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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. Why Would You Watch That? Sorkin v Del Toro: Dawn of Justice

Why Would You Watch That? Sorkin v Del Toro: Dawn of Justice

Nov 9, 2015

  • 0:00:00 - 0:51:39 - Tucker and Sean discuss why anyone would want to watch either: 
  • Crimson Peak (2015), directed by Guillermo Del Toro, written by Del Toro & Michael Robbins, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Charlie Hunnam, Jim Beaver, Burn Gorman, and Doug Jones.

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  • Steve Jobs (2015), directed by Danny Boyle, written by Aaron Sorkin, starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, and Katherine Watterston.
  • Also discussed in this section: Spy Game, Malice, Entertainment, The Comedy, Going Deep With David Rees, Blade II, The Devil's Backbone, Pacific Rim, Glenngarry Glenn Ross, Hellboy, Hellboy 2, Eraserhead, Amy Seimetz, John C. Reilly, Michael Cera, Bill Murray, Magic Magic, Neil Hamburger, Jackass, Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job, Jen Kirkman, Andy Kindler, 13 Assassins, Rebecca, Mario Bava, VC Andrews, The Counselor, A Few Good Men, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Social Network, Trent Reznor, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl, Dario Argento, The Martian, Inferno, James McAvoy, Peter Cushing, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Justin Long's Steve Jobs Biopic, Pain & Gain, Jeff Bezos, Observe and Report, Pollack, Paddy Chayefsky, Network, Paul Thomas Anderson, Blow Out, Jane Eyre, Stoker, Shadow of a Doubt, Mama, Rob Reiner, Mad Men, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Iron Man, Body of Lies, Starman, Trance, 28 Days Later, The Thing, The Last King of Scotland, The Kingdom, George Romero, Alex Garland, and Walter Hill.
  • Next Week: The Gift & Bridge of Spies.

  • Our outro music this week: "The Rays Which Stream Through the Shutter Will Be No Longer Remembered When the Shutter Is Wholly Removed " by Shane Carruth from Upstream Color. And our intro, as always, is from Escape From New York.

  • You can download episodes directly from itunes and rss. For a quick look at who has been on the show before and what movies have been discussed in each episode, look at our one-page episode guide. This is a Patreon-supported podcast, subscribing to the show can give you access to monthly criticism from Sean, Tucker, and Morgan. 

  • You can follow the show on twitter, tumblr, and facebook. If you like this show, please check out Tucker’s other podcast Comic Books Are Burning In Hell (also located at TFO and here), TFO's music podcast Beat Connection with Marty Brown and Nate Patrin (at TFO and here), and Katie Skelly & Sarah Horrock’s Trash Twins (located here and here), which Sean edits.

  • DON'T SEE A JAMES MCAVOY MOVIE THIS SUMMER