#881: Top 5 Movie Mother-Daughters

ADAM

1. Stella and Laurel, STELLA DALLAS

2. Charlotte and Eva, AUTUMN SONATA

3. “Big Edie” and “Little Edie”, GREY GARDENS

4. Ripley and Newt, ALIENS

5. Margaret and Carrie White, CARRIE

JOSH

1. Raimunda and Irene, VOLVER

2. Mildred and Veda, MILDRED PIERCE

3. The mothers and daughters of HAIRSPRAY

4. Ripley and Newt, ALIENS

5. Princess Merida and Queen Eleanor, BRAVE

#879: Top 5 Movie Summers

ADAM

1. 1982 - Blade Runner, E.T., The Thing, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The World According to Garp, Poltergeist

2. 1989 - Do The Right Thing, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Dead Poets Society, Batman, Sex Lies & Videotape

3. 2015 - Mad Max: Fury Road, Ex-Machina, Inside Out, Amy, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

4. 1999 - Eyes Wide Shut, The Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Project, The Iron Giant, Run Lola Run

5. 1979 - Apocalypse Now, Alien, The Muppet Movie, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Rocky II

JOSH

1. 1999 - Summer of Horror

2. 1989 - Summer of an All-Timer

3. 1982 - Sumer of Spielberg

4. 1979 - Sumer of Masterpieces

5. 2008 - Summer of Superheroes

#877: Top 5 Films of the Year So Far - 2022

ADAM

1. After Yang

2. Fire of Love

3. Dear Mr. Brody

4. Cha Cha Real Smooth

5. The Batman

JOSH

1. After Yang

2. Everything Everywhere All At Once, Hit the Road, Men, The Batman, Turning Red

3. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, Apollo 10 1/2

4. The Northman, The House, Top Gun: Maverick, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

5. Crimes of the Future, Kimi

#876: Top 5 Movies For Graduates

ADAM

1. Say Anything

2. Columbus

3. The Last Picture Show

4. Kiki’s Delivery Service

5. Kicking and Screaming (1995)

JOSH

1. Ikiru

2. Vagabond

3. Into the Wild

4. My Neighbor Totoro

5. Toy Story 3

#873: Summer Preview - 2022

ADAM

1. Could it be true - could TOP GUN: MAVERICK (May 24) actually be great?

2. How does one possibly follow up Mad Max: Fury Road (THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, Aug. 31)?

3. What’s it like when Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas star in a movie together - that isn’t ‘un film de Almodóvar’? aka Seriously, before OFFICIAL COMPETITION (June 17), Cruz and Banderas never appeared in an Almodóvar film together?!

4. If you die doing what you love most, with the person you love the most, was it all worth it (FIRE OF LOVE)?

5. Will Martin McDonagh’s brother, John Michael, heal our brotherly battle over “Three Billboards” with THE FORGIVEN (July 1)?

JOSH

1. With NOPE (July 22), will the M. Night Shyamalan comparisons for Jordan Peele come true?

2. AFTER HUSTLE (June 8), will we have to officially retire the Adam Sandler/Netflix joke for Filmspotting Madness?

3. Will PERSUASION (July 15) add fire to the great Jane Austen adaptation debate?

4. Will A24’s impressive horror run continue with BODIES BODIES BODIES (Aug. 5)?

5. Will we reach a low point of reheatery with LIGHTYEAR (June 17)?

#870: Top 5 Nicolas Cage Performances

Adam

1. Raising Arizona

2. Peggy Sue Got Married

3. Wild at Heart

4. Moonstruck

5. Matchstick Men

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Josh

1. Honeymoon in Vegas

2. Raising Arizona

3. Wild at Heart

4. The Weather Man

5. Bringing Out the Dead

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Keith

1. Raising Arizona

2. Pig

3. Adaptation

4. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

5. Leaving Las Vegas