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#173 John Wick: Chapter 4, Tetris, The Grandmaster

This week, we begin volume 3 of our Anniversaries Marathon! Our first review will be the poetically stylized life story of Ip Man in The Grandmaster; a tale of love and skill in turbulent times. We also delve into Apple’s latest film Tetris, a sensationalized version of how Tetris became acclaimed worldwide. Lastly, we review the final (mayhaps?) chapter in the John Wick franchise and marvel at the amazing stunt work and inventive action sequences while lamenting the bizarre storytelling.

Next Time: The Mario Bros. Movie, Renfield, Upstream Color

Show Notes

00:00:00 INTRO

00:11:39 Recent Discoveries

00:29:20 John Wick: Chapter 4

00:45:28 spoilers

00:58:04 Tetris

01:09:38 spoilers

01:21:16 The Grandmaster

01:57:48 EXIT

#172 65, Luther: Fallen Sun, Boston Strangler

This week, and as Luke puts it, mid-March films feel more than a little mid. 65 has a nifty sci-fi concept shrouded in a poorly-made attempt of a man and child growing in the harsh lands of a survival tale. Luther is the latest show that’s been developed into a film and in Fallen Sun, it overall fails to rise above a standard episode, which may be too lengthy. Lastly, the latest in serial killer true-life films is Boston Strangler. While none of us can compare to the films of the same subject in the past, this latest rendition is a Zodiac-lite with too much emphasis on moody atmosphere than purpose.

Next Time: John Wick: Chapter 4, Tetris, The Grandmaster

Show Notes

00:00:00 INTRO

00:09:00 Oscar Talk

00:16:03 Recent Discoveries

00:33:12 65

00:44:59 spoilers

00:50:16 Luther: Fallen Sun

01:06:44 spoilers

01:14:22 Boston Strangler

01:33:55 EXIT

#171 Recent Discoveries, Academy Awards

Welcome back folks. During our vacation from the epic Top 10 shows, we didn’t stop watching movies. With that in mind, we bring you a hefty-sized bag of titles we’ve been watching as 2023 settles in. Additionally, we have a nice convo on the list of Oscar-nominated movies that airs Sunday. We’ll touch back on those results on the next show. Happy viewing!

Next Time: 65, Luther: The Fallen Son, Boston Strangler

Show Notes

00:00:00 INTRO

00:08:49 Recent Discoveries

01:05:11 Academy Awards

01:41:33 EXIT

#170 The Best Discoveries In 2022

Welcome to the final top ten show of our season; marking the end of 2022 officially with a strange list. This show, we rank our favorite things we experienced over the year, but that didn’t come out as a new release in 2022. It is what we discovered. With that, the lists can be anything like movies, TV shows, books, albums, art pieces, etc. Did you have a good year? What did you experience?

Next Time: tbd

Show Notes

00:00:00 INTRO

00:02:49 The Year

00:06:40 #10

00:16:09 #09

00:26:12 #08

00:34:46 #07

00:44:00 #06

00:52:46 #05

01:06:09 #04

01:16:02 #03

01:25:05 #02

01:35:05 #01

01:45:45 Honorable Mentions

01:51:53 EXIT

Oscar

10-Attack On Titan

09-XCOMM 2

08-Search Party

07-That Time I Was Reincarnated As A Slime

06-Recursion

05-Children of Time

04-Station Eleven

03-LEGOS

02-Paper Girls

01-The Expanse (novels)

Ralf

10-Midnight Diner

09-Resident Evil: Village

08-Cruising

07-Hajime No Ippo

06-Horizon: Zero Dawn

05-Our Beloved Summer

04-Drive My Car

03-Ranking of Kings

02-Control

01-For All Mankind

Luke

10-Beasts of the Southern Wild

09-Blind Guardian - The God Machine

08-Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo

07-The Before Trilogy

06-Nuovo Testamento

05-The Skies Belong to Us

04-Vampire Survivors

03-Ghost - Impera

02-Locust Point - Michigan Drag

01-The Halo Effect - Days of the Lost

#169 The Best TV Shows of 2022

Regular co-host Luke could not make it for this illustrious top 10, of he didn’t watch enough to make one. That means that with our annual co-host Matt, we can still retain the three-party show with less fat and more space to adequately share the best television had to offer. Animes and plenty of prestige and entertaining shows made the lists: how many did you see? Ho many high-risk shows made the list or were they disappointments?

Next Time: The Best Discoveries in 2022

Show Notes

00:00:00 INTRO

00:02:01 A year in television

00:09:50 #10

00:20:18 #09

00:33:20 #08

00:45:59 #07

00:56:52 #06

01:11:06 #05

01:25:14 #04

01:43:27 #03

01:57:59 #02

02:11:48 #01

02:25:18 Honorable Mentions

02:32:22 Disappointments

02:38:58 Omissions

02:47:12 EXIT

Matt

10-The Santa Clauses

09-Harley Quinn

08-She-Hulk

07-Westworld

06-The Boys

05-Stranger Things 4

04-House of the Dragon

03-Chainsaw Man

02-My Hero Academia

01-Wednesday

Oscar

10-For All Mankind

09-House of the Dragon

08-Atlanta

07-Barry

06-The Bear

05-Andor

04-We Own This City

03-Spy x Family

02-Severance

01-Better Call Saul

Ralf

10-Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

09-Reacher

08-Spy x Family

07-Stranger Things 4

06-The Boys

05-The Sandman

04-Andor

03-The Bear

02-Demon Slayer

01-Severance

#168 The Best Films of 2022

Tis the season to explore and rank the very best 2022 had to offer. As movies are finally coming back from COVID, we are heartened to say that this year was hard to make a top 10 without hard cuts. There are a few surprises from all of us. One superhero film, several feel-good titles and more than a few hard-hitting and memorable flicks. See what your favorites are and how we rank them. Each list is below the show notes. Tread with caution.

