Join Liam Creswick, Gregg Beever, and Scott C. Bourgeois as they examine Hollywood’s most mediocre movies and attempt to rewrite a better film. How could the Man of Steel be less of a Man of Heel? What could Ghostbusters II have done to make bustin’ feel good again? What could have made Star Trek: Generations a film for a…generation? All these answers and more on I HAVE SOME NOTES!
Episodes
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
Happy belated New Year fellow armchair screenwriters, we're celebrating the new year by dwelling on the past, rounding up all the movies we loved and hated from 2017! Yes, Gregg already wrote a Best & Worst article, but who like reading, amiright?
Colin, Gregg and Scott also spend some time ruminating on a little indy film called Star Wars: The Last Jedi. It had a small run in theatres collecting a measly billion dollars, you can be forgiven for having missed it. Anyway, we chat about all things Porg in a brief spoilery discussion.
Tuesday Dec 19, 2017
Tuesday Dec 19, 2017
Our Christmas episode comes but once a year, so pour yourself an eggnog, cozy up to the fire and listen to the I Have Some Notes crew pick apart your third or possibly fourth favourite Die Hard film, Die Hard 2. For Gregg and Erin this was a tough film to tackle because they actually quite like it. Scott, on the other hand, felt the movie didn't Die nearly Harder enough. As Colin is so fond of saying, conflict makes great radio, and arguing the merits of a decades old sequel is exactly the kind of thing we call fun. Enjoy filling your earholes with Die Hard, have a fun and safe holiday season, and we'll see you all again in the new year.
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
It's the final Side Notes of twenty-seventeen and we are in fine form, let me tell you, mostly struggling with the fact that our recording space has no internet access. Erin Beever joins us to follow up on last month's discussion regarding the plague of grossness that is Hollywood. Did you hear John Lasseter joined the ranks of sexual abusers. He directed Toy Story…so…nothing is safe. Horray! We also jump into a round of what-we've-been-watching. We chat about Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, Lady Bird, Big Mouth, Murder on the Orient Express, Atomic Blonde and The Punisher. Listen in and catch us December 18th for our Christmas episode when Die Hard 2 gets noted.
Sunday Nov 26, 2017
Sunday Nov 26, 2017
German Villegas from Modern Manhood returns to take on the macho cultural touchstone that is Top Gun. We attempt to find a better way for Tom Cruise to graduate from flight school, hopefully without being smarmy, grinning douche. Gregg and Scott are also on the flight deck, while up in the control tower resuming his hosting duties is Colin "Grouse" MacIntyre!
Can Top Gun be Top Fun? These and other terrible jokes this week on I Have Some Notes, members of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB.
Sunday Nov 19, 2017
Sunday Nov 19, 2017
Fellow Alberta Podcast Network member German Villegas of Modern Manhood joins us for a chat about the torrent of sexual assault allegations spilling out of Hollywood and how masculinity is portrayed in movies. Yes, it's a bit less of the light-hearted affair you're used to when tuning into I Have Some Note, but we promise it's a fascinating listen and German provides some great insights. Besides, it would be weird to be doing a movie podcast and not acknowledge the depressing dumpster fire that is the entertainment industry.
Also, we welcome back Colin to the hosting chair!
Saturday Oct 28, 2017
Saturday Oct 28, 2017
In the future the polar ice caps have melted and the oceans cover every continent. It's a world of damp. A world of wet. A world…of water.
Waterworld, everybody! Whoo boy, this was a tough sit. Kevin Costner delivers a performance so subdued you'll think he's reading from a Shop Vac instruction manual. But no movie-fixing job is too tough for the Notesy Boys! I think we actually crushed it. In fact we spend a few minutes patting ourselves on the back about it.
Scott C. Bourgeois continues his stint as temp-host while Colin is away, Jeff Samsonow guest stars and Gregg is…also there.
Just FYI, the secret project Scott mentions at the end of the episode is no longer secret, go check out The Read Along where ever fine podcasts are sold!
Saturday Oct 14, 2017
Saturday Oct 14, 2017
It's our first Side Notes of Season 3 and we must have really missed doing these because it is a firehose of pop culture discussion. We touch on Blade Runner, MacGyver, MacGrubber, American Vandal, The Godfather, Citizen Kane, Planet of the Apes, China Town, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Peep Show and *gasp for air* The Thick of It. Also drinking from the film fire hydrate are returning guests Jeff Samsonow of the Edmonton Quotient and Sally "No Plugs Required" Poulsen.
Sunday Sep 10, 2017
Sunday Sep 10, 2017
The wait is over. I Have Some Notes is back for its 3rd season of movie improving and we're returning with a series of firsts for the show. The first first is our first Bond film: Moonraker. Yes, the Bond movie that never heard the phrase "less is more." Italian murder caskets? Sure. Super boats? Two please. Space? You bet your ass! Second on the list of firsts is no Colin. Mr. MacIntyre is off being a new daddy and will miss a few episodes, but the talented Scott C. Bourgeois has volunteered to sit in his chair and keep it warm. The last, but probably most important first is that this is our first episode as a member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB Financial. We're stoked to be joining the Network and its fleet of amazing shows sailing through the digital airwaves. Big thanks to Karen Unland for all her hard work putting the network together and helping to make our passion project more sustainable. Alright, enough preamble. Please join Scott, Gregg, Anita and the hilarious Liam Creswick in fixing James Bond: The Moonrakening!
Monday Jul 24, 2017
Monday Jul 24, 2017
It's the season finalé of I Have Some Notes! Don't worry, we're not leaving you for the summer without giving you something a little something extra special, we're fixing Tom Cruise's The Mummy! Okay, okay, so that in and of itself is not particularly special. What is special is that this time Colin, Gregg, Scott and Mark tried to fix the film IMMEDIATELY after watching it in the theatre. No note taking, no chewing on the film for a few days, no deep movie meditation, no nothing! It's all strictly off the cuff for our season finalé. We hope you enjoy it, and we'll see you again soon in the fall.
Sunday Jun 18, 2017
Sunday Jun 18, 2017
The dino park is open! The exhibits are amazing, the patrons are having a great time and everything seems like its going great when doggonit! Another dinosaur escapes in a surprisingly stupid way. Well, shoot, we better get Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard to wrangle up those rascals. Join Colin, Gregg, Scott and Anita as they try to refinish a movie that basically made all the money. But, hey, what do audiences know, right?