The Rewind

Josh is joined by Animation Correspondent Joe Morgan to talk about Netflix's "Orion and the Dark"! They discuss how a writer as eccentric as Charlie Kaufman tailored script that could appeal to both young children and adults, if they found enough emotion in yet another animated movie about nebulous non-human characters such as "light" and "dark" the voice performances from Paul Walter Hauser and Jacob Tremblay and much more!

Josh is joined by The Rewind’s most frequent guests from 2023 as everyone goes on the record with their Top 10 movies of the year. Each segment appears as follows:

Daniel Lima (Beginning-44:10)

Josh Brown (44:11-1:20:35)

Joe Morgan (1:20:37-1:51:10 )

Fred Kolb (1:51:12-2:31:59)

Elijah Howard (2:32:02-3:04:07)

Ben Luben (3:04:09-End)

Also, The Rewind’s composite Top 10 for 2023 is as follows:

1. Oppenheimer

2. Anatomy of a Fall

3. The Zone of Interest

4. Past Lives

5. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

6. Poor Things

6. Asteroid City

6. The Taste of Things

9. Monster

10. The Boy and the Heron

Josh is joined by recurring guest and fellow lawyer Monique Wilson to complete The Rewind’s reviews of 2023’s Best Picture nominees with “Anatomy of a Fall.” They primarily discuss the French legal system including how accurate the film’s depiction was of it and whether they could still appreciate the movie despite how odd the courtroom functioned in the movie compared to American courtrooms. But they also discuss the performances, how writer/director Justin Triet used a murder trial to tell the story of a failing marriage and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guests Fred Kolb and Arjun Kaul to talk all about Best Picture nominee "Past Lives." They discuss first-time filmmaker Celine Song's unique visual flourishes, the film's insights on how it feels to move to a new country as a child, the performances from John Magaro, Greta Lee and Teo Yoo and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Daniel Lima to delve into the newest entry into the Sony Marvel/Spider-Verse, "Madame Web." They speculate how this version of this movie made it into theater given its technical shortfalls, if any of the actors involved actually served themselves well with their appearances in the movie, the extensive international reach of the New York foster case system and much more!

Edited and Produced by Daniel Lima.

Josh is joined by recurring guests John Pulice and Ben Luben for a double feature. First, they talk about Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” (Beginning-1:05:03). They discuss Haigh’s unconventional narrative choices used to tell the story of a man connecting with us long-lost parents, the performances from the loaded cast that included Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jaime Bell and Claire Foy and much more! Then, Josh and Ben talk about the newest film from German filmmaker Christian Petzold, “Afire” (1:05:04-End). They discuss how Petzold created so tension in a movie that on the surface is just some people going to a vacation home to hang out, how the film uses the writing process to tell you a lot about its main characters, the performaces from the cast and much more! Spoilers for “All of Us Strangers” at 35:00 and for “Afire” at 1:44:51.

Josh is joined by recurring guests Fred Kolb and Elijah Howard to discuss Best Picture nominee, "The Zone of Interest." They discuss what director Jonathan Glazer wanted—or didn't want to say about evil in his Holocaust film, the film's approach making a haunting

Holocaust movie by not putting the worst atrocities directly on screen, its memorable use of sound the performances by Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel and much more!

Josh is joined by action/spy movie correspondents Fred Kolb and Daniel Lima for a double feature. First, they discuss Matthew Vaughn's "Argylle" (Beginning-30:04) and what it is missing that his Kingman films have, which, if any, actors escaped the film with their reputations in tact, whether any of the wacky set pieces worked in spite of the film being disappointing and much more! Then, they discuss The Beekeeper(30:05-End) including David Ayer officially being "back," Jason Statham finding the perfect starring vehicle, how the film managed to have just the right amount of plot for something of its genre and much more!

Produced and Edited by Daniel Lima.

Josh is joined by recurring guests Josh Brown and Daniel Lima to discuss Best Picture Nominee "American Fiction." They discuss whether the satire of the literary world worked for them, if the family drama aspect of the film made up for other shortcomings in the script, the performances including Oscar nominated turns from Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown and much more!

Produced and Edited by Daniel Lima.

Josh is joined by recurring guests Elijah Howard and Haley Jones for a double feature of two of 2023’s best films. First (Beginning-1:16:44), they discuss Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” and talk all about Emma Stone’s Oscar-nominated performance in the lead role in which she has to do everything from playing a baby to well-adjusted adult, the film’s use of sexuality in a non-exploitative way that moved the story along, the unique visual feel of the movie and much more! Then (1:16:45-End), Josh and Elijah break kayfabe and jump into the world of 80s and 90s wrestling as they break down “The Iron Claw” including Zac Efron’s transformational performance as wrestler Kevin Von Erich, the film’s effectiveness at taking the audience beyond the curtain as depicting the business of wrestling while also showing the taxing toll it took on the Von Erich family and much more!

Edited by Daniel Lima.