#675: Top 5 Movie Homages

ADAM

1. “Touch of Evil’s” opening tracking shot, THE PLAYER

2. “Night of the Hunter’s” Love vs. hate monologue, DO THE RIGHT THING

3. “Battleship Potemkin’s” Odessa steps sequence, THE UNTOUCHABLES

4. “Nights of Cabiria’s” final shot, THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO

5. “2001: A Space Odyssey’s” bone toss, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY

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TASHA ROBINSON

1. E.T. watches The Quiet Man, E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

2. The Duke brothers from Trading Places return, COMING TO AMERICA

3. Watching Snow White, GREMLINS

4. Quentin Tarantino quotes the entirety of John Carpenter’s The Thing, THE HATEFUL EIGHT

5. [Pixar tie] The carpet from The Shining, TOY STORY / Samuel L. Jackson and Die Hard With A Vengeance, THE INCREDIBLES

#674: Top 5 Wes Anderson Scenes (Revisited)

Originally aired March 14, 2014 on episode #481

Josh

1. “I wonder if it remembers me.” THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU

2. Bill Murray’s cannonball, RUSHMORE

3. “I’ve had a rough year,” THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

4. “What kind of bird are you?” MOONRISE KINGDOM

5. Salute to the wolf, FANTASTIC MR. FOX

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Michael Phillips

1. Final scene of Max's play, RUSHMORE

2. Herman Blume hitting his kids in the car, RUSHMORE

3. "You're true blue, Ethel, you really are." THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

4. Scout Master's nonviolent rescue operation speech, MOONRISE KINGDOM

5. Straightening the figurine in practice burglary, BOTTLE ROCKET

#669: Top 5 Overlooked '90s Movies

Adam

1. Trust

2. Lone Star

3. The Remains of the Day

4. The Opposite of Sex

5. One False Move

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Josh

1. Bringing Out the Dead

2. James and the Giant Peach

3. Get on the Bus

4. Holy Smoke!

5. The Witches

#668: Top 5 Superhero-Director Combos (We'd Like To See)

Adam

1. The Coen Brother's The Vision starring Leonardo DiCaprio

2. Jordan Peele's Green Lantern starring Daniel Kaluuya

3. Sarah Polley's Rogue starring Anya Taylor-Joy

4. David Croenberg's Angel/Archangel starring Timothée Chalamet

5. 5. Ana Lily Amirpour’s Ms. Marvel starring Golshifteh Farahani

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Josh

1. Greta Gerwig's Squirrel Girl

2. Dee Rees' Storm

3 Anna Rose Holmer's Doctor Strange

4 Tim Burton's Nightmask (stop motion)

5 Sofia Coppola's Aquawoman

#667: Top 5 Gary Oldman Performances

1. George Smiley, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

2. Norman Stansfield, LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL

3. Drexl Spivey, TRUE ROMANCE

4. Dracula, BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA

5. Sid Vicious, SID & NANCY

#666: Top 5 Films of 1983

Adam

1. The Right Stuff

2. The King of Comedy

3. Fanny and Alexander

4. L'Argent

5. National Lampoon's Vacation

Bonus Top 5 Films of '83 in '83:

1. Eddie and the Cruisers
2. National Lampoon's Vacation
3. Mr. Mom
4. WarGames
5. Return of the Jedi

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Josh

1. The King of Comedy

2. Nostalghia

3. Videodrome

4. Valley Girl

5. L'Argent

Bonus Top 5 Films of '83 in '83:

1. Return of the Jedi
2. National Lampoon's Vacation
3. Krull
4. Octopussy
5. Never Cry Wolf

#664: 2018 Preview / Top 5 Questions

Adam

1. Which Rooney Mara-Joaquin Phoenix movie will be the more transcendent spiritual experience, MARY MAGDALENE or DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT? or Is this the Year of the Phoenix (YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE)? 

2. Is this the year I finally discover who Claire Foy is (UNSANE, FIRST MAN, THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB)?

3. Will Filmspotting producer Sam Van Hallgren - and other cinephiles - actually appreciate Luca Guadagnino’s SUSPIRIA remake?

4. Which female-led, heist octet ensemble will we most want to see get away with it – OCEAN’S 8 or WIDOWS?

5. Why is the director of “Weekend” and “45 Years” making a heartwarming movie about a horse (LEAN ON PETE)?

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Josh

1. Can Damien Chazelle move us without music (FIRST MAN)?

2. Which director of a recent horror breakout is most likely to take another big step forward in 2018: "The Babadook"'s Jennifer Kent (THE NIGHTINGALE) or "It Follows"'s David Robert Mitchell (UNDER THE SILVER LAKE)?

3. Will David Gordon Green’s HALLOWEEN finally force us to do a Halloween (1978) Sacred Cow?

4. Can Melissa McCarthy (CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?) carry a dramatic feature?

5. Can Shane Black’s THE PREDATOR possibly be as good as "Predators"?

Josh's 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2018

1. Isle of Dogs
2. Annihilation
3. Ready Player One
4. Incredibles 2
5. Widows
6. If Beale Street Could Talk
7. Black Klansman
8. Black Panther
9. Leave No Trace
10. High Life

#663: Best Movie Moments of 2017

Opening Scene

Adam

1. Baby Driver

2. Get Out

3. Lady Bird

4. Phantom Thread

5. Dunkirk

Josh

1. Baby Driver

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Funniest Moment

Adam

1. The Trip to Spain - "You look like a tentative Nazi."

2. The Big Sick - "We lost 19 of our best guys."

3. Lady Bird -  "Who the f*** is on top their first time?"

4. The Meyerowitz Stories -  Brothers catching up in elevator

5. I, Tonya - "But I am."

Josh

1. The Lego Batman Movie - Lobster Thermidor

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Music Moment

Adam

1. Okja - "Annie's Song"

2. Logan Lucky - "Take Me Home, Country Road"

3. Lady Bird - "Crash Into Me" / "I love it"

4. Call Me by Your Name - "Love My Way"

5. A Ghost Story - "I Get Overwhelmed"

Josh

1. Band Aid - Bonding on stage / First song

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Moving MOMENT

Adam

1. Molly’s Game - “I’m your father”

2. Lady Bird - ”She’ll be back” / Airport

3. Faces Places - Jeanine sees herself, coal miner's village

4. Wonderstruck - “Are you Ben?”

5. Coco - “Remember Me” duet

Josh

1. Coco - Honoring Coco

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Scene of the Year

Adam

1. Call Me by Your Name - Prof. Perlman's Monologue + Elio 'feels' by fire

2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - “I know, baby”

3. A Ghost Story - Eating pie / Pioneer family montage / “I don’t think they’re coming”

4. Get Out - The Sunken Place

5. Wonder Woman - No Man’s Land

Josh

1. The Florida Project - Bobby lights up The Magic Castle