#36 - Jackson Hollowell

Jackson Hollowell is a Film & TV Show Critic. He and his fiancee, Alex Mohr, run the Instagram blog, Flicks & Flix (@flicksandflix), where they post reviews of all the latest Movies and TV Shows, weekly watchlists, and news about the film industry. You can follow their page here: https://www.instagram.com/flicksandflix/  ***TIMESTAMPS*** 5:59 - Flicks & Flixx; The Fan Divides in Movies & TV; Star Wars & The Luke Skywalker problem; Jon Favreau’s life 19:27 - Making movies too soon after something happens in real life; Ben Affleck as Batman; Bruce Wayne/Batman Character; Batman vs. Superman 28:40 - The Director’s Process; The Godfather & it’s crazy backstory; Entourage; Zack Snyder; Martin Scorsese’s Movies (including Goodfellas, The Departed, & The Irishman) 38:04 - Binge TV vs. Weekly TV; Spoilers; State of Productions in Covid Pandemic; HBO Max 51:27 - Bad movies that followed up great things (Entourage Movie, Godfather 3); Best Trilogies of all-time; The Town; Schitt’s Creek; Ben Mezrich’s already writing the Gamestop book (with a movie to follow); The modern day “leading man”; Cable TV vs. Premium Cable TV; Putlocker; The subscription model 1:11:34 - The problem with commercials; The Sopranos; Movies & Memories; Jackson’s favorite movie memory 1:20:20 - Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker in “The Dark Knight”; revisiting Robert Downey Jr. & his role in Tropic Thunder; South Park, Seth McFarlane & Family Guy; Judd Apatow Movies; Seth Rogen; The Rock 1:39:33 - Hans Zimmer talk; “The Batman” trailer; Robert Pattinson vs. Christian Bale as Batman; Best Joker performance ever 1:49:47 - Method Acting; Jared Leto on set; “Dream of Passion” by Lee Strasburg; Jackson’s interest in Greek mythology and how it ties into film 1:55:16 - Stranger Things; The 80’s and 90’s are having a comeback; 90’s TV shows (including Friends & Seinfeld); Actors who died too young (Phillip Seymour-Hoffman, Paul Walker, Heath Ledger) 2:06:07 - Guilty Pleasures & Chick Flicks; Viggo Mortensen; Jack Gyllenhaal  2:14:07 - Werner von Braun, Nazis, & Operation Paperclip; Captain America; Finding Hitler 2:22:09 - Inglourious Basterds; The opening scene of IB; Christophe Waltz; Quentin Tarantino; Keeping names in Hollywood today 2:28:50 - A Star is Born; the story of Bradley Cooper’s inspiring rise to stardom; Cooper & Lady Gaga; Matthew McConaughey & The McConaissance; True Detective Season 1; Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad, and The Judge; Vince Gilligan; Ozark; Steve Carell 2:43:51 - Christian Bale & “Vice”; Adam McKay; Ryan Gosling; The Place Beyond The Pines 2:50:00 - Scorsese’s homage film styles; Godfa... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices