The Rewind

Josh is joined by both recurring guest Elijah Howard (Beginning-1:34:10) and Old Auteur Correspondent Josh Brown (1:34:10-End) to talk about Avatar: The Way of Water. They discuss all the ways in which James Cameron followed up his 2009 box office sensation including how the story stood apart from its predecessor, Big Jim managing to stay ahead of the game on visual effects, whether septuagenarians can pull of playing teenagers and much more!

PLANE! PLANE PLANE PLANE!!! Need we say more? Listen as Josh is joined by Action Movie Correspondent Daniel Lima to talk about PLANE.

Josh is joined by recurring guests Ben Luben and Arjun Kaul to talk about the debut film from writer/director Charlotte Wells, "Aftersun." They discuss how the film effectively manages to feel like a memory, its depiction of children being able to be perceptive about their parents, the Oscar-nominated performance from Paul Mescal, the impressive debut performance from child actor Frankie Corio and much more!

Josh is joined by WWI Movie Correspondent Fred Kolb and recurring guest Adam Lichtenstein to discuss Netflix's remake of "All Quiet on the Western Front." They discuss how the remake of 1930's Best Picture Winner benefitted from being so bleak in its depiction of war, how it moved the camera differently than another recent WWI movie, "1917," its look behind the scenes at armistice negotiations and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Fred Kolb for a double feature. First, (Beginning-58:40) they visit Old Hollywood and discuss Damien Chazelle’s newest film, “Babylon,” and whether his 3+ hour epic that captured the film industry’s transition from silent to talking pictures was too bloated, whether it effectively made the case that today’s movies owe a big debt to movies of that era, the performances from Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, its technical achievements and much more! Then (58:42-End), they discuss Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” and how the structure of its mystery differed from that of its predecessor, how the only returning actor, Daniel Craig, modulated his performance differently, Johnson’s commentary on the 1%, the performances from the rest of the loaded cast including Janelle Monáe and Dave Bautista and much more! Spoilers for Babylon start at 44:51.

Josh is joined by Animation Correspondent Joe Morgan and Struggling Auteur Correspondent Josh Brown to talk about two different versions of Pinocchio that were released in 2022. First(Beginning-36:58), they discuss Robert Zemeckis' live-action remake and if it justified its existence from a visual perspective, whether its alterations to the story made sense, Tom Hanks' performance as Geppetto and much more! Then, they discuss Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (36:59-End) including its use of stop-motion animation, the changes it made to the story to make it a story about the dangers of fascism and much more!

Josh is joined by Joey Magidson of Awards Radar for a double feature. First (Beginning-31:05), they discuss Darren Aronofsky's The Whale and whether it struck the right tonal balance in telling a story of a morbidly obese man coming to terms with his past decisions and relationships at the end of his life, Brendan Fraser's possibly Oscar-winning performance, and much more! Then, they discuss "She Said"(31:06-End) and how it provided a different look at the journalistic efforts of the New York Times to break the story of Harvey Weinstein's abuse, the performances from Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan as Times Reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey and much more!

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Josh is joined by recurring guests Holden Martinson and Arjun Kaul to discuss one of the most critically-acclaimed films of the year, “The Banshees of Inisherin.” They discuss how writer/director Martin McDonagh found humor in a story about a fractured friendship that turn very dark, the lead performances from Collin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, the effectiveness of a setting that included an idyllic, fictitious Irish down amidst the Irish Civil War and much more! Spoilers throughout, but you can already watch this one on HBOMax!

Josh is joined by recurring guests Elijah Howard and Ben Luben to talk all about the newest film from writer/director James Gray, "Armageddon Time." They discuss how Gray used his childhood to tell a story about growing up Jewish and working class in America in the 1980s, how Gray utilized stand-ins for his parents and grandfather in telling that story, his message about class and upward mobility during that time, the performances from newcomer Banks Repeta as well as Jeremy Strong, Anne Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins and much more!

Josh is joined by Action Movie Correspondent Daniel Lima to get in the holiday spirit and break down "Violent Night"! They discuss how David Harbour brought a gruff and tough Santa with a heart to the screen, the quality of the action, the extent to which the underdevelopment of secondary characters hindered the raucous affair and much more!