ProjectionCast

NP Director of Media Dan Tucker returns to ProjectionCast, joining Jason and Chris for a overstuffed lineup of hot topics and recent releases. The guys discuss the news of the day - the supposed box-office "slump" of October, Chris Rock's return to the Oscars, Ricky Gervais' return to the Golden Globes, and Quentin Tarantino's run-in with the law (?!) - before diving into the latest high-profile releases. Dan and Chris add their thoughts on Bridge of Spies, the guys discuss the impact of Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs, Jason and Dan wax emotional about the wonders of Room, Chris and Jason discuss The Keeping Room, and the guys even throw a bone to Crimson Peak and Our Brand is Crisis.Opening Music: "Flashing Lights" performed by Kanye WestClosing Music: "Big Rock Candy Mountain" performed by Brie Larson

Welcome back to The Booth!ProjectionCast returns with a full slate of topics and films to cover, from Spielberg's Bridge of Spies and PT Anderson's Junun to Eli Roth's Knock Knock and newly minted cult joy ride Turbo Kid, which Chris enjoyed. Also, Jason talks about The Final Girls, Ryan jumps into the Sicario scuffle, and the guys talk more about Ridley Scott's The Martian.Plus, Jennifer Lawrence breaks her silence about pay inequity, Quentin Tarantino probably should've stayed silent about Selma, and Johnny Depp doesn't want an Oscar...ever.Join the conversation! Send your questions to ProjectionCast@NextProjection.com and we will discuss them on air!Opening Music: "Flashing Lights" by Kanye WestClosing Music: "Momentum" by Aimee Mann

ProjectionCast is back again, but our hosts find themselves at odds over...well, nearly every film they discuss. NP Awards Guru/Film Critic Jason McKiernan and NP Founder Chris Misch throw down over everything from Sicario to Mississippi Grind to even the new Bond theme song. Jason also offers his thoughts (uncontested) on Robert Zemeckis' The Walk, which just opened this year's New York Film Festival, and Nancy Meyers' The Intern, which which may feature Robert De Niro's best performance in a decade (really).Meanwhile, NP Director of Special Features Ryan Gimarc joins the podcast to offer thoughts on Jafar Panahi's Taxi and Sweden's Oscar submission A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, and to chat with the guys about what's to come at NYFF, the burgeoning list of foreign film submissions for the 88th Academy Awards, and Crimson Peak surprising audiences at Fantastic Fest.Want to be a part of the ProjectionCast conversation? Send us your questions and comments to projectioncast@nextprojection.com and we will discuss them on air!Opening Music: "Flashing Lights" by Kanye WestClosing Music: "Showdown" by Electric Light Orchestra

ProjectionCast is back just as the Toronto International Film Festival wraps up, and hosts Jason McKiernan and Christopher Misch are here to provide perspective from both the trenches, as Chris returned to TIFF this year and provides a full recap of his hits and misses, and from the sidelines, as Jason skipped the fest this year, but kept busy with plenty screenings of his own.Among the titles discussed: Everest, Black Mass, The Martian, Legend, Mountains May Depart, The Assassin, Grandma, and The Overnight.Want to be part of the ProjectionCast conversation? Send us your questions and comments to projectioncast@nextprojection.com and we will discuss your questions on air!Opening Music: "Flashing Lights" by Kanye WestClosing Music: "Delilah" by Florence + The Machine

As summer transitions into fall, as the blockbuster season gives way to Oscar season, ProjectionCast returns to cover it all.Episode 24 finds our hosts shuffling in and out...Director of Media Dan Tucker leaves early, NP Founder Christopher Misch joins late, but Awards Pundit Jason McKiernan is in it for the long haul, his patented rants holding down the fort.On the docket: a Summer 2015 wrap-up (which somehow leads to discussion of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3) and a preview of the fall festival season, as Venice kicks off today, Telluride starts Friday, and Toronto is merely a week away...Opening Music: "Flashing Lights" by Kanye WestClosing Music: "Cool for the Summer" by Demi Lovato

A couple weeks removed from the Oscars, there isn't much in the way of relevant movie news, but somehow our heroes soldier on, defeating minor issues like dire sickness and a limp set of news stories to find incredible nuggets of filmic truth in Episode 23 of ProjectionCast, which finds NP Awards Pundit/Senior Critic Jason McKiernan fighting off the flu while NP Founder Christopher Misch and Director of Media Dan Tucker offer their support.Topics of conversation: Tim Burton's Dumbo, the merits (or lack thereof) of a Ghostbusters franchise, the uselessness of Zoolander 2, the problems with Cinderella, the excitement of the upcoming SXSW Festival, the gonzo craziness of White God, the mid-February fun of Focus, and the *Ultimate* Neill Blomkamp debate (spoiler alert: there are M. Night Shyamalan comparisons).***ProjectionCast now has an official email address! Send us all of your burning film-centric questions to ProjectionCast@NextProjection.com. We will answer them in a future episode!***Opening Music: "Flashing Lights," performed by Kanye WestClosing Music: "Happy Pills" performed by Norah Jones

Episode 22 of ProjectionCast finds our heroes at a crossroads: it's the end of an Oscar season and the beginning of a long wait for the next. NP Awards Guru and Senior Critic Jason McKiernan, NP Founder Chris Misch, and NP Director of Media Dan Tucker convene to discuss the 87th Academy Awards -- the winners, the losers, the show, the host, the speeches, the controversies....and, of course, the movies themselves. Also, there are brief reviews of hard liquor, Jason says "um" a lot, and Dan says "huh" when he gets interrupted...

Oscar Night is imminently upon us, and that means it's time for Next Projection's so-called "experts" to run through the categories and make their final Oscar predictions in advance of Sunday night's ceremony. NP Awards Pundit and Senior Critic Jason McKiernan is joined by NP Director of Media and Staff Critic Daniel Tucker to discuss all 24 Oscar categories in order of most obvious to most in doubt. There are plenty of laughs, jabs, mistakes, and tangents along the way....

At long last, Next Projection's official podcast reaches its 20-episode birthday, and NP Director of News joins Jason and Chris to discuss some of the hot button topics revolving around every cinephile's head. The DGA and BAFTA results threw us for a loop this weekend, and the boys discuss the implications of those results as we close in on Oscar Night. In addition, the Sony-Marvel Spider-Man deal is discussed in detail, and the guys hit on some of the films they;ve seen recently, among them A Most Violent Year, Still Alice, and Human Capital.Opening Music: "Flashing Lights" performed by Kanye WestClosing Music: "Runaway" performed by sElf

Hey there, remember us?ProjectionCast is BACK and it's a new era for the Next Projection's official podcast. NP Founder Christopher Misch and Sr. Staff Film Critic/Awards Guru Jason McKiernan settle back in behind the mics to discuss recent cinema news, from the surprise results of last weekend's Producers Guild and Screen Actors Guild awards, American Sniper's incredible box-office haul, Ava DuVernay and David Oyelowo's next Hurricane Katrina-based project, and discussion of all manner of cinematic reboots.And last but not least, as ProjectionCast returns, we bid adieu to The Hobbit trilogy...

Episode 18 of ProjectionCast is one of the "Very Special" variety, as NP Founder Chris Misch and Awards Guru/Senior Critic Jason McKiernan discuss final Oscar predictions just 24 hours away from the 86th Academy Awards ceremony. Jason is about 99.9% sure on his final prefix (and Best Supporting Actress seems even more uncertain than Best Picture), while Chris is still nursing a Best Picture prediction he made nearly one year ago. Pride is on the line as we close in on the finish line of this most competitive and uncertain Oscar race in years. And our heroes, sadly, can only guess the final outcome. But that's what has made this season so fun.Opening Music: "Flashing Lights" performed by Kanye WestClosing Music: "I Can't Wait" performed by Nu Shooz

Welcome back to ProjectionCast!Meeting for the first time since the Oscar nominations were announced, NP Oscar Pundit Jason McKiernan and Founder Chris Misch reconvene to chat about the many developments that have transpired since those nominations. Bound by no particular structure, our heroes wax quasi-poetic on the potential fates of the top Oscar contenders, the most recent films they've been catching up with, and the all-important notion of Oscar Cram Week.Opening Music: "Flashing Lights" performed by Kanye WestClosing Music: "The Distance" performed by Cake

It's Oscar Nomination Day!On this very special episode of ProjectionCast, the boss is away and Awards Guru Jason McKiernan opts to play with Special Guest Daniel Tucker.Jason and Dan discuss all things Oscar, from the surprises and "snubs" to first-look winner predictions.Opening Music: "Flashing Lights" performed by Kanye WestClosing Music: "Let It Go" performed by Idina Menzel

Welcome back, NP loyalists!Episode 15 of ProjectionCast finds our heroes -- Awards Guru Jason McKiernan and NP Founder Christopher Misch -- embroiled in battle over Scott Pilgrim vs. The World...a battle not dissimilar from one of Scott's *AWESOME* battles against Ramona's evil exes (in this scenario, Chris plays the role of the evil ex).But before this imbroglio -- and after -- the two hosts chat civilly about the Golden Globes winners and the this week's upcoming Oscar Nominations announcement. Chris and Jason also find time to chat up films they've recently caught up with -- Her, Saving Mr. Banks, August: Osage County, and Drug War highlight the docket.Opening Music: Flashing Lights performed by Kanye WestClosing Music: Threshold performed by Sex Bob-Omb

In this epic episode of ProjectionCast, NP Sr. Critic/Oscar Pundit Jason McKiernan and NP Founder Christopher Misch convene at the dawn of a new year to discuss the highlights of the year just passed.Our heroes share their personal Top Ten Films of 2013 and pat each other on the back quite frequently, in spite of the fact that there is but a single film that appears on both lists.Opening Music: "Flashing Lights" by Kanye WestClosing Music: "Tranquility" by Abraham Lass

NP Founder Chris Misch is back and better than ever, and Awards Pundit Jason McKiernan is in prime conversation-dominating form as our heroes reconvene to discuss the state of the Oscar race in this special Awards Season-themed episode of ProjectionCast.Topics include: the onslaught of recent critics group awards; the new, and somewhat surprising, contenders in the Oscar race; the state of each major Oscar category; and Chris' undying devotion to all things Tolkien.Opening Music: "Flashing Lights" performed by Kanye WestClosing Music: "Song of the Lonely Mountain" performed by Neil Finn

It's colder now than when we last heard from McKiernan and Misch, but the computer-side chat will keep you warm. In Episode 12, our humble hosts discuss the beginning of the Fall movie season, better known as "Awards Season." Gravity and 12 Years a Slave are shaping up to be the major Oscar players, with several other titles falling behind. Jason and Chris analyze what they've seen, what's still to come, and how all the pieces could fall into place once the Oscar race is set.Also, discussion of films outside the awards sphere, including The Fifth Estate, Escape Plan, Escape from Tomorrow, Paradise, and All the Boys Love Mandy Lane.

NP Founder Chris Misch and Senior Critic/Awards Pundit Jason McKiernan fight it out Gosling-style in Episode 11, which showcases a battle over Nicholas Winding Refn's latest film, Only God Forgives. But before that, they chat up the latest industry news, including the announcement of Man of Steel and Avengers sequels out of ComicCon, this week's box-office stats, the 12 Years a Slave trailer debut, and a farewell to Dennis Farina...Opening Music: "Flashing Lights" performed by Kanye WestClosing Music: "Surrender" performed by Cheap Trick

ProjectionCast returns from a camping trip. Jason and Dan destroy the city in a kn0ck-down, drag-out fight over the polarizing Man of Steel. And there are plenty of brief conversational tangents, of course.