The South by Southwest Festival is one of the largest of its kind in the world. Every year, thousands of fans arrive in Downtown Austin, TX to partake in a couple of weeks of great music, technology, and film. For this special episode of The Hollywood Outsider, we take you deep into the heart of the film festival portion, and even deeper into the films themselves.

There are well over 100 films, documentaries, and shorts at SXSW and - while we can't see them all - we have a nice sample of what came out of this year's stellar lineup of independent films. 17 movies and TV shows are on the docket, and we review them all...with more than a couple surprises. 

So sit back and relax. You're about to experience South by Southwest from the comfort of your own chair. 

The films discussed on this episode of The Hollywood Outsider Movie Podcast:

Beware the Slenderman: On May 31st 2014, in the woods outside Waukesha, Wisconsin, two 12-year-old girls stabbed their classmate 19 times. This is a documentary covering those events and the evolution of Slenderman.

Black: A 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang. Keenly aware of the consequences of getting involved with someone from another gang, they begin to imagine a different life for themselves when things go wrong. It's in this criminal milieu that directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah set Black, a pulse-pounding contemporary take on Shakespearean tragedy Romeo & Juliet.

The Trust: Nic Cage and Elijah Wood play a pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.

American Fable: When 11-year-old Gitty discovers that her beloved father is hiding a wealthy man in her family's silo in order to save their struggling farm, she is forced to choose between saving the man's life or protecting her family from the consequences of their actions. AMERICAN FABLE is a fairytale thriller set in the 1980s rural Midwest about a courageous girl living in a dark - sometimes magical - world.

Claire In Motion: Claire (Betsy Brandt) is sure of herself, her work and family, until - like a bad dream - her husband disappears, leaving a trail of puzzling secrets that shatter her certainty.

And Punching The Clown: Hapless satirical songwriter Henry Phillips is lured to LA when a veteran TV producer decides to make a show about the life of a loser.

Miss Stevens: A comedy focused on a teacher who chaperones a group of high schoolers to a state drama competition.

I Am Not A Serial Killer: In a small Midwestern town, a troubled teen with homicidal tendencies must hunt down and destroy a supernatural killer whilst keeping his own inner demons at bay.

Demolition: Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a successful investment banker struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash.

In A Valley Of Violence: A revenge Western film set in the 1890s, where a stranger (Ethan Hawke) arrives in a small town seeking vengeance for his murdered friend.

Don’t Breathe: A group of teens break into a blind man's (Stephen Lang) home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.

Secrets of the Force Awakens: An inside look at the making of the movie Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), featuring footage and exclusive interviews with the actors and filmmakers.

The Waiting: A pair of high school kids try to trick an elderly neighbor (James Caan) into thinking his house is haunted.

Before The Sun Explodes: After his wife kicks him out, an anxious comedian is lured in by an intriguing woman with a stalker.

Preacher: After a supernatural event at his church a preacher enlists the help of a vampire to find God.

Outcast: A young man searches for answers as to why he's been suffering from supernatural possessions his entire life.

Everybody Wants Some: A group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.

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Crazy is one of the hardest words to define, mostly because it means so many different things to so many people. What unnerves one of us might not even bother another, while society might consider a certain behavior insane while we completely understand it. So what IS crazy to us?

When it comes to movies and television, there are numerous characters to consider and we could honestly spend hours just on this one topic. Instead, this episode we discuss what WE consider to be crazy behavior, and what kinds of behavior truly gets under our skin unlike any other.

We conclude this topic by picking the one character in allllllll of TV and film that we consider to be the craziest crazy of all the crazies. That one character who still haunts us to this very day.

Join in on our conversation and listen to the latest episode of The Hollywood Outsider.

Discussed on this episode of The Hollywood Outsider Movie and TV Podcast:

  • (0:00 – 41:45) Movie and TV News: Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg don the hats one last time for Indiana Jones 5, Heat prequel, Hollywood prepares a possible option for new releases at home, and much more | Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children and Ben-Hur trailers
  • (41:46 – 1:19:55) From The Outside In Topic: Who is the craziest crazy of all the crazies?  | Listener topic comments
  • (1:19:56 – 1:36:45) What’s This Movie? | Reviews of 10 Cloverfield Lane | New Releases: Allegiant, Miracles From Heaven and Midnight Special 
  • (1:36:46 – 1:54:15) Emails | Closing | Pick The Hollywood Outsider Theme
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What are the best and worst television universes to live in? We discuss the world of TV and where we would really want to live. As well as reviews of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot and London Has Fallen, movie news and much more.

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Discussed on this episode of The Hollywood Outsider Movie and TV Podcast:

  • (0:00 – 29:21) Movie and TV News: JK Simmons switches sides, Bruce Willis has a Death Wish, Men In Black and 23 Jump Street unite, Venom is alive, and much more | the Ghostbusters trailer
  • (29:32 – 1:13:10) From The Outside In Topic: What is the Best and Worst Television Universe to live in?  | Listener topic comments
  • (1:13:11 – 1:40:43) What’s This Movie? | Reviews of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot and London Has Fallen | Upcoming Attractions: The Young Messiah, 10 Cloverfield Lane, and The Brothers Grimsby | VOD and Blu-Ray Releases
  • (1:40:44 – 1:52:42) Emails | Closing | Outtakes

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We’ve all been there. You walk out of the theater, pumped and excited from the movie you just sat through. You go on with your life until, suddenly, BAM! A sequel is announced. A continuation of this world or character that you loved is coming back to a theater near you. So you grab your closest friends, you psych yourself up and get ready for what is surely the greatest motion picture in the history of cinema!

And then it’s not.

