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SHUT UP ABOUT PLOT HOLES

AFTER MANY YEARS OF BEING SICK OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT PLOT HOLES, I FINALLY DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT ITOkay I'll stop with the caps now.But seriously, as someone who loves talking about movies, the rise of "plot holes" as a major talking point has seriously dumbed down modern film conversations. I've had all these arguments formulating for years and this finally seemed li...

Girl Walks Into a Bar (We Heart Hartnett)

Listen to We Heart Hartnett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google PlayAnd now we are fully in the thick of the period of Josh Hartnett's career in which no one has heard of or seen any of the movies.But on paper, this one seems important! It co-stars Rosario Dawson, Carla Gugino, Danny Devito, and Zachary Quinto. It's the first movie ever made exclusively for online dist...

Live Q&A Starting Now

We're about to go live at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4PoAgwoM1QTune in and ask any questions!

Patron-Only Live Stream Tomorrow

Tomorrow at 7pm EST I'll be doing a live stream Q&A, chatting about the new Robin Hood/King Arthur video, along with anything else you want to ask about.Use this link or click the video abovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4PoAgwoM1Q

Robin Hood, King Arthur, and Hollywood's Problem with Public Domain Characters

AND WE'RE BACKIt's been a weirdly long gap between proper videos, but we weren't sitting on our asses twiddling our thumbs. Nope. Rest assured, I have been losing sleep and driving myself toward a nervous breakdown all to make those sweet, delicious videos you love (I kid, kind of).This video is one I've wanted to make for a while. As soon as I saw the trailer for the upcoming Robi...

Bunraku (We Heart Hartnett)

Listen to We Heart Hartnett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google PlayWe're back, babyyyyyyy!For the first time since the podcast began, we missed a week. All because Jake had to go and get married for some reason, and THEN insisted on going on a honeymoon.But he's back, and we're back, and we've got a hell of a movie to talk about. Also, there's a lot of tal...

I Come With the Rain (We Heart Hartnett)

Listen to We Heart Hartnett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google PlayWe’re now officially in the latter, less mainstream half of Josh Hartnett’s career, and this week we encounter the strangest movie he’s made yet: the Asian art house crime thriller I Come With the Rain. Patrick, Jake, and Matt dig deep into the movie and discuss everything from Josh’s detective skills ...

WE SAW MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE FALLOUT

Yes, another Mission: Impossible video, and YES, I know it's sort of a vlog, which is not our usual thing, but...Paramount invited me to an early screening of Fallout after seeing the "Patrick Explains" video (plus a mini social media campaign) and after already doing 2 videos about the series, this felt like the natural conclusion to things. It's like a big happy ending to the sto...

August (We Heart Hartnett)

Listen to We Heart Hartnett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google PlaySPECIAL JOSH HARTNETT BIRTHDAY EDITIONJosh turned 40 a few days ago (Saturday to be exact) and we're celebrating that milestone in this episode, with not one but TWO birthday songs.Also we talk about a movie called August that isn't great, but in which Josh is great. This is probably the silliest episo...

Who the Hell is Ethan Hunt?

Yup, we made another Mission: Impossible video!What can I say, I have a lot of thoughts about these movies. I had the idea for researching the other one, and it seemed like too fun an idea not to make. This character is so vaguely defined still after more than 20 years, but I've never seen anyone dig into that and try to figure out who the guy actually is. It was also quicker to make than a us...

30 Days of Night (We Heart Hartnett)

Listen to We Heart Hartnett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google PlayIt’s the end of an era: this week we reach the end of the Hollywood portion of Josh Hartnett’s career, with the 2007 horror movie 30 Days of Night. It’s a movie that raises many questions, like: is cinematographer Jo Willems related to Patrick? What’s up with Jake’s tooth obsession? What’s our favo...

WE WROTE THE SECOND DRAFT OF OUR SCREENPLAY

Remember over a year ago when Jake and I wrote a 120-page screenplay in 3 days?Well, we did it again. Sort of. After spending the last 6 months or so figuring out what improvements the first draft needed, we spent the last 7 days writing the second draft. And we documented the whole experience.In this video you get to watch me rapidly deteriorate, both mentally and physically. Doing this immediate...

Resurrecting the Champ (We Heart Hartnett)

Listen to We Heart Hartnett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google PlayThere have been a lot of bad movies covered on this podcast, so this week we’re thrilled to announce that this one…is actually pretty good. We’re talking about Resurrecting the Champ, the 2007 drama about boxing and journalism. Listen to the relief in our voices as we finally talk about a movie we actual...

Patrick Explains MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (And Why It's Great)

HERE IT ISI THINK THIS ONE IS GREATI'M SO TIRED FROM EDITING 2 VIDEOS THIS WEEK

The Only Jurassic Park Sequel That Matters

I wasn't planning on doing a follow-up to the Jurassic Park sequels video. There was a new Jurassic Park sequel coming out, but it looked like it was just going to repeat all the problems I talked about with the others, so there was no need to talk about it.And then I saw it. And I had to talk about it.On this channel we avoid talking about new movies or doing anything that could be called a &...

