The beginning of the end of 2019, what many are calling not just “last year” but “The Last Year.” It’s hard to remember now, but we used to go sit and breath in a room with a bunch of other people and stare at a big TV with movies on it. But which was the best of those movies to be shown on the big TV of 2019? We are about to discover the answer to that question, dear listener, together. I mean actually I know already but you’ll discover it I guess. 

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On an all-new episode of Movie of the Year, the Taste Buds continue their romp through the movie landscape of 2020 with a discussion of Bad Boys 4 Life! At least, that's what it's couched as because - let's be honest here - it's hard to just focus on that and not the entirety of Will Smith's career. They do dig, in the ways only they know how because it's an important movie that deserves as much thought and discussion as all of us can possibly give it. But that doesn't stop the Taste Buds from doing a deep dive into each era of Will Smith's career. How many different eras have there been? And have their been some eras that made us a little nervous it could be the last era? They also do some trivia, and decide who deserves the award for the best performance of the entire movie. As if that wasn't enough, Jack Walden (aka @meanunclejack on twitter) sits in on this episode to see if he can defeat Mike in talking about movies better! All of that, and so much more, on an all-new Movie of the Year!

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The Irishman is this week's 2019 movie. Yes, it's long. Yes, the actors move like old men yet have computer-smooth faces rendered uncannily young--and some have of the colorless eyes of a wight. And, yes, the women characters share a handful of lines at most. But does the movie find a way to overcome all of these things? And is it a fresh take or a rehash of former glories. Is it OK to wear shorts to a meeting? (This last one is important and I need a quick answer.) All this, and likely more, is answered on this week's Movie of the Year!

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The boys are all fired up to talk about Greta Gerwig's 2019 adaptation of Little Women. It's always so nice to gather the fellas to talk about feminism and the limited options afforded to generations of women. I wouldn't say we exactly smash the patriarchy with this one, but we certainly bite our collective thumbs at it. In one part we talk about which little woman we'd be, as if we're not each the young version of Amy--too loud, always forgotten, feet perpetually stuck in buckets.

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The Taste Buds discuss The Way Back in the first of a series of Movie of the Year specials focusing on this current year! As the guys wrap up the 2019 season, they thought they better also tackle some of the current movies that they can now watch at home. The Way Back is a perfect start, as they get some sports along with their movie, and get to watch MOTY favorite Ben Affleck throw back some beers. In fact, the episode is as much a tribute to Ben Affleck as it is about the movie, as the Taste Buds go through his entire career, discussing each era of the Affleck oeuvre. All of that, plus trivia about our main man, and so much more!

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The Taste Buds just love on Parasite for about an hour in this one. We love this movie because you could lose your Movie Podcaster License if you say anything but that it is amazing and that you "get it, big time." And do we ever get it? Yes, big time. In this episode we drill down on who is actually the parasite (a lot of people think it's Mike which like no comment), discuss who belongs on the short list of iconic con-men, an try to decide how many noggin bashings it takes to make you an unreliable narrator. Tune in!

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Variety, she is the spice of life, is she not? The Taste Budz love variety, so they made an entire episode devoted to it. Hear the boys discuss the best actors of this our modern age, pitting them against one another in gladiatorial discussion! See the lads change the endings of famous movies in a segment called Alternative Endings! With this much content, who needs the ability to leave the house? Me! I do! Let me out!

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The Taste Buds just rip on Joker for about an hour in this one. Imagine if the dunk contest had a defender whose job it was to stand under the basket just to get dunked on. Now imagine that person is a Blu-ray DVD copy of 2019's Joker. This movie is dumb and the guys are smart, so you can imagine all the funny ways they bust this movie's chops. But you don't have to imagine because we recorded all the funny gibes, japes, and barbs. Does this movie glamorize lonely white male violence? Does Joaquin Phoenix save the movie or get pulled down by it? Tune in to find out!

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The Taste Buds discuss 2019's Uncut Gems! Uncut Gems is a movie that reminds us that even if we have nothing to panic about, we will go and make ourselves have a panic attack. Hey, remember having nothing to panic about? Retro! The Safdie brothers are relatively new at this film making stuff, but they deliver a tense, thrilling movie with a virtuoso performance from Adam "Sandoozle" Sandler. But is all the tension just a cheap trick? Is the ending earned? And will the Safdies claim their spot as best of all brother director teams? Tune in and find out!

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The Tastebuds set off on an epic quest to judge the best genre movies of 2019. What are genres, anyway? Mostly, they are a way to say that a movie is lesser than. You aren't a film, you're a comedy, or an action movie, or one of your sciences fiction. But these movies also deserve to be thrown into brackets and pitted against one another, and so we do it for you, our wonderfully attractive listeners!

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