The Golden Briefcase

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by special guests Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of Sundance hit The Kings of Summer, and the Alamo Drafthouse's DFW Creative Director James Wallace to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for pot comedy We're the Millers and Elijah Wood's horror remake Maniac and more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on Magic and Magicians in Cinema, in honor of Now You See Me in theaters. The guys cite examples of this craft in film and how it correlates to the mysticism of movie-magic.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by Rudie Obias of The AuteurCast to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for Sundance hit The Kings of Summer and Vin Diesel's sci-fi sequel Riddick and much more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on the high octane, adrenaline-fueled Fast and the Furious film franchise, in honor of Fast & Furious 6 hitting theaters this weekend. The guys go over the action-packed crowd favorite franchise in detail including its successes and failures, big box office earnings and plenty more. Listen in!

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by Jordan Hoffman (from StarTrek.com, Film.com and Badass Digest) to go over their latest picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for Paul Greengrass' Captain Phillips and Alfonso Caurón's Gravity and much more. The main topic of the night was Star Trek in film, in honor of Into Darkness hitting this weekend. The guys go over the expansive Trek filmography and touch on the high and low points of the series. Jordan also lends his extensive knowledge of the TV show universe and they also talk about where they'll go next.

On this very special edition of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by none other than their moms - Barb and Terri - for a wonderfully fun Mother's Day episode! The guys arranged a little movie related questionnaire (similar to the regular show's Grill the Guest segment) and have asked their mom's to answer it on the podcast. They then match up their answers with their mom's and see how well they actually know their movie tastes! We hope you and all the moms out there have a wonderful Mother's Day from all of us here at FirstShowing.net! Listen in to this short but sweet Mother's Day 2013 bonus TGB episode below.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by guest Matt Patches of Hollywood.com and the Operation Kino podcast to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest in DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for Gavin Hood's Ender's Game and Wright/Pegg/Frost's The World's End and much more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on the work of Australian director Baz Luhrmann, in honor of his rendition of The Great Gatsby hitting theaters this weekend. The guys go over what they feel to be Baz's high and low points and where they want to see him go after Gatsby. Enjoy!

On this episode of The Golden Briefcase Breakdown, hosts Tim & Jeremy are joined by Alan Cerny aka "Nordling" from Ain't It Cool News for a spoiler-filled discussion on Joel & Ethan Coen's gangster film Miller's Crossing, starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden and John Turturro. The purpose of Breakdown episodes is to to ponder, discuss and challenge the films that we feel often need more than just a simple review. We breakdown the film to discuss plots and theories in order to better understand the director's vision and hopefully challenge our listeners at home to re-evaluate the way they watch cinema.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by Brian Salisbury of Spill.com and Film School Rejects to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest in DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for Zal Batmanglij's The East and Eli Roth's Chilean horror Aftershock and much more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on the movies coming in Summer 2013, in honor of Marvel's Iron Man 3 hitting theaters this weekend. The guys go over all the movies they are most excited for, what they are dreading and which filmmakers will be recognized at the end of the summer. Listen in!

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by screenwriter/podcaster Geoff LaTulippe (of Going the Distance and the Broken Projector Podcast) to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest in DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring and Marvel's Thor: The Dark World. The main topic was a discussion on the genre of wedding films in honor of The Big Wedding out this weekend. The guys go over this constant sub-genre and where it fits amongst other genres it appears in. They also discuss other stories where a wedding has yet to be a major plot point.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by writer Evan Saathoff aka Sam Strange from Badass Digest and UGO to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest in DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Universal's R.I.P.D. and much more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on the film career of musician-turned-filmmaker Rob Zombie, in honor of the limited release of his new film Lords of Salem this weekend. The guys go over Zombie's brief but striking horror filmography and where they see him going with films to come. Listen in!

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by guest Alan Cerny aka "Nordling" from Ain't It Cool News to go over their latest picks of the week, the newest in DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for James DeMonaco's The Purge, Ron Howard's Rush and Neill Blomkamp's Elysium and much more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on the comedy sub-genre of spoofs, with yet another Scary Movie sequel in theaters this week. The guys talk over the various methods of spoofing and whether or not we are willing to put up with the garbage to find the few gems within the genre. Listen in!

On this landmark episode of The Golden Briefcase, hosts Tim Buel and Jeremy Kirk go through their latest picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for 2 Guns, Adam Wingard's You're Next, This is The End and Winding Refn's Only God Forgives and more. The main topic of the night was an overview of the directing career of Danny Boyle in honor of his new film Trance hitting limited release this week. The guys go over Boyle's ever evolving filmography and discuss the director's various trademarks and abilities. They also talk about movies they'd love to see Boyle tackle and other genres he could explore.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim (sans Jeremy) is joined by guest Brian Collins from Horror Movie a Day (HMAD) and Badass Digest to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest in DVD & Blu-ray releases, and the new trailers for Roland Emrich's White House Down and James Mangold's The Wolverine. The main topic of the night was a comprehensive review of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead Franchise, in honor of the new Evil Dead coming out. The guys talk over the three films including their favorites and the impact they've had on horror. They also speculate on the success of the new version.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim & Jeremy are joined by guest Josh Brunsting from CriterionCast.com to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest in DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for Terrence Malick's To the Wonder and DreamWorks Animation's Turbo and much more. The main topic of the night was a recap with Josh of this past month's 2013 SXSW Film Festival held down in Austin, Texas, which just wrapped up (award winners here). Josh goes through some of his favorite films of the fest and also some that should be avoided in this full recap. Listen in for another excellent TGB episode!

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim & Jeremy are joined by Kevin Carr from Fat Guys at the Movies to go through their picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for The Hangover Part III and Kick-Ass 2 and more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on the fall from Oscar grace, in honor of Halle Barry's The Call hitting theaters. The guys talk over some notable examples of distinguished actors and actresses who made wrong moves after their wins and may have ruined their career. They also reflect on the various Oscar winners in recent years and if they see them following suit.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim (sans Jeremy) is joined by Steve Weintraub of Collider to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest in DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for James Wan's The Conjuring and SXSW premiere Holy Ghost People and much more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on the career of fan-favorite filmmaker Sam Raimi, in honor of his new movie Oz: The Great and Powerful hitting theaters this weekend. The guys talk over the high and low points of Raimi's career, his techniques and style and where they would like to see him go with his movies in years to come.