The Weekly Stuff #479 - 200 Reviews: Discussing & Reading From the New Book by Jonathan Lack

Purely Academic with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman

Today’s episode is all about 200 Reviews, the new book by co-host Jonathan Lack, which contains, well, 200 reviews, mostly of movies, but also some TV and video games, some that have been seen before, and many that haven’t. You can buy the book now in paperback, for Amazon Kindle, and as a digital bundle with PDF and EPUB versions. We tell you all about it on today’s episode, with Sean interviewing Jonathan about the book’s contents, and Jonathan reading eight excerpts from the book, including reviews for The Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man 2, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, and more! We also take a look at Jonathan’s earliest-ever reviews, from when he was just ten years old, in one of the funnier segments we’ve ever recorded.

Enjoy!

Time Chart:

Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:00:30

Discussing 200 Reviews: 0:00:30 – 1:12:36

Barbie: 1:12:36 – 1:21:34

Cats: 1:21:34 – 1:38:13

A Christmas Carol: 1:38:13 – 1:45:20

The Grand Budapest Hotel: 1:45:20 – 1:55:40

The Lord of the Rings: 1:55:40 – 2:03:34

Spider-Man 2: 2:03:34 – 2:09:24

Star Trek Into Darkness: 2:09:24 – 2:27:19

Star Wars Episode III: 2:27:19 – 2:41:01

Outro: 2:41:01 – 2:41:41

Buy 200 Reviews in Paperback on Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKMPX2CK

Buy 200 Reviews for Kindle on Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CK68K3WG

Buy 200 Reviews as an EPUB/PDF bundle at Ko-fi – https://ko-fi.com/s/07bc1a2b39

Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff

Subscribe to JAPANIMATION STATION, our sister series about the wide, wacky world of anime: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation

Explore our archives and subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcasting platforms:

https://weeklystuffpodcast.com

Follow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content!

https://weeklystuff.substack.com

Ending music by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/

Read Jonathan Lack’s movie reviews and stay up to date with all our podcast projects at https://www.jonathanlack.com

Subscribe to JAPANIMATION STATION, our podcast about the wide and wonderful world of anime: https://japanimationstation.com

Read Jonathan’s book 200 Reviews in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK

Subscribe to our YouTube channels!

Japanimation Station: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation

Purely Academic: https://www.youtube.com/@purelyacademicpodcast

Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff

Original Music by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/

©2012 - Present Jonathan R. Lack & Sean Chapman