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Film Disquisition
by Toben and Vanessa
Join Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography, in chronological order, in an effort to definitively determine - using a refined academic and scientific process - that actor's best movie. Contact: [email protected] was actually a terrible idea for a podcast
Episodes
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Hit and Run
Annie is a sweet and sassy sociologist bent on advancing her academic career and loving Charlie, her uncouth, yet lovable boyfriend with a past. When Annie gets the opportunity to interview for a dream job out of town, Charlie takes it upon himself to escort her even though he's not supposed to...
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Big Miracle
Jill Jerard is a news anchor trying to catch her big break. She's hungry for the story that will push her to the big leagues so when an opportunity presents itself to head up to the top of the world to cover a story, she is the first to volunteer. The story she is sent to cover is about 3 grey...
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Safety Not Guaranteed
Belinda is a nice woman who lives in a cute house in the Pacific Northwest. One day, a mysterious woman knocks on her door and questions Belinda on Kenneth, a past love interest. Or friend. Belinda seems embarrassed by the questions, and defensively tells the other woman that Kenneth wasn't the...
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Burlesque
Nikki is a mean-spirited burlesque dancer with a drinking problem. She’s used to being the main attraction at the club and when new girl Ali comes in with some smooth dance moves and a large voice, Nikki is enraged and tries to sabotage her. Unfortunately for Nikki, her plan backfires and this...
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: You Again
Marni is a successful adult woman who has shaken off a dark past of being bullied by the head cheerleader in high school. She thought her days of greasy bangs, pimples and general awkwardness were over until her brother shocks her with the news that he is marrying Joanna – you guessed it – the […]
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: When in Rome
Beth is a type A older sister with a distaste for love. When her younger sister has a shotgun wedding in Rome, Beth heads there reluctantly. She is more concerned with her upcoming art show than her sister’s sudden nuptials. During the wedding, sparks fly between Beth and Nick, the best man. Just...
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Astro Boy
Cora is a secret Metro City girl who resides on earth, scavenging and refurbishing robots. Earth, which has been turned into a junkyard by all the rich people who live in the clouds, is where she meets Astro Boy, a misfit metro city drop out. He fits right in with Cora and her band of […]
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Couples Retreat
Cynthia’s marriage is failing due to being unable to conceive and also because both her and her husband are Type-A to the extreme. In a last ditch effort to save their marriage they concoct a plan to get their friends together and go to a resort called Eden, where world class therapists, food,...
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Serious Moonlight
Sarah is a cute, entitled girl, playing house with a married man named Ian. Sarah is excited for two things: for Ian to break it off once and for all with his wife and to go to Paris with Ian and begin their life together. All that is thrown into chaos, however, when Sarah comes […]
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Fanboys
Zoe is a smart-mouthed nerd working at a comic book store with her secret crush – a clueless boy named “Windows.” Her job consists of fielding sexual harassment from her friends and patrons, keeping her Star Wars obsessed friend group in line and basically saving their skins more than once. Zoe...
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Sarah Marshall is a cute, but insecure, actress who breaks up with her schlubby sad boyfriend. She is also a little sad herself. Space Money Octagon PresentsThe Filmography Disquisition SeriesVolume 3Kristen Bell: An Exhaustive Examination Join co-hosts Vanessa and Toben as they journey through…
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Roman
“Isis” is a young, nice girl. Of course, a man gets obsessed with her and thinks he knows her. And fantasizes about what a cool, sweet dreamboat she is. And then he kills her. What a nightmare. Space Money Octagon PresentsThe Filmography Disquisition SeriesVolume 3Kristen Bell: An Exhaustive...
