Podcast appearances and mentions of oscar month

Play your flame guitar as you cue up the 655th edition of Have You Ever Seen to hear us jaw about the loner known as Max Rockatansky, but stay for the Imperator known as Furiosa. George Miller's 6-time Oscar-winner was the 4th in a series that already featured one of the greatest stunt movies ever made (The Road Warrior), but then he and his team managed to easily top it with Fury Road. And just as it was with the earlier pre-CGI films, most of the remarkable and dangerous stuff was done practically! Tom Hardy is solid casting in taking over the role that made Mad Mel Gibson a star, but this movie belongs to Charlize Theron as Furiosa. She, Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keough and the other fantastic female characters are the standouts in a surprisingly feminist film. So drive out, then drive back home as we head over to Australia (well, Namibia, really) and wrap up another Oscar Month with a detailed chat about Mad Max: Fury Road. Well, Actually: we said that it's unlikely Miller will get to make more films in this series because Furiosa bombed last year, but Mad Max: The Wasteland IS in pre-production. If you enjoy the product that has its own version of guzzoline, check out Sparkplug Coffee's website (sparkplug.coffee/hyes). Our "HYES" discount code will save you 20% off your next order. Rate our podcast in your app and write a review of it, but also subscribe. Hit the trusty like button and comment on YouTube as well...and subscribe (@hyesellis in the search bar on YouTube). Contact us: email (haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com), Bluesky (ryan-ellis and bevellisellis) and Twi-X (@moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis).

Many boxing movies have surpassed what Robert Wise and Paul Newman brought to the screen in Somebody Up There Likes Me, but their biopic DID win 2 technical Oscars. Newman is not at his best playing Rocky Graziano, an angry young delinquent who turned a life spent in various forms of trouble into a championship boxing career. He was still new to movies though and wasn't to be laconic and cool as he get to be in other roles. This was clearly a huge influence on the most-famous fictional boxer, Sly Stallone's Rocky Balboa. Ryan had fun with that comparison in this solo show, which is the 653rd edition of Have You Ever Seen. So step into the ring and take advantage of your hate as we ring in the spring this Oscar Month with a monologue about Somebody Up There Likes Me. Well, Actually: the content in the 3rd trivia question is inaccurate: Newman had 10 Oscar nominations in total, 9 for acting and 1 for producing (plus, Denzel Washington has 10 in total too because he was nominated for producing Fences). Also, to be crystal clear, the next solo show won't be on April 4th. It will be on Monday, March 24th. Bev will miss that day as she continues to recover from her surgery. Invest some bucks in Sparkplug Coffee. They give our listeners a onetime 20% discount. Just use our "HYES" promo code. The website is "sparkplug.coffee/hyes". Subscribe to Have You Ever Seen in your podcast app. Write a review of our work and give us a 5 star rating. And subscribe to us on YouTube as well (@hyesellis in the search bar). Comment and like as well. To say things to us, compose an email (haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com). Or use the social media apparatus. Ryan is @moviefiend51 and ryan-ellis on Twi-X and Bluesky while Bev is @bevellisellis and bevellisellis on those 2 apps.

It's St. Patrick's Day, so Have You Ever Seen #652 gets into an IRA frame of mind, puts on some green and talks about John Ford's The Informer. The legendary director and leading man Victor McLaglen won Oscars, but the set-bound film itself lost out to the epic grandeur of Mutiny On The Bounty for Best Picture. McLaglen plays a pathetic liar who betrays and rats out a fellow Irishman to British authorities...and deals with his guilt (badly) by blowing all his blood money as soon as possible. So pour a Guinness, boyos & girlos and prepare for another Ryan monologue here in Oscar Month as the 90-year-old The Informer is on deck. Pour some Irish whiskey into your Sparkplug Coffee. Or don't. Have You Ever Seen listeners can use our "HYES" promo code and get a 20% discount. The website if "sparkplug.coffee/hyes". Don't forget to rate this podcast and write a review. And subscribe! Feeding back to us can be achieved in a number of ways. Try email: haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com. Try Bluesky: "ryan-ellis" and "bevellisellis". Or go with Twi-X: "@moviefiend51" and "@bevellisellis".

