Married, at the Movies

Shaun and Monica discuss Best Picture Nominee Women Talking and the merits of an ensemble cast as well as an underrated smaller film about the dangers of internet fame called Not Okay.

In this episode, we discuss the films "Living" and "Aftersun," which in turn cause us to revisit our Oscar predictions and insights.

It's the second most anticipated episode...Oscar predictions. In this episode, we quickly review Missing and A Man Called Otto, then dive into our Oscar predictions.

In this episode, Shaun and Monica each reveal their top 10 films of 2022. Are their lists the same? Different? Will they argue? Listen to find out!

In this episode we discuss three recent films. One we thought was great, another was not so much, and the third is a true tear jerker.

We're back with our review of Avatar the Way of Water.

2021 YEAR END REVIEW SHAUN'S TOP 10 1. Green Knight 2. Dune 3. Barb and Star Do Vista Del Mar 4. The Dig 5. Ride the Eagle 6. Zola 7. Plan B 8. Spider-Man: No Way Home 9. In the Heights 10. Being the Ricardos MONICA'S TOP 10 1. CODA 2. Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar 3. Don't Look Up 4. Belfast 5. In the Heights 6. Encanto 7. Spider-Man: No Way Home 8. Map of Tiny Perfect Things 9. Being the Ricardos 10. Plan B HONORABLE MENTIONS Luca
 We Broke Up
 Shang-Chi 
Jungle Cruise West Side Story 
tick…tick, boom! 
The Night House Limbo BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS/WORST Old
 Venom: Let There Be Carnage
 Finding You
 No Time To Die
 Spencer Lamb NEW TO US Band Aid 
Extreme Job
 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
 Nine Days 
Memories of a Murder TIMESTAMPS 0:2:17 - Being The Ricardos
 0:6:08 - Map of Tiny Perfect Things
 0:9:51 - Spider-Man: No Way Home
 0:13:25 - Plan B 
0:17:21 - Encanto 
0:20:41 - Zola 
0:24:02 - In the Heights 
0:27:12 - Ride the Eagle
 0:32:03 - Belfast 0:38:03 - The Dig
 0:42:55 - Don't Look Up
 0:45:55 - Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar 0:50:47 - Dune
 0:56:04 - In and Of Itself
 0:59:31 - CODA 
1:12:55 - Green Knight 1:18:50 - Luca 1:20:41 - We Broke Up
 1:23:34 - Shang-Chi 1:24:47 - Jungle Cruise
 1:25:49 - West Side Story 1:28:32 - tick…tick, boom!
 1:29:09 - The Night House 
1:31:03 - Limbo 
1:33:35 - Old 
1:34:40 - Venom: Let There Be Carnage 
1:35:34 - Finding You
 1:36:41 - No Time To Die 
1:37:46 - Spencer 
1:40:25 - Lamb 1:42:26 - Band Aid 1:44:53 - Extreme Job 1:46:24 - Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
 1:48:16 - Nine Days 
1:52:35 - Memories of a Murder

Monica and Shaun go over some of the more recent streaming hits. Timestamps: 00:56 - Red Notice 12:08 - tick, tick...boom! 24:52 - Encanto 37:02 - Don't Look Up 46:18 - Being the Ricardos

Shaun and Monica run through their thoughts on 27(!) different films that they've seen since the last episode! Listen for their takes on Free Guy, The Green Knight, Jungle Cruise, Space Jam, and many more! Timestamps: 03:38 - Together Together 5:55 - Cruella 8:52 - Luca 15:15 - A Perfect Enemy 19:22 - The Booksellers 19:42 - The Wrath of Man 22:03 - LFG 25:53 - Werewolves Within 28:54 - Black Widow 34:03 - Growing Up Smith 36:49 - Zola 42:17 - Escape Room: Tournament of Champions 44:55 - Old 49:57 - Space Jam: A New Legacy 54:00 - Stillwater 57:39 - Sunshine 59:55 - The Green Knight 1:04:29 - Jungle Cruise 1:07:53 - Annette (Mild Spoilers) 
1:15:20 - Suicide Squad
1:16:48 - The Fast & The Furious
 1:19:41 - Stowaway 1:22:18 - Gunpowder Milkshake 1:24:22 - The Sisters Brothers 
1:25:55 - Moon 1:27:33 - Free Guy 1:34:02 - The Night House 1:36:25 - Top Films of the Summer

Our review of A Quiet Place Part II Spoilers start at 15:17!

We're back! Sorry for the break without a warning. We catch you up on what we've been watching by breaking down what films we agreed one and what films we didn't. FIlms mentioned include: Mitchells vs the Machines, Memories of a Murder, The Outside Story, The Man Who Sold His Skin, Britt-Marie Was Here and We Broke Up and a couple of rapid fire thoughts as well.

We discuss who we think will and should win in the five major individual categories and have a pro/con debate on all the films up for best picture.

We discuss a quadruple feature of films we've watched lately. Some we liked, some we loved, some we struggled to get through. Find out which is which! TIMESTAMPS: 

00:46 - Borat Subsequent Movie Film
 05:53 - Synchronic 11:21 -One Way to Tomorrow 21:04 - Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar

EPISODE 22 TIMESTAMPS 0:39 - Psycho Goreman 
17:29 - Raya and the Last Dragon
 41:50 - Raya SPOILERS
 48:27 - Raya Ratings

Timestamps for Episode 21: 0:00 - Non Spoiler Talk 19: 40 - SPOILER DISCUSSION! 51:12 - Ratings

We list who we think will be nominated for the big four categories in the 2021 Academy Awards. Then we talk about who we think actually deserves them. Spoilers, those lists aren't the same. Our lists: EPISODE 20 INFO

Monica’s Best Actors Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins- The Father Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah Billy Murray - On the Rocks Leslie Odom, Jr. - One Night in Miami 
Shaun’s Best Actors
Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins - The Father Gary Oldman - Mank Steven Yeun - Minari Monica’s Best Actress:
Viola Davis - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Andra Day - The United States vs Billie Holiday Frances McDormand - Nomadland Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman Rosamund Pike - I Care A Lot 
Shaun’s Best Actress: Amy Adams - Hillbilly Elegy Viola Davis - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman Frances McDormand - Nomadland Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman Monica’s Best Director:
Regina King-One Night in Miami Judas and the Black Messiah - Shaka King Spike Lee - Da Five Bloods Aaron Sorkin - Trial of the Chicago 7 Chloe Zhao - Nomadland 
Shaun’s Best Director: Emerald Fennel - Promising Young Woman David Fincher - Mank Regina King - One Night In Miami Aaron Sorkin - The Trial of the Chicago 7 Chloe Zhao - Nomadland Monica’s Best Picture: Da Five Bloods Judas and the Black Messiah Mank Minari Nomadland One Night in Miami Promising Young Woman Soul
Trial of the Chicago 7 Shaun’s Best Picture: Da 5 Bloods Judas and the Black Messiah
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Mank Minari News of the World Nomadland One Night In Miami Promising Young Woman The Trial of the Chicago 7

A double feature of reviews starting with the Netflix film The Dig and rounding out with Black Box, streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Both are worth your time but listen to find out which one got a perfect 10 from one of our hosts.... EPISODE 19 TIMESTAMPS: 
00:41 - The Dig (Spoilers) 
28:50 - Black Box Spoiler Free
 36:47 - Black Box Spoilers 50:06 - Black Box Ratings

After Shaun talks a lot about two films Monica didn't see and probably wouldn't like, Hunter Hunter and Freaky, we continue our highlighting of Black directors with our featured review of Sleight.

This week we review Shaka King's new film Judas and the Black Messiah. Because it's based on real-life events there's no spoiler wall this week, listen at your own risk.

This week's featured review is 2018's Lionheart. We also have a quick round of Whadya Think? featuring The Rocket, and Possessor.

Throughout February we'll be highlighting Black filmmakers in an attempt to amplify Black voices. So join us as we begin by discussing the new Regina King film One Night In Miami.

We discuss the wonder and beauty that is Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself streaming now on Hulu. WATCH THE FILM BEFORE LISTENING past the 9 minute mark. WE'RE NOT KIDDING! CAPITAL LETTERS!

It's all Tenet all the time as we make good on our podcast premise of wildly different takes on movies.

We review the most-watched South Korean film of all time, Extreme Job. In addition we have another round of Whadya Think? and review a double feature of music movies. TIMESTAMPS:
 01:11 - The Painter And The Theif 05:27 - Antebellum 09:49 - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 15:58 - The Old Guard 22:20 - Bill and Ted Face the Music 28:09 - Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga 33:19 - Extreme Job

2020 is over! Phew! So it’s time to look back on our top 10 films of last year in this retrospective episode. Listen as we discuss our 15 (we actually agreed on five) favorite movies from a very interesting year in film. 

