Zach and Chris discuss the important things in life. Like burritos. And other less important things like movies, music, television, and whatever else is currently piquing their interest.
How much clearer could a title be? Movies discussed: -A History of Violence -V for Vendetta-Sin City
BAOLIT (and their one true Gabe, Gabe) wraps up their 2024 movie coverage with a recap of the 2025 Oscars, and then fixes all of the show's mistakes by crowning their own set of winners in the big categories.
The first of BAOLIT's annual Oscars pods, continuing their tradition of wagering the functionality of their livers on their ability to predict the whims of Academy member, as well as discussing the upcoming ceremony, and making their personal picks of the nominees. Guest: Gabe Hayes
The BAOLIT boys kick off a new season with a look back at the last year in movies.
Coming off simultaneous parental and migratory leaves, the BAOLIT buds return to talk about four of their favorite comfort watches: -The Last of Sheila-Back To The Future-Men In Black-Moneyball
BAOLIT Season 7 Is Here! And to celebrate, Nate and Zach chat about four movies with very little thematically in common. Films Discussed: Monkey Man (2024)Pretty Woman (1990)Bubble Boy (2001)Showgirls (1995)
BAOLIT and their one true Gabe Gabe reunite to talk all things Oscars, first doing some predictions ahead of the telecast, and then recapping and handing out some awards of their own.
The BAOLIT buds reunite to talk a few of their all-time favorite movies and cope with the self-imposed panic attacks they suffer while trying to redo the Oscars for the 2013 film year.
It might be 2024, But we're still talking 2023 with the BAOLIT hosts and a bunch of pod friends, handing out fake awards to the highs, lows, and shoulder shrugs of the year in movies.
Nate and Zach (and briefly their good friend Lauren) revisit the cinematic highlights of their middle school years with the latest edition of their annual retrospective awards show, The 2003 LOTTIES!
The BAOLIT buds get ahead on their 2013 Lottie's prep with a double feature of two 2013 Black And White features. Films Covered: Frances HaNebraska
In celebration of Martin Scorsese's latest release, Killers of the Flower Moon, Zach and Nate discuss (and hand out a few awards to) some of the highlights of the storied director's filmography.
Longtime on-and-off-pod friend Kapil Easwar joins BAOLIT to talk movies with alternate endings, his new youtube channel, evolving newsroom ethics, their coastal elitism, and Nate's William Hurt obsession. Featured Films: -Clue-Broadcast News-Election
A BAOLIT double feature of one of 2023's best new movies and an 80s Art-House classic. Featured Films:-Past Lives-Paris, Texas
Zach and Nate talk summer movies in all their endless, sweltering glory, and hand out their new summer-movie-specific awards, The SWEATIES. Featured Films:-Stand By Me-Adventureland-Mystic Pizza
BAOLIT takes on the summer movie event of the summer, Barbenheimer! And also a few other summer movies!! Summer!!!Featured Films:-Barbie (feat. Lauren Marchioni)-Oppenheimer-Mission Impossible: Dead Reckonning (feat. Ivy Olcott) -Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Ever find yourself wondering what early 1940s rural Austria and early aughts seedy and sex-crazed New York City have in common? Then this is the episode for you! Zach and Nate exchange two of their respective favorites, Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life and Jane Campion's In The Cut , and the results are totally normal, thanks for asking!
...In which a multiversal collection of BAOLIT hosts come together to celebrate the release of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse and chat about a few other films featuring multiple actors portraying the same character. Featured Films:-Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse-Freaky Friday-I'm Not There-Synecdoche, NY
Inspired by the most recent Ari Aster release, the BAOLIT buds stretch the limits of their linguistic capabilities by constructing an episode theme entirely based on other movie titles they can mash up with Beau Is Afraid. and the results are predictably unhinged. Featured films:-Beau Is Afraid (2023)-Beau Travail (1999)-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)-Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
In celebration of the release of John Wick 4, Zach and Nate are joined by celebrated Keanu-ficionados Ivy Olcott and Gabe Hayes to discuss the life and career of one of modern cinemas brightest shining stars, The Babayaga himself, Keanu Reeves. The four hosts talk through their personal histories with Reaves, the qualities that make him so exceptional, the grandeur of his most recent release, and finally, in quintessential BAOLIT style, compete to draft their perfect composite Keanu Reeves movie. Films Discussed:-John Wick 4 -Every Other Keanu Reeves Movie Ever.
In the 4th episode of BAOLIT season 6, Zach and Nate hop on the pod to chat about a few of our favorite coke-filled crucifixes wearing, jazz whitesplaining, bad-hair-dye-job having, unrepentant child-murdering villain turns from historically heroic actors. Featured films:-Collateral (2004)-Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)-One Hour Photo (2002)-Cruel Intentions (1999)
Zach, Nate, and perennial guest Gabe return to settle their outstanding Oscar bets, debrief on this year's ceremony, and hand out their own set of awards to their personal favorites from the year 2022 in movies.
