Companion (Featuring Josh Bell)
On the 445th episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell joins me to talk about Companion! It's all killer robots, incels and spoilers on this one folks. Puzzle pieces include Her, M3GAN, Ex Machina and Revenge.
As always, SPOILER ALERT for Companion and the movies we discuss!
Written by Drew Hancock
Directed by Drew Hancock
Starring Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Rupert Friend
Warner Bros.
Josh Bell is a film critic whose reviews can be read at CBR, Crooked Marquee, The Inlander and elsewhere. With comedian and filmmaker Jason Harris, he co-hosts the podcast Awesome Movie Year, at awesomemovieyear.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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My latest David Rosen album MISSING PIECES: 2018-2024 is a compilation album that fills in the gaps in unreleased music made during the sessions for 2018's A Different Kind Of Dream, 2020's David Rosen, 2022's MORE CONTENT and 2025's upcoming And Other Unexplained Phenomena. Find it on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify and everywhere else you can find music.
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My latest music video is “Shaking" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzm8s4nuqlA
The song at the end of the episode is "Artificial" for which I have a music video with a somewhat similar theme to Companion. Check out the "Artificial" music video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6wnnMqoEr8
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