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Favoriting December 17, 2024: 'Carry-On', 'Kraven the Hunter', 'The Order', 'The Nickel Boys', 'September 5', 'The People's Joker', 'The Man in the White Van', Micah's Pick ''Sweet Bunch' featuring Vera Drew star of 'The People's Joker'


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Joan Jett & the Blackhearts  Just Like in the Movies   Favoriting Up Your Alley  Blackheart  1988      0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Belle and Sebastian  like dylan in the movies   Favoriting           0:09:51 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Jim the Poet discusses  'Kraven the Hunter'   Favoriting       Directed by J. C. Chandor Screenplay by Richard Wenk Art Marcum Matt Holloway Story by Richard Wenk Based on Marvel Comics Produced by Avi Arad Matt Tolmach David Householter Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson Ariana DeBose Fred Hechinger Alessandro Nivola Christopher Abbott Russell Crowe 
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Jim the Poet discusses  'The Order'   Favoriting       Directed by Justin Kurzel Screenplay by Zach Baylin Based on The Silent Brotherhood by Kevin Flynn Gary Gerhardt Produced by Bryan Haas Stuart Ford Justin Kurzel Jude Law Starring Jude Law Nicholas Hoult Tye Sheridan Jurnee Smollett Alison Oliver Marc Maron 
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Jim the Poet discusses  'The Man in the White Van'   Favoriting       Directed by Warren Skeels Written by Sharon Y. Cobb Warren Skeels Produced by Anne Marie Gillen Terri Lubaroff Michael Nole Paul Scanlan Warren Skeels Starring Madison Wolfe Brec Bassinger Skai Jackson Gavin Warren Ali Larter Sean Astin 
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Jim the Poet discusses  'Carry-On'   Favoriting       Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra Written by T.J. Fixman Produced by Dylan Clark Starring Taron Egerton Sofia Carson Danielle Deadwyler Jason Bateman 
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Jim the Poet speaks with  Vera Drew   Favoriting Star and Director of The People's Joker      An aspiring joker moves to Gotham City to make it big, but ends up grappling with her gender identity while forming an anti-comedy troupe and combatting a fascistic caped crusader. Helmed by writer/director/editor/star Vera Drew and using her own life experiences as a basis for the film, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER is a deeply personal journey that's as much documentary as it is parody. Release Date Aug 13, 2024 Genre Comedy Actors Christian Calloway, Phil Braun, Nathan Faustyn, David Liebe Hart, Griffin Kramer, Kane Distler, Lynn Downey, Vera Drew Director Vera Drew 
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Jim the Poet and Micah discuss  'Sweet Bunch'   Favoriting           0:53:04 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bad Brains  At the Movies   Favoriting           0:59:36 (MP3 | Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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DanFA:

Hello James.
  6:00pm
wenzo:

Waddupdoe
Avatar 👍 Swag For Life Member 6:01pm
Folsom:

I got my three Jims up!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:01pm
Bobby:

I can’t believe that I miss the other theme song, but I do. I do? I do.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:03pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

With three thumbs, you can be quite efficient when hitchhiking.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
Yes:

ive been away for ages.. steely dan intro is done?
  👍 Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
Sean T-Rex:

Hello Jim & All!
I'll be listening but too busy to be on the boards
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
diciassette:

Soooo many movie songs, and thankfully (?) I have time blindness.
Avatar 👍 Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
Folsom:

How about a GG Allin biopic?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
DanFA:

Biopic about Tom Waits, but no idea who could play him.
  6:06pm
P-90:

Three thumbs up for Jim’s Chalamet-as-Dylan impression
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:06pm
Bobby:

Drunk Robert Pollard, 1994ish
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:07pm
DanFA:

Dweezil could play him
  6:07pm
wenzo:

Dweezil Zappa… he could actually play the music
  6:08pm
wenzo:

Adrian Brody would kill it
Avatar 6:08pm
David Shortell:

Both Michael Nesmith and Ringo Starr have played Frank Zappa onscreen.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:08pm
DanFA:

Yes, Zappa directed by Alex Winter
  6:09pm
P-90:

Zappa’s 200 Motels, a self-produced documentary
(or quasi-documentary)
  6:09pm
wenzo:

