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License To Watch is a show about franchises, movie franchises! Join long-time friends Matt McGregor, Harris McCabe and Colin Shaw as they try to unearth the perfect movie franchise. Does one truly exist? They'll be analyzing some of your favorite movie franchises one movie at a time with some help from special guests! Find out which movies are deserving of a...license to watch!
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![Star Trek: The Motion Picture (w/ Sean Jarrett)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2130314/ST1_Poster_Square_300x300.png)
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (w/ Sean Jarrett)
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
The human adventure is JUST BEGINNING!! Welcome to our next film franchise: STAR TREK! We'll be covering the original six Star Trek films only. Here are the release dates and films:
1) Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) on 7/19/20
2) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) on 8/02/20
3) Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984) on 8/16/20
4) Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) on 8/30/20
5) Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) on 9/13/20
6) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) on 9/27/20
I hope you all are ready to boldly go where no PODCAST has gone before!! We've got a slew of special guests lined up too! So get ready for some intense sci-fi action baby!!!
Joining us for this episode is friend of the pod and film editor, Sean Jarrett!
Oh also, check out our patreon at www.patreon.com/L2W
We'll be covering the 4 Next Generation films over there! So if you're a true trekkie and want to hear us dish about Jean-Luc Picard and Worf, then please subscribe for only $1 a month!!
![Mission: Impossible - Franchise Rankings and Wrap-up!](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2130314/tom_300x300.jpeg)
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Mission: Impossible - Franchise Rankings and Wrap-up!
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Mission: ACCOMPLISHED!
We did it, we ranked and reviewed all six of the currently released films in the Mission: Impossible franchise! And rest assured, we will return once new iterations are released. With the quarantine and subsequent shutdown of the movie industry it's hard to say when that will be, but pending a 12 Monkeys-esque end-of-the-world scenario...the Bond Boyz will be there!
Big special thanks to our six guests for this series:
Andrew Zuber - @TheRealZuber on Twitter
Jacob Strick - @JakeStrick on Twitter
Tarik Jackson - @ReekSpeaks on Twitter
Charlie Kaufman - @thumbz_the_cat on Instagram
Arbi Derzakharian (lives off the grid, like a boss)
Chandler Smidt - @smidiot4 on Twitter
Next week I will post our schedule of episodes for our upcoming series: Star Trek (the Kirk films...but not the J.J. ones!)
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![Mission: Impossible - Fallout (w/ Chandler Smidt)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2130314/fallout_pic_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (w/ Chandler Smidt)
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
This is it...the final part of our Mission: Impossible franchise review... Mission: Impossible - FALLOUT
Christopher McQuarrie is BACK to write and direct another entry in this crazy series. He's the first director to come back for double duty, and guess what! He's coming back for TWO MORE! These movies went from an auteur driven series to a full-on Christopher McQuarrie series! Incredible?...or IMPOSSIBLE?!
Here's the official synopsis of this film:
"Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has to deal with the...fallout...of the previous film, as a group of terrorists called The Apostles has formed in the wake of The Syndicate, the villainous organization from the last film. The whole team (plus some newbies including the Man of Steel himself, Henry Cavill) are back to help out again...except for Jeremy Renner because he was too busy being HAWKEYE in some small indie film or something, you've probably never heard of it.."
This ends our Mission: Impossible series, but stick around till the end to find out what our NEXT FRANCHISE will be!!
Special guest for this episode is writer and friend of the pod, Chandler Smidt!
Follow Chandler on Instagram here: @Smidiot
Follow Chandler on Twitter here: @Smidiot4
Follow her work by watching Supergirl on the CW!
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![Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (w/ Arbi Derzakharian)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2130314/mi5_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (w/ Arbi Derzakharian)
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Welcome to the Rogue Nation, baby!!
Make way for the latest director to tackle one of these bad boys, Christopher McQuarrie. The writer of The Usual Suspects and Valkyrie is stepping up to the plate for the 5th Mission: Impossible movie. Is it a home run or does he strike out?
Here's the official synopsis for this film:
"The Syndicate, a super secret criminal organization, has it in for our beloved IMF team. Can Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his crew stop them? To make things even more complicated, Hunt gets extra confused when he meets the elusive Ilsa (Rebecca Ferguson), because even she doesn't know which team she plays for in this wacky flick!"
Joining us is special guest and friend of the pod, Arbi Derzakharian!
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![Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (w/ Charlie Kaufman)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2130314/mi4_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (w/ Charlie Kaufman)
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Listen in as we dissect the classic film, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol! It's the first film to utilize a subtitle instead of a sequential number, which makes it less of a sequel and more of its own thing...right? Maybe? If anything it just confuses people as to which number sequel this is...
Here's the official synopsis of this film:
"Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is BACK and this time...HE'S SINGLE AGAIN, LADIES!! Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) sits this one out too. But Hunt is joined by Jane (Paula Patton), Brandt (Jeremy Renner) and former computer nerd turned IMF agent Benji (Simon Pegg). This time the team has to stop a madman from blowing up San Francisco. Can they do it?!? Oh, and don't worry, this one's shot in IMAX 70mm film, so shut up film nerds!"