Next Time: The Best TV Shows of 2022

Show Notes

00:00:00 INTRO

00:04:24 Movie Themes

00:10:32 #10

00:16:23 #09

00:23:22 #08

00:28:35 #07

00:38:01 #06

00:45:29 #05

00:57:11 #04

01:07:59 #03

01:18:55 #02

01:30:16 #01

01:36:33 Honorable Mentions

01:40:32 Disappointments

01:43:53 Movies We Didn’t Get/They Didn’t Get

01:47:06 Omissions

01:52:20 EXIT

Luke

10-Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

09-Nope

08-Top Gun: Maverick

07-Babylon

06-The Banshees of Inisherin

05-The Batman

04-Glass Onion

03-Bullet Train

02-The Northman

01-The Whale

Ralf

10-Violent Night

09-Top Gun: Maverick

08-Belle

07-Athena

06-Triangle of Sadness

05-Barbarian

04-Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

03-Decision To Leave

02-Everything Everywhere All At Once

01-The Whale

Oscar

10-Crimes of the Future

09-Bardo: Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

08-Decision To Leave

07-Tar

06-Petite Maman

05-Resurrection

04-Women Talking

03-Athena

02-After Yang

01-Everything Everywhere All At Once

#167 Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Decision To Leave

This weeks’ triple feature review are stories told by three distinct visionaries. With Avatar: The Way of Water, we see James Cameron double down what he began in 2009 with big spectacle, familial strife, a new way of thinking and an old villain return. The Banshees of Inisherin is a tale told as a parable and/or cautionary tale about two best friends that essentially, break up. What comes from a strange social interaction among all of humanity, escalates towards oblivion. Decision To Leave is Park Chan-wook’s dark chocolate film noir about a detective falling for the primary suspect of a murder case. Only that plot detail is the norm; everything else surprises.

Next Time: The Best Films of 2022

Recent Discoveries

Luke: The Whale, Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Ralf:

Oscar: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Emily the Criminal, Till, All Quiet On the Western Front, TAR

Show Notes

00:00:00 INTRO

00:06:17 Recent Discoveries

00:28:01 Avatar: The Way of Water

01:01:53 spoilers

01:24:49 The Banshees of Inisherin

01:44:23 spoilers

02:02:20 Decision To Leave

02:21:06 spoilers

02:35:12 EXIT

#166 The Menu, The Fabelmans, The Glass Onion

This weeks’ triple feature are or were in theaters simultaneously. The Menu aims to wreck the lives of the unappreciative elite with expensive and vacuous meal courses. Yes, it’s delicious. The Fabelmans is Spielberg’s near-autobiographical picture; a roller coaster of family and school dilemmas that shapes the life of a young kid as he makes making movies into more than a hobby. Solid enough but flawed. Lastly, The Glass Onion is the latest Rain Johnson murder mystery sequel to Knives Out, which works like gangbusters. No spoilers till you listen.

Next Time: Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Decision To Leave

Recent Discoveries

Luke: Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend, Sonic the Hedgehog

Ralf: Violent Night, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Oscar: Terrifier 2, The Wonder, Neal Brennan: Blocks, Bones and All

Show Notes

00:00:00 INTRO

00:08:16 Recent Discoveries

00:32:44 The Menu

00:48:33 spoilers

00:59:19 The Fabelmans

01:14:12 spoilers

01:26:14 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

01:35:37 spoilers

01:50:08 EXIT

#165 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Clerks III, Gangs of New York

Today’s show hits some nostalgic notes. Clerks III is the culmination of Kevin Smith’s work since the 1990’s, ending his convenience store saga with a story that’s referential and odd. Gangs of New York is nostalgic for the three of us, loving the film 20 years ago and still to this day. A harsh and Shakespearean tale about vengeance and the Civil American War. Lastly, we review Wakanda Forever; dealing with the passing of the previous Black Panther and the many plot points that lead to another hidden society.

Next Time: The Menu, The Fabelmans, The Glass Onion

Recent Discoveries

Luke: Fruitvale Station

Ralf: One Piece: Red, All the Old Knives, Enola Holmes 2, Extra Ordinary, V/H/S 99, All About Evil

Oscar: V/H/S 99, All About Evil, The FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn’t Kill, RIPD 2: Rise of the Damned, Wendell & Wild

Show Notes

00:00:00 INTRO

00:09:16 Recent Discoveries

00:36:38 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

00:49:05 spoilers

01:03:35 Clerks III

01:18:41 spoilers

01:24:36 Gangs of New York

02:15:31 EXIT

#164 Armageddon Time, Athena, About A Boy

This weeks’ show is brought to you by the letter ‘A.’ A is for Armageddon Time, the latest film by James Gray; a coming-of-age tale set in NY in 1980. A is also for Athena; a story of three brothers entrenched in a modern politically violent setting that is fueled by small logic and big passion. Lastly, A also happens to stand for About A Boy; 2002’s unlikely rom-com that hides behind a beautiful and comical friendship between a child and a man-child.

Next Time: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Clerks 3, Gangs of New York

Recent Discoveries

Luke: Hocus Pocus 1 & 2, Sleeping Beauty, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Ralf:

Oscar: The Last Rite, Halloween Ends, The Eyes of My Mother, Pearl

Show Notes

00:00:00 INTRO

00:05:15 Recent Discoveries

00:22:11 Armageddon Time

00:30:50 spoilers

00:39:14 Athena

00:52:38 spoilers

01:05:11 About A Boy

01:27:24 EXIT