The Rewind

Josh is joined by Pixar Correspondent Joe Morgan to talk about the newest film from Pixar, Domee Shi's "Turning Red." They discuss how "Turning Red" managed to stand apart from other Pixar films about kids dealing with emotions, how Pixar boldly tackled the topic of puberty, the big final set piece, their hopes for Pixar's release strategy going forward and much more! Spoilers throughout!

Josh is joined by The Rewind’s most frequent guests from 2021 as everyone goes on the record with their Top 10 movies of the year. Each segment is as follows:

Daniel Lima- Beginning-40:45

Fred Kolb- 40:47-1:15:24

Elijah Howard- 1:15:27-1:51:57

Josh Brown- 1:52:00-2:35:14

Joe Morgan- 2:35:14-3:02:53

Ben Luben- 3:02:56-End

Also, The Rewind’s composite Top 10 for 2021 is as follows (we cheated due to ties and actually have 11):

1. Licorice pizza

2. Pig

3. Red Rocket

4. Drive My Car

T5. The Green Knight

T5. West Side Story

7. C’Mon C’Mon

T8. Dune

T8. The Power of the Dog

T10. Labyrinth of Cinema

T10. The Last Duel

Thanks for listening over the last year!

Josh is joined by recurring guests Elijah Howard and Josh Brown to complete The Rewind's coverage of 2021 Best Picture nominees as they talk all about Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's "Drive My Car." They discuss how Hamaguchi managed to make a 3-hour movie about loneliness and grief not feel like a slog, the powerful performances, their Saab stories and much more!

Josh is joined by Batman Correspondent Nick Menta to dive into a new Batman universe, as they talk about Matt Reeves' "The Batman." They discuss how Robert Pattison did as both Bruce Wayne and Batman, Reeves' juggling of a mob story and a serial killer storyline that seemed to comment on current events, Zoë Kravitz's performance at Selina Kyle/Catwoman, a new version of The Riddler, the movie's distinct visual style and much more! Spoilers throughout!

Josh is joined by recurring guests Fred Kolb and Arjun Kaul to talk about Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast." They discuss how Branagh captured the tension of The Troubles during the late 1960s, how it balanced its sympathies with Jamie Dornan and Caitriona Balfe's characters as they clash in parenting the child who is a stand-in for Branagh himself, if the movie made the most of telling its story from the perspective of a child and much more!

Josh is joined by Batman Correspondent Nick Mental and recurring guest Daniel Lima to conclude The Rewind's Batman Rewind as they revisit Joel Schumacher's "Batman & Robin." They discuss how George Clooney did in his one and only appearance in the title role, Arnold Schwarzenegger's villainous turn as Mr. Freeze, if it should have been a movie about climate change and much more!

Josh is once again joined by Batman Correspondent Nick Menta as they enter Joel Schumacher's Gotham and talk "Batman Forever." They discuss how Val Kilmer did in his one appearance as Batman, the effectiveness of the villain tag-team of Tommy Lee Jones' Two-Face and Jim Carrey's Riddler, the lack of camaraderie between Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey off screen and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Fred Kolb to talk about Kenneth Branagh’s second Agatha Christie adaptation, “Death on the Nile.” They discuss how this movie differed in its rendering of Hercule Poirot rom 2017’s “Murder on the Orient Express” despite Branagh still playing the title role, if the story revealed itself in a properly suspenseful manner, if the film looked like it was shot completely on a green screen and much more! Spoilers start at 36:16!

Josh is joined by Batman Correspondent Nick Menta to continue their Batman Rewind project and revisit Tim Burton's "Batman Returns." They discuss how Burton made his Gotham even weirder in his second go-round, the Danny DeVito's bizarrely fascinating turn as The Penguin and the modern day parallels it brings to mind, magical cats and much more!

Josh is joined by Batman Correspondent Nick Menta as they begin a project of re-watching the four pre-Christopher Nolan live-action Batman films. They begin with Tim Burton's first effort, 1989's "Batman." They discuss how they felt about Michael Keaton in the title role, Jack Nicholson's turn as The Joker, how the movie managed to balance both goofy and serious moments and much more!