The BAOLIT gang and frequent guest/only listener Gabe put their livers on the line wagering shots on the upcoming 2023 Oscar winners, with results being recorded immediately after Sunday's ceremony.
In celebration of the latest installment in the Gerard Butler Expanded Universe, "Plane," Zach and Nate take a journey into the world of all things cinematically vehicular and/or vehicularly cinematic to discuss and award a few vehicle-movie all-stars.Films Featured This Episode:-"Plane" (2023)-"Strangers On A Train" (1951)-"Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" (2006)-"Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" (1987)
The always marvelous Lauren Marchionni joins Zach and Nate to debrief their respective watches of one of the most chaotic, confounding, triumphant, and at times misguided films of 2022: Damien Chazelle's Babylon.Warning: Spoilers Abound for BABYLON!
The Baolit Buds are joined by a "smattering" of guests (Zach's words, blame him) to hand out some awards to the best and worst films of 2022.
Zach, Nate, and honorary BAOLIT-er Gabe Hayes join forces to offend the city of Sacramento, Dave Matthews Band devotees, and fans of Gary Oldman's Darkest Hour Best Actor Oscar win as they rehash and rerank the year 2017 in movies.
Zach and Nate took a BAOLIT field trip to their hometown theater and caught the newest installment of Rian Johnson's brilliantKnives Out series, Glass Onion (now streaming on Netflix) and hopped on the pod to talk about the absolute blast they had watching it. Warning: Spoilers Abound for GLASS ONION!
Zach and Nate dig into one of their favorite films of the year, The Banshees of Inisherin, the newest movie from the dynamic trio behind In Bruges (Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and filmmaker Martin McDonagh).
Zach and Nate and dear friend Kapil talk Channing Tatum, Scientology, Acapella, and everything else important about the year 2012 in movies.
Zach and Nate sprint almost directly out of their screenings of the new Cate Blanchett/Todd Field film "Tár" to discuss one of their favorite movies of the year, as well as the definitive rankings of Mahler's symphonies.
Spooky episodeThe Fog (1980)The Wailing (2016)Censor (2021)Barbarian (2022)
The BAOLIT buds (and two time guest/glutton for punishment Jon Smokowicz) are back, talking down the year 2001 in all its horny, proto-EDM soundtracked glory.
We each chose movies and then somebody else chose a movie that they thought would make for a good double feature. Spoiler: all good movies!Chris - Evil Dead II --> Nate - A Simple PlanNate - Hero --> Zach - Ghost Dog: Way of the SamuraiZach - Call Me By Your Name --> Chris - God's Own Country
The BAOLIT buds take a look at the new Jordan Peele blockbuster NOPE, as well as a few movies they initially said "Nope!" to. Included Films: -NOPE-Zero Dark Thirty-Spring Breakers-The Duff
BAOLIT tackles fires and islands:Fire IslandMuppet Treasure IslandMan on FireReign of Fire
Longtime friend and creator of the Official BAOLIT Bingo Board Jon Smokowicz joins the pod to talk all things A24, and then the whole team fantasy drafts their perfect imaginary A24 movies.
Zach has finally seen The Godfather. The crew hands out awards, but this time they're Godfather-themed!
Gabe joins again as the gang competes to draft their ideal Nic Cage movie. Shenanigans ensue.
Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off, Lords of Dogtown, Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl), Mid90s, Minding the Gap
Gabe joins again for an Academy Award recap as well as our picks for what should have been nominated in each of the major categories. Chris Rock and Will Smith did not attend.
Gabe, Gabe of all Gabes joins to discuss and wager upon the major nominees for this year's Academy Awards. Chris Rock and Will Smith did not attend.
The BatmanThe Maltese FalconThe Third ManWho Framed Roger Rabbit?
Nick, fresh off his deployment to South Korea, is here to talk about the films of Academy Award-winning South Korean director Bong Joon-ho:Parasite (2019)Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)Okja (2017)The Host (2006)Memories of Murder (2003)
Nate, Ivy, Zach, and Chris gifted each other movies anonymously, and some guessed more correctly than others.Patriot GamesShopliftersGone GirlEnough Said
Happy 50th episode and happy season 5! We're talkin' lambs, so buckle up!Lamb (2021)Lamb (2015)The Other Lamb (2019)Silence of the Lambs (1991)
We came up with some pretty stupid awards to hand out to our favorite films (and some of our least favorite films) of 2021. Each of us also lists our top 11 films of the year.
Gabe of the pod Gabe joins us to look five years back to the films of 2016.
What should the Academy Awards have looked like 10 years ago? Probably not this, but we gave it a shot!
Looking back two decades and redoing the Oscars our way,
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