The Love of Cinema

This week, the boys rewatch “Sicario”, the Roger Deakins- I mean, Taylor Sheridan- I mean, Denis Villeneuve film that took 2015 by storm. The random year generator spun 2015, so we give you the context of the film year (5 Billion-dollar movies!), world events (Remember the FIFA scandal?), and then discuss what makes this film stand out above the rest of its peers. At the end of the episode, Jeff and John give their thoughts on Alfonso Cuaron’s “Disclaimer” on AppleTV+.

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0:00 Intro10:18 Gripes; 16:39 2015 Year in Review; 34:19 Films of 2015: “Sicario”; 1:16:55 What You Been Watching?; 1:20:20 Next Week’s Movie Announcement

Additional Cast/Crew:  Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio del Toro, Daniel Kaluuya, Jeffrey Donovan, Raoul Max Trujillo, Julio Cesar Cedilo

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say

Additional Tags: Wicked, All Quiet on the Western Front, Wicked, Conclave, Here, Venom: The Last Dance, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Holiday, The Crown: Season 6 part 2, Napoleon, Ferrari, Beer, Scotch, Travis Scott, U2, Apple, Apple Podcasts, Switzerland, West Side Story, Wikipedia, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, Indonesia, Java, Jakarta, Bali, Guinea, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Phillippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir. 

After the boys get through their mini-reviews, they discuss “Mrs. Miniver”, the 1942 Oscar-winning film that sold a whole lot of war bonds. Set outside London but filmed in the USA for obvious reasons, we discuss this William Wyler masterpiece and whether or not the propagating was too much! 

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0:00 Intro; 6:19 mini-reviews; 21:39 Gripes; 28:01 1942 Year in Review; 41:02 Films of 1942: “Mrs. Miniver”; 1:07:58 What You Been Watching?; 1:19:12 Next Week’s Movie Announcement

Additional Cast/Crew: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Henry Travers, Richard Ney, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, John Chu, Stephen Schwartz, Winnie Holtzman, Ethan Slater, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Tom Hardy, Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Edward Berger, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Marcel, Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say

Additional Tags: Wicked, All Quiet on the Western Front, Wicked, Conclave, Here, Venom: The Last Dance, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Holiday, The Crown: Season 6 part 2, Napoleon, Ferrari, Beer, Scotch, Travis Scott, U2, Apple, Apple Podcasts, Switzerland, West Side Story, Wikipedia, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, Indonesia, Java, Jakarta, Bali, Guinea, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Phillippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir. 

This week, the boys discuss Stephen Spielberg’s AI: Artificial Intelligence, not to be confused with A1: The Steak Sauce. When Stanley Kubrick handed over the film, did 10-year-old John know he’d never ever be able to trust this film? Just kidding. He went in with an open mind. As did Dave, who pulled a Roger Ebert: hated it the first time he watched it but loved it this time around! Where did Jeff land? I wonder if he liked it better than he likes subway poetry. Grab a beer and listen along.

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0:00 Intro; 8:34 Gripes; 10:26 2001 Year in Review; 33:18 Films of 2001: “AI: Artificial Intelligence”; 1:14:08 What You Been Watching?; 1:24:22 Next Week’s Movie Announcement

Additional Cast/Crew: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O’Connor, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas, William Hurt, Ken Leung, Clark Gregg, Eugene Osment, Chris Rock, Robin Williams, Meryl Streep.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say

Additional Tags: The Wizard of Oz, Michigan kicking GM’s ass, Michael Moore, Syrian Aramaic, Matilda, The Sopranos, Star Wars, Acolyte, Uncle Buck, Godzilla Minus One, Auckland, New Zealand, Wilhelm Yell, Wilhelm Scream, Prince Charles, King Charles, John Wayne, Charleton Heston, Preparation H, hemorrhoids, Harry Dean Stanton, CVS, Duane Reade, Walgreens, Road Rash, The Lion King, Pivot, Ross, Friends, Couch, NASA, Killers of the Flower Moon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Martin Scorcese, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemmons, David Ellison, David Zazlav, Al Jolson, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Holiday, The Crown: Season 6 part 2, Napoleon, Ferrari, Beer, Scotch, Travis Scott, U2, Apple, Apple Podcasts, 101 Dalmatians, The Parent Trap, Switzerland, West Side Story, Wikipedia, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, Indonesia, Java, Jakarta, Bali, Guinea, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Phillippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir. 

