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Episode 163 – Our Top 10 Movies of 2015
This week we talk about our top 10 movies of last year! We also talk about movies we wish we had seen before making our lists, our honorable mentions, biggest disappointments, worst movies of the year, and more! Show Notes:…
Tagged with: a most violent year, alex, ant-man, avengers: age of ultron, beasts of no nation, bone tomahawk, chappie, cop car, creed, domnhal gleeson, dope, entourage, ex machina, focus, furious 7, goosebumps. spectre, inside out, jurassic world, mad max: fury road, magic mike xxl, nick, oscar isaac, san andreas, spotlight, spy, star wars: the force awakens, steve jobs, tangerine, the big short, the final girls, the gift, the hateful eight, the last witch hunter, the martian, tim, tomorrowland, top 10 of 2015, trainwreck, what we do in the shadows, willie
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Episode 162 – 2016 Oscar Predictions
This week we go on the record with our 2016 Academy Award Predictions! If you’d like to go on the record with yours, shoot us an email and we’ll add you to the scorekeeping list! We also briefly touch on What…
Tagged with: 45 years, a girl in the river: the price of forgiveness, academy awards, alan rickman, alex, alicia vikander, amy, anomalisa, ave maria, bear story, body team 12, boy and the world, bridge of spies, brie larson, brooklyn, bryan cranston, carol, cartel land, casual, cate blanchette, charlotte rampling, chau beyond the lines, christian bale, cinderella, claude lanzmann: spectres of the shoah, creed, day one, die hard, dreamcatcher, earned it, eddie redmayne, everything will be okay (alles wird gut), fifty shades of grey, galaxy quest, hans gruber, harry potter, hulu, inside out, jennifer jason leigh, jennifer lawrence, joy, kate winslet, last day of freedom, leonardo dicaprio, mad max: fury road, manta ray, mark ruffalo, mark rylance, matt damon, michael fassbender, oscar predictions, oscars 2016, parenthood, professor snape, prologue, rachel mcadams, racing extinction, room, rooney mara, sanjay's super team, saorise ronan, shaun the sheep, shok, sicario, simple song #3, spectre, spotlight, star wars: the force awakens, steve jobs, straight outta compton, stutterer, sylvester stallone, the 100-year-old manw ho climbed out the window and disappeared, the big short, the danish girl, the final girls, the hateful eight, the hunting ground, the look of silence, the martian, the revenant, til it happens to you, tim, tom hardy, trumbo, we can't live without cosmos, what happened miss simone?, what we do in the shadows, when marnie was there, willie, winter on fire: ukraine's fight for freedom, world of tomorrow, writing's on the wall, youth
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Episode 159 – The Hateful Eight
Should you be caught watching The Hateful Eight dead or alive? Find out if Quentin Tarantino’s latest film is a cinematic bounty on this episode of the podcast! We also talked about George Lucas on Charlie Rose, movies we still need…
Tagged with: adam mckay, alex, bruce dern, charlie rose, demian bichir, george lucas, jennifer jason leigh, kurt russell, michael madsen, quentin tarantino, samuel l. jackson, the big short, the hateful eight, tim, tim roth, walton goggins, willie
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Episode 142 – Cop Car
This week we go for a ride in Jon Watts and Kevin Bacon’s Cop Car! We also remember the movies of Wes Craven and draft teams against each other in our Fall Movie Draft! Show Notes: Introduction Film News: Horror luminary…
Tagged with: alex, black mass, bridge of spies, cop car, creed, crimson peak, fall movie draft, goosebumps, in the heart of the sea, jon watts, kevin bacon, mockingjay part 2, nick, shea wigham, spectre, star wars, star wars: the force awakens, steve jobs, the good dinosaur, the hateful eight, the martian, the peanuts movie, the revenant, tim, trumbo, wes craven, willie
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Episode 136 – Comic Con 2015 Wrap Up
This week on the podcast we discuss all of the news out of Comic Con 2015 including footage from Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Star Wars, and more! Alex also went to see Terminator Genisys and gives…
Tagged with: alan taylor, apocalypse, arnold schwarzenegger, ash vs evil dead, batman, batman v superman: dawn of justice, ben affleck, david ayer, Dc comics, deadpool, duncan jones, emilia clarke, ennio morricone, fear the walking dead, geoff johns, green lantern, green lantern corps, guy lapointe, henry cavill, heroes reborn, hugh jackman, j.k. simmons, jai courtney, james mcavoy, jared leto, jason clarke, joker, kevin smith, michael fassbender, old man logan, oscar isaac, quentin tarantino, ryan reynolds, spaghetti western, star wars, star wars: the force awakens, suicide squad, summer movie wager 2015, terminator: genisys, the hateful eight, the killing joke, warcraft, warner bros, will smith, wolverine, x-men, x-men: apocalypse, yoga hosers
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Lance’s Top 15 Most Anticipated Films of 2015
By: Lance 2015: The Year We Make Contact. Actually, it was the year 1997 that Robert Zemeckis made Contact. But in 2015, Zemeckis will again make another live-action film called The Walk. I’m thrilled to learn that Zemeckis is directing…
Tagged with: blackhat, carol, crimson peak, entourage, ex machina, jane's got a gun, joy, lance, legend, midnight special, straight outta compton, the hateful eight, the last face, the light between oceans, the revenant, the sea of trees, tomorrowland
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Episode 101 – Interstellar
This week on the podcast we find out if Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar succeeds in its reach for the stars! We also discuss some listener feedback and some film news. Show Notes: Introduction Listener Feedback Nancy’s thoughts on Godzilla (2014). (0:01:16) David…
Tagged with: alex, christopher nolan, fantastic four, interstellar, josh trank, nick, quentin tarantino, the hateful eight, tim, toby kebbell, toy story, toy story 4, willie
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Episode 63 – Retro Review: Three Days of the Condor (1975)
In preparation for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the film nerds take a look at one of the inspirations for Cap’s upcoming adventure, Sydney Pollack’s Three Days of the Condor! We also talk about Batman vs. Superman news and Quentin Tarantino’s lawsuit against…
Tagged with: alex, batman vs superman, gawker, nick, ninja turtles, quentin tarantino, retro, robert redford, sydney pollack, the hateful eight, three days of the condor, willie
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