RunLolaRun @ WeTalkDuringMovies.com Sunday 3:30 CST

Hey talkers,
Hope everyone had a good holiday. Just reminding you that we are watching a movie tomorrow at 3:30 CST, Run Lola Run. This is going to be our first subtitled movie, but it's an easy read. Go to WeTalkDuringMovies.com this Sunday 3:30 CST.

"A thrilling post-MTV roller-coaster ride, Run Lola Run is the internationally acclaimed sensation about two star-crossed lovers who have only minutes to change the course of their lives. Time is running out for Lola (Franka Potente): She's just received a frantic phone call from her boyfriend, Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who has lost a small fortune belonging to his mobster boss. If Lola doesn't replace the money in 20 minutes, Manni will surely suffer severe consequences!"

Talk to you soon,
John Brooks Pounders

The Sum of all Fears this week on WeTalkDuringMovies.com @ 3:30 CST Sunday

Hey talkers,

This week we are talking during "The Sum of All Fears", just bring your DVD or netflix account this week @ 3:30 CST this Sunday. It's been a fun first month and hope that everyone keeps coming back! If you haven't made it yet you should come this week...it's a lot of fun.

"Why are three missing Russian nuclear scientists holed up in the Ukraine, communicating with neo-Nazis? CIA agent Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) digs up more information than the U.S. government is willing to accept. As bombs kill thousands in Chechnya and the United States, Ryan races against time to prevent all-out nuclear war. Based on the novel by Tom Clancy, this high-intensity technothriller co-stars Morgan Freeman."

Hope to see you there,

John Brooks Pounders

We Talk During Movies announces Sunday's viewing

From a message from We Talk During Movies' Facebook group:

Hey,
This week we are watching The Core @ 3:30 pm CST.
"The Earth's inner core has stopped spinning, and scientist Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) must discover the cause before the world literally falls apart. He and a group of brilliant researchers burrow deep into the Earth's center in a subterranean vessel piloted by Maj. Beck Childs (Hilary Swank) and Col. Robert Iverson (Bruce Greenwood). There, they'll detonate a device that they hope will get the world to turn again ... before it's too late."

Thanks,
John Brooks Pounders

P.S. As usual try to show up a little early and bring your DVD/Netflix account.

We Talk During Movies announces its Halloween special

From a message from We Talk During Movies' Facebook group:

Hey Talkers,
This week we are going to be having the show @ 7:30 CST this Sunday. This is only a temporary time change. We will be viewing the first four episodes from "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Season 1. Hope you can join us for an episode or two!

Revenge
Length: 26 minutes

Alfred Hitchcock directs this episode about an enraged husband who decides to get revenge on the man who attacked his wife, a former ballet dancer. After defending his fragile wife's honor, he faces an even greater threat from her troubled past.

Additional Actors:
Ralph Meeker, Vera Miles, Frances Bavier, Ray Montgomery, John Gallaudet, Ray Teal, Norman Willis, John Daheim, Lillian O'Malley, Herbert Lytton


Premonition
Length: 26 minutes

Hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, a pianist returns to his hometown and learns that his dad died four years ago. But things aren't adding up, and the strange behavior of old friends and family only fuels the musician's suspicions.

Additional Actors:
John Forsythe, Cloris Leachman, Warren Stevens, George Macready, Percy Helton, Harry Tyler, Paul Brinegar


Triggers in Leash
Length: 26 minutes

Restaurant owner Maggie gets caught up in a feud between two men who argued during a poker game the night before. Guns are drawn and the men prepare for an old-fashioned duel, but Maggie dares to stop them any way she can.

Additional Actors:
Gene Barry, Darren McGavin, Ellen Corby, Casey MacGregor


Don't Come Back Alive
Length: 26 minutes

A couple's scheme to collect insurance money by faking the wife's death comes back to haunt the husband when his wife returns with a brand-new attitude after spending seven long years in hiding.

Additional Actors:
Sidney Blackmer, Virginia Gregg, Robert Emhardt, Irene Tedrow, Edna Holland

Thanks,
John Brooks Pounders

Kings of Leon, reviewed by John Brooks Pounders

This is the inaugural installment of 90.7's new venture, Capstone Concert Consulting. We send our staff to shows and events and they report back to us.

On October 10, John Brooks and I (MJ) attended the Kings Leon concert at the Alabama Theater in Birmingham. Pictures from the concert will be coming soon.

Manchester Orchestra opened the show and everyone around us in the audience kept asking one another, "Who is that band? They're really good!" You may recognize Manchester Orchestra if you subscribe to Paste Magazine. Their songs have been included in two Paste CDs so far. I managed to catch up with their lead singer after the show and gave him my business card (shamelessly promoting 90.7 The Capstone, of course). : ) Maybe we can convince Manchester Orchestra to come to Tuscaloosa.