Damn crazy
  6:10pm
wenzo:

Kinda wanna see that now
Avatar 6:10pm
Jeezuseffinchrist:

ok hear me out for Rocky Eriksson: the guy who played Ragnar in Vikings
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:10pm
diciassette:

↳ Bobby @6:06
† pitches no-hitter with ice chest on the mound
  6:10pm
kristian b:

MARK E SMITH!!!!!!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:11pm
Bobby:

↳ diciassette @6:10
Clearly, you have done your homework!
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David Shortell:

The Robert Johnson biopic screenplay "Love in Vain" was published years ago, but never filmed.
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Juli P:

I adore documentaries:
I want to see hmmmmmm
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:12pm
Bob in Grass Valley:

A biopic of one-time jazz musician Sherman Hemsley would be nice. I'd confine it to the period when he collaborated with Jon Anderson on that still unreleased funk-rock opera about the spiritual qualities of the number 7.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:13pm
dale:

pat garrett and billy the kid was a great dylan in the movies movie.
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HyperDose:

I've always said biopic as one word too. the two syllable way feels weird
  6:15pm
P-90:

Timothy Chalamet couldn’t star in the Ronstadt biopic because of scheduling conflicts
  6:15pm
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↳ wenzo @6:08
he has the nose for it.
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Juli P:

Linda Ronstadt made me cry w her Christmas Song lol
Her voice darn
She looks like Selena Gomez!
Avatar 6:16pm
HyperDose:

David Tennant is my dude crush <3
  6:16pm
PaddyDoubleM’s:

Wrong kid died!!!
Avatar 👍 Swag For Life Member 6:17pm
Folsom:

I'm not a big fan of Selena's voice, not sure how she could play Ronstadt.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:18pm
Bobby:

↳ HyperDose @6:16
The other ones are fine, but David Tennent is my Doctor
Avatar 6:19pm
Juli P:

I think it was a live version I heard at my old Beauty Store lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:19pm
Bobby:

*Tennant got too excited there
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Juli P:

Oh The People's Joker
I am thinking of watching that on Mubi
Avatar 6:20pm
HyperDose:

MF DOOM all caps when you say his name
Avatar 6:21pm
David Shortell:

Adam Kimmel played Dylan in “The Wanderers” and Ben Pike played Dylan in “Inside Llewyn Davis”.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
Bobby:

DOOM is the best pick. I love this idea. #1 call!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
DanFA:

Tyler, the Creator could maybe play him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

Holy shit. I was just sitting here thinking "I'd like to see an MF Doom biopic treated like a comic book movie…" Maybe Hannibal Burress?
  6:21pm
wenzo:

Kate Blanchet was superb as I recall it… rest of that movie was forgettable
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Juli P:

↳ Bobby @6:21
Agreed.
DOOM please next:
Aaliyah.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:22pm
dale:

i would love a nice billy murray biopic.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:22pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ HyperDose @6:20
I'm ashamed of myself.
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HyperDose:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @6:21
only if Czarface is 2/3 of the soundtrack and Method Man is tacked on as an EP
  6:23pm
wenzo:

Yea doom would be great… *could* be great… I like the idea of different rapper doing kameos as doombots
Avatar 6:23pm
Juli P:

Hmmmmmmmmm
Who has a interesting story?
Anyone want to help me sell my film?
It is done.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
dale:

bi-OP-ic sounds like you have an eye condition - like crazy ben turpin.
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Juli P:

An.
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DanFA:

Glen Jones as Mojo Nixon
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Juli P:

↳ dale @6:23
Lol bi-op-ic lol
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Juli P:

It's Bio-pic.
  6:25pm
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Gary Oldman already did Sid Vicious. And Winston Churchill
  6:25pm
hifivicky:

WALTON GOGGINS as Mojo Nixon 🕺
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Juli P:

I mean Prince plays himself.
Avatar 6:26pm
Juli P:

You know writers make like nothing.......for screenplays.?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:26pm
Deano de los Muertos:

Edibles kickin in
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HyperDose:

↳ DanFA @6:23
Glen Jones is my Kevin Feige
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:27pm
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