This week, after John briefly discusses "Goodrich", the new Michael Keaton picture written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, the boys take on another Hitchcock classic to highlight the film year 1959. Chosen by our random year generator, 1959 was a doozy for world and civil news, making a mistaken identity spy thriller the perfect film to highlight. You’ll have to listen to see if the boys think this film sits on the Mount Rushmore (get it?) of Hitchcock’s classics.

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0:00 Intro;4:48 “Goodrich” mini-review; 7:09 Gripes; 12:39 1959 Year in Review; 26:28 Films of 1959: “North By Northwest”; 1:04:16 What You Been Watching?; 1:14:14 Next Week’s Movie Announcement

Additional Cast/Crew: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G/ Carroll, Martin Landau, Bernard Herrmann, Ernest Lehman, Gerald Devries, Herbert Coleman, George Tomasini, Robert Burks, Andie MacDowell, Mila Kunis, Laura Benanti, Carmen Ejogo, Michael Urie.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say

Additional Tags: The Wizard of Oz, Michigan kicking GM’s ass, Michael Moore, Syrian Aramaic, Matilda, The Sopranos, Star Wars, Acolyte, Uncle Buck, Godzilla Minus One, Auckland, New Zealand, Wilhelm Yell, Wilhelm Scream, Prince Charles, King Charles, John Wayne, Charleton Heston, Preparation H, hemorrhoids, Harr yDean Stanton, CVS, Duane Reade, Walgreens, Road Rash, The Lion King, Pivot, Ross, Friends, Couch, NASA, Killers of the Flower Moon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Martin Scorcese, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemmons, David Ellison, David Zazlav, Al Jolson, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Holiday, The Crown: Season 6 part 2, Napoleon, Ferrari, Beer, Scotch, Travis Scott, U2, Apple, Apple Podcasts, 101 Dalmatians, The Parent Trap, Switzerland, West Side Story, Wikipedia, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, Indonesia, Java, Jakarta, Bali, Guinea, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Phillippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir. 

The random year generator spun 1974, so the boys head to 1937 L.A. to discuss the Roman Polanski, Robert Towne, Bob Evans, Jack Nicholson, and Faye Dunaway classic “Chinatown”. Often cited as one of the best movies with one of the best scripts in Hollywood history, plenty has been said about this film. Still, cinematographer Dave had never seen it, John went to fancy film school, and Jeff goes deep into the context of the film year, highlighting top-grossing films, awards, and what the heck was going on in the world. Is it coincidental that Nixon’s public demise and unequivocal exoneration came the year Chinatown cites bureaucratic corruption???

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0:00 Intro; 5:27 Gripes; 11:04 1974 Year in Review; 26:21 Films of 1974: “Chinatown”; 1:19:59 What You Been Watching?; 1:28:42 Next Week’s Movie Announcement

Additional Cast/Crew: James Hong, Diane Ladd, John Alonso, John Huston, Perry Lopez, Joe Mantell, 

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say

Additional Tags: The Wizard of Oz, Michigan kicking GM’s ass, Michael Moore, Syrian Aramaic, Matilda, The Sopranos, Star Wars, Acolyte, Uncle Buck, Godzilla Minus One, Auckland, New Zealand, Wilhelm Yell, Wilhelm Scream, Prince Charles, King Charles, John Wayne, Charleton Heston, Preparation H, hemorrhoids, Harr yDean Stanton, CVS, Duane Reade, Walgreens, Road Rash, The Lion King, Pivot, Ross, Friends, Couch, NASA, Killers of the Flower Moon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Martin Scorcese, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemmons, David Ellison, David Zazlav, Al Jolson, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Holiday, The Crown: Season 6 part 2, Napoleon, Ferrari, Beer, Scotch, Travis Scott, U2, Apple, Apple Podcasts, 101 Dalmatians, The Parent Trap, Switzerland, West Side Story, Wikipedia, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, Indonesia, Java, Jakarta, Bali, Guinea, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Phillippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir. 

