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Travis Bickle On The Riviera

Hi there! I'm Tucker Stone, one of the three guys who hosts a podcast called Travis Bickle on the Rivieria. I've written for places like Flavorwire, The Comics Journal, Comixology and The Factual Opinion, and am currently punching the clock at Nobrow, a publisher of comics, graphic novels and children's books. Back in 2012, my friend Sean Witzke, a movie critic whose most recent work can be read at Grantland, started this podcast as a way to continue the conversations (and arguments) we had been having about movies amongst our mutual blogs.

Although neither one of us had listened to a lot of podcasts, we felt that our cantankerous, expletive laden diatribes might be of interest to others, and in the years since, we have been extremely lucky to be proven right: people, for whatever reason, like to listen to a couple of miserable depressives wax nostalgic over action movies from the 80's. (It probably didn't hurt that the hugely talented Michel Fiffe drew our logo image!)

When I became a father in 2013, longtime friend of the show and frequent guest host Morgan Jeske came on board to keep Sean from going stir crazy with backed-up opinions. Jeske--the talented cartoonist behind books for Image Comics like Change and Zero--rapidly made himself indispensable, and after my return to the show, it only made sense to welcome him on as an official host, turning this gruesome twosome into the trio it had always been destined to be. As the episodes have piled up (you can check out our episode guide, with every movie, director and special episode listed here), the show was continually graced with a murderers row of guests from the world of comics and film--you can see all of those amazing people at that link as well.

All of that brings us right up to right now, a cold day in October: the day where we ask for help. Simply put, the increased interest in the show has meant that we've had to put a bit more into the nuts and bolts of paying for it than we used to, and we thought 133 episodes (at most recent count) was enough to try passing the hat to help meet the costs. The show isn't in danger of going anyway anytime soon--Sean, Morgan and I like hurting each others feelings just a little too much for that to be a real concern--but we would appreciate the breathing room that financial support will allow.  Below you'll see the various levels of pledge options and the rewards they provide--we're pretty excited about them, especially the one where we send you surprises you can't return--but even if you come away thinking that we don't deserve one thin dime, it still means a lot that you stopped by in the first place. Thank you for reading, but most of all thank you for listening!

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  2. Life is a death sentence, Morgan.

Life is a death sentence, Morgan.

Mar 24, 2015

It's time to hear from Morgan Jeske and Tucker Stone on the following subjects:

 

  • 0:00:00 -  0:07:46 - Intros! Also covered: Takers, the Child 44 trailer, Armored, From Hell, The Drop, hats! 
  • 0:07:47 - 0:30:47 - Both Tucker and Morgan watched Spartan (2004), directed by David Mamet, starring Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, Kristen Bell, Ed O'Neill, and William H. Macy. 

    Also discussed in this section: The Edge, 3 Uses of a Knife, Redbelt, Ronin, Natural Born Killers, Bottle Rocket, The Lost World, Oleanna, 24, The Unit, Bill Maher, Dennis Miller, Spanish Prisoner, Garth Ennis, Robert Bly, Glengarry Glen Ross, Heist, The Equalizer, Terminator, Torque, and The Guest. 

  • 0:30:47 - 0:48:06 - Both Morgan and Tucker watched Kid With A Bike (2011), directed by the Dardenne Brothers, starring Thomas Doret, Cecile De France, and Jeremie Renier. 

  • 0:48:97 - 1:35:30 - Gosling Rankings: Films discussed include: Remember the Titans, The Believer, Murder By Numbers, The Notebook, Blue Valentine, Half Nelson, Fracture, Drive, Lars and the Real Girl, The Ides of March, All Good Things, Crazy Stupid Love, The Place Beyond the Pines, Only God Forgives, and Gangster Squad. 

    Also discussed in this section:  American History X, Seventeen Magazine, Happiness, Amour, FACE/OFF, The Driver, Alpha Dog, Skinemax, The United States of Leland, The Jinx, Serial, Ben Chaplin, Cinderella, The Slaughter Rule, the Blacklist movie scripts, Robert Towne, Mission Impossible 2, Chinatown, Object of Desire, Sins of the Night, John Q, Instinct, Bad Company, Patricia Clarkson on Broad City, Winning Season, Bad News Bears, The First 48, Hitch, Bruce Willis, The Counselor, The Stand, Mick Garris, World War Z, LA Noir, LA Confidential, Newton Boys, American Sniper, and San Diego Comic Con.

  • Also discussed in this section: David Fincher, 2 Days 1 Night, Rust & Bone, The 400 Blows. Roar, Fury Road, Jurassic World, Interstellar, The Thing, Paul Thomas Anderson, Noah Baumbach, and Jerry Maguire.

  • Next Week: The Gunman.