Fully Operational
A podcast about movies for people who like movies, like to quote movies and/or have a medical condition where they talk in movie quotes to truly disturbing and abnormal degrees. Twitter: @FullyOpPod Email: fullyoperationalpod@gmail.com
Episodes
60 episodes
Episode 60. Samurai Swordplay: Lady Snowblood & Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
For our diamond jubilee episode (60!!) we had to go big with a double dose of lady assassin action: Lady Snowblood and Lady Snowblood 2: Love So...
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Episode 29
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1:09:15
Episode 59. Samurai Swordplay: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Ghost Dog, power, equality. Always see everything, my brother. That's the kind of vibe we're about to get on. So join us for this stoic, Jim Jarmusch samurai flick featuring Forest Whitaker, his son, Damon, the RZA and a whole slew of over the ...
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Episode 28
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1:26:45
Episode 58. Samurai Swordplay: Onibaba
Demon Woman, Demon Hag. Po-tay-to, po-tah-to. However, you slice it up, it comes up Onibaba every time. But before we get lost in the flowing miscanthus, stumble into a pit and plummet to our ...
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Episode 27
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1:42:15
Episode 57. Samurai Swordplay: Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Holy, Shogun Assassin, Ronin, it's Samurai Swordplay Month-ish at Fully Operational! We're delving into some samurai classics and deep cuts (get it?), starting with the Rza/Wu-Tang Clan approved, ...
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Episode 26
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58:07
Episode 56. Three Films by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: (BONUS) Heat and Dust
With West Coast temperatures in the 110s, we figured why not add a little more Heat... and Dust to the world. That's right, we watched a 4th Ruth Prawer Jhabvala film, this one based on her 1975 Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. ...
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Episode 25
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1:49:03
Episode 55. Three Films by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: The Remains of the Day
This is what remains of our three films by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala miniseries, the 8x Oscar-nominated (zero-winning), The Remains of the Day, starring Anthony Hopkins, in one of his most intricat...
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Episode 24
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1:25:15
Episode 54. Three Films by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: Howards End
The Ruth Truth Train is still chugging along with the movie she won her 2nd screenwriting Oscar for: Howards End. It's turn of the century E.M. Forster at its finest, but does it still hold up...
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Episode 23
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1:19:57
Episode 53. Three films by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: A Room with a View
How many screenwriters have won multiple Academy Awards? 15. It's an exclusive group. Woody Allen won 3 #canceled. Here are the other 14 that have won 2: Robert Bolt, Charles Brackett, Paddy Chayefsky, Francis Ford Coppola, Christopher Hampton,...
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Episode 22
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1:14:04
Episode 52. BONUS EPISODE: Army of the Dead
Zack Snyder's latest film, Army of the Dead, came out on Netflix not too long ago. And even though we're about to kick off our trifecta of Ruth P...
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Episode 21
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40:44
Episode 51. The Taylor Sheridan Experience: Those Who Wish Me Dead
We close out our theme of Taylor Sheridan movies with his most recent film (which he wrote and directed) and just came out in theaters (remember those?) and HBO Max: Those Who Wish Me Dead. It...
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Episode 20
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1:13:53
Episode 50. The Taylor Sheridan Experience: Wind River
Wind River is the directorial debut of actor/screenwriter Taylor Sheridan. Coming off of Sicario and Hell or High Water, expectations were high, and he knocks it out of the park again, with so...
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Episode 19
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1:36:46
Episode 49. The Taylor Sheridan Experience: Hell or High Water
Come Hell or High Water, this episode is gonna go live! Because we're talking about Taylor Sheridan's script, directed by David Mackenzie, starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham, Katy Mixon, Dale Dickey, and more in
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Episode 18
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1:14:13
Episode 48. The Taylor Sheridan Experience: Without Remorse
Tom Clancy's novel, Without Remorse has been waiting for the Hollywood treatment for years—even Keanu Reeves was attached back in the day—so who knew it would end up in the lap of screenwriter...
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Episode 17
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1:10:26
Episode 47. The Taylor Sheridan Experience: Sicario & Sicario: Day of the Soldado
As soon as Sicario came out, we knew Taylor Sheridan was a good screenwriter. Three films later (with two more about to drop in the next few weeks), he's cementing his status as a great ...
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Episode 46. Godfather Saga Month: The Godfather: Part III & The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
We close out The Godfather Saga with a double feature courtesy of Mr. Coppola himself—The Godfather: Part III + The Godfather, Coda. We're talking almost five and half hours of pure Corleone a...
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Episode 15
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1:48:20
Episode 45. Godfather Saga Month: The Godfather: Part II (...Part Deux)
The saga continues with a part II (of The Godfather: Part II) to remember. After a blistering part I, it wasn't clear if we'd even make it back into the recording studio (aka Zencastr) to finish it up, but we set aside our differences and did j...
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Episode 14
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1:24:55
Episode 44. Godfather Saga Month: The Godfather: Part II (...Part I)
In the famous words of Don Dre Corleone, you broke my heart, Goodman. Or more specifically, Paramount+ broke Goodman's (and the internet's) heart. In this episode, art imit...
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Episode 13
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40:11
Episode 43. Godfather Saga Month: The Godfather (Plus: Zack Snyder's Justice League)
Yes, it's April Fool's Day. Yes, we're back. No, it's not a joke, we're really back. Seriously, there's a real movie episode that's now live. It's not just Goodman going off the top of the dome for 45 minutes on Tenet (with only 5 minutes being...
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Episode 12
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1:16:35
Episode 42. BONUS: 2021 Oscar Nominations
Hello, Fully Friends! We're still on vacation, but we couldn't let the 2021 Oscar Nominations come out without our expert analysis and insightful reactions (uh, where TF is Lauren Lapkus' Best Actress nomination?). So join us for a...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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19:04
Episode 41. BONUS: Goodman's review of Tenet
Welcome to the definitive podcast review of Christopher Nolan's 2020 film, Tenet. This review is so hot, it's basically the audio equivalent of OnlyFans, which is why it had to come in 2021. If you're a Goodman-completist, this is a mus...
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Episode 10
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44:02
Episode 40: BONUS: 2020 Shout-outs, Favorite Scenes & Award Nominations
Did Dre & Goodman say they were taking off the month of March? Yes, we did. But that doesn't mean we can't put out a bonus Award-filled episode! We celebrate the best that 2020 had to offer (from what we were able to watch) with a l...
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Episode 9
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52:14
Episode 39. Black Romantic History Month: Atlantics (Plus: Judas and the Black Messiah)
Our month-long celebration of Black and Romantic movies has come to an end. We spent One Night in Miami with Sylvie's Love, took a Pho...
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Episode 8
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1:40:49
Episode 38. Black Romantic History Month: Malcolm & Marie (and 2021 SAG Nominations)
This week on Fully Operational, we discuss Eminem's favorite movie of 2021, Malcolm & Marie (obviously)! We also share some initial thoughts on the
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Episode 7
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1:46:33
Episode 37: Black Romantic History Month: The Photograph & Love Jones
I can't help the way that I feel. Baby, you make my love come down. That's right, it's Black Romantic History Month and with a double dose of The Photograph and the 90's cult classic
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Episode 6
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1:19:43
Episode 36. Black Romantic History Month: Sylvie's Love (Plus: One Night in Miami, The Little Things & 2020 Golden Globe Nominations)
What a way to kick off Black Romantic History Month! All February we're taking a look at some of the recent Black romantic films, starting with Sylvie's Love, starring Tessa Thompson and Nnamd...
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Episode 5
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2:28:45