#834: Top 5 Beach Scenes
Adam
Josh
“Cleo can't swim,” ROMA
Rolling in the surf, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Walking into the sea, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Seaside silhouettes, DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST
Jane’s dance, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?
#826: Summer Movie Preview - Top 5 Questions
Adam
How ‘out of sight’ will NO SUDDEN MOVE be?
What will I see in ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE?
How fully will ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN satiate my post-pandemic appetite for food and travel–and make me miss its subject?
Will SIBERIA force me to finally reckon with “one of the more important directors currently living”? or Where will SIBERIA place Willem Dafoe and Abel Ferrara in the pantheon of cinema’s best actor-director collaborators?
What does Jafar Panahi meets “Pulp Fiction” look like (THERE IS NO EVIL)?
Josh
Will I catch GREEN KNIGHT fever?
Can LUCA live up to its influences?
Never mind Sia (or MUSIC) ... can Questlove direct? (SUMMER OF SOUL)
Am I too old for ZOLA?
Is UNDINE really about a mermaid?
#824: Top 5 ’70s Movie Moms
Adam
Edith Bouvier Beale, GREY GARDENS (1975)
Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), THE EXORCIST (1973)
Mabel Longhetti (Gena Rowlands), A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)
Charlotte Andergast (Ingrid Bergman), AUTUMN SONATA (1978)
Mrs. Chasen (Vivian Pickles), HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971)
Josh
Catherine Scorsese, ITALIANAMERICAN (1974)
Jillian (Melinda Dillon), CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
Rebecca (Cicely Tyson), SOUNDER (1972)
Charlotte A. Cavatica (voiced by Debbie Reynolds), CHARLOTTE’S WEB (1973)
Preach’s mom (Mary Larkins), COOLEY HIGH (1974)
#822: Oscars Special with Michael Phillips
Best Picture
Adam
Will win: Nomadland
Should win: Sound of Metal
Should have been nominated: First Cow
Take out: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Josh
Will win: Mank
Should win: Sound of Metal
Should have been nominated: First Cow
Take out: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Michael
Will win: Nomadland
Should win: Judas and the Black Messiah
Egregious omission: First Cow
Take out: Promising Young Woman
Best Director
Adam
Will win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Should win: David Fincher, Mank
Egregious omission: Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Take out: Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Michael
Will win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Should win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Egregious omission: Kitty Green, The Assistant
Take out: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Josh
Will win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Should win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Egregious omission: Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Take out: David Fincher, Mank
Best Actress
Adam
Will win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Should win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Carrie Coon, The Nest
Take out: n/a
Josh
Will win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Should win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Carrie Coon, The Nest
Take out: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Michael
Will win: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Should win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Julia Garner, The Assistant
Take out: Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Best Actor
Adam
Will win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Should win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night in Miami
Take out: Gary Oldman, Mank
Josh
Will win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Should win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Shaun Parkes, Mangrove
Take out: Gary Oldman, Mank
Michael
Will win: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Should win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Take out: Gary Oldman, Mank
Best Supporting Actress
Adam
Will win: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
Should win: Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Egregious omission: Margo Martindale, Blow the Man Down
Take out: n/a
Josh
Will win: Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Should win: Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Egregious omission: Yeri Han, Minari
Take out: Olivia Colman, The Father
Michael
Will Win: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
Should Win: Young Yuh-jung, Minari
Egregious omission: Talia Rider, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Take out:
Best Supporting Actor
Josh
Will win: Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial of the Chicago 7
Should win: Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Egregious omission: Orion Lee, First Cow
Take out: Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial of the Chicago 7
Adam
Will win: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Should win: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Egregious omission: Malachi Kirby, Mangrove
Take out: Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial of the Chicago 7
Michael:
Will win: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Should Win: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Egregious omission: Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Take out: Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial of the Chicago 7
#817: Top 5 Movie Meals
Adam
Roasted meats and rice balls, SPIRITED AWAY
Josh
Cailles en sarcophage, BABETTE’S FEAST
Sushi bento box, ISLE OF DOGS
#815: Top 5 Anthony Hopkins Performances
Josh
James Stevens, THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Dr. Hannibal Lecter, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Anthony, THE FATHER
Van Helsing, BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA
Richard Nixon, NIXON
Adam
Dr. Hannibal Lecter, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
#811: 2021 Movie Preview - Top 5 Questions
Adam
SOGGY BOTTOM. That’s it. That’s the question.
When shall we meet again, Ethan
In thunder, lightning, or in rain? (THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH)Will JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH powerfully teach a new generation about Fred Hampton, and anoint Daniel Kaluuya as one of his generation’s best?
Will THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT be the new “Being John Malkovich” or “JCVD”?
Will I finally watch - and appreciate - The Matrix sequels in preparation for THE MATRIX 4?
Josh
What’s our annual capacity, as a nation, for Lin-Manuel Miranda? (IN THE HEIGHHTS; ENCANTO; RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT; TICK, TICK… BOOM; VIVO)
Have we missed Baz Luhrmann? (UNTITLED ELVIS PRESLEY PROJECT)
Can we convince Sarah to go see THE NORTHMAN?
What is M. Night Shyamalan up to? (OLD)
Can Sia direct a narrative feature? (MUSIC)
#810: Best Scenes of 2020
Opening Scene
Adam
1. THE VAST OF NIGHT - “McBroom is looking for you”
2. PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN - “Boys”
Josh
1. BLOW THE MAN DOWN - Sailors’ shanty
Funniest Moment
Adam
1. THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS - Sneaking out the window
2. Palm Springs - Meet cute synchronized dance
3. I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS - “Directed by Robert Zemeckis”
4. MANK - “I already made my exit”
5. ON THE ROCKS - Felix talks his way out of a speeding ticket
Josh
1. EUROVISION SONG CONTEST - THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA - “The elves went too far”!
Moving Moment
Adam
1. THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF - Karl-Bertil sees his portrait
2. DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD - Ray’s eulogy + end hug
3. TIME - Reunion hug
Josh
1. THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION - “Mamma May I”
Music Moment
Adam
1. ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI - Final scene
2. DA 5 BLOODS - “Got To Give It Up”
3. ANOTHER ROUND - “What A Life”
4. PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN - “Stars Are Blind”
5. THE NEST - “Don’t Leave Me This Way”
Josh
1. DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA - “Hell You Talmbout”
Scene of the Year
Adam
1. LOVER’S ROCK - “Silly Games”
2. SOUND OF METAL - “Have you had any moments of stillness?
3. MANGROVE - “Fight me!”
4. THE VAST OF NIGHT - “We’ve got a sound we’d like to play”
5. MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM - Levee’s monologue
Josh
1. LOVER’S ROCK - “Silly Games”