That’s right, on this week’s podcast, we’re discussing when movie sequels go wrong. When that next chapter in your favorite film franchise forgets its roots or fans and turns into something dreadful. When you say ‘Bad Sequel’, so many films come to mind: Batman and Robin, Speed 2, Jaws 2, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, The Phantom Menace, and the list goes on and on.

What were our worst personal experiences because of bad sequels? What sequels ruined entire franchises for us? Most importantly: What are the absolute WORST movie sequels?

Join in on our conversation and listen to the latest episode of The Hollywood Outsider.

Discussed on this episode of The Hollywood Outsider Movie and TV Podcast:

  • (0:00 – 19:07) Movie and TV News: Stephen King confirms Dark Tower casting, Miles Teller and Josh Brolin want to be firefighters, Oscar winners, and much more
  • (19:08 – 1:05:29) From The Outside In Topic: When Movie Sequels Go Wrong  | Listener topic comments
  • (1:05:30 – 1:26:06) What’s This Movie? | Upcoming Attractions: Zootopia, London Has Fallen, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | VOD and Blu-Ray Releases
  • (1:26:07 – 1:59:58) Emails | Closing | Thoughts On And How To Improve The Oscars
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What are we up to? About 412 comic book superhero origin films? It sure feels like it. Every other month, it seems we are treated to another fanciful tale of some down-on-their-luck do-gooder, who randomly stumbles upon a radiated spider or blueprints to a super-suit, and BAM! Now we have us a superhero!

With so many films on this topic, the question must be asked: Which one is The Best? Of every movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC Comics, or other publisher – which movie rises above all of their foes to become the greatest origin story for a superhero throughout the history of time itself?!

Thankfully, The Hollywood Outsider has heard your cries for a ruling on this topic. Therefore, for this episode of our podcast, we have setup yet another Movie Battle Royale. This time, 8 movies enter the ring, but only ONE will be crowned the Champion of the HOverse. Could it be the original Superman? Maybe Batman Begins or Spider-Man? What if we just went crazy and proclaimed Hellboy or Spawn the winner? There is only want way to find out, you’re not going to want to miss this podcast!

Join in on our conversation and listen to the latest episode of The Hollywood Outsider.

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The X-Files limited event series has concluded, so what did we think? Listen as we discuss each episode, what we thought of where the show and the characters left off, and especially: What did we think of THAT finale?!

The Truth Is In Here. 

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Police Officers, Federal Agents, Air Marshals – Television and Film are stuffed to the gills with lawmen doing all measures of things in the name of Justice. We have all watched a TV series or a movie and thought – Can a cop REALLY do that? Can they really search a criminal’s car without good reason? Can a Fed claim jurisdiction over a local Sheriff? Most importantly – Can a cop shoot a guy one day and be back on the street the very next day without even filing a report?!

These questions and more are about to finally be laid to rest as we bring in a special guest this week with over 20 years of experience in Law Enforcement to settle these debates once and for all!

Not only do we handle that topic, some upcoming releases, AND discuss some movie and TV news – Stick with us until the very end for our in-depth reactions to the latest Marvel juggernaut: Deadpool. What did we think of the ‘Merc With A Mouth’? Did he live up to lofty expectations? Has the world gone mad for a madman? Will we get an R-rated Wolverine movie because of all of this?

Discussed on this episode of The Hollywood Outsider Movie and TV Podcast:

  • (0:00 – 57:35) From The Outside In Topic: The Romantic Movie Survival Guide – DO’s and DON’T’s of romantic films  | Listener topic comments
  • (57:36 – 1:25:14) What’s This Movie? | Movie and TV news such as Transformers are now spinning off, will studios misunderstand the point of Deadpool’s success, why are we getting teaser trailers for trailers now, and much more | Upcoming Attractions: Race, Risen and The Witch | Emails
  • (1:25:15 – 2:13:15) Deadpool Reactions Cast
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It’s February, so it must be time for a little romance, right? But if you’re like us, you’re sick and tired of Hollywood churning out movies with the exact same cliches over and over and over again. So this week, we decided to focus on romance at the movies, specifically – This is our Romantic Movie Survival Guide!

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Movie parodies and spoofs have been around since Mel Brook perfected the formula in the 70's. From Blazing Saddles to Young Frankenstein to Airplane and on and on. But over the last 10-15 years, the genre has slide into the abyss. Which begs the question: Are movie parodies dead? 

Join in on our conversation and listen to the latest episode of The Hollywood Outsider as we discuss this and so much more.

Discussed on this episode of The Hollywood Outsider Movie and TV Podcast:

  • (34:10 – 56:54) From The Outside In Topic: Are movie parodies dead?  | Listener topic comments
  • (0:00 – 34:09) Movie and TV News: A Titanic issue is finally resolved, movies are getting remade as TV series, Stephen King’s thoughts on writers adapting their work, trailers for Green Room and Alice In Wonderland: Through The Looking Glass, and much more
  • (56:55 – 1:27:59) What’s This Movie? | Reviews of The Challenger, The Finest Hours, and Room | Upcoming Attractions: The Choice, Hail Caesar, Pride, Prejudice and Zombies | VOD and Blu-Ray Releases
  • (1:28:00 – 1:49:15) Emails | Closing | Outtakes
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The Challenger, now on VOD and DVD, tells the story of Jaden, a down-on-his-luck man looking to find his way in the world. He turns to a boxing trainer, played by Michael Clarke Duncan in his last role, to teach him how to be both the boxer and man he believes he can be.

Kent Moran directed and stars in the film, and here he sits down with Aaron to discuss his film, what it was like writing and directing, as well as working with Duncan. 

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