Scarjo A Go-Go Episode 33: Don Jon, or, "The Escort"

This week we put a magnifying glass to Joseph Gordon Levitt's writing/directing review as he writes a very special role specifically for Scarlett Johansson in Don Jon. JGL's porn obsessed, low I.Q. gym junkie certainly keeps his hands busy in this film, putting them all over himself then all over her, but is this specially written role really all it's cracked up to be? There's only one way to find out! (Without watching the film yourself!)

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StarWTF!? Episode 28: Bren Derlin

Cheers everybody! Today's episode is Major Bren Derlin, or as you may know him, the jerk that had to lock Luke and Han out of the Hoth base when he closed the doors for the night. But he was concerned about Princess Leia and the rest of the rebels safety, so he can't be that much of a jerk.

The most interesting thing about Bren Derlin is the actor who played him. John Ratzenberger, who is famously known as the know-it-all mailman Cliff Clavin from Cheers, disguised his face (sweet mustache) and voice for this role. It was a little before Cheers, but you would never know it was him.

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Bren Derlin was a male Human officer of the Rebel Alliance. Bearing the rank of Major, Derlin served as the operations and security chief at Echo Base, the Alliance headquarters on the planet Hoth, under the command of General Carlist Rieekan. In that post, Derlin had to order the closing of the base door to avoid putting the whole base in risk. By doing so, however, he risked the lives of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, two valuable Rebels. Soon after that event, Derlin served during the Battle of Hoth. During the Battle of Endor, Derlin served as Unit leader.

The Book Was Better Episode 122: The Silver Brumby (with guest host Jacinta!)

G'day, cobbers! This week we delve back into the very heart of Australia as we read the novelization of true blue Aussie horse movie The Silver Brumby! Never heard of it? No worries, bloke, we got you covered! With me good mate, Jacinta, we're gonna' spin a ripper yarn all about the time that Big Russ Crow got creepily obsessed with a creamy horse! You bloody beauty!

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FPcast! The Fruitless Pursuits Podcast for April 27th 2015! Age of Ultron!

This week we review all our favourite robot-battering characters in Marvel's long anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron! Plus we give our thoughts on the new Jared Leto Joker, The Little Prince, Fantastic Four, review Ryan Reynolds in the dark and messed up The Voices, and catch up on Game of Thrones! Put it in your head holes!

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Scarjo A Go-Go Episode 32: Hitchcock, or, "The Phantom Nipples"

This week we travel back in time to the heady 1950's as we watch Scarlett Johansson play iconic actress Janet Leigh in Hitchcock. And not only does she recreate the infamous shower scene from Psycho, but we're going to poke around behind the scenes and try to solve a little mystery of our own!

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StarWTF!? Episode 27: Life Debt

When I say Life Debt, you instantly think of Wookiees, right? Well there's another Life Debt in the Star Wars universe that we all seem to have forgotten... JAR JAR!

In this episode we discuss all kinds of Life Debts in Star Wars and even throughout general television and film. We discuss why Chewie and Han should have just been friends, and who we would want to owe us a Life Debt. Fun stuff!

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The life debt was a social institution found in many honor-bound cultures throughout the galaxy, including the Wookiees, Trandoshans, Gungans, Noghri, Talz, and Srrors'tok. To summarize, if a person's life was saved by another, the saved person was obligated to pledge their life to protecting and looking after their savior, even to the point of sacrificing their own life, if necessary.

FPcast! The Fruitless Pursuits Podcast for April 20th 2015! Daredevil!

In a big week of news we explode with love for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, are not so excited about Batman V Superman, review Alex Garland's brilliant taut sci-fi thriller Ex Machina, and get stuck into our thoughts on Netflix's Daredevil and the return of Game of Thrones! And there's probably even more stuff than that! Oh! Like Olivia Munn!

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Scarjo A Go-Go Episode 31: The Avengers, or, "The Fixer"

We already met the fledgling incarnation of super-spy Black Widow back in Iron Man 2, but can writer/director Joss Whedon work with our hero, Scarlett Johansson, to fix up some of those flaws in his big screen team-building exercise The Avengers? Does a small woman with a gun stand a chance among Earth's mightiest heroes? I'll answer that question and many more as we discuss and dissect one of Scarlett's most iconic roles!

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StarWTF!? Episode 26: Malakili

Last week we discussed the Rancor, so naturally we needed to follow up with Malakili. You may know him as the big shirtless guy that cries after the Rancor's death in Return of the Jedi. But there is so much more to him than that!

We get down to the facts. What happened after the Rancor died? Which actor(s) played him? What's up with his choice of clothing? (We talk quite a bit about his fashion choices.)

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Malakili was a male Human from the Core World of Corellia, a creature tamer and servant of the Hutt gangster Jabba Desilijic Tiure on Tatooine. Malakili took care of Jabba's rancor.

The Book Was Better Podcast Episode 121: Camp Rock! (with guest host Violet!)

This week we pitch a tent at Camp Rock when we read the aptly named novelization of Camp Rock! And joining me on this stylish, teen musical adventure is guest host/fellow camper Violet! Join us as we get to the bottom of the Jonas Bros. bad boy behaviour and find out exactly what a Cesario Brown entails...

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