Oscar Month continues! Bev's couple of weeks off begins! She's not here to talk about The King's Speech, which is a classy movie that ended up being a huge hit, even though it's about a group of people that Ryan has never liked: the royals? A monarchy? In a democracy? Yet, credit where it's due, Tom Hooper does an admirable job of making a non-fan care about the king of England and his enunciation---and also Nazi-related---troubles. Colin Firth won gold for his work as the stuttering Prince Albert/King George VI who gets a job he never wanted while his supportive wife (Helena Bonham Carter) and unorthodox speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush) are just about his only support system. The King's Speech is often quite touching and it's even inspirational, showing a privileged man have to deal with confidence issues, loneliness, his uncaring fellow royals and duty to his country. So don't storm off in anger. Just tune into the 651st episode of Have You Ever Seen and listen to one man's speech...about a speech. Well, Actually: while Slumdog Millionaire started the trend of the entire cast & crew in attendance at the Oscars going up on stage when the film wins Best Picture, the entire LOTR: ROTK cast & crew DID go up on stage the year THEY won Best Picture. Also, Helena Bonham Carter plays "Bellatrix Lestrange" in the Harry Potter series, not "Beatrix". We are sponsored by the coffee that's fit for a king or a queen: Sparkplug Coffee. Using our "HYES" promo code will get our fans a onetime 20% discount. The website is "sparkplug.coffee/hyes". Subscribe to our podcast in your app, but also write a review and rate our show. We're on YouTube as well (@hyesellis in the search bar), so comment all you wish and stroke the like button. Send us an email: haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com. On the social media sites, Ryan is "@moviefiend51" on Twi-X and "ryan-ellis" on Bluesky. Bev is "@bevellisellis" on Twi-X and "bevellisellis" on Bluesky.

Oscar Month concludes with the Third Annual Laties Awards Best Picture winner - Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz discuss the stacked cast, bizarre tone, and Oscar-winning design of the instant classic. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, written by Tony McNamara, and starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael.

Oscar Month takes us back to the long-ago past as we talk about the genial one that took home 7 Oscars 8 decades ago. But Going My Way didn't make it easy on us. This fluffery somehow one-upped the Double Indemnity at those Academy Awards. Bing Crosby even won a trophy for his role as a helpful priest, despite having a real-life personality that contrasted with his nice-guy image. Maybe he was a better actor than we thought. In any case, we can understand how a musical comedy would be welcomed during the height of WWII, but is this the epitome of filmmaking in ANY year? Well, we had some fun with Leo McCarey's flick, including speculating about who set the church on fire. We also poked the ribs of the Irish and the Catholic Church. So swing on a star with episode #577 of Have You Ever Seen as a songwriter bonds with wayward youths, lost loves and aging priests. To Be Clear: the James Brown "football guy" who's referred to is not even the legendary Cleveland running back (that's Jim Brown, of course), but the host who used to be a football broadcaster with Fox and seems to be working for CBS now. Sparkplug Coffee sponsors this show. Go to "sparkplug.coffee/hyes" for more details. Our "HYES" promo code will set you up with a onetime 20% discount. Want to feed us back? Email is good (haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com). Twi-X is too (@moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis). Bev is on Threads with that same handle. Also, keep up with every show we post on YouTube (@hyesellis). Rate and review us there and on your podcast app. Subscribe, like, comment, share, etc.

The actual Oscars may have already happened, but it's still Oscar Month on the pod! This week's Best Picture nominee - Greta Gerwig's Barbie! Ben, Andy, Aquielle, Jeffrey, and Kate discuss 2023's highest-grossing movie. Directed by Greta Gerwig, screenplay by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and featuring America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell.

Our first Best Picture winner in this year's Oscar Month, The Last Emperor, went 9 for 9 at the awards that year. John Lone, Joan Chen and Peter O'Toole are all solid in the starring roles, but there's something fairly soulless and even a little opaque about this spectacular production...especially for a Bernardo Bertolucci film. Bertolucci and his team were the rare Western filmmakers to be allowed to shoot in The Forbidden City in China, as they told a story about a sheltered child surrounded by devious sycophants. Puyi might be a royal, but his comfortable life is spent in effectively a prison. The biggest problem we couldn't get past with this film, though, is that this was what the Oscars told us was the pinnacle of 1987 filmmaking, even though Broadcast News, Moonstruck, Robocop, Predator and Lethal Weapon were all out that year. So don't you dare try to leave the 575th edition of Have You Ever Seen---not until you get kicked out---as we marvel and moan in equal measure about The Last Emperor. Well, Actually: Maggie Han was born in Rhode Island, but her parents were South Korean. Also, Licence To Kill was released in 1989, not 1987. They can't get Sparkplug Coffee in China, but people in America and Canada can. And if you use our "HYES" promo code, you'll save 20%. Go to "sparkplug.coffee/hyes". Drop us a line via email (haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com) and/or follow us on Twi-X (@moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis) and also look for Bev on Threads (@bevellisellis). Rate, review, subscribe, do all those things on your app, but also hunt us down on the web via YouTube. We post all our shows there. The destination in your browser is @hyesellis.

