Eric, Joe, and Michael tear down Denis Villeneuves "Prisoners" (which stars Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Viola Davis) and before the guys wrap up, Eric and Michael review the end of AMCs "Breaking Bad." "Prisoners" seems to make a mess of a simple suspense yet most audiences like it. Whats going on here?! Whats with the tree bark, toy whistle, and the villains black juice?

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Michael Minkoff, Eric Rauch, Joe Darnell

Movieology #7: The Walls Are Covered In These Mazes

OCT 24, 201366 MIN
Movieology

Movieology #7: The Walls Are Covered In These Mazes

OCT 24, 201366 MIN

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pEric, Joe, and Michael tear down Denis Villeneuversquo;s quot;Prisonersquot; (which stars Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Viola Davis) and before the guys wrap up, Eric and Michael review the end of AMCrsquo;s quot;Breaking Bad.quot; quot;Prisonersquot; seems to make a mess of a simple suspense yet most audiences like it. Whatrsquo;s going on here?! Whatrsquo;s with the tree bark, toy whistle, and the villainrsquo;s black juice?/ph2Show Notes amp; Links/h2ullih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpXfcTF6iVk"Movie trailer for #8216;Prisoners#8217;/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392214/?ref_=sr_1"#8216;Prisoners#8217; on IMDb/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898288/?ref_=tt_ov_dr"Director Denis Villeneuve/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/prisoners_2013/"#8216;Prisoners#8217; on Rotten Tomatoes/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.accessatlanta.com/weblogs/buzz/2013/sep/09/early-look-atlanta-made-prisoners-hugh-jackman-jak/"Filmed in Georgia/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413168/?ref_=tt_ov_st"Starring Hugh Jackman/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_(2013_film)"#8216;Prisoners#8217; on Wikipedia/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMjm2nH3HYA"Eric references quot;The Rural Jurorquot; (30 Rock)/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/the-movie-blog/2013/09/prisoners-review.html"The Columbus Dispatch #8216;Prisoners#8217; Review/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350453/?ref_=tt_ov_st"Detective Loki quot;the god of mischiefquot;?/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord's_Prayer"Keller Dover repeatedly quotes quot;The Lordrsquo;s Prayerquot;/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1910255/?ref_=tt_cl_t8"Ralph Dover (Keller#8217;s son) played by Dylan Minnette/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_catholicism"Catholic Church/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlelight_vigil"Candlelight Vigil/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.popmatters.com/post/the-five-biggest-plot-problems-in-prisoners/"The Five Biggest Plot quot;Problemsquot; in #8216;Prisoners#8217;/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2810287/?ref_=tt_cl_t14"Bob Taylor character played by David Dastmalchian/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.gordonsmasonicrings.com/catalog1.htm"Lokirsquo;s Masonic Ring/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392214/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1"The mentally challenged man, Paul Dano/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005024/?ref_=tt_cl_t5"The other father, Terrence Howard/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar"The Chinese Calendar/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate"Is Fate (i.e.destiny) significant to #8216;Prisoners#8217;?/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/21/jake-gyllenhaal-prisoners-donnie-darko"Jake Gyllenhaal: #8216;I#8217;m moved by folk you might struggle to love at first#8217;/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/?ref_=sr_1"Michael references #8216;No Country For Old Men#8217;/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0333766/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1"Eric references #8216;Garden State#8217;/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgPKDATRrwA"Hugh Jackman sings in #8216;Les Miserables#8217; (2012)/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903747/?ref_=sr_1"#8216;Breaking Bad#8217; profile on IMDb/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000217/?ref_=sr_1"Martin Scorsese/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319213/?ref_=tt_ov_wr"The show#8217;s creator, Vince Gilligan/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+29:11version=NIV"The Book of Jeremiah and God#8217;s plan/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%209version=ESV"Romans 9/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodicy"Michael references quot;Theodicyquot;/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.amctv.com/breaking-bad/2013/10/breaking-bad-creator-vince-gilligan-answers-fan-questions-part-i/"Vince Gilligan answers fan#8217;s questions/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://breakingbad.wikia.com/wiki/Fly"The fly episode Eric references/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://breakingbad.wikia.com/wiki/Felina"quot;Felinaquot; anagram for quot;Finalequot;/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+50:20version=ESV"Genesis 50:20/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/"#8216;The Master and Margarita#8217; by Mikhail Bulgakov/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+2version=NIV"Psalm 2/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Death-Christ-Controversy-Redemption/dp/0851513824"John Owenrsquo;s quot;The Death of Deathquot;/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.eatersmusic.co.uk"Music in this episode is quot;Deformitiesquot; by Eaters/a/h4/li/ul