The Rewind

Josh is joined this week by recurring guests Elijah Howard and Ben Luben. First, they talk about the new movie from Argentinian-French director Gaspar Noé about a dance troupe whose after party goes horribly awry, "Climax" (Beginning-55:18). They discuss how the films impressive dance scenes are shot, its utilization of a cast mostly non-actors, its use of tracking shots, its mixed messages about gender roles and much more!

Then, Josh and Elijah discuss the new Netflix movie from writer/director J.C. Chandor, "Triple Frontier." (1:18:59-End) They talk about whether its loaded cast delivered, if the movie has a villain problem, whether the whole thing is a metaphor for American foreign policy of the last 20 years, and much more!

Spoilers for Climax start at 28:58 and for Triple Frontier at 1:18:59.

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Josh is joined by his friend and The Rewind's Marvel Correspondent, Maya, to talk all things Captain Marvel. They discuss how Brie Larson did starring in Marvel's first female-led movie, how the movie captured the 90s, its nuanced depiction of Skrull aliens and much more! Let us know what you thought of the movie! Spoilers throughout!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Kayla Mead to talk about How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. They discuss how the movie manages to stay entertaining and heartfelt as the third in a series, whether it has a villain problem, the unique animation, and much more!

Josh is joined by freelance journalist Kayla Stetzel to talk about the new stalker film from writer/director Neil Jordan, "Greta." They discuss how young American star Chloë Grace Moretz holds her ground against French legend Isabelle Huppert, whether the movie gets gruesome enough, whether it is sufficiently campy and much more!

Spoilers start at 19:37.

Josh is joined by recurring guest Josh Brown to discuss James Cameron's non-Avatar passion project, Alita: Battle Angel (Beginning-18:43) and whether taking such a big swing at creating a new post-apocalyptic franchise paid off. Then, they talk about the sequel to Blumhouse's 2017 hit, Happy Death Day in the aptly named Happy Death Day 2U (18:44-End) and whether it was able to sufficiently differentiate itself from its predecessor.

Just in time for the 2018 Oscars, Josh is joined by some of his most frequent guests to discuss most of the big categories (and the snubs that missed out on nominations in each) as well as a couple of fake categories. The medley of segments include:

Beginning-13:18- Fred Kolb on Best Supporting Actress

13:20-35:08- Hannah Couture on the Best Scenes of the Year

35:11-1:01:15- Daniel Lima on the Best Movies Under 60% on the Tomato Meter

1:01:17-1:15:20- Elijah Howard on Best Editing

1:15:21-1:32:08- Elijah Howard on Best Cinematography

1:33:10-1:39:58- Joe Morgan on Best Actor

1:39:59-1:49:25- Joe Morgan on Best Original Screenplay

1:49:28-1:59:02- Josh Brown on Best Actress

1:59:02-End- Josh Brown on Best Supporting Actor

Let us know who your preferred winners and biggest snubs are!

Josh is joined by his 7 most frequent recurring guests to talk about their Top 10 movies 2018. All of the following friends of the pod stop by:

Fred Kolb- (Beginning- 35:21)

Hannah Couture- (35:23-1:05:00)

Daniel Lima- (1:05:02-1:36:26)

Elijah Howard- (1:36:28- 2:03:04)

Joe Morgan- (2:03:06-2:32:47)

Graham Hall- (2:32:50-3:06:59)

Josh Brown- (3:07:01-End)

Josh gives his full list at the end. Let us know how our aggregate Top 10 (see below) stacks up against yours!

The Rewind's Aggregate Top 10:

1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2. A Star is Born

3. BlackKlansman

4. Black Panther

5. Eighth Grade

6. Madeline’s Madeline

7. First Reformed

8. The Favourite

9. If Beale Street Could Talk

10. Game Night

Josh is joined by recurring guest Joe Morgan to discuss The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part. They talk about how it compares to its 2014 predecessor, whether it goes too meta, the quality of the songs and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Elijah Howard to discuss the latest film from Steven Soderbergh, “High Flying Bird.” They talk about the value (or lack thereof) derived from Soderbergh shooting the movie on an iPhone, the movie’s pro-labor message with respect to professional athletes, and much more! Spoilers start at 23:36.

Josh is joined by recurring guest Fred Kolb for the weirdest double feature The Rewind has done to date, as they talk about Serenity (Beginning-34:09) and Velvet Buzzsaw (34:10-end). They discuss what how there is a version of Serenity that would have made sense as a movie, how director Steven Knight got so many big-time actors to sign up for such a bizarre movie and commiserate over Matthew McConaughey's continued drought since the end of The McConaissance.

Then, as they get into Dan Gilroy's Velvet Buzzsaw, they discuss Jake Gyllenhaal's bonkers performance, how Gilroy made it distinctive from your normal horror movie and whether the movie's message about the commercialism of art is conveyed as intended.

Spoilers for Serenity start at 17:13. Spoilers for Velvet Buzzsaw throughout.

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