The Rewind

To complete The Rewind's 2020 movie reviews, Josh is joined by recurring guest Josh Brown for a double feature of two Oscar-nominated movies. First (Beginning-43:01), they discuss Best International Feature nominee Another Round and how the movie captured the experiment of drinking to the point of optimal performance, how Josh B. could relate to the characters as a teacher, the film's unconventional final act and much more! Then (43:02-End) they talk about Best Picture nominee The Father and how it manages to not be what you think when you hear it is a movie about an old man with Alzheimer's, Anthony Hopkins' performance as that old man, whether the editing was Oscar-worthy and much more!

Josh is joined by Daniel Lima to talk all about "Nobody." They discuss whether Bob Odenkirk is believable as an action star, if the movie differentiated itself from the John Wick franchise given the DNA it shares with it, the quality of the action scenes and much more! Spoilers start at 41:07!

Just in time for Opening Day 2021, Josh is joined by recurring guest Adam Lichtenstein for a double header of two baseball movies. First (Beginning-28:46), they discuss "Pride of the Yankees" including whether it is anything more than Lou Gehrig hagiography, Gary Cooper's performance as Lou Gehrig, how the movie handled his fatal disease and much more! Then (28:47-1:01:02), they talk about 2008's "Sugar" and how accurate it is in its depiction of the struggles faced by foreign players living in small towns while playing in the minor leagues, the economic hardships faced by those players, what the movie gets right about small towns' relationships with their minor league teams and much more! Finally (1:01:03-End) they give their most recent streaming recommendations!

Josh is joined by friend and first-time guest, New York Daily News TV Writer Kate Feldman, to talk all things "Promising Young Woman." They discuss first-time writer/director Emerald Fennell's impressive overall vision and attention to detail, how the movie conveyed its message about rape culture, Carey Mulligan's Oscar-nominated performance, the eclectic soundtrack and much more! Then (1:06:34-End), they give their most recent streaming recommendations!

Josh is joined by recurring guests Lissa Khoshbakhti and Elijah Howard to talk about the newest Oscar-nominated film from A24, "Minari." The discuss how a movie about a Korean-American family farming in the Ozarks manages to feel so universal, the performances from the cast including ones that earned Oscar nominations for Youn Yuh-jung and Steven Yeun, its unique depiction of 1980s Arkansas and much more! Then, (56:28-end), they give their most recent streaming recommendations!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Fred Kolb for a double feature. First, Beginning-32:17) they discuss Netflix's "I Care A Lot" and its struggles in finding the right story to tell about the guardianship industry, Rosamund Pike's performance, how it forgets to use its best character/performance and much more! (Spoilers begin at 16:37). Then, (32:18-1:00:47) they talk about Ron Howard's "Hillbilly Elegy" and if the politics behind it obscure a worthwhile story, if it reinforces stereotypes about its subjects, whether Glenn Close's performance transcends the rest of the film and much more! Finally (1:00:47-End), they give their most recent streaming recommendations!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Hannah Couture to talk about "Nomadland." They discuss writer/director Chloé Zhao's depiction of people living a nomadic lifestyle in the western United States and what their stories say about the state of our country. They also talk about Frances McDormand's lead performance, the performances of the non-professional actors from the nomadic community that fill out the cast, the impressive cinematography and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guests Josh Brown and Daniel Lima to talk all about "Judas and the Black Messiah." They discuss the manner in which writer/director Shaka King decided to tell the story of the FBI's vendetta against Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers coming to a head, whether the movie was too sympathetic to William O'Neal, the FBI informant who infiltrated the Black Panthers, Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield's performances as Hampton and O'Neal, and much more!

Josh is joined by rom com correspondents Lissa Khoshbakhti and Denise Akerman to complete the To All the Boys trilogy with "To All the Boys: Always and Forever." They discuss how the movie captured the feeling of falling in love with New York City, its handling of a young couple deciding whether to be long distance for college, whether it improved over the disappointing second film in the series and much more! Spoilers throughout!

Josh is joined by friend and future speech language pathologist Kayla Mead to talk about Amazon's "Sound of Metal." They discuss Riz Ahmed's committed performance as a heavy metal drummer losing his hearing, how the movie handles sensitive issues of the deaf community such as cochlear implants, its depiction of how a deaf community can function on its own without treating deafness as a disability and much more! Spoilers start at 18:38!