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Pulse
Mattie and her friends are very concerned about Josh. He’s been acting weird. Mattie goes to to check in him and notices that his place is an absolute dumpster. Josh has her wait in the kitchen and while he’s out of the room, Mattie is disturbed to see red tape on the windows and even […]
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Fifty Pills
Gracie is a peppy, pearl-necklace-wearing college student who is interested in super lower middle class Darren. Unfortunately, Darren is hard up for funds and on academic probation so their time together isn’t exactly filled with fun dates. It becomes clear that Darren is going through a very…
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Deepwater
Jodi (?) is a sweet, caring nurse who takes an interest in her patient Nat’s ostrich farm dreams… they are definitely dreams, because Jodi is actually an aid in a psychiatric hospital and Nat is very, very unwell. Space Money Octagon PresentsThe Filmography Disquisition SeriesVolume 3Kristen…
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Mary Lane is a true E-flat Dillinger! Living in a world of moldy figs, Mary Lane is a good girl who is basically the American Standard when it comes to being an upstanding citizen. That is until her boyfriend, Jimmy, begins acting suspicious. One night, Jimmy comes to her window and wakes her up....
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Spartan
Laura Newton is the neglected daughter of a high ranking US official. She is captured by a sex slavery ring based out of Dubai and waits to be rescued. Back home in the US, Laura is declared as dead. Eventually, clever Robert Scott, a Delta Force soldier finds her and concocts a plan using…
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Film Disquisition Vol 3: Gracie’s Choice
Gracie Thompson is a street urchin-like young lady who has to pick up the slack of her addict mother. She becomes the head of household (along with her grandma) for her four younger half siblings while her mother jumps from one toxic relationship to the next and does a stint in jail. After...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Bonus Episode
Vanessa and Toben chat about Kristen Stewart’s appearances on SNL, Hot Ones, and a Netflix short film, then solidify the definitive rankings of the best Kristen Stewart movies, and finally announce the subject of volume 3. Space Money Octagon PresentsThe Filmography Disquisition SeriesVolume...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 40: Happiest Season
Abby isn’t particularly excited by the Christmas season, despite the efforts of her long term girlfriend, Harper. One night, after some troublemaking in Pittsburgh, Abby – who is on the verge of proposing – accepts Harper’s invitation to come home with her for Christmas and meet her family.Abby’s...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 39: Underwater
Nora is a pessimistic mechanical engineer at the deep-sea drilling facility Kepler in the Mariana Trench. One day, disaster strikes when a strong earthquake causes a pressure breach, leaving many of the station’s crew dead. With only a half hour to evacuate before the whole station explodes, Nora...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 38: Charlie’s Angels
Sabina Wilson is a cool, quirky heiress with a great fashion sense and killer haircut, working as a field agent for the Charles Townsend Agency – a global spy organization. One day in France, she’s assigned a mission to help get info from a whistleblower regarding a potentially deadly piece of...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 37: Seberg
Actress Jean Seberg is returning to California from France, where she is kind of a big deal. On her flight, she meets Hakim Jamal – a civil rights activist who’s is in a coalition with the Black Panthers. Seberg soon allies herself with the cause, offering financial support and serving as a host...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 36: JT LeRoy
Savannah is new to San Francisco and has just moved in with her older brother and his girlfriend, Laura. One night after a party, Laura reveals to Savannah that she is secretly a best-selling author writing under the pseudonym JT LeRoy. Soon Savannah is roped into pretending to be JT for…
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 35: Lizzie
Bridget Sullivan is the new maid for the Borden family in Fall River, Massachusetts. She quickly strikes up a friendship with the Bordens’ adult daughter Lizzie, thanks to a shared interest in reading. As Bridget and Lizzie grow closer, Bridget’s relationship with the family patriarch becomes...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 34: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Kathryn Lynn is nearly fully recovered from a car wreck that almost killed her just before her younger brother Billy enlisted in the Army. Billy returns after a harrowing mission in Iraq, now viewed as a hero, but Kathryn is concerned that there’s more to the story about what happened. She’s even...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 33: Personal Shopper
Maureen spends her days employed as a personal shopper in Paris; at night she moonlights as a supernatural medium, seeking to connect with the spirit of her recently deceased brother, Lewis. After a brief encounter with an unknown spirit at Lewis’ former home, Maureen tries to make a stronger...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 32: Café Society
