Justin JJ Jaeger is a recovering television news reporter who can’t resist the sweet taste of a hot microphone. He is a member of both the International Cinematographers Guild and SAG-AFTRA and has just enough random industry credits to his name to put the “quitter” in non sequitur. He lives in Portland, Oregon, and gobbles up arts and entertainment in all its glorious forms. He always wants to get into deep conversations with everyone about music, books, and movies as evidenced by his long runs as a contributing voice on many of the entertainment podcasts of trustory.fm. You can find fun snippets from JJ on The Film Board, Trailer Rewind, and the Marvel Movie Minute among others. He talks through both popular and obscure book reviews from his recent life on the Youtube channel, Jayge’s Pages. You’ll likely find him at any dive-y karaoke bar around town, searching through the selections and testing out tunes to bring the house down.
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If your birthday is in June, you’re a Gemini. As a special treat for our Gemini listeners we are talking about twins this month. Ansel Elgort plays both John and Jonathan in this under the radar film from first time director Bill Oliver.
Just as the school year is starting to wind down, JJ and Steve take one more trip back to high school with 2016’s The Edge of Seventeen.
This month Steve and JJ following the story of Sidney Hall, a young novelist who writes a book that impacts a generation and soon after, he disappears.
Not only is ‘I, Tonya’, one of JJ’s favorite films, but upon re-watching it Steve has found that there is more to this film than he thought.
Consider yourself warned that J.K. Simmons (and his majestic beard) are going to bring a tear to your eye. This month Steve and JJ take a road trip with the straight to streaming film The Bachelors. It treads on well worn indie territory – new kid at a school, family trauma/drama, quirky moments for comedy – but can writer director Kurt Voelker save these guys from becoming a cliché?
A long journey with a horse . . . through brutal environments . . . and encounters with ruthless people . . . no, we’re not talking about Hostiles again. But after taking a month off we wanted to pick up where we were. So this month Steve and JJ are taking on the emotional cliff dive known as “Lean on Pete.”
We’re heading out west on a long and grueling journey, and some of us may not make it to the end. It’s a Trailer Rewind first: this month we dig into the Saturday Matinée archives and find new territory with Scott Cooper’s 2017 film, Hostiles.
What are you waiting for? Just press play. Don’t stop to think, just say yes and press the button because JJ and Steve are working without a script. This month they take a look at Mike Birbiglia’s 2016 film Don’t Think Twice.
JJ and Steve return from their summer break with a big bang. This month they attempt to survive the brutal shootout in Ben Wheatley’s 2016 film Free Fire.
Just before the summer break, Steve and JJ take a trippy ride to The Congress. Based on Stanislaw Lem’s 1971 novel The Futurological Congress, this was Pete’s trailer pick from May 23, 2014. There is a lot going on in this movie, especially once we get to the animated zone Abrahama City. Centered around Robin Wright, played by Robin Wright, this film explores the next generation of filmmaking, the ability to convert a person into corporate property, and the bond between a mother and son.