The Black Dahlia (We Heart Hartnett)

Listen to We Heart Hartnett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google PlayThis is one we've all been looking forward to. Even though the movie's reputation isn't very good, we're Brian De Palma fans, and the subject matter is fascinating. I even decided to read the original novel by James Ellroy in preparation for this episode.And as it turns out, the film is very ba...

UPCOMING VIDEOS

Hello! Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Just wanted to give you an update on the videos you can expect to see soon.(this schedule will very likely change, but this is what we're hoping for)THIS WEEK (JULY 4TH WEEK)-A short follow-up to the Jurassic Park sequels video to talk about Fallen Kingdom-Patrick Explains Mission: Impossible (And Why It's Great)JULY 11TH-Who the Hell is Etha...

What Ocean's 11 Taught Me

It's late, but it's finally here.This is another classic case of me setting out to make a pretty simple video, then midway through production deciding to totally overhaul it, make it way more complicated, and end up making the whole process way more difficult and time consuming.But the important thing is that we got a better video.This was always going to just be a video about the link bet...

Lucky Number Slevin (We Heart Hartnett)

Listen to We Heart Hartnett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google PlayIt's here! The most anticipated episode of the entire show! The one listeners have been asking about for months!And, uh, spoiler (sort of)...it's probably gonna be a controversial episode because we are not fans of this movie.But if you can get past our somewhat contrarian opinions, it's a delightf...

Survey for Future Live Streams

Hello! For the monthly live streams, I want to figure out how/when to do them to satisfy as many of you as possible. So I've got a few quick questions, and if you could answer them in a comment below (or in a message if you prefer) that would be a big help.1. What works better, weekdays or weekends?2. What time of day (and timezone) is ideal? Middle of the day? Night?3. What would you like the...

MERCH

You probably saw this inside the Jurassic Park video last week: here's the promo/announcement for the official channel merchandise, which we made way more elaborate than needed.We've got a lineup of shirts based on videos and We Heart Hartnett available now at https://teespring.com/stores/patrickhwillemsWe'll release new designs every so often. If you have ideas or requests, LET US KNO...

Mozart and the Whale (We Heart Hartnett)

Listen to We Heart Hartnett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google PlayThis week: the movie Josh turned down Batman for, the most obscure movie we've covered so far, a movie that grossed $84,000 at the box office, a movie you almost definitely have never heard of.But more importantly, the great Mary Willems, sister of Patrick, is on this week's episode for the ultimate si...

LIVE STREAM Q&A RIGHT NOW

Patron-Only Live Stream Q&A 6/14

Tomorrow (Thursday, June 14) at 3pm EST I'll be doing a live stream Q&A only for patrons to chat about the Jurassic Park video as well as any other random questions anyone has. I'll probably be on for about an hour.Tune in at this link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=630u7R4ZyVI

Why the Jurassic Park Sequels Have Never Worked

YES FINALLY HERE IT ISThis is one I've been talking about for a couple months. Back in April when I watched the trailer for the upcoming Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the whole premise/thesis/argument for this hit me all at once. And then the team figured out a great framing device, so we were all set.We'll have a behind the scenes video (shot by our great new intern, Elsie) up soon! Sta...

Sin City (We Heart Hartnett)

Listen to We Heart Hartnett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google PlayKnowing who our audience is (a bunch of nerds, mostly), this is an episode you'll probably enjoy. If you can remember 2005, you probably remember what a big deal Sin City was: as a movie, and as a comic book adaptation. And Josh Hartnett is part of the reason it exists in the first place!Over these 2 hours...

Wicker Park (We Heart Hartnett)

Listen to We Heart Hartnett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google PlayThis is the least focused episode we've done yet, and also may be my favorite. We're joined by longtime friend and the world's #1 Wicker Park fan, Chris Decerbo, who is on this episode because of violent threats against the Torpeys.This is a weird, astoundingly convoluted movie, so fittingly our di...

A TWO-MINUTE THRILLER

It's been bugging me that we haven't made a single narrative short yet this year (I'm not counting Arthur K. Billingsworth since that was mostly shot last year). So when Sennheiser sent us over their new Ambeo Smart Headset (headphones that also function as 360 degree microphones) to use in a video, this seemed like the perfect opportunity.So naturally we made a tiny paranoia thriller ...

Hollywood Homicide (We Heart Hartnett)

Listen to We Heart Hartnett on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google PlayThis week, Josh Hartnett teams up with Hollywood legend Harrison Ford for a buddy action comedy that it turns out…is mostly about real estate. Patrick, Matt, and Jake attempt to solve the movie’s many script problems while also reading some iTunes reviews, discussing more of the Town & Country cinematic un...

What Makes a Great Car Chase (Blue Flame Special Episode 3)

Hey look we finally made another one of these!As I mention at the end of the video, this episode was actually supposed to be one exploring movie shootouts, but with. But over the past few months, looking at recent events, it felt like making a video about fun fictional gun violence now would be really bad timing and pretty tone deaf, so that one got indefinitely postponed and this one got bumped u...