After the count down we share some general thoughts on the year, name our honorable mentions and highlight a handful of films that weren’t released in 2020 but were new to us. TOP 10 TIMESTAMPS
0:02:34 - Sorry We Missed You 0:05:36 - Save Yourselves!
0:08:01 - Jingle Jangle 0:10:46 - Da Five Bloods 0:14:25 - The Prom 0:16:27 - The Lodge 0:19:16 - Host 0:21:10 - Straight Up 0:24:35 - Saint Frances 0:28:56 - Over The Moon 0:33:16 - Wolfwalkers 0:34:44 - Extra Ordinary 0:39:35 - Mulan 0:43:17 - Onward 0:48:08 - Sound of Metal HONORABLE MENTION TIMESTAMPS 0:59:48 - Les Miserables 1:00:35 - Portrait of a Lady on Fire 1:02:45 - Bad Education 1:04:58 - Sonic the Hedgehog 1:07:43 - The Gentlemen 1:10:36 - Run 1:14:29 - Lovebirds BEST NEW TO US TIMESTAMPS
1:16:28 - Sword of Trust 1:18:07 - Blindspotting 1:20:11 - Hunt for the Wilderpeople 1:21:06 - The Intouchables

In this bonus year-end episode we highlight eight TV Shows/Limited Series that we loved in 2020. TV TIME STAMPS: 01:42 - Central Park 05:05 - Into the Unknown: The Making of Frozen 2
08:00 - Upload 11:04 - The Mandalorian 13:15 - Schitt’s Creek 16:14 - Letterkenny 21:07 - The Good Place 24:57 - Ted Lasso

This week's episode features quick hits on some films we watched individually recently in our new segment 'Whadya Think?.' Then we talk Disney Pixar's Soul and try to figure out what we're missing. EPISODE 10 TIMESTAMPS:

 01:15 - A Personal History of David Copperfield 03:35 - The Rewrite 06:30 - You Cannot Kill David Arquette 10:45 - Papi Chulo 14:31 - Host 19:35 - Soul (Spoiler Free) 30:46 - Soul (Spoilers) Remember to rate and review our podcast on Apple Podcasts and drop us a line with what we're not getting about Soul at MarriedMoviesPodcast@gmail.com. Instagram: @MarriedMoviesPodcast

Quick thoughts on a couple of holiday movies to start the show and then we get into our (apparently) hot takes on Wonder Woman 1984. TIMESTAMPS: 

00:48 - Happiest Season 04:35 - Jingle Jangle
08:26 - Klaus 11:50 - Wonder Woman 1984 25:30 - SPOILERS FOR WW84

In this episode we talk about the live-action Mulan and review a new animated film, Wolfwalkers

We review Netflix's newest musical, The Prom, which is based on the broadway show. Timestamps: ~00:42 - Spoiler-free Discussion ~18:54 - Discussion with spoilers ~48:54 - Ratings

In this episode we discuss how we pick movies to watch and are joined by Megan McKay to review The Broken Hearts Gallery.

Hanksgiving has come to an end. Listen to hear what we thought of our final four movies: Dragnet, Greyhound, Nothing In Common, and Bachelor Party. Then, what you've all been waiting for, our definitive and final POWER HANKINGS. PLUS some overall thoughts on the process and endeavor that was Hanksgiving.

We discuss some highs and lows of Tom Hanks' career in this weeks' episode. Chris Woodward of the Parents Just Don't Understand podcast joins us to explain to us just what Joe Versus the Volcano is. PLUS we give our penultimate POWERHANKSINGS after 22 films.

In this week's episode we cover You've Got Mail, The Man With One Red Shoe, Larry Crowne, Saving Private Ryan, The Burbs, and Cast Away. We're also joined by our very first guest Kristin Finger. Check out Kristin's Youtube show Remark The Show here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCstNF98J9tPHqmUcEpcQ1Hw

In this special episode we talk about going to the theater for the first time in 8 months and you get to listen to our real-time drive home from seeing Apollo 13 for the first time in our first "After The Credits" segment. Sorry about the audio quality in that segment. I promise we'll get better as we go along!

In episode 2 of Married, at the Movies we discuss our first full week of Hanksgiving. After going through which movies we've watched this week, we discuss our Power Hankings of all the Hanksgiving films we've seen so far. ______________________ Movie discussions: 00:54 - Sleepless in Seattle 06:17 - Captain Phillips 09:32 - BIG 15:08 - Charlie Wilson's War 20:34 - Philadelphia 27:12 - The Green Mile 36:45 - Volunteers ___________________ 40:46 - Power Hankings

In our very first episode of Married, at the Movies we discuss who we are, how we put together our Hanksgiving list and what we think of Tom Hanks', arguably, most famous film, Forrest Gump