After a short break, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club followed Manchester Orchestra. They definitely didn't disappoint the audience. I'm looking forward to seeing them again at Voodoo Fest in New Orleans October 26-28 (Kings of Leon will be at Voodoo Fest also).

Finally, Kings of Leon... I confess that I had not listened to Kings of Leon very much before, but after this concert I find myself playing and replaying the album that John Brooks graciously loaned me. They're fantastic live. I enjoyed watching the crowd's response to the music; their faces shined with an almost religious zeal - a cliched phrase, yes, but so applicable in this case.

I'll let John Brooks elaborate according to the questions I sent him:

1. Artist Quality:
Kings of Leon put on a really good show. They seemed like class acts, even though I couldn't understand what they said between songs. The main singer rocked a v-neck and gold chain like no other. Sometimes I did feel like they might have missed a few queues musically, but that could have been my imagination. They were nonetheless very good performers and left the audience happy.

2. Song Selection/Line Up:
The song selection was right on for me. They played their "classics" like Molly's Chamber and newer songs like Charmer. I was suprised that they would sing Charmer because of the painful screeching the song requires. Kings of Leon also wisely chose to play one of their newest songs, Knocked Up, as the lead song for their encore. The set list was strong and dynamic leaving new and old fans pleased.

3. Pretend I’ve never heard this band before, and try to describe their sound/genre to me:
Kings of Leon is best described as Southern Garage Rock. Using poetic and sometimes painful words mixed with usually up-tempo beats, Kings of Leon creates a slightly modded and very approachable southern rock sound.

4. Venue Atmosphere and Appearance:
The Alabama Theatre is a beautiful theater built in the 1920's by Paramount Studios. From Alabamatheatre.com, "It was used primarily as a movie palace for 55 years, with the exception of the annual Miss Alabama pageant and the weekly Mickey Mouse Club." The staff is very eager to fill any patrons in on information about the theater's history and significance to Birmingham, Alabama.

5. Venue Acoustics – and other technical issues that come to mind:
The Alabama Theatre has really good acoustics; the Kings of Leon sounded just like they did on their cds.

We Talk During Movies announces next viewing

I received notification today through We Talk During Movie's Facebook group regarding their next event:

Ok, so we're getting a little more serious this week. Will Wheaton, River Pheonix, Corey Feldman, Keifer Sutherland, and Jerry O' Connell go on a search for a Teen's dead body and come back a little more grown up. Just go to WeTalkDuringMovies.com @ 3:30 CST this Sunday and laugh..cry..grow..or talk about how badass Keifer Sutherland is(Jack Bower '08)!

From IMDB:
"Based on Stephen King's Short story "The Body", "Stand By Me" tells the tale of Gordie Lachance, a writer who looks back on his preteen days when he and three close friends went on their own adventure to find the body of a kid their age who had gone missing and presumed dead. The stakes are upped when the bad kids in town are closely tailing - and it becomes a race to see who'll be able to recover the body first."

See you Sunday,
John Brooks Pounders

Movie Viewing and Social Media Site WeTalkDuringMovies.com Announces Recent Launch

WeTalkDuringMovies.com, a site where individuals can watch movies and chat with each other using text or voice, announces its recent launch.

Florence, AL (PRWEB) October 3, 2007 -- WeTalkDuringMovies.com (www.WeTalkDuringMovies.com), an online social media movie viewing site, announces its recent launch. The new site allows individuals to communicate with one another by voice or text chat while watching streaming video. Film buffs can now take part in a community where other viewers don’t mind commentary during the show.

“WeTalkDuringMovies.com is revolutionary because it allows individuals from across the country to get together in a fun and interesting way,” says John Brooks Pounders, 22, a student at the University of Alabama and founder of WeTalkDuringMovies.com. “I’ve always wanted to make a way for people to talk during movies. With the site, I hope to recreate the experience of having my best friends in the room drinking beer and riffing off each other about a movie.”

WeTalkDuringMovies.com is revolutionary because it allows individuals from across the country to get together in a fun and interesting way

Visitors to WeTalkDuringMovies.com can watch the weekly video either streaming from Netflix’s on-demand option or through a personal copy of the DVD.

Once the movie starts, individuals can chat with another via a chat box at the top of the page. The chat box’s location allows site visitors to keep an eye on the movie and on commentary simultaneously. Individuals can also use telephone, Skype or free software provided by TalkShoe.com to join the conversation. All calls are routed through TalkShoe.com and broadcasted live.

''The format is going to be extremely experimental,'' Pounders says. “But that’s part of the site’s appeal – it offers something that no other Web site does.”

Viewings on WeTalkDuringMovies.com will take place on Sundays beginning at 3:30 p.m. CST. Those who miss the live weekly show will be able to listen and watch in podcast form. Each week users will be able to pick what movie they want to watch the next week.

For more information on WeTalkDuringMovies.com, please visit www.WeTalkDuringMovies.com.