Two of the three dive into this high drama from the early 2000's.  Jeff is away but somehow still appears in the episode and doesn't sound the least bit like he's broadcasting from a phone in a toilet cubicle in Times Square (Don't try and find them, they don't exist) thanks to our AI audio algorithm knowing what he sounds like and his volume level.  We discuss acting performances, daring editing choices and the cinematography of the film, and have a lengthy extra discussion about how streaming "TV show" budgets are out of control.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:06:37 - Mini Review The Outrun

00:10:10 - Gripes

00:18:09 - 2003 Year in Review

00:32:02 - Films of 2003: 21 Grams

01:10:27 - What You Been Watching?

01:16:07 - Next Episode

Additional Cast/Crew: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Guillermo Arriaga, Rodrigo Salerno

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say

Additional Tags: The Wizard of Oz, Michigan kicking GM’s ass, Michael Moore, Syrian Aramaic, Matilda, The Sopranos, Star Wars, Acolyte, Uncle Buck, Godzilla Minus One, Auckland, New Zealand, Wilhelm Yell, Wilhelm Scream, Prince Charles, King Charles, John Wayne, Charleton Heston, Preparation H, hemorrhoids, Harr yDean Stanton, CVS, Duane Reade, Walgreens, Road Rash, The Lion King, Pivot, Ross, Friends, Couch, NASA, Killers of the Flower Moon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Martin Scorcese, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemmons, David Ellison, David Zazlav, Al Jolson, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Holiday, The Crown: Season 6 part 2, Napoleon, Ferrari, Beer, Scotch, Travis Scott, U2, Apple, Apple Podcasts, 101 Dalmatians, The Parent Trap, Switzerland, West Side Story, Wikipedia, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, Indonesia, Java, Jakarta, Bali, Guinea, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Phillippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir. 

This week, the boys head back to 1940 to discuss “The Shop Around The Corner” after setting up the film year and discussing some world events- Nylon stockings were invented this year! After Jeff gives his mini-review of “Saturday Night”, the Jason Reitman film about the making of the first episode of “Saturday Night Live”, the boys discuss the Ernst Lubitsch film, adapted from the 1936/1937 play Hungarian Perfumerie, which also inspired the musical She Loves Me and the film “You’ve Got Mail”. We also drink a lot, Dave gets mad at Thrifty, and Jeff confuses Superman and Captain America like a Beta.

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0:00 Intro; 5:12 “Saturday Night” mini-review; 10:54 Gripes; 17:48 1940 Year in Review; 32:19 Films of 1940: “The Shop Around The Corner”; 1:06:45 What You Been Watching?; 1:13:51 Next Week’s Movie Announcement

Additional Cast/Crew: Jimmy Stewart, James Stewart, Margaret Sullivan, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Sara Haden, Felix Bressart, William Tracy, Inez Courtney, David O. Selznick, Miklos Laszlo, Samson Raphaelson, Nicholas Braun, Gabrielle LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Willem Dafoe, JK Simmons, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Finn Folfhard, Kim Matula, Andrew Barth Feldman, Gil Kenan.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say

Additional Tags: The Wizard of Oz, Michigan kicking GM’s ass, Michael Moore, Syrian Aramaic, Matilda, The Sopranos, Star Wars, Acolyte, Uncle Buck, Godzilla Minus One, Auckland, New Zealand, Wilhelm Yell, Wilhelm Scream, Prince Charles, King Charles, John Wayne, Charleton Heston, Preparation H, hemorrhoids, Harr yDean Stanton, CVS, Duane Reade, Walgreens, Road Rash, The Lion King, Pivot, Ross, Friends, Couch, NASA, Killers of the Flower Moon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Martin Scorcese, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemmons, David Ellison, David Zazlav, Al Jolson, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Holiday, The Crown: Season 6 part 2, Napoleon, Ferrari, Beer, Scotch, Travis Scott, U2, Apple, Apple Podcasts, 101 Dalmatians, The Parent Trap, Switzerland, West Side Story, Wikipedia, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, Indonesia, Java, Jakarta, Bali, Guinea, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Phillippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir. 

This week, the boys reviewed the film year 2022, in which we saw over 50 films and discussed them in our feed. We feature “Decision To Leave,” Park Chan-wook’s incredibly filmed Korean film, which is considered one of the best international films of the year. Dave flexes his cinematography chops by detailing how the hell they did some shots, John gets wet talking about storytelling, and Jeff drinks a lot. Grab a drink and join the conversation!

