Elitist Bastards: The Way Back to Tiny Blue Valenties, No Strings Attached

Posted on by Ken Hanke and Justin Souther

In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies podcast, Mountain Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther discuss current and upcoming releases Blue Valentine, Tiny Furniture, No Strings Attached and The Way Back. They also champion the sequel-surviving charms of A Nightmare On Elm Street (this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show), give passing nods to Unfaithfully Yours (next week’s Asheville Film Society screening, rescheduled from last week due to snow) and Black Death (a special, free pre-festival screening for this year’s ActionFest). And just to cap things off, the duo consider the potential qualities of upcoming releases The Rite and The Mechanic.

Podcast produced/cohered by Steve Shanafelt. The theme music is “1832” by E. Lee. Photo by Jonathan Welch. The Elitist Bastards podcast is also available on the iTunes store as a free download.

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15 thoughts on “Elitist Bastards: The Way Back to Tiny Blue Valenties, No Strings Attached”

  6. Jeremy Dylan

    Before he came, was your time runnin’ low?
    Not only that, but I was lost and had, in fact, tossed the losing dice – not to mentioned crossed all my bridges.

  13. Ken Hanke

    OK. I’ll admit it. I had to look up who the hell Conor Oberst was, so to me Conor Oberst looks like a cheap imitation of Justin.

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