Frame Work
A couple guys (Al Schwartz and John Bernhard) talk all things movies and TV.
Episodes
211 episodes
The Coen-oscopy: BARTON FINK
In which we contemplate the life of the mind, and works of John Goodman
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Season 1
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Episode 87
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1:08:46
On Physical Media
In which we speak nostalgically of clamshell cases and DVD commentaries, because the march of time is cruel
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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59:37
The Coen-Oscopy: MILLER'S CROSSING
Chris Prentice returns to determine, once and for all, just what the rumpus is
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Season 1
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Episode 86
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1:23:43
TV SET - Did House Of The Dragon kill HBO?
We return to the HotD season finale, compare it to TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY and question whether the network famous for sparing no expense can get away with sparing one here and there
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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48:16
ALIEN: ROMULUS
David Sarnecki returns to talk about how the new ALIEN movie is very good and also might have killed the things that make the franchise good
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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1:19:39
The Coen-Oscopy: RAISING ARIZONA
Thor Klippert returns to talk about the Coen's sophomore feature, the G.D. perfect screwball caper RAISING ARIZONA
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Season 1
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Episode 85
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1:12:29
TV SET - House Of The Dragon Season Two Finale
We discuss the abrupt conclusion to House Of The Dragon's sophomore season, and how a bad structure can obscure a great story
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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1:05:12
The Bioware Omnibus - MASS EFFECT 3 (adaptation)
MASS EFFECT is going to be a streaming series, sooner or later. We review what we think it should look like
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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1:28:47
The Coen-oscopy: BLOOD SIMPLE
The Coens make one of the great debuts in cinematic history with the tightly wound noir farce BLOOD SIMPLE.
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Season 1
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Episode 84
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1:21:33
The Bioware Omnibus - THE MASS EFFECT 3 ENDING
We cape up to defend Mass Effect's reviled ending/s, diving into the mess of synthesis, theories of indoctrination, and comparisons to Game Of Thrones and LOST along the way.
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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55:12
The Bioware Omnibus - MASS EFFECT 3 (part three)
We race to the end of the Mass Effect trilogy, ending the Geth war, chatting up ancient squid gods, and throwing a rager on the Citadel along the way.
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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1:05:23
The Bioware Omnibus - MASS EFFECT 3 (part two)
John and Al check in with Jack, cure the genophage and explore new and exciting ways to break Kaidan's body and soul.
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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1:26:45
The Bioware Omnibus - MASS EFFECT 3 (part one)
John and Al gear up to talk about the revamped gameplay and opening act of Bioware's controversial trilogy ender.
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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1:46:43
Mann-Splaining: The Rankings
John and Al contemplate the men that contemplate the seas
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Season 1
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Episode 83
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1:22:43
FURIOSA v FURY ROAD
In which Al dies historic on the Hot Take Highway.
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Season 4
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Episode 38
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1:09:27
Mann-Splaining: BLACKHAT
Matt Rose returns to talk about Mann's underloved, giant flop of a cyberthriller.
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Season 1
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Episode 81
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1:16:05
Mann-Splaining: LUCK
Frame Work follows Mann on a digression into David Milch's neighborhood, a place full of compulsive degenerates, nigh-impenetrable dialogue, and aching humanity.
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Season 1
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Episode 80
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58:31
Mann-Splaining: PUBLIC ENEMIES
Brett Blake returns to defend the honor of the 1930s
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Season 1
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Episode 79
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1:09:18
On Steve Buscemi
Chris Prentice returns to review the career of America's weird, eminently loveable uncle.
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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1:22:37
Alex Garland's CIVIL WAR
It feeds the ritch while it buries the poo-whoa
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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51:14