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Toddlers and Movies Made for Them

The Screeners start out this week\\u2019s Jump Cuts by proving they\\u2019re not completely self-absorbed\\u2014it seems the next generation might have a bit of a media problem, and the Screeners have a solution. You\\u2019re welcome, toddlers. Listen carefully, and you\\u2019ll also gain some key insight into Chris\\u2019 views on marriage.

Next up is a mini-review of Pain & Gain, Michael Bay\\u2019s latest...let\\u2019s just say \\u201ceffort\\u201d. It\\u2019s a movie ready-made for Chris; can Josh convince him otherwise, or is there a twist in the works? Remember, folks; it\\u2019s all a true story.

After a rousing discussion of Michael Bay\\u2019s merits as an auteur, the tone turns sober as the Screeners ponder a recent Danny Boyle interview. The director gave his take on the state of modern cinema, and it\\u2019s not entirely rosy. Do today\\u2019s movies reflect the difficult yet rewarding complexity of life, or is Hollywood just filling seats? If so, whose fault is it?

Finally, the four have some words for the theater industry and their new crop of tie-in advertising during trailer time. The focus in this Jump Cut is on a theater spot for Pacific Rim, but the campaign\\u2019s bigger than that, and the only video example we can seem to find is for Fast & Furious 6. Just replace the cars with mechs and Vin Diesel with an actor, and you have pretty much the same movie, so it\\u2019ll do.

The discussion quickly moves on from cross-promotion to the theater experience in general, and we begin to question Josh\\u2019s motives for being a Screener in the first place.

The Man in the Iron Mask (is back)

This week\\u2019s main event is, of course, none other than Iron Man 3. It dominated the North American box office with over $175 million on opening weekend, so statistically speaking, there\\u2019s a decent chance you\\u2019ve seen it or will get around to it before long. Will Tony Stark\\u2019s PTSD leave him vulnerable, or will his sarcasm-as-defense mechanism drive away everyone he loves? Oh yeah, and there\\u2019s a villain too.

We won\\u2019t ruin the fun here, but this episode\\u2019s spoilers section just might, so go ahead and fast forward to the Cutting Room Floor if you want to be, um, surprised by the comic book plot. Oh, and before you see it and get the wrong idea, Chattanooga wants you to know something about their Internet speed.

Some Love for the Runners-up

Shifting from a movie-heavy week back to the other screens in their lives, the Screeners dedicate the final segment to the also-rans from their entertainment schedules.

Here\\u2019s the gist:  Josh wants Arrested Development to start (are we surprised?), can\\u2019t wait to watch West Wing for the second time, and has found a new music streaming site that\\u2019s taken over a bit of Pandora\\u2019s market share for him. Chad\\u2019s kept watching The Americans and also has some quality movies he thinks you should catch on your streaming service of choice.  Melody still loves Game of Thrones and follows a number of other shows religiously, both comedies and dramas. Chris still admits he owns a PS Vita and is really hoping ratings go better for Hannibal than they do for almost every other NBC show.

Before signing off, the Screeners give a shout-out to a couple listeners they\\u2019ve heard from since the last episode. They\\u2019re planning on making this a regular thang, so leave yr comments here or on Facebook for reals, yo. We also accept e-mails, tweets, and self-addressed stamped envelopes (preferably addressed to somewhere we\\u2019ve gotten a bill from recently; we hate addressing envelopes).

That\\u2019s all for now; we\\u2019ll be back in a couple weeks with reviews of Star Trek: Into Darkness (with or without Josh, who thinks he might have to do himself physical harm if he has to watch a combination of Zachary Quinto and J.J. Abrams for two hours) and The Great Gatsby (with or without Chris, who got distracted trying to figure out who Henry James was while looking at the reviews for the eponymous book on Amazon).