Some men are born to do our unpleasant jobs. And by listening to this podcast, you're one of them. Oscar Month continues on Vintage Cinema Rewind! This week, Blake and Michael look back at the '60s--err, the '30s--and watch the iconic 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Join them as they take a tour through Depression-era Alabama. Does this classic hold up? Or is this movie for the birds?   Where to watch: To Kill a Mockingbird - movie: watch streaming online (justwatch.com)   One Scene to Sell the Movie: To Kill a Mockingbird (3/10) Movie CLIP - The Children Save Atticus (1962) HD - YouTube

Oscar Month continues at Vintage Cinema Rewind. In this week's Deep Dive into David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, Blake and Michael continue their guerrilla campaign against the Ottoman Turks. But with all the quicksand and floggings and stray bullets, can these two defeat the invaders and say something smart? Or are they ultimately just the two most shameless exhibitionists since Barnum and Bailey?     Where to watch: Lawrence of Arabia - movie: watch streaming online (justwatch.com)

Vintage Cinema Rewind would like to thank the Academy. That's right, it's Oscar Month! This year, Blake and Michael are taking a look back at the 1963 awards season, starting with David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia! This epic film has everything. Swords. Matches. Match cuts. Can Blake and Michael make contact with Prince Fesial in time? Or is this week's episode already off the tracks?   Where to watch: Lawrence of Arabia - movie: watch streaming online (justwatch.com)   One Scene to Sell the Movie: Blake: Lawrence of Arabia: Sherif Ali gives Lawrence Arab robes for saving Gasim (youtube.com) Michael: Lawrence of Arabia (1/8) Movie CLIP - A Funny Sense of Fun (1962) HD (youtube.com)

Mike and Ethan continue Oscar Month with Killers of the Flower Moon. The latest in Martin Scorsese's extensive filmography. While not directly a mob, it shares some absolute core DNA with what Scorsese is known for. The movie follows Ernest who marries an Osage Native American woman, Mollie, who just happens to be part of a family RICH with oil money. Ernest's uncle is Robert DeNeiro so you know that can only cause trouble for the town and the Osage people. Sit back and relax as we dive into this over three-hour-long epic. Remember to join our Discord for movie nights and further podcast discussions!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-other-half/exclusive-content

We did a brief review of 12 Years A Slave when the film came out nearly 10 years ago. Here in Oscar Month 2023, we delve a lot deeper with the benefit of perspective. This tough-but-necessary film is the pinnacle of slavery movies, partly because it was written and directed by black men (John Ridley and Steve McQueen). Prestige Movies have had far more inclusion in the above-the-line jobs in the decade since, so there's clearly been progress in the film business. As for the story, Solomon Northup was a free man who was forced into this terrible life. It seems even more tragic that it happened to this exceptional man, although the moral question is why did ANYONE ever have to go through this? Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong'o are tremendous at showing us what it probably really was like to be a person held under the boot of vicious racists like Michael Fassbender. So as you cue up our 502nd edition of Have You Ever Seen, we ask you to understand that we're two white Canadians trying to sort through the horrors of slavery and the intricacies of the landmark achievement that is 12 Years A Slave. Sparkplug Coffee is our sponsor. Go to "sparkplug.coffee/hyes" and use that "hyes" promo code to save 20% on your next order. There were several corrections that need to be made to this episode as well as some additional thoughts, so go to @hyesellis and watch Ryan's 6-minute YouTube video about this film, then the podcast itself plays in its entirety. One error you won't find corrected there is that Jordan Peele produced Blackkklansman, not Judas & The Back Messiah. We're reachable via email (haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com) and Twitter (@moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis). Ryan also talks about sports films on "Scoring At The Movies".

Fittingly, the day after a passably uplifting film wins Best Picture of 2021, we post a chat about The Lost Weekend. Billy Wilder was a genius at tragi-comedy, so he isn't at his best directing something like this. Still, his Oscars-sweeper remains an effective effort. Most of Wilder's legendary films were ahead in the '50s, but his Oscar-festooned 1945 "drinking'll wreck ya" drama is a vivid forerunner of desperate alcoholism. Yes, Leaving Las Vegas, Young Adult and others did it better, but this was revolutionary for its time. Ray Milland took home a trophy for Best Actor (despite the thick-laying he's doing) and Jane Wyman is underused, but the cast is still pretty authentic. So pour 1 (or 100) out to the demons and also to the saints as the 435th Ellises' Analysis concludes Oscar Month with a chat about Wilder's Weekend.   Well, Actually: Alcoholics Anonymous got its start 10 years earlier in 1935. Also, I.A.L. Diamond became Wilder's writing partner in 1957 when they co-wrote Love In The Afternoon. Also also, we've reviewed 18 movies for which Edith Head designed the costumes. Also also also, after we talk about Soul next week, we will have covered at least one movie from every year from 2021 all the way back to 1929.   It may not be true that strong java will sober you up fast, but whether you need to get over a hangover or not, buy Sparkplug Coffee. They offer a one-time 20% discount to those who would be so steady as to put our "top100project" promo code into the appropriate box.   We spend a bit of time on Twitter: @moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis   Ryan also yaps about films that do the athletic thing (Scoring At The Movies)

Oscar Month reaches its thrilling conclusion with an episode you can't refuse as Late to the Movies talks The Godfather (1972). Ben and Robbie celebrate the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola's classic "family" film, starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, John Cazale, and many others.

Oscar Month reaches it's apex with the First Annual Laties Awards, honoring the best and brightest in 2021 movies! Before the Academy Awards on Sunday, Ben, Greg, Ray, and Robbie hand out some awards of their own and discuss who they think will win the 'other' big awards this weekend... Who will take home the Laties? Listen to find out!

Oscar Month floats on with James Cameron's 11-time Academy Award Winner, Titanic (1997)! Ben, Bree, Kay, and Sam briefly discuss The Batman before diving into Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet's classic disaster - romance that set every conceivable box office record and still looms large over the film landscape today.

Late to the Movies is shippin' up to Boston for the next episode of Oscar Month with The Departed (2006)! Ben, Cory, Pat, and Robbie talk about the accents, f bombs, and violence of Martin Scorcese's Best Picture-winning crime thriller, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Mark Wahlberg.

All four of us are geeks, but not in the traditional sense. Although we do love to eat chicken.  On this first episode of our #Oscars2021 month, we're talking about the original 1947 '#Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power and comparing it to the brand new re-telling by Guillermo del Toro! This film has everything from noir, to freakshows, to murder, mayhem and mysticism! Grab yourself a bucket of chicken, your Bradley Cooper fan club shirt and your official Oscar statue reproduction filled with chocolate. We're taking a detour down 'Nightmare Alley'!   If you'd like to leave the guys a question for the "Question of the Week" or leave us a show idea or voice message, use the link HERE. Join our Discord channel HERE! Or copy this link to your browser! https://discord.gg/UEmYaUt4sN You can donate to the show at our Ko-Fi Page! ko-fi.com/40go14

All four of us are geeks, but not in the traditional sense. Although we do love to eat chicken.  On this first episode of our #Oscars2021 month, we're talking about the original 1947 '#Nightmare Alley' starring Tyrone Power and comparing it to the brand new re-telling by Guillermo del Toro! This film has everything from noir, to freakshows, to murder, mayhem and mysticism! Grab yourself a bucket of chicken, your Bradley Cooper fan club shirt and your official Oscar statue reproduction filled with chocolate. We're taking a detour down 'Nightmare Alley'! If you'd like to leave the guys a question for the "Question of the Week" or leave us a show idea or voice message, use the link HERE. Join our Discord channel HERE! Or copy this link to your browser! https://discord.gg/UEmYaUt4sN   You can donate to the show at our Ko-Fi Page! ko-fi.com/40go14

Oscar Month kicks off with Bong Joon Ho's game changing Parasite (2019)! All month long we'll be talking about Best Picture winners, leading up to the Oscars on March 27th. In this episode, Ben, Cory, Greg, and Ray talk about the film that has (maybe!) changed the Academy for good and Cory's own experiences living in South Korea before revisiting the 2020 Oscar ceremony.

Kevin rounds out Oscar Month with the Ang Lee film that Jared gets confused about and Sophie has not seen. We appreciate your ears, and if you enjoy the show, please help us spread the word. Recommend us to the podcast listeners in your life, rate us 5 stars in whatever podcast service you use. … Continue reading “Uno Reverse Card” aka Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon →

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We haven’t yapped about a Wes Anderson movie in over 4 years, so the 390th Ellises’ Analysis was crying out to end that twee drought. Actually, forget that “twee” stuff. Why be so reductive of such a talented filmmaker? Anderson is quirky and precise, plus he loves his eye-popping colours (especially pink), he loves his ensemble casts and he loves making tragicomedies. This film is a bit more cold and distant than some of his other ones, but it’s also a surprisingly violent movie about grief and trying to remain civil in uncivil times. However, like all of Wes’ works, The Grand Budapest Hotel is awfully funny. Ralph Fiennes is uncharacteristically hilarious in the leading role and what a sensational supporting cast working with and against him. So settle in for our last movie in Oscar Month as we unravel the delightful threads on this grand turducken. A marvelous way to start your morning is to heat up some Sparkplug Coffee. Their one-time 20% discount is still available. Type in “top100project” at check-out to save some dollars. Twitter, right? We are @moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis Our website is top100project.com Ryan also tosses it back and forth about sports movies on Scoring At The Movies

It's late but we're doing our damnest for Oscar Month! This week we check out Nomadland! What did our trio think? More importantly what did YOU think? Get at us and let us know! www.ratethispodcast.com/badmovie Twitter - @podcastBADMOVIE Insta - @badmoviepodcast Email - badmoviereviewpodcast@gmail.com Check out the website! podcastnetwork.wixsite.com/badmovie Gil - @WR_Gil Kaity - @kung_fu_kaity Romero - @romeroinatx

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What's popping Pop buffs! I am your host the wolfman and this week week we are continuing OSCAR MONTH! This week we are talking about the lovely actors and actresses that have STILL not won for their incredible talent!! We will talk about the Oscars this year next week on the podcast! See ya soon!

 Recorded - 4/11/21On this episode of the Almost Sideways Movie Podcast, our three hosts (Terry Plucknett, Zach Saltz, Todd Plucknett) are joined by the fourth horseman Adam Daly for a special episode celebrating Oscar Month.  We all review one of the latest films to hit theaters before deep diving an all-time favorite that won Best Picture 15 years ago.  Here are the highlights:What We've Been WatchingAdam's Review: Batman: Soul of the Dragon (3:45)Todd's Cager Review: Time to Kill (6:40)Zach's Criterion Review: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (10:55)Terry's Anniversary Oscar Review: Children Underground (15:00)Featured Review: Voyagers (19:20)Deep Dive: The DepartedTrivia (37:50)Our Experiences with The Departed (53:30)Mt. Rushmore: Greatest Boston Movies (1:11:20)Recasting The Departed (1:19:15)Highest WAR, Worst Performances, Minor Character (1:31:00)Stickman, Douchebag, Best Scene (1:49:40)The Departed Sequel, Gripes, and Conspiracies (2:00:00)LVP, MVP, Quote of the Day (2:13:30)Participate in our annual Oscar Challenge here: https://forms.gle/WwcP95eGisgYyGSU7Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, YouTube, or Pandora!If you can't subscribe, listen here.Find AlmostSideways everywhere!Websitealmostsideways.comFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/AlmostSidewayscom-130953353614569/AlmostSideways Twitter: @almostsidewaysTerry's Twitter: @almostsideterryZach's Twitter: @pro_zach36Adam's Twitter: @adamsidewaysApple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/almostsideways-podcast/id1270959022Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/7oVcx7Y9U2Bj2dhTECzZ4mStitcherhttps://www.stitcher.com/podcast/almost-sideways-movie-podcastYouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfEoLqGyjn9M5Mr8umWiktA/featured?view_as=subscriberPandorahttps://pandora.app.link/hfYGimTce8

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  It's late but we're doing our damnest for Oscar Month! This week we check out Judas and the Black Messiah! What did our trio think? More importantly what did YOU think? Get at us and let us know! www.ratethispodcast.com/badmovie Twitter - @podcastBADMOVIE Insta - @badmoviepodcast Email - badmoviereviewpodcast@gmail.com Check out the website! podcastnetwork.wixsite.com/badmovie Gil - @WR_Gil Kaity - @kung_fu_kaity Romero - @romeroinatx  

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Warning: Catholics and Pope-lovers might want to steer clear of the Next 183 Project. S’pretty explosive stuff. We go hard on the church and the cover-up of the sex abuse scandal (a more accurate way to put that would be CHILD RAPE). As for the movie that shows how the intrepid journalists at the Boston Globe went about covering this controversial story, Spotlight is a rock-solid procedural filled with unglamorous research done by a great team of professionals. While the Keaton/Ruffalo/McAdams trifecta got all the press for their performances in this Oscar-winner, director Tom McCarthy finds roles for Stanley Tucci and Liev Schreiber that might be even better than the stars. They quietly steal the movie. So find out if we think this five-year-old Best Picture remains as good as so many people thought in 2015. Well, Actually…: Please forgive some clunkiness during our chat about the Top 5 Best Pictures of the past decade. We talked about Parasite and 1917 without having known at the time which won the top prize this year. Most of the now-dated “we don’t know which of them won” stuff was cut out. Also, the pope is indeed mentioned at least once…during Ruffalo’s “it could have been you, it could have been me” rant. Running all over town to dig up dirt on criminal enterprises can only be greatly helped by getting yourself some Sparkplug Coffee. If you like a 20% discount, you can get one of those by plugging in our promo code (“top100project”) at checkout. And Americans can get this hot delight now too! Twitterpalooza: @moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis Our website is www.top100project.com Next week, we'll cover our last picture in Oscar Month...Gladiator

Gil is out! and @Katy101x is in! Well sort of. Katy joins us this time around and Kaity heads the ship for the last movie needed for best picture: Little Women! What did our duo plus Katy think? More importantly what did YOU think? Get at us and let us know! www.ratethispodcast.com/badmovie Twitter - @podcastbadmovie Insta - @badmoviepodcast Email - badmoviereviewpodcast@gmail.com Check out the website! podcastnetwork.wixsite.com/badmovie Kaity - @kung_fu_kaity Romero - @romeroinATX Katy - @katy101x

Sorry for the delay but here we are! The second to last movie in our best pictures left to see; the history satire, Jojo Rabbit! What did our trio think of the movie? More importantly what did YOU think? Get at us and let us know! www.ratethispodcast.com/badmovie Twitter - @podcastbadmovie Insta - @badmoviepodcast Email - badmoviereviewpodcast@gmail.com Check out the website! podcastnetwork.wixsite.com/badmovie Gil - @whiterangergil Kaity - @kung_fu_kaity Romero - @romeroinATX

It's still Oscar Month! We knock another movie nominated for best picture off of the short list. This time we tackle the marathon that is the Irishman. What did our trio think? More importantly, what did YOU think? Get at us and let us know! Got anything to suggest we take a look at post oscars? Be sure to drop us a line! www.ratethispodcast.com/badmovie Twitter - @podcastbadmovie Insta - @badmoviepodcast Email - badmoviereviewpodcast@gmail.com Check out the website! podcastnetwork.wixsite.com/badmovie Gil - @whiterangergil Kaity - @kung_fu_kaity Romero - @romeroinATX

It's Oscars Month again! We've missed out on four movies for the best picture nominations so we're making sure we watch and review them before the big night! This week is Marriage Story! What did our trio think of the movie? More importantly what did YOU think? Get at us and let us know! www.ratethispodcast.com/badmovie Twitter - @podcastbadmovie Insta - @badmoviepodcast Email - badmoviereviewpodcast@gmail.com Check out the website! podcastnetwork.wixsite.com/badmovie Gil - @whiterangergil Kaity - @kung_fu_kaity Romero - @romeroinATX

It’s an Oscar Month. ***This is a Spoiler Free Episode*** Cuz we’re previewing movies, ya see. But seriously, we don’t even get into many trailer details in this episode either if you’re against those. SixDegreesOfMMO Reminder - 1:38 A Lot of stuff on Bohemian Rhapsody including this awful pun... Fat Bottom Mikes Make the Rockin’ World Go Round (True statement) - 2:28 The Rest of Week 1: 11/2 Theatrical Releases - 8:05 Tyler Perry’s Nobody’s Fool, The Nutcracker and the 4 Realms, Bodied, Boy Erased, In Search of Greatness (the MMO story), Maria By Callas, A Private War, Rampant, Searching for Ingmar Bergman. Week 2 11/9 - 20:31 Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Overlord, El Angel, Postcards from London, River Runs Red, The Front Runner (11/7), Narcissister Organ Player, Burning. Week 3 11/16 - 35:01 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Instant Family, Widows, At Eternity’s Gate, Jonathan, The Last Race, The World Before Your Feet. Week 4 11/21 & 11/23 - 46:38 Creed II, Green Book, Ralph Breaks The Internet, Robin Hood, Becoming Astrid, The Favourite, Shoplifters. Week 5 11/30 - 58:27 The Possession of Hannah Grace, Anna and the Apocalypse, Head Full of Honey, If Beale Street Could Talk, Sicilian Ghost Story, Happy as Lazzaro. Netflix in November - 1:03:41 House of Cards, The Other Side of the Wind, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, Outlaw King, Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Words of Wisdom/Outro - 1:05:59 We’re ahead of schedule! This is the November preview of theatrical releases circling your turkey day, and it’s a loaded month for Oscar films. We start off with Bohemian Rhapsody, and we end with some potential Netflix nominees like the newest Coen Brothers film, Ballad of Buster Scruggs. In between, we update you and further of preview happy podcasts on The Grinch, Boy Erased, Widows, At Eternity’s Gate, The Favourite, Shoplifters, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Orson Welles stuff. All those films could contend for red carpet walks according to the punditry ou there. We also discuss some potential blockbusters and fan favorites like The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Creed II, Anna and the Apocalypse, and House of Cards. It is a loaded month, and we cover it from Queen concerts to Beale Street. There will be a ton of Oscar movie reviews from us over the next month plus. Do go back and search our massive catalog of episodes to get caught up on our 20+ OSPs from Black Panther to A Star Is Born and First Man, with all of the Hereditary’s and Eighth Grade’s and The Wife’s, and Won’t You Be My Neighbor’s mixed in there for good measure. We just finished our Halloween frachise re-watch culminating in our movie event review of this year’s David Gordon Green installment that just hit theaters. There are 10 episodes devoted to the Michael Myers slasher series including reviews of each film and both trailers for the film throughout our episode list. Then if you enjoyed those, do go and listen to our other series including The Conjuring Universe, MCU, Mission Impossibles, and many Oscar retrospectives on categories past from Best Picture years like 97’s Titanic vs LA Confidential to Best Original Songs. Chat with us on social media. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Gmail. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter. Send us your responses to our latest round 4 challenge of SixDegreesOfMMO to solve the IMDB riddle that is Jaimie Lee Curtis to Mike Myers. We’ll be reading those winners on the pod in an upcoming episode. Finally, if you’ve been enjoying our stuff, please review us on iTunes to help us spread the word about our show. We’re growing at a fast rate this month, our best ever by far, and we thank you for listening. When reality sucks, you’ve been watching those movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

On this week’s episode, Oscar Month comes to a close as we tackle 2006’s Best Picture winner CRASH, a film often cited as the worst to ever receive the Big Prize. Has time been kind to the racially-charged ensemble drama? Or does it deserve the ridicule and scorn? Sandra Bullock hurls ethnic slurs, Ludacris gets … Continue reading Ep. #35-Crash (2005) →

It’s Oscar Month! Next 100 Project episode #93 is an excellent podcast. Definitely. Yeah. This revered Oscar-winner from ’88 has two amazing—but very different—leading performances from Dustin Hoffman & Tom Cruise. Flaws exist, of course (particularly with the real-life exploits of those 2 stars), but this road trip is…yeah, it can be said….worth taking. Oh, and you can get 10% off your first order of Sparkplug Coffee if you use the discount code “Top100Project”. So definitely use it!

Our 52nd Next 100 Project podcast marks the end of Oscar Month. This movie is expert at making people’s eyes rain. Death by cancer’ll do that. Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger and ol’ Saint Nick all won acclaim, but the relationship between the leading ladies is the real story here. Pretty nice film debut for writer/director Jim Brooks too, huh? Enjoy some Sparkplug Coffee as you rocket through our chat about the Terms.

Make it an even 50 in the Next 100 Project! We cheat a bit in Oscar Month by featuring a flick that didn’t win Best Picture (but we think it was hosed!). Spacey, Crowe, Pearce and so many other actors are awesome, but Basinger is the one who snagged a gold naked guy. Huge props to Curtis Hanson for directing this period piece so well. Guzzle some Sparkplug Coffee as you hear us dissect this modern noir...or is it noir?

Oscar Month ends with this episode as Kevin Spacey & Annette Bening share the hate in most comical fashion. The Oscar-winner was a mega-hit and it’s still vivid & funny, but also a touch dated. The young actors more than hold their own in Sam Mendes’ debut as a film director. Look closer at this one while also tracking down some Sparkplug.Coffee!

Chris and Sean end Oscar Month with a film that was criminally overlooked by the Academy: Creed. Directed by Ryan Coogler, the film follows Michael B. Jordan as the son of Apollo Creed who goes to his father's friend Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester Stallone, to train as a boxer. It's a fantastic film whose sole nomination is for Stallone's fantastic return as Rocky yet deserved much more nominations.As always, you can follow Chris Stachiw on Twitter at @KultureStach, Sean Liang at @Seannifer and Kulture Shocked at @KultureShocked. The new intro and outro music is Wovoka's "Lament", and big thanks to them for allowing us to use their song. You can also subscribe to the Kulturecast on iTunes here. Also, don't forget to check out our official Facebook page for news, upcoming reviews, contests, and new content.

Chris and Sean continue Oscar Month with our sixth Best Picture nominee: Mad Max: Fury Road. Directed by George Miller, the film follows Tom Hardy as the title character as he is thrust into the middle of a war between Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) and Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne). It's an over the top car chase that begins in the first reel and doesn't let up until the finale of the film; it's intense. It's nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, along with eight other Oscars.As always, you can follow Chris Stachiw on Twitter at @KultureStach, Sean Liang at @Seannifer and Kulture Shocked at @KultureShocked. The new intro and outro music is Wovoka's "Lament", and big thanks to them for allowing us to use their song. You can also subscribe to the Kulturecast on iTunes here. Also, don't forget to check out our official Facebook page for news, upcoming reviews, contests, and new content.

Chris and Sean continue Oscar Month with our fifth Best Picture nominee: Spotlight. Directed by Tom McCarthy, the film takes a look at the Boston Globe Spotlight team that uncovered the rampant child abuse present in the Catholic Church. The film stars Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, and Liev Schrieber. It's nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Adams for Supporting Actress and Ruffalo for Supporting Actor.As always, you can follow Chris Stachiw on Twitter at @KultureStach, Sean Liang at @Seannifer and Kulture Shocked at @KultureShocked. The new intro and outro music is Wovoka's "Lament", and big thanks to them for allowing us to use their song. You can also subscribe to the Kulturecast on iTunes here. Also, don't forget to check out our official Facebook page for news, upcoming reviews, contests, and new content.

Chris and Sean, joined by screenwriter Tim Burns, continue Oscar Month with our fourth Best Picture nominee: The Big Short. Directed by Adam McKay, the film stars an ensemble cast of actors that take a look at what caused the recession in 2008. It's McKay's first dramatic film but doesn't shy away from comedy as well. It's nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Christian Bale for Supporting Actor.As always, you can follow Chris Stachiw on Twitter at @KultureStach, Sean Liang at @Seannifer and Kulture Shocked at @KultureShocked. The new intro and outro music is Wovoka's "Lament", and big thanks to them for allowing us to use their song. You can also subscribe to the Kulturecast on iTunes here. Also, don't forget to check out our official Facebook page for news, upcoming reviews, contests, and new content.

Chris and Sean, joined by staff writer Oscar Moreno, continue Oscar Month with our third Best Picture nominee: Bridge of Spies. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the film stars Tom Hanks as lawyer James Donovan who is tasked with defending captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel played by Mark Rylance. Rylance is nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award while the film is nominated for Best Picture.As always, you can follow Chris Stachiw on Twitter at @KultureStach, Sean Liang at @Seannifer and Kulture Shocked at @KultureShocked. The new intro and outro music is Wovoka's "Lament", and big thanks to them for allowing us to use their song. You can also subscribe to the Kulturecast on iTunes here. Also, don't forget to check out our official Facebook page for news, upcoming reviews, contests, and new content.

Oscar Month is under way with this stunningly popular title. Newman & Redford have more chemistry than just about any couple ever paired up on the big screen. Their charm takes them a long way and they're convincing as con men too, but is their twist-filled movie funny? How has it held up compared to other '70s classics? Check out our theories and get you & your family some beans from Sparkplug.Coffee!

Chris and Sean, joined by director Matt Campagna and writer Russ Linton, kick off Oscar Month with our second Best Picture nominee: The Revenant. Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass, a fur-trapper in Montana who must avenge the death of his son after being mauled by a bear and left for dead. His search for revenge takes him across the northern states, tracking the man responsible, Fitzgerald, played by Tom Hardy.As always, you can follow Chris Stachiw on Twitter at @KultureStach, Sean Liang at @Seannifer and Kulture Shocked at @KultureShocked. The new intro and outro music is Wovoka‘s "Lament", and big thanks to them for allowing us to use their song. You can also subscribe to the Kulturecast on iTunes here. Also, don't forget to check out our official Facebook page for news, upcoming reviews, contests, and new content.

Oil! Also, money, religion, power...and blood! Paul Thomas Anderson’s blisteringly intimate epic brings us another in a long line of huge Daniel Day-Lewis performances. This remains PTA’s most-successful and rewarded film yet, even though it certainly isn’t flawless. This wraps up the Month O’ Bev, so stay tuned for Oscar Month the rest of February. And don’t forget to check out our sponsor at Sparkplugcoffee.com.

On this week's episode, the gang kick off Oscar Month with the ridiculous serial killer snooze, Taking Lives! Sure, he's nominated for Best Supporting Actor this year, but back in 2004, Boyhood was still a decade off and Ethan Hawke had to keep the lights on somehow! How did they think they could cover up that Hawke is the killer? How are there no Canadian accents in this French-Canadian thriller? And why did Gena Rowlands bother keeping that little murderer's bedroom in such great shape? PLUS: That old guy that will evaluate your artistic ability via the mail really, really likes Kiefer Sutherland. Taking Lives stars Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Gena Rowlands, Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez, Paul Dano and Tchéky Karyo; directed by D.J. Caruso.

If you want to sell a movie script, you've got to get in the room. But what do you do once you get there? Geoff answers a listener question by explaining what you need to do when prepping a pitch and presenting it to producers (all of whom are throwing knives at you as you speak). Plus, we kick off Oscar Month, celebrating the 99th anniversary of Oscar royalty Charlie Chaplin's appearance in film, and Scott engages in an insightful discussion with How to Survive a Plague director David France about his Academy Award-nominated AIDS documentary.