Now in their 3rd calendar year, Bob and Mark return from a long holiday hiatus with a recap of 2022. Fewer spoilers than usual, but not spoiler-free! LISTEN AT YOUR OWN RISK!0:00 Intro and Holiday Recap3:10 Geography Lesson6:19 2022 Notable Movies10:57 Maverick as the 2022 movie with lasting cultural effect12:25 Cinema philistines13:19 Was 2022 a good year in film?15:01 Regal (not sponsored) Unlimited15:52 What we thought about the 2022 movies we saw18:09 (Bob has it backwards: Cate Blan...

Because there's about to be a new edition of the Sight & Sound poll for the Greatest Films of All-Time, we decided to tell you what our top ten lists are. Probably not a lot of surprises. But there could be spoilers! (Also, Bob's uncertain if he numbered Mark's movies correctly since he did go out of order and didn't mention the rank consistently each time.)00:10 We've got jokes in the intro02:04 How Bob ranks movies (spoiler: he's a big dork)03:59 Baseball-Reference.com!04:53 How Ma...

Bob finally breaks down Mark's resolve and gets him to watch a handful of Ozu films. Will their podcast partnership survive? No, seriously though, Bob is a big enthusiast of Ozu's films and Mark does watch them for the first time. Is he similarly enthralled? Repulsed? Indifferent? You'll have to listen to find out. Though all the movies in question are more than 50 years old, if you're worried about spoilers, THEY ABOUND!00:10 Salutations and Bob still can't remember which episode number it i...

This week we're back in our bag and talking about whether or not the Best Picture winner from the 2015 Oscars deserved the win. Even though these are not quite 10 years old, we still spoil them with abandon! Enjoy! 00:10 Bob's worst intro ever02:01 Why 2014?03:50 How many of the 8 nominees did we see?06:21 Birdman!09:33 Navel-gazing perspective12:30 We're actors! We're the opposite of people.15:05 Fame at the highest levels19:47 Chicago!20:09 Birdman verdicts22:13 Hail, Caesar! is a be...

It was topical and au courant when we recorded it, but not now! Yes, we took a look at the first two episodes of The Rings of Power. We're a bit divided on our opinions, but our conclusions aren't that far apart.We spoil things, I guess? But there isn't much that happens and it's only the first two episodes and we're now five episodes in, so...Show notes!00:00 Television instead of films02:10 Filling in for the lost Hobbit episode04:25 The history of Middle-Earth leading up to the beginn...

We tentatively approach television for the first time in the last episode where Mark is still in Europe. It's another shorter one, but you have to expect that once in a while. They can't all be 90 minutes.0:45 Mark again graciously records in the middle of the night from Europe1:20 Trekkie or Trekker? Bob and Mark don't care.3:30 Sub-genres of Trek and Mark's ranking of them6:06 Bob's ranking of the Trek sub-genres7:41 The primary movie at issue8:10 Bob defends9:20 The best defense is a good ...

Guess who's back? No, not Shady, it's Mark. He's back in the US now, but he was still in Europe though back on the podcast for this episode. We discuss the brilliant work of Nicolas Cage in the movie Pig. It's a bit shorter than our usual episode, but maybe you'll prefer that.Like we've done in the past with single movie episodes (well, at least once) this has about 12 minutes of relatively spoiler-free discussion before we get down to brass tacks. SPOILERS BEGIN at 12:40! You have been warne...

Chris (@4thClassOfficer on the Twitter Dot Com) returns as guest host on this, the second half of the discussion about the best films of 1954. You don't want to miss his insights (from personal naval experience) on The Caine Mutiny. We also talk about Sabrina, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Country Girl and other things as well. SPOILERS ABOUND! But of course.(Notes still pending since I was already late publishing.)Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service ma...

This episode features a couple firsts. Not only is it part one of a two part episode (the conversation lasted about 2 hours, so we'll split it up), but this features our first guest on the podcast. Chris joins Bob (you might know him as @4thClassOfficer on the Twitter Dot Com) to discuss the best films of 1954. Perhaps a bit of disagreement? Certainly an in-depth conversation, given the duration. Bob was fighting a cold, which makes his voice deteriorate over the course of the podcast, and th...

It's another episode we recorded well ahead of time (you'll notice easily enough when Bob gets the episode number wrong and fails to know that we'll use this format with The Northman and The Batman), but this was one that was particularly fun. The spoilers on this are heavy throughout, and we really suggest strongly that you watch the movie first. It's a good one, and it's worth seeing unspoilt.Music:Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz...