#769: 1930s Starter Pack
Pantheon: The Wizard of Oz
Adam
Josh
2. Modern Times (1936)
3. The Rules of the Game (1939)
4. King Kong (1933)
Filtering by Category: 2020
#766-767: Top 20 Films of the 2010s
Adam
1. Inside Llewyn Davis
2. The Master
3. The Tree of Life
4. Never Let Me Go
5. Lady Bird
6. Boyhood
7. Mad Max: Fury Road
8. Parasite
9. Take Shelter
10. The Act of Killing
Josh
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. The Tree of Life
3. Moonlight
4. Isle of Dogs
5. Get Out
6. Meek’s Cutoff
7. Leviathan
8. The Fits
9. Cemetery of Splendor
10. Hail, Caesar!
11. Ex Machina
12. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
13. Phantom Thread
14. Roma
15. The Florida Project
16. Winter’s Bone
17. The Bling Ring
18. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
19. Chi-Raq
20. The Act of Killing
11. Under the Skin
12. Certified Copy
13. Margaret
14. Meek’s Cutoff
15. If Beale Street Could Talk
16. Dogtooth
17. The Social Network
18. BlackKklansman
19. Tower
20. The Arbor
#765: Top 10 Performers of the 2010s
Adam
Adam Driver
Honorable Mentions: Ryan Gosling, Oscar Isaac, Rooney Mara, Elisabeth Moss, Lupita Nyong’o, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Pattinson, Michael Shannon, Emma Stone, Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron
Josh
Jennifer Lawrence
Scarlett Johansson
Joaquin Phoenix
Michael B. Jordan
Oscar Isaac
Lupita Nyong’o
Robert Pattinson
Tilda Swinton
Elisabeth Moss
Adam Driver
Honorable Mentions: Leonardo DiCaprio, Michelle Williams, Andy Serkis, Anna Paquin for MARGARET alone
#764: Live in Chicago: Top 5 Filmspotting Top 5 Lists
Adam
1. #491 – Movie Tattoos (That We’d Get)
2. #678 – Filmspotting's Avengers
3. #600 – Top 5 Movies Future Historians Will Remember
4. #680 – Top 5 Too-Real Parenting Moments
5. #400 – Top 5 Things We Learned From The Movies / #694: Top 5 Things We Learned Podcasting (About Movies)
Josh
1. #589 – (Non-Kids) Movies to Show Your Kids (with Sam Van Hallgren)
2. #512 – Movie Costumes We'd Wear (with Michael Phillips)
3. #502 – Robin Williams Scenes
4. #686 – Movie Chrises (Chris Power Rankings)
5. #745 – Judy Garland Moments (with Michael Phillips)
Honorable Mention: #507 — Top 5 Movie Manimals
#763: Top 5 Jeff Bridges Scenes
Adam
“She kidnapped herself,” THE BIG LEBOWSKI
“I got you,” HELL OR HIGH WATER
“Can I miss her now,” THE FISHER KING
“Goodbye, Carla,” FEARLESS
Stealing the car, THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT
Josh
“I’m the Dude,” THE BIG LEBOWSKI
“We’re still here,” THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS
“I bow out,” TRUE GRIT
Reacting to horrible news, THE FISHER KING
Crashing the car, FEARLESS
#762: 2020 Oscar Picks with Michael Phillips
Best Picture
Adam
Will win: 1917
Should win: PARASITE
Stupid omission: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Michael
Will win: 1917
Should win: PARASITE
Stupid omission: THE FAREWELL
Josh
Will win: PARASITE
Should win: PARASITE
Stupid omission: US
Best Director
Adam
Will win: Bong Joon Ho, PARASITE
Should win: Bong Joon Ho, PARASITE
Stupid omission: Greta Gerwig, LITTLE WOMEN
Josh
Will win: Sam Mendes, 1917
Should win: Bong Joon Ho, PARASITE
Stupid omission: Jordan Peele, US
Michael
Will win: Sam Mendes, 1917
Should win: Bong Joon Ho, PARASITE
Stupid omission: Noah Baumbach, MARRIAGE STORY
Best Actress
Adam / Josh
Will win: Renée Zellweger, JUDY
Should win: Scarlett Johansson, MARRIAGE STORY
Stupid omission: Lupita Nyong’o, US
Michael
Will win: Renée Zellweger, JUDY
Should win: Saoirse Ronan, LITTLE WOMEN
Stupid omission: Lupita Nyong’o, US
Best Actor
AdaM / JOsh / Michael
Will win: Joaquin Phoenix, JOKER
Should win: Adam Driver, MARRIAGE STORY
Stupid omission: Adam Sandler, UNCUT GEMS
Best Supporting Actress
Adam
Will win: Laura Dern, MARRIAGE STORY
Should win: Florence Pugh, LITTLE WOMEN
Stupid omission: Zhao Shuzhen, THE FAREWELL
Michael
Will win: Laura Dern, MARRIAGE STORY
Should win: Laura Dern, MARRIAGE STORY
Stupid omission: Zhao Shuzhen, THE FAREWELL
Josh
Will win: Florence Pugh, LITTLE WOMEN
Should win: Florence Pugh, LITTLE WOMEN
Stupid omission: Juliette Binoche, HIGH LIFE
Best Supporting Actor
Josh / Michael
Will win: Brad Pitt, ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD
Should win: Joe Pesci, THE IRISHMAN
Stupid omission: Song Kang-ho, PARASITE
Adam
Will win: Brad Pitt, ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD
Should win: Brad Pitt, ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD
Stupid omission: Song Kang-ho, PARASITE
Best Original Screenplay
Josh / Michael
Will win: Quentin Tarantino, ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD
Should win: Bong Joon Ho & Han Jin Won, PARASITE
Stupid omission: Jordan Peele, US
Adam
Will win: Quentin Tarantino, ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD
Should win: Bong Joon Ho & Han Jin Won, PARASITE
Stupid omission: Lulu Wang, THE FAREWELL
Best Adapted Screenplay
Adam
Will win: Greta Gerwig, LITTLE WOMEN
Should win: Greta Gerwig, LITTLE WOMEN
Stupid omission: Joel Edgerton & David Michôd, THE KING
Michael
Will win: Greta Gerwig, LITTLE WOMEN
Should win: Greta Gerwig, LITTLE WOMEN
Josh
Will win: Greta Gerwig, LITTLE WOMEN
Should win: Greta Gerwig, LITTLE WOMEN
Stupid omission: Christian Petzold, TRANSIT
#761: 2020 Movie Preview - Top 5 Questions
ADAM
Which sequel, 30 years in the making, will most make me feel like a kid again – GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE or TOP GUN: MAVERICK?
Will DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD be my favorite movie of 2020 or of all-time?
After “Marriage Story,” “The Irishman” and “The King,” what will be the cream of Netflix’s crop this year? (MANK, DA 5 BLOODS, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS)
How will Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross “darken up” Pixar’s SOUL?
If a movie year doesn’t include dollops of [Adam] Driver (ANNETTE, THE LAST DUEL) and plenty of [Florence] Pugh (BLACK WIDOW), did it really happen?
Honorable Mention
Will Marvel’s artsy director choices pay off… for cinephiles (THE ETERNALS, BLACK WIDOW)?
Can Denis Villeneuve solve DUNE?
How good will Kristin Wiig be as a villain (WONDER WOMAN 1984)?
Does Ansel Elgort have the musical chops and charisma to play Tony in WEST SIDE STORY?
JOSH
Michael Stuhlbarg and Elisabeth Moss in “Shirley.”
Will DUNE bury Denis Villeneuve?
Will Elisabeth Moss be even more dominant in the 2020s than she was in the 2010s? (THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE FRENCH DISPATCH, SHIRLEY)
Will DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD be as moving as “Our Time Machine”?
Will I have the courage to watch “Candyman” (1992) in preparation for CANDYMAN?
With AFTER YANG, will Kogonada be the latest Golden Brick winner to go on and achieve even greater things?
Honorable Mention
Will there be a reason for Steven Spielberg’s WEST SIDE STORY after John Chu’s IN THE HEIGHTS?
Can James Bond be saved by Ana De Armas, Lashana Lynch and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in NO TIME TO DIE?