The Fifth Star

The Fifth Star

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The Fifth Star episodes

  • Dìdi (弟弟) Movie Review

    Didi is a new coming of age movie about a Taiwanese-American boy growing up in California. This semi-autographical film won the audience award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

    37 min
  • Oscars Reaction

    Lots to talk about with this years Oscars. Not too many upsets but what a year! Conan also did a fantastic job as host. PLUS Albert lost our bet. Find out what he has to do at the end of the episode.

    25 min
  • 2025 Oscar Predictions

    We had some differing opinions this year for who will win what. Whoever gets most correct will win a prize next week when we come back for our reaction episode!

    35 min
  • Sing Sing Review

    Sing Sing follows the story of a group of prisoners in an acting program. Through their relationships, shared brokenness, and heart for the arts, the characters come to life on screen and make you fall in love with this story.

    34 min
  • A Real Pain Review

    After their grandmother, a holocaust survivor, passes away, two cousins go on a trip to Poland to honor her memory. Will it be our next 5 star movie?

    Chapters:

    00:00 - Intro
    00:48 - Rating Guesses
    01:09 - Spoiler Free Review
    16:19 - Rating Reveal
    16:53 - Spoiler Section
    26:17 - The Way We Watch Movies
    28:40 - Everything is Illuminated
    29:33 - Are you more Benji or David?
    30:12 - Outro

    31 min
  • Silo Season 2 Review

    Silo returns with another thrilling season. It's now been renewed for a third and fourth final season! Can't wait to see how the rest of this story unfolds.

    Chapters:

    00:00 - Intro
    01:00 - Spoiler Free Section
    05:55 - Beginning of Spoiler Review
    23:07 - Theories
    23:33 - What was in the Tunnel?
    25:55 - Why is their History Secret?
    29:21 - The Algorithm
    30:10 - 51 Silos Theory
    36:50 - What Killed Silo 17?
    39:07 - What is the Algorithm?
    40:00 - Did Solo Talk to the Algorithm?
    40:45 - Did the Fire Kill Them?
    42:27 - Outro

    44 min
  • Emilia Perez Review

    Emilia Perez has been getting a lot of Oscar buzz after it was nominated for 10 golden globes and came home with 4. Will it be our next 5 star movie? Or were our expectations a little too high?

    Chapters:

    00:00 - Intro
    01:08 - Spoiler Free Section
    10:28 - Score Reveal
    11:07 - Did it deserve the Golden Globes wins?
    12:55 - (Start of spoilers) The biggest flaw
    15:55 - The ending
    18:23 - Controversies
    19:14 - Problems with the plot
    20:42 - How it could've been better
    23:32 - Does Emilia Perez deserve an Oscar?
    24:45 - Next Week's Review

    26 min

About The Fifth Star

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Two movie buffs, Jaimie and Albert, are on a quest to find their next 5-star movie. When they can agree on a 5-star rating this podcast will terminate. Will the next episode be their last? Join them every Friday to find out!