Screeners Podcast

The Screeners just awarded their best of 2018, and it’s about to be the Academy’s turn (we totally planned the recording schedule that way, btw). You know what that means: Chad, Daniel, and Tyler are going to dish on the Oscars—who’s in the running, who’s not, why that’s such a crime, and why Josh should pay more attention to awards season. OK, so no one cares about that last one, but we figured that if we were going to pretend that people cared about the other three...

Just kidding; the Academy Awards are a yearly institution, and they’re surely the deciding factor in certain films getting greenlit or not, so they’re at least worth a Screeners episode. Just don’t tell Chris that Mission Impossible probably won’t win best picture.

Have any predictions/rants of your own for this year’s awards lineup? Let us know on Facebook!

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Special Guest: Tyler Howat.

It’s that time of year again! “What time,” you ask? Well, you could be forgiven for answering “time for the Screeners to finally record another episode” (except by Daniel; he takes these things personally), but what we were going for was “time for a ‘year in review’ episode”. The Screeners—or most of them, plus guest host Tyler—are back once more to share their favorite (and least favorite) cinematic experiences of 2018.

Even if the timing isn’t, at least the format of these episodes is consistent: we’ll start off with each host’s top 10 list, round-robin countdown style, then we’ll hit a few bonus questions at the end. It doesn’t sound like much, but it definitely is...trust us.

If you make it through the whole thing, head over to Facebook and add your picks to the mix (we’ll post ours in convenient text form over there too, just to start things off right).

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Special Guest: Tyler Howat.

The Screeners can’t think of any better way to spend the holiday season than some quality family time, a reboot of a beloved musical (which couldn’t possibly fall flat), and a C-list tattooed superhero with a trident.

OK, so we’re just playing the hand we’ve been dealt this year. Mary Poppins Returns and Aquaman are here, so that’s what we watched—or, at least, what Chad, Daniel, and Tyler watched. Everyone else was strangely absent for this episode, though we can’t imagine why.

Share some holiday cheer over on Facebook page, and have a great New Year!

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Special Guest: Tyler Howat.

Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse is more than just a strangely punctuated and capitalized title; it’s also a new take on the character. With a PG rating, it’s about as family-friendly as superhero movies get, and it’s scoring a lot of style points with critics. Is that enough, though, or should Sony just give up and sell the Spiderman rights back to Marvel Studios so they can fully assimilate him into the money-printing machine?

And since this is still technically a Spiderman movie, we sort of have to address the craziness that is the Spiderman film canon. Let’s go ahead and talk about our favorite entries and decide once and for all who wore the Spandex best.

Cast your vote on that question and more on the Screeners Facebook page, and we’ll see you next time!

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OK, we promised we wouldn’t turn the show notes all political, so...Green Book is a movie about two people who become friends, and it’s set in a time period other than the present. We’re not sure if it’s a commentary on anything at all, and we have no idea why it was released this year. Chad and Daniel both saw it, so they’re going to talk about it, and we’re sure neither of them will say anything controversial. It’s a good thing Josh hasn’t seen it yet, because we’re sure he wouldn’t have any opinions about any of these topics either.

Also, the Golden Globe nominations have been announced. The Globes are either the most credible or the most boring arbiters of “quality” entertainment, depending whom you ask. They’re happening in January, though, so you might as well let the Screeners’ two biggest award show groupies catch you up on the latest dirt.

And once you’ve listened, as always, go to Facebook and cast your own ballot for the Globes.

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The Screeners are back after the holiday craziness (at least, the first holiday craziness of the season) with another sequel double feature. At least Creed II and Ralph Breaks the Internet are from different genres—boxing movies and animated features don’t have a lot in common...or do they? One is the latest in a decades-long franchise that’s become an American classic, and one...is a Disney movie. Both have a name live up to; the first Creed brought the Rocky story alive for a new generation, earning a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes in the process, and Wreck-It Ralph was good enough to be featured in one of Kanye West’s psychotic episodes*.

Anyway, Chad, Chris, and Daniel (listed in alphabetical order for your convenience) each made it to the theater for at least one of these fine films, so we might as well let them say the rest. Or better yet, let them say a little bit, then go to Facebook to argue with them. It’ll make Josh feel like he was there too. “What about Melody?” you say? Well, she doesn’t like to argue unless it’s about The Sound of Music or that TV show from the 80s that she hallucinated that one time, but we’re sure we can provoke her somehow.

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmKMGlulUIg. The Wreck-It Ralph bit isn’t at the beginning, but we’re not telling you where it is because you just need to watch the whole thing.

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The Chad and Daniel bonus hour* is back! Judging by box office returns, you may not be all that excited about First Man, but maybe the two Screeners who spend the most time in the theater can convince you otherwise.

If not, there’s plenty more to talk about, since they also saw Bad Times at the El Royale recently. They’ll cover that and more in an Oscar-season What We’ve Been Watching segment that’s sure to give you some items for your own list.

Speaking of your list, we want to know what you’ve been watching too. Let us know on Facebook—you might hear about it on a future episode!

* Bonus hours may not last an actual hour...on Earth.

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It’s that time again—another incongruous Screeners double feature! One movie’s called A Star is Born, and the main character from the other one was born on a star (Sort of? Maybe?), but that’s where the similarity ends. A Star is Born may be a remake, but Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga are getting terrific buzz for their acting. Tom Hardy as Venom, though? Not so much. That said, it’s still a Marvel movie, so at least a couple of the Screeners will see it out of an overwhelming sense of duty.

Speaking of duty: Tyler’s back as a guest host because a) we like him, and b) not enough of the Screeners did their job. Everyone give him a warm re-welcome on Facebook, OK?

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Special Guest: Tyler Howat.

It’s (well) past Labor Day now, so we can safely determine that Josh lost the 2018 Box Office Wager. Just kidding; we knew that back in May. Anyway, the final results are in, and the real question here is whether Chad’s prognostications live up to his braggadocio. The Screeners Podcast: Come for the superhero movies, stay for the big words in the show notes.

And don’t forget to let us know how your own box office ballot turned out on Facebook!

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Good news, everyone: Spike Lee is back. BlacKkKlansman is one of those movies you really wish wasn’t based so closely on a true story, for so many reasons. An undercover police officer really did infiltrate the KKK in the 1970s, though, and the story only gets better from there. If the pedigree and critical reception weren’t enough to convince you to see it, maybe the Screeners can help.

And if the Screeners aren’t enough, maybe special guest host Rob Alderman of 5dollarfilm fame will be. If even he isn’t enough, then...OK, you got us. We’re out of options. Head over to Facebook and tell us about how we let you down. We can take it.

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