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Tim and the Weez Episode XX: The Breakfast Club And An American In Paris

July 6, 2015

Tim and the Weez celebrate their 20th episode with an analysis of high school solitude in The Breakfast Club. They then travel to post-WWII Paris and dance with Gene Kelly in An American in Paris. image cr...

Tim and the Weez Episode XIX: The French Connection and Shane

Tim Leininger

June 29, 2015

Entertainment, Talk

Tim and the Weez discuss the Machiavellian methods of "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection and then delve into the allegories of Corporate America in the classic western Shane. Image credits: bit.ly/...

Tim And The Weez Episode XVIII: Ben-Hur And Forrest Gump

Tim Leininger

June 22, 2015

Entertainment, Public Affairs, Talk

Tim and the Weez compare Ben-Hur to modern day religion and American cultures and government. They also reflect on America through the eyes of the innocent in Forrest Gump. Image credit: Catherine Chen @...

Tim and the Weez Episode XVII: The Gold Rush And Wuthering Heights

Tim Leininger

June 18, 2015

Entertainment, Public Affairs, Talk

Tim and the Weez discuss the continued comedic influence of Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush and discuss the class division and revenge in the 1939 version of Wuthering Heights starring Laurence Olivier. Ph...

Tim and the Weez Episode XVI: Metropolis And Dances With Wolves

Tim Leininger

June 8, 2015

Entertainment, Public Affairs, Talk

Tim and the Weez discuss class conflict with Fritz Lang's 1927 classic Metropolis and cultural integration with Kevin Costner's 1990 seven Oscar winner Dances With Wolves. Image credit: bit.ly/1QjafMC &...

Tim and the Weez Episode XV: Soldier and City Lights

Tim Leininger

June 1, 2015

Entertainment, Public Affairs, Talk

Tim and the Weez visit the dystopian future of Soldier starring Kurt Russell and discover that love is truly blind with Charlie Chaplin in City Lights. Photo credit: bit.ly/1RG6wpo & bit.ly/1JkGsgM...

Tim And The Weez Episode XIV: Rocky IV – VI And American Graffiti

Tim Leininger

May 26, 2015

Entertainment, Public Affairs, Talk

Tim and the Weez return to the ring for the second half of the Rocky series, as we discuss the series' varied levels of achievement in portraying success through adversity. They also visit the last fleeting...

Tim And The Weez Episode XIII: Rocky I – III

Tim Leininger

May 19, 2015

Entertainment, Public Affairs, Talk

Run up the steps of the Rocky series with Tim and the Weez as they discuss the first three films in a two part series discussing the long lasting inspiration of one of cinema's most enduring characters: Roc...

Tim and the Weez Episode XII The Wild Bunch and The Deer Hunter

Tim Leininger

May 11, 2015

Entertainment, Public Affairs, Talk

Tim and the Weez goes on a violent trip through the wild west with Willam Holden and Ernest Borgnine in Sam Peckinpah's ultraviolent classic The Wild Bunch. They also discuss the effects of war on small tow...

Tim and the Weez Episode XI: Giant and Modern Times

Tim Leininger

May 6, 2015

Entertainment, Public Affairs, Talk

It's a Giant episode with Tim and the Weez with our hour long end of semester special. We discuss racism and sexism in the 3 1/2 hour epic Giant and surviving the Great Depression with Charlie Chaplin in Mo...