On the Rocks: Ep 7 - More Woody Allen & Movie Teasers

Welcome to the seventh episode of On the Rocks! In this installment, our contributors talk about the most random things. They start it off with talking about horror movies that actually scares them and then move on to the Dark Knight Rises teaser. Since we were on the subject of movie teasers, the Amazing Spider-Man was also brought up. Man... How can a film go wrong with Emma Stone in it? Anyway, if we've seen the Dark Knight teaser, that basically means we have also watched the final Harry Potter film. Each contributor shares their opinion about it. Was it good or was it a miss? Most importantly, who cried? With Harry Potter's final movie out and the Twilight series ending soon, which book series will be the next big thing? Of course, we also pick up from our original recording to continue discussing about Woody Allen films. What is his style and how many awards are under his belt?

Of course, our contributors discuss about more random things as well, so please check out what they have to say!



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Episode 15 - U2's 360 Tour & Woody Allen

Welcome back to the Natural Blog of X's 15th podcast episode! In this installment, Rob speaks about the two country concerts he attended while Colleen shares her experience at U2's 360 tour. There have been plenty of television news between Two & a Half Men killing of Charlie Sheen's character, How I Met Your Mother extends the series, and Breaking Bad returns to AMC. Phil will be leading off the movie topic. It was announced that Woody Allen's newest film, Midnight In Paris, has become his highest grossing film. We will be discussing our favorite projects from him and also discuss about the new movies that released during the weekend.

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1. Concerts
- Keith Urban
- Brad Paisley
- U2

2. TV News
- Breaking Bad returns
- Two & a Half Men kills of Sheen's character
- How I Met Your Mother extends for two more seasons

3. Woody Allen
- Midnight in Paris became his highest grossing film
- Each contributor's favorite Woody Allen Film

4. New Movie Releases
- Captain America: the First Avenger
- Friends with Benefits



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On the Rocks: Ep 6 - Final Destination Marathon & Making Skippies

Welcome back to the Natural Blog of X's uncensored segment, On the Rocks! Please join us as we share our recent marathon for the Final Destination franchise. Besides for that, we will also be talking about the big change that was announced for the Glee cast and our comparison to other shows like Friday Night Lights and Degrassi. Join us as we discuss about other things as well.

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On the Rocks
- Final Destination Marathon
- How to make Skippies
- Glee cast graduating
- In comparison to other shows like Friday Night Lights
- Can Glee survive without Leah Michelle's voice?
- Heroes vs Lost
- Harry Potter trio
- Predictions on their future movie career
- Best Picture nomination for Deathly Hallows?
- Jeter's 3K Hit



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Episode 14 - Google+ & Harry Potter Craziness

Welcome to the 14th episode of the Natural Blog of X's podcast recording! If you don't live under a rock, you might know that the new and final installment of the Harry Potter film had made its wide release this weekend. Colleen will be leading off the long discussion about this beloved franchise that grew up with us from the beginning. Please join us as we reveal our thoughts about the whole series as a book and movie. If you enjoy this episode and want to know more about our blog, please visit our wordpress page.

1. Google+
- Our thoughts and experience so far
- Comparison against other social networks

2. Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Season premiere

3. Our long time friend, Harry Potter
- Our likes and dislikes of the series
- What we took from it
- Why we love this franchise

4. New Movie Releases
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 2
- Winnie the Pooh



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On the Rocks: Ep 5 - Who is the next Tom Hanks?

Welcome to our only unedited and uncensored segment for the Natural Blog of X. Today, our contributors mainly stayed on the movie topic. With how Larry Crowne failed miserably in the box office and with critics, some people might have harsh criticisms about Tom Hanks' current acting career. No matter what though, he will always be loved by the contributors of the Natural Blog of X, but the main questions is: Can there be a new Tom Hanks? If so, who will it be? As we discuss about this, we couldn't help but notice the actresses were being left out during this conversation as well. Does Hollywood or writers actually treat actresses fairly? Seriously, how many films have you seen that actually revolves around a female role instead of the male?



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Episode 13 - Late Night Battle & Movie Pass Fails

Welcome back everyone! Thank you for joining Phil, Dan, and Rob as we have much to say in our 13th episode of the Natural Blog of X podcast. If you usually watch the Grammys award show, I'm sure you have always noticed the huge number of categories they have. Recently, 30 categories from the Grammys had been cut out. Phil will be leading this topic as we express our opinions on this action. Afterwards, Rob will be leading the discussion on the ratings battle between Late Night with Jay Leno and Jon Stewart's the Daily Show. The two shows mainly aim for the same age demographics and Leno had always gotten the most ratings compared to any other late night talk shows. However, the Daily Show had recently dethroned Leno's show. Does this mean Stewart is the new king of late night talk shows? Listen on as we reveal what our thoughts are and what other late night talk shows we watch mostly. At the end, Dan leads the discussion on the failure of the Movie Pass and this weekend's new movie releases, Zookeeper and Horrible Bosses. Not too long ago, something called the movie pass was introduced to the public, but it was never fully launched. A beta version was being held, but it was short lived due to the big name theaters such as AMC and Landmark could not agree on this.

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1. Grammy Category Cuts
- 30 categories cut or merged
- Which categories?

2. Battle of Late Night
- Is Jon Stewart the new king of late night?

3. Movie Pass Test Run
- Was it a good idea?
- How did it fail?

4. New Movie Releases
- Zookeeper
- Horrible Bosses



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On the Rocks: Ep 4 - Challenge Announcement & Morgan Freeman Marathon

Welcome to our fourth installment of On the Rocks! There are many things that we speak about this week, which includes our Morgan Freeman marathon, the announcement for our next challenge, choosing fictional characters for president, New York passing the law to allow gay marriage, and many more. Please join us for this crazy and uncensored segment.



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Episode 12 - Big Win for Gamers & James Spader in 'the Office'

Welcome to the 12th episode of our podcast! In this episode, you will be joined by Dan, Phil, Rob, and Colleen. This week, we replaced our music discussion with a video game topic instead. In 2005, Governor Schwarzenegger attempted to pass a law for California to prevent minors from buying violent video games. However, this law was blocked by the lower courts before it was ever legalized. Phil will be leading this discussion later. It was announced that James Spader will be joining the cast of 'the Office', but he will not be replacing Michael Scott's position at Dunder and Mifflin. Rob will be leading this discussion and reveal who Spader's character will replace instead. If you actually went to watch Cars 2 recently, you might have also caught the teaser for Pixar's next project, Brave. Dan will be leading this topic along with this weekend's new movie releases. If you enjoy this, please feel free to also visit us on wordpress.

1. Supreme Court Ruling on Video Game Law
- Governator tried to pass the law in 2005
- Supreme Court's decision in 2011
- What kind of effect it could have done to the movie and music industry?

2. 'Office' Character Replacement
- James Spader will become a new cast member but not for Carell's character

3. Pixar's 'Brave' Teaser
- Our thoughts

4. New Movie Releases
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Larry Crowne
- Monte Carlo



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