Now Conspiring

With Bridget off duty this week, the lovely Jenny Pan joins us all the way from Canada to talk about the Oscars Fail, Logan and a quick round of Would you Rather? We also discuss Disney’s announcement of Lefou’s sexual orientation in the Beauty and the Beast remake. If that weren’t enough, Sam comments on your comments as some of his impersonations. 

   00:00 -  Introductions

   02:30 -  Games [Would You Rather]

   24:31 -  Recap- Oscar Fails

   36:41 -  News- Beauty and the Beast’s LGBT Character

   47-14 - Movie Review [Logan]

1:03:01 - Commenting on your Comments [ feat. Jon Lovitz, Batman and Johnny Carson]

1:08:49 -  Movie Releases [Kong: Skull Island, The Personal Shopper, Raw]

Question of the Week: Does it matter at all if the Academy messed up? What do you think of the whole ‘first LGBT character’ in a Disney movie?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments and Sam will read them next week. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook so you can send us direct messages and get podcast updates. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and/or Stitcher, where you can also rate/review the podcast if you like it!

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This Week’s Cast: Maria Garcia, Adonis Gonzalez, Jenny Pan and Sam Noland

Sidenotes- At some point, Sam and Adonis’s voices cut out a bit and it is hard to understand them. Sorry about that. I like to think their true robot forms emerged for a few seconds.

In honor of the Oscars, Now Conspiring shares their favorite movies that have taken home the golden statue for Best Picture. Before we mention our top five picks, we find out where Adonis has been hiding and why Sam has beef with Bridget. We switched this week from playing Would You Rather to chatting quickly about some foreign films we have recently watched. 

14:48 - Recently Seen: Foreign Films Edition

36:41 -  Main Segment: Top 5 Best Pictures

1:26:45 -  Commenting on your Comments [feat. Bane, Batman, Dr Phil and Gilbert Godfried]

1:37:18 -  Movie Releases [Logan, The Schack, Table 19]

Question of the Week: What is your favorite Academy Awards Best Picture winner? Also, if you have any foreign film recommendations, let us know!

Let us know your thoughts in the comments and Sam will read them next week. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook so you can send us direct messages and get podcast updates. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and/or Stitcher, where you can also rate/review the podcast if you like it!

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This Week’s Cast: Maria Garcia, Adonis Gonzalez, Bridget Serdock, and Sam Noland

This week on Now Conspiring, the gang reviews Netflix shows that we’ve been watching and we throw in some quick reviews for La La Land and Hell or High Water. We also decided to change things up even more this week and replace “Show & Tell” with a little “Would You Rather?”

02:32 - Games: Would You Rather? [Movie Edition]

22:07 -  Main Segment: New Netflix Original Shows

51:09 -  Movie Reviews [La La Land, Hell or High Water]

59:50 -  Commenting on your Comments

62:21 -  Movie Releases [Get Out, Rock Dog, Collide]

Question of the Week: What voice should Sam do for an entire episode? What would you rather us ask when we play “Would You Rather?” What Netflix show will you be watching soon?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments and we will read them on next week’s show! Also, don’t forget to follow us on Facebook so you can send us direct messages and get podcast updates. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and/or Stitcher, where you can also rate/review the podcast if you like it!

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This Week’s Cast: Maria Garcia, Bridget Serdock, and Sam Noland

With the New Year comes new changes to our podcast. Jon Negroni is starting a new podcast called Cinemaholics, leaving Maria as the new host of Now Conspiring. Not to worry! We are all still here, talking about our silly lives and all the things we love about movies. This week, Adonis tells everyone about the new play he is in and the gang discusses the main Oscar Nominations and who they think will take the golden statue home.

Question of the Week: What is your Oscar pick for Best Picture?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments and we will read them on next week’s show! Also, don’t forget to follow us on Facebook so you can send us direct messages and get podcast updates. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and/or Stitcher, where you can also rate/review the podcast if you like it!

You can also download this podcast episode on iTunes and Stitcher.

This Week’s Cast: Jon Negroni, Sam Noland, Bridget Serdock, Maria Garcia, and Adonis Gonzalez

This week on the show, Jon and Will review Split, the latest film by M. Night Shyamalan starring James McAvoy. We also talk about The Founder and xXx: Return of Xander Cage, read your feedback from last week, and briefly talk about the SAG award nominations.

00:00:00 – Will and I briefly chat about the nominations for the SAG awards.

00:10:54 – xXx: Return of Xander Cage review

00:25:40 – The Founder review

00:43:37 – Split review

Question of the Week: What is your favorite M. Night Shyamalan movie?

Song of the Week: “Ultraviolet" by Dagny

This Week’s Cast: Jon Negroni and Will Ashton.

 

This week on the podcast, Jon and Will got together to talk about a lot of religious entertainment material, including the new HBO series, The Young Pope, last year's Last Days in the Desert, and then our featured review, Silence, the latest film from Martin Scorsese. Also, we kicked things off with a brief look at some 2017 movies we're excited about that aren't superhero flicks. 

00:00:00 - Our most anticipated movies of 2017

00:13:13 - The Young Pope review

00:23:10 - Will briefly talks about Last Days in the Desert

00:29:01 - Silence review

Question of the Week: Which 2017 movie are you looking forward to the most?

Song of the Week: "XY&O" by Chameleon

This Week’s Cast: Jon Negroni and Will Ashton.

Let us know your thoughts (and your favorite podcast moments) in the comments, which we may read on next week’s show! Also, don’t forget to follow us on Facebook so you can send us direct messages and get podcast updates crazy fast. And be sure to subscribe on iTunes and/or Stitcher, where you can also rate/review the podcast if you like it!

It's that time of year again for the Now Conspiring podcast to count off their favorite movies of 2016! There were a lot of great movies to pick from and some obvious overlap here and there (aside from our Top #1 picks), so sit back and relax as we reflect on our most enjoyable cinematic experiences of the year.

We also recorded a Bonus Rogue One episode this week, which you can stream directly here.

Question of the Week: What was your favorite movie and/or movie moment of 2016?

Let us know your thoughts (and your favorite podcast moments) in the comments, which we may read on next week’s show! Also, don’t forget to follow us on Facebook so you can send us direct messages and get podcast updates crazy fast. And be sure to subscribe on iTunes and/or Stitcher, where you can also rate/review the podcast if you like it!

You can also download this podcast episode on iTunes and Stitcher.

Song of the Week: Noise Pollution (feat. Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Zoe Manville) by Portugal. The Man.

This Week's Cast: Jon Negroni, Sam Noland, Bridget Serdock, Maria Garcia, and Will Ashton.

While Jon and Kayla were away on holidaycation, the rest of the Now Conspiring podcast got together to chat about their own holiday experiences and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. 

We've watched a lot of movies this year, but as we wind down in December, what are the movies we plan to check out in theaters and at home? Featuring special guest and the film critic's film critic, Will Ashton. 

This week, we talked a lot about early reactions to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and did our standard Show & Tell segment toward the end of the show for a change. 

00:08:30 - Early reactions to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

00:36:22 - 2016 movies we haven't seen yet (that we want to see).

01:19:00 - Our favorite superhero movies of 2016. 

01:34:39 - Show and Tell: Jon talks about Titanfall 2, Kayla talks about Skyrim: Special Edition, and Will talks about Life, Animated. 

01:43:46 - Feedback: we answer your questions and comments from last week.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What was your favorite superhero movie of 2016, if any? Also, what movie from 2016 do you want to see the most that you missed in theaters?

This week’s cast:

Jon Negroni, Kayla Savage, and Will Ashton.

It's time for our first annual Oscar Bait Breakdown on the Now Conspiring podcast, but that's not all we covered this week. We also did a full Show and Tell, which included more new movies than ever thanks to our alarming movie theater habit...

00:00:00 - The Last Cappuccino. 

00:07:48 - Show and Tell

00:50:35 - 2016 Oscar Bait Breakdown

01:37:00 - Feedback: we answer your questions and read your comments from last week.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Which Oscar bait movies are you excited to see, and which fictional characters do you imagine when you hear our podcast voices? 

This week’s cast:

Jon Negroni, Kayla Savage, Maria Garcia, Adonis Gonzalez, Sam Noland.