Project A Plus

We discuss every single thing nominated for an Oscar at the 96th Academy Awards. Yes, one of us actually bothered to watch all the films this year. And the ceremony itself. And one of us didn't.

Introducing Hour of the Horse, a weekly digest of all the goings-on at Off-Brand Horse. Find it by searching ‘Hour of the Horse' on your podcast platform of choice.

We examine Kevin Smith's latest Clerks, Clerks III. In person!

We give Johnny To's seminal Election the respect and attention it deserves. And also we talk about Tusk and Yoga Hosers.

We grapple with the Modern World circa 1984 in Netflix's Noah Baumbach's Don DeLillo's White Noise and Kevin Smith's career circa 2010-2011.

We drink weird drinks, eat weird pizza and watch the waves as we remember the year that was last year.

We nurse mulled wine before a roaring aural fire and meander our way through two future Christmas classics(?): Netflix's Falling for Christmas and Apple TV+'s Spirited.

We almost punctually discuss the 2022 Sight & Sound poll and come up with the actual definitive objective list of the 100 greatest films ever made.

We inspect Yakuza-hit-victim Juzo Itami's The Funeral and scratch two more notches into the bedpost of our Kevin Smith project with Clerks II and Zak and Miri Make a Porno.

We take a peek behind the iron curtain with Alan Jay (and Silent Bob) Pekula's submarine snooze-fest, The Parallax View, before turning our truffle-snouts to yet more Kevin Smiths in the form of Jay (Pekula) and Silent Bob Strike Back and (Hey There) Jersey Girl.

We determine if Phil Tippett wasted a large chunk of his lifetime on Shudder's Mad God before checking in with cinema's Kevin Smith via Chasing Amy and Dogma.

We catch up with our boy Ryan Reynolds in Netflix's family adventure classic(?) The Adam Project before embarking on a new project of our very own. Featuring Clerks and Mallrats.

We're in the tank this week as we find out if a famed Australian airport-bookshop-stocker can make the transition to the big screen with Netflix's Interceptor.

We load Lin Manual Miranda's Tick, Tick... Boom! into the chamber and take two for the team. Also featuring What's Up, Doc?, extremely poor audio quality and a couple of Rudolphs.

Wait, didn't we die in episode 100?

We cosy up before a roaring fire, nurse a mug of cocoa and consume seasonal Netflix fare.

We bake a special pizza and mix up a special cocktail to commemorate 100 episodes of this ghastly thing. Want to know our opinions on episode 34? Episode 12? Episode 87? Carve aside four-and-a-half hours and find out! Plus: almost zero editing!

We revisit three Project A+ favourites, Zoe, Clifford and Masked and Anonymous, and induct 15 films into the Project A+ Hall of Fame. Bonus features: Mr. Akadin, Girlfriends and more!

We redo our very first attempt at a Project A+ podcast by revisiting Black Panther and Mute—97 episodes the wiser! Bonus features: Juliet, Naked,The Lady from Shanghai and much, much more!

We blankly assess three David Byrne-centred features: Stop Making Sense, True Stories and American Utopia. Bonus features: Saving Face, Spiral and more!

We explore the cinematic output of music's Prince. Bonus features: Batman, The Comedy and more!

We explore the cinematic output of music's Neil Young. Bonus features: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Greendale!

We continue our exploration of music and movies with 2020's Stardust and an earlier year's The Last Temptation of Christ. Bonus features: uh huh.

We scrap our best laid plans and begin a brand new project. Up for assessment this week: 1973's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid and 1987's Hearts of Fire. Connective tissue: screen actor Bobby Dylan. Plus: bonus features!

We watch two randomly selected films from the Project A+ archives: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Bonfire of the Vanities. Plus: other films we happen to have seen!

We cap off Season 7 with another Netflix Original sci-fi thriller, Outside the Wire. Plus: L.A. Story and The Magnificent Ambersons.

We investigate Joan Micklin Silver’s Between the Lines and Chilly Scenes of Winter. Plus: other movies!

We watch George Clooney mope about with an imaginary moppet in The Midnight Sky. Plus: Love, Wedding, Repeat, Jingle All the Way and more!

We cosy up before a roaring fire, clink an exquisite cocktail and read out another sackful of lists.

We find out if The Princess Switch: Switched Again replicates the charm of the original before enlisting in Operation Christmas Drop. Plus: Romance on the Menu, Tenet and more!

We watch the greatest film film about the making of the greatest film. Or do we? At any rate, we watch Mank. Plus: Dekalog, Just One of the Guys and more!

We discover if 2020’s Rebecca can escape the shadow of 1940’s Rebecca. Plus: Return of the Living Dead, Don’t Let the Riverbeast Get You! and more!

We cross-examine Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7. Plus: Dawn of the Dead, Rebels of the Neon God and more!

We appreciate Adam Sandler’s bold, nuanced performance in Hubie Halloween before unveiling a brand new segment. Plus: Final Destination, A Walk Among the Tombstones and more!

We see if Netflix breaks its losing streak with Antonio Campos’s superhero extravaganza, The Devil All the Time. Plus: Office Killer, Morning Glory and more!

We burst forth into season 7 with a brand new theme song and an in-depth discussion of Charlie Kaufman’s latest effort, I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Featuring: A Hero Never Dies, Starstruck and more!

We return from an unavoidable hiatus to heroically discuss some films we’ve seen recently. Featuring: Memoirs of an Invisible Man, The Eyes of Orson Welles and more!

We, oog, discuss some films we watched recently. Featuring: Gong shou dao, Long Pants and more!

We, gee, discuss some films we watched recently. Featuring: Wheels on Meals, Nostalghia and more!

We, huh, discuss some films we watched recently. Featuring: Girl Shy, The Red Spectacles and more!

We, erm, discuss some films we watched recently. Featuring: It Happened in Hollywood, You Were Never Lovelier and more!

We, uh, discuss some films we watched recently. Featuring: Dark Star, High Life and more!

We, er, discuss some films we watched recently. Featuring: Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion, Ashes and Diamonds and more!

We groundbreakingly discuss some films we watched recently. Featuring: Dawn of the Dead, L'Argent and more!

We innovatively discuss some films we watched recently. Featuring: The Sapphires, Heart of Dragon and more!

We run a diagnostic on the Adam DeVine vehicle Jexi. Bonus features: Godzilla, Gundam and more!

The opening episode of a new Off-Brand Horse podcast, For Cricht's Sake. On this podcast, Project A+ alumni Hunter Sawyer and Hugh Hamilton undertake a decades-long journey through the bibliography of famed climate change sceptic Michael Crichton. For some reason.

We bother to watch, remember and discuss Kevin Smith's latest effort, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. Bonus features: Sleuth, Night of the Living Dead and more!

We investigate Dee Rees's latest Netflix Project, The Last Thing He Wanted. Bonus features: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Dirty Work and more (Godzilla films)!

We determine if the Netflix original production Horse Girl is bound for glory or the glue factory. Bonus features: Johnny Mnemonic, probably some Godzilla-related junk and more!

We subject ourselves to Spenser Confidential before settling in with Vincente Minnelli's The Bad and the Beautiful. Bonus features: The Way Back and a fuckton of Godzilla films.