Our special guest for this episode is friend of the pod, writer and producer Charlie Kaufman!
Follow Charlie's cat on Instagram here: @thumbz_the_cat
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![Mission: Impossible III (w/ Tarik Jackson)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2130314/mi3_300x300.jpg)
Sunday May 24, 2020
Mission: Impossible III (w/ Tarik Jackson)
Sunday May 24, 2020
Sunday May 24, 2020
Today we'll be discussing Mission: Impossible III, directed by J.J. Abrams. This movie came out immediately after Tom Cruise's couch jumping and Scientology antics, so people weren't exactly in love with the guy as much. Did that have an effect on this movie's box office return? That's for YOU to decide!
Here's the official synopsis of this film:
"Ethan Hunt (Cruise) gets a new team together to help him hunt down an arms dealer named Owen Davien (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and a mysterious MacGuffin called the "Rabbit's Foot". It's J.J. Abrams at his finest, before he discovered lens flares!"
Joining us on this adventure is friend of the pod, writer, director and improviser, Tarik Jackson!
Follow our guest Tarik Jackson on Twitter: @ReekSpeaks
Follow Tarik's comedy antics on Instagram: @CornbreadKitchen
Check out Tarik's film on Instagram: @BushBabyFilm
Don't be a fool, stay in school! I mean...join our Patreon for only $1 a month here: www.patreon.com/L2W
![Mission: Impossible II (w/ Jacob Strick)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2130314/mi2_300x300.jpg)
Sunday May 10, 2020
Mission: Impossible II (w/ Jacob Strick)
Sunday May 10, 2020
Sunday May 10, 2020
2000's Mission: Impossible II is the subject of this show and this time the boyz are joined by none other than writer and musician, Jacob Strick! Jacob has a unique connection to this film, which makes him the perfect guest to help us dive head-first into this enigma of a motion picture. Free solo stunts, motorcycles, generic white dude bad guys, viruses, slow motion shots galore, plus Limp Bizkit! This film has it all!
Here's the official synopsis of this film:
"Directed by Hong Kong action legend, John Woo, this movie finds Ethan Hunt embroiled in a love triangle between the mysterious Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandie Newton) and the boringly-named Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) while trying to figure out the mystery behind a new virus called Chimera and also its cure, Bellerophon. Don't know what those are? Don't worry, they only explain it forty-seven times in the movie!"
Come along to the tune of "Iko Iko" with the boyz as they come prepared to every possible life scenario with masks of each others faces at all times...JUST IN CASE!
Follow our guest Jacob Strick on Twitter: @JakeStrick
Follow Jacob's band, Qbomb, on Instagram: @QBombBand
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![Mission: Impossible (w/ Andrew Zuber}](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2130314/MI_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
Mission: Impossible (w/ Andrew Zuber}
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
On this first official movie franchise coverage episode of License To Watch, the boyz are joined by Los Angeles magician and writer, Andrew Zuber, to cover 1996's Mission: Impossible, the one that started it all! This is a movie unlike the others.
Here's the official synopsis of this film:
"A spy thriller directed with flair by Brian DePalma that sees our hero, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) dealing with the deaths of his team as he tries to unravel the mystery behind the identity of...THE MOLE."
Join the boyz on this epic mole hunt as they try to sniff out why this movie is so damned rad!
Follow our guest Andrew Zuber on Twitter: @TheRealZuber
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![Series Pre-Show - Mission: Impossible](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2130314/L2W_Icon_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Series Pre-Show - Mission: Impossible
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
This is it! The inaugural episode of our new official podcast, LICENSE TO WATCH!
Matt McGregor, Harris McCabe and Colin Shaw are back and this time they'll be breaking down movie franchises. The first one up...Mission:Impossible!
This is the first franchise pre-show episode, wherein we will be getting you all PUMPED for the upcoming franchise that we are about to cover. Get ready for six, count 'em SIX glorious episodes focusing on the covert ops antics of Ethan Hunt and co. Here are the movies that will each be getting their own episode and when they will release:
1) Mission: Impossible (1996) on 4/26/20
2) Mission: Impossible II (2000) on 05/10/20
3) Mission: Impossible III (2006) on 05/24/20
4) Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) on 06/07/20
5) Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) on 06/21/20
6) Mission: Impossible: Fallout (2018) on 07/05/20
Your mission, should you choose to accept it... is to like and subscribe to the License to Watch podcast and buckle up for a wild ride. This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds...but not really though...that'd be insane..
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![Bondcast...James Bondcast! - Special Series Recap Episode](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog2130314/Screen_Shot_2020-04-12_at_11_48_10_AM_300x300.png)
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Bondcast...James Bondcast! - Special Series Recap Episode
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
It's been a hell of a fun ride ranking these movies but all good things must come to an end...sort of? I mean..we've still technically got one more movie to go...
...but until No Time To Die ever actually comes out it's time for the Bond Boyz to look back and examine the experiment that was "Bondcast...James Bondcast!"
Was it worth it? Have we truly learned anything or experienced anything through a different perspective? Join us as we ponder over what was, what could have been, and what, for better or worse, just IS.
Before we head over into "License to Watch" territory together, let's take one last stroll down memory lane.
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