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0:00 Intro; 8:33 Gripes; 14:50 2022 Year in Review; 33:34 Films of 2022: “Decision To Leave”; 1:16:57 What You Been Watching?; :28:41 Next Week’s Movie Announcement

Additional Cast/Crew: Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-pyo,, Tea Yoo, Seo Hyun-woo, Park Jeong-min, Lee Hak-joo, Jung Yi-seo, Go Min-se, Chung Seo-kyung, Kim Ji-yong.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say

Additional Tags: SAG-AFTRA, The Emmys, iPhones, Peking, Mao Zedong, The Forbidden City, Queensland, Australia, Melbourne, Sydney, Sisu, Auckland, New Zealand, Wilhelm Yell, Wilhelm Scream, Prince Charles, King Charles, John Wayne, Charleton Heston, Preparation H. 

For our 250th episode this week, the boys headed to Peking to discuss the Bernardo Bertolucci masterpiece ‘The Last Emperor.’  The random year generator spun 1987, and we set up the film year, noted some world events, and then discussed how great it is to no longer have fantastic films set in Chinese spoken in English. John, with full CoVid immunity, also caught ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ and gave us a spoiler-free mini-review. 

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0:00 Intro; 1:25 250th Episod8:58 “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” mini review;16:16 Gripes; 20:54 1987 Year in Review; 40:58 Films of 1987: The Last Emperor; 1:21:36 What You Been Watching?; 1:33:10 Next Week’s Movie Announcement

Additional Cast/Crew: Enzo Ungari, Mark Peploe, John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O’Toole, Hans Zimmer, David Byrne, Ruocheng Ting, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Vivian Wu, Richard Vuu, Tsou Tijger, Tao Wu, Guang Fan, Henry Kyi, Puyi, Vittorio Storaro, Cong Su, Gabriella Cristiani, Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Jeremy Thomas.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say

Additional Tags: SAG-AFTRA, The Emmys, iPhones, Peking, Mao Zedong, The Forbidden City, Queensland, Australia, Melbourne, Sydney, Sisu, Auckland, New Zealand, Wilhelm Yell, Wilhelm Scream, Prince Charles, King Charles, John Wayne, Charleton Heston, Preparation H. 

The boys get romantic in 1955 NYC, where a simple middle-aged 34-year-old butcher named Marty caves to societal pressures and calls up a lady. We discuss! The random year generator spun in 1955, and we decided to delve into Paddy Chayefsky’s pen when he wrote “Marty”, the Oscar and Palme D’Or-winning 90-minute slice of dramatic life film starring with Ernest Borgnine in his Academy Award-winning performance. Dave is Australian, so he was drinking Fosters, and John gave us a mini-review of Alien: Romulus-going, now that his Covid passed his 5-day window. 

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0:00 Intro; 7:17 “Alien: Romulus” mini review; 13:53 Gripes; 17:46 1955 Year in Review; 35:02 Films of 1955: Marty; 1:17:04 What You Been Watching?; 1:25:50 Next Week’s Movie Announcement

Additional Cast/Crew: Delbert Mann, Betsy Blair, Esther Manciotti, Joe Mantell, Burt Lancaster, Karen Steele, Jerry Paris, Augusta Ciolli, Harold Heckt, Roy Webb, Fede Alvarez, Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Isabela Merced, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu.

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say

Additional Tags: Michigan kicking GM’s ass, Michael Moore, Syrian Aramaic, Matilda, The Sopranos, Star Wars, Acolyte, Uncle Buck, Godzilla Minus One, Auckland, New Zealand, Wilhelm Yell, Wilhelm Scream, Prince Charles, King Charles, John Wayne, Charleton Heston, Preparation H, Hemmoroids, Harr yDean Stanton, CVS, Duane Reade, Walgreens, Road Rash, The Lion King, Pivot, Ross, Friends, Couch, NASA, Killers of the Flower Moon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Martin Scorcese, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemmons, David Ellison, David Zazlav, Al Jolson, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Holiday, The Crown: Season 6 part 2, Napoleon, Ferrari, Beer, Scotch, Travis Scott, U2, Apple, Apple Podcasts, 101 Dalmatians, The Parent Trap, Switzerland, West Side Story, Wikipedia, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, Indonesia, Java, Jakarta, Bali, Guinea, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Phillippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir.