Podcasts about best animated film

By Walt HickeyWelcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.This week, I spoke to Alyssa Rosenberg, Sunny Bunch and Peter Suderman, the three panelists of the outstanding film podcast Across the Movie Aisle. I really enjoy the show and have been a longtime fan of their individual work.I think that they're a group with genuinely diverse opinions but who have a lot of love for cinema and as a result have some of the most deeply interesting conversations about the art form of any show I listen to. The show just split off from The Bulwark's network and is striking it out independently. Do check them out!This interview has been condensed and edited. Hey, Across the Movie Aisle. Thank you so much for coming on Numlock. I really appreciate it.Absolutely.Thank you for having us.Yes, this is the first three-on-one conversation that I've ever done here, so we're gonna have to juggle a bit. Either way, I am just such a fan of the show. I really, really enjoyed it, subscribed to the Bulwark for it when I heard that you guys were going independent. I was really excited to see what was motivating that, what opportunities you were seeing out there. It's just such a really fun program, and I think it's so unique in the space.Before we get into talking about the movies, do you wanna talk a little bit about where this show came from, where it started, then what you would say your perspective on the film industry is?Sonny: Sure.Alyssa: Who wants to tell the story?Sonny: The origin of the show was back in 2019. I started working for an independent film studio that's based in Dallas, where I live now. I moved here for the job. The pitch was, “it's like Fangoria,” but for action movies and thrillers and heist movies, that sort of thing. And one of the things I wanted to do when we came over was a little podcast network. We were gonna have some shows, some storytelling things, et cetera. And one of the things I had wanted to do for a while (and hadn't really had an outlet for) was a show I had envisioned as like Crossfire or McLaughlin Group or something like that, but by way of movies.So Across the Movie Aisle — I've always shorthanded it as Siskel and Ebert meets Left Right Center. And the idea here is that I am a conservative. I don't know how other people would describe me, but I still think of myself as a center-right person. Alyssa is the center-left person.Peter: Would you even say that you are a neoconservative?Sonny: Well, I'm a neoconservative with libertarian tendencies, which is a funny thing.Peter: “You work at the Weekly Standard,” is a good way to think about your politics? And they basically haven't changed since you worked at The Weekly Standard. Is that fair? That's the long and the short of it.Sonny: Then Peter is whatever Peter is. I'll let him define himself. But the idea here was you have three people with differing political views talking about movies and other stories about movies. The show has two segments. The first is called Controversies and Nontroversies. The second is a review. And the Controversies and Nontroversies segment was initially thought of as we tackle some dumb internet outrage of the day and decide if it's really worth being mad about.And that evolved into something slightly different, right? Right, guys? I feel like it's now more about the business of Hollywood.Alyssa: Yes, exactly. But I think it's worth noting that our story actually starts way before 2019. The three of us were all critics in some respect or other. I was over at ThinkProgress running their culture and sports verticals. Sonny, were you at the Weekly Standard when we started or were you at the Free Beacon then?Sonny: I think I was at the Washington Free Beacon when we met. So it must've been 2012 or 13.Alyssa: The three of us were going to screenings every week and somehow just gravitated towards each other. We would sit together. We were the people who were hanging out and hashing things out together after the screening ended. When I moved to the Washington Post, I ended up bringing Sonny over as a contributor to the blog that I was working on there. They were invited to my wedding. We were authentically contentiously friends years before we started the podcast.I think that's been a little bit of the special sauce for us, right? We are capable of having conversations that are somewhat harder to have elsewhere because (even before we started working together) there were five, six years of trust built up in in-person conversations and discussions over beers at the really terrible bar near the former AMC in Friendship Heights. Nobody is here on this podcast to blow each other up. But it's also not like “We're friends for the camera!”I think the show has always been like both a reflection of our dynamic. It's also the way that we hang out every week, even though Sonny lives in Dallas, and Peter lives in Boston some of the time. So for me, it's like my night out.I mean, as a listener, I really find the appeal to be exactly that. I think that having different perspectives on something as universal as film makes the show super compelling to listen to, even if I don't always necessarily agree with the perspective on it. What makes movies just so good to view from multiple different angles? There are lowercase “c” conservative films, there are lowercase “l” liberal films, that stuff. How do you guys find approaching the current state of the film industry from these different points of view?Peter: Alyssa talked about how our story goes back even before 2019, when the podcast started. And just for people who may not be familiar with the dynamic of Washington that all of us came up in in our 20s, Alyssa was working for ThinkProgress, which was the journalism arm of the Center for American Progress, which is this leading democratic or democratic affiliated think tank. Sonny was working for the Weekly Standard and then for the Washington Free Beacon, these feisty, conservative journalistic outlets.I actually started writing movie reviews for National Review for a couple of years. When I moved over full-time to Reason Magazine, which is where I've been for more than 15 years now, and also to the Washington Times, which is someplace that both Sonny and I wrote for. It's a conservative-leaning paper that has undergone many transformations. If you live in Washington, your social circle and your conversations and your life are so frequently segmented by politics.What we liked about being friends with each other and seeing movies with each other was that we saw that it didn't have to be the case. Movies and art and pop culture, even disagreements about them, were ways that we could come together and maybe not even agree, but like learn about each other. We're really good friends, but we also like each other's minds. This is something that is really important and drew us all together. I have learned a lot about movies from Sonny. I have learned about culture from Alyssa. I don't know if they've learned anything from me. Maybe they've been annoyed about how I'm fine with A.I.Having those perspectives, it's not just that it's like, “Oh, that's nice that you're a little different.” This is a learning opportunity for all of us. It also makes the act of watching movies together much richer. When you're watching the movie, if you're watching it next to Alyssa, I know what she's thinking. Maybe not what I'm thinking, but it's like having another set of eyes. If you're a critic, if you're somebody who likes movies, if you are somebody who likes movies for the social aspect of them, seeing them with somebody else and talking about them afterwards just makes it so much more enjoyable. The fact that we then get to have that conversation in public for an audience that seems to enjoy this is really rewarding.Alyssa: I have a very hard time with certain kinds of violence in movies. But I can sit in a theater with Peter, and he can tell me when I need to cover my eyes, but also when I'm gonna be okay when it's over. And he's always right, right? And that's the thing that we get.Peter: But also when we see the Taylor Swift movie, I show up, and Alyssa has friendship bracelets for us. Everybody's bringing something to the party here.Alyssa: Peter, you joked about whether or not we've gotten anything from you. And I actually think that in some ways, I'm the one of us whose politics and aesthetics have changed most as a result of doing the show with both of you. I came up in an era of lefty cultural criticism when there were real incentives for tearing things apart. And I think I, in some ways early in my career, helped advance a fairly doctrinaire vision of what political conversations about art should be. And I have some regrets about some of the things that I wrote and some non-regrets too. I did a lot of work at that point in my career that I liked a lot.But one of the things I've come to believe in my conversation with these guys is that art is at its most politically powerful not when it affirms an agenda or a worldview that is defined by a political movement, but it is at its most powerful and interesting when it creates space for conversations that are not possible in conventional political formats and political venues. I think the unpredictability of movies and the inability to shove movies neatly into a partisan schema is where their power comes from.It is not in being subordinate to an agenda, but in opening the space for new possibilities. And I think that having a space to come to that conclusion made me a better critic and a better person. Maybe less employable as someone who writes about this stuff full-time in a predictable way. But I really enjoy seeing the world through the lenses that Peter and Sonny helped me apply to all of this.Peter: And just to underline that really quickly, a little bit more. One of the things that brings all of us together is that we are all three people who moved to Washington to work in political journalism, to work in discourse about politics. We have very strongly held beliefs. At the same time, I think all three of us come to movies, to art and to culture thinking, “You know what, you can make good art. You can make a great movie that maybe I find doesn't in any way align with my beliefs, right?” It has nothing to do with my political world or is even critical of my political worldview, but it's still a great movie.And this is a thing that you see very rarely in Washington and political discussions of art and film, but also in criticism. You have so much criticism that is out there, especially in the movie criticism world, that is just straightforwardly, politically determined. I don't think that that is the best way to approach art and to live a life that is about art because. Of course, it engages with politics. And of course you have to talk about that. And of course, you have to deal with that, but it's not just politics. If what you want from a movie is for it to be an op-ed, then what you want isn't a movie, it's an op-ed.I think that's really interesting. And actually, let's dive into that real quick. We'll go around the horn, perhaps. Peter, you brought it up. What is an example of a film or a piece of media that maybe either subverts or goes upstream compared to your personal politics that you nevertheless enjoyed? Or you, nevertheless, in spite of where you were coming from on that, really tended to like?Peter: So we all had mixed reactions to Paul Anderson's, P.T. Anderson's One Battle After Another, which is quite a political film, just came out. All of us thought that on a micro level, scene by scene, as a piece of filmmaking, it's genius. But on a macro level, its big ideas are kind of a mess. I go back to another Paul Anderson film from the aughts, There Will Be Blood, which is fairly critical of capitalism and of the capitalist tendencies that are deeply rooted in America. And it's not just a polemic, just an op-ed. It's not something that you can sum up in a tweet. It is quite a complex film in so many ways. And I'm a capitalist. I am a libertarian. I am a markets guy. And it is, I love that movie.Sonny and I frequently have arguments over whether There Will Be Blood is the first or second best movie of the last 25 years or so. Sonny thinks it's maybe the best. I think it's the second best. This is a movie that I think offers a deep critique of my ideology and my political worldview. But it is so profound on an artistic character narrative, just deep engagement level. I could talk about it for a long time. It's a movie I really love that doesn't support what I believe about politics in the world.Yeah, Sonny, how about you?Sonny: Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor is commie agitprop, but it's also very good. It's one of those movies where the lesson of the movie is literally “The elite overclass needs to be taught how to pee correctly in a bucket, so as not to annoy the normals.” But it's a beautiful movie, including the bucket. You don't have to agree with a film's politics to recognize that it is a great movie. It certainly doesn't hurt. I flipped through my rankings, and a lot of it does line up.But another one is JFK. Oliver Stone's JFK is a movie that is nonsense as history. If you look at it as a history text, you are reading the film wrong. What it excels at and the way that it is great is that it's the absolute perfect distillation of sitting next to an insane conspiracy theorist and hearing them ramble. The way that Oliver Stone edits together all of these disparate ideas — the way he edits is like hearing a conspiracy theorist talk.The way a conspiracy theorist talks is that they overwhelm you with information. They will just throw out random things and be like, “And this is connected to this, and this is connected to this.” And you are not able to actually judge these things because you have no idea really what they're talking about. You're not steeped in this stuff like they are, but it all sounds right. And all of a sudden, yeah, I believe that the military industrial complex murdered JFK at the behest of a fascist homosexual conspiracy, which is just another amusing little element to JFK by Oliver Stone.Those would be two examples, I would say.I love that. Alyssa, how about you?Alyssa: I would say Dirty Harry. I did a huge project about 10 years ago on depictions of the police in pop culture. And the ways in which law enforcement, as an industry, has actually really shaped their depictions on film. And look, I don't think the police always get everything right. And I think that shooting people is not a viable solution to a crime, especially without a trial. But God damn, does Clint Eastwood make like a sweater and a blazer and a real big gun look awesome, right?Sonny: Those are things that look awesome. Of course, they look awesome on Clint Eastwood.Alyssa: Of course, they look awesome, but they look especially awesome on Clint Eastwood. And they look even more awesome when he's shooting a crazed hippie who has commandeered a busSonny: Full of children.Alyssa: Yes, a bus full of children. The evil hippie deserves to get shot, and Clint Eastwood is the man to set things right. The thing about aesthetics is that they can get you to set aside your politics momentarily in a theoretical way. But I also think that good movies can get you access to spaces and mindsets that you might not have access to otherwise.When you asked that question, the movie that I immediately thought of, not necessarily of challenging my politics, but like bringing me a place I can't go, is Alex Garland's Warfare from earlier this year. It is one of the best movies I've seen this year. And also a movie about (both as a social and cultural environment) an all-male combat unit in the US military and a situation (the war in Iraq) that I have no access to. I cannot go there. My being in the space would fundamentally transform the space. And that opening sequence with this platoon watching this music video in a weird, sexualized group bonding ritual, I just found fascinating and oddly touching in a way that I think is interesting to watch, especially if you're steeped in left-leaning critiques of traditional masculinity in all-male spaces.And I found that movie, despite how harrowing it was, kind of beautiful and tender to watch in a way. And I just felt very grateful for it.Awesome. Yeah, again, I really appreciate how much thought goes into viewing not only movies as cultural entities, but also their space in politics, but also how the culture can overwhelm that. I really think that you guys have such fun takes on this. I wanna back out a little bit and talk a little bit about this year and this moment. I think one thing I really enjoy about your show is that it's obvious how much you guys really enjoy going to the movies, enjoy consuming this stuff. I know that there's a lot of fairly understandable doom and gloom sometimes around the movie industry, around the exhibition industry. A lot of that, I think, comes from some of the more industry side of things and infects the viewing public's view.I'll just throw it to you. What is a trend or something going on these days within movies or Hollywood that you actually think is a good thing, that you're actually enjoying? Or a transitional moment that you think could be fun? I guess, Sunny, I'll start off with you. I don't know.Sonny: That's a hard question to answer because everything is bad right now.Alyssa: To be clear, this is Sonny's default position about all eras and all things. All things.Peter: He's a cheerful man.Sonny: All things, really. No, everything is bad. But if I were looking at a few green shoots, I like the rise of the draft house style theater, a combination of dining, bar, movie space. I know some people have issues with the waiters scurrying back and forth. And it's not my real cup of tea either, but that's all right. You mentioned this question right before we started taping. I was trying to sketch something out, so I didn't have nothing.But I do think the rise of the boutique Blu-ray and 4K UHD retailers has been a good thing. I don't know that it's enough to save physical media in the film context, but the rise of your Vinegar Syndromes. Criterion, of course, is the longest player in this space, and they've been doing it since the days of Laserdisc. They're very good at what they do, and they have a great catalog.But even smaller places, like your Vinegar Syndromes or your Shout Factory and your Scream Factory. The studios themselves are getting into it. Lionsgate has their Lionsgate limited thing that they do, which is just sucking money out of my pockets. A24 has also been good in this space. I like the idea that there is a small but committed cadre of collectors out there. And it's not just ownership for the sake of ownership. It's not the high fidelity, “the things you own matter. So you should show them off so everybody can see them and see how cool you are” kind of thing. There are actual quality differences to having a disc as opposed to a streaming service, which always come in at lower bit rates, and they look and sound worse.But this is so niche. Very few people who collect this stuff (Blu-rays, 4Ks, et cetera) really understand how niche they are.If you look at the monthly pie chart of sales of discs every month, it's still 50 percent DVD, 20 percent to 25 percent Blu-ray, and then 25 percent to 30 percent 4K, depending on what's out at any given time. But 50 percent of discs are still being bought by people browsing Walmart shelves, like “Ooh, I'll watch this new movie for $5. Sure, why not?”Yeah, having something for the sickos is always something viable, right? Peter, I'll throw it to you.Peter: So, on this podcast, I have probably been the biggest MCU, Marvel Movie Universe booster. What I think is a good thing that is happening right now is that the MCU is in a decline, or at least a reset period. It's not overwhelming Hollywood in the way that it was throughout the 2010s. It's hurting theaters and exhibition because those movies are not performing the way they used to, and that's a downside for real.But what it is doing is creating a space for young filmmakers and for young acting talent to rise up without having to immediately be sucked into the MCU or something comparable, like the DC movies that were trying to start up and never really got going. Now they've rebooted the DC universe with the James Gunn Superman film. But, it really felt like in the 2010s, anyone who was in their 20s or 30s and was a really promising actor or a really promising director was gonna make one or two movies. And then they were gonna get sucked into the Marvel or maybe the Star Wars machine, one of these big franchise things.It wasn't like even 25 years ago when Sam Raimi was making Spider-Man films, and they were very distinctly Sam Raimi films. I mean, you watch the Dr. Octopus POV sequence in Spider-Man 2, and it's the same thing he was doing in Evil Dead, except he had $150 million to make that movie, right?These weren't even altruistic superhero films. They were just being brought in to lend their names a small amount of flavor to whatever it was they were doing. And now, in an era in which the MCU is not gone, but is diminished, a lot of acting talent and a lot of directing talent are going to be free to spend that formative period of third, fourth, fifth, sixth movies to make the things that they wanna make and to experiment.Like I said, this does have downsides. This is not great for theatrical exhibitors who are suffering right now because there are fewer movies and because the big movies are not as big. But in that space, you get the opportunity to try new things. And I love seeing new things, and I love watching new talent develop.That is cool. I like that. Alyssa?Alyssa: I'm glad you said that, Peter, because what I was gonna say is I am delighted to see some of the directors who did time in the MCU or other franchises coming back and making original movies. Obviously, Sinners is one of the big success stories of the year. It's also a success story because Ryan Coogler is not only making franchise movies.I saw Seeing Fruitvale, which turned Fruitvale Station, at the Sundance Film Festival. It was like a seminal moment for me early in my career as a critic. I was like, “Holy God, this guy is great.” Even though I like what he did with the Rocky movies and I like the first Black Panther, I just felt this sense of profound regret for him getting diverted from telling these original stories. I'm really excited for Chloe Zhao's Hamnet. I expect to be emotionally incapacitated by that movie. Honestly, it is great for people who love movies that Immortals was just such a disaster.Peter: Eternals.Sonny: Eternals, that's how good it is we can't even remember the title.Alyssa: Yes, Destin Daniel Cretton is working on a Shang-Chi sequel, but he is also collaborating with Ryan Coogler on a project that I think is drawn from their childhoods.Sonny: He's directing a new Spider-Man movie right now.Alyssa: But there's other stuff coming. There's the possibility of life outside franchises. And, I'm excited to see what some of these folks do when they're not in front of a green screen and when they're telling stories about actual human beings. I am excited to just see more movies like Weapons, like Materialists, coming from younger directors who are still figuring things out, but have interesting things to say. And this year, at least, appears to be able to do okay at the box office.I love that. People are recovering from their exile in Atlanta and have a chance to make some cool movies. You guys have been so generous with your time. I do want to just finish on one last note: where do you assess Hollywood's position within the world to be?Obviously, in the States, they've had a lot of pressure from things like TikTok coming from below, things like the federal government coming from above. But even internationally and geopolitically, you've seen international players start to compete with Hollywood at the Oscars. For instance, in Best Animated Film last year, as well as some big markets shutting down for them, like China is not really doing anything. From a political perspective, where do you assess the state of Hollywood right now?Peter: From a political perspective, I think Hollywood is going to start producing movies that read less overtly liberal, less conventionally left-leaning. I think we're already seeing some of that. I don't mean that Hollywood is suddenly going to be MAGA, that it's suddenly gonna be like reading Buckley's National Review or anything like that. I just mean that at the margins, you're gonna see more movies that don't toe the line in the way that you saw movies before. There was a moment, especially right before and right after the pandemic, where it really felt like too many movies were towing a very predictable left-of-center political line. And it was obvious and there was no nuance to it.Again, I do not oppose movies that may have a different worldview than mine, but it felt like they were running scared in a lot of cases. I mean, in sports, if your team is behind, that's the time when you try new stuff. You don't use the same strategy if you are losing. Hollywood's losing right now. They're losing economically and they're losing as a cultural force. While that's in some ways not great for the art form, that is going to be good for experimentation. And that's gonna be formal and craft experimentation. That's going to be talent. We're going to see new and interesting people. And that's also going to be ideas both for stories and for politics and ideology.Sonny: A big question is what happens with the retrenchment of the global box office? Because I do think, for a long time, you could count on basically two-thirds of the box office of a major Hollywood release coming overseas and one-third coming domestically. And those numbers have, in some cases, inverted. It's closer to 50/50 for more of them. It's not universally true. F1 did more business overseas than domestically, which you might expect for something that's based on F1 racing. But the big question is what happens if the rest of the world is like, “We're not that interested in the big Hollywood blockbuster stuff that we have been eating up for the last 15 or 20 years”?This goes hand in hand with Alyssa's point about originals. That's probably a good thing, honestly. It's probably a good thing to get away from the theory of the movie industry being like, “We need to make things that appeal despite language barriers.” Language matters; words matter. And tailoring your words to the correct audience matters. American movie studio should tailor their stuff to American audiences.Alyssa: And also getting away from the idea of appealing to the Chinese censors who controlled which American movies got access to Chinese markets, which was not the same thing as appealing to Chinese audiences. But yeah, I totally agree.My father-in-law works in the foreign exchange industry, and he said something that I've been thinking about a lot. They're just seeing real declines in people who want to come here or feel comfortable coming here. Until July, I was the letters editor at The Washington Post, and it was astonishing to me just how much rage Canadians were feeling towards the United States. I don't know that these will translate into a rejection of American movies. American culture exports have been unbelievably strong for a long time.But I do see an opening for Korean pop culture, which has already been very popular abroad. I think there's a real chance that we will see a rejection of American culture in some ways. And, it will take Hollywood a while to respond to that. It always lags a little bit. But I do think it would be very interesting to see what more aggressively American movies look like. And I think that could take many forms.But scale is in many ways the enemy of interestingness. If there is not and opportunity to turn everything into a two billion dollar movie because you sell it overseas, what stories do you tell? What actors do you put on screen? What voices do you elevate? And I think the answers to those questions could be really interesting.Peter: I agree with all of this in the sense that I think it will be good for the art form, like I have been saying. But there's a cost to this that all of us should recognize. When budgets get smaller and the market shrinks, that is going to be bad for people who work in the industry. And in particular, it's going to be rough for the below-the-line talent, the people whose names you see at the end credits — when these credits now scroll for 10 minutes after a Marvel movie because they have employed hundreds, maybe even a thousand people.And there was a story in The Wall Street Journal just this summer. You mentioned the time in Atlanta about how Marvel has moved most of its production out of Atlanta. There are people there who had built lives, bought houses, had earned pretty good middle-class incomes, but weren't superstars by any means. Now they don't know what to do because they thought they were living in Hollywood East, and suddenly, Hollywood East doesn't exist anymore.We may be in a position where Hollywood West, as we have long know it, L.A., the film center, also doesn't exist anymore, at least or at least as much smaller, much less important and much less central to filmmaking than it has been for the last nearly 100 years. And again, as a critic, I like the new stuff. I often like the smaller stuff. I'm an American; I want movies made for me. But also, these are people with jobs and livelihoods, and it is going to be hard for them in many cases.Sonny: Oh, I'm glad to see the A.I. King over here take the side of the little guy who's losing out on his on his livelihood.Peter: I think A.I. is going to help the little guy. Small creators are going to have a leg up because of it.Sonny: Sure.All right. Well, I love some of those thoughts, love some of those lessons. Publicly traded companies are famously risk-taking, so we're going to be fine, definitely. Either way, I really do love the show. I really, really enjoy it. I think it's one of the best discussion shows, chat shows about any movie podcast out there. It is really, really fun. It is very cool to see you guys go independent.I just want to throw it to you a little bit. What is your pitch? What is the show? Where can they find it? What's the best way to support it? And where can they find you all?Sonny: The show's a lot like this, like what you just listened to.Alyssa: Peter has developed this catchphrase when Sonny asked him how he's doing to kick off the show, and he always says that he's excited to be talking about movies with friends. We want to be your movie friends. You should come hang out with us. Hopefully, we will be going live a little bit more, maybe meeting up in person some. I will hopefully be doing some writing for our sub stack, if you have missed my blatherings about movies and movie trends.But yeah, come hang out with us every week. We're fun.Sonny: Movieaisle.substack.com. That's where you should go. You should I'm I'm I'm sure I'm sure there will be a link to it or something. Movieaisle.substack.com is where it lives now. We'll have a proper URL at some point.Terrific. And wherever you get your podcasts?Sonny: And wherever you get your podcasts!That's great. Peter, Alyssa, Sonny, thank you so much. This is really, really fun. Again, I really dig the show so much. I'm very, very happy for you guys being able to spring out independent. So really, thanks for coming on.Edited by Crystal WangIf you have anything you'd like to see in this Sunday special, shoot me an email. Comment below! Thanks for reading, and thanks so much for supporting Numlock.Thank you so much for becoming a paid subscriber! Send links to me on Twitter at @WaltHickey or email me with numbers, tips or feedback at walt@numlock.news. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.numlock.com/subscribe

I talk to film critic and author Nick Spake about what a film critic does and how he got into the business of critiquing films through his time at Arizona State University (Go Sun Devils). We also talk about his book, Bright and Shiny; A history of animation at award shows (Volumes 1 and 2 available now on Barnesandnoble.com!) and a bit about how the Best Animated Film category was added to the Oscars. Plus, advice about starting a career as a critic. You can follow Nick and his work at www.cartooncontender.com or follow @cartooncontender on your favorite social media!

Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are back for a bonus podcast this month to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Pixar's Inside Out.Inside Out is an animated comedy film directed by Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen. The directors co-wrote the original story and penned the script with Meg LaFauve and Josh Cooley. Michael Arndt and Simon Rich wrote additional story material while Amy Poehler and Bill Hader added dialogue. Inside Out opened in theaters on June 19, 2015.In the film, a pre-teen girl named Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is struggling with her move from Minnesota to San Francisco. In the world of the movie, everyone's feelings are decided in a control room inside their head. Riley's emotions are Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Bill Hader) and Disgust (Mindy Kaling). Other characters include Riley's mom (Diane Lane) and dad (Kyle MacLachlan), as well as Riley's former imaginary friend, Bing Bong (Richard Kind).Inside Out opened to critical acclaim, winning Best Animated Film at the Oscars while also earning a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. In addition, the movie was a major box office success, making $859 million on an estimated $175 million budget. It was the seventh highest-grossing film of 2015.Inside Out has spawned a short film, a theatrical sequel, and a four-episode limited series on Disney+. For a brief period, Inside Out 2 was the highest-grossing animated film of all time (not adjusted for inflation). A third Inside Out is in the works.Josh and Aaron talk about their histories with Inside Out before going into the plot, characters, themes, and animation. They also discuss the movie's legacy and the state of Pixar today.For more Pixar, you can listen Josh and Aaron's podcast on the original Toy Story and read Tom Moore's review of Pixar's latest film, Elio.Inside Out is streaming on Disney+

Welcome to Following Films, the show where we talk to the creators behind today's most compelling cinema. I'm your host, and today we're honored to be joined by filmmaker Amir Kovacs, director of the beautifully animated new feature, Book of Joshua: Walls of Jericho.Now available on major VOD platforms, Walls of Jericho is a powerful retelling of the biblical story from the Book of Joshua—a tale of faith, endurance, and divine triumph. Set after 40 years of wandering in the desert, the film follows Joshua and the Israelites as they confront the towering walls of Jericho with little more than their faith and God's instructions. What unfolds is a miraculous victory, brought to life through stunning animation and a moving score.The film has already garnered major festival recognition, winning “Best Animated Film” at the 2025 Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival and earning a top-three spot for “Best Picture” at the International Christian Film & Music Festival. It's a cinematic achievement that blends timeless storytelling with artistic innovation.Today, Amir Kovacs joins us to talk about adapting this epic for the screen, working with a global creative team, and the vision behind Walls of Jericho. Whether you're drawn to animation, inspired by stories of faith, or just curious about what goes into making a film like this, you're in the right place.

Anime – the Japanese cartoons that were once a little-known, niche entertainment form for the nerd set – have become increasingly popular in the U.S. and have crossed over into mainstream pop culture and entertainment. The anime film The Boy and the Heron took home last year's Academy Award for Best Animated Film and anime characters Goku from Dragon Ball and Luffy from One Piece appeared as balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.Meanwhile, celebrities from Megan Thee Stallion and Ariana Grande to Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Reynolds have expressed their anime fandom and incorporated it within their own art forms. And streaming services such as Crunchyroll have made anime more accessible to U.S. audiences than ever before.As National Anime Day approaches on April 15 – a day that celebrates the anime art form and its impact on pop culture – the podcast Crunchyroll Presents: The Anime Effect provides a gateway for the anime curious to enter the wide world of the medium. Two of the show's hosts Nicholas Friedman and LeAlec Murray can discuss the reasons behind anime's surge in popularity and how it continues to shape and inform our forms of popular culture and entertainment.Nicholas Friedman is a career journalist who lives in the anime world. As head of Editorial at Crunchyroll, Nick sits at the center of the anime culture conversation, from the latest breaking updates on Crunchyroll News to the deepest dives into what fans are talking about.LeAlec Murray is a podcaster and pop culture enthusiast. With 15+ years of experience in the anime and gaming industry, he lives his life one pixel at a time. LeAlec currently works as a Brand Manager at Crunchyroll, helping to bring to life the anime you see everyday.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.

Anime – the Japanese cartoons that were once a little-known, niche entertainment form for the nerd set – have become increasingly popular in the U.S. and have crossed over into mainstream pop culture and entertainment. The anime film The Boy and the Heron took home last year's Academy Award for Best Animated Film and anime characters Goku from Dragon Ball and Luffy from One Piece appeared as balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.Meanwhile, celebrities from Megan Thee Stallion and Ariana Grande to Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Reynolds have expressed their anime fandom and incorporated it within their own art forms. And streaming services such as Crunchyroll have made anime more accessible to U.S. audiences than ever before.As National Anime Day approaches on April 15 – a day that celebrates the anime art form and its impact on pop culture – the podcast Crunchyroll Presents: The Anime Effect provides a gateway for the anime curious to enter the wide world of the medium. Two of the show's hosts Nicholas Friedman and LeAlec Murray can discuss the reasons behind anime's surge in popularity and how it continues to shape and inform our forms of popular culture and entertainment.Nicholas Friedman is a career journalist who lives in the anime world. As head of Editorial at Crunchyroll, Nick sits at the center of the anime culture conversation, from the latest breaking updates on Crunchyroll News to the deepest dives into what fans are talking about.LeAlec Murray is a podcaster and pop culture enthusiast. With 15+ years of experience in the anime and gaming industry, he lives his life one pixel at a time. LeAlec currently works as a Brand Manager at Crunchyroll, helping to bring to life the anime you see everyday.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.

Flow (2024) is an extraordinary film - Latvia's most successul of all time, and winner of the Oscar for Best Animated Film. Colin and Phil discuss whether it counts as science fiction (of course it does!), and what makes this delightful movie tick.If you haven't seen the film, we think we give you enough of flavour of it for the discussion to make sense, and hopefully to inspire you to watch it.We also have a cat/SF quiz, and our traditional round-up of recommendations of past/present/future science fiction.Find the full show notes on our website: https://101sf.blogspot.com/2025/04/go-with-flow-episode-53.html

This week, we go with the FLOW (07:57) as we review the winner of the Best Animated Film at this year's Oscars; get double the de Niro in Barry Levinson's mob drama THE ALTO KNIGHTS (18:50); and follow a rookie female officer's eye-opening induction in Sandhya Suri's SANTOSH (35:55).Plus, in our HOT TAKE (48:37), Cate Blanchett makes the case that award shows should no longer be televised… is she right?If you would like to donate directly towards humanitarian aid in Gaza please visithttps://www.map.org.uk/https://www.safebowgazanaid.com/take-action-nowJoin the conversation or suggest a Hot Take for the gang to discuss tweet us at @FadeToBlackPodFollow us: @amonwarmann, @clarisselou, @hannainesflintMusic by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠If you like the show do subscribe, leave a review and rate us too!

Welcome to Watch. Review. Repeat. This is the podcast where two best friends discuss the latest in film and television and then do it all over again the following week! 2024 is in the books, so you know what that means... it's time for Colton and Andrew to look back at all the films and television shows the year brought us all. On Part One, they review the box office winners and disappointments from 2024, lament all the films and shows they missed, and hand out a slew of awards, including the top television shows of the year! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:13 - 2024: A Year In Review  00:12:53 - 2024 Box Office Hits and Bombs 00:28:13 - Andrew's Totally Embarrassing Dad Joke of the Episode! 00:29:11 - 2024 Films and Television Shows We Missed 00:45:14 - Who Won 2024? 00:56:50 - Who Lost 2024? 01:03:34 - Worst or Most Disappointing Television Show of 2024 01:17:51 - 2024 Television Honorable Mentions 01:33:54 - Top 5 Television Shows of 2024 02:19:57 - Worst Film of 2024 02:29:44 - Most Disappointing Film of 2024 02:37:28 - Most Surprising Film of 2024 02:43:08 - Best Animated Film of 2024 02:47:41 - Best Superhero Film of 2024 02:53:22 - Best Popcorn Film of 2024 03:01:44 - Conclusion/Outro Visit our website! Support us on Patreon! Thank you for listening, and please send any feedback to watchreviewrepeat@gmail.com! Intro/Outro Credit: Mechanolith Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Happy New Year! The film review begins at 38:29. Join Isaac and Juzo as they explore Gints Zilbalodis's animated masterpiece, Flow (2024). This dialogue-free film follows a solitary black cat navigating a post-apocalyptic world devastated by floods, finding unexpected companionship among other animals. Celebrated for its innovative use of Blender software and winner of the 2025 Golden Globe for Best Animated Film, Flow offers a profound meditation on "survival and community"... or at least that's what the press believes. Tune in to Cinema Spectator for an in-depth discussion on this groundbreaking addition to animated cinema. Cinema Spectator is a movie podcast hosted by Isaac Ransom and Cameron Tuttle, with frequent appearances from film expert Juzo Greenwood. The show is executive produced by Darrin O'Neill and recorded & produced in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. You can support the show at patreon.com/ecfsproductions. Follow us on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter under ECFS Productions (@ecfsproductions). Isaac and Cameron started recording podcasts with their first project, Everything Comes from Something (2018), and are now focusing on new weekly content for Cinema Spectator. Cameron Tuttle is a full-time professional cinematographer who majored at SFSU Film School to collaborate with corporate, private, and creative productions. Cameron is the expert. Isaac Ransom works full-time as an experienced creative, digital marketer, and product manager. Isaac is the student. The podcast is a passion project between two longtime friends; we hope you can enjoy our project with the limited time we have! Thank you for your time, your generosity, and support.

"Inside Out 2" premiered earlier last summer to enormous success for Disney Pixar as the long-awaited animated sequel to 2015's "Inside Out" went on to gross over $1.699 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time in the process. The film has been nominated for the Critics Choice and Golden Globe for Best Animated Film and is shortlisted for Best Original Score at the 97th Academy Awards. Screenwriters Meg LeFauve, Dave Holstein, & Composer Andrea Datzman were all kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to stream on Disney+ and is up for your consideration for this year's Academy Awards in all eligible categories, including Best Animated Feature. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the third episode of the TFS Awards Season Series 2024, Siobhan and Marcelo are joined by past Best Animated Film guest Joey Hamilton. They discuss their favorite Visual Effects and Animated Films of 2024! Voting in the 12th Annual Talk Film Society Awards, voted on by you, honoring the best in film in 2024, has begun. Go to this link for the ballot: TalkFilmSoc.com/Vote.

SBS Filipino interviewed director Carl Joseph Papa, who attended the awards night in Gold Coast, Queensland. - Nakapanayam ng SBS Filipino ang direktor na si Carl Joseph Papa na dumalo sa awards night sa Gold Coast Queensland.

Talking About Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu with our guest, production designer Yôhei TanedaIn this episode of Movies We Like, we are thrilled to have production designer Yôhei Taneda join us to discuss his fascinating career and one of his favorite films, Kenji Mizoguchi's 1953 classic, Ugetsu. Taneda shares his journey into the world of production design, from his early days as an art student to his experiences working on both Japanese and American films, such as Kill Bill: Volume 1, The Hateful Eight, the Monster Hunt films, The Flowers of War, and When Marnie Was There.Throughout the episode, Taneda offers unique insights into the art of production design, discussing the intricacies of creating immersive worlds for both live-action and animated films. He delves into the challenges of balancing the director's vision with his own artistic sensibilities, and the importance of collaborating with other departments to create a cohesive visual experience.As the conversation turns to Ugetsu, Taneda explores the film's haunting aesthetic and the ways in which Mizoguchi's use of space and design elements contribute to its ghostly atmosphere. He draws comparisons between Ugetsu and other Japanese films of the era, highlighting the symbolic significance of water and the influence of Noh theater on the film's visual style.Ugetsu remains a timeless masterpiece, a testament to Mizoguchi's artistic vision and the power of cinema to transport audiences to otherworldly realms. Taneda's passion for the film and his deep appreciation for its craft make for a captivating discussion that will leave listeners eager to revisit this haunting classic. We had a wonderful time delving into the artistry behind Ugetsu and exploring Taneda's remarkable career in production design.A very special thanks to Hiroshi Tominaga for being our translator for this episode!Film SundriesFind Yôhei on Instagram or visit his websiteYôhei on IMDbBuy our Akira Kurosawa T-shirt!Watch this on Apple or Amazon, or find other places at JustWatchTheatrical trailerOriginal MaterialLetterboxdMore About Yôhei TanedaFor the past two decades, Yôhei Taneda has collaborated with filmmakers from across the globe, amassing an impressive list of accolades and credits, including Kill Bill: Vol. I with Quentin Tarantino, Flowers of War with Zhang Yimou, and the animated Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence with Mamoru Oshii.  For The Flowers of War, an epic film about the Nanjing Massacre, Taneda recreated the period sets for the film in Nanjing. Released in 70 countries, the film was at the time one of the highest budgeted and most successful Chinese films ever made. Taneda's other international credits include the Keanu Reeves-directed Man of Tai Chi, Raman Hui's Monster Hunt, Tarantino's western The Hateful Eight, John Woo's Manhunt, and Wash Westmoreland's Netflix feature Earthquake Bird.Among Taneda's many notable non-English language productions are Swallowtail Butterfly, directed by Shunji Iwai; Sleepless Town, directed by Le Chi Ngai; The Wow–Choten Hotel and The Magic Hour, directed by Koki Mitani; and Hula Girls and Villain, directed by Sang-il Lee. Taneda's work helped foster the remarkable success of Koki Mitani's Ghost of a Chance (Suteki Na Kanashibari) and Wei Te-Sheng's Taiwanese film Warriors of the Rainbow, which earned the Best Film Award at the Tapei Golden Horse Festival.Taneda has also collaborated with Studio Ghibli on such animated films as the critically acclaimed When Marnie Was There, which earned among its many awards and nominations an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Film.  With Studio Ghibli, he also curated Karigurashi no Arietty x Yohei Taneda, an art exhibition giving the public an opportunity to view “film art” as a stand-alone presentation. Hosted by the Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, the event attracted more than 700,000 people during its tour.In addition to an Art Directors Guild Award nomination in the U.S. for his work on Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Taneda has been awarded the prestigious Purple Ribbon Medal in Japan and the Incentive Award from the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs.Beyond representing a substantial body of cinematic work, Taneda's artistic endeavors span art installations, stage art, special images, jacket designs for CDs and DVDs, and several books that he has authored. Learn how to support our show and The Next Reel's family of film podcasts by becoming a member. It's just $5 monthly or $55 annually. 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#JukeboxJune continues this week with one of the only non-Disney or Dreamworks animated films to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Film, Happy Feet (2006). Ross has more feelings than predicted about our favorite tap-dancing penguin with Elijah Wood's eyes. Carie is traumatized all over again by the mere existence of elephant seals. Furthermore, the siblings observe what happens when you stop placing your trust in unseen penguin gods and put matters into your own flippers... SUPPORT US ON PATREON! 

Pablo Berger is a Spanish award-winning film director and screenwriter with 4 feature films and 25 years in cinema. Robot Dreams has received accolades including being nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 96th Academy Awards and winning Best Animated Film & Best Adapted Screenplay at the 38th Goya Awards.  ROBOT DREAMS is in Australian cinemas April 11.Support the showWebsite | Rotten Tomatoes | Apple | Youtube | Patreon | Twitter | Instagram

Cinema To The Letter is still on hiatus (Godzilla season starts in mid-April), but here's a bonus episode that'll be long enough to tide you over. Back in the Double Edged Double Bill days, every March marked a March Madness Bracket podcast over on the Patreon. We're still keeping that tradition alive over on the Cinema To The Letter Patreon for the Best Movie Monster, but to sell you on joining here's a rather large sample of what you get for $1. Specifically, Thomas, DEDB co-host Adam Thomas, Jael Peralta, Rafe Telsch & Scott Johnson facing off to determine The Best Animated Film Of All Time via March Madness bracket! 32 animated films will face off. Which one wins? Well, listen to all 280 mins (!) of this bonus episode to find out! Join our Patreon for $1 for monthly bonus episodes (including this year's March Madness Bracket bonus podcast determining the Best Movie Monster of All Time) and the chance to vote for new episode topics at patreon.com/cinema2letter! Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook! Artwork by Michelle Kyle! Usual theme music by Burial Grid!

Cinema To The Letter is still on hiatus (Godzilla season starts in mid-April), but here's a bonus episode that'll be long enough to tide you over. Back in the Double Edged Double Bill days, every March marked a March Madness Bracket podcast over on the Patreon. We're still keeping that tradition alive over on the Cinema To The Letter Patreon for the Best Movie Monster, but to sell you on joining here's a rather large sample of what you get for $1. Specifically, Thomas, DEDB co-host Adam Thomas, Jael Peralta, Rafe Telsch & Scott Johnson facing off to determine The Best Animated Film Of All Time via March Madness bracket! 32 animated films will face off. Which one wins? Well, listen to all 280 mins (!) of this bonus episode to find out! Join our Patreon for $1 for monthly bonus episodes (including this year's March Madness Bracket bonus podcast determining the Best Movie Monster of All Time) and the chance to vote for new episode topics at patreon.com/cinema2letter! Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook! Artwork by Michelle Kyle! Music by Burial Grid! We're a proud member of the TalkFilmSociety podcast network!  

Our season 11 finale sees revisit this animated classic from Dreamworks that has a stacked voice over cast that include Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane, James Wong, Seth Rogan, Lucy Liu, David Gross, Michael Clarke Duncan & Jackie Chan. This was the first film in the “Panda” franchise. In this film, a Panda is selected to be the new protector of a Chinese village that is being threatened by vengeful leopard who is out for revenge. This film was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Animated Film at that year's awards ceremony.

20 years ago this week Finding Nemo won an Oscar for Best Animated Film.  What type of fish are Nemo and his father?

Welcome to Watch. Review. Repeat. This is the podcast where two best friends discuss the latest in film and television and then do it all over again the following week! 2023 has come and gone, so the only thing left to do is for Colton and Andrew to review the many great films and television shows the year offered! On Part One, they get into the big moments and box office notables from 2023 and hand out their first bunch of awards, including the top television shows of the year! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:06:18 - 2023: A Year In Review  00:37:09 - Who Won The Year? 00:43:51 - Who Lost The Year? 00:47:02 - Worst Television Show 00:52:49 - Television Honorable Mentions 01:07:35 - Top 6 Television Shows 01:42:15 - Worst Film  01:51:36 - Most Disappointing Film 02:02:03 - Most Surprising Film 02:08:02 - Best Animated Film 02:14:04 - Best Superhero Film 02:18:20 - Best Film That's Not Really a Film 02:24:06 - Best 2022 Film Viewed in 2023 (The "Your Name" Award) 02:29:20 - Conclusion/Outro Visit our website! Support us on Patreon! Thank you for listening, and please send any feedback to watchreviewrepeat@gmail.com! Intro/Outro Credit: Mechanolith Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

On Culture Friday, the theological difference between “He Gets Us” and “He Saves Us”; Oscar nominees for Best Animated Film of 2023; and a poet responds to cancer. Plus, a look at two-faced expressions on Word Play and the Friday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate.Additional support comes from Compelled Podcast. Hannah Overton was raising 4 children when she was falsely accused of murder and sentenced to life in prison. That's episode #16 on any podcast app or CompelledPodcast.com.From Southern Seminary. The strongest MDiv just got stronger! The Master of Divinity at Southern Seminary is now simplified, personalized, and incentivized. The benefits to students are greater personalization, increased specialization, and the opportunity to earn more credentials in an efficient amount of time. Learn more here.And from Cedarville University, offering in-person and online undergraduate, graduate, and dual enrollment programs, taught with academic excellence and a biblical worldview. cedarville.edu/WORLD.

On this episode, JD and Brendan discuss Pablo Berger's new animated ROBOT DREAMS, recently nominated for Best Animated Film at the Oscars! Visit https://insessionfilm.com for merch and more! Visit this episode's sponsor: https://koffeekult.com - Get 15% OFF with the code: ISF Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe on your podcast app of choice! https://insessionfilm.com/subscribe Follow us on Twitter! @InSessionFilm | @RealJDDuran | @BrendanJCassidy

Welcome listeners to SEASON 4 - Episode 2 of The Yonkō Table! Featuring your host Yonkō, The GrandMasterHoop, fellow Yonkō DrJaceAttorney, and fellow Supernovas DrMondo and RoseTheCrafter! We're starting strong with Season 4 at the Yonko Table, and what better way to send us off than with our SECOND EVER year-end review of everything we loved in 2023! We have Emperor Cups to give out this year to a slew of nominees, but which of these reigned supreme? What was our top picks for Best Animated Film? Most Disappointing Animated Television Series? AND WHY IS CAPTAIN LASERHAWK THE BEST ANIMATED SERIES OF 2023?! This and so much more, so quit swabbing the deck, come have a seat, and get fed with this week's episode of The Yonkō Table! Discord: https://tinyurl.com/44bpr4hn Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/u2tcbdvx Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/2mudtdwm Be sure to follow us on: Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/nxhw66te Facebook: facebook.com/yonkotable Instagram: instagram.com/theyonkotable Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/yzv488vr

It's true, the 1989 Disney classic The Little Mermaid is the best animated film of all time and Johnny says he can prove it! Join us for the final show of 2023 and join the chat and be a part of the show! 100% non-toxic and the only podcast fortified with 8 essential vitamins and minerals! "Can't Beat An Original" Performed by D'Elle Mempis and the murdering crows! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cerealboxpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cerealboxpodcast/support

On today's "Dislife Podcast," we embark on a magical journey through the enchanting world of Disney and Pixar animated films. In today's episode, we find ourselves at the heart of an epic tournament, a thrilling showdown where the beloved classics of Disney Animation and the innovative creations of Pixar Studios collide in a quest to determine the greatest Disney film of all time. This is the second part of a four-part series, and we're about to dive into the heart of the Disney Renaissance, a period of unparalleled creativity and excellence, and the inception of Pixar's groundbreaking storytelling.Join us as we explore the captivating narratives, unforgettable characters, and timeless tales that have shaped the dreams and imaginations of generations. From the hand-drawn masterpieces of Disney's Renaissance era to the groundbreaking computer-animated wonders of Pixar, we'll journey through the unforgettable stories that have left an indelible mark on our hearts.So, grab your popcorn, settle in, and prepare to be transported to a world where the magic of Disney and Pixar reigns supreme. It's time to cast your votes, share your thoughts, and help us determine which film will be crowned the greatest Disney creation of all time in the "Dislife Podcast's" ultimate showdown.~Don't forget to book your next magical vacation with our preferred travel partner, Sara Solberg! Email her at sarasolberg@d2travel.com for more information.~If you've dreamt of living near the magic of Disney World Victor Nawrocki can find the home for you. You can search home, watch YouTube videos or contact Victor by visiting www.celebratingflorida.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dislife-podcast/support

In this episode of Journey to the Blue Sky, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2017 Blue Sky Studios animated film Ferdinand based on the 1936 children's book Ferdinand the Bull by Munro Leaf. Ferdinand is not like the other bulls. He's a sweet, kind, and gentle bull who loves flowers. But he is forced to become a bull to be sent away as a bull to compete in bullfights. As a young bull, he runs away and lives with a flower farmer and his daughter for several years. One day, he is captured and sent back to the ranch he grew up in and learns that the bulls must become ready to be sent to the bullfights, otherwise they'll be taking to the slaughterhouse. When the film premiered in theaters, it made $296 million dollars out of its $111 million dollar budget with mixed reviews with praising John Cena's portrayal as Ferdinand, but that the story and characters were forgettable. This would be the second Blue Sky Studios film that would be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Film, but lost to Coco. How does the film hold up? Listen and find out. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/old-school-lane/support

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is a 1971 children's science fiction/fantasy book by Robert C. O'Brien, with illustrations by Zena Bernstein. The novel was published by the New York City publishing house Atheneum Books.   This book was the winner of numerous awards including the 1972 Newbery Medal.   Ten years following its publication, the story was adapted for film as The Secret of NIMH (1982).   The novel centres around a colony of escaped lab rats–the rats of NIMH–who live in a technologically sophisticated and literate society mimicking that of humans. They come to the aid of Mrs. Frisby, a widowed field mouse who seeks to protect her children and home from destruction by a farmer's plow.   The rats of NIMH were inspired by the research of John B. Calhoun on mouse and rat population dynamics at the National Institute of Mental Health from the 1940s to the 1960s.   After O'Brien's death in 1973, his daughter Jane Leslie Conly wrote two sequels to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.   The Secret of NIMH is a 1982 American animated fantasy adventure film directed by Don Bluth in his directorial debut and based on Robert C. O'Brien's 1971 children's novel, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. The film features the voices of Elizabeth Hartman, Peter Strauss, Arthur Malet, Dom DeLuise, John Carradine, Derek Jacobi, Hermione Baddeley, and Paul Shenar. It was produced by Bluth's production company Don Bluth Productions in association with Aurora Productions.   The Secret of NIMH was released in the United States on July 2, 1982, by MGM/UA Entertainment Co. under the United Artists label. It was praised by critics for its elegant and painstakingly detailed animation, compelling characters, and deep and mature plot, and won a Saturn Award for Best Animated Film of 1982. Though only a moderate success at the box office, it turned a solid profit through home video and overseas releases. It was followed in 1998 by a direct-to-video sequel, The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue, which was made without Bluth's involvement or input and met with poor reception. In 2015, a live-action/computer-animated remake was reported to be in the works. A television series adaptation is also in development by the Fox Corporation.     Opening Credits; Introduction (1.21); Background History (4.50); Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Plot Synopsis (6.15); Book Thoughts (11.37); Let's Rate (42.18); Introducing a Film (44.01); Secret of NIMH (1982) Film Trailer (46.00); Lights, Camera, Action (48.33); How Many Stars (1:33.30); End Credits (1.35.41); Closing Credits (1:37.18)   Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – Copyright . All rights reserved   Closing Credits:  Flying Dreams (from The Secret of NIMH) by Kenny Loggins featuring Olivia Newton-John.  Taken from the album More Songs from Pooh's Corner.  Copyright 2000 Sony Records.  ​ Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast.    All rights reserved.  Used by Kind Permission.   All songs available through Amazon Music.  

On today's "Dislife Podcast," we embark on a magical journey through the enchanting world of Disney and Pixar animated films. In today's episode, we find ourselves at the heart of an epic tournament, a thrilling showdown where the beloved classics of Disney Animation and the innovative creations of Pixar Studios collide in a quest to determine the greatest Disney film of all time. This is the second part of a four-part series, and we're about to dive into the heart of the Disney Renaissance, a period of unparalleled creativity and excellence, and the inception of Pixar's groundbreaking storytelling.Join us as we explore the captivating narratives, unforgettable characters, and timeless tales that have shaped the dreams and imaginations of generations. From the hand-drawn masterpieces of Disney's Renaissance era to the groundbreaking computer-animated wonders of Pixar, we'll journey through the unforgettable stories that have left an indelible mark on our hearts.So, grab your popcorn, settle in, and prepare to be transported to a world where the magic of Disney and Pixar reigns supreme. It's time to cast your votes, share your thoughts, and help us determine which film will be crowned the greatest Disney creation of all time in the "Dislife Podcast's" ultimate showdown.~Don't forget to book your next magical vacation with our preferred travel partner, Sara Solberg! Email her at sarasolberg@d2travel.com for more information.~If you've dreamt of living near the magic of Disney World Victor Nawrocki can find the home for you. You can search home, watch YouTube videos or contact Victor by visiting www.celebratingflorida.com

We welcome Mark Adams and Bryan Lee from United We Fan to the podcast to discuss the Best Dinsey Animated Film of all time. We'll be voting on 100 animated films from Walt Disney and Pixar in a single elimination bracket. In the first episode, we discuss films from Disney's origins up to the Disney Renaissance. What classic Disney film will emerge as the best from the 30's through the mid 80's? Tune in and play along at home.-Don't forget to book your next magical vacation with our preferred travel partner, Sara Solberg! Email her at sarasolberg@d2travel.com for more information.-If you've dreamt of living near the magic of Disney World Victor Nawrocki can find the home for you. You can search home, watch YouTube videos or contact Victor by visiting www.celebratingflorida.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dislife-podcast/support

We welcome Mark Adams and Bryan Lee from United We Fan to the podcast to discuss the Best Dinsey Animated Film of all time. We'll be voting on 100 animated films from Walt Disney and Pixar in a single elimination bracket. In the first episode, we discuss films from Disney's origins up to the Disney Renaissance. What classic Disney film will emerge as the best from the 30's through the mid 80's? Tune in and play along at home.-Don't forget to book your next magical vacation with our preferred travel partner, Sara Solberg! Email her at sarasolberg@d2travel.com for more information.-If you've dreamt of living near the magic of Disney World Victor Nawrocki can find the home for you. You can search home, watch YouTube videos or contact Victor by visiting www.celebratingflorida.com

Because we have consumed A LOT of content over the years, there are many pieces of media that we missed, or just never ended up on our radar. That is what inspired our newest series....Late To The Party! For this episode, we talk about Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, which won an Oscar this year for Best Animated Film.IMDB Synopsis: A father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.

Have you ever wondered what it is like screenwriting inside the Marvel and Studio machine? Wonder no further, today we have screenwriter and director Joe Cornish. Joe was one of the writer's on Marvel's Ant-Man. The English comedian and filmmaker burst onto the scene in 2011 with his very successful film directorial debut, Attack The Block, starring John Boyega, who played Moses, a low-level crook, teenage gang leader, an orphan looking for respect around the block. The British sci-fi comedy horror film centers on a teenage street gang who have to defend themselves and their block from predatory alien invaders on Guy Fawkes Night.Cornish and his comedy partner, Adam Buxton form the successful duo, Adam & Joe an ironic pop culture sketch show which gained a lot of success in the UK alongside Cornish's long-term work in the UK TV entertainment industry. In 2011 he joined iconic directors, Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg as a writer for the screenplay and story for the 3D animated action-adventure film, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn --- co-written alongside Edgar Wright and Steven Moffat.Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.This $135 million budget film grossed $374 million at the box office and received a plethora of nominations including Oscars for Best Original Score, a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film, two BAFTA nominations for Best Animated Film and Best Special Visual Effects.Cornish co-wrote the screenplay for the Marvel Comic character, Ant-Man, along with Wright, Adam McKay, and Paul Rudd in 2015.Rudd, starring as Ant-Man is armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. Similar to most Marvel Studio movies, the film carried a big budget of $169.3 million and grossed $519.3 million.His latest film, The Kid Who Would Be King (2019), which was written undirected by Cornish, joins a band of kids who embarks on an epic quest to thwart a medieval menace.Joe honestly, was extremely forthcoming and transparent about a lot of things; like what really happened behind the scenes on Ant-Man and what it's like to write inside the Marvel machine, working with filmmaking legends like Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. And we also discuss his craft, how he approaches screenwriting and directing, and much more.Enjoy this conversation with Joe Cornish.

Unfortunately, due to recording schedule issues there is no new regular episode of Double Edged Double Bill this week. However, rather than release nothing, we decided to put out a bonus podcast from behind the paywall of our Patreon on the main feed! Said bonus episode is 2022's March Madness bracket podcast breaking down the best movie sequel! Joining our regular hosts Adam and Thomas are returning guests Jessica Scott, Yonathan Habtemichael and Marcelo Pico! Listen for all the chaos that will follow! If you like this, consider becoming a Patron for $1 to hear other bonus podcasts, including this year's March Madness bonus podcast about the Best Animated Film featuring Jael Peralta, Rafe Telsch and Scott Johnson coming soon and our On the Edge of Relevance all about John Wick Chapter 4! patreon.com/dedbpod Follow the show on Twitter @DEDBpod & Facebook as well as Adam and Thomas on Twitter! Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Podbean! Our artwork is provided by the amazing Christian Thor Lally!

Unfortunately, due to recording schedule issues there is no new regular episode of Double Edged Double Bill this week. However, rather than release nothing, we decided to put out a bonus podcast from behind the paywall of our Patreon on the main feed! Said bonus episode is 2022's March Madness bracket podcast breaking down the best movie sequel! Joining our regular hosts Adam and Thomas are returning guests Jessica Scott, Yonathan Habtemichael and Marcelo Pico! Listen for all the chaos that will follow! If you like this, consider becoming a Patron for $1 to hear other bonus podcasts, including this year's March Madness bonus podcast about the Best Animated Film featuring Jael Peralta, Rafe Telsch and Scott Johnson coming soon and our On the Edge of Relevance all about John Wick Chapter 4!     Follow the show on Twitter @DEDBpod & Facebook as well as Adam and Thomas on Twitter! Send feedback to doubleedgeddoublebill@gmail.com! Subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Podbean! Our artwork is provided by the amazing Christian Thor Lally      

We're back! Check out the show to hear our Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Score, Best Song and Best Animated Film

Welcome to Watch. Review. Repeat. This is the podcast where two best friends discuss the latest in film and television and then do it all over again the following week! It's time again... for Colton and Andrew to talk way too much about all the film and television from the past year! Part One includes a discussion of whether 2022 felt like a return to normalcy, picks for the top television shows of 2022, and a handful of film awards! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:04 - 2022: A Year In Review  00:24:22 - Best Special Presentation 00:26:45 - Worst Television Show 00:33:21 - Television Honorable Mentions 00:40:36 - Top 5 Television Shows  03:05:39 - Listener's Corner (2022: A Year In Review - Television Edition with Henrique Jaime) 01:14:53 - Worst Film  01:20:47 - Most Disappointing Film 01:28:26 - Most Surprising Film 01:32:46 - Best Animated Film 01:38:17 - Best Superhero Film 01:44:58 - Conclusion/Outro Visit our website! Support us on Patreon! Thank you for listening, and please send any feedback to watchreviewrepeat@gmail.com! Intro/Outro Credit: Mechanolith Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Kelsi and Trey are joined by director Dean Fleischer Camp to talk about his latest film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On starring Jenny Slate and Isabella Rossellini.Send requests, questions, and thoughts to our email: extracreditspod@gmail.comPlease rate and review us on your podcast platform!Apple PodcastsSpotifyFollow our Tik Tok: The Extra CreditsFollow our Instagram: @extracreditspodFollow our Letterboxd: The Extra CreditsFollow our Twitter: @theextracredits

On Today's Special Oscar Trivia Episode It is with extreme pleasure that we announce that Fighting in the War Room will be joining us for a special Oscar trivia episode. Matt Patches is the Senior Entertainment Editor at Polygon, Katey Rich is the deputy editor of VanityFair.com and together they form team Avatar: The Way of Winners. Dave "Da7e" Gonzales will have a book about Marvel coming out in 2022, David Ehrlich is a senior film critic at Indiewire and together they from team Linda Tarr is innocent: David is a false prodigal of a handful of truths. The amount these guys know about film trivia is only matched by their wit and banter. Enjoy this episode and then run (or click) over to Fighting in the War Room and give them a listen, a follow, and all that good stuff! Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Da7e (@da7e)  Patches (@misterpatches), and  David (@davidehrlich) . Please help David Ehrlich with his fundraising for an incredibly good cause: https://www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrlichs-2023-video-countdown-fundraiser From the fundraising page: "For the 2022 video/2023 fundraiser, AFTERSUN director Charlotte Wells has kindly selected a New York City non-profit called Food with Fam, and I couldn't be happier that she did. A former mutual aid group that began during the early days of the pandemic and incorporated as a nonprofit in 2022, Food with Fam is a small but extraordinary group that hosts biweekly food distributions and other initiatives throughout NYC to help feed families and individuals in need." Do you know the answers to the following questions: Who is the only person to win an academy award whose parents were also both Academy Award Winners? The Mother won an honoarary award and the Father was a Director? There are two movies that have had 11 oscar nominations and left the ceremony empty handed. You will get 5 points for each correct answer. With four wins, which Director has won the most Oscars? What two actresses tied for Best Actress on April 14th 1969, at the 41st annual Academy Awards? Who was the first winner of Best Animated Film in 2001? There are two Actors who have won two consecutive awards for best Actor. Five points for each actor. Winning for Best Original Song, who is the first person born in the 21st century to win an Academy Award? Why was the Oscars postponed in 1981 at less than 24 hours notice? Who is the only Oscar winner named Oscar? Don't forget the UNICEF Fundraiser on May 21st at 8pm EST and to donate at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/uniceftrivia If you liked this episode, you might enjoy listening to Peter Rijks and Jamie McCarthy in this sibling rivalry trivia showdown episode. Music Hot Swing, Fast Talkin, Bass Walker, Dances and Dames, Ambush by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Don't forget to follow us on social media: Patreon - patreon.com/quizbang - Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Check out our fun extras for patrons and help us keep this podcast going. We appreciate any level of support! Website - quizbangpod.com Check out our website, it will have all the links for social media that you need and while you're there, why not go to the contact us page and submit a question! Facebook - @quizbangpodcast - we post episode links and silly lego pictures to go with our trivia questions. Enjoy the silly picture and give your best guess, we will respond to your answer the next day to give everyone a chance to guess. We will also post old videos of us with Katy Colloton. Instagram - Quiz Quiz Bang Bang (quizquizbangbang), we post silly lego pictures to go with our trivia questions. Enjoy the silly picture and give your best guess, we will respond to your answer the next day to give everyone a chance to guess. Twitter - @quizbangpod We want to start a fun community for our fellow trivia lovers. If you hear/think of a fun or challenging trivia question, post it to our twitter feed and we will repost it so everyone can take a stab it. Come for the trivia - stay for the trivia. Ko-Fi - ko-fi.com/quizbangpod - Keep that sweet caffeine running through our body with a Ko-Fi, power us through a late night of fact checking and editing!

Not to be confused with Disney's Pinocchio (2022)! In this episode, Emily and Andrea discuss Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion masterpiece - a strong contender for Best Animated Film. You haven't seen Pinocchio quite like this, in a tale about free will, family, life, death, and hot chocolate.Recommendations:Uzumaki/Spiral into Horror by Junji ItoTomie by Junji ItoGyo/Fish by Junji ItoNo Longer Human by Junji ItoConvenience Store Woman by Sakaya MurataMetropolis (1927)Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)Intro music: Bossa In My Heart by SergeQuadrado. Outro music: Life of a Wandering Wizard by SergeQuadrado. 

Welcome to the first annual ReelTok Awards Show! We have 17 great awards to give out this year that include input from the four hosts as well as over 2,000 listener voting ballots! There are some surprise winners in here and some all-time reactions that make this episode a CAN'T MISS! Timestamps: (0:00) Welcome to the First ReelTok Awards Show (2:11) Best Director (7:20) Best Visual Effects (11:11) Best Cinematography (14:48) Best Foreign Film (18:08) Best Original Score (21:28) Best Animated Film (25:00) Best Comic Book Movie (29:01) Best Horror Film (40:21) Best Production Design (43:03) Funniest Movie of the Year (46:57) Best TV Show (51:39) Best Screenplay (54:39) Best Supporting Actor (56:14) Best Actor (1:00:00) Best Supporting Actress (1:06:11) Best Actress (1:09:34) Best Picture (1:23:00) How was 2022 as a whole for movies? (1:30:00) Wrap up and close out Go follow us on all of our socials below! ReelTok TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reeltokpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reeltokpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/reeltokpodcast Listen and Rate Us 5 Stars on Spotfiy and Apple Podcasts: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3V214vWwkO823aa4OaeDrO?si=ddaefaebe5c1460c Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reeltok-podcast/id1644680412 George Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/georgecarmi/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moviesandstuff14 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBrfDxvGMYC7NatgaqfKWMg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgecarmi/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/georgecarmi Tyler Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/TylerCWhitmore/ Movie TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backseatscreentime?lang=en Sports TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backseatcoach?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tylercwhitmore/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TylerCWhitmore Movie YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCygaEWKt_8C41lJjfBHEhQA Sports YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BackseatCoachTV Seth Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sethsreviews/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sethsfilmreviews?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachedbyse... Twitter: https://twitter.com/coachedbyseth Cam Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/cjwalsh27/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@camwalsh27?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camwalsh/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/camwalsh27 Logo created by Adamson Visuals: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@adamsonvisuals?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamsonvisuals/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/_AdamsonVisuals Welcome to ReelTok Podcast hosted by Cam, Tyler, Seth, and George where we talk all things movies, TV, and pop culture news. Weekly podcast episodes are released every Monday with YouTube videos uploaded daily. Help us become the #1 movie podcast in the entire world! 2022 ReelTok Awards Show | ReelTok Ep. 17 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reeltokpodcast/support

Pour up a Shrek cocktail and join Steven McCash, Brandon Vick, and Stoney Keeley as they relive the very first Best Animated Film recipient from the Oscars. Today, we're drinking with Shrek.

In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Arun and Patricia continue Nicktoons Movie Month with discussing about the 2001 Nickelodeon animated film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. A 10-year-old boy named Jimmy Neutron wishes to go to the opening of a theme park, but was told by his parents he couldn't. Meanwhile, he sent a satellite made out of a toaster to try to connect with aliens for intergalactic peace. However, the aliens who received the satellite instead went to Jimmy's town and abducted all the adults. It's up to Jimmy and his friends to head over to the aliens' planet and save their parents before they are eaten by a chicken god. When the film premiered in theaters, it made over $103 million dollars in the box office it was met with mixed to positive reviews praising its CGI animation, adventure, humor, and charm. It was one of the first animated films to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Film, but lost to Shrek. The movie was so successful that it spun off into two animated series for Nickelodeon: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Planet Sheen. It currently is rated at 74% at Rotten Tomatoes. What do Arun and Patricia think of the film? Listen and find out. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/old-school-lane/support

We check in this week with Studio Singer and Voice Over Artist Leyla Hoyle! Leyla is from Lima Peru and lives in Los Angeles,  California. She has recorded background voals for an impressive list of international stars such as Gloria Estefan, Justin Timberlake, Chris Stapleton, Demi Lovato, Celine Dion,  Andrea Bocelli, Julio Iglesias, Carlos Santana, and many more! She also sang in the animated movies, Ice Age 2, Happy Feet. The Emperors New Groove, Nacho Libre, Sea Biscuit and many other including the recent Disney movie Encanto which won an Academy Award as Best Animated Film! Leyla has also done vocal coaching for many well known artists! Listen to the podcast to find out more about the lovely and talented Leyla Hoyle! 

Tomeka and Tamera review Disney's 2021 animated film Encanto now on Disney +. Fun Fact: This film recently won an Oscar for Best Animated Film. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tomeka-tamara/support

In today's episode, I'm diving deeper into my analysis of the characters from the Disney movie, Encanto from the perspective of Human Design.  I created a post that I shared on Instagram about this and it's become one of my most shared and engaged with posts.  Check out the original post here.  I love seeing the world through the lens of Human Design and these characters provide incredible examples of these concepts in action.  If you've already watched this movie, watch it again from the lens of Human Design and let me know what you see.  If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.  Encanto just won the Oscar for Best Animated Film. INSIGHTS:What each of the characters in the movie Encanto represent in Human Design Some of the things my community saw in the characters that I didn't in my original post on Instagram New insights and analysis of the characters If this episode resonates with you, make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode. Take a screenshot, share it with your friends on social media, tag me (@iamrandilee), and let me know what your biggest takeaway was from this episode.  I can't wait to connect with you.Become a Chart Reading Master! Hybrid program open now for enrollment Connect with Randi on Instagram and TikTok, learn how you can co-create magic together and Join Embodiment by Design: FREE community on Mighty Networks for conscious leaders, guides, service providers, healers, creatives, and change-makers to receive resources and support from others who are on the path of embodying their Human Design and the highest frequency of their Gene Keys.Join Gifts of Gaia: A sacred membership community that is devoted to embodying the Gift frequency of the Gene Key that is activated by the Earth's transits.Support the show (http://paypal.me/islandrandi)

In which Rachel and Lauren work together (ie debate) through the Animated Film bracket created last month. Find out which listener had the most accurate guess! Thanks to all who participated in filling out a bracket! We apologize for the length of the episode, we took our time reasoning things out and also included the Loving Vincent reviews at the end.Copies of Il Postino are available to borrow, please get in contact with Rachel or Lauren for more information. We are postponing the discussion until the middle of April, but the next film will be announced at the beginning of the month.Caporegimes, keep an eye out for an email regarding the selection of which pin you'd like!Here os some BTS of Loving Vincent:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE9Q_7bfHsM

Book Vs Movie: “The Little Prince” The 1943 Novel Vs the 2015 Adaptation  The Margos say “Vive La France!” as we dive into the classic children's book The Little Prince by author & illustrator Antoine de Saint-Exupery originally published in 1943. The author was a successful poet, journalist, and aviator for many years before he was lost on a WWII mission off Marseille in occupied France in July 1944. Previous to his assumed death, he was the recipient of many awards including the Legion of Honor (1930 & 1939) and the U.S. National Book Award (1940.)  Saint-Exupery was visiting America during WWII and felt passionate about saving France from German occupation. One of his friends at the time was Charles Lindbergh who was an ardent anti-interventionist and part of the hero of The Little Prince is based on the appearance of Lindbergh's blonde son Land.  He and his wife Rose also lived in Quebec for a while where he was inspired by philosophers trying to make sense of war and how France can regain its independence and Democracy. Even though he was well in his 40s--Saint-Exupery served in the French Air Force and served in several missions before his plane disappeared.    The Little Prince would eventually become one of the most successful children's books in the history of publishing translated into over 300 languages and adapted as a film, opera, radio theater, and ballet. The narrator begins the story by telling the audience he doesn't trust adults as they do not receive things “normally.”  He begins conversations by showing them a picture of a snake eating an elephant and the grownups always said it looks like a hat.  The narrator is an aviator who crashes his plane in the Sahara desert. With only a few days of supplies, he meets a little blonde boy (The Little Prince) who tells his life story beginning as an alien from another planet (an asteroid.) He talks about being in love with a “vain” rose and then leaving that planet to save others who need him.  This includes six other planets: One with a king with no subjects A man who needs to be admired all of the time A man who drinks to forget  A rich businessman who can't see the beauty of the stars A lamplighter An old geographer who teaches about “ephemeral” being The Little Prince travels across planet earth and meets many creatures and people who help him grow as a person. (There are so many lessons here. It is hard to name them all!)  The 2015 animated film was directed by Mark Osbourne and features the voices of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Bud Cort & Albert Brooks (!) and beautiful visuals throughout. It also has a young girl as our protagonist which is one of the major changes in the adaptation.  The movie did very well with critics and won the 2016 Cesar Awards for “Best Animated Film.”  So between the novel and the movie--which did we prefer? Have a listen and find out!  In this ep the Margos discuss: The biography of Antoine de Saint-Exupery  The different adaptations over the years of the material  The terribly sad "real" ending of the story and what we thought of it as children The cast: Riley Osbourne (Little Prince,) Mackenzie Foy (the little girl,) Jeff Bridges (Aviator,) Rachel McAdams (mother,) Marion Cotillard (the Rose,) Benecio del Toro (the Snake,) Albert Brooks (Businessman,) Paul Rudd (the Adult Prince,) Paul Giamatti (Academy Teacher,) Bud Cort (the King,) and Ricky Gervais (the Conceited Man.)  Clips used: The Little Girl meets The Aviator The Little Prince trailer The Little Prince meets the King The Little Prince meets The Conceited Man The Little Prince meets The Businessman The Little Prince meets The Rose The Little Prince soundtrack Hans Zimmer & Richard Harvey Book Vs Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts .  Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie  Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/ Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.com Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Brought to you by Audible.com You can sign up for a FREE 30-day trial here http://www.audible.com/?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.com Margo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/  Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine   

He's a sheep, there's an alien, how good could this movie possibly be? Well, after the Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Film of the year, it must be pretty darn good. But Gary and Philip weigh in on whether or not this movie abducts the fun, or blasts the comedy!

After a long hiatus, The Cinematic Schematic returns for a special episode to give listeners, cinephiles and people hoping to be impressive at this Sunday night's 92nd Academy Awards watch parties everything they need to build a semi-accurate-ish Oscar ballot. Tune in to the conversation to prepare yourself for the Oscars 2020! Laron Chapman and I are back for our annual tradition of making the Oscar predictions that will either make your ballots shine or go down in a blaze of glory. Following last year's surprising (and according to your hosts, disappointing) victory for Green Book, can the Academy pivot in a different direction? Who will win this year's Best Picture? Will it be a historic win for Bong Joon-ho‘s surprise hit, Parasite? Or will it be the current front-runner coming off the PGA win, 1917? Perhaps it will be one of the surprise box office hits of 2019, Joker? It's shaping up to be a race worth remembering. For a deep dive conversation into Caleb's conversation with Harold Storey on the 2020 Best Animated Film nominees, make sure to listen to the latest episode of the Tunes/Toons podcast. If you're interested in reading more about Caleb's comments on Marvel […] The post Oscars 2020 Predictions – The Cinematic Schematic appeared first on The Cinematropolis.