↳ hifivicky @6:25
Definitely.
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Fishman:

In October of 1978 I saw Dylan in Philly. Amazing show support the"Desires" and "Street Legal" albums. A seven piece band as I recall. However, I/we had to leave early as my late wife, then girlfriend was a few months pregnant and was getting nauseous. GO FIGURE, she gets morning sickness at night. OH well.
  6:27pm
wenzo:

Robert Johnson
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:28pm
dale:

↳ wenzo @6:27
ooh - good one!
  6:28pm
wenzo:

I mean it would have to be mostly fiction…
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Juli P:

↳ wenzo @6:28
Good idea!
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HyperDose:

it's giving A Great Divide energy. Ken Jeong stars
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David Shortell:

↳ @6:25
--and Beethoven and Joe Orton.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:28pm
Bobby:

Drunk Paul Westerberg, 1984ish. Need a third for the drunk trilogy
  6:28pm
wenzo:

Not really enough known… Charlie Patton would be even harder nobody really knows much about him at all…
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:28pm
DanFA:

Oh yes! Jim the Poet should play D Boon
Avatar 6:29pm
Juli P:

↳ David Shortell @6:28
The Beethoven movie is so sad.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:29pm
Deano de los Muertos:

I just tuned in….but as a big MF DOOM fan, I know Hollywood could never do him justice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:29pm
DanFA:

Jack Black is too old to play D Boon.
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Juli P:

CAN.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:29pm
dale:

who would play the devil?
  6:30pm
wenzo:

How bout Howling Wolf and Muddy Waters… instead of one biopic have them share a miniseries… Muddy & The Wolf on Netflix/HBO/Paramount Plus
  6:30pm
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↳ David Shortell @6:28
.... and Drexel
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:30pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

Jonah Hill 10 years ago would've made a good D Boon.
  6:31pm
wenzo:

I always thought a show about the early blues guys would be great but so little is known about a lot of them it would be more of an homage… historical fiction… but then most biopics are pretty fictionalized anyway…
  6:31pm
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Jack Black as Jim the Poet
  6:31pm
wenzo:

Jack White would play the Devil. or Tom Waits?
Avatar 6:32pm
David Shortell:

↳ wenzo @6:27
Re: my 6:11 post.
archive.org...
  6:32pm
D. Belle:

I wait til the library has em. Baltimore City has a good selection
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
DanFA:

↳ wenzo @6:31
You keep Jack White away from Tom Waits.
  6:33pm
wenzo:

@David Shortell… interesting! I wonder if he’s still interested in making it…
  6:34pm
PaddyDoubleM’s:

Good choice as Gainsbourg is part French and Patti Smith has a French honor.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:34pm
Deano de los Muertos:

isn’t Kristen Stewart known for being a bad actress?
  6:34pm
wenzo:

Gainsbourg could totally play Patti smith
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:35pm
dale:

pete davidson as patti smith.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:35pm
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

OMG Jim Hartford & TVZ YESSSSS
  6:35pm
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Willem Dafoe as Lou Reed
  6:35pm
wenzo:

Whoever wrote cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other
Avatar 6:36pm
Juli P:

Lou Reed I would watch I did not like Factory Girl sorry
I'll give it another try
I watched the Dali film
Found it compelling
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:37pm
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

I enjoyed the Richard Hell bio "I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp." Maybe cast Pete Davidson in the biopic?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:37pm
dale:

a dusty springfield movie would be a good one.
  6:38pm
wenzo:

@DanFa why? He might get his watch back…
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David Shortell:

Andrea Martin played Patti Smith in the January 6, 1979 broadcast of SCTV.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
Deano de los Muertos:

Prince biopic starring Dave Chappelle
  6:41pm
?:

Forest Whitaker already played Charlie Parker
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
Orthofrancis:

Biopic on Lou Reed/VU, Iggy Pop, Ramones.