Vonnie is an assistant at a Hollywood talent agency, where she is secretly dating her boss, Phil. One day she’s tasked with showing Bobby, her boss’ nephew from New York City, around town. They hit it off and begin to hang out regularly. A romance then blossoms after Vonnie and Phil break up.…
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 31: Certain Women
Beth is a law school graduate who twice a week drives four hours to Belfry, Montana, to teach night classes about school law. After class, she gets food at a local diner with a student, a rancher. One night, the rancher gives Beth a ride on a horse and tries to put the moves on […]
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 30: Equals
Nia is a quiet, thoughtful young lady who secretly has feelings and emotions. One day, she discovers that a colleague, Silas, is also developing feelings and emotions. Soon they start hooking up, which really complicates things at their workplace and in the emotionless utopian community they live...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 29: American Ultra
American UltraPhoebe is an undercover CIA agent who, for the past five years, has been tasked with keeping Mike Howell safe – and within the city limits of Liman, West Virginia. Unbeknownst to Mike, but beknowst to Phoebe, Mike was part of a mothballed experimental CIA project to create super...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 28: Anesthesia
AnesthesiaSophie is an inscrutable grad student at Columbia University. Frustrated not only with her studies in philosophy, but with her general place in life, Sophie struggles with self-harm. One day, she shares her troubles with her professor and asks him to sit in on a therapy session. During...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 27: Still Alice
Join co-hosts Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor’s filmography in an effort to definitively determine that actor’s best movie, using a very real and refined review process. In Volume 2 of the series, Vanessa and Toben are seeking out the best Kristen Stewart movie. Space Money...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 26: Clouds of Sils Maria
Clouds of Sils MariaValentine is the personal assistant to Maria Enders, an actress traveling to accept an award on behalf of reclusive playwright Wilhelm Melchior, whose play was Enders’ breakout role. En route to Zurich, Valentine and Maria get word that Wilhelm has died. While at the award...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 25: Camp X-Ray
Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS Space Money Octagon PresentsThe Filmography Disquisition SeriesVolume 2Kristen Stewart: An Exhaustive Examination Camp X-RayCole is a new guard at Guantanamo Bay. On her first day, she gets punched in the face by a detainee. One day, while on library duty, she...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 24: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS Space Money Octagon PresentsThe Filmography Disquisition SeriesVolume 2Kristen Stewart: An Exhaustive Examination The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2Bella is a horny strong vampire mom now. Join Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor’s…
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 23: On the Road
Space Money Octagon PresentsThe Filmography Disquisition SeriesVolume 2Kristen Stewart: An Exhaustive Examination On the Road (2012)Marylou is chill 16 year old bride who knows how to roll her own joints. She’s married to Dean, an adult man, who apparently taught her how to roll joints. One day,...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 22: Snow White and the Huntsman
Space Money Octagon PresentsThe Filmography Disquisition SeriesVolume 2Kristen Stewart: An Exhaustive Examination Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) Snow White is a little princess whose life is turned upside down when her father, the king, is murdered by the villainous beauty Ravenna. Imprisoned...
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 21: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Space Money Octagon PresentsThe Filmography Disquisition SeriesVolume 2Kristen Stewart: An Exhaustive Examination The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) Bella Swan is cool, chill bride-to-be, eagerly awaiting her upcoming big day when she’ll get married to Edward and/or become a vampire....
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Film Disquisition Vol 2 Ep 20: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Space Money Octagon PresentsThe Filmography Disquisition SeriesVolume 2Kristen Stewart: An Exhaustive Examination The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) Bella Swan, a prospective University of Alaska student, is still in high school and her 100 year old vampire boyfriend Edward wants to marry her....
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography, in chronological order, in an effort to definitively determine - using a refined academic and scientific process - that actor's best movie. Contact: [email protected] was actually a terrible idea for a podcast
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Join Vanessa and Toben as they journey through an actor's filmography, in chronological order, in an effort to definitively determine - using a refined academic and scientific process - that actor's best movie. Contact: [email protected] was actually a terrible idea for a podcast
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