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Episode 174 of War Machine vs. War Horse: Results (Great Expectations vs. The Immigrant)

On this episode we talk  about one of our favorite films of the year, Andrew Bujalski’s RESULTS. This film is about two personal trainers played by Guy Pearce and Cobie Smulders whose lives are altered when a rich client arrives seeking to improve himself but finding the trainers themselves to be searching for something as well. This inspires a conversation on benefactors in film, and we start with the grandaddy of them all in Charles Dickens' GREAT EXPECTATIONS. It goes up against James Gray’s latest love triangle set in a world of crime, with Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner both promising a better life for Marion Cotillard in THE IMMIGRANT. We also debate the effect that crickets and a computer fan can have on the sound quality of a podcast.

Episode 28 of War Machine vs. War Horse: A Most Wanted Man (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold vs. The Constant Gardener)

John le Carre novels have been adapted to the big screen quite well since 1965's THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, so we thought it was time to butcher his work in podcast form in celebration of new to Netflix streaming A MOST WANTED MAN. Listen as Christopher Maynard doesn't fall easily for Richard Burton, solely to provide clear-eyed criticism usually missing from our show.