Ramones would prolly be the most interesting due to the conflict w/ Johnny
Avatar 6:43pm
Juli P:

Eep
I cannot wait
to watch
The People's Joker:
J watched the preview for a lil
Avatar 6:44pm
Juli P:

I adore films:
Help me sell mine!
Email me.!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:45pm
dale:

↳ @6:41
tracy morgan as prince - i would SO DIE for you ....
  6:45pm
wenzo:

@? Ooh that looks good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:45pm
Ike:

Ugh, Joel Schumacher? This isn’t making me want to see this movie. Barf.
Avatar 6:46pm
Juli P:

↳ Ike @6:45
The Lost Boys?
  6:47pm
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Robert Plant played by Kid Rock
  6:47pm
wenzo:

I veto kid rock’s involvement in anything ever. He should be made to go live on an island somewhere
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:47pm
Orthofrancis:

↳ @6:47
Why do you hate humanity
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
Brian D:

Terrific discussion here. Great stuff Jim
Avatar 6:50pm
David Shortell:

↳ Orthofrancis @6:42
Yo La Tengo portrayed the Velvet Underground in "I Shot Andy Warhol".
The Ramones were portrayed in "CBGB".
Ewan McGregor played a fictional version of Iggy Pop in "Velvet Goldmine".
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:51pm
Orthofrancis:

↳ David Shortell @6:50
all the more reason to do a film, solely on them.
  6:52pm
Listener Robert:

↳ Song: "Vera Drew" by "Jim the Poet speaks with"
Where can we see it?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:52pm
ultradamno:

Nicholas Cage!
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Juli P:

↳ Listener Robert @6:52
Mubi.
  6:53pm
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Willem Dafoe as Todd Rundgren
  6:53pm
kevlicki:

Mickey Rooney as Todd rungren
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
Bobby:

Upper Darby. I know because I was born there and it’s the first thing we learn
Avatar 6:53pm
The Chief:

Glen Howerton as Todd Rundgren
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The Chief:

Chalamet as Syd Barrett
  6:54pm
Angel DiMaria:

Fela Kuti biopic with Jake Paul as Ginger Baker …
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The Chief:

Michael Shannon as Lou Reed?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
ultradamno:

Steven Tyler!
  6:55pm
kevlicki:

Wtf, Mickey Rourke as Rundgren, I’m sick of this autocorrect…
Avatar 6:55pm
The Chief:

↳ ultradamno @6:54
A scarecrow covered in flamboyant scarves
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HyperDose:

↳ The Chief @6:53
I need my tools!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
Bobby:

↳ kevlicki @6:55
I thought the other one was pretty good haha
  6:56pm
D. Belle:

I JUST watched band of outsiders!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
ultradamno:

I was thinking for Todd R...or Liv Tyler could play him
  6:57pm
kevlicki:

Who plays liv Tyler?!
Avatar 6:58pm
HyperDose:

↳ kevlicki @6:57
Can I bring Rex his lunch?
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The Chief:

↳ kevlicki @6:57
Todd Rundgren
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Bobby:

↳ kevlicki @6:57
Rainey Qualley
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
ultradamno:

Hugh Laurie as Lux Interior mastodon.social...
Avatar 6:58pm
Fishman:

↳ Bobby @6:53
That's funny Bobby. I'm from Jersey, Woodbury, Gloucester County. And if i NEVER heard George Thorogood again, I'd would NEVER miss it. WMMR still plays him.
  6:59pm
Traie:

my stream died, what was the name of that Greek Neo Noir please?
Avatar 6:59pm
jt:

I'd cast Chris Rock as Lou Reed
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The Chief:

Adam Driver as Roger waters
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Juli P:

↳ Traie @6:59
Sweet Bunch.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
ultradamno:

↳ kevlicki @6:57
Mia Goth
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Fishman:

ciao, ciao
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Juli P:

Ty Jimmy Jim Jim, The POET!
  7:00pm
Traie:

...and hi Michele, hope you are feeling better soon. Can't believe no one mentioned Control (Joy Division), one of the absolute best Biopics
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
ultradamno:

Oh, I thought he said Sweet Lunch
  7:01pm
Traie:

@Juli P
Many thanks (in Greek with subs)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
ultradamno:

Glykia symmoria www.imdb.com...
  7:07pm
Traie:

↳ ultradamno @7:03
Thanks!
  7:07pm
Traie:

↳ Juli P @6:59
Thanks!
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