ops and taking moral lessons from Mortal Kombat. There's more than that. There's a lot!
An Informal Rundown Of Philip Seymour Hoffman
March 08, 2021 20:28 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBMaybe next time we should try a formal rundown of Philip Seymour Hoffman? We could all wear suits and carry around attache cases. Come celebrate Celia's first Communion as we talk about our favorite boy!
Nomadland, Minari & The Bathroom Related Drama
March 01, 2021 21:35 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBBring It On: and no, we're not just referring to this week's double feature of melancholy streaming critical populist tales featuring 80s Korean family farms and widows cruising the badlands. We're also referring to the cheerleading classic, featuring the triple threat of Union, Dunst & Dushku. Is that all? NO. There's even more: Mafioso! Arguments about Seven Samurai! Lots of legitimate toilet humor! Wandavision? Yes, but no children are here to defend it this time!
Putting A Dawg In The Sausage Machine
February 22, 2021 22:32 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBThis time around, we're talking about The Little Things, The Kid Detective and The Last Champion. So many movies featuring the word "The" at the beginning. We also have a swing-by guest who chats us up about WandaVision for a bit. Get some!
One Night Visiting India, Drunk
February 14, 2021 23:59 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBThis time around, we're watching your favorite streaming programs, I guess? One Night In Miami, The White Tiger & Another Round. At the close, Nina shows up so that Tucker can recap A Hidden Life, an extremely good Terence Malick movie that I guess people didn't like that much? It's good!
A Promising Young Jamie Foxx
February 01, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBThis week, we're catching up with Carey Mulligan's adventure outside of period dramas, Promising Young Woman. Then, it's project time: three people, three Jamie Foxx movies, three people who blew it. We blew it, guys! None of these are gonna knock Collateral or Vice out of the top Foxx spot! They include Stealth, which is about a plane and isn't really a Jamie Foxx movie, Law Abiding Citizen, which is what would happen if you took all the good stuff out of Ricochet and Any Given Sunday, whic...
The Best (and Worst) Movies of 2020
January 28, 2021 02:38 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBWe got together with an exacting series of math equations to determine our Top Ten Movies of 2020 while on the air, and then we figured out our bottom five as well. LISTEN to Celia's disgust with Tucker's support for Tenet, MARVEL at Morgan's attempt to rank a music documentary, PONDER all the other Udo Kier movies Tucker could have named before bringing up the Michael J. Fox one. It's a BEST OF situation. Get into it!
High Time For A Stinkercast
January 11, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBTucker, Celia & Morgan get together to talk about some garbage--WW84 and The Midnight Sky. Then they ask Nina to come by and update them with her thoughts on those stinkers, and she waxes philosophic about Avatar. Avatar? Sure! You can download episodes directly from spotify, itunes and rss. This is a Patreon-supported podcast, subscribing to the show can give you access to additional content and sesh--starting this month, you'll hear us drilling down into Michael Mann's movies--The Insid...
Tenet Talking!
January 03, 2021 00:10 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBThis week, we're catching up with Tenet, conversations surrounding Tenet, expectations regarding John David Washington, the purposes of prissiness: etc. Then it's theater-o-clock, with Ma Rainey's Black Bottom coming in for examination. Who brings it home? Julia "The Joker" Roberts in My Best Friend's Wedding. What were you doing at 28? Don't answer that!
Small Axe, Soderbergh & The Sound of Metal
December 22, 2020 15:19 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBHey buddy: have a good holiday. While you're wrapping your presents, get caught up on the Let Them All Talk, Mangrove, Red White & Blue and The Sound of Metal. It's an all 2020 style thing, as we wind down this year! You can download episodes directly from spotify, itunes and rss. This is a Patreon-supported podcast, subscribing to the show can give you access to additional content and sesh--starting this month, you'll hear us drilling down into Michael Mann's movies--The Insider and Heat...
David Fincher Kissing Vince Vaughn In The Back Of A Car
December 14, 2020 02:27 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBThis week, we're catching up with the new one from Fincher, Mank, discovering that Celia isn't down with David, the latest from Blumhouse, Freaky and Lovers Rock, one of Steve Mcqueen's Small Axe movies. You can download episodes directly from spotify, itunes and rss. This is a Patreon-supported podcast, subscribing to the show can give you access to additional content and sesh--starting this month, you'll hear us drilling down into Michael Mann's movies--The Insider is lives now, and Ali...
Happiest Season, Embattled & The Hitcher
December 07, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBThis week, we're checking out Happiest Season via Hulu, Embattled via Russian tycoon money, the perfection of The Hitcher and a little Armando Ianucci, with his riff on David Copperfield! You can download episodes directly from spotify, itunes and rss. This is a Patreon-supported podcast, subscribing to the show can give you access to additional content and sesh--starting this month, you'll hear us drilling down into Michael Mann's movies--The Insider is live now, and Ali arrives in Decem...
Listener Demands: The Beast, Messiah of Evil & The End of Jack Reacher
November 30, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBThis week's episode is a special dive into listener recommendations--an anonymous rec for The Beast of War (or "The Beast"), and Messiah of Evil, courtesy of Josh Simmons. And in keeping with tradition, Tucker takes a look at the latest (last?) Jack Reacher book, The Sentinel. This was a random idea, but we dug it, so keep those recommendations coming! You can download episodes directly from spotify, itunes and rss. This is a Patreon-supported podcast, subscribing to the show can give you ...
A Possessor? In His House? No!
November 23, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBThis week, we're talking about Brandon Cronenberg's Possessor and Remi Weekes' His House. Then we throw each other on the spot to talk about Pride & Prejudice from 1995, 2020's Bad Hair and the demonic and awe-inspiring Wake of Death, featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme and two weeks worth of Ringo Lam. You can keep up with the show via spotify, itunes and rss. This is a Patreon-supported podcast, subscribing to the show can give you access to additional content and sesh--starting this month, ...
Van Damme Good Content
November 18, 2020 23:38 - 2 hours - 77 MBIt's time to talk about Jean-Claude Van Damme week: didn't you watch the news? This week, we're talking about his work with Ringo Lam (Maximum Risk and Replicant), Tsui Hark (Double Team) and John Woo (Hard Target). Tucker also did some extra credit and watched We Die Young, which dropped last year. It's a good one! You can download episodes directly from spotify, itunes and rss. This is a Patreon-supported podcast, subscribing to the show can give you access to additional content and ses...
Giancarlo's Agent Has Power of Attorney
November 09, 2020 00:13 - 1 hour - 36.5 MBThis time around, we're looking at Unpregnant, from the HBO Max streaming platform, Blow The Man Down, from Amazon Prime, and The Wolf Of Snow Hollow, which didn't pick a side yet. We also make personal confessions and reveal secrets!
HELLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR: LOOK AT ALL THESE DANG WOLVES
November 02, 2020 22:07 - 3 hours - 79.1 MBIt's time for an extra long episode of Travis Bickle, because it's our favorite time of year: HELL-O-WEEN. This time around, we're talking about wolf movies--movies that feature wolves, either in their title or onscreen! Unfortunately the library didn't deliver Dances With ____ in time, but from what I can remember the only thing scary about that movie was its runtime. You can keep up with show at spotify, itunes and via rss. This is a Patreon-supported podcast, subscribing to the show can...
Arnold Schwarzenegger To The Third Power
October 28, 2020 17:13 - 1 hour - 36.8 MBThis week, Morgan, Celia & Tucker are standing abreast a sea of time, with a look at Conan The Barbarian, Red Heat and Killing Gunther: three films united not by their quality, but by the quality of their star. It's Schwarzenegger time!