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'Michael Clayton' Feature-Length Commentary (with Stephen Tobolowsky)

Hey Patrons!

Stephen Tobolowsky and I both love Tony Gilroy's Michael Clayton, and what better way to celebrate that than by recording a feature-length commentary of it over Zoom wit...

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Borat is the same but America has changed

I had a blast watching Borat 2, AKA Borat Subsequent Moviefilm AKA Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious N...

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STARTING MOMENTARILY: 5PM Pacific tonight (Tuesday Oct 20)! Let's do a Patron hangout

Hey folks: If you're around tonight, let's hang and chat about whatever you want! Hope to see some of you there. 

To tune in, just go to the above link at 5pm Pacific. As a side note, I ...

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'Lovecraft Country: Season 1' Post-Mortem (with Joanna Robinson)

David and Joanna Robinson review share thoughts on the first season of Lovecraft Country.

'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Is Sorkin at His Most Sorkin-est

For YouTube, I reviewed The Trial of the Chicago 7 and also managed to sneak in a reference to Not Another Teen Movie. I consider this feat my greatest accomplishment. 

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Why the new cover of the West Wing theme song was so powerful

Like many children of the 80s and 90s, this week I tuned into the West Wing's HBO Max Reunion Special - a filmed, staged recreation of the episode "Hartfield's Landing." I'll be discussing more abo...

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Upcoming Events for DChen Patrons (October 2020)

Hi Patrons,

I want to try to update you more often on what's coming soon on the Patreon. Since a lot of it involves movies and TV shows, it'll give you some time to prepare. Eventually, if I ...

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'Prince of Egypt' Review (with Joanna Robinson)

Welcome to the latest Patreon-exclusive edition of "Joanna Robinson and David Chen review a movie that Joanna's watched recently!" In this Patreon exclusive, Joanna and I discuss the Dreamwork Anim...

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Early access: A tour of my Blu-ray Collection

This video has been requested a few times by the Patrons, so I thought I'd oblige. Here's early access to a new YouTube video I made: a tour of my Blu-Ray shelf, featuring all the random shit that ...

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STARTING MOMENTARILY: Michael Clayton Watch-Along with Stephen Tobolowsky - Tomorrow (10/11) at 1130am Pacific

UPDTAE: We're starting shortly at 11:30am Pacific. The link above should work to join the watch-along. If it doesn't, DM me on Patreon or Twitter.

Hey folks,

Sorry for ...

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Open DChen Patron Thread: What content would you like to see?

Hi Patrons! We're into month two of this Patreon page and things on the page seem to be stabilizing nicely. I continue to be enormously grateful for all your support, as well as the motivation (and...

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'Assassin 33 A.D.' Review (with Scott Wampler)

Here's the plot summary for Assassin 33 A.D.:

When a billionaire gives a group of young scientists unlimited resources to study the science of matter transfer, the scientist...

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Processing the news that the President has COVID (night 4)

Hey folks! Here's another video of how @joyofnapping and I are feeling today, as America's political situation continues to unfold in wild and unpredictable ways. 

Thanks to all of you f...

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Processing the news that the President has COVID (night 2)

It's been an eventful last 24 hours. @joyofnapping and I reconvened after last night's broadcast to process what we've...

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Processing the news that the President has COVID

Stuff went down tonight. @joyofnapping and I did a live broadcast to discuss it. You can watch it on Vimeo above or 2020-10-02 07:14:29 +0000 UTC View Post

'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' Feature-Length Commentary (with Patrick H. Willems)

Hey Patrons! 

Interested in hearing two Mission: Impossible obsessives dive into the latest Mission: Impossible film for 2.5 hours? Then boy have I got a Patron update ...

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The Tobolowsky Files returns

Good morning, Patrons! I hope this message finds you well.

When many of you backed me here, the way I conceived of it is that you were backing me as a creator, rather than for any specific th...

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STARTING NOW: I'm watching 'Fallout' with Patrick Willems. Join us!

Hi all,

As part of your $20+ patronage, I'm going to be trying to do a movie watch-along every month. Let's try doing our first one for Mission: Impossible - Fallout View Post

'Timecop' Review (with Joanna Robinson)

Joanna Robinson joins David to discuss Peter Hyams'  1994 sci-fi action classic Timecop, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. 

This episode would not exist without the generosit...

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'The Devil All the Time' Is Not Great All The Time...

I hope everyone is having an okay weekend dealing with the sheer tonnage of news that's occurred the past week (most of it bad). 

Since I hate myself, I spent some time this week watchin...

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Podcasting Movies, One Minute At a Time (with Blake Howard)

Blake Howard has created podcasts in which he covers movies one minute at a time. In this Patreon exclusive, I talk with Blake about how he created his first podcast, 2020-09-18 01:43:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Lovecraft Country Mid-Season Check-in (with Joanna Robinson)

David and Joanna Robinson discuss episodes 2-5 of the first season of the HBO Original Series Lovecraft Country. Episodes discussed include: Whitey's on the Moon (S1E02), Holy Ghost (S1E03...

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My LIVE Patreon hangout: Saturday (9/12), 9am Pacific!

Hi Patrons,

Let's do our monthly hangout! I'll be streaming live on Saturday 9/12 beginning at 9am for about 1-2 hours. I believe you will be able to access the hangout just be clicking throu...

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A few thoughts on that DUNE trailer...

So, @joyofnapping was really excited to watch the new Dune trailer with me. The above video features our quick reaction to the trailer. The audio in this video is kind of rough (I'm still learning ...

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WTF is happening in 'I'm Thinking of Ending Things'?

Charlie Kaufman's latest film I'm Thinking of Ending Things is arguably his most inaccessible work yet. I've spent quite a bit of time thinking about it, reading about it, and dissecting i...

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The Thrill and Disappointment of Disney's Mulan (2020)

I watched Disney's Mulan (2020) last night and got together with my wife @joyofnapping to record a few thoughts on it. 

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Johnny Mnemonic Review (feat. Patrick H. Willems)

I'm experimenting with Patreon-exclusive content to create for y'all. Here's my latest attempt: A podcast review of the 1995 Robert Longo sci-fi thriller Johnny Mnemonic f...

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Early Reaction: 'Bill and Ted Face the Music' and 'I'm Thinking of Ending Things'

I share some quick spoiler-free thoughts on the new Bill and Ted movie and Charlie Kaufman's latest. Feel free to share your thoughts on these films OR on the video itself below. 

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Thoughts on the passing of Chadwick Boseman

Today, we learned that Chadwick Boseman has passed away at the age of 43. What a gutting loss. He was an immense talent. In his short life he'd already become an icon.

A few thoughts on what ...

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Some final tweaks to Patreon rewards before we go live...

I want to start this message by saying: If you're reading this, thanks again for backing my Patreon! It's been so heart-warming and encouraging to see folks who I've known for decades pitc...

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